Patents by Inventor Daniel Francis Min Yi Yap

Daniel Francis Min Yi Yap 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: 20240268658
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and systems for treating dry eye syndrome by recording and analyzing video of the anterior eye surface using a binocular illuminator device operating with a computer running a software application. The illuminator includes a projector for projecting a simplified Placido ring pattern onto each eye, and an eye cup for aligning the illuminator with the eye(s). Some embodiments of the illuminator include an onboard camera while other embodiments use the camera system included with a mobile computer such as a smartphone. Also disclosed are methods to use an illuminator and a software application running on a computer to record videos of the anterior eye surface, to perform digital image processing on the videos, and to use the processed images to determine one or more dry eye-related parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: TeleMedC LLC
    Inventors: Para K. Segaram, Di Xiao, Daniel Francis Min Yi Yap
  • Publication number: 20230326602
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and systems for treating dry eye syndrome by recording and analyzing video of the anterior eye surface through the use of an illuminator device operating with a computer running a software application. The illuminator includes a projector for projecting a simplified Placido ring pattern onto the eye, and an eye cup for aligning the illuminator with the eye. Some embodiments of the illuminator include an onboard camera while other embodiments use the camera system included with a mobile computer such as a smartphone. Also disclosed are methods to use an illuminator and a software application running on a computer to record videos of the anterior eye surface, to perform digital image processing on the videos, and to use the processed images to determine one or more dry eye-related parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TeleMedC LLC
    Inventors: Para K. Segaram, Di Xiao, Daniel Francis Min Yi Yap