Proof of concept and technical evaluation of innovative, wearable Vision Enhancement device

创新型可穿戴视力增强设备的概念验证和技术评估

• 批准号: 103865
• 金额: $ 52.85万
• 依托单位: VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=103865
• 关键词: Proof; concept; technical; evaluation; innovative

Visual impairments are a growing concern in society, with especially age contributing to an increasing number of people unable to see sufficiently in order to live independently. Visual impairments can make it difficult or impossible to perform simple daily activities such as reading, watching television or even see facial expressions in a conversation and may even prohibit sufferers from going outside safely without support. At present, there are a range of - often costly - solutions to help perform individual activities, such as magnifiers that help with reading. However, there is a lack of multi-purpose solutions which allow to perform mobile tasks such as hobbies or movement and where a single device helps with all activities from reading to television viewing and enhancement of facial features. In this project, we will develop such a device, which has the look of regular spectacles but uses cutting edge technology to project an enhanced rendering of what someone is looking at in front of their eyes. This solution hence does not interfere with normal perception (which current enclosed head mounted solutions do by for example preventing peripheral vision), but it rather augments the natural image in front of the viewer according to his/her preference. We belive that this device will in the future offer a single solution to a large variety of problems and enable the visually impaired to regain independent lives with improved sight.

视觉障碍是社会上日益关注的问题，尤其是年龄导致越来越多的人无法充分看到以独立生活。视力障碍会使患者难以或不可能进行简单的日常活动，如阅读、看电视，甚至在谈话中看到面部表情，甚至可能禁止患者在没有支持的情况下安全地外出。目前，有一系列-通常是昂贵的-解决方案来帮助执行个人活动，如放大镜，有助于阅读。然而，缺乏允许执行诸如爱好或运动的移动的任务并且其中单个设备帮助从阅读到电视观看的所有活动以及面部特征的增强的多用途解决方案。在这个项目中，我们将开发这样一种设备，它具有普通眼镜的外观，但使用尖端技术来投射增强的渲染效果，以显示某人在他们眼前看到的东西。因此，该解决方案不干扰正常感知（当前封闭的头戴式解决方案通过例如防止周边视觉来干扰正常感知），而是根据他/她的偏好增强观看者面前的自然图像。我们相信，这种设备将在未来提供一个单一的解决方案，以各种各样的问题，并使视障人士重新获得独立的生活与改善的视力。