Apparatus and method for a dynamic “region of interest” in a display system

A method of augmenting sight in an individual, the method comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a field of view image of a scene to be viewed by the individual using a camera carried by the individual;
• transmitting the obtained field of view image to a processor carried by the individual;
• receiving from the individual an indication of a selected region of interest within the field of view image;
• receiving data relating to a visual dysfunction relating to the visual field of view of the individual, a predetermined portion of the data defining damaged areas of the individual's visual field of view to avoid;
• receiving an indication of a gaze direction of the individual;
• establishing a selected image modification to be applied to the region of interest within the field of view image by the processor, the selected image modification being selected from a plurality of selectable image modifications by the individual;
• modifying substantially in real time, with the processor, the region of interest to create a modified region of interest in response to the selected image modification, the selected region of interest, the gaze direction of the individual and the predetermined portion of the data relating to the visual dysfunction that defines the damaged areas of the individual's visual field of view to avoid;
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• displaying the field of view image and the modified region of interest on a display device forming part of a head worn assembly worn by the individual, wherein the displaying comprises relocating pixels of the damaged areas to areas near a periphery of the damaged areas according to a spatial distribution model.

A method of augmenting sight in an individual, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving from the individual an indication of a selected region of interest within their field of view;
• obtaining a region of interest image relating to the selected region of interest from an image acquired using a camera carried by the individual;
• transmitting the obtained region of interest image to a processor carried by the individual;
• receiving data relating to a visual dysfunction relating to the visual field of view of the individual, a predetermined portion of the data defining damaged areas of the individual's visual field of view to avoid;
• receiving an indication of a gaze direction of the individual;
• establishing a selected image modification to be applied to the region of interest by the processor, the selected image modification being selected from a plurality of selectable image modifications;
• modifying substantially in real time, with the processor, the region of interest image to create a modified region of interest image in response to the selected image modification, the gaze direction of the individual and the predetermined portion of the data relating to the visual dysfunction that defines the damaged areas of the individual's visual field of view to avoid;
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• displaying the modified region of interest image on a display device forming part of a head worn assembly worn by the individual, wherein the displaying comprises relocating pixels of the damaged areas to areas near a periphery of the damaged areas according to a spatial distribution model.

A method of augmenting sight in an individual, the method comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a field of view image of a scene to be viewed by the individual using a camera carried by the individual;
• transmitting the obtained field of view image to a processor carried by the individual;
• receiving data relating to a visual dysfunction relating to the visual field of view of the individual, a predetermined portion of the data defining damaged areas of the individual's visual field of view to avoid;
• receiving an indication of at least one of a gaze direction of the individual;
• receiving from the individual either an indication of a method of algorithmically selecting a region of interest or an indication of a region of interest, wherein the region of interest relates to the field of view image and the method is one of a plurality of such methods;
• establishing a selected image modification to be applied to the region of interest by the processor, the selected image modification being selected from a plurality of selectable image modifications;
• modifying substantially in real time, with the processor, the region of interest to create a modified region of interest image in response to the selected image modification, the selected region of interest, the gaze direction of the individual, and the predetermined portion of the data relating to the visual dysfunction that defines the damaged areas of the individual's visual field of view to avoid;
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• displaying the field of view image and the modified region of interest image on a display device forming part of a head worn assembly worn by the individual, wherein the displaying comprises relocating pixels of the damaged areas to areas near a periphery of the damaged areas according to a spatial distribution model.