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US 12,607,845 B2Granted
Devices for magnification of objects to assist people with low vision
AssigneeCase for Vision LLC
InventorsMichael Brodsky, Igor Feinberg, Richard Briganti, Ardian Daku
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Abstract
A supporting case for use with a smart device such as a smart phone to assist a visually impaired individual. The case has a lower surface for positioning over a viewing surface containing material to be viewed by the individual and a pocket configured and dimensioned to receive and support the smart device. The case includes one or both of a lifting system for lifting and holding the case hands-free at a pre-set distance above the material to be viewed and a distance viewing system to view material not underneath the case.
Claims20
A smart device supporting case configured to assist visually impaired, the case comprising:
- a lower surface;
- an opposing upper surface;
- the case having a length and a width to receive and support a smart device;
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- a lifting system configured for lifting and holding the case hands-free at a distance above a viewing surface, the lifting system configured to hold and support the case to assist the visually impaired, the lifting system including first and second legs configured to support the case in a raised height position to provide hands free magnification, the first and second legs movable from a retracted storage position to an open in use deployed position, each of the first and second legs in the open in use deployed position extending from opposing sides of the case and angled outwardly to form an obtuse angle with the case,
- wherein the first and second legs in the open in use deployed position are angled outwardly to support the case providing a hands free case for holding the case i) in a horizontal position with respect to the viewing surface and ii) in a raised height position above the viewing surface, the first and second legs extending distally in a direction away from the upper and lower surfaces of the case;
- wherein in the open in use deployed position, the case is positioned at the raised height position as the deployed first and second legs hold the smart device supporting case at the raised height position parallel to and above the viewing surface containing material to be viewed for assisting the visually impaired;
- wherein a bottom edge of the first and second legs in the storage position is closer to the lower surface than in the deployed position;
- wherein the length of the case is longer than the width of the case, the length defining a longitudinal axis having a first end region and a second end region, and the first leg is axially spaced along the longitudinal axis from the second leg;
- wherein the first leg is at the first end region and the second leg is at the second end region such that in the in use deployed position i) a distance from the bottom edge of the first leg to the first end region is less than a distance of the bottom edge of the second leg to the first end region and ii) a distance from the bottom edge of the second leg to the second end region is less than a distance of the bottom edge of the first leg to the second end region.
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A smart device supporting case assisting visually impaired, the case comprising:
- a lower surface;
- the case having a length and a width to support a smart device;
- an opposing upper surface;
- first and second legs movable from a retracted storage position to an open in use deployed position extending to an angled position with respect to the lower surface and extending in a direction away from the upper and lower surfaces to a position below the lower surface, the first and second legs holding and supporting the case in in a raised height position in an in use deployed position;
- wherein the length of the case is longer than the width, the length defining a longitudinal axis having a first end region and a second end region and the first leg is axially spaced along the longitudinal axis from the second leg;
- wherein the first leg is at the first end region and the second leg is at the second end region such that in the in use deployed position i) a distance from a bottom edge of the first leg to the first end region is less than a distance of a bottom edge of the second leg to the first end region and ii) a distance from the bottom edge of the second leg to the second end region is less than a distance of the bottom edge of the first leg to the second end region;
- a mirror module configured for viewing items not positioned underneath the lower surface of the case, the mirror module rotatably movable from a storage position to a deployed in use position;
- wherein in the deployed in use position of the mirror module, the mirror module is at an acute angle to the lower surface of the case and is at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the case and is underneath the lower surface to view the object not below the lower surface of the case, and wherein in the deployed in use position the mirror module extends a further distance distally from the lower surface such that in the deployed in use position the mirror module lies in a plane at an acute angle to the lower surface of the case.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.