Programmable Lens Device Adaptation via Activity Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current optical lens delivery processes require multiple pairs of spectacles for different activities and viewing conditions, making it inconvenient for wearers to switch between various optical designs.
Innovation Solution
A programmable lens device with an optical function controller that adapts the optical function based on user data, viewing conditions, and activity data, allowing for dynamic modification of the lens design without the need for multiple pairs of spectacles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a wearer uses multiple pairs of spectacles to access different optical designs for various activities, then the adaptability to different viewing conditions is improved, but the device complexity and inconvenience for the wearer increases
Solution Approach 1:
The spectacle lens is designed with a programmable optical function that can be remotely modified to provide multiple optical designs within a single lens. The lens includes a programmable optical element with controllable optical properties and a control device that receives optical function data to modify the lens behavior, enabling one lens to perform the functions previously requiring multiple lenses.
Solution Approach 2:
The optical function of the lens is made dynamically adjustable through remote programming. The control device can modify the optical function data of the programmable optical element based on different activities and viewing conditions, allowing the lens to adapt its optical properties in real-time rather than being fixed to a single optical design.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional optical lens delivery processes are used, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the adaptability to personalized optical designs and different activities is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical approach of creating different physical lenses for different optical designs with an electronic/programmatic system. The programmable optical element can be controlled via electrical signals to change its optical properties, substituting the need for multiple mechanically different lenses with a single electronically controllable lens.
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AI summary
A method of controlling a programmable lens device comprising a programmable lens and an optical function controller, the programmable lens having an optical function and extending between at least one eye of the wearer and the real world scene when the device is used by the wearer, and the optical function controller being arranged to control the optical function of the programmable lens, the method comprising: - an optical function data receiving step during which optical function data relating to the optical function of the programmable lens is received by the optical function controller, - an activity data receiving step during which activity data relating to the activity of the wearer are received by the optical function controller, - an optical function modifying step during which the optical function of the programmable electronic lens device is modified by the optical function controller based on the optical function data and the activity data.