The latest invention from Google are the new self-adjusting specs that could change the lives of the active and near-sighted .Wearing spectacles and keeping them in place, especially while doing physical work such as running, would be much easier now.
The patent outlines a system built into a wearable device like Google Glass that uses motors and motion detectors to automatically tighten or loosen the spectacles’ arms depending on what the wearer is doing. It relies on a simple input, adjustment calculation, and output system for “at least a portion of a frame of a wearable device.”
The new spectacles would have an actuator, a little motor for controlling movement in each arm that could bend the arms in or out as needed, rather like the way a bendy straw works. When the spectacles detect that their wearer is bobbing up and down at an increased rate while running, for example, the arms contract to grip the wearer’s head.
The actuators could also help solve the one-size-fits-all approach that many spectacles have to fitting, if the specs are too wide for someone’s face, the actuators could automatically resize them so that they fit snugly.
The choice between putting delicate glasses lenses in danger or going for a jog while only barely able to make out basic, fuzzy shapes would become a relic of the past.
Wearing sunglasses for a bike ride, hike, or run in sunny weather would become a much more viable option. The self-adjusting glasses would be particularly beneficial for athletes with corrected vision.
Though Google is currently looking to apply this invention to eyewear, presumably for the next Google Glass beta in 2016, it could easily be implemented in other wearables. A plethora of self-adjusting wearables could be on the horizon, thanks to Google.
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