Electronic Dive Mask Display With Underwater Image Clarification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Underwater visibility is severely compromised by factors such as water density, light scattering, and turbulence, posing significant challenges for divers in terms of safety, task completion, and situational awareness.
Innovation Solution
An electronic dive mask system incorporating a transparent display panel, optical sensors, and a system processing unit with advanced image enhancement algorithms, including global de-haze and clarifier algorithms, to improve visual acuity and situational awareness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If divers use conventional diving equipment without image enhancement, then the device complexity remains low, but underwater visibility and visual clarity are severely compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functions into a single integrated system: the transparent display panel is integrated with the diving mask, and the image enhancement processor is combined with the display system. This allows the diver to view enhanced images directly through the mask without additional external equipment, improving visibility while minimizing added complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent display panel acts as an intermediary between the camera/capture device and the diver's eye. It captures the underwater scene, processes it through algorithms, and presents the enhanced image to the diver, mediating the problematic light scattering and absorption effects of water.
2Measurement precision
If advanced image enhancement algorithms are implemented, then visual clarity and situational awareness are improved, but the processing time and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing the underwater scene with a camera and pre-processing the image data before display. The image enhancement algorithms process the captured images in advance, allowing the diver to view enhanced images without real-time processing delays during critical viewing moments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies selective image enhancement algorithms that process only the necessary portions of the image or use simplified versions of complex algorithms. This partial processing approach provides sufficient visual clarity improvement without requiring full computational processing of all image data, reducing processing time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a transparent display panel is integrated into the diving mask, then situational awareness is maintained, but the manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The transparent display panel serves multiple functions: it acts as the diving mask viewing window, the display screen for enhanced images, and the interface between the external environment and the diver. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components and simplifies manufacturing compared to integrating opaque displays or additional viewing systems.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an enhanced electronic diving mask with various image enhancement hardware and software integrated with a diving mask, whereby images may be enhanced to enable a diver to achieve greater visibility and clearer vision while underwater. Notably, the present invention combines techniques that have previously been used in connection with internal patient surgical procedures, so that medical instrument imaging technology used inside the human body may for the first time be used to afford divers clearer vision, more visibility and greater safety.