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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2012
Applicants:

Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA (US);

The United States Government As Represented BY the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

Joseph F. Rizzo, III, Newton, MA (US);

Attila Priplata, Arlington, MA (US);

Minnan Xu, Cambridge, MA (US);

Conrad Wall, III, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); A61H 3/06 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61F 9/08 (2006.01); G02C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 5/001 (2013.01); A61F 9/08 (2013.01); A61H 3/061 (2013.01); A61N 1/36046 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); G02C 11/10 (2013.01); H04N 5/23258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23267 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0184 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/501 (2013.01); A61H 2201/503 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5048 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5069 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5079 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5084 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5092 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5097 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0007 (2013.01); G03B 2217/005 (2013.01); H04N 5/23261 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure features visual assistive devices that include a detection apparatus configured to receive information about an environment surrounding a user of the visual assistive device, a communication apparatus configured to transmit information to the user, and an electronic processor coupled to the detection apparatus and the communication apparatus, and configured to: receive information about an activity of the user; filter the information about the environment surrounding the user based on the activity of the user; assign a priority rank to each element of the filtered information based on the activity of the user; and transmit at least some of the elements of the filtered information, according to the assigned priority ranks, to the user using the communication apparatus.


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