Visibility enhancing eyewear
US11071650B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/163
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An exemplary eyewear system includes a user interface and a composite lens. A first layer of the composite lens changes opacity in response to a signal. A second layer of the composite lens is a transparent display. The eyewear system further includes a camera, a processing device, and a memory. The processing device receives input via the user interface and, in response to the received input, sends a signal to the first layer of the composite lens to change the opacity of the first layer to cause the composite lens to be at least partially opaque, activates the camera, enhances video feed captured by the camera to increase the contrast of at least a portion of each of a plurality of frames of the video feed, and displays the enhanced video feed in real time using the second layer of the composite lens.
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