Digital Display Myopia Protocol Using Eye-Tracking Blurring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for managing myopia, particularly in children, face challenges due to inconsistent eyewear use and inadequate monitoring between office visits, leading to compromised treatment effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
A system that modifies digital media displayed on digital devices to administer a myopia protocol, using face and eye landmark data to apply personalized spatial blurring functions based on the viewer's position, interaction duration, and compliance with the treatment protocol.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If corrective lenses (glasses or contact lenses) are used to treat myopia, then visual correction is achieved, but consistent usage is difficult to maintain due to discomfort, self-consciousness, and physical hindrance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical corrective lens system with a digital display-based visual processing system. The display device modifies visual content through software algorithms (spatial blurring, contrast adjustment, defocus simulation) to create myopia treatment effects without requiring physical eyewear, thereby eliminating compliance issues related to wearing glasses or contacts.
2Measurement precision
If periodic office visits are used to monitor myopia progression, then professional assessment is obtained, but real-time monitoring of treatment adherence and vision changes is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables continuous monitoring by integrating treatment and assessment functions into the digital display device that patients use daily. The system continuously tracks viewing distance, duration, and visual acuity through embedded sensors and software, providing real-time feedback and maintaining constant oversight of treatment progress rather than relying on intermittent office visits.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the digital display device monitors patient compliance (viewing distance, duration) and visual responses in real-time, then adjusts treatment parameters or provides immediate feedback to guide proper usage. This closed-loop feedback system ensures continuous monitoring and allows for timely intervention if compliance issues arise.
3Adaptability or versatility
If digital displays are used for myopia treatment, then real-time monitoring and personalized treatment are enabled, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the existing multi-functionality of digital display devices (smartphones, tablets, computers) which already possess cameras, screens, and processing capabilities. By utilizing these existing components for myopia treatment and monitoring, the system avoids adding significant hardware complexity while achieving personalized treatment through software-based visual content modification and integrated sensors.
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AI summary
A digital display system to administer a myopia protocol, the system utilizing a forward-looking camera, a digital display, and processor to process digital media, face and eye landmark images, and determine the viewer-to-display distance, where the data is used to calculate a cone of vision, infer a fixation region, and receive a visual blurring function, where the system determines an area of interest in each image based on eye-tracking data and applies the visual blurring function to the area of interest using the visual blurring function, thereby providing a personalized, interactive experience complimenting traditional myopia protocols.