Patents Assigned to Vision
  • Liquid meniscus lens with non-spherical meniscus wall
    Patent number: 8638502
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an arcuate liquid meniscus lens with a meniscus wall. Some specific embodiments include a liquid meniscus lens with a meniscus wall essentially in the shape of a conical frustum, a cross section of which is non-spherical. Embodiments may also include a lens of suitable size and shape for inclusion in a contact lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Daniel B. Otts, Adam Toner, Edward R. Kernick, James Daniel Riall, Sharika Snook
  • Automated optical lens processing system, such as a system for providing supplemental information to laboratory technicians
    Patent number: 8639372
    Abstract: An electronic lens processing system receives a lens prescription and performs lens calculations to create a work ticket for manufacturing the lens. Information that the system used to create the work ticket, such as data files for lens materials and machine settings for controlling lens manufacturing equipment, are stored. The work ticket includes a form that specifies work ticket calculations and/or a graphic of the lens or lenses to be manufactured. The system displays the work ticket on an electronic screen, and a laboratory technician can select elements from the work ticket to receive supplemental information on those elements to aid in processing the lens or determining why a lens prescription is not manufacturable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas S. Hagen, Gordon Keane
  • Liquid meniscus lens with convex torus-segment meniscus wall
    Patent number: 8638501
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a liquid meniscus lens with a meniscus wall. Some specific embodiments include a liquid meniscus lens with a meniscus wall essentially in the shape of a conical frustum with at least a portion of the conical frustum convex toward the optical axis. Embodiments may also include a lens of suitable size and shape for inclusion in a contact lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Daniel B. Otts, Adam Toner, Edward R. Kernick, James Daniel Riall, Sharika Snook
  • In vivo camera with multiple sources to illuminate tissue at different distances
    Patent number: 8636653
    Abstract: An in vivo endoscope illuminates tissue using multiple sources. Light from a short-range source exits a tubular wall of the endoscope through a first illumination region that overlaps an imaging region, and the light returns through the imaging region after reflection by tissue, to form an image in a camera. Light from a long-range source exits the tubular wall through a second illumination region that does not overlap the imaging region. The endoscope of some embodiments includes a mirror, and light from an emitter for the short-range source is split and reaches the first illumination region from both sides of an optical axis of the camera. Illuminating the first illumination region with split fractions of light results in greater uniformity of illumination, than illuminating directly with an un-split beam. The energy generated by each source is changed depending on distance of the tissue to be imaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Capso Vision, Inc.
    Inventor: Gordon C. Wilson
  • Silicone prepolymer solutions
    Patent number: 8637589
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to silicone prepolymer compositions comprising a silicone prepolymer and a solvent. A soluble silicone prepolymer can be provided having increased average silicon content, thereby attaining a desired oxygen permeability. A solvent can be provided with a desired balance between hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity by selection and modification of the solvent molecular structure, resulting in molded polymer films and articles that exhibit minimal or nonexistent eye irritation and exhibit highly transparent products. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignees: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Toray Industries
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fujisawa, Mitsuru Yokota, Masataka Nakamura
  • Noninvasive eye-property monitoring, including aqueous-humor glucose monitoring as an indication of blood glucose level
    Patent number: 8639306
    Abstract: An eye-property monitoring system and method for performing the steps of (1) illuminating the eye from at least one light source whose wavelength interacts with internal eye properties in an optically active manner, (2) controlling, to make known and stable, the operating-power/light-output level of the source, (3) by such illuminating, producing light-source eye reflections including (a) multiple internal reflections within the outer structure of the eye, and (b) linked with those internal reflections at least one resulting outbound reflection, (4) monitoring the outbound-reflection to detect therein the reflection level associated with the at least one source, and (5) associating such detected reflection level as an indication of certain eye properties, such as aqueous glucose concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventor: Tom N. Cornsweet
  • Custom contact lenses with fiducial markings
    Patent number: 8636357
    Abstract: A contact lens having one or more fiducial marks that allow the measurement of lens rotation and centration. The lens may be a trial lens. The lenses can be used to apply correction factors for sphero-cylindrical refractive error, higher order aberrations, and corneal topography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Khaled Chehab, Michael J. Collins, Jeffrey H. Roffman, Ross Franklin, Brett A. Davis, D. Robert Iskander
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROP THINNING WITH FERTILIZER
    Publication number: 20140021267
    Abstract: Utilizes machine vision to thin fields, for example by selectively spraying plants with enough fertilizer to kill the plants, for example to maintain a minimum distance between plants or to enable remaining plants to grow in a pattern, for example two dimension diamond pattern. The use of fertilizer to kill plants has the benefit of fertilizing the field, i.e., the remaining plants not to be killed, at the same time. This unexpected result which occurs in the thinning and simultaneous fertilizing of a field is based the discovery that immature plants are more sensitive to fertilizer than mature plants. The system and method eliminates the need for harmful chemicals and mechanical thinners and may be retrofitted onto existing spray systems and platforms, thus eliminating herbicides and thinning machinery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: VISION ROBOTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mike SUDDUTH, Mike COSTA, Bret WALLACH, Claude BROWN
  • Extended Wear Ophthalmic Lens
    Publication number: 20140022507
    Abstract: A method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens is provided. In one embodiment, a prepolymer mixture is polymerized in a lens mold in an atmosphere having less than about 10000 ppm oxygen to form a silicone hydrogel contact lens suitable for extended wear as characterized by producing less than 10% corneal swelling after a period of continuous wear of 7 days including normal sleep periods. In one embodiment, the prepolymer mixture comprises at least one oxyperm material containing hydrophilic groups, wherein the at least one oxyperm material is a siloxane-containing macromer or monomer, at least one ionperm material, and a cross-linking agent. In certain embodiments, the polymerization of the prepolymer mixture may be carried out in an atmosphere having less than about 1000 ppm oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: CIBA Vision Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Clement Nicolson, Richard Carlton Baron, Peter Chabrecek, John Court, Angelika Domschke, Hans Jorge Griesser, Arthur Ho, Jens Hopken, Bronwyn Glenice Laycock, Qin Liu, Dieter Lohmann, Gordon Francis Meijs, Eric Papaspiliotopoulos, Judy Smith Riffle, Klaus Schindhelm, Deborah Sweeney, Wilson Leonard Terry, Jr., Jurgen Vogt, Lynn Cook Winterton
  • SILICONE HYDROGELS COMPRISING N-VINYL AMIDES AND HYDROXYALKYL (METH)ACRYLATES OR (METH)ACRYLAMIDES
    Publication number: 20140024791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process comprising the steps of reacting a reactive mixture comprising at least one silicone-containing component, at least one hydrophilic component, and at least one diluent to form an ophthalmic device having an advancing contact angle of less than about 80°; and contacting the ophthalmic device with an aqueous extraction solution at an elevated extraction temperature, wherein said at least one diluent has a boiling point at least about 10° higher than said extraction temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
  • Window Trim Apparatus and Methods
    Publication number: 20140021646
    Abstract: Window trim apparatus are provided that include scored grooves made by methods other than extrusion. Also provided are methods and apparatus for manufacturing and using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Vinyl Visions LLC
    Inventor: John Halle
  • Wettable Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses
    Publication number: 20140022506
    Abstract: Silicone hydrogel contact lenses are formed from the reaction product of a polymerizable composition comprising at least one acrylate-containing siloxane monomer, at least one hydrophilic vinyl-containing monomer, and at least one vinyl-containing cross-linking agent, wherein the polymerizable composition has a molar ratio of total amount of hydrophilic vinyl-containing monomer to total amount of acrylate-containing siloxane monomer of from 5:1 to 30:1, respectively. The silicone hydrogel contact lenses have good manufacturing processability, can be manufactured without the use of alcohol solvents, and have excellent surface wettability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: COOPER VISION INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY ,LP
    Inventors: Ye Hong, Li Yao, Yuwen Liu, Charlie Chen, Arthur Back
  • Apparatus and method for providing a tracking servo control when reproducing optical information
    Patent number: 8634282
    Abstract: An optical information reproducing apparatus and an optical information reproducing method using the same are provided. The optical information reproducing apparatus includes: a reference beam providing unit which inputs a reference beam to a reproduction recording area to be reproduced and a peripheral recording area around the reproduction recording area on an optical information recording medium, a peripheral beam detecting unit which transmits a reproduction beam reproduced from the reproduction recording area in response to the reference beam and detects a peripheral beam reproduced from the peripheral recording area, a tracking servo unit which analyzes optical information of the detected peripheral beam and controls a tracking position, and a reproduction beam detecting unit which detects the reproduction beam having pass through the peripheral beam detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Maple Vision Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Hak Sun Kim, Pil Sang Yoon, Eui Seok Hwang
  • Intraoperative estimation of intraocular lens power
    Patent number: 8632185
    Abstract: Apparatus for performing intraocular implant surgery, including surgical apparatus for performing intraocular implant surgery, an autorefraction device associated with the surgical apparatus, wherein the autorefraction device is configured to perform autorefraction on the aphakic eye to provide one or more aphakic refraction measurements, and a processor connected to the autorefraction device, wherein the processor is configured to process the aphakic refraction measurements and provide the user of the apparatus with information regarding the power of the intraocular lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Tsontcho Ianchulev
  • Method of determining the optimal wavelength for inspecting ophthalmic lenses
    Patent number: 8634068
    Abstract: Methods for inspecting ophthalmic lenses with different wavelengths of radiation are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter W. Sites, Russell J. Edwards, Kenneth L. Cagle
  • Method and marker element to determine the position of a dental implant
    Patent number: 8632337
    Abstract: A method and marker element to determine the position of a prosthetic element (2) which is fixed to the jaw (13) of a person, such as a dental implant. An image is formed of the jaw of a reproduction model of this jaw which is provided with the prosthetic element (2), by means of X-rays or magnetic resonance. At least one marker element (3) is then provided on the prosthetic element (2) which produces a strong contrast in imaging techniques. The position of the marker is then formed by X-rays or by magnetic resonance, and the position of the prosthetic element (2) is then derived from the observed position of the marker element (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Dental Vision BVBA
    Inventor: Rene De Clerck
  • Liquid meniscus lens with concave torus-segment meniscus wall
    Patent number: 8634145
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a liquid meniscus lens with a meniscus wall. Some specific embodiments include a liquid meniscus lens with a meniscus wall essentially in the shape of a conical frustum with at least a portion of the conical frustum concave toward the optical axis. Embodiments may also include a lens of suitable size and shape for inclusion in a contact lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Daniel B. Otts, Adam Toner, Edward R. Kernick, James Daniel Riall, Sharika Snook
  • THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT, DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140014942
    Abstract: A bottom gate bottom contact thin-film transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a dielectric layer and a semiconductor layer of a semiconducting oxide is disclosed. The dielectric layer is arranged between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer structure, and the source electrode and the drain electrode are covered with said semiconductor layer structure. The source electrode and the drain electrode include at least a first electrode portion of an oxygen reducing material, and a second electrode portion of an additional material different from said oxygen reducing material wherein the second electrode portion of the drain at a side facing the source exposes to said semiconductor layer structure at least a surface portion of a main surface of its first electrode portion facing away from the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: POLYMER VISION B.V.
    Inventor: Joris P.V. Maas
  • TIMING SYSTEM AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140016447
    Abstract: A timing device for indicating the passage of a duration of time is disclosed. The timing device and system, in accordance with the embodiments of the invention, comprise an electrochemical component which generates a visual and/or audio indication of the passage of time. The timing device further comprises a compensating element, such as a varistor, a thermistor and/or combinations thereof. The compensating element regulates the response of the device with respect to changes in temperature. The timing device is configured to indicate the passage of a single duration of time or comprises zones that are activated in a range of prescribed times and individually or collectively indicate the passage of time or the passage of a range of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Vision Works IP Corporation
    Inventor: Fritz S. Braunberger
  • Custom database system and method of building and operating the same
    Patent number: 8631393
    Abstract: A process for performing a software task is detailed that includes preparing readable programming computer code and storing the computer code within the storage of a computer system in uncompiled form. The computer code is compiled to machine code in response to an executional call for the code. The machine code corresponding to the computer code is then executed to perform the software task. In addition to removing the conventional limitation of retaining only executable compiled software, only a portion of a larger total computer code necessary to perform the desired software task is compiled in response to an executional call from a user, request for another computer process, a prompt by an interfaced electronic instrument or a boot event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Vision Genesis, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Pomponio