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2 December 2008 Electronic eye occluder with time-counting and reflection control
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Proceedings Volume 7142, Sixth International Conference on Advanced Optical Materials and Devices (AOMD-6); 71421B (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.815953
Event: Sixth International Conference on Advanced Optical Materials and Devices, 2008, Riga, Latvia
Abstract
In pediatric ophthalmology 2 - 3 % of all the children are impacted by a visual pathology - amblyopia. It develops if a clear image isn't presented to the retina during an early stage of the development of the visual system. A common way of treating this pathology is to cover the better-seeing eye to force the "lazy" eye to learn seeing. However, children are often reluctant to wear such an occluder because they are ashamed or simply because they find it inconvenient. This fact requires to find a way how to track the regime of occlusion because results of occlusion is a hint that the actual regime of occlusion isn't that what the optometrist has recommended. We design an electronic eye occluder that allows to track the regime of eye occlusion. We employ real-time clock DS1302 providing time information from seconds to years. Data is stored in the internal memory of the CPU (EEPROM). The MCU (PIC16F676) switches on only if a mechanical switch is closed and temperature has reached a satisfactory level. The occlusion is registered between time moments when the infrared signal appeared and disappeared.
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V. Karitans, M. Ozolinsh, and G. Kuprisha "Electronic eye occluder with time-counting and reflection control", Proc. SPIE 7142, Sixth International Conference on Advanced Optical Materials and Devices (AOMD-6), 71421B (2 December 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.815953
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KEYWORDS
Eye

Sensors

Signal detection

Diodes

Real-time computing

Infrared detectors

Infrared radiation

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