According to the United States Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO) recently announced the list, Microsoft in May this year submitted a smart shoulder bag patent, the highlight is the integration of AI technology, which can recognize the wearer’s surroundings, automatically respond to the user’s request to chat, access to cloud-based information, as well as interact with other devices.
The patent design sketch is as follows, You can see the shoulder strap position of the shoulder bag with a camera, microphone, speakers and other sensors, The bottom of the shoulder bag is also equipped with a network interface, processor memory and so on.
Microsoft said in the patent description: “The evolution of computing performance, giving the digital assistant more skills. The concept of the present invention relates to improvements in wearable digital assistants to help users perform various tasks.”
Microsoft in the patent describes the application scenarios, wearing an AI duffel bag to ski, scanning the surrounding environment, informing the user whether to cross the border; standing in front of the music poster, automatically creating calendar items according to user prompts, reminding the purchase of tickets and participate in concerts; in the supermarket can automatically detect the price of the past 1-2 weeks, and compare the price of other superstores.
