EYEWEAR PUPILOMETER

• US 20160103338A1
• Filed: 10/13/2015
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Allen Mark Jones, Antonio Defrank, Edmond Arthur Defrank, Mitch Miglis, Nicolas Defrank, William Hart
• Original Assignee: Antonio Defrank, Edmond Arthur Defrank, Nicolas Defrank
• Inventors: DeFrank, Nicolas, DeFrank, Antonio, Jones, Allen Mark, Hart, William, DeFrank, Edmond Arthur, Miglis, Mitch
• Granted Patent: US 9,720,259 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/112 for measuring diameter of pupils
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/12 for looking at the eye fundus, e.g. ophthalmoscopes A61B3/13 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/14 Arrangements specially adapted for eye photography apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs per se G03B
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/163 by tracking eye movement, gaze, or pupil change
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/18 for vehicle drivers or machine operators
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/10 Electronic devices other than hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/04 Contact lenses for the eyes disinfection or sterilisation of contact lenses A61L12/00

Abstract

The embodiments disclose an apparatus including an eyewear pupilometer for detecting, measuring and processing a wearer'"'"'s pupil movement and size, for detecting and processing retinal images, for detecting and processing a wearer'"'"'s field of view, for broadcasting alerts, for pre-diagnostic screening, for overriding vehicle operation and for measuring, recording and transmitting circadian responses, at least one eyewear pupilometer module including a lens fiber optic camera module, an image processor module, a retinal image infrared detector module, an outward camera module, at least one alert module, an alert light and message projector, a WI-FI module, an automated pullover module, an automated steering module, fiber optic & data cables, a contact lens pupilometer image, sensor and processor module, and at least one eyewear pupilometer module coupled to and/or embedded into eyewear frames and lenses, contact lenses, a vehicle wind shield and protective covers for hand held devices and laptop computers.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an eyewear pupilometer for detecting, measuring and processing a wearer'"'"'s pupil movement and size, for detecting and processing retinal images, for detecting and processing a wearer'"'"'s field of view, for broadcasting alerts, for pre-diagnostic screening, for overriding vehicle operation and for measuring, recording and transmitting circadian responses;

at least one eyewear pupilometer module including a lens fiber optic camera module, an image processor module, a retinal image infrared detector module, an outward camera module, an alert module, audio alert speaker module, an alert light and message projector, a WI-FI module, an automated pullover module, a vibration alert module, an automated steering module, an infrared and motion detector sensing modules, at least one vehicle windshield and dashboard screen heads-up display, fiber optic &

data cables, a contact lens pupilometer image, sensor and processor module, a photovoltaic cell module; and

at least one eyewear pupilometer module coupled to and/or embedded into eyewear frame and lenses, contact lenses, a vehicle wind shield and a protective cover for a hand held device and/or a laptop computer.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lens fiber optic camera module can be made of the same transparent glass or plastic material of an eyewear lenses making the embedded cameras invisible to the wearer.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the retinal image infrared detector module detects retinal images and processes sensor data using a lens infrared retinal fiber optic camera without the use of forced medication dilation of the pupils and without projecting potentially damaging light into the eye.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the outward camera module may capture images in bright and darkened ambient light and the images captured may be processed in a face recognition processing module to aid the user in identifying someone whose name they forgot, or criminals that may accost the user and two outward camera modules allow binocular views of objects and environmental features in the eyewear pupilometer user'"'"'s field of vision for calculating triangulated distances and movements of outward viewed objects.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the alert light and message projector produces projected messages that are displayed onto the inside of the eyewear lenses including text messages that include “

wake up”

, “

pull over” and

“

stop driving”

, wherein the messages are varied in size, color and special effects including blinking, increasing light level or brightness, including bright flashes of light to arouse a driver wearing the eyewear pupilometer.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising overriding vehicle operation includes responding to alerts generated from calculated binocular view triangulated distances and movements that may be used in determining if the driver is swerving on the road to automatically activate the automated pullover module, automated steering module, infrared and motion detector sensing modules to safely slow, pull over and stop a vehicle being driven by a driver wearing the eyewear pupilometer.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one eyewear pupilometer module embedded into a contact lens may include at least one eye image digital processor, image filter module, image infrared module, alert light and message projector, contact lens fiber optic camera, contact lens retinal fiber optic camera, rechargeable battery modules, power and data fiber optic cables, digital processor, digital storage device, alert generator modules, WI-FI module, at least one outward view camera and at least one photovoltaic cell.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one eyewear pupilometer module embedded into a contact lens is thinner than a contact lens central area and may be made of transparent glass or plastic material making the embedded module nearly invisible to the wearer.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the audio alert speaker module is used for producing non-regular audio sounds and verbal messages from a speaker integrated into an eyewear frame temples in proximity to each ear, wherein the sounds are varied in pitch and volume and frequency of broadcast to not form a harmonic rhythm or lulling sensation and is used for automatically alerting driver and authorities of the drowsy driver.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vibration alert module is used for producing non-regular vibration alerts to a driver wearing an eyewear pupilometer to arouse the driver and wherein the non-regular vibration alerts are transmitted from eyewear frame temples in proximity to each ear boney areas, bridge of a nose through a frame nose piece, wherein a vibratory level, frequency and intensity are varied to not form a harmonic rhythm or lulling sensation.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

an eyewear pupilometer for detecting, measuring and processing a wearer'"'"'s pupil movement and size, for detecting and processing retinal images, for detecting and processing a wearer'"'"'s field of view, for broadcasting alerts, for pre-diagnostic screening, for overriding vehicle operation and for measuring, recording and transmitting circadian responses;

at least one eyewear pupilometer module including a lens fiber optic camera module, an image processor module, a retinal image infrared detector module, an outward camera module, an alert module, audio alert speaker module, an alert light and message projector, a WI-FI module, an automated pullover module, a vibration alert module, an automated steering module, an infrared and motion detector sensing modules, at least one vehicle windshield and dashboard screen heads-up display, fiber optic &

data cables, a contact lens pupilometer image, sensor and processor module, a photovoltaic cell module; and

at least one eyewear pupilometer module coupled to and/or embedded into eyewear frames and lenses, contact lenses, and vehicle wind shields.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein two outward camera modules allow binocular views of objects and environmental features in the eyewear pupilometer user'"'"'s field of vision for calculating triangulated distances and movements of outward viewed objects.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising overriding vehicle operation includes responding to alerts generated from calculated binocular view triangulated distances and movements that may be used in determining if a driver wearing an eyewear pupilometer is swerving on a road to automatically activate the automated pullover module, automated steering module, infrared and motion detector sensing modules to safely slow, pull over and stop a vehicle being driven by a driver wearing the eyewear pupilometer and after stopping the vehicle it is disabled from restarting until driver shows a safe level of alertness.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the audio alert speaker module is used for producing non-regular audio sounds and verbal messages from a speaker integrated into an eyewear frame temples in proximity to each ear, wherein the sounds are varied in pitch and volume and frequency of broadcast to not form a harmonic rhythm or lulling sensation and is used for automatically alerting driver and authorities of the drowsy driver.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the vibration alert module is used for producing non-regular vibration alerts to a driver wearing an eyewear pupilometer to arouse the driver and wherein the non-regular vibration alerts are transmitted from eyewear frame temples in proximity to each ear boney areas, bridge of a nose through a frame nose piece, wherein a vibratory level, frequency and intensity are varied to not form a harmonic rhythm or lulling sensation.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

an eyewear pupilometer for detecting, measuring and processing a wearer'"'"'s pupil movement and size, for detecting and processing retinal images, for detecting and processing a wearer'"'"'s field of view, for broadcasting alerts, for pre-diagnostic screening, for overriding vehicle operation and for measuring, recording and transmitting circadian responses;

at least one eyewear pupilometer module including a lens fiber optic camera module, an image processor module, a retinal image infrared detector module, an outward camera module, an alert module, audio alert speaker module, an alert light and message projector, a WI-FI module, an automated pullover module, a vibration alert module, an automated steering module, an infrared and motion detector sensing modules, at least one vehicle windshield and dashboard screen heads-up display, fiber optic &

data cables, a contact lens pupilometer image, sensor and processor module, a photovoltaic cell module; and

at least one eyewear pupilometer module embedded into contact lenses.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein at least one eyewear pupilometer module embedded into a contact lens is thinner than a contact lens central area and may include a fiber core diameter no greater than 8 μ

m and may be made of transparent glass or plastic material making the embedded module nearly invisible to the wearer.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least one eyewear pupilometer module embedded into a contact lens includes at least one photovoltaic cell to convert the light into electricity and at least one rechargeable battery module to store electricity for use in at least one eyewear pupilometer module coupled with at least one fiber optic cable to transmit power.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising at least one eyewear pupilometer module embedded into a contact lens including at least one alert module for overriding vehicle operation to automatically activate the automated pullover module, automated steering module, infrared and motion detector sensing modules to safely slow, pull over and stop a vehicle being driven by a driver wearing the eyewear pupilometer and after stopping the vehicle it is disabled from restarting until driver shows a safe level of alertness.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising at least one eyewear pupilometer module embedded into a contact lens including at least one pupilometer image, sensor and processor module.