Multifunctional Personal Eyeglass Interface (MULTIPLEYE)

Principal researcher

Project details

Start date: 01/04/2002
End date: 31/03/2005

Description: This project seeks to develop, characterise and demonstrate a novel display interface that is fully wearable and portable for the delivery of information to users operating in multi-functional contexts. The main applications will be: vision enhancement and navigation in driving, specialised computer assisted operations (surgeons, assembly workers), office applications, entertainment, infotainment, vision enhancement for visually impaired people, etc. The system will be composed of a primary display source, a compact light-guiding system for the projection of images, a variable-transmittance optical window to allow for different background intensities (adaptive see-through), a miniaturised inertial system (based on MEMS technology) for the tracking of head position and orientation (to work in conjunction with a GPS module), a radio-frequency Rx/Tx module for the exchange of information between the interface and the base station (including master navigator, image generator), CMOS camera, speakers, microphone, rechargeable battery and driver electronics.

Other organisations involved in this project

Divitech S.p.A.

Luxottica S.R.L.

University College Cork, Ireland

Funded by the European Union.

Last updated: 17/04/2008