Digital eyewear
First Claim
1. A method for providing eyewear comprising:
- providing a frame member;
providing a lens;
providing a binocular mechanism;
providing circuitry within the frame member and coupled to the binocular mechanism for enhancing the use of the eyewear; and
providing an eye sensor coupled to the frame member, the eye sensor activating the circuitry responsive to activity of the eye itself of a user to directly control a function directed by the user.
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Abstract
Improved eyewear is disclosed. The eyewear comprises a frame member and a lens. The eyewear also includes circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the eyewear. A system and method in accordance with the present invention is directed to a variety of ways to enhance the use of eyeglasses. They are: (1) media focals, that is, utilizing the eyewear for its intended purpose and enhancing that use by using imaging techniques to improve the vision of the user; (2) telecommunications enhancements that allow the eyeglasses to be integrated with telecommunication devices such as cell phones or the like; and (3) entertainment enhancements that allow the eyewear to be integrated with devices such as MP3 players, radios, or the like.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for providing eyewear comprising:
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providing a frame member; providing a lens; providing a binocular mechanism; providing circuitry within the frame member and coupled to the binocular mechanism for enhancing the use of the eyewear; and providing an eye sensor coupled to the frame member, the eye sensor activating the circuitry responsive to activity of the eye itself of a user to directly control a function directed by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for providing eyewear comprising:
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providing a frame member; providing a lens, wherein an information bar is provided on the lens; providing circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the eyewear; and providing at least one motion sensor coupled to the frame member, an eye sensor coupled to the frame member, the eye sensor activating the circuitry responsive to activity of the eye itself of a user to directly control a function directed by the user, the at least one motion sensor activating the circuitry responsive to facial movements of a user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method for providing eyewear comprising:
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providing a frame member; providing a lens, wherein an information bar is provided on the lens;
wherein the lens has a set of integrated media enhancements, wherein an information is provided on the lens, an eye sensor coupled to the frame member, the eye sensor activating the circuitry responsive to activity of the eye itself of a user to directly control a function directed by the user, and;providing circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the eyewear;
wherein the circuitry includes voice recognition when a speaker is recognized. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for providing eyewear comprising:
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providing a frame member; providing a lens;
wherein the lens has a set of integrated media enhancements;wherein the integrated media enhancements include music services;
circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the eyewear; andproviding an eye sensor coupled to the frame member, the eye sensor activating the circuitry responsive to activity of the eye itself of a user to directly control a function directed by the user. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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