Patents by Inventor Bernard Bourdoncle

Bernard Bourdoncle 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: 11592687
    Abstract: A method for determining an ophthalmic lens (1) for a wearer with a personalized light-filter pattern (3) defined by pattern parameters, wherein the method comprises collecting data relating to the wearer and determining the pattern parameters based on the data relating to the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Ker Chin Ang, Paulyn Ng, Valérie Parmentier, Bernard Bourdoncle, Anne-Catherine Scherlen
  • Publication number: 20190278108
    Abstract: A method for determining an ophthalmic lens (1) for a wearer with a personalized light-filter pattern (3) defined by pattern parameters, wherein the method comprises collecting data relating to the wearer and determining the pattern parameters based on the data relating to the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Ker Chin ANG, Paulyn NG, Valérie PARMENTIER, Bernard BOURDONCLE, Anne-Catherine SCHERLEN
  • Patent number: 10345899
    Abstract: A method, implemented by computer means, for adapting the sensorial output mode of a sensorial output device, for example a head mounted sensorial output device, to a user of the sensorial output device, the method comprising: a user attentional availability data providing step, during which user attentional availability data indicative of the attentional availability of the user are provided, a user sensorial perception threshold determining step during which a sensorial perception threshold of the user is determined based on the user attentional availability data, and an sensorial output mode adapting step during which the sensorial output mode of the output device is adapted based on the user attentional availability data and the user sensory perception threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Perrin, Damien Paille, Bernard Bourdoncle, Eric Perrier
  • Publication number: 20170351328
    Abstract: A method, implemented by computer means, for adapting the sensorial output mode of a sensorial output device, for example a head mounted sensorial output device, to a user of the sensorial output device, the method comprising: a user attentional availability data providing step, during which user attentional availability data indicative of the attentional availability of the user are provided, a user sensorial perception threshold determining step during which a sensorial perception threshold of the user is determined based on the user attentional availability data, and an sensorial output mode adapting step during which the sensorial output mode of the output device is adapted based on the user attentional availability data and the user sensory perception threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d' Optique)
    Inventors: Jean-Luc PERRIN, Damien PAILLE, Bernard BOURDONCLE, Eric PERRIER
  • Patent number: 8876288
    Abstract: The invention relates to a finished or semi-finished lens which comprises: a disc containing all the points of the lens that have the same abscissa and the same ordinate as points located within a circle in the reference plane having a diameter of 30 millimeters and centered on the prism reference point; a progression length of less than 14.5 millimeters; a first specific point having a cylinder value equal to the maximum cylinder value of all the points of the lens located in the nasal area and in the disc; and a second specific point having a cylinder value equal to the maximum cylinder value of all the points of the lens located in the temporal area and in the disc; a first ratio between: the maximum gradient of the cylinder for the points of the lens that have the same abscissa and the same ordinate as the points located on segments connecting the mounting cross to the first and second specific points, and surface addition of less than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Marie-Anne Berthezene, Bernard Bourdoncle, Laurent Calixte, Cyril Guilloux, Soazic Mousset, Damien Paille
  • Patent number: 8814354
    Abstract: A process for designing an ophthalmic progressive eyeglass comprises providing an initial front surface and an initial back surface. Respective addition values of front and back surfaces of the eyeglass are varied based on said initial front and back surfaces using a surface derivation tool. These surface addition values are selected so that the eyeglass exhibits an eyeglass addition value which matches a wearer's prescription and a value for a design feature which matches a target value. Said target value may be used for customizing the ophthalmic progressive eyeglass. The process does not require point-to-point surface optimization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Marie-Anne Berthezene, Bernard Bourdoncle, Laurent Calixte, Cyril Guilloux, Jérôme Moine, Soazic Mousset, Damien Paille
  • Patent number: 8757799
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide a complex surface of a progressive multifocal ophthalmic lens. In one implementation, the complex surface includes: a difference in ratio between cylinder value and surface addition less than 0.2 in absolute value; a first ratio between a maximum cylinder value for all points in a grouping circle and a surface addition; and a second ratio between a maximum cylinder value for all points on a disc and a surface addition. In another implementation, the complex surface includes: a difference in ratio between resultant astigmatism value and prescribed addition less than 0.3 in absolute value; a first ratio between a value of resultant astigmatism for all directions of gaze passing through an angular circle and a surface addition; and a second ration between a value of resultant astigmatism for all directions of gaze passing inside the angular circle and a prescribed addition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Marie-Anne Berthezene, Bernard Bourdoncle, Laurent Calixte, Cyril Guilloux, Souazic Mousset, Damien Paille
  • Publication number: 20130148078
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lens having certain properties, including: a circle grouping together all the points of the lens having the same abscissa and the same ordinate as points located on a circle in the reference plane, having a diameter of 35 millimetres and centred on a point located 8.5 millimetres below the mounting cross and horizontally offset on the nasal side by 1.25 millimetres; a disc grouping together all the points of the lens having the same abscissa and the same ordinate as points located inside said circle; a progression length of less than 14.5 millimetres; a ratio difference between the value of the cylinder and the surface addition of less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Marie-Anne Berthezene, Bernard Bourdoncle, Laurent Calixte, Cyril Guilloux, Soazic Mousset, Damien Paille
  • Publication number: 20130038833
    Abstract: The invention relates to a finished or semi-finished lens which comprises: a disc containing all the points of the lens that have the same abscissa and the same ordinate as points located within a circle in the reference plane having a diameter of 30 millimetres and centred on the prism reference point; a progression length of less than 14.5 millimetres; a first specific point having a cylinder value equal to the maximum cylinder value of all the points of the lens located in the nasal area and in the disc; and a second specific point having a cylinder value equal to the maximum cylinder value of all the points of the lens located in the temporal area and in the disc; a first ratio between: the maximum gradient of the cylinder for the points of the lens that have the same abscissa and the same ordinate as the points located on segments connecting the mounting cross to the first and second specific points, and surface addition of less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Marie-Anne Berthezene, Bernard Bourdoncle, Laurent Calixte, Cyril Guilloux, Soazic Mousset, Damien Paille
  • Publication number: 20120300172
    Abstract: A process for designing an ophthalmic progressive eyeglass comprises providing an initial front surface and an initial back surface. Respective addition values of front and back surfaces of the eyeglass are varied based on said initial front and back surfaces using a surface derivation tool. These surface addition values are selected so that the eyeglass exhibits an eyeglass addition value which matches a wearer's prescription and a value for a design feature which matches a target value. Said target value may be used for customizing the ophthalmic progressive eyeglass. The process does not require point-to-point surface optimization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Marie-Anne Berthezene, Bernard Bourdoncle, Laurent Calixte, Cyril Guilloux, Jérôme Moine, Soazic Mousset, Damien Paille
  • Patent number: 7806526
    Abstract: The invention relates to a progressive ophthalmic lens and to a method of producing one such lens. Variations in the optical power and the astigmatism of a progressive ophthalmic lens (10) result from (i) spherical and cylindrical variations in the anterior face (2) of the lens and (ii) variations in another physical unit of the lens. In this way, it is possible to customise the design of the progressive lens as a function of at least one behavioural characteristic of the lens wearer. Said customisation can be repeated by modulating the values of the physical unit between the different points of the lens. As a result, progressive lenses with different designs can be obtained from identical semi-finished lenses. The physical unit can comprise the sphere and the cylinder of the posterior face of the lens (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Bernard Bourdoncle, Bruno Decreton, Cyril Guilloux
  • Patent number: 7755762
    Abstract: A method of improving an initial color filter comprises a numerical generation of sinusoidal spectra. Two steps of selecting said spectra are then executed. The first selection is carried out according to a criterion of colorimetric similitude with respect to the initial filter. The second selection is carried out according to the capacity of dummy filters corresponding to each spectrum to restore hues in a natural manner. To do this, observations of samples of hues through each dummy filter are simulated numerically, using a color appearance model to take account of a visual perception of a human observer. In this way, an improved filter is determined, which has a color close to that of the initial filter and which affords a natural rendition of hues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignees: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS
    Inventors: Gilles Baillet, Bernard Bourdoncle, Margalith Harrar, Françoise Vienot
  • Patent number: 7659982
    Abstract: A quantitative evaluation of a color filter (10) in accordance with the capacity of said filter to restore hues comprises the use of a numerical color appearance model. Values of a perceptive attribute are calculated for hue samples (20), by simulating the observation of each of the samples through the filter (10) and without a filter. The values of the perceptive attribute correspond to the visual perception of the samples by an observer (40), and a deviation between the values with and without filter constitutes the result of the evaluation of the filter. Such a method makes it possible to quantitatively rank several color filters, and the ranking obtained corresponds to that which would be established by real observers evaluating the filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Gilles Baillet, Bernard Bourdoncle, Margalith Harrar, Françoise Vienot
  • Patent number: 7427134
    Abstract: A progressive multifocal ophthalmic lens has a complex surface having a prism reference point, a fitting cross, a progression meridian having a power addition greater than or equal to 1.5 diopters. The lens has, under conditions when being worn: a reduced root mean square, normalized to the addition prescription, of less than 0.65 microns per diopter in a zone delimited by a circle centred on the prism reference point and with a diameter corresponding to a sweep of vision of 80°, a progression length of less than or equal to 25°, and a difference in normalized reduced root mean square between pairs of symmetrical points relative to a vertical axis passing through the fitting cross of less than 0.12 microns per diopter in a zone delimited by a semi-circle centred on the fitting cross and with a radius corresponding to raising viewing by 25°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie General D'Optique)
    Inventors: Bernard Bourdoncle, Bruno Decreton
  • Publication number: 20080143959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a progressive ophthalmic lens and to a method of producing one such lens. Variations in the optical power and the astigmatism of a progressive ophthalmic lens (10) result from (i) spherical and cylindrical variations in the anterior face (2) of the lens and (ii) variations in another physical unit of the lens. In this way, it is possible to customise the design of the progressive lens as a function of at least one behavioural characteristic of the lens wearer. Said customisation can be repeated by modulating the values of the physical unit between the different points of the lens. As a result, progressive lenses with different designs can be obtained from identical semi-finished lenses. The physical unit can comprise the sphere and the cylinder of the posterior face of the lens (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Givaudan SA
    Inventors: Bernard Bourdoncle, Bruno Decreton, Cyril Guilloux
  • Publication number: 20080055599
    Abstract: A method of improving an initial color filter comprises a numerical generation of sinusoidal spectra. Two steps of selecting said spectra are then executed. The first selection is carried out according to a criterion of calorimetric similitude with respect to the initial filter. The second selection is carried out according to the capacity of dummy filters corresponding to each spectrum to restore hues in a natural manner. To do this, observations of samples of hues through each dummy filter are simulated numerically, using a color appearance model to take account of a visual perception of a human observer. In this way, an improved filter is determined, which has a color close to that of the initial filter and which affords a natural rendition of hues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicants: Essilor International (Compagnie General D'Optique), Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Gilles Baillet, Bernard Bourdoncle, Margalith Harrar, Francoise Vienot
  • Publication number: 20080046207
    Abstract: A quantitative evaluation of a color filter (10) in accordance with the capacity of said filter to restore hues comprises the use of a numerical color appearance model. Values of a perceptive attribute are calculated for hue samples (20), by simulating the observation of each of the samples through the filter (10) and without a filter. The values of the perceptive attribute correspond to the visual perception of the samples by an observer (40), and a deviation between the values with and without filter constitutes the result of the evaluation of the filter. Such a method makes it possible to quantitatively rank several color filters, and the ranking obtained corresponds to that which would be established by real observers evaluating the filters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicants: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique), Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Gilles Baillet, Bernard Bourdoncle, Margalith Harrar, Francoise Vienot
  • Publication number: 20070121063
    Abstract: A progressive multifocal ophthalmic lens has a complex surface having a prism reference point, a fitting cross, a progression meridian having a power addition greater than or equal to 1.5 diopters. The lens has, under conditions when being worn: a reduced root mean square, normalized to the addition prescription, of less than 0.65 microns per diopter in a zone delimited by a circle centred on the prism reference point and with a diameter corresponding to a sweep of vision of 80°, a progression length of less than or equal to 25°, and a difference in normalized reduced root mean square between pairs of symmetrical points relative to a vertical axis passing through the fitting cross of less than 0.12 microns per diopter in a zone delimited by a semi-circle centred on the fitting cross and with a radius corresponding to raising viewing by 25°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Bernard Bourdoncle, Bruno Decreton
  • Patent number: 7210780
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a method for determination by optimization of an ophthalmic lens for a wearer for whom a power addition has been prescribed. The method proposes using as a target for the optimization of the lens, under wearing conditions, a difference of the mean orientation of the axes of resulting astigmatism to the vertical of less than 2.5° in a first control zone delimited by an ellipse centred on the progression meridian at half height between the fitting cross and the near vision reference point, said ellipse having a major axis greater than 35° and a minor axis comprised between 3.8° and 4.5°. The invention allows improvement in the performances of the progressive multifocal lenses in intermediate vision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique)
    Inventors: Bernard Bourdoncle, Gildas Marin
  • Patent number: RE42781
    Abstract: A progressive multifocal ophthalmic lens has a complex surface having a prism reference point, a fitting cross, a progression meridian having a power addition greater than or equal to 1.5 diopters. The lens has, under conditions when being worn: a reduced root mean square, normalized to the addition prescription, of less than 0.65 microns per diopter in a zone delimited by a circle centred on the prism reference point and with a diameter corresponding to a sweep of vision of 80°, a progression length of less than or equal to 25°, and a difference in normalized reduced root mean square between pairs of symmetrical points relative to a vertical axis passing through the fitting cross of less than 0.12 microns per diopter in a zone delimited by a semi-circle centred on the fitting cross and with a radius corresponding to raising viewing by 25°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Essilor Internationale (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Bernard Bourdoncle, Bruno Decreton