Enhanced optical and perceptual digital eyewear
Improved wearable optics is disclosed. The wearable optics comprises a frame member and a lens. The wearable optics also includes circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the wearable optics. 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 wearable optics 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 wearable optics to be integrated with devices such as MP3 players, radios, or the like.
1. A wearable optics device including
a lens; and
a dynamic eye tracking mechanism in communication with the lens;
wherein the dynamic eye tracking mechanism utilizes optical parameter measurements;
wherein the optical parameter measurements include any of ciliary measurements, pupil measurements, corneal measurements, eye lens measurements, iris measurements, eye lid measurements, or retina measurements;
wherein parameters personalized to a user can be provided based upon the dynamic eye tracking mechanism;
wherein the wearable optics device is responsive to one or more of: eye/head movements or facial gestures, or hand or finger movements or gestures;
wherein an augmented reality overlay is presented at a location determined independent of an external device;
wherein information is not disposed on the lens.
2. A wearable optics device as in claim 1 , wherein
the wearable optics device is disposed to control one or more of:
a telecommunications environment, sales system, audio/video conferencing, a game controller, a mobile phone, a mouse/cursor or pointing device, a tablet, a console, or a video screen.
3. A wearable optics device as in claim 2 , wherein
the sales system is coupled to one or more of: a commercial establishment, or an ordering system at a commercial establishment.
4. A wearable optics device as in claim 2 , wherein
the sales system is responsive to one or more of:
recognition of objects provided to customers, or recognition of identification of objects requested by customers;
the sales system provides identification of those objects to one or more of: a user, or a sales system disposed to determine a charge to make to customers.
5. A wearable optics device as in claim 4 , wherein
the recognition of objects is responsive to labels on the objects;
the labels on the objects include one or more of:
tags, RFID devices, bar codes, or printed names, associated with or attached to the objects.
6. A wearable optics device as in claim 1 , wherein
the dynamic eye tracking mechanism is responsive to action by only a single one of the user's eyes.
7. A wearable optics device as in claim 1 , wherein
the lens includes a plurality of layers.
8. A wearable optics device as in claim 1 , wherein
the augmented reality overlay includes information presented via audio.
9. A wearable optics device as in claim 1 , wherein
the wearable optics device is disposed to control one or more of:
a game controller, a mobile phone, a mouse/cursor or pointing device, a tablet, a console, or a video screen.
10. A wearable optics device as in claim 8 , wherein
the wearable optics device is disposed to control one or more of:
a system responsive to one or more of:
recognition of objects provided to customers, or recognition of identification of objects requested by customers;
the system provides identification of those objects to one or more of: a user, or a system disposed to determine a charge to make to customers.
11. A wearable optics device as in claim 9 , wherein
the recognition of objects is responsive to labels on the objects;
the labels on the objects include one or more of:
tags, RFID devices, bar codes, or printed names,
associated with or attached to the objects.
12. A wearable optics device, including
a dynamic eye mechanism, the dynamic eye mechanism being responsive to one or more of: eye/head movements or facial gestures, or hand or finger movements or gestures viewable by the user's eyes;
a control system coupled to the dynamic eye tracking mechanism, the control system disposed to receive information with respect to the eye/head movements or facial gestures, or the hand or finger movements or gestures viewable by the user's eyes;
the control system coupled to one or more of:
a telecommunications environment, a sales system, audio/video conferencing, a game controller, a mobile phone, a mouse/cursor or pointing device, a tablet, a console, or a video screen;
wherein information is not disposed on the lens.
13. A wearable optics device as in claim 12 , wherein
the sales system is coupled to one or more of: a commercial establishment, or an ordering system at a commercial establishment;
the sales establishment is disposed to sell food or drinks.
14. A wearable optics device as in claim 12 , including
a lens coupled to the dynamic eye tracking system;
wherein the lens is disposed to present to the user one or more menu items available at a commercial establishment.
15. A wearable optics device as in claim 12 , wherein
the element disposed to provide information to a user is disposed to present to the user, one or more selections of:
a radio receiver, a telephone, an audio player, a video receiver, a video player, or a game controller.
16. A wearable optics device as in claim 12 , wherein
the dynamic eye tracking mechanism is responsive to action by only a single one of the user's eyes.
17. A wearable optics device as in claim 12 , wherein
the lens includes a plurality of layers.
18. A wearable optics device as in claim 12 , wherein
an augmented reality overlay is presented at a location determined independent of an external device.
19. A wearable optics device as in claim 18 , including
a lens coupled to the dynamic eye tracking system.
20. A wearable optics device as in claim 18 , including
wherein the dynamic eye tracking mechanism utilizes optical parameter measurements;
wherein the optical parameter measurements include any of:
ciliary measurements, pupil measurements, corneal measurements, eye lens measurements, iris measurements, eye lid measurements, or retina measurements;
wherein parameters personalized to a user can be provided based upon the dynamic eye tracking mechanism.
21. A wearable optics device including
a lens; and
a dynamic eye tracking mechanism in communication with the lens;
wherein the dynamic eye tracking mechanism utilizes optical parameter measurements;
wherein the optical parameter measurements include any of ciliary measurements, pupil measurements, corneal measurements, eye lens measurements, iris measurements, eye lid measurements, or retina measurements;
wherein parameters personalized to a user can be provided based upon the dynamic eye tracking mechanism;
wherein the wearable optics device is responsive to one or more of: eye/head movements or facial gestures, or hand or finger movements or gestures, the hand or finger movements or gestures being viewable by the user's eyes;
wherein an augmented reality overlay is presented at a location determined independent of an external device;
wherein the optical parameter measurements include one or more of: an eye looking in a predetermined direction for a selected duration of time, one or more eye blinks;
wherein the dynamic eye tracking mechanism is disposed to control a device external to the wearable optics device;
wherein information capable of viewing by the user is not disposed on the lens.
22. A wearable optics device as in claim 21 , wherein
the predetermined direction includes one or more of: substantially leftward, substantially rightward, substantially upward, substantially downward,
with respect to a user's gaze direction.
23. A wearable optics device as in claim 21 , wherein
the device external to the wearable optics device includes a touch-sensitive element.
24. A wearable optics device as in claim 21 , wherein
the device external to the wearable optics device includes a communication system coupled to a telecommunications environment.
25. A wearable optics device as in claim 24 , wherein
the telecommunications environment includes caller ID.
26. A wearable optics device as in claim 21 , wherein
the device external to the wearable optics device includes an element disposed to be coupled to one or more of: a sales system, a commercial establishment, or an ordering system at a commercial establishment.
27. A wearable optics device as in claim 21 , wherein
the device external to the wearable optics device is disposed to be coupled to a social media system.
28. A wearable optics device as in claim 21 , wherein
the device external to the wearable optics device is disposed to be coupled to one or more of: audio conferencing, audio/video conferencing.