Patents by Inventor Benjamin J. Frankfort

Benjamin J. Frankfort 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).

  • System and method for evaluating ocular health
    Patent number: 9220405
    Abstract: A method for adaptively determining a model of visual performance of a test subject comprising the step of exposing a test subject to a plurality of trials. Each trial comprises the steps of identifying the stimulus pattern to test, generating a stimulus pattern on a display, determining whether the stimulus pattern generated an OKR, updating the model to incorporate the OKR results, and determining whether the updated model is acceptable. The trials can be iteratively repeated until the model for visual performance is acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Frankfort, Cameron S. Cowan, Samuel Miao-sin Wu
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING OCULAR HEALTH
    Publication number: 20150150443
    Abstract: A method for adaptively determining a model of visual performance of a test subject comprising the step of exposing a test subject to a plurality of trials. Each trial comprises the steps of identifying the stimulus pattern to test, generating a stimulus pattern on a display, determining whether the stimulus pattern generated an OKR, updating the model to incorporate the OKR results, and determining whether the updated model is acceptable. The trials can be iteratively repeated until the model for visual performance is acceptable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Frankfort, Cameron S. Cowan, Samuel Miao-sin Wu
  • System and method for evaluating ocular health
    Patent number: 8992019
    Abstract: A method for adaptively determining a model of visual performance of a test subject comprising the step of exposing a test subject to a plurality of trials. Each trial comprises the steps of identifying the stimulus pattern to test, generating a stimulus pattern on a display, determining whether the stimulus pattern generated an OKR, updating the model to incorporate the OKR results, and determining whether the updated model is acceptable. The trials can be iteratively repeated until the model for visual performance is acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Frankfort, Cameron S. Cowan, Samuel Miao-sin Wu