Patent ID: 6226120
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
Eyeglasses comprising an eyeglass frame adapted to be worn by a human and two arrays of optical telescopes, wherein each of said arrays is held by said eyeglass frame, wherein each of said arrays comprises at least ten optical telescopes, and wherein:(a) each of said telescopes is formed from an optically transparent material, and each of said telescopes comprises a front, convex surface and a back, concave surface; wherein the axis of each said telescope is defined to be the line joining the center of the front, convex surface and the center of the back, concave surface of said telescope;(b) each of said convex and concave surfaces is between 0.1 mm and 1.0 mm in diameter;(c) the distance between the center of the front, convex surface and the center of the back, concave surface of each of said telescopes, measured along the axis, is between 0.1 mm and 10 cm; and(d) said telescopes are held together so that the axes of adjacent telescopes are parallel to one another, or nearly parallel to one another; with the front, convex surfaces of adjacent telescopes facing the same direction, or nearly the same direction.