Intersection cross-cut: glasses ∩ sensor-camera-ir

Axes: form_factor × sensors

4 corpus entries disclose both tags.

Earliest disclosure: 1987-09-28

These entries are the direct inputs to OBVIOUSNESS_TEMPLATE.md. Any patent claim combining these two elements is anticipated or rendered obvious by the chain below.

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Geordi La Forge’s VISOR (Star Trek: TNG) (1987-09-28)

• id: star-trek-tng-visor
• corpus: fictional
• form factor: glasses
• creator: Gene Roddenberry / Paramount Television
• disclosure: Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘Encounter at Farpoint’ (premiered September 28, 1987); the VISOR — eyewear that senses across the electromagnetic spectrum and couples the signal to the wearer’s optic nerves.
• ip status: fictional
• sensors: sensor-camera-ir, sensor-camera-thermal
• prior art notes: Discloses sensory-substitution eyewear: a head-worn multi-spectral sensor (IR/thermal and beyond) whose output is rendered to the wearer as perception, via direct neural coupling at the temples. Relevant to (a) sensory-substitution / vision-aid eyewear claims and (b) eyewear claims that visualize non-visible-spectrum data (thermal/IR/UV overlay glasses). § 103 motivation that head-worn EM-spectrum-extending eyewear was an articulated objective by 1987. Non-enabling on the neural interface.

Metal Gear Solid — ‘Sneaking Suit’ with body monitoring and the ‘Solid Eye’ (monocular multi-mode HUD) (1998-09-03)

• id: metal-gear-solid-sneaking-suit-and-solid-eye
• corpus: fictional
• form factor: garment
• creator: Hideo Kojima / Konami
• disclosure: Metal Gear Solid (Konami, released 3 September 1998; ‘Solid Eye’ and adaptive ‘OctoCamo’ suit in Metal Gear Solid 4, 2008); a form-fitting ‘Sneaking Suit’ with body-monitoring (a ‘life’/stamina/’PSYCHE’ readout), a ‘Codec’ communication link, and the ‘Solid Eye’ — a monocular head-worn device with selectable modes (night vision, binocular zoom, threat/contact detection) and an AR overlay — plus an adaptive-camouflage outer layer.
• ip status: fictional
• sensors: sensor-camera-ir, sensor-camera-thermal
• algorithms: algo-stress-index
• prior art notes: Discloses (a) a form-fitting suit with continuous body monitoring (stamina, stress/’psyche’, vitals) and comms, (b) a monocular head-worn device with user-selectable imaging modes (night vision, zoom, threat detection) and an AR overlay, and (c) an adaptive-camouflage outer layer responsive to surroundings. Relevant to instrumented-bodysuit and monocular-AR-HUD claims. § 103 motivation as of 1998 (Solid Eye / OctoCamo as of 2008). Cf. [[dragon-ball-z-scouter]], [[splinter-cell-trifocal-goggles]], [[crysis-nanosuit]].

Batman — cowl with ‘Detective Vision’ (head-worn AR with through-obstacle vitals/skeletal overlay) (2009-08-25)

• id: batman-detective-vision-cowl
• corpus: fictional
• form factor: helmet
• creator: Rocksteady Studios / Eidos Interactive
• disclosure: Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady / Eidos, released 25 August 2009); the cowl’s ‘Detective Vision’ overlays a real-time augmented view highlighting nearby people’s skeletons and heartbeats through walls, evidence trails, and structural details, with integrated comms.
• ip status: fictional
• sensors: sensor-camera-ir
• prior art notes: Discloses head-worn eyewear/cowl with an AR mode that detects nearby people (including through obstructions), renders their skeletal structure and live heart-rate indication in the wearer’s view, and highlights other scene features, with comms. Relevant to AR-headgear claims combining ‘a near-eye display’, ‘sensing of nearby persons’, ‘overlay of their physiological indicators (e.g. heart rate)’, and ‘highlighting of scene features’. § 103 motivation as of 2009. Cf. [[robocop-targeting-hud]], [[predator-bio-mask]], [[total-recall-walkthrough-body-scanner]].

Kingsman AR glasses (HUD, recording, X-ray, scanning, holographic conferencing) (2014-12-13)

• id: kingsman-ar-glasses
• corpus: fictional
• form factor: glasses
• creator: Matthew Vaughn / Marv Films
• disclosure: Kingsman: The Secret Service (20th Century Fox / Marv Films), 2014; agency eyeglasses providing a heads-up information overlay, point-of-view video recording, see-through (X-ray-style) imaging, object/person scanning, and rendering of remote participants as holographic avatars seated around a table.
• ip status: fictional
• sensors: sensor-camera-rgb, sensor-camera-ir
• prior art notes: Discloses eyeglasses integrating: a near-eye information HUD; an outward camera with POV recording; a see-through imaging mode; an object/person scanning-and-identification function; and shared telepresence rendering remote participants as registered holographic avatars in the wearer’s view. Relevant to AR-glasses claims combining ‘an eyewear frame’, ‘a near-eye display’, ‘an outward camera’, ‘recording’, ‘on-view object/person identification’, and ‘shared/telepresence AR’. § 103 motivation that the fully-featured AR information eyewear was an articulated objective by 2014.