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, 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.