Protective eyewear for sports is a multi-million dollar business. Most protective sports eyewear originally was developed for professional athletes, but the need for this type of protection has spread rapidly to the recreational arena. These itmes reduce the risk of eye damage, and the user’s performance is enhanced by the ability to see better.

Recreational SportsEyewear

Bobster BUGEYE II Goggles

http://www.the-house.com/

Spy Targa Snowboard Goggles

http://www.swimoutlet.com/product_p/17256.htm

Speedo Glide Mask

www.anysunglasses.com/SEA-2200-Ultra.html

Sea Vision 2200 Ultra Scuba

http://www.gogglesandglasses.com

Birdz Eyewear Wing Skydiving Goggles

http://www.rei.com/product/792312

Oakley Crowbar Ski Goggles

- Polycarbonate Lenses Lenses in sports eyewear usually are made of polycarbonate. Since polycarbonate is such an impact-resistant lens material, it works well to protect eyes from fast-moving objects.

- Utraviolet ray protectionPolycarbonate also has built-in ultraviolet protection and scratch-resistance valuable properties for outdoor sports.

- Frames and SupportSport frames are constructed of highly impact-resistant plastic or polycarbonate, and most come with rubber padding to cushion the frame where it comes in contact with the head or the nose area.

- Sport Specific EyewearSome sports styles are contoured, wrapping slightly around the face. This type of goggle works well for biking, hang-gliding and sailing

- Standard FeaturesDouble-sided anti-fog , anti-scratch coating, foam or rubber padding http://www.sonystyle.com

Point and shoot cameras have come along way in the past 10 years. There have been great innovations in size, picture quality, user interface, “intelligent” modes, etc.. The new PowerShot D10 is the most “adventurous” point and camera yet, its waterproof, shock resistant, and cold resistant upstanding temps from 14-104°F. Canon is also working on new focusing technology. Using infrared to track the eye in order to control the focus. We plan to take them on and go two steps further!

Current Digital CamerasCapabilities

http://www.sonystyle.com

Cyber-shot® Digital Camera WX1/B

www.slipperybrick.com/.../coolpix/

Nikon Coolpix S60

http://www.letsgodigital.org

PowerShot D10

http://digital-photography-school.com

STYLUS-550WP

cioon.com

Lumix FP8

http://store.kodak.com

Kodak Easyshare M340

- Eye Controlled Focus The Eye Control focus system tracks the glance of the eye, integrating composition and focus into one uninterrupted step. But it is only offered in a horizontal format and it based on a gaze point system.

- Intelligent AutoAutomatically identifies the type of scene you’re shooting portrait, landscape, night portrait, macro, or sport. Then adjusts the settings to optimize results.

- Face/Blink DetectionTracks faces and automatically focuses and optimizes settings for quality portrait pictures.

- Built in ProjectorsNikon offers the Nikon Coolpix 1000pj which allows the users to projectors to share photos.

-Touch ScreenNew interfaces that allow for picture viewing and adjustments to be controlled by the fingertips. Button free, even sometimes allowing for focusing and snapshots by touching the screen.

Video cameras have come along way as well. There have been great innovations in size, picture quality, user interface, “intelligent” modes, etc.. The Panasonic SDR-S100 uses Panasonic’s Quad-Density Pixel Distribution technology to convert the image signal. Providing four times the pixel density when recording still pictures, this lets the S150 capture a photo at 3.1-megapixels.

The new Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video can capture 4 different formats of video. And on top of that, it can capture stills at 5.3 megapixels. The quality of image ranges from 9 to 3 megapixels dependent on the camcorder brand and model.

- Canon Vixia, 8.59 Megapixels

- Sony HDR-SR11, 5.6 Megapixels

- Samsung HMX-H104, 4.7 Megapixels

Current Camcorders Still Photo Capabilities

http://www.adorama.com/images/large/CAHFS100.JPG

Canon VIXIA HF S100

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/

Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera

camera-digital-video-camera-manpela23.blogspot

Panasonic SDR-S100

Most digital cameras take video aswell...

Most point & shoot cameras

Samsung.com

Samsung HMX-H104

Sony.com

Sony HDR-SR11

When you and your companions are on a vacation, you may decide to participate in some recreational sporting events. Let’s say you go skiing, and your having lots of fun. Oh perfect time for a shot but your headed down the slope already and your hands are full. Or you have to stop and hen they are too far away

Recreational Sports PhotographyDocumentation Problem

Current Situation

stop to get out camera..

trying to catch them in focus photo captured.....but

Oh, Perfect shot wait!

Johnny is a 27 year old web designer. He’s on winter vacation with his girlfriend Liz and a few other mutual friends. He’s enjoying his trip but realizes that he really has no way of documenting the exciting parts of the trip, the actual skiing! It’s a hassle to stop or slow down to pull out a camera. Then to have to hold his poles and take the picture it’s just not worth it.

Being an web designer, Rick is most familiar with Flash and most of the Adobe Creative programs. He is pretty quick when it comes to new tech and gadgets.

Character ProfileMeet Johnny...

This time Johnny was equipped with the right tools. His buddies skied ahead and the perfect opportunity presented itself again. but he was ready this time.

Recreational Sports PhotographyDocumentation Problem

Problem Solved

Camera is right here

focus with eye got the shot.....

Oh, Perfect shot wait!

Recreational Sports PhotographyEye tracking focusing & capturing

View Sensor

Lens

Infared Tracker

Focusing Quadrants

Calibration PointGoggle lens

Focus function uses quadrants in relation to a calibration point(s) to find your focal gaze. The system would in turn focus on the object that took up the majority of the quadrant your eye is fixed on.

The shutter function would be controlled by an .7 second interruption of the infared signal. A simple wink would suffice. The camera would then capture the picture using the last known focal point.

This concept can be applied to any of the goggles

The lens would be tied into a view sensor to interpret the visual data into digital data. Send data would be sent into the memory storage to be downloaded later. And the focus would be based off of calibration points in the glasses, depending on how far the eye gaze is from the calibration point(s).

Recreational Sports PhotographyConcept

Lens

Focusing Quadrants

Memory Storage

Calibration PointsI-Red Trackers