Intersection cross-cut: sensor-camera-eye ∩ algo-eye-gaze-tracking
Axes: sensors × algorithms
3 corpus entries disclose both tags.
Earliest disclosure: 2006
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.
Rainbows End AR contact lenses and ‘wearing’ (2006)
- id:
rainbows-end-ar-contact-lens - corpus: fictional
- form factor: contact-lens
- creator: Vernor Vinge
- disclosure: Vinge, Vernor. Rainbows End. Tor Books, 2006 — augmented-reality contact lenses plus clothing-integrated compute (‘wearing’), with gaze and gesture control, persistent shared overlays, view-sharing, and a developer ecosystem of competing AR platforms.
- ip status: fictional
- sensors: sensor-camera-eye, sensor-camera-rgb
- algorithms: algo-eye-gaze-tracking
- prior art notes: Among the most specific fictional anticipations of modern AR eyewear: discloses (a) AR contact lenses rendering registered overlays, (b) clothing-integrated computing and sensing as the host platform, (c) gaze tracking and subtle gesture as the primary input modality, (d) multi-user shared/synchronized overlays and view-sharing, and (e) an open developer ecosystem with competing AR layers. Relevant to AR-contact-lens claims, gaze-controlled AR claims, and shared/collaborative-AR claims. § 103 motivation, circa 2006, toward essentially the entire modern AR-eyewear feature set. Non-enabling on optics and power; pair with enabling contact-lens-display and low-power-display art.
Halting State AR glasses (‘CopSpace’ and ARG overlays) (2007)
- id:
halting-state-ar-glasses - corpus: fictional
- form factor: glasses
- creator: Charles Stross
- disclosure: Stross, Charles. Halting State. Ace Books, 2007 — networked AR glasses with role-specific overlay layers (police ‘CopSpace’), shared annotations, gaze interaction, and alternate-reality-game overlays as a plot mechanism.
- ip status: fictional
- sensors: sensor-camera-rgb, sensor-camera-eye
- algorithms: algo-eye-gaze-tracking
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prior art notes: Discloses AR glasses with switchable, permission-scoped overlay layers (an enterprise/role ‘channel’ model), networked shared annotations registered to physical locations, gaze-driven UI, and overlapping game/social overlay layers. Relevant to AR-eyewear claims about layer/channel management, location-anchored shared annotations, and access-controlled AR content. § 103 motivation, circa 2007, that multi-layer permissioned networked AR eyewear was a concrete objective.
- Black Mirror ‘Fifteen Million Merits’ — gaze-enforced compulsory viewing (2011-12-11) —
black-mirror-fifteen-million-merits-gaze-enforcement[fictional] — Black Mirror, ‘Fifteen Million Merits’ (Channel 4, 11 December 2011); ubiquitous screens show advertising the viewer is required to watch — closing or averting the eyes triggers an alarm and a penalty…