Patent ID: 8503713
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: A61F,A61N,G02B

Abstract:
1. Vision aid system with at least one first camera for acquisition of an image having a plurality of image data, electronic means for processing the acquired images data to generate a processed image and a stimulation device implantable in the body at a vision organ for reproduction of the processed image through corresponding stimulation of the vision organ, characterized in that additional information regarding a spatial position and/or particular attributes of objects in the acquired image data is visualized in the reproduction of the processed image, which information is associated with objects in the acquired image, wherein information regarding a distance between the camera and objects in the acquired image is associated with the objects in the reproduction of the processed image, thereby achieving a depth-selective representation of the acquired image, wherein the processed image forwarded to the stimulation device visualizes exclusively objects having a predetermined distance or distance range from the user, wherein objects having another distance or distance range from the user are not forwarded to the stimulation device.