ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENHANCED SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL DRIVEN AR/VR VISUAL AIDS

• US 20200134926A1
• Filed: 12/26/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eyedaptic, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Eyedaptic, Inc.
• Inventors: KIM, Brian, WATOLA, David A., CORMIER, Jay E.
• Granted Patent: US 11,043,036 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/006 based on simulated virtual individual or collective life forms, e.g. social simulations or particle swarm optimisation [PSO]
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

Interactive systems using adaptive control software and hardware from known and later developed eyepieces to later developed head-wear to lenses, including implantable, temporarily insertable and contact and related film based types of lenses including thin film transparent elements for housing cameras lenses and projector and functional equivalent processing tools. Simple controls, real-time updates and instant feedback allow implicit optimization of a universal model while managing complexity.

Claims

1. A method of providing visual-assistance for a low-vision user, comprising:

capturing images with a camera mounted on an eyeglass system;

modifying the images with an integrated processor of the eyeglass system to produce corrected images;

presenting the corrected images to an eye of the low-vision user on one or more displays of the eyeglass system;

blocking a central light path that coincides with the one or more displays so that a central visual field of the low-vision user comprises only the corrected images on the one or more displays; and

allowing a peripheral light path that is not blocked by the one or more displays to reach the eye of the low-vision user to preserve the low-vision user'"'"'s existing peripheral vision.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the images further comprises modifying a magnification of the images.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the images further comprises modifying an amount of magnification over at least a portion of the images.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the images further comprises modifying a contrast of the images.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein blocking the central light path further comprises blocking the central light path that coincides with the one or more displays with an opaque lens cover.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting the corrected images to blend smoothly from the central visual field of the low-vision user into the peripheral vision of the low-vision user.