Method and apparatus for low bandwidth transmission of data utilizing of the human eye anatomy
First Claim
1. A method for the generation of at least one image on a selectable part of the retina of a viewer'"'"'s eye, to form an ocular image thereon, comprising:
- (a) receiving an image being composed of a number of image elements that correspond to the number of cone photoreceptors of a viewer'"'"'s fovea, so as to constitute a received image;
(b) displaying said received image or derivative thereof, so as to constitute a displayed image;
(c) projecting said displayed image or derivative thereof onto a viewer'"'"'s fovea area, so as to constitute a foveal image, such that a number of image elements of said foveal image corresponds to the number of cone photoreceptors of the viewer'"'"'s fovea; and
(d) projecting said displayed image or derivative thereof onto a viewer'"'"'s retina so as to constitute a retinal image.
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Abstract
A method for the generation of an image on a selectable part of the retina of a viewer'"'"'s eye, to form an ocular image on the retina. The method includes the step of receiving an image being composed of a number of image elements that correspond to the number of cone photoreceptors of a viewer'"'"'s fovea, so as to constitute a received image. The method further includes the step of displaying the received image so as to constitute a displayed image. The method further includes the step of projecting the displayed image onto a viewer'"'"'s fovea area, so as to constitute a foveal image, such that a number of image elements of the foveal image corresponds to the number of cone photoreceptors of the viewer'"'"'s fovea. The method further includes the step of projecting said displayed image onto a viewer'"'"'s retina so as to constitute a retinal image.
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55 Claims
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1. A method for the generation of at least one image on a selectable part of the retina of a viewer'"'"'s eye, to form an ocular image thereon, comprising:
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(a) receiving an image being composed of a number of image elements that correspond to the number of cone photoreceptors of a viewer'"'"'s fovea, so as to constitute a received image;
(b) displaying said received image or derivative thereof, so as to constitute a displayed image;
(c) projecting said displayed image or derivative thereof onto a viewer'"'"'s fovea area, so as to constitute a foveal image, such that a number of image elements of said foveal image corresponds to the number of cone photoreceptors of the viewer'"'"'s fovea; and
(d) projecting said displayed image or derivative thereof onto a viewer'"'"'s retina so as to constitute a retinal image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37)
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27. A method for the generation of at least one image on a selectable part of the retina of a viewer'"'"'s eye, to form an ocular image thereon, comprising:
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(a) scaling down a source image into an image being composed of a number of image elements that correspond to the number of cone photoreceptors of a viewer'"'"'s fovea and transmitting the image;
(b) receiving the image;
(c) displaying said received image or derivative thereof, so as to constitute a displayed image;
(d) projecting said displayed image or derivative thereof onto a viewer'"'"'s fovea so as to constitute a foveal image, such that a number of image elements of said foveal image corresponds to the number of cone photoreceptors of the viewer'"'"'s fovea; and
(e) projecting said displayed image or derivative thereof onto a viewer'"'"'s retina so as to constitute a retinal image.
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29. A method for transmission of high fidelity images over a low bandwidth communication channel, comprising performing the following in respect of each one of said images:
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(a) scaling down the image into an image being composed of a number of image elements that correspond to the number of cone photoreceptors of a viewer'"'"'s fovea and transmitting the image over the narrow band communication channel;
(b) receiving the image;
(c) generating the image or derivative thereof onto a viewer'"'"'s fovea area so as to constitute a foveal image, such that a number of image elements of said foveal image corresponds to the number of cone photoreceptors of the viewer'"'"'s fovea; and
(d) generating said displayed image or derivative thereof onto a viewer'"'"'s retina so as to constitute a retinal image.
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35. A method for the generation of an image to form an ocular image on the fovea of an viewer'"'"'s eye, the method comprising:
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(a) displaying an image composed of a number of image elements that correspond to the number of cone photoreceptors of the viewer'"'"'s fovea; and
(b) projecting said image onto the viewer'"'"'s fovea.
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36. A method for the generation of at least one image on a selectable part of the retina of a viewer'"'"'s eye, to form an ocular image thereon, comprising:
scaling down a source image into an image being composed of a number of image elements that correspond to the number of cone photoreceptors of a viewer'"'"'s fovea and transmitting the image.
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38. A system for the generation of at least one image on a selectable pat of the retina of a viewer'"'"'s eye, to form an ocular image thereon, comprising:
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receiver, receiving an image being composed of a number of image elements that correspond to the number of cone photoreceptors of a viewer'"'"'s fovea, so as to constitute a received image;
display, displaying said received image or derivative thereof, so as to constitute a displayed image;
an assembly for projecting said displayed image or derivative thereof onto a viewer'"'"'s fovea area, so as to constitute a foveal image, such that a number of image elements of said foveal image corresponds to the number of cone photoreceptors of the viewer'"'"'s fovea;
the assembly further projecting said displayed image or derivative thereof onto a viewer'"'"'s retina so as to constitute a retinal image.
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39. A system for the generation of at least one image on a selectable part of the retina of a viewer'"'"'s eye, to form an ocular image thereon, comprising:
a device for scaling down a source image into an image being composed of a number of image elements that correspond to the number of cone photoreceptors of a viewer'"'"'s fovea and transmitting the image.
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40. An apparatus for the forming of an image on a selectable part of the retina of a viewer'"'"'s eye to form an ocular image thereon, comprising:
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a surface positioned approximately normal to an optical path, said optical path including a section incident to a selectable point of the retina, means for generating a displayed image an said surface;
an optical element positioned along said optical path for directing light rays emanating from said displayed image to the viewers'"'"' eye;
to form said ocular image,a corporally mountable housing for the mounting of said surface and said optical element on said viewer, wherein said image is changeably formed;
substantially on the fovea, and on any part of the retina. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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