Digital eyewear
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;
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; wherein an information bar is provided on the lens.
2. The eyewear of claim 1 wherein the information bar is provided 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 a logo is placed on a front surface of the lens.
6. The eyewear of claim 1 wherein the eyewear incorporates a camera to project a reciprocal display using a second lens.
7. Eyewear comprising:
a frame member;
a lens;
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 wherein the circuitry provides any of a cell phone, media focals, and an MP3 player.
8. Eyewear comprising:
a frame member;
a lens;
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; wherein the eyewear can be utilized in a client server system to allow for the display of certain information.
9. Eyewear comprising:
a frame member;
a lens;
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; wherein the eyewear includes a pushbutton system for control.
10. Eyewear comprising:
a frame member;
a lens;
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; wherein the circuitry can provide any of texts, email; multimedia information; caller id.
11. Eyewear comprising:
a frame member;
a lens, wherein an information bar is provided on the lens;
a digital camera;
circuitry within the frame member and coupled to the camera for enhancing the use of the eyewear, wherein the circuitry provides any of a cell phone, media focals, and an MP3 player, or wherein the circuitry can provide any of texts, email; multimedia information; caller id; and
an eye sensor coupled to the frame member, the eye sensor activating the circuitry responsive to eye motion of a user,
wherein the eyewear can be utilized in a client server system to allow for the display of certain information, or wherein the eyewear includes a pushbutton system for control.
12. Eyewear comprising:
a frame member;
a lens; and;
circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the eyewear; an eye sensor coupled to the frame member, the eye sensor activating the circuitry responsive to eye motion of a user; wherein the circuitry allows for a new eye prescription to be downloaded to the lens,
wherein the eyewear can be utilized in a client server system to allow for the display of certain information, or wherein the eyewear includes a pushbutton system for control, or wherein the circuitry can provide any of texts, email; multimedia information; caller id.
13. The eyewear of claim 12 , wherein the lens has a set of integrated media enhancements.
14. The eyewear of claim 12 further comprises an eye sensor coupled to the frame member, the eye sensor activating the circuitry responsive to eye motion of a user.
15. Eyewear comprising:
a frame member;
a lens; and;
circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the eyewear utilizing a client server model; and
an eye sensor coupled to the frame member, the eye sensor activating the circuitry responsive to eye motion of a user.
16. Eyewear comprising:
a frame member;
a lens, wherein an information bar is provided on the lens; and;
circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the eyewear; and
at least one motion sensor coupled to the frame member, an eye sensor coupled to the frame member, the eye sensor activating the circuitry responsive to eye motion of a user, the at least one motion sensor activating the circuitry responsive to facial movements of a user, wherein the eyewear can be utilized in a client server system to allow for the display of certain information, or wherein the eyewear includes a pushbutton system for control, or wherein the circuitry can provide any of texts, email; multimedia information; caller id.
17. Eyewear comprising:
a frame member;
a lens, wherein an information bar is provided on the lens; wherein the lens has a set of integrated media enhancements, wherein an information is provided on the lens, an eye sensor coupled to the frame member, the eye sensor activating the circuitry responsive to eye motion of a user, and;
circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the eyewear; wherein the circuitry includes voice recognition when a speaker is recognized, wherein the eyewear can be utilized in a client server system to allow for the display of certain information, or wherein the eyewear includes a pushbutton system for control, or wherein the circuitry can provide any of texts, email; multimedia information; caller id.
18. The eyewear of claim 17 , wherein the circuitry includes noise cancellation being utilized with the recognized speaker.
19. Eyewear comprising:
a frame member;
a lens; wherein the lens has a set of integrated media enhancements; wherein the integrated media enhancements include music services; 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.
20. The eyewear of claim 19 ,
wherein the music services include any of lyrics of the song, notes of the song, name of the song or other associated references.
21. The eyewear of claim 20 , wherein downloading and billing for selected music is authorized and access to a plurality of libraries for music selections are provided.
22. Eyewear comprising:
a frame member;
a lens;
a binocular mechanism;
circuitry within the frame member and coupled to the binocular mechanism 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.