Abstract: There is disclosed a wearable item. The wearable item includes at least one elongate member for supporting at least one attachable element. The elongate member is fabricated from an inner core that is surrounded by at least one outer layer. The at least one outer layer is elastic when strained by application of stress below a first elastic limit. The inner core is elastic when strained by application of stress below a second elastic limit or permanently deformed when strained by application of stress above the second elastic limit.

Abstract: Techniques for providing eyewear with electrical components are disclosed. The electrical components can provide electrical technology to eyewear (e.g., eyeglasses) without having to substantially compromise aesthetic design principles of the eyewear. Often, the electrical components can be attached to the eyewear as an after-market enhancement. The electrical components can operate independently or together with other electrical components provided elsewhere. In some embodiments, tethered electrical components can be coupled to electrical components in or attached to a pair of eyeglasses. Tethered electrical components, alone or in combination with eyeglass electrical components can be used for a variety of different applications and uses.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for wearable heads-up displays (WHUD) are described. A WHUD includes a front frame with two openings each with one recess which extends along at least a portion of the periphery of the openings, two arms including frame portions and temple portions, two lenses, a projector to generate light, and a holographic optical element (HOE) carried by a lens to redirect light to an eye of a user. Frame portions insert into the recesses and are held in place when the lenses are inserted into the recesses, wherein when the WHUD is assembled the projector and HOE are positioned correctly to create a display for the user. The assembled WHUD is inflexible where the front frame and arms are attached such that when worn the projector maintains a fixed position relative to the HOE and the display remains undistorted and visible to the user.

Abstract: Eyewear is provided that has one or more lenses and a shield, the shield comprising a material that resists the passage of solids and liquids there through, and the shield is formed with one or more adjustable sections that allow one or more vents to be formed in said shield.

Abstract: A nose protection apparatus and related methods, for protecting a human nose from prolonged eyewear contact, the apparatus comprising: a center bridge region and two outer protective regions joined by the center bridge region, fabricated from a silicone material into an integral unit; a nasal bridge clearance cutout beneath the center bridge region; omitting any added adhesives, wherein all adhesion properties of the apparatus are inherent to material properties of the silicone material; omitting any structural elements for straightening the apparatus for widening a user's nostrils; a width selected from the width group consisting of: an adult width from 1.2? to 2.8?; and a child width from 0.6? to 1.4?; a height selected from the height group consisting of: an adult height from 0.375? to 0.875?; and a child height from 0.1875? to 0.4375?; a thickness from 0.02? to 0.05?; and a durometer hardness from 5 to 20.

Abstract: Apparatuses and systems for wearable devices such as eyewear are described. According to one embodiment, the wearable device includes a frame, a temple, onboard electronics components, and a coupling mechanism. The frame is configured to hold one or more optical elements. The temple is connected to the frame at an articulated joint such that the temple is disposable between a collapsed condition and a wearable condition in which the device is wearable by a user to hold the one or more optical elements within user view. The onboard electronics components comprise at least a pair of electronics components carried by the frame and the temple respectively. The coupling mechanism is incorporated in the articulated joint and that is configured to electrically connect the pair of electronics components across the articulated joint both when the temple is in the wearable condition and when the temple is in the collapsed condition.

Abstract: An eyewear frame includes a plurality of ventilation apertures disposed in fluid communication with corresponding ones of a plurality of fluid channels. The plurality of ventilation apertures are dimensioned and configured to conduct fluid from an outer face of the ventilated eyewear frame to an inner face. The plurality of ventilation apertures are further dimensioned and configured to conduct fluid from at least one inlet to at least two outlets, the fluid thus interacting with a plurality of fluid channels simultaneously. The plurality of fluid channels are dimensioned and configured to conduct fluid there along, and at least partially in communication with a wearer of the ventilated eyewear frame, facilitating heat exchange with the wearer, fluid drainage, and a reduction in fogging of the lenses of the eyewear.

Abstract: Spectacles are provided with sensors for detecting biometric data when worn and when in contact with the head of the user. The spectacles include a frame having a front mount for supporting respective lenses, a nose support device and a pair of arms articulated on the front mount on laterally opposite sides, each of the arms extending longitudinally between a first end and a second, opposite end, close to which an end portion of the arm can make contact with the head at the ear. Each arm extends from the second end to a section of the arm made of flexible material that can support an auricular sensor, and the section of the arm can move, on account of its flexibility, between an operative position and a non-operative position, in which the sensor supported by the section of the arm is removably retained on the end portion of the arm.

Abstract: A structure includes a goggles body including rim sections and temple sections, an imaging device arranged between the rim sections, light-emitting elements arranged on an outer edge of the rim sections, and an electricity supply element, a control module, a storage device, and a data transmission device arranged in the temple sections. A server host device is also included. The server host device includes a wireless transmission module, a recognition processing module, and a driving processing element. As such, a surgeon may wear the goggles body in a surgical operation to acquire supplemented lighting in the eyesight range and a function of recording the entire process of the surgical operation. The surgeon may take a motion of a predetermined hand gesture to issue a control instruction corresponding thereto in order to execute the control instruction on a medical device to allow the surgeon to control hardware necessary for the operation.

Abstract: Provided is an eyeglass frame that includes a hinge with which a reduction in size and a reduction in weight can be achieved, and stable open/close operations can be performed over a prolonged period of time. The eyeglass frame includes a lens holding portion 2, a temple 3, and a hinge 5 that enables pivoting of the lens holding portion 2 and the temple a The hinge 5 includes a terminal portion 21 of the lens holding portion 2, a terminal portion 31 of the temple 3, and a coupling portion 4 that couples the two terminal portions. The terminal portion 31 of the temple 3 is selectively positioned with respect to the coupling portion 4 at a position when the temple 3 is completely open and at a position when the temple 3 is folded.

Abstract: Provided is a microscope apparatus including: a microscope section configured to image a subject's eye with an image sensor for performing magnified observation of the subject's eye; a holding section configured to hold the microscope section; a front lens insertion/removal unit configured to insert/remove a front lens for observing a posterior eye of the subject's eye onto an optical axis of the microscope section; and a control apparatus configured to execute an AF control that focuses the microscope section on an image-forming position of an image of the posterior eye by the front lens when the front lens is inserted onto the optical axis of the microscope section by the front lens insertion/removal unit.

Abstract: A temple unit for an eyewear includes two temples each including pivotally connected front and rear segments. The front and rear segments respectively include adjacent rear and front ends. One of the front and rear ends is formed with a protruding portion, and the other one of the front and rear ends is formed with a recess portion. The protruding portion has at least three non-coplanar first flat surfaces defining two convex corner sections. Any two adjacent ones of the first flat surfaces are connected to each other to define one of the convex corner sections. The recess portion has at least two non-coplanar second flat surfaces connected to each other to define a concave corner section engaging a selected one of the convex corner sections so as to position the rear segment relative to the front segment.

Abstract: An ophthalmic examination method using VR according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: providing an ophthalmic examination setting interface inputting a user setting for the ophthalmic examination; selecting and progressing a first ophthalmic examination in accordance with the ophthalmic examination setting interface; controlling a head mounted display to output a VR image for the first ophthalmic examination; acquiring examination data according to the VR image from the head mounted display; and outputting an ophthalmic examination progress image for an examiner for the first ophthalmic examination. As described above, since a head mounted display device for an eye examination of the present disclosure can perform various ophthalmic examinations digitally, there is an effect that it is possible to accurately and quickly determine ophthalmic examinations.

Abstract: Spectacles with interchangeable eyeglass lenses (2), where the spectacles comprise a spectacles frame (1) and eyeglass lenses (2), where the eyeglass lenses comprise a mount (3) which is secured to an outer edge of the eyeglass lenses, and where at least one of the mount and the spectacles frame comprises a coupling element (8), which can couple together the mount (3) and the spectacles frame (1), thereby producing a spectacles frame in which the eyeglass lenses can be replaced as desired. Furthermore, the mount or the spectacles frame comprises an oblong recess (5) designed to receive a partial section (7) of the spectacles frame or a bulge on the mount. Said spectacles are suitable for use at work, bicycling in blustery weather, or skiing in harsh sunlight.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system includes a processor(s) utilizing the image capture device to track eye movements of a user interacting with a display communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the image capture device continuously collecting image data. The processor(s) determines, based on analyzing the collected image data, a probability of whether a user may be experiencing a vision-related issue. Based on the probability being within a given pre-determined range, the processor(s) identifies the vision-related issue experienced by the user. The processor(s) generates, based on the vision-related issue, a two dimensional visual exercise to address the vision-related issue for performance by the user. The processor(s) deploys a graphical user interface to the display, where the graphical user interface comprises the visual exercise. The processor(s) provides the visual exercise to the user via the graphical user interface.

Abstract: Optical devices such as eyeglass lenses and digital displays having improved optical characteristics achieved, in part, through incorporation of an index matching system between material layers having different refractive indices.

Abstract: An eyeglass temple on which an accessory device is adapted to be mounted includes a concave portion provided with a plurality of substantially figure 8-shaped jacks abutting and communicating with one another in the lengthwise direction of the eyeglass temple. The accessory device includes a body, a flexible tube connected with the body, and a plug installed at one end of the flexible tube. The plug is detachably coupled with one of the substantially figure 8-shaped jacks. The accessory device can be mounted on the eyeglass temple securely and fixed at an adjustable position adaptively for flexible change of the accessory device and amenity of a pair of eyeglasses worn on a user.

Abstract: There is provided a flexible bridge assembly, in which rigid attachment members are at least partially contained or embedded in a flexible body to provide attachment points to lens retainers in the eyewear, with the flexible body therebetween allowing flexibility of the eyewear at or about the bridge area. Eyewear including such flexible bridge assemblies is also provided.

Abstract: A temple is provided for a spectacle frame without nose pads. The temple comprises an elongate body, and a supporting part. The body has a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to be connected to a front without nose pads. The second end is configured to be mounted on a ear of a wearer. The supporting part is connected to the body, and configured to be mounted a zygomatic region of the wearer. The body has an elongate through hole extending along a longitudinal direction of the body near the second end. Levitation of the second end above the ear of the wearer being prevented by penetration of hair of the wearer through the through hole.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for performing tear film structure measurement on a tear film of an eye of a subject. A broadband light source (100) is configured to generate broadband light. A spectrometer (250) is configured to measure a spectrum of light of the broadband light that is reflected from at least one spot on the tear film, the spot having a diameter of between 100 microns and 240 microns. A computer processor (28) is coupled to the spectrometer and configured to determine a characteristic of the tear film based upon the spectrum of light measured by the spectrometer. Other applications are also described.