Patent ID: 7484847
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: G02B,G02C

Abstract:
1. A video camera and display integrally combined with a pair of eyeglasses, comprising in combination: a rearwardly curved frame having left and right temple extension portions extending rearwardly at left and right sides thereof, a top edge and a bottom edge; left and right lenses fixedly mounted within said frame; left and right temple members each having an indentation on an outer surface thereof; first means for hingedly attaching said left temple member to the left temple extension portion of said frame, and second means for hingedly attaching said right temple member to the right temple extension portion of said frame; first and second pivots correspondingly disposed on the top edge and the bottom edge of said frame, respectively, forwardly from said first attachment means and in the vicinity of the left side of said frame; third and fourth pivots correspondingly disposed on the top edge and the bottom edge of said frame, respectively, forwardly from said second attachment means and in the vicinity of the right side of said frame; a first support having a top edge and a bottom edge, and a second support having a top edge and a bottom edge, said first support and said second support each having a first surface facing toward said frame, and each having a second surface facing away from said frame; a first video display affixed to the first surface of said first support, and a second video display affixed to the first surface of said second support; a first camera affixed to the second surface of said first support, and a second camera affixed to the second surface of said second support, said first camera and said second camera facing forward of said pair of eyeglasses; fifth and sixth pivots correspondingly disposed on the top edge and on the bottom edge of said first support, respectively in the vicinity of one end thereof; seventh and eighth pivots correspondingly disposed on the top edge and on the bottom edge of said second support, respectively in the vicinity of one end thereof; first and second telescoping arms each of said telescoping arms having one end thereof pivotably attached to one of said first and second pivots, respectively, and the opposite end thereof attached to said fifth pivot and said sixth pivot, respectively; third and fourth telescoping arms each of said telescoping arms having one end thereof pivotably attached to one of said third and fourth pivots, respectively, and the opposite end thereof attached to said seventh pivot and said eighth pivot, respectively; means for driving said first video display and said second video display; and means for controlling said first camera and said second camera, and for transmitting and processing output signals therefrom, whereby said first video display and said first camera of said first support and said second video display and said second camera of said second support can be disposed forward of said left lens and right lens, respectively, or disposed in the indentation on the outer side of said left temple member or said right temple member, respectively.