Patents Assigned to Vision
  • Communication method and device for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8548644
    Abstract: A communication method is implemented in an on-board network between a master station (M) and a plurality of slave stations (S1, S2, S3, S4), of the type of those compatible with the standard Local Interconnect Network (LIN) protocol in which data frames are sent by the slave stations on a serial bus in response to the sending by the master station of identifiers representative of the required content of the frames. All or part of each of the specific data frames attached to the same predetermined identifier is formed sequentially by each of the slave stations. This enables an optimisation of the load on a LIN network, thus enabling use of this economical standard for all “passenger compartment functions”, and in particular for the management of AFS type advanced lighting systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Loic Flandre, Gregoire Sadoux
  • Lighting module and device for vehicle with improved high-beam function
    Patent number: 8545073
    Abstract: A lighting module notably for motor vehicles comprising a first concave reflector comprising a first and a second focal point, a second concave reflector comprising a first and a second focal point, the first and the second reflectors having a truncated circumference such that the reflecting face of the first reflector is oriented towards that of the second reflector, a shield between the first and the second reflectors, an optical element comprising a first focal point situated in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the module and passing through the cut-off edge, the cut-off edge being situated at the second focal point of the first reflector and at the second focal point of the second reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Meyrenaud
  • Ophthalmic surgery measurement system
    Patent number: 8545023
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for measuring spatial distances within a patient's eye is disclosed. The apparatus can be used to measure, for example, the capsular bag depth in an aphakic eye. The spatial measurement system can direct laser light into a patient's eye so that a portion of the light is scattered by the capsular bag. The scattered light can be directed to a detector where spots can be formed corresponding to the locations on the capsular bag from which the light was scattered. The distance from the cornea to the capsular bag can be determined based, for example, at least in part on the distance between the spots formed on the detector. In some embodiments, the apparatus can include a surgical microscope and/or a wavefront aberrometer. In some embodiments, an alignment system can be used to precisely position the apparatus relative to the patient's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack T. Holladay, Thomas D. Padrick, Richard J. Michaels
  • Optical lens with antistatic coating
    Patent number: 8545014
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical lens, in particular for use as a spectacle lens, having a lens element and a coating for producing an antistatic effect, said coating being applied onto the lens element and having a plurality of layers. Further, the antistatic effect is provided by two layers adjoining one another, wherein at least one of the two layers adjoining one another is formed in a non-stoichiometric fashion. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for producing a corresponding optical lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Neuffer
  • LASER PROJECTION SYSTEM USING VARIABLE PART ALIGNMENT
    Publication number: 20130253682
    Abstract: A method of projecting a template on a workpiece provides a measurement system for determining a location of a workpiece and a laser projector for projecting a laser template. A feature on the workpiece having geometric significance is identified. A physical location of the feature in a three dimensional coordinate system is determined and compared to a theoretical location of the feature on computer model of the workpiece. A template correlated to the feature is selected. The projection of the template onto the workpiece relative to the feature is optimized by correlating alignment of the physical location of the feature with the computer model of the feature. The template is projected onto the workpiece based upon the optimized projection for directing work to be performed on the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: VIRTEK VISION INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Kurt D. Rueb
  • SPECTACLES FOR LIGHT THERAPY
    Publication number: 20130253619
    Abstract: The present invention provides for eyeglasses to deliver light therapy to the wearer. The eyeglass lenses or frames feature an embedded light source in logical and electrical communication with power, sensors, processors, and other components contained within the eyeglasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, William Chester Neeley, Robertson Towart, Mario Peeters, Aleksander Miletic
  • Eyewear Including A Remote Control Camera
    Publication number: 20130250135
    Abstract: Eyewear is provided including a frame, and a camera connected with the frame, in which the camera is configured to be controlled by a remote controller. The camera may be configured to capture video and/or a photo. The eyewear may include data storage, and the camera may be connected to the data storage. A wrist watch may be configured to act both as a time piece and a controller of the camera. The eyewear may also include a heads up display and/or a video file player. The eyewear may also include an electro-active lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: E-VISION LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Blum, William Kokonaski
  • LASER PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20130250094
    Abstract: A laser projection system for projecting an image on a workpiece includes a photogrammetry assembly and a laser projector, each communicating with a computer. The photogrammetry assembly includes a first camera for scanning the workpiece, and the laser projector projects a laser image to arbitrary locations. Light is conveyed from the direction of the workpiece to the photogrammetry assembly. The photogrammetry assembly signals the coordinates light conveyed toward the photogrammetry assembly to the computer with the computer being programmable for determining a geometric location of the laser image. The computer establishes a geometric correlation between the photogrammetry assembly, the laser projector, and the workpiece for realigning the laser image to a corrected geometric location relative to the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: VIRTEK VISION INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Kurt D. Rueb
  • THREE DIMENSIONAL CAMERA AND PROJECTOR FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20130250066
    Abstract: A 3D imaging apparatus comprising a projector, comprising a laser array comprising a plurality of individual emitters, a mask for providing a structured light pattern, wherein a distance between the laser array and the mask is substantially minimized according to a non-uniformity profile of the plurality of individual emitters and according to a uniformity criterion related to the light intensity distribution across the mask plane, projection optics to image the structured light pattern onto an object, an imaging sensor adapted to capture an image of the object with the structured light pattern projected thereon and a processing unit adapted to process the image to determine range parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Mantis Vision Ltd.
    Inventor: Martin ABRAHAM
  • Method for automatically adjusting the levels of illumination sources in an optical measurement machine
    Patent number: 8542297
    Abstract: A process for pre-calibrating illumination sources permits illumination light intensities to be set to a near optimal level during training of an optical inspection system. Applicants have found that the illumination source intensities for a category of illuminators are sufficiently constant from machine to machine that the data collected during calibration of an illumination source on a machine using a particular type of source may be used on other machines of the same type using the same type of illumination source when combined with the reticle light intensity data for different zoom magnification's of the particular machine being used. That is, using known data for particular machine and the illumination source light intensity data for the same type of machine and illumination source permits accurate presetting of an illumination source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Quality Vision International, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Daniel C. Abbas
  • Motion-validating remote monitoring system
    Patent number: 8542872
    Abstract: A method of autonomously monitoring a remote site, including the steps of locating a primary detector at a site to be monitored; creating one or more geospatial maps of the site using an overhead image of the site; calibrating the primary detector to the geospatial map using a detector-specific model; detecting an object in motion at the site; tracking the moving object on the geospatial map; and alerting a user to the presence of motion at the site. In addition thermal image data from a infrared cameras, rather than optical/visual image data, is used to create detector-specific models and geospatial maps in substantially the same way that optical cameras and optical image data would be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Pivotal Vision, LLC
    Inventors: John R. Gornick, Craig B. Moksnes
  • Ophthalmic lens element
    Patent number: 8540365
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens element is disclosed. The lens element includes a front surface and a rear surface, at least one which includes a horizontal meridian and a vertical meridian. A central region of the lens element includes a foveal vision zone providing a first power for providing clear foveal vision for a wearer. A peripheral region of positive power relative to the first power is also included. The peripheral region includes dual progressive zones located bilaterally of the vertical meridian and extending radially outwardly from the central region. The lens element provides a distribution of surface astigmatism which provides, on the horizontal meridian, a relatively low surface astigmatism in the central region and the progressive zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Vision CRC Limited
    Inventor: Saulius Raymond Varnas
  • Silicone (meth)acrylamide monomer, polymer, ophthalmic lens, and contact lens
    Patent number: 8541483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silicone (meth)acrylamide monomer, and this silicone (meth)acrylamide monomer is particularly suitable for use in contact lenses, intraocular lenses, artificial cornea, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Maggio, Michell Carman Turnage, Michael R. Clark, Kazuhiko Fujisawa, Masataka Nakamura
  • System and method for identifying complex tokens in an image
    Patent number: 8542917
    Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, determining log chromaticity representations for the image, clustering the log chromaticity representations to provide clusters of similar log chromaticity representations and identifying regions of uniform reflectance in the image as a function of the clusters of similar log chromaticity representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
    Inventor: Casey Arthur Smith
  • Method for determining flow conditions
    Patent number: 8542882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining flow conditions in a measured volume permeated by a fluid spiked with optically detectable particles. A plurality of two-dimensional images of the particle distribution is thereby created at each of a plurality of times, an estimated particle distribution is determined therefrom, and a three-dimensional displacement vector field is calculated. According to the invention, a transfer function for the image detectors used is first determined, by means of which the real distribution is mapped by the image detector. Starting from a roughly estimated initial distribution, and by means of the transfer function, virtual images of the estimated distribution are then calculated and compared to the associated real images. The estimated distribution is modified in an iterative method until sufficient matching of the virtual and real images has been achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: LA Vision GmBH
    Inventor: Berhnard Wieneke
  • Energized Biomedical Device
    Publication number: 20130242254
    Abstract: This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a biomedical device, such as an ophthalmic lens with an energy receptor capable of powering a processing device. More specifically, this invention discloses a polymerized ophthalmic lens wherein the energy receptor is included within the lens through use of a binder layer. The energized ophthalmic lens may be activated and operated while the ophthalmic lens is in use on an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A Tepedino, Randall B. Pugh, Robert Marciello, Tom Aelbrecht, Anthony Millinowicz, James P. Milkowich
  • MULTIPLE CAPSULE CAMERA APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130242070
    Abstract: A multiple capsule camera apparatus is disclosed to enhance the rate of detection and/or extend the overall imaging period. The multiple capsule camera apparatus coordinates the operations of the camera according to a schedule so that one camera may enter an active mode when the other camera is anticipated to have a low battery level. The capsule cameras may also coordinate their operations by communication with each other through a wireless link. A base station may also be used to coordinate the capsule camera operations with a wireless link established between the base station and each capsule camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Capso Vision, Inc.
    Inventor: Kang-Huai Wang
  • Eyeware Including A Heads Up Display
    Publication number: 20130242253
    Abstract: Eyewear is provided including a frame, a visor attached to frame and a heads up display. The heads up display may be housed in the visor. The visor may be configured to be positioned in multiple positions relative to the pupil of a wearer's eye, and/or adjustably positioned so that the heads up display may be transitioned between positions within the line of sight of the wearer and out of the line of sight of the wearer. The heads up display may be configured to be controlled by a remote controller, e.g. a wrist watch. The heads up display may be monocular or binocular. The eyewear may also include an electro-active lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: E-VISION LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Blum, William Kokonaski
  • Molds for use in contact lens production
    Patent number: 8535043
    Abstract: The present invention provides molds useful in contact lens production, which molds incorporate a centering and spacing feature in the form of tabs on one of the mold halves. The spacing feature both centers the mold halves in relationship to each other and permits free flow of excess monomer from the mold. Additionally, the spacing feature aids in height control of the one mold half in relation to the other mold half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose L. Perez, David A. Katterhenry, Matias D. Heinrich
  • System of collimated array of light emitters
    Patent number: 8534868
    Abstract: The invention relates to an array of light generators where each light generator comprises reflecting collimation optics in the form of curved mirrors for collimating light emitted by light sources such as surface mounted Light Emitting Diodes. The collimation optics is formed to collimate light in a direction parallel with a plane, e.g. a printed circuit board, onto which the light sources are mounted. The light sources may emit light parallel with the direction of collimation or non-parallel, e.g. perpendicular, with the direction of collimation in which case the collimation optics redirects the light rays from the light source. The array of light generators can be used in combination with a television display for creating a pixelated image appearing to the viewer as an image peripherally surrounding the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: TP Vision Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Bart Andre Salters, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn