Sony has come up with intelligent contact lenses capable of recording and playing video - all with the blink of an eye. The Tokyo-based firm filed a patent application, published earlier this month, revealing how the smart lenses would use movements of the eyelids to activate various functions, CW33 reported. Seven Japanese inventors designed the contacts, which would include a camera, a wireless processing unit and a storage unit. This means the lenses could store their own video - unlike Samsung's smart lenses patented earlier this month, which rely on a smartphone.
The lens would feature an organic electroluminescence display screen, according to the patent. By blinking an eye, the user would be able to operate the lens via the display. The camera would feature autofocus, automatic exposure adjustment and an adjustable zoom. The device would also be able to record video, store it and play it back.
The news that Sony has been working on this technology for several years follows a trend set by Google and Samsung.
In 2014, Google revealed a high-tech lens to help diabetics measure glucose levels in their tears. The same year, Samsung filed a patent in South Korea for a smart contact lens that houses a tiny camera.
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