GLARE ELIMINATION AND IMAGE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM IMPROVING LENSES, WINDOWS AND DISPLAYS
First Claim
1. A system for reducing undesired light and enhancing observable images comprising:
- hardware capable of defining observation points or regions; and
hardware capable of shading any of several areas of a screen to shade or intercept at least some light that would otherwise reach said observation point(s) or region(s), which light transcends a threshold limit of luminance that would otherwise occur at said observation point(s) or region(s), which threshold limit is based on environmental light information, while leaving other light passing through the screen unshaded or less shaded by shading or not shading at least one of several areas of a screen,wherein the user may alter and/or calibrate the location of said areas manually with a control indicating changes in the observation point(s) or region(s), by adjusting an automobile'"'"'s rear-view mirror, display, seat position or other vehicle device or control, due to the system exploiting the relationship between said device or control and the eye position of the user.
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Abstract
New optic control systems are provided that manage camera, user or environmental movement and other factors impacting optical and resulting image quality. In some aspects of the invention, a variably, directionally shadable screen and actuating system is provided, which prevents and limits problematic glare for an observation point. In other aspects of the invention, a matrix of specialized pixels creates variably-directed light from a plurality of angle-directable, shiftable sources, which aids in creating virtual, 3-D objects of greater realism than conventional 3-D imaging methods and aid in reducing the appearance of distracting interceding objects (e.g., finger blocking a touch screen). In these aspects, existing images and objects viewed through a screen may be enhanced and overlaid with effects and demonstrative information related to the overlaid images and objects and an environment. In still other aspects of the invention, electromagnetically actuated optical control techniques, including rotational lenses and sensors, are provided.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for reducing undesired light and enhancing observable images comprising:
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hardware capable of defining observation points or regions; and hardware capable of shading any of several areas of a screen to shade or intercept at least some light that would otherwise reach said observation point(s) or region(s), which light transcends a threshold limit of luminance that would otherwise occur at said observation point(s) or region(s), which threshold limit is based on environmental light information, while leaving other light passing through the screen unshaded or less shaded by shading or not shading at least one of several areas of a screen, wherein the user may alter and/or calibrate the location of said areas manually with a control indicating changes in the observation point(s) or region(s), by adjusting an automobile'"'"'s rear-view mirror, display, seat position or other vehicle device or control, due to the system exploiting the relationship between said device or control and the eye position of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for reducing undesired light and enhancing observable images comprising:
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hardware capable of defining observation points or regions; and hardware capable of shading any of several areas of a screen to shade or intercept at least some light rays that would otherwise reach said observation point(s) or region(s), which light rays transcend a threshold limit of luminance that would otherwise occur at said observation points, which threshold limit is based on environmental light information, while leaving other light rays passing through the screen unshaded or less shaded by shading or not shading at least one of several areas of a screen. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for reducing undesired light and enhancing observation comprising:
hardware capable of defining observation point(s) or region(s) and implementing filtering in any of several areas of a display to reduce at least some effect of light that would otherwise occur at at least one of said observation focal point(s) or region(s), the location of which filtering may be variably set by the user(s), which light transcends, at the observation point(s) or region(s), a threshold limit of luminance that would otherwise occur at said observation point(s) or regions, and so reduces at least some effect of said light to a degree necessary to meet, or fall below, said threshold limit.
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