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US 9,165,263 · App. 14/289,634 · Granted Oct 20, 2015

Vision protection method and system thereof

Inventor: Roger Li-Chung Wu (West Covina, CA)
G06Q10/00G09G5/003
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,165,263
App. No.
14/289,634
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The vision protection method and system thereof is provided to ensure a viewer to rest his/her eyes after viewing on an electronic device for a certain period, wherein the eyesight protection method includes the steps of initially counting down a predetermined working time of a working mode, switching the working mode to a resting mode to temporarily halt the current working mode of the electronic device, and resuming the operation of the working mode that the viewer was previously working on. In that manner, the viewer is enforced to rest his/her eyes after every certain period.

Claims (3)

1. A vision protection method for eyesight protection of a viewer of an electronic device viewer, comprising the steps of: (a) assigning a personal ID to the viewer by a doctor of the viewer; (b) inputting the personal ID to the electronic device while activating a vision protection software installed in the electronic device; (c) after the vision protection software being installed for a predetermined period of time, generating a reminding message on the screen display to remind the view to visit the doctor to have an eye examination; (d) counting down a predetermined working time in a working mode of the electronic device through the vision protection software during which the viewer is working on a current work displaying by the electronic device; (e) switching the working mode of the electronic device to a resting mode by the vision protection software after the predetermined working time expires for a predetermined resting time for protecting the viewer from excessive usage of the electronic device by halting a screen display of the current work so as to ensure the viewer to rest eyes thereof for the predetermined resting time; (f) switching the electronic device from the resting mode back to the working to mode by the vision protection software to resume the display of the current work of the electronic device after the predetermined resting time has elapsed; and (g) repeating the above steps (d) to (f) to form a loop continuously until the viewer terminates operating the electronic device so as to ensure the viewer opportunities to have intermittent rests of eyes thereof after each of the predetermined working times.

2. A vision protection system for eyesight protection of a viewer of an electronic device, comprising: a vision protection software installed in the electronic device; a control module for coordinating and communicating the vision protection system with the electronic device; a rest mode enforcement module having one or more resting mode activities for switching a working mode of the electronic device during which the viewer is working on a current work displaying by the electronic device to a resting mode during which one of the resting mode activities substitutes the current work for protecting the viewer from excessive usage of the electronic device by halting a screen display of the current work thereof so as to ensure the viewer to rest eyes thereof; and a timer module, after the system is activated, counting down a predetermined working time in the working mode and a predetermined resting time of the resting mode of the electronic device, wherein when the timer module counts down until the predetermined working time expires, the working mode of the electronic device is switched to the resting mode of the rest enforcement module through the control module, and that when the timer module counts down until the predetermined resting time expires, the electronic device is switched back from the resting mode to the working mode to resume the current work of the electronic device so that a loop is formed until the viewer deactivates the system so as to ensure the viewer opportunities to have intermittent rests of the eyes thereof after each of the predetermined working times, wherein a personal ID is assigned by a doctor of the viewer to the viewer, which is inputted into the electronic device while the viewer activates the vision protection software, wherein after the vision protection software being installed for a predetermined period of time, a reminding message is generated on the screen display to remind the view to visit the doctor to have an eye examination.

3. The system, as recited in claim 2 , further comprising a detecting device connected to the electronic device to face toward the viewer for measuring a working distance between the viewer and the screen display of the electronic device, wherein when the electronic device is turned on, the control module activates the detecting device simultaneously to determine a proper working distance, wherein when the working distance is detected by the detecting device falling below a predetermined range, a warning message is generated on the screen display to instruct the view to move away from the screen display to maintain the proper working distance between the screen display and the viewer, wherein when the viewer continues to ignore the warning message for more than a predetermined warning time, the electronic device is freezed and immediately switched to the resting mode.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2021
From: WU, ROGER LI-CHUNG
To: EYES4LIVES, INC.
Reel/Frame 057624/0955 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2018
From: WU, ROGER LI-CHUNG
To: EYES4LIVES, INC.
Reel/Frame 044645/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2017
From: WU, ROGER LI-CHUNG
To: EYES4LIVES, INC.
Reel/Frame 043908/0334 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12313235 · Nov 17, 2008
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