Patents by Inventor Bruno Fermigier

Bruno Fermigier 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
  • Publication number: 20240004220
    Abstract: A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer, the lens element including at least two first areas having a refractive power based on a prescription of the wearer for said eye of the wearer, a plurality of second areas having at least a second optical function in specific wearing conditions, where one can determine at least one first radial path crossing at least a first second area in a first point and a second point, the first and second points being adjacent to the at least two first areas, the first radial coordinate being greater than the second radial coordinate, and the radial optical power at the first point is significantly different from the radial optical power at the second point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Matthieu GUILLOT, Bruno FERMIGIER, Carlos REGO, Eric GACOIN
  • Patent number: 11852904
    Abstract: A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a person that includes a refraction area having a refractive power based on a prescription for the eye of the person, and a plurality of at least three non-contiguous optical elements, at least one optical element having a non-spherical optical function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Matthieu Guillot, Bruno Fermigier, Marius Peloux, Björn Drobe
  • Publication number: 20230213784
    Abstract: An optical lens to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer having at least one prescribed refractive power Px, the optical lens including two opposite optical faces and a plurality of contiguous optical elements at least part of the optical elements having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye. Over a pupil having at least a 4 mm diameter, one can measure in a plane corresponding to the at least one prescribed refractive power along at least one direction, a Modulation Transfer Function through the optical lens greater than 0.1 between 0 and 20 cyc/deg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Eric GACOIN, Matthieu GUILLOT, Bruno FERMIGIER, Gilles LE SAUX
  • Publication number: 20230213787
    Abstract: An eyeglass device including a variable transmission ophthalmic lens, a method for driving the transmission of such lens, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for implementing such method. The eyeglass device comprises a light sensor configured for measuring an amount of light in the environment of a wearer and a controlling circuit configured for receiving at least light data from said light sensor and for driving the transmission of said ophthalmic lens on the basis of said light data. The controlling circuit is configured for driving the transmission of said ophthalmic lens on the basis further of movement data, said movement data being derived from an estimation of a movement of the wearer's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Bruno FERMIGIER, Cédric GILBERT, Alexandre GOURRAUD, Marius PELOUX, Vincent ROPTIN
  • Publication number: 20230213785
    Abstract: An optical lens intended to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer having at least one prescribed refractive power Px, the optical lens comprising two opposite optical faces and a plurality of contiguous optical elements at least part of the optical elements having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye, wherein: —over a pupil having at least a 4 mm diameter, one can measure in a plane corresponding to the at least one prescribed refractive power along at least one direction, a Modulation Transfer Function through the optical lens greater than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Eric GACOIN, Matthieu GUILLOT, Bruno FERMIGIER, Gilles LE SAUX
  • Patent number: 11681165
    Abstract: An optical device, to be used by a user driving a vehicle, the optical device including a controllable variable-tint lens and a controller, where the controller is configured to switch the optical device between at least two different modes, at least one mode being a driving mode and when the optical device is in the driving mode, a control parameter of the lens meets at least one driving criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Bruno Fermigier, Dominick Hubacz, Marius Peloux
  • Publication number: 20230185111
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lens element (1) intended to be worn by a wearer, comprising at least one prescription portion (2) having a first optical function configured to provide a dioptric correction of an eye of the wearer when the lens element (1) is worn by said wearer based on a prescription of the wearer, and a plurality of lenslets (3), each lenslet (3) of said plurality of lenslets being configured to provide at least one second optical function which differs from the first optical function, wherein each lenslet (3) has a shape, a size and a position such that at least one portion of said lens element (1) has a modulation transfer function (MTF) whose values are configured so that the modulation transfer function of said lens element 1 over a range of spatial frequencies comprised between 1 and 5 cycles per degree are lower or equal to 0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Guillaume GIRAUDET, Matthieu GUILLOT, Bruno FERMIGIER
  • Publication number: 20230128895
    Abstract: A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer having a refraction area having a refractive power based on a prescription for said eye of the wearer, an a plurality of at least two optical elements having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer, wherein the refraction area comprises a plurality of respectively independent island-shaped areas, the refraction area is formed as the area other than the optical elements and each refraction island shape area is within one optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Eric GACOIN, Bruno FERMIGIER, Matthieu GUILLOT
  • Publication number: 20230104969
    Abstract: A lens element to be worn by a wearer and to provide a refractive power based on a prescription of the wearer is provided for correcting an abnormal refraction of the eye of the wearer, the lens element including: an optical microstructure having an optical function of not focusing an image on a retina of the eye of the wearer so as to slow down progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye of the wearer, in which a modulation transfer function of the lens element is greater or equal to 0.07 over a range of spatial frequencies from 10 to 25 cycles per degree, when measured through the optical microstructure for a pupil aperture of 4 mm centered at 6.6 mm from the optical center of the lens element. A computer-implemented method for determining a lens element to be worn by a wearer is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Guillaume GIRAUDET, David RIO, Matthieu GUILLOT, Samy HAMLAOUI, 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
  • 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: 20220397777
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods, controlling units, eyeglasses, computer programs and computer-readable storage media for controlling an optical transmission of a variable transmission ophthalmic lens. The method includes receiving from a light sensor a measured illuminance of the environment of a wearer, computing a change of illuminance measured during a predetermined time interval, comparing the computed change of illuminance with a first threshold, when the computed change of illuminance is greater than the first threshold, implementing first command configured for varying the transmission of the variable transmission ophthalmic lens from initial transmission value corresponding to a current transmission value to a first target transmission value, according to a first variation profile comprising a first phase during which the transmission overshoots the first target transmission value, and a second phase during which the transmission returns to the first target transmission value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Bruno FERMIGIER, Cédric GILBERT, Alexandre GOURRAUD, Marius PELOUX, Vincent ROPTIN
  • Publication number: 20220357595
    Abstract: An optical system intended to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer including an optical lens having at least a control point and an optical device that has a plurality of optical elements, the optical device being attached on a surface of the optical lens or encapsulated into the optical lens, wherein each optical element has simultaneously two different optical functions, and the optical device and the optical lens are configured so that the absolute value of the difference between a measured optical power at the control point of the optical system and the optical power corresponding to the prescription for said eye of the person is smaller than or equal to 0.12 diopter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Matthieu GUILLOT, Bruno FERMIGIER, Marius PELOUX, Gilles LE SAUX
  • Patent number: 11389056
    Abstract: Disclosed are assessment devices and methods to assess eyesight. In one embodiment, an eyesight assessment device includes a medium having one or more imaging functionalities and operable to project images for display based on the one or more imaging functionalities. The device also includes an optical source operable to project light and being positioned at one or more positions relative to the medium, such that at least one of images are projected from the medium based on the position of the optical source relative to the medium and the one or more imaging functionalities of the medium, where each image corresponds to an object provided for display at a virtual distance relative to a user of the eyesight assessment device, and where each image includes one or more of user assessable display characteristics that are indicative of a visual condition of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Julien Hubert, Bruno Fermigier, Aude Bouchier
  • Publication number: 20220050294
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an optical system intended to be held by a frame and worn by a wearer, the optical system comprising a lens, the lens further comprising a metasurface formed by at least a set of nanostructures, at least the lens and the metasurface being designed to achieve an optical system transmission target optical function and an optical system reflective target optical function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Bruno FERMIGIER, Estelle NETTER, William TROTTIER-LAPOINTE, Claudine BIVER
  • Publication number: 20220004022
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining an ophthalmic lens configured to correct an abnormal refraction of an eye of a wearer and including at least three optical elements disposed on a surface of the ophthalmic lens to suppress or reduce a progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye, the method including providing prescription data configured to correct the abnormal refraction; providing at least one abnormal refraction parameter relating to the abnormal refraction; providing at least one sensitivity parameter representing a variation of sensitivity of the wearer as a function of at least one parameter of the optical elements; determining a value of the at least one parameter of the optical elements configured for the wearer based on the abnormal refraction parameter and the sensitivity parameter; and determining the ophthalmic lens based at least on the provided prescription data and the value of the parameter of the optical elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Bjorn DROBE, Matthieu GUILLOT, Bruno FERMIGIER, Damien PAILLE
  • Publication number: 20210356768
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an optical article which comprises a hollow chamber and a separator separating the hollow chamber into a first subspace and a second subspace. The separator comprises an aperture. The optical article comprises a deformable membrane, attached, in the second subspace, along a closed line surrounding the aperture. The optical article is switchable, by deformation of the membrane, between at least three states (ST1, ST2, ST3). Each state corresponds to a different optical function. The disclosure also comprises a corresponding method for switching said optical article between at least two of the three states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Samy HAMLAOUI, Sylvain CHENE, Bruno FERMIGIER
  • Patent number: 11079612
    Abstract: A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a person that includes a refraction area having a refractive power based on a prescription for the eye of the person, and a plurality of at least three non-contiguous optical elements, at least one optical element having a non-spherical optical function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Matthieu Guillot, Bruno Fermigier, Marius Peloux, Björn Drobe