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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2007
Kelly H. Mcclure, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Arup Roy, Valencia, CA (US);
Richard Agustin Castro, Pasadena, CA (US);
Sumit Yadav, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Rongqing Dai, Valencia, CA (US);
Robert J. Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Da-yu Chang, Rowland Heights, CA (US);
Xiaofan Wu, Saugus, CA (US);
Scott Loftin, Rosamand, CA (US);
Susan Mccord, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Kelly H. McClure, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Arup Roy, Valencia, CA (US);
Richard Agustin Castro, Pasadena, CA (US);
Sumit Yadav, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Rongqing Dai, Valencia, CA (US);
Robert J. Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Da-Yu Chang, Rowland Heights, CA (US);
Xiaofan Wu, Saugus, CA (US);
Scott Loftin, Rosamand, CA (US);
Susan McCord, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
A visual prosthesis apparatus comprising: a video capture device for capturing a video image; a video processing unit associated with the video capture device, the video processing unit configured to convert the video image to stimulation patterns; and a retinal stimulation system configured to stimulate neural tissue in a subject's eye based on the stimulation patterns, wherein the video processing unit is configured to be powered on after a first time interval upon activation of a power button, wherein the video processing unit is configured to be powered off after a second time interval upon activation of a power button.