Inventors:
Mikki Arai - Lexington MA
Tatsuo Hirose - Boston MA
International Classification:
G02B 2714, G02B 2700
Abstract:
The present invention provides an optical guide fixture for coupling visual information on a surface to a viewer. The optical guide fixture of the invention can be coupled to an optical receiver, such as a digital camera, operably connected to a head-mounted display unit to provide a device according to the invention for viewing a surface. Such a device, in one application, provides magnified images of visual information on a surface, such as a page of a book, to a patient with a visual impairment.