Patents by Inventor Benjamin A. Rousseau

Benjamin A. Rousseau 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).

  • Publication number: 20240111179
    Abstract: An optical device including an active programmable lens having an adjustable optical power depending on a prescription of a wearer and being relative to a vision distance and/or direction of an eye of the wearer, a vision sensor adapted to measure vision data relating to the vision distance and/or direction of the eye, and an optical power controller that includes a memory storing computer executable instructions and adapted to store measured vision data and two predetermined optical power states corresponding to an optical power relative to a range of vision distance and/or direction of the eye, and a processor for executing the stored computer executable instructions, which include instructions for adjusting the adjustable optical power between the predetermined optical power states with a resolution smaller than or equal to 0.25D when the vision data passes from one range of vision distance and/or direction to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Marius PELOUX, Cecile PETIGNAUD, Konogan BARANTON, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Bruno FERMIGIER
  • Patent number: 11880095
    Abstract: An optical device including an active programmable lens having an adjustable optical power depending on a prescription of a wearer and being relative to a vision distance and/or direction of an eye of the wearer, a vision sensor adapted to measure vision data relating to the vision distance and/or direction of the eye, and an optical power controller that includes a memory storing computer executable instructions and adapted to store measured vision data and two predetermined optical power states corresponding to an optical power relative to a range of vision distance and/or direction of the eye, and a processor for executing the stored computer executable instructions, which include instructions for adjusting the adjustable optical power between the predetermined optical power states with a resolution smaller than or equal to 0.25 D when the vision data passes from one range of vision distance and/or direction to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Marius Peloux, Cecile Petignaud, Konogan Baranton, Benjamin Rousseau, Bruno Fermigier
  • Patent number: 11567349
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical device (10) adapted to be worn by a wearer comprising at least: —a programmable lens (20) having an adjustable optical function and extending between at least one eye of the wearer and the real world scene when the optical device is worn by the wearer, —an optical function controller (30) comprising —a memory (32) storing at least computer executable instructions; and —a processor (34) for executing the stored computer executable instructions so as to control the optical function of the programmable lens (20), wherein the computer executable instructions comprise instructions for adjusting the optical function of the programmable lens (20) over a period of time determined so that the wearer does not perceive the adjustment of the optical function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Konogan Baranton, Benjamin Rousseau, Bruno Fermigier, Isabelle Poulain, Delphine Tranvouez-Bernardin
  • Publication number: 20220221740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining at least an optical feature of an ophthalmic lens to be placed in a frame for vision correction of a subject, comprising: a) measuring (100) a value of a fitting parameter linked to the subject and/or the frame or a value of a dioptric parameter of the subject, thanks to a measurement process, b) providing (200) a level of uncertainty of said value measured in step a) depending on said measurement process, c) determining (400; 510; 620; 640) said optical feature of said ophthalmic lens by taking into account said value measured in step a) and said level of uncertainty provided in step b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Cyril GUILLOUX, Melanie HESLOUIS, Sebastien FRICKER
  • Publication number: 20220031158
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining at least one geometrico-morphological parameter of a subject for determining a vision correction equipment, wherein the following steps are performed: a) determining the height of one of the eyes of the subject (P) relative to a reference horizontal surface; b) placing a visual target in front of the head (HP) of the subject (P) at a predetermined position, this predetermined position being determined taking into account the height of one of the eyes of the subject relative to the reference horizontal surface, determined in step a); c) while the subject gazes at the visual target placed at the predetermined position in step b), capturing an image of the head (HP) of the subject (P) with an image capture apparatus (50); and d) deducing from the image captured in step c) the at least one geometrico-morphological parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Gabriel KEITA, Arnaud GLACET, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Noemi BARRETO, Cécile PETIGNAUD
  • Patent number: 11224338
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for measuring the refraction of an individual by a refraction measuring appliance, including: an initial step of determining at least one initial value of a visuo-postural parameter of the individual; a step of processing the initial value in order to deduce at least one initial value of a regulating parameter of the refraction measuring appliance, the regulating parameter being associated with the visuo-postural parameter; a step of regulating the refraction measuring appliance according to the initial value of the regulating parameter; and a step of measuring the refraction of the individual by the measuring appliance regulated in this way. Also disclosed is a method for the optical design of an ophthalmic lens, and to a pair of glasses including such a lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Perrin, Guilhem Escalier, Isabelle Poulain, Benjamin Rousseau, Cécile Petignaud, Gildas Marin
  • Patent number: 11067830
    Abstract: An ophthalmic progressive addition lens for a farsighted and presbyopic wearer having a mean refractive power, PPO(?, ?), a module of resulting astigmatism, ASR(?, ?), an acuity loss value ACU(?, ?), wherein the (?, ?) functions are determined in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer, and a first acuity criterion, AcuityCriterion1 which fulfils following requirement: AcuityCriterion1?44 D2.deg, and wherein: AcuityCriterion1 is defined as a combination of PPO(?, ?), ASR(?, ?), ADDp, and ACU(?, ?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Melanie Heslouis, Benjamin Rousseau, Sebastien Fricker
  • Patent number: 11016310
    Abstract: A method for determining a three dimensional performance of an ophthalmic lens including: calculating a domain in which a condition between a local optical criterion and at a threshold value is fulfilled; determining the three dimensional performance of the ophthalmic lens according to the domain. A method of calculating an ophthalmic lens includes the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Melanie Heslouis, Sebastien Fricker, Cyril Guilloux, Benjamin Rousseau
  • Publication number: 20210132414
    Abstract: An optical device including an active programmable lens having an adjustable optical power depending on a prescription of a wearer and being relative to a vision distance and/or direction of an eye of the wearer, a vision sensor adapted to measure vision data relating to the vision distance and/or direction of the eye, and an optical power controller that includes a memory storing computer executable instructions and adapted to store measured vision data and two predetermined optical power states corresponding to an optical power relative to a range of vision distance and/or direction of the eye, and a processor for executing the stored computer executable instructions, which include instructions for adjusting the adjustable optical power between the predetermined optical power states with a resolution smaller than or equal to 0.25D when the vision data passes from one range of vision distance and/or direction to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Marius PELOUX, Cecile PETIGNAUD, Konogan BARANTON, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Bruno FERMIGIER
  • Patent number: 10942368
    Abstract: A method for determining an optical system of a personalized progressive lens for a given wearer including: a) providing a mean direction of gaze determined for the wearer in a reference frame tied to the head of the wearer; b) determining a target value for at least one optical design parameter as a function of the mean direction of gaze determined in a); c) calculating the optical system of the progressive lens by an optical optimization procedure on the basis of target values, wherein the target value of each optical design parameter as a function of the mean direction of gaze determined in b) is a target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Benjamin Rousseau, Guilhem Escalier, Isabelle Poulain, Juliette Wierzbicki, Laurent Calixte, Nacer Lakhchaf, Sarah Marie, Thierry Bonnin, Valerie Jolivet
  • Patent number: 10881289
    Abstract: A device for testing visual behavior of a person, including: an active display configured to display at least one visually predominant target in a plurality of positions that are variable over time and that are aligned along at least one line or column, and a unit for controlling the display. The unit is programmed so that consecutive display positions of the target follow, over time, a visual tracking protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Guilhem Escalier, Isabelle Poulain, Benjamin Rousseau
  • Patent number: 10852563
    Abstract: An ophthalmic progressive addition lens for an emmetropic and presbyopic wearer having a mean refractive power, PPO(?, ?), a module of resulting astigmatism, ASR(?, ?), an acuity loss value ACU(?, ?), wherein the (?, ?) functions are determined in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer, and a first acuity criterion, AcuityCriterion1 which fulfils following requirement: AcuityCriterion1?435 D2.deg2, and wherein: AcuityCriterion1 is defined as a combination of PPO(?, ?), ASR(?, ?), ADDp, and ACU(?, ?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Melanie Heslouis, Benjamin Rousseau, Sebastien Fricker
  • Patent number: 10852565
    Abstract: An ophthalmic progressive addition lens for a myopic and presbyopic wearer having a mean refractive power, PPO(?, ?), a module of resulting astigmatism, ASR(?, ?), an acuity loss value ACU(?, ?), wherein the (?, ?) functions are determined in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer, and a first acuity criterion, AcuityCriterion1 which fulfils following requirement: AcuityCriterion1?1340 D2·deg2, and wherein: AcuityCriterion1 is defined as a combination of PPO(?, ?), ASR(?, ?), ADDp, and ACU(?, ?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Benjamin Rousseau, Melanie Heslouis, Sebastien Fricker
  • Patent number: 10712590
    Abstract: An ophthalmic progressive addition lens for a presbyopic wearer which has a prescribed far vision mean refractive power a non nil prescribed addition, ADDp, the lens having a far vision reference point, a mean refractive power, PPO(?, ?), a module of resulting astigmatism, ASR(?, ?), a meridian line, ML(?, ?), the (?, ?) functions being determined in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer for gaze directions (?, ?) joining the center of rotation of the eye, CRE, and the lens, wherein ? is a lowering angle in degree and ? is an azimuth angle in degree, and wherein ? lens criterion, CRIT, fulfils following requirement: 0.38?CRIT?4.50, where: CRIT=NumeratorCRIT/DenominatorCRIT, NumeratorCRIT=(A1/A2)+(PPO(?FV, ?FV)/(100·ADDp)); A1=?100%??85%; A2=?100%??60%; DenominatorCRIT=[(PeaksMean/ADDp)+(PPO(?FV,?FV)/(8·ADDp))]3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Benjamin Rousseau, Melanie Heslouis, Sebastien Fricker, Nacer Lakhchaf, Guilhem Escalier, Thierry Bonnin, Isabelle Poulain, Valerie Jolivet, Juliette Wierzbicki
  • Patent number: 10690938
    Abstract: An ophthalmic progressive addition lens for a myopic or emmetropic presbyopic wearer which has a prescribed far vision mean refractive power and a non nil prescribed addition, ADDp, the lens having a far vision reference point, a mean refractive power, PPO(?, ?), a module of resulting astigmatism, ASR(?, ?), a meridian line, ML(?, ?), the (?, ?) functions being determined in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer for gaze directions (?, ?) joining the center of rotation of the eye, CRE, and the lens, wherein ? is a lowering angle in degree and ? is an azimuth angle in degree, and wherein a lens criterion, A1/A2, fulfils: A1/A2?0.50, wherein: A1=?100%??85%; A2=?100%??60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Benjamin Rousseau, Melanie Heslouis, Sebastien Fricker, Nacer Lakhchaf, Guilhem Escalier, Thierry Bonnin, Isabelle Poulain, Valerie Jolivet, Juliette Wierzbicki
  • Patent number: 10653312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining at least one visual behavior parameter of a person. The method includes the following steps: a step of encouraging the person to perform a visual test during which he observes at least one target position, a step of measuring an item of data that is representative of at least one viewing direction of the person during the visual test, a step of determining a reference viewing direction on the basis of the representative data measured, and a step of positioning, relative to the reference viewing direction, at least one measured target position that is determined, in a reference marker associated with the head of the person, on the basis of the data that is representative of the viewing direction of the person measured during the visual test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Guilhem Escalier, Isabelle Poulain, Amandine Debieuvre, Damien Paille, Delphine Tranvouez-Bernardin, Konogan Baranton, Benjamin Rousseau
  • Publication number: 20200069172
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for measuring the refraction of an individual by a refraction measuring appliance, including: an initial step of determining at least one initial value of a visuo-postural parameter of the individual; a step of processing the initial value in order to deduce at least one initial value of a regulating parameter of the refraction measuring appliance, the regulating parameter being associated with the visuo-postural parameter; a step of regulating the refraction measuring appliance according to the initial value of the regulating parameter; and a step of measuring the refraction of the individual by the measuring appliance regulated in this way. Also disclosed is a method for the optical design of an ophthalmic lens, and to a pair of glasses including such a lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Jean-Luc PERRIN, Guilhem ESCALIER, Isabelle POULAIN, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Cécile PETIGNAUD, Gildas MARIN
  • Publication number: 20200018991
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical device (10) adapted to be worn by a wearer comprising at least: —a programmable lens (20) having an adjustable optical function and extending between at least one eye of the wearer and the real world scene when the optical device is worn by the wearer, —an optical function controller (30) comprising —a memory (32) storing at least computer executable IN instructions; and —a processor (34) for executing the stored computer executable instructions so as to control the optical function of the programmable lens (20), wherein the computer executable instructions comprise instructions for adjusting the optical function of the programmable lens (20) over a period of time determined so that the wearer does not perceive the adjustment of the optical function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Konogan BARANTON, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Bruno FERMIGIER, Isabelle POULAIN, Delphine TRANVOUEZ-BERNARDIN
  • Patent number: 10509235
    Abstract: A method of calculating an optical system (OS) of an ophthalmic lens according to a given spectacle frame, said ophthalmic lens comprising a back surface (BS) and a front surface (FS) arranged to deliver an ophthalmic vision image (VI), a light-guide optical element having a proximal surface (PS) and a distal surface (DS), said light-guide optical element being arranged to output a supplementary image (SI), wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing at least a morpho-geometrical parameter data of the frame or of the light-guide optical element; optimizing the optical system (OS) according to at least the morpho-geometrical parameter data as a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Sébastien Fricker, Benjamin Rousseau, Mathieu Guillot
  • Publication number: 20190265513
    Abstract: An ophthalmic progressive addition lens for a farsighted and presbyopic wearer having a mean refractive power, PPO(?, ?), a module of resulting astigmatism, ASR(?, ?), an acuity loss value ACU(?, ?), wherein the (?, ?) functions are determined in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer, and a first acuity criterion, AcuityCriterion1 which fulfils following requirement: AcuityCriterion1?44 D2.deg, and wherein: AcuityCriterion1 is defined as a combination of PPO(?, ?), ASR(?, ?), ADDP, and ACU(?, ?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Melanie HESLOUIS, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Sebastien FRICKER