Latest patent document surfaced over the web shows a new Contact lens based camera patent filed by Sony that features a small power source, WiFi antenna, microchip processor, Zoom lens, sensor and even a image stabilization unit to combat the shake caused by the eyelid moment.
You Can control the camera by conscious eyelid closure and the other settings of the camera is also control by specified eyelid movement.
Power source – According to the patent document the Supply and reception of electric power can be achieved by, for example, an electromagnetic induction method, a radio wave method, or an electromagnetic field resonance method.
The small camera will add revolution in camera industry since it’s a completely invisible, it may also raise some serious questions related to privacy of a person.
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Not only Sony, Samsung and Google also working on Smart contact Lens
The smart contact lens is composed of following major parts 1. control component 4. Control Unit 2. Sensor 3. WiFi antenna
Before we end the Sony contact lens news you must know that the first contact lens patent was filed by google X skunkworks lab back on 2012 [via patentbolt] Initially the first contact lens from google was made with a sensor that tracks your sugar level by analyzing the amount of sugar present in your tears. if you have diabetes, you generally have to perform finger-stick blood tests throughout the day. However the smart lens made by google never came for public use.
A month ago Samsung smart contact lens patent also surfaced over the web. South Korea gov. has granted the Samsung crop. The Patent for contact lenses with a display that can project images into the users eye with additional information. Smart Contact lenses will send data`to your smartphones / tablets via WiFi, the overall operation of the camera will be controlled by the moment of eyelid / blinking of a eye.
All the three major companies are working towards smart contact lens and within few years we will sure see smart contact lenses in the market for general purpose use.
