Patents by Inventor Claudia Nieuwenhuis

Claudia Nieuwenhuis 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: 11789295
    Abstract: Centration parameters for fitting spectacle lenses to a predetermined spectacle frame and to the head of a subject are determined with a computer-implemented method. At least two calibrated images, recorded from different recording directions, of the head of the subject wearing the spectacle frame are provided, wherein geometric parameters are established by geometric position determination. The geometric parameters describe the position of the eyes and the geometry of the spectacle frame, and the centration parameters are calculated from the geometric parameters. Further, a three-dimensional model for the spectacle lenses, which are to be received in the spectacle frame, is fitted to the geometry of the geometric parameters that describe the geometry of the spectacle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Oliver Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20220404645
    Abstract: Centration parameters for fitting spectacle lenses to a predetermined spectacle frame and to the head of a subject are determined with a computer-implemented method. At least two calibrated images, recorded from different recording directions, of the head of the subject wearing the spectacle frame are provided, wherein geometric parameters are established by geometric position determination. The geometric parameters describe the position of the eyes and the geometry of the spectacle frame, and the centration parameters are calculated from the geometric parameters. Further, a three-dimensional model for the spectacle lenses, which are to be received in the spectacle frame, is fitted to the geometry of the geometric parameters that describe the geometry of the spectacle frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Oliver Schwarz
  • Patent number: 11480816
    Abstract: Centration parameters for fitting spectacle lenses to a predetermined spectacle frame and to the head of a subject are determined with a computer-implemented method. At least two calibrated images, recorded from different recording directions, of the head of the subject wearing the spectacle frame are provided, wherein geometric parameters are established by geometric position determination. The geometric parameters describe the position of the eyes and the geometry of the spectacle frame, and the centration parameters are calculated from the geometric parameters. Further, a three-dimensional model for the spectacle lenses, which are to be received in the spectacle frame, is fitted to the geometry of the geometric parameters that describe the geometry of the spectacle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Oliver Schwarz
  • Patent number: 11397339
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining centring is disclosed. At least two calibrated images of the head which are captured simultaneously from different viewing directions are provided, and geometric parameters which describe the position of the eyes are determined by geometric position determination. A three-dimensional data set describing geometric parameters of the frame front is provided; the geometric parameters of the frame front and the geometric parameters describing the position of the eyes are brought into relation to each other with a rigid transformation; and the centring parameters are calculated from the geometric parameters describing the frame front and those describing the position of the eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventor: Claudia Nieuwenhuis
  • Publication number: 20210080758
    Abstract: Centration parameters for fitting spectacle lenses to a predetermined spectacle frame and to the head of a subject are determined with a computer-implemented method. At least two calibrated images, recorded from different recording directions, of the head of the subject wearing the spectacle frame are provided, wherein geometric parameters are established by geometric position determination. The geometric parameters describe the position of the eyes and the geometry of the spectacle frame, and the centration parameters are calculated from the geometric parameters. Further, a three-dimensional model for the spectacle lenses, which are to be received in the spectacle frame, is fitted to the geometry of the geometric parameters that describe the geometry of the spectacle frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Oliver Schwarz
  • Patent number: 10859859
    Abstract: A method for providing a mounting edge model, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding computing device are disclosed. To provide the mounting edge model, first a plurality of data sets is provided, each of which describes a course of a mounting edge. Such data sets can be obtained from tracer data, for example. On the basis of the data sets, a parametric mounting edge model is then derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: Carl Zeis AG, Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Oliver Schwarz
  • Patent number: 10571721
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining a representation of a rim of a spectacles frame or a representation of the edges of the spectacle lenses is disclosed, wherein at least two calibrated images taken from different viewing angles of a head a subject wearing the spectacles frame or the spectacles are provided, and wherein data for at least portions of the rims of the spectacles frame or the edges of the lenses are detected in each image. Further, a three-dimensional model of the spectacles frame or the spectacles is provided, based on geometric parameters, and the geometric parameters are optimised to adapt the model to the detected edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Christian Wojek, Oliver Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20200057316
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining centring is disclosed. At least two calibrated images of the head which are captured simultaneously from different viewing directions are provided, and geometric parameters which describe the position of the eyes are determined by geometric position determination. A three-dimensional data set describing geometric parameters of the frame front is provided; the geometric parameters of the frame front and the geometric parameters describing the position of the eyes are brought into relation to each other with a rigid transformation; and the centring parameters are calculated from the geometric parameters describing the frame front and those describing the position of the eyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Claudia Nieuwenhuis
  • Patent number: 10564446
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for establishing the representation of the edge of a spectacle lens or of a left spectacle lens and a right spectacle lens for a spectacle wearer is disclosed. The method includes: providing image data relating to the spectacle wearer with a worn spectacle frame; calculating information data derived from the image data; calculating a deterministically optimizable cost function linking the information data with spectacle lens data, wherein the spectacle lens data describe the spatial extent of at least one spectacle lens held in the spectacle frame; and setting a curve of an edge of the spectacle lens or of the left spectacle lens and the right spectacle lens by optimizing the cost function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Oliver Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20200018994
    Abstract: A method for providing a mounting edge model, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding computing device are disclosed. To provide the mounting edge model, first a plurality of data sets is provided, each of which describes a course of a mounting edge. Such data sets can be obtained from tracer data, for example. On the basis of the data sets, a parametric mounting edge model is then derived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Oliver Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20200018995
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining a representation of a rim of a spectacles frame or a representation of the edges of the spectacle lenses is disclosed, wherein at least two calibrated images taken from different viewing angles of a head a subject wearing the spectacles frame or the spectacles are provided, and wherein data for at least portions of the rims of the spectacles frame or the edges of the lenses are detected in each image. Further, a three-dimensional model of the spectacles frame or the spectacles is provided, based on geometric parameters, and the geometric parameters are optimised to adapt the model to the detected edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Christian Wojek, Oliver Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20190346698
    Abstract: Centration parameters for fitting spectacle lenses to a predetermined spectacle frame and to the head of a subject are determined with a computer-implemented method. At least two calibrated images, recorded from different recording directions, of the head of the subject wearing the spectacle frame are provided, wherein geometric parameters are established by geometric position determination. The geometric parameters describe the position of the eyes and the geometry of the spectacle frame, and the centration parameters are calculated from the geometric parameters. Further, a three-dimensional model for the spectacle lenses, which are to be received in the spectacle frame, is fitted to the geometry of the geometric parameters that describe the geometry of the spectacle frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Oliver Schwarz
  • Patent number: 10441168
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method detects the position of a corneal vertex of an eye from a frontal image of a head and a lateral image of the head. The front and lateral images are calibrated to one another, and the position of the corneal vertex in space is determined from the frontal image and the lateral image with a geometric position determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Oliver Schwarz, Michael Gamperling
  • Publication number: 20190271858
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for establishing the representation of the edge of a spectacle lens or of a left spectacle lens and a right spectacle lens for a spectacle wearer is disclosed. The method includes: providing image data relating to the spectacle wearer with a worn spectacle frame; calculating information data derived from the image data; calculating a deterministically optimizable cost function linking the information data with spectacle lens data, wherein the spectacle lens data describe the spatial extent of at least one spectacle lens held in the spectacle frame; and setting a curve of an edge of the spectacle lens or of the left spectacle lens and the right spectacle lens by optimizing the cost function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Oliver Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20180214022
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method detects the position of a corneal vertex of an eye from a frontal image of a head and a lateral image of the head. The front and lateral images are calibrated to one another, and the position of the corneal vertex in space is determined from the frontal image and the lateral image with a geometric position determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Claudia Nieuwenhuis, Oliver Schwarz, Michael Gamperling