Vision thermalization for sightless & visually impaired

• US 20060028545A1
• Filed: 08/09/2004
• Published: 02/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Staplevision LLC
• Original Assignee: John J. Stapleton
• Inventors: Stapleton, John J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,843,488 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/62
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/08 Devices or methods enabling eye-patients to replace direct visual perception by another kind of perception
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/001 Teaching or communicating with blind persons G09B21/02 - G09B21/06 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/003 using tactile presentation of the information, e.g. Braille displays

Abstract

A Vision Thermalization, “VT” light-to-heat transducer, versatile video transformation system, via Biophysics Resonance of forehead cells with thin film transistors infrared “display” (1k×0.0015C×640×480 VGA) and alternative image processing methodology thereof to convert, for the sightless and visually impaired, light waves, or TV received signals or 2D/3D video camera signals into infrared patterns of sensible heat waves such as produced by the product of voltage and current in an active matrix of thin film transistors (AM-TFT), typically used with liquid crystal displays, in order to exploit the viper-like thermal vision sensibility of 10 parts/million (0.003C/305K) and biophysics resonance of thermo regulating amino acids.

Claims

1. A light to heat transducer, versatile video transformation system is comprised of active matrix thin film transistors circuitry configured to provide sensible infrared images via biophysics resonance of tuned sensitivities of certain amino acids to produce vision for the sightless and visually impaired.

2. The device according to claim 1 that is flexible or conformable to diverse human foreheads

3. The device according to claim 1 including an isotropic heat transfer layer that conducts heat images into the skin efficiently with minimal diffusion or conduction in the image plane such as carbon nanotubes manufactured by BTechCorp.

4. An image processing subsystem for the blind provides full fidelity, image integrity, color and depth of normal binocular vision with image quality enhancements eg. adaptive nonlinear grayscale “

gamma”

correction in look up table LUT thereby optimizing 1024 uniform or nonuniform steps of 0.0015 C within maximum temperature rise of 1.5 C and. 1 mw/cmˆ

2 difference such as between 306.5 and 305 C nominal skin temperature.