Adjustable Eyewear with Apertures for Eye-Ball Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Athletes in sports involving a ball face challenges in eye-hand coordination and eye-ball alignment due to distractions and reduced practice hours, leading to poor performance and decreased desire to compete, as existing methods fail to effectively enhance optical focus and alignment during ball strikes.
Innovation Solution
The development of eyewear devices with adjustable lenses featuring transparent regions that align with the user's inter-pupillary distance, limiting the optical field of view to force focus on the ball, thereby improving eye-ball alignment and reducing head and eye movements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional training methods are used to improve eye-ball alignment, then athletes can achieve better performance, but it requires significant hours of practice and years of activity which is difficult for most athletes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary device (alignment training device with optical components) that mediates between the athlete and the ball. The device uses transparent regions, colored regions, and alignment markers as intermediaries to guide the athlete's visual focus and eye movement, enabling rapid acquisition of eye-ball alignment skills without requiring years of traditional practice
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/time-intensive system of repeated physical practice with an optical system. By using optical components (lenses, transparent regions, colored regions) to directly guide visual alignment, the system substitutes years of mechanical practice with immediate optical feedback and guidance
2Measurement precision
If athletes focus on the ball during sports activities, then eye-hand coordination and performance improve, but distractions and reduced practice hours make it difficult to maintain this focus
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating specific zones of optical enhancement within the visual field. The alignment markers, transparent regions, and colored regions are localized at critical positions (center of vision, periphery) to provide targeted visual guidance only where needed, allowing athletes to maintain focus on the ball while filtering out distractions in other areas
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates dynamic elements that adapt to the athlete's movement and visual needs. The alignment markers and optical regions work dynamically with the athlete's eye movements and head position, providing continuous visual guidance that adapts to changing game conditions and distraction levels
3Measurement precision
If eyewear devices are designed with adjustable lenses to align with inter-pupillary distance, then optical focus and eye-ball alignment improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs dynamic adjustment mechanisms that allow the eyewear device to adapt to different athletes' inter-pupillary distances. The lenses and optical components can be adjusted horizontally and vertically, providing customized optical alignment for each user while maintaining relatively simple overall device structure through modular adjustment components
Data Source
AI summary
An optical viewing device, consisting of glasses, goggles, visor or other head-worn device, comprised of a vertical aperture, or apertures, designed to limit an athlete's visual field of view and increase the user's focus on the ball position. In this manner, the athlete's eye to ball alignment is enhanced, leading to reduced head movements during use. The improved performance is directly enhanced by the improved eye-ball alignment and reduced head movement during the sporting activity.