Vision Assistive Device with Extended Depth of Field

    公开(公告)号:US20210225202A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US17221987

    申请日:2021-04-05

    发明人: Todd Conard

    IPC分类号: G09B21/00 H04N5/232

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a vision assistive device for use by blind or low vision users. The device includes an imaging unit for viewing objects positioned beneath the device. The device further includes a forwardly facing screen for displaying an enlarged view of the imaged object to the user. The imaging unit is configured to take multiple views of the object, each with a different area of focus. This can be accomplished by digitally changing the imaging sensor's area of focus or by pivoting the sensor via a focus motor. In either event, the resulting images are combined into a single, integrated, focused, and composite image. Combining images with differing areas of focus helps eliminate any blurry regions in the composite image. The device further includes a rearwardly positioned fin that facilitates positioning the device in multiple different orientations. In a first orientation, the device is vertically positioned upon a desktop. In a second orientation, the device is reclined and placed in the user's lap with the fin positioned between the user's legs.

    Dynamic auto-advance feature for refreshable braille displays

    公开(公告)号:US10607505B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-31

    申请号:US15601096

    申请日:2017-05-22

    发明人: Joseph K. Stephen

    IPC分类号: G09B21/00

    摘要: A method of dynamically establishing an auto-advance interval of a refreshable braille display. The method involves the step of establishing a default auto-advance value, during which a full line of braille characters remains displayed on the braille display prior to being replaced by the next line. The method further involves determining whether a current line of braille characters ends with a blank cell or a used cell and calculating the current auto-advance interval based on the number of used cells in the current line. The next line of braille characters is output after the current auto-advance interval has lapsed.

    Portable Desktop Video Magnifier Camera
    85.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190335066A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-31

    申请号:US16504841

    申请日:2019-07-08

    IPC分类号: H04N5/225 H04N1/00 G09G3/20

    摘要: Disclosed is a portable magnifier camera with both storage and deployed configurations. In the storage configuration, the entire assembly can be carried via an associated handle. The camera is designed to rest on a desktop, or other planar surface, in the deployed configuration. When deployed, a housing and camera arm are positioned in a cantilevered arrangement over top of an object to be viewed. A camera housing, with an associated camera, is pivotally connected to the camera arm and is positioned over the object upon the camera being placed into a deployed configuration.

    Selective modification of visual output displayed on a computer screen by cancelling an initial modification effect

    公开(公告)号:US10223777B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-05

    申请号:US15420945

    申请日:2017-01-31

    发明人: Al Oleg Baymar

    摘要: A method of selectively modifying output of a computer screen. An application hosts an electronic document having a background, alphanumerical characters, and one or more images. A modification tool performs a first modification step in which the modification tool modifies color and/or brightness of all content displayed on the computer screen. The invention identifies and analyzes images within that content to determine whether each image is a real-world image, such as a photograph. A second modification step, which is opposite to the first modification step, is applied to each real-world image, thereby reversing initial modification and returning the image to original, unmodified form. The computer screen outputs the modified electronic document having a modified background and modified text, but outputs the real-world image in its original, unmodified form.

    SELECTIVE MODIFICATION OF VISUAL OUTPUT DISPLAYED ON A COMPUTER SCREEN BY CANCELLING AN INITIAL MODIFICATION EFFECT

    公开(公告)号:US20190019276A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-17

    申请号:US15420945

    申请日:2017-01-31

    发明人: Al Oleg Baymar

    摘要: A method of selectively modifying output of a computer screen. An application hosts an electronic document having a background, alphanumerical characters, and one or more images. A modification tool performs a first modification step in which the modification tool modifies color and/or brightness of all content displayed on the computer screen. The invention identifies and analyzes images within that content to determine whether each image is a real-world image, such as a photograph. A second modification step, which is opposite to the first modification step, is applied to each real-world image, thereby reversing initial modification and returning the image to original, unmodified form. The computer screen outputs the modified electronic document having a modified background and modified text, but outputs the real-world image in its original, unmodified form.

    Video magnifier camera with handle
    88.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10032389B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-24

    申请号:US14607197

    申请日:2015-01-28

    IPC分类号: G09B21/00

    摘要: Disclosed is a video magnifier. In particular, the disclosure relates to a desktop video magnifier that is design to be portable. The magnifier includes a high definition camera that is mounted upon a flexible arm. The camera arm swivels and pivots to allow the user to properly position the camera over the object to be viewed. The device is supported by a stand and a base. The stand includes a handle with a trough. The flexible arm is dimensioned to be received within the trough with the device in the collapsed configuration.