FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE SEE’S THE FUTURE WITH THEIR “INTERACTIVE DATA EYEWEAR”

Posted by admin1 On June - 6 - 2009

FraunHofer OLED Interactive Glasses

FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE “SEE’S THE FUTURE WITH THEIR “INTERACTIVE DATA EYEWEAR”

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The creative team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic MicroSystems (IPMS) of Dreseen, Germany has engineered a pair of glasses that work similar to a human eye as an ingenious ”Interactive EyeWear” which incorporates a micro-OLED display onto a CMOS substrate integrating display pixels for the image reproduction with the micro-photo detector cells that act as the “eye tracker”. This will allow the user to view text and moving images which are projected directly from the micro-display directly onto the retina.

The image on the micro-display which is built-in to the temple is projected onto the retina making the images appear to the user’s perception the viewing of a projected image at approximately the distance of 1 meter away from them. Another superior feature by using the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) in relation to the ambient light conditions it is a perfect technology for the glasses where a high luminescent micro-screen is needed.

“We want to make the eyeglasses bidirectional and interactive so that new areas of application can be opened up,” says Dr. Michael Scholles, business unit manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) in Dresden.

The chip is located in the temple behind the hinge since it’s only 19.3mm x 17mm. With the eye tracking” feature the texting or image content that is being displayed on the bi-directional eyeglasses can be manipulated by the user by fixed eye or eye movement to navigate through the data menu that’s being displayed.