RELEASABLY ATTACHABLE AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM FOR EYEWEAR
First Claim
1. A wearable apparatus capable of providing a virtual image, wherein the apparatus is an AR Unit, wherein the AR Unit'"'"'s main body supports one or more light engine(s) for producing an image perceived by a wearer, wherein the image is perceived to be a virtual image by the wearer, wherein one or more optical engine(s) cause the wearer of the apparatus to perceive the virtual image mixed with a real image, wherein the optical engine(s) includes an optical combiner(s), wherein the apparatus comprises an outer covering, wherein a shape and/or a structure in a bottom surface of the outer covering is present for accepting a top surface of an eyewear frame, wherein the apparatus can be adjusted to fit a plurality of different eyewear frames and wherein the apparatus is releasably attachable to the plurality of different eyewear frames.
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Abstract
An Augmented Reality apparatus is provided, whereby the apparatus utilizes existing eyewear as an attachment platform, and the apparatus is attachable to and detachable from a plurality of different eyewear having different shapes and sizes, whereby a portion of the apparatus rests on the top of the eyewear, and whereby the apparatus provides fully or mostly unobstructed vision when the wearer is looking straight ahead.
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- 1. A wearable apparatus capable of providing a virtual image, wherein the apparatus is an AR Unit, wherein the AR Unit'"'"'s main body supports one or more light engine(s) for producing an image perceived by a wearer, wherein the image is perceived to be a virtual image by the wearer, wherein one or more optical engine(s) cause the wearer of the apparatus to perceive the virtual image mixed with a real image, wherein the optical engine(s) includes an optical combiner(s), wherein the apparatus comprises an outer covering, wherein a shape and/or a structure in a bottom surface of the outer covering is present for accepting a top surface of an eyewear frame, wherein the apparatus can be adjusted to fit a plurality of different eyewear frames and wherein the apparatus is releasably attachable to the plurality of different eyewear frames.
- 16. A wearable apparatus capable of providing a virtual image, wherein the wearable apparatus is releasably attachable to a plurality of different eyewear frames, wherein the apparatus is capable of resting on top of the plurality of different eyewear frames, wherein the apparatus supports two light engines that provide light for what becomes a virtual image and two optical engines that cause a wearer of the apparatus to perceive a binocular virtual image combined with a binocular real image, wherein the two optical engines include two optical combiners and wherein a bottom edge of the two optical combiners is positioned at or above a top edge of pupil(s) of the wearer of the apparatus when the wearer is looking straight ahead with normal gaze.
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