Android News: Patent Reveals the Past (and Future?) of Google Glass

A patent recently published on the USPTO’s website filed by Google in 2011 shows the idea that Google may have had for Google Glass. One of the diagrams, shown below, shows Google’s idea for the shape of the glasses, the positioning of the camera, and the location of the processor and projector of the glasses.

The glasses are less of the minimalist style we’ve seen recently and more along the lines of protective goggles, which could be a useful feature: if you’ve discovered something awesome enough to video from your head, there’s a good chance you could get hurt doing it. The camera is positioned in the center of the glasses, which makes them look ungainly in the sketches (which, according to most consumers’ thoughts about the current design, doesn’t differ much from the current design.

Something else very interesting about the diagrams is the projection capabilities. The processor is found on one of the glasses’ temples, but both lenses are able to relay information due to there being a projector for each one. This design is an improvement over the current one-eye system, and could give you a chance to diversify the information being relayed to you in each eye.

Based on some of the design quirks, and design improvements, it’s reasonable to believe that this prototype illustrated throughout the patent is a hodge-podge of past and future ideas, and we may be able to expect some of these features, like dual-eyed displays, to be included in future models.

What do you think? What’s Google’s next Glass move? Check out the original patent document below and then give us your opinion!

Source: USPTO

Via: Phandroid

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