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US 2025/0172823 A1Published application
Wearable vision redirecting devices
AssigneeAugmedics Ltd.
InventorsTimothy Richard Garofolo, Scott Clear, Dean Loock, Jungwoo Choi, John Michael Elam, David Lynn Devernoe
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to cantilevered and divergent view wearable optical systems that redirect an optical path, and provide for optimal ergonomics coupled with vision enhancement and vision magnification. Methods of use, devices, and kits are also contemplated.
Claims20
A computer implemented method of adjusting light exposure to an eye of a user of a wearable optical system when viewing images on a display, the method comprising:
- actuating a signal to a display attached to a support and adapted to be worn on a head of the user to alter the opacity of at least a portion of the display between transparent and opaque, and
- queuing an imaging modality to record real-time images of a viewing area;
- and
- transmitting the images of the viewing area to the display,
- wherein when the opacity of the display is transparent the user can see directly through the display, and wherein the opacity of the display is opaque the user cannot see directly through the display.
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A wearable optical system, comprising:
- a user wearable support comprising a display that is viewable by a user via a horizontal optical path, wherein the support is attached to the display;
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- a cantilevered vision redirecting mechanism comprising a camera, wherein the camera is in optical communication with the display such that images captured by the camera are transmitted for viewing on the display, and
- a means for adjusting the system such that the images captured by the camera and transmitted for viewing on the display transition between a state of (a) being clearly viewable on the display via the horizontal optical path by the user, and (b) not viewable, or not clearly viewable, on the display via the horizontal optical path by the user, the means comprising any one or more of:
- smart glass comprised in the display, an opaque shade adapted to actuate between a state of blocking the display such that the user could not see through the display and a state of not blocking the display, or a mechanism adapted to adjust a position of the display and permit the display to move out of the horizontal optical path or into the horizontal optical path.
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A wearable optical system, comprising:
- a user wearable support comprising a display that is viewable by a user via a horizontal optical path, wherein the support is attached to the display;
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- a vision redirecting mechanism comprising a camera defining a work area optical path, the work area optical path terminating in a visible work area, wherein the camera is in optical communication with the display such that images captured by the camera are transmitted for viewing on the display, and
- a processor programmed to center the work area optical path on a position of the visible work area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.