Digital eyewear
View Patent ↗Improved eyewear is disclosed. The eyewear comprises a frame member and a lens. The eyewear also includes circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the eyewear. A system and method in accordance with the present invention is directed to a variety of ways to enhance the use of eyeglasses. They are: (1) media focals, that is, utilizing the eyewear for its intended purpose and enhancing that use by using imaging techniques to improve the vision of the user; (2) telecommunications enhancements that allow the eyeglasses to be integrated with telecommunication devices such as cell phones or the like; and (3) entertainment enhancements that allow the eyewear to be integrated with devices such as MP3 players, radios, or the like.
1. Eyewear comprising:
a frame member,
a lens coupled to the frame member, wherein the lens has a set of integrated media enhancements,
circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the eyewear, wherein the circuitry includes binocular circuitry;
pressure sensors within the eyewear wherein the pressure sensors activate the binocular circuitry;
a receiver within the eyewear wherein the receiver receives visual data; and
an eye sensor coupled to the frame member, the eye sensor activating the circuitry responsive to eye motion of a user.
2. The eyewear of claim 1 wherein the circuitry provides an information bar across the lens for a user.
3. The eyewear of claim 1 wherein the lens is reflective.
4. The eyewear of claim 1 wherein the lens is partially reflective.
5. The eyewear of claim 1 wherein the circuitry provides any of a cell phone, media focals, and an MP3 player.
6. The eyewear of claim 1 wherein an information bar is provided on the lens.
7. The eyewear of claim 1 wherein the eyewear can be utilized in a client server system to allow for the display of certain information.
8. The eyewear of claim 1 wherein a logo is placed on a front surface of the lens.
9. The eyewear of claim 1 wherein the eyewear incorporates a camera to project a reciprocal display using a second lens.
10. The eyewear of claim 1 wherein the eyewear includes a pushbutton system for control.