Amazon Glass US Patent US20150168727 Filing will make smartphones and Tablets Obsolete in 2020

While many have declared Google Glass Dead albeit they're just retooling for Medical, Military and Corporate and Enterprise customers as pointed out in my blog article entitled “Google Glass coming to Enterprise users - Personal PC beginnings to replace smartphones and Gaming Consoles in 2016”, the idea of making an AR (Augmented Reality) Headset hasn't died.

Reports had surfaced in June 2015 that suggest that Google plans to make an AR (Augmented Reality) Glasses similar to Google Glass as reported in the article “Amazon patents Google Glass clone that may give warehouse workers cyborg vision”, published June 189 2015 by Mark Sullivan, VentureBeat.

Like Google Glass, the design, which Amazon filed in a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office under US20150168727 titled Pointer Tracking for eye-level Scanners and displays, is among twelve (12) US patent applications published on Thursday June 18^th June 2015 and assigned to Amazon as reported in the article “Amazon patent applications published 18 June 2015”, published 18.06.2015 by Latest Patents.

Here’s an image of the Drawing from US Patent US20150168727.

It makes for long but exciting reading as it’s basically a wearable computer that has a camera built in…a lot like Google Glass.

The idea behind the Amazon Patent US20150168727 titled Pointer Tracking for eye-level Scanners and displays is that it would be worn by their warehouse staff in their Fulfillment Centers to help the quickly identify object in the warehouse as well as bring up inventory information on demand as it relates to processing an order.

The computer will run image recognition software that does the job of recognizing packages via their package markings i.e. mailing addresses, bar codes, or QR codes and displaying this information on the HUD for the warehouse worker.

It will also tell them other information, such as instructions on handling the product, Environmental hazards as well as shipping destination and method.

By having this information in a HUD (Heads Up Display), the main trait that defines AR, the warehouse worker’s hands are freed to do other things as explained in the article “Why Amazon Is Building a Google Glass Clone”, published June 27, 2015 by Jess Bolluyt, Cheatsheet.

Amazon Glass Patent Filing - Why Wearable computer will make smartphones and Tablets Obsolete

Albeit this is an Amazon Patent US20150168727 titled Pointer Tracking for eye-level Scanners and displays, the potential behind this late-breaking revelation is huge! Amazon Glass (can I call it that, Amazon!?) like Google Glass, has the potential to make humans into cyborgs, to reduce warehouse packaging errors.

It still would have little value to regular users outside of Amazon as was the case with Google Glass when it was launched to the public in April 2014 as reported in my blog article entitled “Google Glass launched early as a Product - Google pre-empting Samsung Galaxy Glass and Facebook's Oculus Rift replacing the smartphone in 2015 the Year of the Sheep”.

But like Google Glass, this might be another product that Amazon has in mind to build and test in-house that may eventually become a rival to Google Glass.

It might even show up as a AR or even VR Gaming peripheral to be sold with the Amazon Fire TV, which does already have a Gaming Controller as pointed out in my blog article entitled “Amazon Fire TV is a bonafide hit and is out-of-stock according to Amazon - The Bamboo powered smartphone running Amazon apps cometh”.

Folks, all bets are still on that Wearables such as smart watches and Google Glass can potentially make smartphones and Tablets obsolete as predicted in my blog article entitled “Google Glass Designer Isabelle Olsson puts Leopard frames on Google Glass - Smart + Sexy = Smexy glasses Katy Perry Roar for Tablet and smartphone Extinction”.

Already, 2016 is being labled the year of Virtual Reality, with companies such as Facebook owned Oculus Rift, HTC with their Vive VR Headset and even Microsoft and the as-yet-to-be-released Hololens looking to make a mark in Gaming as explained in my blog article entitled “GamesCom 2015 in Germany - Why VR will save Video Games and Why Jamaica needs a Design and Developer Video Game Conference”. 

The Amazon Patent US20150168727 titled Pointer Tracking for eye-level Scanners and displays is another example of a Google Glass-esque device being planned for use in industrial or enterprise setting that potentially can be a gamechanger not only in Gaming but in computing.

Smartphone and Tablet extinction is all but sealed!

Here’s the link:

Amazon US Patent US20150168727 titled Pointer Tracking for eye-level Scanners and displays

Drawing from Amazon US Patent US20150168727