Apparatus and Method for Augmenting Sight
First Claim
1. A method of improving the visual function of a patient comprising the steps of:
- determining a vision issue relating to the patient'"'"'s vision, the vision issue being external to a physical eyeball of the patient;
obtaining image data relating to a predetermined portion of a visual field of view of the patient;
modifying substantially in real time a predetermined portion of the image data with an electronic processor to generate modified image data in dependence upon a characteristic of the vision issue; and
displaying the modified image data to the patient.
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Abstract
A method of augmenting sight in an individual. The method comprises obtaining an image of a scene using a camera carried by the individual; transmitting the obtained image to a processor carried by the individual; selecting an image modification to be applied to the image by the processor; operating upon the image to create a modified image using either analog or digital imaging techniques, and displaying the modified image on a display device worn by the individual. The invention also relates to an apparatus augmenting sight in an individual. The apparatus comprises a camera, carried by the individual, for obtaining an image of a scene viewed by the individual; a display carried by the individual; an image modification input device carried by the individual; and a processor, carried by the individual. The processor modifies the image and displays the modified image on the display carried by the individual.
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1. A method of improving the visual function of a patient comprising the steps of:
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determining a vision issue relating to the patient'"'"'s vision, the vision issue being external to a physical eyeball of the patient; obtaining image data relating to a predetermined portion of a visual field of view of the patient; modifying substantially in real time a predetermined portion of the image data with an electronic processor to generate modified image data in dependence upon a characteristic of the vision issue; and displaying the modified image data to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A device for improving the visual function of a patient comprising:
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a digital image device to provide image data relating to a predetermined portion of a field of view of the patient; an electronic processor for receiving a predetermined portion of the image data and modifying it substantially in real time to generate modified image data in dependence upon a determined vision issue relating to the patient'"'"'s vision, the vision issue being external to a physical eyeball of the patient; and a display for displaying the modified image data to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory tangible computer readable medium encoding a computer program for execution by the microprocessor, the computer program comprising the steps of:
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receiving image data relating to a predetermined portion of a field of view of the patient; receiving a predetermined portion of the image data and modifying it substantially in real time to generate modified image data in dependence upon a determined vision issue relating to the patient'"'"'s vision, the vision issue being external to a physical eyeball of the patient; and providing the modified image data to a display for presentation to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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