Hughes Aircraft Company

Diamond Visionics Company

Werner Kraemer

Richard B Mallinson

Robert J Holicky

Richard Nigro

An Internet-based optical imaging system to gather anthropometric data for the purpose of enabling national and international commerce in the wearable goods market, including accurate measurement for selecting, fitting, and ordering eyeglasses and eyeglass frames via the Internet that includes vendor support interaction. A customer can view and orient his or her real-time image, wear a sales item on a virtual personal model, and order selected sales item via the Internet access. The customer's 2-D photoimagery/textured 3-D model and logistics data are acquired at a modeling kiosk that, for eyeglasses, includes specific vendor specification items, pupilary, bridge, and temple distances necessary for a specific customer. Internet data paths from the modeling kiosk node to vendor nodes, such as point-of-sale and manufacturers, and the customer's home computer, can-be provided. The system uses at least one digital camera and least one pattern projector to obtain 2-D/3-D imaging simultaneously with the interaction and use of texture generation for extremely accurate measurements.

Internet-based modeling kiosk and method for fitting and selling prescription eyeglasses

A head mounted visual display for simulation and training that provides to a user a high quality real time video image and a see-through view of the surrounding real world when the video image is off. The display system provides a CRT collimated visual image of high resolution and image quality that has high light transmissivity, anti-luning, and a wide-angle view. The CRT has a fibre optic face plate to reduce CRT mapping distortions.

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Conklin, NY, United States of America

Werner Kraemer