Vision modification with reflected image

US9459470B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Gearbox, Inc.

Inventors

• W. Daniel Hillis · Calabasas, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Muriel Y. Ishikawa · Livermore, US
• Edward K.Y. Jung · Bellevue, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 4, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02C2202/16
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Various embodiments of methods and systems for improving and enhancing vision are disclosed. Adjustable lenses or optical systems may be used to provide adaptive vision modification. In some embodiments, vision modification may be responsive to the current state of the user's visual system. Certain embodiments provide correction of the subject's near and far vision. Other embodiments provide enhancement of vision beyond the physiological ranges of focal length or magnification.