Patents by Inventor Georg Michelson
Georg Michelson 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).
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Patent number: 11653864Abstract: A method quantitatively determines fusion capacity in conjugate eye movements of a subject. Visual stimuli are provided for stereopsis as a task for the subject, the stimuli being generated at a viewing angle relative to the primary viewing direction of the subject such that the subject must execute a movement of the viewing direction of the eyes away from the primary viewing direction. Each stimulus is presented for a period of time so that the subject perceives the respective stimulus. The subject reacts to the respective stimulus perceived thereby within a reaction time. The reaction time is determined as the duration between presentation of the relevant stimulus and the subject's motor response to the stimulus. The steps are carried out continuously with stimuli for stereopsis at varying cognitive degrees of difficulty. A series of measurements of reaction times is generated at different cognitive degrees of difficulty.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Inventor: Georg Michelson
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Publication number: 20210068734Abstract: A method quantitatively determines fusion capacity in conjugate eye movements of a subject. Visual stimuli are provided for stereopsis as a task for the subject, the stimuli being generated at a viewing angle relative to the primary viewing direction of the subject such that the subject must execute a movement of the viewing direction of the eyes away from the primary viewing direction. Each stimulus is presented for a period of time so that the subject perceives the respective stimulus. The subject reacts to the respective stimulus perceived thereby within a reaction time. The reaction time is determined as the duration between presentation of the relevant stimulus and the subject's motor response to the stimulus. The steps are carried out continuously with stimuli for stereopsis at varying cognitive degrees of difficulty. A series of measurements of reaction times is generated at different cognitive degrees of difficulty.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventor: Georg MICHELSON
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Patent number: 9572486Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for checking human vision, comprising an image-generating module for generating any test images, an imaging module, used to image the test image provided by the image-generating module on the retina of the eye as a stimulus, the imaging module containing at least one optical component having variable focal length, such that the test image of the image-generating module is perceptible to the eye from virtually simulated and variable distances, an accommodation measuring apparatus, a viewing direction measuring apparatus, and a control and evaluation module, which records and/or further processes the information. The accommodation of the eye can be stimulated by means of the particular test image, and the viewing direction of the eye can be measured simultaneously or in alternation, and fed to a control and evaluation module. Both eyes can be checked simultaneously by generating virtual binocular images.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignees: VOIGTMANN GMBH, TALKINGEYES & MORE GMBH, FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN-NURNBERG, UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM ERLANGENInventors: Peter Voigtmann, Bernhard Hoher, Bernhard Schmauss, Georg Michelson
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Publication number: 20160089027Abstract: The invention relates to a method for photographically observing and/or documenting the fundus of an eye, comprising: producing a lighting beam path by means of a lighting module for lighting at least one partial area of the fundus by using an at least approximately punctiform or at least areally limited lighting source, producing an image plane in the lighting beam path for the creation of photographic recordings, separating the pupil cross-sectional area into a detectable observation region and an undetectable lighting region, producing an image area that contains the image of the fundus on the image plane, dividing the image area in strips in the lighting beam path into a lighted region and unlighted regions, and imaging the third and fourth Purkinje reflection on the image area, wherein at least one Purkinje reflection, the third and/or fourth Purkinje reflection, is located in the unlighted regions of the image area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicants: VOIGTMANN GMBH, TALKINGEYES & MORE GMBH, FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN-NURNBERG, UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM ERLANGENInventors: Peter VOIGTMANN, Bernhard HOHER, Bernhard SCHMAUSS, Georg MICHELSON, Thomas KOHLER
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Publication number: 20150320306Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for checking human vision, comprising an image-generating module for generating any test images, an imaging module, used to image the test image provided by the image-generating module on the retina of the eye as a stimulus, the imaging module containing at least one optical component having variable focal length, such that the test image of the image-generating module is perceptible to the eye from virtually simulated and variable distances, an accommodation measuring apparatus, a viewing direction measuring apparatus, and a control and evaluation module, which records and/or further processes the information. The accommodation of the eye can be stimulated by means of the particular test image, and the viewing direction of the eye can be measured simultaneously or in alternation, and fed to a control and evaluation module. Both eyes can be checked simultaneously by generating virtual binocular images.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicants: VOIGTMANN GMBH, UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM ERLANGEN, FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN-NURNBERG, TALKINGEYES & MORE GMBHInventors: Peter VOIGTMANN, Bernhard HOHER, Bernhard SCHMAUSS, Georg MICHELSON
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Patent number: 8121665Abstract: The invention relates to a method and furthermore a device from the examination of cavities, in particular an eye, by means of laser scanning. The aim of the invention is to carry out further investigations, above all with respect to possible diseases. Said aim is achieved, whereby the determination of the cavity wall thickness, in particular of retinal cavities is carried out. The external diameter and the internal diameter are determined by scanning doppler laser and the wall thickness determined from the data recorded thus.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Heidelberg Engineering Optische Messsysteme GmbHInventor: Georg Michelson
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Patent number: 7404641Abstract: The invention relates to a method for examining the ocular fundus, according to which images of the ocular fundus are generated by means of a camera and/or an illumination unit and are subjected to an evaluation. The aim of the invention is to further develop said method in such a way that the certainty of a decision is optimized while avoiding subjective assessments. Said aim is achieved by controlling and/or regulating the optimization of the camera position and/or the illumination unit with regard to the certainty of detection following an automatic classification by means of a predefined pattern detection algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Heidelberg Engineering Optische GmbHInventors: Georg Michelson, Dietrich Paulus
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Publication number: 20050270489Abstract: The invention relates to a method for examining the ocular fundus, according to which images of the ocular fundus are generated by means of a camera and/or an illumination unit and are subjected to an evaluation. The aim of the invention is to further develop said method in such a way that the certainty of a decision is optimized while avoiding subjective assessments. Said aim is achieved by controlling and/or regulating the optimization of the camera position and/or the illumination unit with regard to the certainty of detection following an automatic classification by means of a predefined pattern detection algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2003Publication date: December 8, 2005Inventors: Georg Michelson, Dietrich Paulus
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Publication number: 20050261595Abstract: The invention relates to a method and furthermore a device from the examination of cavities, in particular an eye, by means of laser scanning. The aim of the invention is to carry out further investigations, above all with respect to possible diseases. Said aim is achieved, whereby the determination of the cavity wall thickness, in particular of retinal cavities is carried out. The external diameter and the internal diameter are determined by scanning doppler laser and the wall thickness determined from the data recorded thus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventor: Georg Michelson
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Publication number: 20030216650Abstract: The invention refers to a diagnosis appliance for the diagnosis of vascular diseases of a patient. The appliance consists of: a camera to photograph des background of at least one eye of the patient; a medium for digital storage of the image of the eye background taken with the camera; a medium for reading the stored image and a medium for determining specified parameters by evaluation of the stored image. This makes a quick and cost-saving examination possible to identify stroke risk endangered patients.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: e-EyeCare GmbHInventor: Georg Michelson
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Patent number: 5620000Abstract: A method for measuring the flow rate of a liquid, particularly of blood, in which the frequency shift of a laser beam reflected from the liquid is determined according to the optical Doppler effect. This method and the apparatus provided for its implementation are designed so as to enable reliable measurement of the flow rate of the flowing medium which is resolved both spatially and with respect to time. In accordance with the invention at each scanning point a number of N measured values is collected corresponding to the reflected light, N being a whole number equal to or larger than 2; the Doppler shift is calculated from the time variation of the thus measured intensity of the reflected light at the respective scanning points, and the flow rate is determined from the Doppler shift at each point of the scanning pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1995Date of Patent: April 15, 1997Assignee: Heidelberg Engineering, Optische Messsysteme GmbHInventors: Gerhard Zinser, Georg Michelson, Bernhard Schmauss