Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhancing vision for a vision impaired user
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Application No.: US15510187Application Date: 2015-09-10
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Publication No.: US10583290B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Chris McCarthy , Nick Barnes
- Applicant: National ICT Australia Limited
- Applicant Address: AU Eveleigh, New South
- Assignee: National ICT Australia Limited
- Current Assignee: National ICT Australia Limited
- Current Assignee Address: AU Eveleigh, New South
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Priority: AU2014903623 20140910
- International Application: PCT/AU2015/050537 WO 20150910
- International Announcement: WO2016/037238 WO 20160317
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; H04N5/243 ; A61N1/05

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for enhancing vision for a vision impaired user. The method comprises, for a point in an input image, determining (210) a weight for the point based on visual importance of the point in the input image; comparing (220) the weight for the point to a threshold; and if the weight for the point meets the threshold, determining (230) a first output value for an imaging element of a vision enhancement apparatus so that a difference between the first output value and an intensity level of a portion of the input image neighbouring the point increases with the weight, wherein the difference is at least one Just-Noticeable-Difference of the vision enhancement apparatus, such that when the first output value is applied to the imaging element of the vision enhancement apparatus to create a first visual stimulus, the first visual stimulus is substantially perceivable by the vision impaired user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170259060A1 ENHANCING VISION FOR A VISION IMPAIRED USER Public/Granted day:2017-09-14
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