Abstract: A visual aid system, device and method is provided. The visual aid system may include an imaging unit to capture images of a user's surroundings, a knowledge database to store object recognition information for a plurality of image objects, an object recognition module to match and identify an object imaged in one or more captured images with an object in the knowledge database, and an output device to output a non-visual indication of the identified object.
Abstract: The invention relates to optical devices for sensing and measuring various physical parameters. More particularly, this invention relates to an optical device having a spectral modulation sensor in which the physical parameter being measured causes spectral changes in the reflectivity and/or transmission of the sensor's optically resonant structure, thereby spectrally modulating the output light from the sensor as a function of the physical parameter being measured.