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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2021
Jennica Pounds, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel Harris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ashwani Arya, Cypress, CA (US);
Jennica Pounds, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel Harris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ashwani Arya, Cypress, CA (US);
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
Eyewear providing a visual indicator to a hearing-impaired user indicating a direction of arrival of a sound relative to the eyewear to help the user obtain greater awareness of the surrounding environment. An eyewear optical assembly includes an image display displaying the visual indicator discernable by the user and corresponding to the direction of arrival of the sound, even when a sound source is not viewable through the optical assembly. The image display also displays an image indicative of the sound source. A front portion of an eyewear frame includes a light array, where one or more lights of the light array is illuminated to indicate the direction of arrival and intensity of the sound source. An array of vibrating devices may also be used to indicate the direction of arrival and intensity of the sound source.