Sony files patent for contact lens camera with autofocus, storing feature

Sony files patent for contact lens camera with autofocus, storing feature

PanARMENIAN.Net - The latest company to join in the hypothetical race for a contact lenses technology is Sony, with the Japanese tech company applying for its own smart contacts patent, the Verge said.

The patent, which doesn't appear to have been approved yet, describes a "contact lens and storage medium" capable of controlling an "image pickup unit" (aka a camera). The patent describes a lens that can take images when it detects the "conscious" blink of an eye, storing them locally, or sending them to an external device. A "tilt sensor" is used to activate a display, which shows additional controls. The lens could even include autofocus, aperture control, and image stabilization to correct the "blur caused by motion of the eyeball." That's pretty ambitious for something you've got to wear in your eye.

Samsung's own smart contact lens patent is pretty similar to this, and researchers have been working on these ideas for a while, The Verge says. However, this sort of tech is still in the very early stage: the 'screens' that have been put in contact lenses are tiny, and the electronics are limited to simple circuits, like Google's glucose-detecting prototype.

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