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Visual system having multiple cameras

  • US 9,338,370 B2
  • Filed: 11/05/2012
  • Issued: 05/10/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A visual system comprising:

  • a first near-to-eye display and a second near-to-eye display, the near-to-eye displays supported by a frame adapted to be worn by a user such that each near to eye display is positioned proximate an eye of a wearer;

    a set of cameras supported by the frame, the cameras having overlapping fields of view, the set of cameras including a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera laterally displaced from each other across the frame, the first camera positioned between the second camera and the third camera; and

    a processor coupled to receive images from the cameras and adapted to integrate and transform images from the set of cameras to provide a fused, corrected image having a wider field of view than an individual camera provides,wherein the output of the processor is fed to both near-to-eye displays,the system configured to detect when a user is looking fax field or near field,the system configured to show images on the near-to-eye displays from the first camera when the user is looking near field and show images on the near-to-eye displays from the second and third cameras when the user is looking far field.

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