Patents by Inventor Andrew Schmeder

Andrew Schmeder has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11940675
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to optical filters that selectively attenuate the transmission of visible light for the purpose of enhancing or transforming the quality of human vision; to improved designs of such optical filters that provide an improved quality of color vision or of color perception; to methods of using such improved optical filters to enhance human vision during outdoor night time viewing conditions; to methods of using such improved optical filters to reduce the stimulation of the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs); to methods of using such improved optical filters to reduce the discomfort of glare; and to methods of using such improved optical filters to mitigate the symptoms of low vision or age-related visual impairments including for methods of treating or slowing the progression of persons with cone dystrophy including for persons with retinitis pigmentosa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: EnChroma, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Schmeder
  • Publication number: 20240036359
    Abstract: A method, system and/or spectacle eyewear device for modifying the color vision of a person while viewing a color image emitted in linearly polarized light by a display device includes a first lens and a second lens, wherein the lenses each include a color-selective partial polarization filter and the polarization axes the filters are orientated non-parallel to each other and are configured so that a person experiences binocular rivalry due to spectral binocular disparity with respect to the polarized light emitted by the display device. In some variations the polarization axes of the filters are oriented in such a way that the intensity of binocular rivalry is maintained for rotations of the polarized light and/or display device by 45 degrees and by 90 degrees. In some variations the lenses appear substantially identical when viewed in non-polarized light. In some variations the person has color blindness or color vision deficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Andrew Schmeder
  • Publication number: 20220075211
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to optical filters that selectively attenuate the transmission of visible light for the purpose of enhancing or transforming the quality of human vision; to improved designs of such optical filters that provide an improved quality of color vision or of color perception; to methods of using such improved optical filters to enhance human vision during outdoor night time viewing conditions; to methods of using such improved optical filters to reduce the stimulation of the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs); to methods of using such improved optical filters to reduce the discomfort of glare; and to methods of using such improved optical filters to mitigate the symptoms of low vision or age-related visual impairments including for methods of treating or slowing the progression of persons with cone dystrophy including for persons with retinitis pigmentosa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: ENCHROMA, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew SCHMEDER
  • Patent number: 10912457
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to devices that demonstrate the function of ophthalmic lenses that modify human color perception and to methods and devices that simulate color vision deficiency or color blindness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: EnChroma, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Schmeder
  • Publication number: 20180098694
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to devices that demonstrate the function of ophthalmic lenses that modify human color perception and to methods and devices that simulate color vision deficiency or color blindness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventor: Andrew SCHMEDER
  • Patent number: 9699576
    Abstract: A system for hearing assistance devices to assist hearing aid fitting applied to individual differences in hearing impairment. The system is also usable for assisting fitting and use of hearing assistance devices for listeners of music. The method uses a subjective space approach to reduce the dimensionality of the fitting problem and a non-linear regression technology to interpolate among hearing aid parameter settings. This listener-driven method provides not only a technique for preferred aid fitting, but also information on individual differences and the effects of gain compensation on different musical styles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: University of California, Berkeley
    Inventors: David Wessel, Eric Battenberg, Andrew Schmeder, Kelly Fitz, Brent Edwards
  • Publication number: 20150281862
    Abstract: A system for hearing assistance devices to assist hearing aid fitting applied to individual differences in hearing impairment. The system is also usable for assisting fitting and use of hearing assistance devices for listeners of music. The method uses a subjective space approach to reduce the dimensionality of the fitting problem and a non-linear regression technology to interpolate among hearing aid parameter settings. This listener-driven method provides not only a technique for preferred aid fitting, but also information on individual differences and the effects of gain compensation on different musical styles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: David Wessel, Eric Battenberg, Andrew Schmeder, Kelly Fitz, Brent Edwards
  • Patent number: 8948427
    Abstract: A system for hearing assistance devices to assist hearing aid fitting applied to individual differences in hearing impairment. The system is also usable for assisting fitting and use of hearing assistance devices for listeners of music. The method uses a subjective space approach to reduce the dimensionality of the fitting problem and a non-linear regression technology to interpolate among hearing aid parameter settings. This listener-driven method provides not only a technique for preferred aid fitting, but also information on individual differences and the effects of gain compensation on different musical styles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: University of California, Berkeley
    Inventors: David Wessel, Eric Battenberg, Andrew Schmeder, Kelly Fitz, Brent Edwards
  • Publication number: 20120134521
    Abstract: A system for hearing assistance devices to assist hearing aid fitting applied to individual differences in hearing impairment. The system is also usable for assisting fitting and use of hearing assistance devices for listeners of music. The method uses a subjective space approach to reduce the dimensionality of the fitting problem and a non-linear regression technology to interpolate among hearing aid parameter settings. This listener-driven method provides not only a technique for preferred aid fitting, but also information on individual differences and the effects of gain compensation on different musical styles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: University of California
    Inventors: David Wessel, Eric Battenberg, Andrew Schmeder, Kelly Fitz, Brent Edwards
  • Patent number: 8135138
    Abstract: A system for hearing assistance devices to assist hearing aid fitting applied to individual differences in hearing impairment. The system is also usable for assisting fitting and use of hearing assistance devices for listeners of music. The method uses a subjective space approach to reduce the dimensionality of the fitting problem and a non-linear regression technology to interpolate among hearing aid parameter settings. This listener-driven method provides not only a technique for preferred aid fitting, but also information on individual differences and the effects of gain compensation on different musical styles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: University of California, Berkeley
    Inventors: David Wessel, Eric Battenberg, Andrew Schmeder, Kelly Fitz, Brent Edwards
  • Publication number: 20090060214
    Abstract: A system for hearing assistance devices to assist hearing aid fitting applied to individual differences in hearing impairment. The system is also usable for assisting fitting and use of hearing assistance devices for listeners of music. The method uses a subjective space approach to reduce the dimensionality of the fitting problem and a non-linear regression technology to interpolate among hearing aid parameter settings. This listener-driven method provides not only a technique for preferred aid fitting, but also information on individual differences and the effects of gain compensation on different musical styles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: David Wessel, Eric Battenberg, Andrew Schmeder, Kelly Fitz, Brent Edwards