/ DEVICES HAVING SYSTEM FOR REDUCING THE IMPACT OF NEAR DISTANCE VIEWING ON MYOPIA ONSET AND/OR MYOPIA PROGRESSION

摘要

The present invention relates to a system which can be incorporated into currently available electronic devices such as laptops, mobile phones and tablets and helps the user to maintain a viewing distance safe for the eyes. To avoid near-point stress on the eyes which can lead to the onset of myopia and/or accelerate the progression of myopia especially in children or young adults, the system of the present invention monitors viewing distance and automatically distorts an image and/or text display into an unreadable format, for example, through blurring or pixilation, when the device is too close to the viewer. Alternatively, the system can automatically turn off the display when the device is too close and turn the display on when the device is at a proper viewing distance.