1194 results about "EyeTap" patented technology

A design professional such as an interior designer running a browser program at a client computer (i) optionally causes a digital image of a room, or a room model, or room images to be transmitted across the world wide web to a graphics server computer, and (ii) interactively selects furnishings from this server computer, so as to (iii) receive and display to his or her client a high-fidelity high-quality virtual-reality perspective-view image of furnishings displayed in, most commonly, an actual room of a client's home. Opticians may, for example, (i) upload one or more images of a client's head, and (ii) select eyeglass frames and components, to (iii) display to a prospective customer eyeglasses upon the customer's own head. The realistic images, optionally provided to bona fide design professionals for free, promote the sale to the client of goods which are normally obtained through the graphics service provider, profiting both the service provider and the design professional. Models of existing objects are built as necessary from object views. Full custom objects, including furniture and eyeglasses not yet built, are readily presented in realistic virtual image.Also, a method of interactive advertising permits a prospective customer of a product, such as a vehicle, to view a virtual image of the selected product located within a customer-selected virtual scene, such as the prospective customer's own home driveway. Imaging for all purposes is supported by comprehensive and complete 2D to 3D image translation with precise object placement, scaling, angular rotation, coloration, shading and lighting so as to deliver flattering perspective images that, by selective lighting, arguably look better than actual photographs of real world objects within the real world.

A mobile communication system based on digital content including images and video that may be acquired, processed, and displayed using a plurality of mobile device, smartphones, tablet computers, stationary computers, intelligent electronic glasses, smart glasses, headsets, watches, smart devices, vehicles, and servers. Content may be acquired continuously by input and output devices and displayed in a social network. Images may have associated additional properties including nature of voice, audio, data and other information. This content may be displayed and acted upon in an augmented reality or virtual reality system. The imaged base network system may have the ability to learn and form intelligent association between aspects, people and other entities; between images and the associated data relating to both animate and inanimate entities for intelligent image based communication in a network. Acquired content may be processed for predictive analytics. Individuals may be imaged for targeted and personalized advertising.

An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system including a polarizing splitter disposed to direct light in an interferometer such that the OCT detector operates in a noise-optimized regime. When scanning an eye, the system detector simultaneously produces a low-frequency component representing a scanning laser ophthalmoscope-like (SLO-like) image pixel and a high frequency component representing a two-dimensional (2D) OCT en face image pixel of each point. The SLO-like image is unchanging with depth, so that the pixels in each SLO-like image may be quickly realigned with the previous SLO-like image by consulting prominent image features (e.g., vessels) should lateral eye motion shift an OCT en face image during recording. Because of the pixel-to-pixel correspondence between the simultaneous OCT and SLO-like images, the OCT image pixels may be remapped on the fly according to the corresponding SLO-like image pixel remapping to create an undistorted 3D image data set for the scanned region.

A Method and apparatus is provided for producing and displaying pairs of spectrally-multiplexed gray-scale or color images of 3-D scenery for use in stereoscopic viewing thereof. In one illustrative embodiment of the present invention, pairs of spectrally-multiplexed color images of 3-D scenery are produced using a camera system records left and right color perspective images thereof and optically processes the spectral components thereof. In another illustrative embodiment of the present invention, pairs of spectrally-multiplexed color images of 3-D imagery are produced within a computer-based system which generates left and right perspective images thereof using computer graphic processes, and processes the pixel data thereof using pixel-data processing methods of the present invention. Thereafter, produced pairs of spectrally-multiplexed images can be recorded on diverse recording mediums, and accessed by the display system of the present invention for real-time display on diverse display surfaces including, for example, flat-panel liquid-crystal display (LCD) surfaces, CRT display surfaces, projection display screen surfaces, and electro-luminescent panel display surfaces. In the various illustrative embodiments of the display system, stereoscopic viewing of 3-D imagery is facilitated by wearing electrically passive or electrically-active light polarizing spectacles during the image display process of the present invention.

A camera-based object detection system for a severely visually impaired or blind person consisting a digital camera mounted on the person's eyeglass or head that takes images on demand. Near-real time image processing algorithms decipher certain attributes of the captured image by processing it for edge pattern detection within a central region of the image. The results are classified by artificial neural networks trained on a list of known objects, in a look up table, or by a threshold. Once the pattern is classified a descriptive sentence is constructed of the object and its certain attributes and a computer-based voice synthesizer is used to verbally announce the descriptive sentence. The invention is used to determine the size of an object, or its distance from another object, and can be used in conjunction with an IR-sensitive camera to provide “sight” in poor visibility conditions, or at night.

A LCD display system comprises a LC panel (1), a backlight unit (2) for illuminating the LC panel (1) or a portion thereof, and a controller (3). The controller: (i) controls the LC panel (1) to display a first image (LI) and a second image (RI) forming a stereoscopic pair, (ii) controls the backlight unit (2) to only illuminate the LC panel (1) or the portion thereof during a first period in time (BLON1; T1) after the pixels (10) of the LC panel (1) or the portion thereof have a stable optical state according to the first image (LI), and during a second period in time (BLON2; T2) after the pixels (10) of the LC panel (1) or the portion thereof have a stable optical state according to the second image (RI), and (iii) generates a control signal (CSS) for controlling a first one (40) of a pair of 3D shutter glasses (4) to be in a transmissive state for enabling viewing of the pixels (10) of the LC panel (1) or the portion thereof only during the first period in time (BLON1; T1) and a second one (41) of the pair of 3D shutter glasses (4) to be in a transmissive state for enabling viewing of the pixels (10) of the LC panel (1) or the portion thereof only during the second period in time (BLON2; T2).

The invention discloses an augmented reality technology based manufacturing equipment intelligent system, comprising a fault monitoring sub-system (101), which includes a sensor module (111) and an industrial control computer (110). The sensor module (111) is used to measuring the operation parameters of the manufacturing equipment (100) and the industrial control computer (110) is used to read the operation parameters. The system further comprises a pair of portable augmented reality glasses (102) which are in connection with the sensor module (111) through a wireless network. The portable augmented reality glasses (102) comprise an operation training sub-module (220), an operation monitoring sub-module (221), a fault diagnosing sub-module (222), and a remote repair sub-module (223). The invention also discloses an implementation method for the augmented reality technology based manufacturing equipment intelligent system. With the system, it is possible to complete operating training, operating monitoring, fault diagnosing and remote repair services to manufacturing equipment at a low expanse.

The present invention is related to systems and methods for translating language text on a mobile camera device offline without access to the Internet. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for displaying text of a first language and a translation of the first language text into a second language text which is displayed in real time in augmented reality on the mobile device. The processing can use a single line or a multiline algorithm designed with a plurality of processing innovations to insure accurate real-time translations without motion jitter. The invention may be used to help travelers in a foreign country with difficulties in reading and understanding text written in the local language of that country. The present invention may be utilized with wearable computers or glasses, producing seamless augmented reality foreign language translations. Some embodiments are particularly useful in translations from Asian languages to English.

A Method and apparatus is provided for producing and displaying pairs of spectrally-multiplexed gray-scale or color images of 3-D scenery for use in stereoscopic viewing thereof. In one illustrative embodiment of the present invention, pairs of spectrally-multiplexed color images of 3-D scenery are produced using a camera system records left and right color perspective images thereof and optically processes the spectral components thereof. In another illustrative embodiment of the present invention, pairs of spectrally-multiplexed color images of 3-D imagery are produced within a computer-based system which generates left and right perspective images thereof using computer graphic processes, and processes the pixel data thereof using pixel-data processing methods of the present invention. Thereafter, produced pairs of spectrally-multiplexed images can be recorded on diverse recording mediums, and accessed by the display system of the present invention for real-time display on diverse display surfaces including, for example, flat-panel liquid-crystal display (LCD) surfaces, CRT display surfaces, projection display screen surfaces, and electro-luminescent panel display surfaces. In the various illustrative embodiments of the display system, stereoscopic viewing of 3-D imagery is facilitated by wearing electrically passive or electrically-active light polarizing spectacles during the image display process of the present invention.

The invention provides a complete system for three-dimensional (3D) (stereo) still photography in a digital format. This includes capturing the image or photo, viewing, printing and projecting it. Intermediate steps would include downloading images to a computer, editing, enhancing or modifying, saving, recording photo images to other storage medium, and the printing of still photos. This invention is a significant advancement of the traditional analog film stereo slides, in that the digital format will allow viewing of the image in the camera in 3D, prior to, during, immediately after exposure and at any other time after exposure. With significant computer processing capability after exposure in editing, enhancing, color correcting, adding text and art, the images are further improved. The system includes the ability to view images, in 3D (stereo), in the camera, in a hand held viewer, on a computer screen on a standard television set as well as printed pairs or in anaglyph formats. The images can also be viewed with conventional digital projectors using conventional polarized glasses. The camera is also a significant advancement over the standard digital still cameras because it provides the three-dimensional image capture in a digital format. It also retains the full 2-dimensional capability of digital photography.

By this invention, multi-users can view the very clear 3 dimensional objects or images in real time (run time) with wider angles of views, high efficiency, high resolutions without special glasses in the space or in the air due to the innovative image lifting device, fast frequency image refreshing rate 2 dimensional image display and its proper usage of the high speed image auto-focus means together with the methods of proper spacious separation and virtual plains. The device can capture the 3 dimensional images and display them in run time. Optionally, it can store the 3D image data. Also, one may use this device to manipulate 3D images.

The invention provides an anti-fake iris identity authentication method used for intelligent glasses. According to the method, requirements for periphery devices are low, multiple faking methods can be detected, and the high-adaptability anti-fake purpose is achieved. The method comprises the steps of (1) extracting standard images and saving user iris characteristics in the standard images as standard iris characteristics; (2) generating a random incident light intensity change sequence based on ambient light to stimulate the eyes of a user, collecting a dynamic user eye image, obtaining an eye image sequence, and extracting and saving user iris characteristics in the dynamic eye image as iris characteristics to be detected; (3) obtaining a pupil diameter change sequence through the dynamic user eye image and calculating the matching rate Pass1 between the pupil diameter change sequence and the incident light intensity change sequence; (4) selecting an image to be authenticated from the dynamic user eye image, selecting a comparison standard image from the standard images, and calculating the matching rate Pass2 of the iris characteristics of the image to be authenticated and the iris characteristics of the comparison standard image; (5) obtaining an authentication result according to the Pass1 and the Pass2.

The invention is directed to an optical system for a fundus camera for reflection-free opthalmoscopy having a beam path with refractive and reflective optical elements which are used substantially in common for illumination and observation or recording. An imaging mirror system substantially comprising a plurality of reflecting optical elements in the form of mirrors and is provided for illuminating and imaging the fundus. At least one optical element, for example, mirror, is formed as a freeform mirror with an imaging, reflecting freeform surface. The optical elements are arranged in a housing in a precisely defined position and attitude relative to one another in such a way that an imaging of the reflecting surfaces of the optical elements on the image of the imaged retina is prevented within a wide diopter range of the patient's eye to be examined.

The invention is an interactive wearable video game (1), in which one or more players interact with physical objects through physical actions / contact / physiological signals to control a video game. The apparatus includes a series of wireless electronic sensors (7 to 16) to be placed in the user's body / surrounding environment, detecting the user's input actions in real time—output result is visualized on a binocular see-through display glasses system (2). The invention allows for the players to move around by connecting with the physical space, and to use their full bodies to control the game, exercise and share interactions. It allows for the connection between both virtual and physical realities—mixed reality concept by augmenting the user's perceptions among the surrounding environment. Users can either communicate from maximum physical proximity through a Web connection. The invention is rechargeable by converting produced solar energy into electric energy.

The embodiments of the invention provide a glasses type communication apparatus. The glasses type communication apparatus is characterized by comprising a lens frame which is used for allowing a user to wear the glasses type communication apparatus on the head, a display module which is arranged on the lens frame for receiving data information and generating a corresponding visual picture according to the data information for the user to watch, a shooting module which is arranged on the lens frame for obtaining image information and outputting the image information, and a communication module which is arranged on the lens frame and establishes a communication channel with an external processing device through a communication protocol. The communication module receives data emitted by the external processing device through the communication channel so as to parse the data information from the data and sends the data information to the display module. The communication module is also used for receiving the image information outputted by the shooting module and transmitting the image information to the extern al processing device through the communication channel.

A method of spectacle frame fitting over public network, such as Internet, based upon database of product information and digitized user images as acquired via devices connected to computer. Particularly, consumers can take advantage of present method to choose spectacle frames from wide variety of selections, expeditiously by the use of public computer network (Internet). Consumers may use digital cameras, network cameras or scanned photos to submit facial image, and by way of calibration steps such as the gap between two pupils aligned to the marked pupil point of the stored spectacle images, the suitable size of the spectacle frame can then be determined for best fit to the facial image. With the accessibility and availability of the Internet, just a few clicks on the mouse enable the consumers to choose spectacle frames of their preference and in a way that affords wide selections at low costs and easy access.

The subject disclosure is directed towards a hybrid stereo image / motion parallax system that uses stereo 3D vision technology for presenting different images to each eye of a viewer, in combination with motion parallax technology to adjust each image for the positions of a viewer's eyes. In this way, the viewer receives both stereo cues and parallax cues as the viewer moves while viewing a 3D scene, which tends to result in greater visual comfort / less fatigue to the viewer. Also described is the use of goggles for tracking viewer position, including training a computer vision algorithm to recognize goggles instead of only heads / eyes.

The invention discloses a VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) technology fused building exhibition system. The system comprises an intelligent terminal, a VR experience box, a building album and a background server. Sensing pictures are printed on the building album; the intelligent terminal is provided with image acquisition equipment for acquiring data information of the sensing pictures; basic information of building projects and building exhibition data are stored in the background server, and the building exhibition data include realistic scene panoramas, three-dimensional panoramas, realistic scene panorama videos, three-dimensional panorama videos and three-dimensional model mappings matched with the sensing pictures; the intelligent terminal is in bidirectional communication with the background server, transmits the data information of the sensing pictures to the background server and acquires the building exhibition data; the intelligent terminal is installed in the VR experience box and externally connected with a VR controller to form VR glasses, and a building exhibition APP is preinstalled in the intelligent terminal and includes a project introduction module, a VR experience module and an AR experience module. By integration of traditional building selling software, the VR technology and the AR technology, comprehensive building exhibition is realized.

A display assembly (515) includes: (a) an image display system (10) which includes an array of pixels (120) and (b) an array of pixel lenses (115). The array of pixel lenses has each lens positioned to collimate or substantially collimate light from a corresponding single pixel of the array of pixels. The display assembly (515) is used in a head-mounted display apparatus (500) which includes a frame (510) to support the display assembly (515) a desired distance from a user's eyes. The head-mounted display apparatus may also include a beam splitter (520) to reflect images from the display assembly (515) to the user's eyes. The head-mounted display apparatus may provide a wide field of view to the user and may be of the augmented-reality or immersive type.

A methods in which a camera can store discrete segments of imaged data, using a sensor in the camera to capture image data, using multiple portions of a memory as a loop in which to record the segments in approximately real time, and protecting the multiple portions from being overwritten by subsequent recording in the loop. Recorder continues to record the image data immediately after ending at least one of the segments or immediately after protecting at least one of the segments. Protected data or segments can be wirelessly transmitting a first one of the segments to a memory, and releasing a corresponding one of the multiple portions of memory from protection. Recorder and signal switch are located or as part of an accessory, such as a pair of glasses.

The invention discloses a method and system for enhancing sound effect when using virtual reality glasses. The method comprises following steps: when a user wears the virtual reality glasses to watch a video, detecting the rotating angular speed of the virtual reality glasses through a gyroscope sensor and detecting the rotating direction of the virtual reality glasses through a compass sensor; obtaining the angular speed data and the rotating direction data by a mobile terminal, wherein the angular speed data is detected by the gyroscope sensor, the rotating direction data is detected by the compass sensor, judging the rotating direction change of the virtual reality glasses; controlling the level change of the sound volume according to the direction change and correspondingly decreasing or increasing the sound of the left and right channels corresponding to the audio. According to the method for enhancing the sound effect by using the gyroscope sensor and the compass sensor provided by the invention, convenience is provided to the user.

A stereoscopic image display device comprises: a display device that displays left-eye image data in a left-eye frame and right-eye image data in a right-eye frame; liquid crystal shutter glasses that alternately open and close a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter in synchronization with the display device; and a control circuit that controls the ON duty ratio of a backlight of the display device to a first set value if the luminance of each of the left-eye and right-eye frames is less than a predetermined reference value, and controls the ON duty ratio of the backlight of the display device to a second set value if the luminance of each of the left-eye and right-eye frames is greater than the reference value.

A camera may capture real world content which may be displayed in a mobile device or glasses. This content may be modified in real time. The image capture of objects and transformation of those objects are displayed. The images obtained may be processed and changes may be enacted such that they are displayed virtually different than they are physically. Various micro-expressions and emotions may be detected by the facial expressions of a person. Digital notes may be saved and associated with objects. These notes and environments may be saved by a user and viewable by anyone in the geofenced area or all users. An individual may capture an image of an object using a mobile device / intelligent electronic glasses / headset, tap the object on the display screen, and write or speak notes regarding the object. A keyboard, keypad, image, icons, or other items may be virtually placed on to a surface.

The invention discloses a surgical navigation system and method based on an AR (augmented reality) technique. The surgical navigation system comprises a scanning device, a processor, a dynamic positioning acquisition device and an AR glasses, the scanning device scans a patient to obtain scanning image data and transmits the scanning image data to the processor before an operation is performed, the processor receives the scanning image data and generates a three-dimensional analog image of the patient, the dynamic positioning acquisition device acquires a positioning image and first real-time dynamic data of the patient in a coordinate system of the dynamic positioning acquisition device in the operation process and is used for acquiring second real-time dynamic data of the AR glasses in the coordinate system of the dynamic positioning acquisition device and transmitting the second real-time dynamic data to the processor, the processor generates a three-dimensional navigation image according to the three-dimensional analog image, the positioning image, the first real-time dynamic data and the second real-time dynamic data and transmits the three-dimensional navigation image to the AR glasses, the AR glasses receives and displays the three-dimensional navigation image. The surgical navigation system can dynamically display operation processes in the AR glasses, and the surgical navigation system and the patient are accurately overlaid in the AR glasses.

A system and method for allowing users to view secure data while excluding others from viewing. The method includes generating a stream of first data frames including secure data content to be viewed on a display device; inserting second data frames within the stream in a manner to thereby render a displayed image of the secure data unreadable on the display device. Shutter glasses, to be worn by an authorized user, are provided to receive signals from the computer device and, in response to received signals, filter out the second data frames thus enabling the viewer to view the secure data to the exclusion of nearby observers. The second frames are generated and interspersed within the first video frames having secure data by software executing on a conventional computing device. The second frames may include random text interspersed according to a regular or irregular pattern, or may include color and intensities to exploit deficiencies of human visual perception.

A unique mobile device casing or cover integrated with a camera system & 3D / multiple video & still frame viewer is disclosed, which can record 2-Dimensional (2D) and 3-Dimensional (3D) video movies and still photographs and which can be used to view both 3-D video / still image, using an attachable / detachable 3D display system is disclosed herein. The unique display disclosed herein can be used to view both 3D and 2D video / still simultaneously. The camera may have zoom, tele-photo or microscopic capability by using a unique optical system disclosed herein. The Camera disclosed herein can be used in or with mobile devices for capturing self photos or self video commonly known as “selfies”, in 3 dimension (3D) and any photography or videography application. Furthermore, the 3D camera may be used with mobile phone / devices, tablets, ipad type devices by integrating the camera and 3D display sheet, on a mobile phone / device case, tablet case or the case of an ipad type device. The 3D display sheet converts the regular display of a mobile phone / device or television to a 3D display, which does not require to wear special glasses to view 3D. The 3D still photographs and 3D video movies can be viewed in a mobile device, for example, such as a mobile phone / device, tablet PC, tab, pad, etc, without using dedicated glasses, by using a suitable 3D display disclosed herein, which does not distort the 2D display capabilities, simultaneously enabling both 3D and 2D viewing.

The invention belongs to the technical field of image recognition, and discloses an image recognition method based on eye movement fixation point guidance, MR glasses and a medium, and the method comprises the steps of carrying out the infrared and color camera mixing to obtain an image; mixing the IR camera and the RGB camera to obtain a live-action image, and mixing the IR camera and the RGB camera to obtain a live-action image; mixing the low-resolution camera and the high-resolution camera to obtain a live-action image and recognize the live-action image; mixing the physical camera and thevirtual camera to obtain an image of a real / virtual target and identifying the image; calculating the interest degree by detecting behaviors and physiological data of a user, and then starting a camera to obtain an exterior image and recognize the exterior image; in addition, in the process of acquiring the image of the real / virtual target by mixing the physical camera and the virtual camera, thecamera is started by detecting the behavior and physiological data of the user to calculate the interest degree, and then the physical camera or the virtual camera is selected to be used for acquiring and recognizing the image according to the position and / or depth of the fixation point.

To aim to provide a video output device that is capable of output a plurality of video streams with use of shutter glasses, and is capable of dynamically switching between different videos such that in the case where a plurality of viewers are viewing a video output by the video output device, only a viewer who is operating a remote control can view a video stream different from a video stream other viewers are viewing. Operation signals each instructing to start or terminate an operation mode are received. In an operation mode, time-sharing output of a first video stream and a second video stream is performed, and synchronizing signals each in synchronization with a time-sharing timing are transmitted. In a normal mode, images that are each generated based on any of images constituting the first video stream are output, and images constituting the second video stream are not output.

To improve a small image display device of the type to be attached to glasses so that positioning thereof can be made easily during use.An image display device 100 comprises a body assembly 110 which can be fixed to a temple 210 of glasses 200, and an image display section 120 adapted to move from a standby position that is located close to the body assembly 110 to a service position just in front of lenses 220. The service position for the image display section 120 is previously determined, and the image display section 120 is automatically moved from the standby position to the service position. This allows the image display section 120 to be positioned at a proper position. The image display section 120 contains a display 125 and a free curved surface prism 126 therein. A user can view images enlarged from the images produced on the display 125 when the image display section 120 is at the service position.