Electronic eyeglasses

• US 9,028,068 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2013
• Issued: 05/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Jen-Tsorng
• Primary Examiner(s): DANG, HUNG XUAN
• Application Number:
  US13/928,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20140118680A1
• Time in Patent Office: 684 Days
• Field of Search: 351/209, 351/210, 351/205, 351/158, 351/41, 345/7, 345/8, 340/575, 340/573.1, 340/576
• US Class Current: 351/210
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/00 Non-optical adjuncts; Attachment thereof G02C7/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/10 Electronic devices other than hearing aids

Abstract

An electronic eyeglasses includes a camera module and a controller. The camera module captures consecutive images of eyes wearing the electronic eyeglasses. The controller includes a recognition module, a storage module, and a control module. The recognition module recognizes movement of the eyes by processing the consecutive images. The storage module stores an index table having a collection of eye movements and a collection of commands each of which is associated with one of the eye movements. The control module indexes a command from the index table using the movement of the eyes and controls the electronic eyeglasses to execute the command.

Claims

1. An electronic eyeglasses, comprising:

a camera module for capturing consecutive images of eyes of a user wearing the electronic eyeglasses; and

a controller connected to the camera module, the controller comprising;

a recognition module to recognize movement of the eyes by processing the consecutive images;

a storage module storing an index table having a collection of eye movements and a collection of commands each of which is associated with one of the eye movements; and

a control module to index a command from the index table using the movement of the eyes and control the electronic eyeglasses to execute the command.

2. The electronic eyeglasses of claim 1, further comprising a frame, the frame comprising a main body and two legs extending from opposite ends of the main body, the camera module being positioned on the main body and aimed at the eyes.

3. The electronic eyeglasses of claim 2, wherein the legs are made of aluminum and integrated with control circuits, a control panel, a microphone, a speaker, various sensors, and a battery, which are connected with each other, the control circuits are configured for controlling and coordinating the electronic eyeglasses, the control panel is configured for receiving user touches, the microphone is configured for receiving voice inputs, the speaker is configured for outputting sound, the various sensors comprises gyroscopes and global positioning system sensors, and the battery is configured for supplying electric power for the electronic eyeglasses.

4. The electronic eyeglasses of claim 1, wherein the camera module comprises an infrared band-pass filter, and the electronic eyeglasses further comprises an infrared light source to emit light to the eyes.

5. The electronic eyeglasses of claim 4, wherein the infrared light source is an infrared light emitting diode.

6. The electronic eyeglasses of claim 4, further comprising a pair of contact lenses, each of the contact lenses comprising a central infrared reflective region.

7. The electronic eyeglasses of claim 1, further comprising a display device for displaying information to the eyes, the command being executed to control the display device.

8. The electronic eyeglasses of claim 7, wherein the movement of the eyes is a trajectory of pupils of the eyes and the command is moving a cursor on the display along the trajectory of the pupils.

9. The electronic eyeglasses of claim 7, wherein the movement of the eyes is winking and the command is clicking a cursor on the display.

10. The electronic eyeglasses of claim 7, wherein the display device is a micro-projector projecting information directly to the eyes.

11. The electronic eyeglasses of claim 7, further comprising a pair of glasses, the display device being a transmissive-type liquid crystal display formed on the glasses.

12. The electronic eyeglasses of claim 1, further comprising a switch configured for activating or inactivating control of the eye movement.