METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDUCING DAZZLE
First Claim
1. A blink inducer apparatus for remotely illuminating a human eye with light to induce the eye of the subject to blink in response thereto, comprising:
- illumination means for producing a beam of light which illuminates a given target area remote from the apparatus with sufficient light energy for inducing a blink response in an illuminated human eye within the illuminated target area; and
control means arranged to control the illumination means to illuminate a given target area for an illumination time period sufficient to induce said blink response, to subsequently illuminate a different target area instead of the given target area, and to re-illuminate the given target area after a recovery time period no greater than that sufficient for the subject to recover from the blink response.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method and apparatus for successively and repeatedly illuminating a number of remote areas collectively defining a larger area with light in the form of a beam or beams to induce a physiological blink response or optical blink reflex in the illuminated eye of an animal (e.g., a human) within the area being illuminated. Each area being intermittently illuminated long enough to induce a blink response from an animal (e.g. human) subject there, after which another area(s) is illuminated in the meantime while illumination of the initial area is not required since the subject(s) there would still be recovering from their blink response.
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1. A blink inducer apparatus for remotely illuminating a human eye with light to induce the eye of the subject to blink in response thereto, comprising:
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illumination means for producing a beam of light which illuminates a given target area remote from the apparatus with sufficient light energy for inducing a blink response in an illuminated human eye within the illuminated target area; and control means arranged to control the illumination means to illuminate a given target area for an illumination time period sufficient to induce said blink response, to subsequently illuminate a different target area instead of the given target area, and to re-illuminate the given target area after a recovery time period no greater than that sufficient for the subject to recover from the blink response. - 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)
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27. A method for remotely illuminating a human eye with light to induce the eye of the subject to blink in response thereto, the method including the steps of:
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producing a beam of light for remotely illuminating a given target area with sufficient light energy for inducing a blink response in an irradiated human eye within the illuminated target area; and illuminating a given target area for an illumination time period sufficient to induce said blink response, and subsequently illuminating a different target area instead of the given target area, and re-illuminating the given target area after a recovery time period no greater than that sufficient for the subject to recover from the blink response. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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