Configurable Grid Vision Correction via Magnetic Nanoparticles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vision correction methods, such as glasses and contact lenses, are inconvenient and impractical for many situations, as they require constant wear and can be lost or broken, limiting their usability in daily tasks that involve visual acuity, such as reading, driving, or using electronic devices.
Innovation Solution
A vision correction system integrated into electronic devices with configurable displays, utilizing a configurable grid and grid controller that alters the path of light emitted from a backlight or light-emitting pixels to correct vision, by modifying the refractive properties with magnetically sensitive nanoparticles and micro-electromagnets, allowing for adaptive correction of light focus without the need for external corrective lenses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If glasses or contact lenses are used for vision correction, then visual acuity is improved, but convenience and practicality deteriorate due to constant wear requirements and risk of loss or breakage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the vision correction function with electronic display devices by integrating a configurable grid between the display and the user's eye. This combination eliminates the need for separate corrective lenses, as the display device itself performs both information presentation and vision correction functions simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic display device is designed to perform multiple functions: displaying information and correcting vision. The configurable grid within the display adapts its refractive properties to correct various types of vision impairments (myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism), making the device universally applicable for both display and correction purposes.
2Measurement precision
If external vision correcting devices are used, then vision correction is achieved, but device complexity increases due to carrying and managing additional equipment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single integrated system. The electronic display device incorporates the configurable grid with magnetically sensitive nanoparticles and micro-electromagnets, eliminating the need for separate corrective lenses and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The display device serves dual purposes as both an information display and a vision correction device. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate devices needed, thereby simplifying the overall system while maintaining effective vision correction.
3Adaptability or versatility
If configurable grid with magnetically sensitive nanoparticles is used, then adaptive vision correction is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical adjustment mechanisms with magnetic field control. Micro-electromagnets generate magnetic fields that precisely position magnetically sensitive nanoparticles within the configurable grid, enabling adaptive vision correction without complex mechanical adjustment systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the refractive properties of the configurable grid by altering the positions of magnetically sensitive nanoparticles through magnetic field adjustments. This allows dynamic modification of light paths to correct different vision impairments without physical reconfiguration of the grid structure.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables effective vision correction for common visual acuity issues like myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism directly on electronic displays, eliminating the need for glasses or contacts, enhancing usability and practicality in various daily tasks.
Implementation Method 1
the grid controller instructs the configurable grid to change shape, the shape of the configurable grid modifies the path of the light through the screen thereby altering the path of the light to the viewer
Implementation Method 2
modifying the refractive properties with magnetically sensitive nanoparticles and micro-electromagnets
Data Source
AI summary
A vision correction system which is comprised of an electronic panel display to produce, create or emit light, a configurable grid which alters the path of the light coming from the electronic panel display, a grid controller, a screen, and a viewer. The grid controller by means of either sensors or input devices determines the correct configuration for the configurable grid such that the grid alters the light emanating from an electronic panel display in such a way that it corrects for visual acuity problems possessed by the viewer.