Wearable optical devices
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsRory Thomas Alexander Mills, Ian Thomas Macken
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Abstract
A modular wearable optics device including: at least one wearable support element; one or more active optical elements adapted in use to display an image to a user; one of a plurality of bridging elements selected to position or orientate the one or more active optical elements in a predetermined location based on one or more anthropometric characteristics of the user.
Claims18
A modular wearable optics device including:
- at least one wearable support element, to be worn by a user;
- one or more active optical elements adapted in use to display an image to a user;
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- a removable bridging element, selected from a plurality of bridging elements, to position or orientate the one or more active optical elements in a predetermined location based on one or more anthropometric characteristics of the user, wherein the plurality of bridging elements have different shapes and sizes each adapted to locate the one or more active optical elements in a different position or orientation;
- wherein the selected bridging element includes an identifier which enables identification of the shape and size of the bridging element by a control system of the one or more active optical elements to thereby adjust one or more convergence parameters of the one or more active optical elements based on the identified shape and size of the selected bridging element.
A kit of parts for a wearable optical device, the kit including:
- an eyepiece including an active optical area, the active optical area including a display medium configured to relay an image to an eye of a user;
- a plurality of bridging elements, each bridging element having a different shape and size adapted to locate the active optical area in a different position and/or orientation;
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- a wearable support element configured to support the eyepiece;
- wherein the eyepiece is adapted to be angularly displaceable to create a wider field of view.
A method for providing a modular wearable optics device to meet a required optical arrangement for a user, the method comprising:
- selecting a wearable support element, one or more eyepieces, and one bridging element from a plurality of bridging elements, wherein the plurality of bridging elements have different shapes and sizes each adapted to locate the one or more eyepieces in a different position or orientation, and wherein each bridging element includes an identifier which enables identification of the shape and size of the bridging element by a control system of the one or more active optical elements;
- determining if the configuration of selected parts has the required optical arrangement for the user;
- in response to the configuration of selected parts not meeting the required optical arrangement for the user, changing the one bridging element for another bridging element included in the plurality and that is a different shape and/or size so as to be compatible with an anthropometric characteristic of the user;
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- adjusting, with the control system, one or more convergence parameters of the one or more eyepieces based on the identified shape and size of the other bridging element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.