Patents by Inventor Aude BOUCHIER

Aude BOUCHIER 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: 12656633
    Abstract: An eyewear device including an electronic frame. The electronic frame includes a front frame element arranged to at least partially house an electrochromic lens, temple connected to the front frame element, a photosensitive sensor arranged on the temple to measure data relating to a light reflected from part of a wearer's face when the electronic frame is worn by the wearer, and a control circuit configured to control the electrochromic lens according to the measured data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aude Bouchier, Jessica Combier, Jean-Paul Cano
  • Patent number: 12607860
    Abstract: A system that includes an optical device intended to be worn by a user and a calculation module. The optical device includes a light sensor, the light sensor being located in an internal side of the optical device and in a vicinity of a front part of the optical device, the light sensor being configured to determine an amount of light that it receives, and the calculation module being configured to determine an amount of backlight received by the optical device using the amount of light received by the light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aude Bouchier, Sarah Marie, Jessica Combier
  • Patent number: 12474580
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a set of semi-finished lenses and a lens from a semi-finished lens of the set and a set of semi-finished lenses each intended to be used in the manufacturing of a finished lens of determined target power, each semi-finished lens having a base curve chosen among a number N of base curves, wherein each base curve is associated to a respective range of powers of finished ophthalmic lenses to be manufactured, and each semi-finished lens of the set comprises a recorded holographic component, wherein the holographic components of the set exhibit a limited number of configurations, and each holographic component configuration is associated exclusively to one base curve among the N base curves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aude Bouchier, Samuel Archambeau, Karin Scherer
  • Publication number: 20250348143
    Abstract: An eyewear is adapted for fitting a user's face and for determining an eye direction of a user's eye. The eyewear is provided with at least three light sensors each configured for outputting a measured light intensity value that corresponds to ambient light originating from surroundings of the user outside the eyewear and reflected or scattered by the user's eye. Processing circuitry of the eyewear determines the eye direction from the measured light intensity values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Jessica COMBIER, Aude BOUCHIER, Jean-Paul CANO
  • Patent number: 12436322
    Abstract: An optical element is configured to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer. The optical element has two main surfaces and includes at least one holographic diffusive element having diffusive properties resulting from spatial variations of refractive index of said holographic diffusive element. The spatial variation of refractive index is greater than 0.001 at at least one given wavelength, on a distance less than 30 ?m. An optical equipment includes the optical element and methods for recording a holographic medium onto an optical lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Cano, Aude Bouchier, Gilles Le Saux
  • Patent number: 12399557
    Abstract: An eyewear is adapted for fitting a user's face and for determining an eye direction of a user's eye. The eyewear is provided with at least three light sensors each configured for outputting a measured light intensity value that corresponds to ambient light originating from surroundings of the user outside the eyewear and reflected or scattered by the user's eye. A processing unit of the eyewear determines the eye direction from the measured light intensity values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Jessica Combier, Aude Bouchier, Jean-Paul Cano
  • Publication number: 20250216702
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens and a method of manufacturing the ophthalmic lens, the ophthalmic lens including a base lens that includes at least a layer of low-birefringence material and at least one holographic component recorded on a surface of the layer of low-birefringence material, and an auxiliary lens assembled to the base lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aude BOUCHIER, Samuel ARCHAMBEAU, Jean-Paul CANO
  • Publication number: 20250189799
    Abstract: A system that includes an optical device intended to be worn by a user and a calculation module. The optical device includes a light sensor, the light sensor being located in an internal side of the optical device and in a vicinity of a front part of the optical device, the light sensor being configured to determine an amount of light that it receives, and the calculation module being configured to determine an amount of backlight received by the optical device using the amount of light received by the light sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aude BOUCHIER, Sarah MARIE, Jessica COMBIER
  • Patent number: 12282211
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens and a method of manufacturing the ophthalmic lens, the ophthalmic lens including a base lens that includes at least a layer of low-birefringence material and at least one holographic component recorded on a surface of the layer of low-birefringence material, and an auxiliary lens assembled to the base lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aude Bouchier, Samuel Archambeau, Jean-Paul Cano
  • Publication number: 20250053025
    Abstract: A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer, the lens element being adapted to provide a prescribed dioptric correction function in a prescription plane, the lens element including an arrangement of microoptical elements. When receiving a collimated beam of monochromatic light, the lens element is configured to produce a primary luminous intensity maximum in a prescription plane, and the arrangement of microoptical elements is configured to produce at least one first secondary luminous intensity maximum at a first proximity difference from the prescription plane and at least one second secondary luminous intensity maximum at a second proximity difference from the prescription plane, the first proximity difference and the second proximity difference having opposite signs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Eric GACOIN, Matthieu GUILLOT, Bruno FERMIGIER, Aude BOUCHIER
  • Patent number: 12124115
    Abstract: An optical article that includes an ophthalmic lens that includes a substrate, a first layer comprising liquid crystals being disposed on at least part of the substrate, and a first and a second electrode made of a conductive material, and a voltage source electrically connected to the first and second electrodes and configured to control an orientation of the liquid crystals depending on the voltage applied. The ophthalmic lens further includes a second layer made of photoconductive material placed between the electrodes, and the optical article further includes a light projector configured to project a light pattern on the second layer of the ophthalmic lens, the second layer being locally conductive when illuminated by the light pattern, the light pattern corresponding to a pattern of refractive index modification to be induced by the liquid crystals of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Samuel Archambeau, Aude Bouchier, Jean-Paul Cano
  • Publication number: 20240264345
    Abstract: An optical article including a substrate, and a holographic waveguide covering at least part of the substrate and including two main surfaces, at least one of them conforming to a surface of the substrate, and at least first and second zones that are configured so that light incoming on one of the first and second zones is at least partially guided towards the other of the first and second zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aude BOUCHIER, Claudine BIVER
  • Publication number: 20240168550
    Abstract: An eyewear is adapted for fitting a user's face and for determining an eye direction of a user's eye. The eyewear is provided with at least three light sensors each configured for outputting a measured light intensity value that corresponds to ambient light originating from surroundings of the user outside the eyewear and reflected or scattered by the user's eye. A processing unit of the eyewear determines the eye direction from the measured light intensity values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Jessica COMBIER, Aude BOUCHIER, Jean-Paul CANO
  • Publication number: 20240168318
    Abstract: An eyewear device including an electronic frame. The electronic frame includes a front frame element arranged to at least partially house an electrochromic lens, temple connected to the front frame element, a photosensitive sensor arranged on the temple to measure data relating to a light reflected from part of a wearer's face when the electronic frame is worn by the wearer, and a control circuit configured to control the electrochromic lens according to the measured data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aude BOUCHIER, Jessica COMBIER, Jean-Paul CANO
  • Patent number: 11762199
    Abstract: A method and system for image display with a head-mounted device, which use a seethrough tunable diffractive mirror, such as a see-through tunable holographic mirror or seethrough tunable LCD array mirror, which mirror is useful in providing augmented reality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aude Bouchier, Jean-Paul Cano, Samuel Archambeau
  • Publication number: 20230273352
    Abstract: An optical element is configured to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer. The optical element has two main surfaces and includes at least one holographic diffusive element having diffusive properties resulting from spatial variations of refractive index of said holographic diffusive element. The spatial variation of refractive index is greater than 0.001 at at least one given wavelength, on a distance less than 30 ?m. An optical equipment includes the optical element and methods for recording a holographic medium onto an optical lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Jean-Paul CANO, Aude BOUCHIER, Gilles LE SAUX
  • Patent number: 11550151
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining an eye parameter of a user of a display device, the eye parameter relating to a dioptric parameter of an ophthalmic lens to be provided to the user, the method including: a display device providing step, during which a binocular display device is provided to the user,—an image display step, during which an image is displayed to the user when using the display device; a display parameter modifying step, during which at least one parameter of the display device is modified so as to modify the virtual display distance of the perceived image, wherein the display parameter modifying step is repeated until image subjective quality of the perceived image is perceived by the user as optimal; and an eye parameter determining step during which an eye parameter is determined based on the parameter of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Gildas Marin, Martha Hernandez-Castaneda, Konogan Baranton, Bruno Fermigier, Aude Bouchier, Jean Sahler
  • Publication number: 20220342235
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens and a method of manufacturing the ophthalmic lens, the ophthalmic lens including a base lens that includes at least a layer of low-birefringence material and at least one holographic component recorded on a surface of the layer of low-birefringence material, and an auxiliary lens assembled to the base lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aude BOUCHIER, Samuel ARCHAMBEAU, Jean-Paul CANO
  • Publication number: 20220334410
    Abstract: An optical article that includes an ophthalmic lens that includes a substrate, a first layer comprising liquid crystals being disposed on at least part of the substrate, and a first and a second electrode made of a conductive material, and a voltage source electrically connected to the first and second electrodes and configured to control an orientation of the liquid crystals depending on the voltage applied. The ophthalmic lens further includes a second layer made of photoconductive material placed between the electrodes, and the optical article further includes a light projector configured to project a light pattern on the second layer of the ophthalmic lens, the second layer being locally conductive when illuminated by the light pattern, the light pattern corresponding to a pattern of refractive index modification to be induced by the liquid crystals of the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Samuel ARCHAMBEAU, Aude BOUCHIER, Jean-Paul CANO
  • Publication number: 20220244542
    Abstract: Aa method for manufacturing a set of semi-finished lenses and a lens from a semi-finished lens of the set and a set of semi-finished lenses each intended to be used in the manufacturing of a finished lens of determined target power, each semi-finished lens having a base curve chosen among a number N of base curves, wherein each base curve is associated to a respective range of powers of finished ophthalmic lenses to be manufactured, and each semi-finished lens of the set comprises a recorded holographic component, wherein the holographic components of the set exhibit a limited number of configurations, and each holographic component configuration is associated exclusively to one base curve among the N base curves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aude BOUCHIER, Samuel ARCHAMBEAU, Karin SCHERER