Smart Glasses for Monitoring Eye Damage Risk from UV Exposure

Akash Deo, Sofia Maidman, Zacaria Nouri, Jonathan Raport, Matthew Lee, Nivedita Arora

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Keywords: ultraviolet radiation, ocular health, smart glasses, smart eye-wear, wearable sensors, spectral irradiance

TL;DR: We developed smart glasses that monitor eye damage risk from ocular UV exposure.

Abstract: Current developments in wearables and body sensors have largely overlooked measuring the risk of eye damage due to UV radiation. This work addresses that gap by designing smart glasses capable of measuring UV exposure directly incident on the eyes. Leveraging a UV sensor by AMS-Osram and a compact ESP32S3 microcontroller, our prototype collects UVA/B/C data in real time. We developed a data pipeline to convert raw sensor output into spectral irradiance and compare fluence values against established ICNIRP ocular UVR exposure thresholds. Preliminary field measurements indicate ocular UV exposure often exceeds safety limits, demonstrating the urgency of this problem and the feasibility of our approach. Our work lays the foundation for affordable, wearable UVR monitoring tools that could support preventative eye care and future smart eye-wear designs. This paper issues a timely call to the body sensor network (BSN) and physiological sensing communities to integrate UV sensors into smart glasses.

Track: 1. Digital Health Solutions (i.e. sensors and algorithms) for diagnosis, progress, and self-management

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Nivedita Arora
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Submission Number: 126