Eyes closed interface
First Claim
1. An eye-mountable device comprising:
- a lens comprising a polymeric material, the lens operable to be removably mounted over an eye and to be compatible with a motion of an eyelid when a concave surface of the lens is so mounted;
an eyelid sensor disposed in or on the lens and operable to provide output data indicative of whether the eyelid of the eye on which the lens is mounted is closed;
a display disposed in or on the lens and operable to display a light signal in response to the output data from the eyelid sensor indicating that the eyelid is closed;
a feedback sensor disposed in or on the lens to sense a feedback from a wearer of the eye-mountable device and output a feedback signal; and
a control electronics coupled to the display and the feedback sensor, the control electronics configured to cause the display to repeat displaying the light signal when the eyelid is closed unless the feedback signal indicates an acknowledgement that the light signal was noticed by the wearer.
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Abstract
An eye-mountable device including a lens including a polymeric material, the lens operable to be removably mounted over a corneal surface of an eye and to be compatible with a motion of an eyelid when the concave surface is so mounted; a sensor coupled to the lens and operable to provide output data indicative of whether an eyelid of an eye on which the lens is mounted is closed; and a display operable to display a light signal in response to the output data from the sensor that the eyelid is closed. A method including determining whether an eyelid of a wearer of an eye-mountable device is closed; and when an eyelid of a wearer is closed, sending a light signal from the eye-mountable device.
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21 Claims
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1. An eye-mountable device comprising:
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a lens comprising a polymeric material, the lens operable to be removably mounted over an eye and to be compatible with a motion of an eyelid when a concave surface of the lens is so mounted; an eyelid sensor disposed in or on the lens and operable to provide output data indicative of whether the eyelid of the eye on which the lens is mounted is closed; a display disposed in or on the lens and operable to display a light signal in response to the output data from the eyelid sensor indicating that the eyelid is closed; a feedback sensor disposed in or on the lens to sense a feedback from a wearer of the eye-mountable device and output a feedback signal; and a control electronics coupled to the display and the feedback sensor, the control electronics configured to cause the display to repeat displaying the light signal when the eyelid is closed unless the feedback signal indicates an acknowledgement that the light signal was noticed by the wearer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine-readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by an eye-mountable device, will cause the eye-mountable device to perform operations comprising:
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monitoring an impedance across the eye-mountable device from one or more sensors peripherally disposed about the eye-mountable device, the impedance changing dependent upon whether an eyelid of a wearer of the eye-mountable device is open or closed; determining whether the eyelid of the wearer of the eye-mountable device is closed based upon the impedance; and when the eyelid of the wearer is determined to be closed, emitting a light signal optically with photons from the eye-mountable device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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