Head-mounted illumination devices
AssigneeHourglass Medical LLC
InventorJeremy B. Ross
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Abstract
Illumination devices as include a frame intended to be worn by a user and one or more light sources (e.g., LEDs) positioned by the frame so as to be near a user's zygomatic bones and oriented to project light in a direction of the user's view when the illumination device is worn on the wearer's head. The frame may be shaped to be worn over the user's ears and behind the user's head, and may be made of one or more of plastic, metal and/or a metal alloy, carbon fiber, wood, cellulose acetate, natural horn and/or bone, leather, and an epoxy resin. An optional strap may be retractably attached to connect portions of the frame over the wearer's head. The LEDs may be included in respective panels swivelly mounted to booms of the frame and the panels may further include imaging devices, such as a camera, and/or a projector.
Claims18
A wearable headgear system, comprising:
- a harness shaped to be worn over a wearer's ears and behind the wearer's head;
- a heads up display (HUD) screen pivotable on a hinge to be disposed in front of a wearer's eye when in use and to be positioned out of the wearer's line of sight when not in use;
- a boom and a light source including one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) supported by said boom, said boom attached to the harness and arranged to locate the light source over an area of the wearer's face near the wearer's zygomatic bones when the harness is worn on the wearer's head such that said light source is oriented to project light in a direction of the wearer's view, and
- a camera included in a panel with the one or more LEDs, the panel being hingeably attached to the boom.
A wearable headgear system, comprising:
- a harness shaped to be worn over a wearer's ears and behind the wearer's head;
- a heads up display (HUD) screen pivotable to be disposed in front of a wearer's eye when in use and to be positioned out of the wearer's line of sight when not in use;
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- an assembly including a light source and a camera, the light source including one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs), the assembly swivelly mounted to a boom attached to the harness and arranged to locate the light source over an area of the wearer's face near the wearer's zygomatic bones when the harness is worn on the wearer's head such that said light source is oriented to project light in a direction of the wearer's view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.