Low vision apparatus and device and method for enabling the visually handicapped to view television

Claim 1

A method for enabling a visually handicapped person to view a television screen with resolution and to view the entire screen, said person having a visual handicap requiring the wearing of an optical aid which undesirably limits said person's field of view where the magnification of the optical aid as worn by said person requires said person to position the eye of said person when accommodating the optical aid very close to said screen which therefore severely restricts said person's field of view, the method herein permitting said person to view said screen at a convenient distance when said person is accommodating said optical aid, comprising the steps of: placing an assembly in front of said screen at a distance to provide a complete image of said screen at a reduced size, with said reduced size image substantially occupying the field of view of said person as determined by said optical aid as accommodated, inverting said reduced image to enable said person to view said reduced image via said optical aid at a convenient distance with said reduced image substantially occupying said person's entire field of view as limited by said aid to enable said person to view said screen with optimum resolution.

Claim 2

A method for enabling a visually handicapped person to view a television screen with resolution and to view the entire screen, said person having a visual handicap requiring the wearing of an optical aid which undesirably limits said person's field of view where the magnification of the optical aid as worn by said person requires said person to position the eye of said person when accommodating the optical aid very close to said screen which therefore severely restricts said person's field of view, the method herein permitting said person to view said screen at a convenient distance when said person is accommodating said optical aid, comprising the steps of: placing an assembly in front of said screen at a distance to provide a complete image of said screen at a reduced size, with said reduced size image substantially occupying the field of view of said person as determined by said optical aid as accommodated, inverting said reduced image to enable said person to view said reduced image via said optical aid at a convenient distance with said reduced image substantially occupying said person's entire field of view as limited by said aid to enable said person to view said screen with optimum resolution.

Claim 4

A method of enabling a visually handicapped person to view a television screen with optimum resolution, said person having a visual handicap requiring said person to wear an optical aid providing a given magnification which severely limits said person's field of view according to said magnification comprising the steps of: forming a complete image of said screen at a given plane, said image formed at a reduced size substantially equal to the size of said restricted field of view as afforded by said optical aid, placing said optical aid used by said person at said plane to enable said person to view said reduced image by viewing the same via said aid.

Claim 5

A method of enabling a visually handicapped person to view a television screen with optimum resolution, said person having a visual handicap requiring said person to wear an optical aid providing a given magnification which severely limits said person's field of view according to said magnification comprising the steps of: forming a complete image of said screen at a given plane, said image formed at a reduced size substantially equal to the size of said restricted field of view as afforded by said optical aid, placing said optical aid used by said person at said plane to enable said person to view said reduced image by viewing the same via said aid.

Claim 9

An apparatus for enabling a visually handicapped person to view a television screen associated with a television set and to view a complete image of said screen with good resolution to enable said person to accurately perceive the events depicted on said screen, said person having a visual handicap requiring said person to see by the use of an optical aid providing magnification of images but which aid undesirably limits said person's field of view according to the amount of magnification provided providing: lens means coupled to said television set positioned in front of said screen and operative to provide a substantially reduced complete image of said screen at a given plane, with said image reduced to a size according to the restricted field of view of said handicapped person to substantially fill said field of view as restricted by said aid, and means coupled to said lens means for inverting said reduced iamge for enabling said person to view said screen via said optical aid.

Claim 10

An apparatus for enabling a visually handicapped person to view a television screen associated with a television set and to view a complete image of said screen with good resolution to enable said person to accurately perceive the events depicted on said screen, said person having a visual handicap requiring said person to see by the use of an optical aid providing magnification of images but which aid undesirably limits said person's field of view according to the amount of magnification provided providing: lens means coupled to said television set positioned in front of said screen and operative to provide a substantially reduced complete image of said screen at a given plane, with said image reduced to a size according to the restricted field of view of said handicapped person to substantially fill said field of view as restricted by said aid, and means coupled to said lens means for inverting said reduced iamge for enabling said person to view said screen via said optical aid.