Patent ID: 8531394

Claim:
A self-contained, head-mountable, vision-controlled device for wirelessly transmitting text, image, or video information to a selected recipient using only eve control, comprising: a head-mountable frame configured to hold a lens in front of an eye of a user; at least one eye-tracking sensor positioned to track movement of one or both eyes of the user; an image capturing device positioned on said frame; said image capturing device configured to capture either still images or video images (video) of the outside world; a processor programmed to execute eye tracking executable code and control executable code, and to process images or video captured by the image capturing device; an optical system configured to render a visual display viewable by the user, said optical system positioned in front of an eye of the user; wherein said visual display displays at least one target for at least one symbol intended to select, using only eye control, said recipient when said eye of the user is directed toward said target, said target being positioned on a moving or rotating virtual surface; and a wireless transceiver in communication with the processor, wherein the processor is programmed to: track motion of an eye of the user using the eye-tracking sensor, process eye motion to determine whether the user desires to capture an image, and, if the eye motion alone indicates that the user desires to capture an image or video: activate the image capturing device to capture an image or video, process the image or video, and transmit the image or video to a selected recipient using the wireless transceiver.