Sensing system
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1. A device, comprising:
- a contact lens comprising;
a substrate;
a weight to self-align the contact lens into a position when worn;
a plurality of sensors disposed on or within the substrate;
a control circuit disposed on the substrate and coupled with the sensors, the control circuit comprising;
a processing component having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause the processing component to perform operations including;
obtaining respective state information associated with one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors, wherein the respective state information indicates whether an associated sensor is covered by an eyelid;
determining, in response to a determination that a first sensor and a second sensor in the plurality of sensors are not covered by the eyelid, that the eyelid is open;
determining, in response to a determination that the first sensor is covered by the eyelid and the second sensor is not covered by the eyelid, that the eyelid is partially closed;
determining, in response to a determination that the first sensor and the second sensor are covered by the eyelid, that the eyelid is closed;
determining at least one of a blink of the eyelid, a position of the eyelid, or an orientation of the contact lens based on the state information; and
issuing a command to an electronic component, other than the processing component, disposed in the contact lens in response to determining that the eyelid is partially closed.
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to systems and/or methods for detection of eye blinking using an active contact lens with multiple sensors and detecting orientation of the active contact lens.
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1. A device, comprising:
a contact lens comprising; a substrate; a weight to self-align the contact lens into a position when worn; a plurality of sensors disposed on or within the substrate; a control circuit disposed on the substrate and coupled with the sensors, the control circuit comprising; a processing component having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause the processing component to perform operations including; obtaining respective state information associated with one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors, wherein the respective state information indicates whether an associated sensor is covered by an eyelid; determining, in response to a determination that a first sensor and a second sensor in the plurality of sensors are not covered by the eyelid, that the eyelid is open; determining, in response to a determination that the first sensor is covered by the eyelid and the second sensor is not covered by the eyelid, that the eyelid is partially closed; determining, in response to a determination that the first sensor and the second sensor are covered by the eyelid, that the eyelid is closed; determining at least one of a blink of the eyelid, a position of the eyelid, or an orientation of the contact lens based on the state information; and issuing a command to an electronic component, other than the processing component, disposed in the contact lens in response to determining that the eyelid is partially closed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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obtaining, by a multi-sensor contact lens, respective state information associated with a plurality of sensors disposed on or within a substrate of the multi-sensor contact lens, wherein the respective state information indicates whether an associated sensor is covered by an eyelid; in response to a determination that a first sensor and a second sensor in the plurality of sensors are not covered by the eyelid, determining, by the multi-sensor contact lens, that the eyelid is open; in response to a determination that the first sensor is covered by the eyelid and the second sensor is not covered by the eyelid, determining, by the multi-sensor contact lens, that the eyelid is partially closed; in response to a determination that first sensor and the second sensor are covered by the eyelid, determining, by the multi-sensor contact lens, that the eyelid is closed; determining, by the multi-sensor contact lens, at least one of a blink of the eyelid, a position of the eyelid, or an orientation of the multi-sensor contact lens based on the state information; and issuing, with a control circuit disposed in the multi-sensor contact lens, a command to an electronic component disposed in the multi-sensor contact lens in response to determining that the eyelid is partially closed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a multi-sensor contact lens including a processor to perform operations comprising:
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obtaining respective state information associated with a plurality of sensors disposed on or within a substrate of the multi-sensor contact lens, wherein the respective state information indicates whether an associated sensor is covered by an eyelid, and wherein the multi-sensor contact lens is weighted to self-align the multi-sensor contact lens into a position when worn; in response to a determination that a first sensor and a second sensor in the plurality of sensors are not covered by the eyelid, determining that the eyelid is open; in response to a determination that the first sensor is covered by the eyelid and the second sensor is not covered by the eyelid, determining that the eyelid is partially closed; in response to a determination that first sensor and the second sensor are covered by the eyelid, determining that the eyelid is closed; determining at least one of a blink of the eyelid, a position of the eyelid, or an orientation of the multi-sensor contact lens based on the state information; and issuing a command to an electronic component disposed in the multi-sensor contact lens in response to determining that the eyelid is partially closed. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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