Wearable Electronic Device

Abstract

A method detects a real object with a wearable electronic device and displays a virtual image of the real object with the real object on a display of the wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device displays movement of the virtual image of the real object to show a task to be completed and detects a completion of the task.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 - 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A method of communication between a first wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a first user and a second WED worn on a head of a second user, the method comprising:
 displaying, with a display of the first WED and during the communication, an image of an object captured with one or more cameras of the second WED;   tracking, with the first WED and during the communication, hand movements of the first user interacting with the image of the object displayed with the display of the first WED such that the hand movements show a task to be performed on the object; and   displaying, with a display of the second WED and during the communication, an augmented reality (AR) image of the hand movements that show the task to be performed on the object.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21  further comprising:
 displaying, with the display of the second WED and during the communication, the hand movements as three dimensional (3D) hands in AR that move in real-time with movements of hands of the first user. 
 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 21  further comprising:
 displaying, with the display of the second WED and during the communication, an AR image of the first user with hands that move to show the AR image of the hand movements for how to perform the task on the object that is located with the second user. 
 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 21  further comprising:
 displaying, with the display of the first WED and during the communication, the image of the object as an AR image of the object, wherein the hand movements of the first user interact with the AR image of the object. 
 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 21  further comprising:
 tracking, with the second WED and during the communication, a direction of gaze of the second user; and 
 automatically displaying the AR image of the hand movements in response to determining that the direction of gaze of the second user is directed to the object. 
 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 21  further comprising:
 displaying, with the display of the second WED and during the communication, an AR image of the object on the object; and 
 showing the task to be performed on the object by moving, on the display of the second WED and during the communication, the AR image of the object. 
 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 21  further comprising:
 moving a location where the AR image of the hand movements is displayed with the display of the second WED in order to avoid a collision between the AR image of the hand movements and a field of view of the second WED. 
 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 21  further comprising:
 moving, during the communication, a location of the AR image of the hand movements from one side of the display of the second WED to an opposite side of the display of the second WED in response to movement of the second WED that causes an available space on the display to be too small for the AR image of the hand movements. 
 
     
     
         29 . A method comprising:
 displaying, with a first wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a first user, a virtual object;   receiving, at the virtual object displayed with the first WED and from the first user, hand gestures of the first user interacting with the virtual object such that the hand gestures interacting with the virtual object show a task to be performed on a real object that corresponds to the virtual object; and   displaying, with a second WED worn on a head of a second user, augmented reality (AR) images from the hand gestures that show the task to be performed on the real object located with the second user.   
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 29  further comprising:
 tracking, with the second WED worn on the head of the second user, a direction of gaze of the second user; and 
 displaying, with the second WED worn on the head of the second user, the AR images from the hand gestures that occur on the real object in response to the direction of gaze of the second user being at the real object. 
 
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 29  further comprising:
 moving, with the second WED worn on the head of the second user, the AR images from the hand gestures to emulate real-time movements of a body of the first user. 
 
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 29  further comprising:
 displaying, with the second WED worn on the head of the second user, the AR images from the hand gestures as at least one of virtual hands, an arrow, a pointer, or text that shows the task to be performed on the real object. 
 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 29  further comprising:
 tracking, with the second WED worn on the head of the second user, a direction of gaze of the second user; and 
 displaying, with the second WED worn on the head of the second user, instructions in AR to operate the real object in response to the direction of gaze of the second user being at the real object. 
 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 29  further comprising:
 storing, in memory of the second WED, a location of the AR images that occur in a room where the second WED is located; and 
 transmitting, with the second WED, the location of the AR images to another WED located with the second WED in the room. 
 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 29  further comprising:
 moving a location where the AR images from the hand gestures are displayed with the second WED in order to avoid a collision between the AR images and a field of view of the second WED, wherein the AR images from the hand gestures are arrows in AR or highlights of color in AR. 
 
     
     
         36 . An electronic system, comprising:
 a first wearable electronic device (WED), worn on a head of a first user, includes a display that displays an augmented reality (AR) object that emulates a real object and one or more cameras that track hand gestures of the first user interacting with the AR object that show how to perform a task on the real object; and   a second WED, worn on a head of a second user, includes a display that displays the real object along with an AR image from the hand gestures of the first user that show how to perform the task on the real object being displayed.   
     
     
         37 . The electronic system of  claim 36 , wherein the second WED further includes eye tracking that tracks a direction of gaze of the second user, and the second WED displays the AR image from the hand gestures over the real object in response to the direction of gaze of the second user being at the real object. 
     
     
         38 . The electronic system of  claim 36 , wherein the second WED further includes eye tracking that tracks a direction of gaze of the second user, and the second WED automatically moves the AR image from the hand gestures through a sequence of actions that show the task to be performed on the real object in response to the direction of gaze of the second user being at the real object, wherein the AR image from the hand gestures include at least one of AR hands or AR arrows. 
     
     
         39 . The electronic system of  claim 36 , wherein the second WED further includes eye tracking that tracks a direction of gaze of the second user, and the second WED automatically plays a voice message from the first user in response to the direction of gaze of the second user being at the real object. 
     
     
         40 . The electronic system of  claim 36 , wherein the second WED automatically moves where the AR image from the hand gestures being displayed in order to avoid a collision between the AR image from the hand gestures and a perimeter of a field of view of the second WED.