Sensor-Integrated Eyeglasses for Myopia Treatment Compliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing eyeglass monitoring technologies fail to provide effective feedback on wearing time and environmental parameters, which are crucial for preventing myopia progression and other optical deficiencies, especially in children, as they do not account for the need to prevent or slow down vision degradation.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring equipment comprising eyeglasses with embedded sensors to detect wearing time and environmental conditions, a processing unit to calculate treatment efficacy, and a communication system to provide feedback to the wearer through a human-machine interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If wearing time monitoring is implemented, then treatment efficacy can be assessed, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (wearing detection, time measurement, environment sensing, and data processing) into an integrated monitoring system embedded within the eyewear frame, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining measurement precision
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring system is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: detecting whether the eyewear is worn, measuring wearing duration, sensing environmental parameters, and providing feedback through multiple channels (visual, auditory, haptic), making the system universally applicable to different monitoring needs
2Productivity
If feedback mechanisms are added to encourage regular wearing, then user compliance improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements real-time feedback through multiple interfaces (visual display, auditory alerts, haptic feedback) that provide immediate information to the user about wearing compliance and environmental conditions, encouraging regular use and enabling timely adjustments to improve treatment effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring system automatically tracks wearing time, processes environmental data, generates compliance reports, and provides feedback without requiring manual user input or external intervention, enabling the system to serve itself and reduce operational complexity
3Adaptability or versatility
If environmental sensors are integrated to monitor visual environment, then treatment optimization is enabled, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The eyewear frame is designed as a universal platform that can accommodate various environmental sensors (light, temperature, humidity) and processing units, allowing the same base structure to be manufactured with different sensor configurations for different treatment requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The system monitors and responds to changes in environmental parameters (light intensity, temperature, humidity) by adjusting feedback mechanisms or providing alerts, enabling adaptive treatment optimization without requiring complex manual adjustments or multiple specialized device variants
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AI summary
The invention relates to a monitoring equipment (100) comprising an eyewear (110) that includes: - a frame (120), - at least one lens (130) that is fixed to the frame and that is able to change the natural evolution of an optical deficiency, - a wearing sensor (140) able to determine if the eyewear is being worn by a wearer, and - a processing unit (150) that is programmed to: - acquire the data determined by the wearing sensor, - deduce therefrom a parameter relative to the length of time the wearer has worn the eyewear during a predetermined period, and - compare said parameter with at least a predetermined datum to determine a level of efficiency of the optical deficiency treatment.