Wearable training apparatus, a training system and a training method thereof

Abstract

A wearable training apparatus has a vision-control assembly and a head-mounting assembly coupled to the vision-control assembly. The vision-control assembly has a see-through area corresponding to a central portion of the human field of vision (FOV), and a vision-blocking area for blocking the human peripheral FOV except the central portion thereof. The wearable training apparatus may be in the form of a pair of eyeglasses with lenses provided with reduced FOV or alternatively, may be in the form of a goggle with reduced FOV. A training system may comprise one or more wearable training apparatus, one or more imaging devices for recording images and/or video streams of the performance of users wearing the training apparatuses, and one or more computing devices for playing back and analyzing the recorded images and/or video streams.

1 . A wearable training apparatus comprising:
 a vision-control assembly configured for coupling to a user's face about the user's eyes, said vision-control assembly comprising an opaque material and a see-through area surrounded by the opaque material at least on a temporal side, a nasal side, and an inferior side thereof;   wherein the opaque material is configured for substantially blocking the user's entire vision except at the see-through area;   wherein the see-through area is configured for forming a reduced field of vision (FOV) about a gaze direction; and   wherein the reduced FOV has a horizontal span encompassing at least a major portion of a natural binocular vision-area of a natural FOV of human eyes, said natural binocular vision-area being at an angular center of the natural FOV of human eyes.   
     
     
         2 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the horizontal span of the reduced FOV encompasses the entire natural binocular vision-area of the natural FOV of human eyes. 
     
     
         3 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the horizontal span of the reduced FOV further encompasses a minor portion of natural monocular vision-areas of the natural FOV of human eyes, said natural monocular vision-areas being peripheral to the natural binocular vision-area on respectively temporal sides. 
     
     
         4 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the horizontal span of the reduced FOV is about 120° with about 60° on each temporal side; about 60° with about 30° on each temporal side; about 80° to about 100° with about 40° to about 50° on each temporal side; about 100° to about 140° with about 50° to about 70° on each temporal side; or about 110° to about 130° with about 55° to about 65° on each temporal side. 
     
     
         5 - 8 . (canceled) 
     
     
         9 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the horizontal span of the reduced FOV comprises an adjusted binocular vision-area substantially encompassing a horizontal area-of-focus of the natural FOV of human eyes. 
     
     
         10 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the adjusted binocular vision-area has a horizontal span of about 40° to about 60° with about 20° to 30° on each temporal side; of at least about 60° with at least about 30° on each temporal side; or of about 100° with about 50° on each temporal side. 
     
     
         11 - 12 . (canceled) 
     
     
         13 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the adjusted binocular vision-area has a horizontal span about the same as that of the reduced FOV. 
     
     
         14 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the reduced FOV has a vertical span encompassing at least a major portion of a vertical area-of-focus of the natural FOV of human eyes. 
     
     
         15 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the vertical span of the reduced FOV is about 35° to about 75° with a superior span of about 15° to about 35° and an inferior span of about 20° to about 40°; wherein the vertical span of the reduced FOV is about 55° with a superior span of about 25° and an inferior span of about 30°; wherein the vertical span of the reduced FOV is about 35° to about 75° with a superior span of about 15° to about 35° and an inferior span of about 20° to about 40°; wherein the vertical span of the reduced FOV is about 80° to about 100° with a superior span of about 60° and an inferior span of about 20° to about 40°; or wherein the vertical span of the reduced FOV is about 90° with a superior span of about 60° and an inferior span of about 30°. 
     
     
         16 - 19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the see-through area is surrounded by the opaque material only on the temporal side, the nasal side, and the inferior side thereof. 
     
     
         21 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the see-through area extends to a top of the vision-control assembly. 
     
     
         22 . (canceled) 
     
     
         23 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the vision-control assembly comprises a rear-extending opaque sidewall about at least the temporal side, the nasal side, and the inferior side of the see-through area. 
     
     
         24 . (canceled) 
     
     
         25 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 23 , wherein at least one of the opaque material and the sidewall comprises a plurality of ventilation holes. 
     
     
         26 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the see-through area comprises two see-through regions about the user's eyes and separated by a portion of the opaque material. 
     
     
         27 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the vision-control assembly comprises a transparent material covering the see-through area. 
     
     
         28 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 27 , wherein the transparent material comprises one or more lens. 
     
     
         29 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the vision-control assembly comprises a transparent material, a first portion of the transparent material covering the see-through area and a second portion of the transparent material being rendered opaque. 
     
     
         30 . (canceled) 
     
     
         31 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 1  further comprising a coupling structure for coupling the wearable training apparatus to a pair of eyeglasses. 
     
     
         32 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 1  further comprising a head-mounting assembly coupled to the vision-control assembly for coupling the vision-control assembly to the user's face. 
     
     
         33 - 34 . (canceled) 
     
     
         35 . The wearable training apparatus of  claim 32 , wherein at least one of the vision-control assembly and the head-mounting assembly is configured for coupling the vision-control assembly to the user's face about the user's eyes with a vertex distance of about 12 millimeters (mm) to about 14 mm, said vertex distance being a distance between a rear-end of the see-through area and the front of the cornea of the eyes. 
     
     
         36 . (canceled)