Magnetic mount for an auxiliary lens in a head-worn computer
AssigneeOsterhout Group, Inc.
InventorJohn N. Border
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate aids for the visually impaired. A mount for an auxiliary lens for a head-worn computer includes one or more magnetic elements associated with a first mating surface on the auxiliary lens, and a magnetic element associated with a second mating surface on the head-worn computer proximate a camera in the head-worn computer, wherein, when the auxiliary lens is placed in a use position, the first mating surface engages the second mating surface so that the auxiliary lens and the camera share a common optical axis and the magnetic attraction of the magnet elements on the first and second mating surfaces holds the auxiliary lens in position.
Claims8
A mount for an auxiliary lens for a head-worn computer, comprising:
- a. one or more magnetic elements associated with a first mating surface on the auxiliary lens;
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- b. a magnetic element associated with a second mating surface on the head-worn computer proximate a camera in the head-worn computer, wherein, when the auxiliary lens is placed in a use position, the first mating surface engages the second mating surface so that the auxiliary lens and the camera share a common optical axis and the magnetic attraction of the magnet elements on the first and second mating surfaces holds the auxiliary lens in position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.