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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2009
Gary W. Behm, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Alfred J. Noll, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Richard E. Von Mering, Pine Bush, NY (US);
Gary W. Behm, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Alfred J. Noll, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Richard E. Von Mering, Pine Bush, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for enhancing a field of vision of a user with a visual impairment to help the user to navigate safely in the surroundings. The apparatus includes a body, at least one video device coupled to the body for recording a visual image of a physical environment surrounding the user, at least one monitor coupled to the body, a processor which receives signals from the at least one video device and operatively controls the at least one monitor to display the visual image recorded by the at least one video device, and a tunnel vision finder to determine the user's actual vision size. The method includes the step of determining the user's actual vision size, acquiring a visual image of a physical environment surrounding the user, processing the visual image, and displaying the visual image in the user's actual vision.