APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FITTING HEAD MOUNTED VISION AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS
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1. A device comprising:
- (i) an assembly to be worn by a user comprising;
a pair of temple arms to fit along the sides of the user'"'"'s head and sit upon the user'"'"'s ears; and
a nose bridge to fit upon the user'"'"'s nose;
(ii) the electronic assembly comprising an electronic processor for receiving data from at least one of a remote source and a camera and generating image data substantially in real time in dependence upon the at least one of a remote source and a camera for display to the user via a near-to-eye display also forming part of the electronic assembly;
whereinthe electronics assembly is configured to position the near-to-eye display in the appropriate position relative to the user'"'"'s eye when mounted to the assembly; and
the user wears the assembly either with or without the electronic assembly attached;
at least one of;
the near-to-eye display within the electronic assembly is laterally aligned and fixed to the user'"'"'s pupil during an initial configuration and fixed at that position for subsequent use by the user such that no adjustment is required when the electronic assembly is demountably attached; and
a minimum distance between the user'"'"'s eye and the near-to-eye display when the electronics assembly is attached to the assembly is defined by the nose bridge;
wherein the nose bridge is one of a plurality of nose bridges that can be affixed to the assembly, each nose bridge within the plurality of nose bridge assemblies defining a different minimum distance.
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Abstract
A head worn display can be designed with an integrated camera for obtaining an image of a scene, transmitting the obtained image to a processor, modification of the image in substantially real time by the processor, and displaying the modified image on a display device worn by the individual. According to embodiments of the invention various methods are provided for adjusting the position of the displayed video in the horizontal left/right, vertical up/down, and horizontal in/out, and angular up/down dimensions relative to the individual'"'"'s eyes.
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1. A device comprising:
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(i) an assembly to be worn by a user comprising; a pair of temple arms to fit along the sides of the user'"'"'s head and sit upon the user'"'"'s ears; and a nose bridge to fit upon the user'"'"'s nose; (ii) the electronic assembly comprising an electronic processor for receiving data from at least one of a remote source and a camera and generating image data substantially in real time in dependence upon the at least one of a remote source and a camera for display to the user via a near-to-eye display also forming part of the electronic assembly;
whereinthe electronics assembly is configured to position the near-to-eye display in the appropriate position relative to the user'"'"'s eye when mounted to the assembly; and the user wears the assembly either with or without the electronic assembly attached; at least one of; the near-to-eye display within the electronic assembly is laterally aligned and fixed to the user'"'"'s pupil during an initial configuration and fixed at that position for subsequent use by the user such that no adjustment is required when the electronic assembly is demountably attached; and a minimum distance between the user'"'"'s eye and the near-to-eye display when the electronics assembly is attached to the assembly is defined by the nose bridge;
wherein the nose bridge is one of a plurality of nose bridges that can be affixed to the assembly, each nose bridge within the plurality of nose bridge assemblies defining a different minimum distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device comprising:
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(i) an assembly to be worn by a user comprising; a pair of temple arms to fit along the sides of the user'"'"'s head and sit upon the user'"'"'s ears; and a nose bridge to fit upon the user'"'"'s nose; (ii) the electronic assembly comprising an electronic processor for receiving data from at least one of a remote source and a camera and generating image data substantially in real time in dependence upon the at least one of a remote source and a camera for display to the user via a near-to-eye display also forming part of the electronic assembly;
whereinthe electronics assembly is configured to position the near-to-eye display in the appropriate position relative to the user'"'"'s eye when mounted to the assembly; and the user wears the assembly either with or without the electronic assembly attached;
whereinthe assembly can be interchangeably attached to the electronic assembly with another assembly; the assembly further comprises a prescription lens having optical characteristics established in dependence upon a vision loss relating to a degradation in a visual field of view of the user; and the another assembly further comprises a means mounting and angularly keying a plano trial lens with a predetermined pattern to the another assembly to support aligned of a center of the plano trial lens with a pupil of the user'"'"'s eye during an adjustment process to define the position of the near-to-eye display within the electronic assembly. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A device comprising:
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(i) an assembly to be worn by a user comprising; a pair of temple arms to fit along the sides of the user'"'"'s head and sit upon the user'"'"'s ears; and a nose bridge to fit upon the user'"'"'s nose; (ii) the electronic assembly comprising an electronic processor for receiving data from at least one of a remote source and a camera and generating image data substantially in real time in dependence upon the at least one of a remote source and a camera for display to the user via a near-to-eye display also forming part of the electronic assembly; (iii) an outer body forming part of a housing for the electronic assembly comprising at least an inner wall which is disposed towards the user'"'"'s face when the electronic assembly is mounted to the assembly comprising an opening to permit viewing of the near-to-eye display and a plurality of first features disposed on the surface of the inner wall away from the user'"'"'s face in predetermined relationship to the opening; (iv) a clamp surface comprising a plurality of second surface features forming part of the near-to-eye display;
whereinthe electronics assembly is configured to position the near-to-eye display in the appropriate position relative to the user'"'"'s eye when mounted to the assembly; the user wears the assembly either with or without the electronic assembly attached; and when the housing for the electronic assembly is assembled with the electronic assembly the plurality of second surface features on the near-to-eye display engage with a subset of the plurality of first features disposed on the surface of the inner wall such that lateral motion of the near-to-eye display is prevented within the assembled combination of the housing and electronic assembly. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A device comprising:
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(i) an assembly to be worn by a user comprising; a pair of temple arms to fit along the sides of the user'"'"'s head and sit upon the user'"'"'s ears; and a nose bridge to fit upon the user'"'"'s nose; (ii) the electronic assembly comprising an electronic processor for receiving data from at least one of a remote source and a camera and generating image data substantially in real time in dependence upon the at least one of a remote source and a camera for display to the user via a near-to-eye display also forming part of the electronic assembly;
whereinthe electronics assembly is configured to position the near-to-eye display in the appropriate position relative to the user'"'"'s eye when mounted to the assembly; and the user wears the assembly either with or without the electronic assembly attached;
whereinthe electronics assembly further comprises a first mounting for coupling to a second mounting forming part of the assembly for the demountable coupling of the electronics assembly and assembly; and the first mounting and second mounting provide a hinge point for the electronics assembly allowing it to be pivoted vertically relative to the assembly when coupled together. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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