IP Library Granted Patent US 10,386,645
Granted Patent B2
US 10,386,645 · App. 16/144,995 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Digital therapeutic corrective spectacles

Inventor: Mohamed Abou Shousha (Pembroke Pines, FL)
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
G02B27/0172A61B3/0091A61B3/113G02B27/0179G02B2027/014G02B2027/0138G02B2027/0141G02B2027/0178G02B2027/0187
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Patent No.
US 10,386,645
App. No.
16/144,995
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Devices for testing, identifying, and compensating for ocular pathologies affecting the vision of a patient are provided in the form of digital therapeutic corrective spectacles that provided personalized, customized visual field corrected/enhancement. The devices include wearable spectacles with one or more digital monitors that are used to recreate an entire visual field as a digitized corrected image or that include custom-reality glasses that can be used to overlay a visual scene with generated image to correct or enhance the visual field of the subject.

Claims (58)

1. A system for facilitating increased field of view of a scene via a wearable device, the system comprising:

a computer system that comprises one or more processors executing computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the computer system to:

obtain, via a wearable device, a plurality of images of a scene, the wearable device comprising one or more monitors to display one or more images to an eye of a user;

determine a central region common to the plurality of images;

for each image of the plurality of images, determine a peripheral region of the image divergent from a corresponding peripheral region of at least another image of the plurality of images;

generate a combined image based on the common central region and the divergent peripheral regions such that the combined image comprises (i) a first region comprising a representation of the common central region and (ii) a second region comprising representations of the divergent peripheral regions, the second region being around the first region; and

cause the combined image to be displayed on the one or more monitors of the wearable device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer system is caused to:

perform shifting of each image of the plurality of images such that a size of the common central region is decreased and a size of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions is increased,

wherein generating the combined image comprises generating the combined image based on the common central region and the divergent peripheral regions subsequent to the performance of the shifting.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer system is caused to:

perform resizing of one or more regions of the plurality of images such that an extent of any resizing of the common central region is different than an extent of any resizing of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions,

wherein generating the combined image comprises generating the combined image based on the common central region and the divergent peripheral regions subsequent to the performance of the resizing.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein performing the resizing comprises performing the resizing of one or more regions of the plurality of images such that a percentage change in size of the common central region represented in the first region of the combined image is greater than or less than a percentage change in size of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions represented in the second region of the combined image.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the percentage change in size of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions is zero, and wherein the percentage change in size of the common central region is greater than zero.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the percentage change in size of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions is greater than zero, and wherein the percentage change in size of the common central region is zero.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein generating the combined image comprises generating the combined image based on the common central region, the divergent peripheral regions, and a peripheral region common to the plurality of images such that (i) the first region of the combined image comprises the representation of the common central region and a representation of the common peripheral region and (ii) the second region of the combined image comprises representations of the divergent peripheral regions.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wearable device comprises first and second cameras, and wherein obtaining the plurality of images comprises obtaining at least one of the plurality of images via the first camera of the wearable device and obtaining at least another one of the plurality of images via the second camera of the wearable device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more monitors of the wearable device comprises first and second monitors, and wherein causing the combined image to be displayed comprises causing the combined image to be displayed via the first and second monitors.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer system is a wearable computer system comprising the one or more processors executing the computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the wearable computer system to perform all the foregoing operations.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wearable device comprises a wearable spectacles device.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the wearable spectacles device comprises the one or more processors executing the computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the wearable spectacles device to perform all the foregoing operations.

13. A method being implemented by one or more processors executing computer program instructions that, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising:

obtaining, via a wearable device, a plurality of images of a scene;

determining a central region common to the plurality of images;

for each image of the plurality of images, determining a peripheral region of the image divergent from a corresponding peripheral region of at least another image of the plurality of images;

generating an enhanced image based on the common central region and the divergent peripheral regions such that the enhanced image comprises (i) a first region comprising a representation of the common central region and (ii) a second region comprising representations of the divergent peripheral regions, the second region being around the first region; and

causing the enhanced image to be displayed via the wearable device.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

performing shifting of each image of the plurality of images such that a size of the common central region is decreased and a size of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions is increased,

wherein generating the enhanced image comprises generating the enhanced image based on the common central region and the divergent peripheral regions subsequent to the performance of the shifting.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

performing resizing of one or more regions of the plurality of images such that an extent of any resizing of the common central region is different than an extent of any resizing of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions,

wherein generating the enhanced image comprises generating the enhanced image based on the common central region and the divergent peripheral regions subsequent to the performance of the resizing.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein performing the resizing comprises performing the resizing of one or more regions of the plurality of images such that a percentage change in size of the common central region represented in the first region of the enhanced image is greater than or less than a percentage change in size of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions represented in the second region of the enhanced image.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the percentage change in size of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions is zero, and wherein the percentage change in size of the common central region is greater than zero.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the percentage change in size of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions is greater than zero, and wherein the percentage change in size of the common central region is zero.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein generating the enhanced image comprises generating the enhanced image based on the common central region, the divergent peripheral regions, and a peripheral region common to the plurality of images such that (i) the first region of the enhanced image comprises the representation of the common central region and a representation of the common peripheral region and (ii) the second region of the enhanced image comprises representations of the divergent peripheral regions.

20. The method of claim 13 , wherein the wearable device comprises first and second cameras, and wherein obtaining the plurality of images comprises obtaining at least one of the plurality of images via the first camera of the wearable device and obtaining at least another one of the plurality of images via the second camera of the wearable device.

21. The method of claim 13 , wherein causing the enhanced image to be displayed comprises causing the enhanced image to be displayed via first and second monitors of the wearable device.

22. The method of claim 13 , wherein a wearable computer system comprising the one or more processors executing the computer program instructions that, when executed, perform the method.

23. The method of claim 13 , wherein the wearable device comprises a wearable spectacles device.

24. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause operations comprising:

obtaining, via a wearable device, a plurality of images of a scene;

determining a central region common to the plurality of images;

for each image of the plurality of images, determining a peripheral region of the image divergent from a corresponding peripheral region of at least another image of the plurality of images;

generating an enhanced image based on the common central region and the divergent peripheral regions such that the enhanced image comprises (i) a first region comprising a representation of the common central region and (ii) a second region comprising representations of the divergent peripheral regions, the second region being around the first region; and

causing the enhanced image to be displayed via the wearable device.

25. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 24 , wherein the operations further comprise:

performing shifting of each image of the plurality of images such that a size of the common central region is decreased and a size of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions is increased,

wherein generating the enhanced image comprises generating the enhanced image based on the common central region and the divergent peripheral regions subsequent to the performance of the shifting.

26. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 24 , wherein the operations further comprise:

performing resizing of one or more regions of the plurality of images such that an extent of any resizing of the common central region is different than an extent of any resizing of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions,

wherein generating the enhanced image comprises generating the enhanced image based on the common central region and the divergent peripheral regions subsequent to the performance of the resizing.

27. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 26 , wherein performing the resizing comprises performing the resizing of one or more regions of the plurality of images such that a percentage change in size of the common central region represented in the first region of the enhanced image is greater than or less than a percentage change in size of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions represented in the second region of the enhanced image.

28. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 27 , wherein the percentage change in size of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions is zero, and wherein the percentage change in size of the common central region is greater than zero.

29. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 27 , wherein the percentage change in size of at least one of the divergent peripheral regions is greater than zero, and wherein the percentage change in size of the common central region is zero.

30. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 24 , wherein generating the enhanced image comprises generating the enhanced image based on the common central region, the divergent peripheral regions, and a peripheral region common to the plurality of images such that (i) the first region of the enhanced image comprises the representation of the common central region and a representation of the common peripheral region and (ii) the second region of the enhanced image comprises representations of the divergent peripheral regions.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2019
From: ABOU SHOUSHA, MOHAMED
To: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Reel/Frame 048506/0594 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: SHOUSHA, MOHAMED ABOU
To: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Reel/Frame 048007/0661 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62563770 · Sep 27, 2017
Related Publication 20190094552A1 · Mar 28, 2019
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