Eyewear for selective filtering and enhancing of melatonin-suppressing electromagnetic radiation

An eyewear device comprising:

• a frame;
• a lens comprising an inner portion, an outer portion, and a transmission control region, the transmission control region configured to convert at least a portion of light having a wavelength below a melatonin suppression wavelength range from 450 nm to 485 nm into light within the melatonin suppression wavelength range by performing a Stokes shift, from the environment prior to the environmental light being incident on a user, wherein the transmission control region is configured to be switched between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the transmission control region is operable to convert the at least a portion of light having a wavelength below the melatonin suppression wavelength range into light within the melatonin suppression wavelength range in the first configuration, and wherein the transmission control region is operable to permit light within the melatonin suppression wavelength range to pass therethrough in the second configuration without converting the at least a portion of light having a wavelength below the melatonin suppression wavelength range;
• conversion material positioned in optical communication with each of the environmental light and the lens and configured to absorb environmental light incident thereupon;
• a plurality of electrodes electrically coupled to the transmission control region and configured to enable an electrical current to flow through the transmission control region;
• wherein the inner portion of the lens overlays a rearward face of the transmission control region, and the outer portion of the lens overlays a frontward face of the transmission control region;
• and
• wherein at least one of the plurality of electrodes is positioned on an upper portion of the transmission control region and at least another one of the plurality of electrodes is positioned on a lower portion of the transmission control region.

An eyewear device comprising:

• a frame;
• a lens comprising an inner portion, an outer portion, and a transmission control region, the transmission control region configured to:
• be switched between a first configuration and a second configuration;
• and
• convert at least a portion of light having a wavelength below a melatonin suppression wavelength range from 450 nm to 485 nm into light within the melatonin suppression wavelength range by performing a Stokes shift in the first configuration;
• and
• permit light within the melatonin suppression wavelength range to pass therethrough in the second configuration without converting the at least a portion of light having a wavelength below the melatonin suppression wavelength range;
• conversion material positioned in optical communication with each of the environmental light and the lens and configured to absorb environmental light below the melatonin suppression wavelength range that is incident thereupon and emit light inside the melatonin suppression wavelength range;
• a plurality of electrodes electrically coupled to the transmission control region and configured to enable an electrical current to flow through the transmission control region;
• and
• a control system electrically coupled to the electrodes and comprising:
• a processor;
• a memory device operatively coupled to the processor;
• a wireless communication device operatively coupled to the processor;
• and
• a power source electrically coupled to the processor, the memory device, the wireless communication device, and the plurality of electrodes;
• wherein the inner portion of the lens overlays a rearward face of the transmission control region, and the outer portion of the lens overlays a frontward face of the transmission control region;
• wherein at least one of the plurality of electrodes is positioned on an upper portion of the transmission control region and at least another one of the plurality of electrodes is positioned on a lower portion of the transmission control region;
• wherein the transmission control region is configured to be positioned in a first configuration in the absence of the electrical current and to be switched to and maintained in a second configuration by application of the electrical current;
• wherein the wireless communication device is configured to receive transmissions from a remote computerized device indicating a command to at least one of increase exposure to the melatonin suppression wavelength range and decrease exposure to the melatonin suppression wavelength range;
• and
• wherein the processor is configured to control the operation of the power source to apply a current to effectuate the electrical current between the at least one electrode on the upper portion of the transmission control region and the at least one other first electrode on the lower portion of the transmission control region responsive to the received command.