Patents by Inventor Cécile Petignaud
Cécile Petignaud 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).
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Publication number: 20240111179Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Essilor InternationalInventors: Marius PELOUX, Cecile PETIGNAUD, Konogan BARANTON, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Bruno FERMIGIER
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Patent number: 11880095Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Marius Peloux, Cecile Petignaud, Konogan Baranton, Benjamin Rousseau, Bruno Fermigier
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Patent number: 11454829Abstract: Disclosed is a method for measuring data for fitting an ophthalmic lens in a frame for a individual, including the following steps: a) placing the individual in a natural posture; b) displaying a visual target with adjustable position in the field of view of the individual; c) having the individual equipped with the frame adjust the position of the visual target in order to place it straight ahead from him; d) determining the intersection, with a surface representative of the lens once placed in the frame, of the line of sight of the individual looking at the visual target with its adjusted position and determining the data based on the intersection determined.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Cécile Petignaud, Amandine Debieuvre, Bénédicte Deldalle
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Publication number: 20220179238Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining an optical function of a progressive ophthalmic lens for a wearer, including: providing a prescription of the wearer; providing wearing data including at least a numerical parameter; providing by at least one processor a set of predefined optical functions including at least a first predefined optical function adapted to the prescription of the wearer and to a first predefined wearing parameter and a second predefined optical function for the prescription of the wearer and to at least a second predefined wearing data parameter, the second predefined optical function being different from the first; and determining an optical function of the progressive ophthalmic lens, so: when the wearing data parameter?a threshold value, the optical function of the lens=first predefined optical function, and when the wearing data parameter<the threshold value, the optical function=the second predefined optical function.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Cécile PETIGNAUD, Marie-Gaelle FROELIGER, Nacer LAKHCHAF, Bénédicte DELDALLE
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Patent number: 11324399Abstract: A method for determining a pupillary distance of an individual, includes the following steps: —displaying an object on a screen located in front of the individual, the displayed object being positioned at a location in front of one eye of the individual; —instructing the individual to look with at least the eye at the displayed object; —acquiring at least an image of a part of the body of the individual including the eye; —determining the location of a plurality of specific features in the acquired image, one of the specific features being a pupil of the eye of the individual; and —calculating the pupillary distance based on the location of the plurality of specific features. A corresponding system is also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Charles Lebrun, Cécile Petignaud, Alvin François
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Patent number: 11243401Abstract: A method for customizing a head mounted device adapted to generate a virtual image for a wearer, the method comprises: obtaining a 3D eye pupil position of the wearer in a reference frame and corresponding to a predetermined gaze direction, and customizing the head-mounted device based on the 3D eye pupil position so that the position of a focus area (EMB) at least partly coincides with the position of the eye pupil in the predetermined gaze direction, wherein customizing the head-mounted device comprises controlling a recording of a holographic mirror based on the 3D eye pupil position in the reference frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventor: Cécile Petignaud
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Publication number: 20220031158Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Gabriel KEITA, Arnaud GLACET, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Noemi BARRETO, Cécile PETIGNAUD
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Patent number: 11224338Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Jean-Luc Perrin, Guilhem Escalier, Isabelle Poulain, Benjamin Rousseau, Cécile Petignaud, Gildas Marin
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Publication number: 20210165223Abstract: A method for customizing a head mounted device adapted to generate a virtual image for a wearer, the method comprises: obtaining a 3D eye pupil position of the wearer in a reference frame and corresponding to a predetermined gaze direction, and customizing the head-mounted device based on the 3D eye pupil position so that the position of a focus area (EMB) at least partly coincides with the position of the eye pupil in the predetermined gaze direction, wherein customizing the head-mounted device comprises controlling a recording of a holographic mirror based on the 3D eye pupil position in the reference frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Essilor InternationalInventor: Cécile PETIGNAUD
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Publication number: 20210149225Abstract: Disclosed is a method for measuring data for fitting an ophthalmic lens in a frame for a individual, including the following steps: a) placing the individual in a natural posture; b) displaying a visual target with adjustable position in the field of view of the individual; c) having the individual equipped with the frame adjust the position of the visual target in order to place it straight ahead from him; d) determining the intersection, with a surface representative of the lens once placed in the frame, of the line of sight of the individual looking at the visual target with its adjusted position and determining the data based on the intersection determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Cécile PETIGNAUD, Amandine DEBIEUVRE, Bénédicte DELDALLE
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Publication number: 20210132414Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: Essilor InternationalInventors: Marius PELOUX, Cecile PETIGNAUD, Konogan BARANTON, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Bruno FERMIGIER
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Publication number: 20200196860Abstract: A method for determining a pupillary distance of an individual, includes the following steps: —displaying an object on a screen located in front of the individual, the displayed object being positioned at a location in front of one eye of the individual; —instructing the individual to look with at least the eye at the displayed object; —acquiring at least an image of a part of the body of the individual including the eye; —determining the location of a plurality of specific features in the acquired image, one of the specific features being a pupil of the eye of the individual; and —calculating the pupillary distance based on the location of the plurality of specific features. A corresponding system is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Charles LEBRUN, Cécile PETIGNAUD, Alvin FRANÇOIS
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Publication number: 20200069172Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Jean-Luc PERRIN, Guilhem ESCALIER, Isabelle POULAIN, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Cécile PETIGNAUD, Gildas MARIN
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Patent number: 10394052Abstract: A method for determining a pair of ophthalmic lenses adapted to a wearer, the method including: a wearer data providing, during which wearer data including at least an indication of the distortion dominant eye of the wearer and an indication of the prescription of the wearer are provided; an ophthalmic lenses determining, during which a pair of ophthalmic lenses adapted to the wearer is determined based at least on the wearer data.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Gildas Marin, Cecile Petignaud, Martha Hernandez-Castaneda, Laurent Calixte
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Patent number: 10234700Abstract: The invention relates to a method for checking the correct assembly of a device consisting of a frame and of two corrective ophthalmic lenses. The main feature of a method according to the invention is that it includes the following steps: an initial step of determining at least one parameter which makes it possible to position the lenses in the frame relative to the face; a subsequent step of acquiring at least one image of the face of said wearer with said device, which shows centering and horizontal level marks; a step of comparing said at least one parameter determined during said initial step with the corresponding parameter deduced from said at least one image; and a step of making a decision regarding the correct assembly of the device.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)Inventors: Cécile Petignaud, Thierry Laloux, Nacer Lakhchaf, Benjamin Rousseau, Marie-Anne Berthezene
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Patent number: 9974435Abstract: A quality control method for optometric measurements includes the following steps: (a) recording, via computer, a first record (14) that includes at least one first value of a first identifier (12), enabling identification of a glasses wearer (1), and at least one other value of another identifier (13) enabling identification of an optometric apparatus (15) on a first optometric measuring site (10); (b) carrying out at least one optometric measurement (16) of the wearer; (c) sending, to a second site (20), a digital measurement data set (18) including the optometric measurement result from step (b), the digital data set being linked, via computer, to the first record; and (d) digitally processing the optometric measurement result from the first record (14) on the basis of a digital data reference system (45) and the values of the respective identifiers of the glasses wearer and the optometric apparatus of the first record.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERAL D'OPTIQUE)Inventors: Ahmed Haddadi, Marie-Anne Berthezene, Isabelle Poulain, Cecile Petignaud, Loic Levraud, Sebastien Gayat, Fabien Divo, Benjamin Rousseau
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Publication number: 20180107020Abstract: A method for determining a pair of ophthalmic lenses adapted to a wearer, the method including: a wearer data providing, during which wearer data including at least an indication of the distortion dominant eye of the wearer and an indication of the prescription of the wearer are provided; an ophthalmic lenses determining, during which a pair of ophthalmic lenses adapted to the wearer is determined based at least on the wearer data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)Inventors: Gildas MARIN, Cecile PETIGNAUD, Martha HERNANDEZ-CASTANEDA, Laurent CALIXTE
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Patent number: 9804421Abstract: A method for determining at least one optical conception parameter for a progressive ophthalmic lens intended to equip a frame of a wearer, depending on the visual behavior of the latter. The method comprises the following steps: a) collecting a plurality of behavioral measurements relating to a plurality of gaze directions and/or positions of the wearer during a visual task; b) statistically processing said plurality of behavioral measurements in order to determine a zone of use of the area of an eyeglass fitted in said frame, said zone of use being representative of a statistical spatial distribution of said plurality of behavioral measurements; and c) determining at least one optical conception parameter for said progressive ophthalmic lens depending on a spatial extent and/or position of the zone of use.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)Inventors: Cécile Petignaud, Thierry Bonnin, Laurent Calixte, Sarah Marie
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Patent number: 9703122Abstract: A method for determining at least one value of a customization parameter for a visual compensation device includes the following steps: a) a user (1) equipped with an electronic terminal (2) captures at least one image or video sequence; b) telecommunicating the at least one image to a remote-support center (22); c) processing the at least one image in order to derive therefrom an instruction to correct or validate the captured image or video sequence; d) telecommunicating the correction or validation instruction from the remote-assistance center (22) to the terminal (2) of the user (1); e) displaying or emitting an audio or video message using the terminal; f) repeating the preceding steps until a validated image or video sequence is obtained; g) determining a value of the at least one customization parameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)Inventors: Ahmed Haddadi, Marie-Anne Berthezene, Isabelle Poulain, Cecile Petignaud, Loic Levraud, Sebastien Gayat, Fabien Divo, Benjamin Rousseau
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Publication number: 20170003523Abstract: The invention relates to a method for checking the correct assembly of a device consisting of a frame and of two corrective ophthalmic lenses. The main feature of a method according to the invention is that it includes the following steps: an initial step of determining at least one parameter which makes it possible to position the lenses in the frame relative to the face; a subsequent step of acquiring at least one image of the face of said wearer with said device, which shows centring and horizontal level marks; a step of comparing said at least one parameter determined during said initial step with the corresponding parameter deduced from said at least one image; and a step of making a decision regarding the correct assembly of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE D'OPTIQUE)Inventors: Cecile PETIGNAUD, Thierry LALOUX, Nacer LAKHCHAF, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Marie-Anne BERTHEZENE