US 12,290,475 B2
Universal laser protective eyewear
Masahiro Kamei, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Tito Busani, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/194,197.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/328,143, filed on Apr. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0320901 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 9/02 (2006.01); A61F 9/04 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/022 (2013.01) [A61F 9/025 (2013.01); A61F 9/04 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laser eye protection device comprising:
an optically opaque screen that covers both eyes;
one or more internal viewing screens on an eye-facing side of the optically opaque screen;
a thermal sensor arranged on the optically opaque screen; and
one or more cameras arranged around the optically opaque screen, wherein the one or more cameras are in electrical and data communication with the one or more internal viewing screens and provide a visual representation of surroundings to a user,
wherein the optically opaque screen is opaque across a spectrum from about 180 nm to about 10,600 nm.