Patent ID: 9028067
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: A61B,G02B,G02C,G09B

Abstract:
1. A method to improve vision for a human with a diseased retina, the method comprising the steps of: determining that a central retina area called the fovea is damaged; determining an area around the damaged fovea (a preferred retinal locus PRL) which can function to transmit an image to the human's brain; storing the PRL retinal coordinates in an electronic memory; mounting a video camera to receive a desired image from an area of regard (the AR image); transmitting the AR image to a controller which has the retinal coordinate of the stored PRL; directing a projector to persistently project an unaltered AR image in its entirety to the PRL area, thus forming a relocated image (RI) on the PRL; mounting on an eyeglass frame the video camera, the controller and the projector; and mounting an eye tracker on the eyeglass frame and sending an eye position to the controller so the controller instantaneously changes the position of the RI image to keep it centered on the moving PRL.