Patents by Inventor Isabelle Poulain

Isabelle Poulain 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20220373823
    Abstract: A device for determining a head freedom area of an optical lens adapted for a wearer looking at a specific point in a scene through the optical lens comprises at least one input adapted to obtain optical lens data representing the optical features of an optical lens, to obtain wearing data and fitting data representative of the wearing conditions and fitting parameters of the optical lens, and to obtain a specific threshold value for an optical performance criterion; and at least one processor configured for determining the head freedom area that corresponds to the head positions of the wearer that provide optical performances greater than or equal to the specific threshold value when the wearer is wearing the optical lens in given wearing conditions upon given fitting parameters and looking at the specific point in the scene through the optical lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Isabelle POULAIN, Guillaume GIRAUDET, Laurent CALIXTE, Alain GOULET, Sébastien FRICKER
  • Patent number: 11454824
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a progressive ophthalmic device for personalised visual compensation for an individual, according to which the following steps are performed: a) in a first data acquisition phase, determining at least at a first time preceding the appearance of the presbyopia of this individual, at least one value of at least one individual parameter of said individual, and recording each value of the individual parameter of the wearer in a database, in correlation with an associated temporal indicator, b) in a second determination step of the progressive ophthalmic device for personalised visual compensation, determining a desired value of at least one geometric or optical parameter of said progressive ophthalmic device for visual compensation, taking account of said at least one value of the individual parameter determined in step a) and the associated temporal indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Thierry Bonnin, Delphine Tranvouez-Bernardin, Laurent Calixte, Isabelle Poulain
  • Patent number: 11402661
    Abstract: A method for determining an ophthalmic lens adapted to a wearer, including: providing wearer data including at least an indication of a prescription of the wearer; providing a locomotion scenario including at least an input locomotion parameter and visual environment data indicative of a visual environment, the locomotion parameter including at least movement data indicative of at least translation movements of the wearer's head; providing an output parameter of a locomotion parameter of the wearer or an optical parameter of the ophthalmic lens having an impact on a locomotion parameter of the wearer; determining an ophthalmic lens adapted to the wearer based at least on the wearer data to have the output parameter as close as possible to the target value of the output parameter when carrying out the locomotion scenario using the ophthalmic lens, wherein the output parameter is retinal flow of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Delphine Tranvouez-Bernardin, Konogan Baranton, Isabelle Poulain, Laurent Calixte
  • Patent number: 11224338
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Perrin, Guilhem Escalier, Isabelle Poulain, Benjamin Rousseau, Cécile Petignaud, Gildas Marin
  • Patent number: 10942368
    Abstract: A method for determining an optical system of a personalized progressive lens for a given wearer including: a) providing a mean direction of gaze determined for the wearer in a reference frame tied to the head of the wearer; b) determining a target value for at least one optical design parameter as a function of the mean direction of gaze determined in a); c) calculating the optical system of the progressive lens by an optical optimization procedure on the basis of target values, wherein the target value of each optical design parameter as a function of the mean direction of gaze determined in b) is a target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Benjamin Rousseau, Guilhem Escalier, Isabelle Poulain, Juliette Wierzbicki, Laurent Calixte, Nacer Lakhchaf, Sarah Marie, Thierry Bonnin, Valerie Jolivet
  • Patent number: 10881289
    Abstract: A device for testing visual behavior of a person, including: an active display configured to display at least one visually predominant target in a plurality of positions that are variable over time and that are aligned along at least one line or column, and a unit for controlling the display. The unit is programmed so that consecutive display positions of the target follow, over time, a visual tracking protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Guilhem Escalier, Isabelle Poulain, Benjamin Rousseau
  • Patent number: 10712590
    Abstract: An ophthalmic progressive addition lens for a presbyopic wearer which has a prescribed far vision mean refractive power a non nil prescribed addition, ADDp, the lens having a far vision reference point, a mean refractive power, PPO(?, ?), a module of resulting astigmatism, ASR(?, ?), a meridian line, ML(?, ?), the (?, ?) functions being determined in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer for gaze directions (?, ?) joining the center of rotation of the eye, CRE, and the lens, wherein ? is a lowering angle in degree and ? is an azimuth angle in degree, and wherein ? lens criterion, CRIT, fulfils following requirement: 0.38?CRIT?4.50, where: CRIT=NumeratorCRIT/DenominatorCRIT, NumeratorCRIT=(A1/A2)+(PPO(?FV, ?FV)/(100·ADDp)); A1=?100%??85%; A2=?100%??60%; DenominatorCRIT=[(PeaksMean/ADDp)+(PPO(?FV,?FV)/(8·ADDp))]3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Benjamin Rousseau, Melanie Heslouis, Sebastien Fricker, Nacer Lakhchaf, Guilhem Escalier, Thierry Bonnin, Isabelle Poulain, Valerie Jolivet, Juliette Wierzbicki
  • Patent number: 10690938
    Abstract: An ophthalmic progressive addition lens for a myopic or emmetropic presbyopic wearer which has a prescribed far vision mean refractive power and a non nil prescribed addition, ADDp, the lens having a far vision reference point, a mean refractive power, PPO(?, ?), a module of resulting astigmatism, ASR(?, ?), a meridian line, ML(?, ?), the (?, ?) functions being determined in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer for gaze directions (?, ?) joining the center of rotation of the eye, CRE, and the lens, wherein ? is a lowering angle in degree and ? is an azimuth angle in degree, and wherein a lens criterion, A1/A2, fulfils: A1/A2?0.50, wherein: A1=?100%??85%; A2=?100%??60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Benjamin Rousseau, Melanie Heslouis, Sebastien Fricker, Nacer Lakhchaf, Guilhem Escalier, Thierry Bonnin, Isabelle Poulain, Valerie Jolivet, Juliette Wierzbicki
  • Patent number: 10653312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining at least one visual behavior parameter of a person. The method includes the following steps: a step of encouraging the person to perform a visual test during which he observes at least one target position, a step of measuring an item of data that is representative of at least one viewing direction of the person during the visual test, a step of determining a reference viewing direction on the basis of the representative data measured, and a step of positioning, relative to the reference viewing direction, at least one measured target position that is determined, in a reference marker associated with the head of the person, on the basis of the data that is representative of the viewing direction of the person measured during the visual test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Guilhem Escalier, Isabelle Poulain, Amandine Debieuvre, Damien Paille, Delphine Tranvouez-Bernardin, Konogan Baranton, Benjamin Rousseau
  • Publication number: 20200069172
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Jean-Luc PERRIN, Guilhem ESCALIER, Isabelle POULAIN, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Cécile PETIGNAUD, Gildas MARIN
  • Publication number: 20200018991
    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 IN 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: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Konogan BARANTON, Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Bruno FERMIGIER, Isabelle POULAIN, Delphine TRANVOUEZ-BERNARDIN
  • Publication number: 20190204620
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a progressive ophthalmic device for personalised visual compensation for an individual, according to which the following steps are performed: a) in a first data acquisition phase, determining at least at a first time preceding the appearance of the presbyopia of this individual, at least one value of at least one individual parameter of said individual, and recording each value of the individual parameter of the wearer in a database, in correlation with an associated temporal indicator, b) in a second determination step of the progressive ophthalmic device for personalised visual compensation, determining a desired value of at least one geometric or optical parameter of said progressive ophthalmic device for visual compensation, taking account of said at least one value of the individual parameter determined in step a) and the associated temporal indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Thierry BONNIN, Delphine TRANVOUEZ-BERNARDIN, Laurent CALIXTE, Isabelle POULAIN
  • Publication number: 20190113770
    Abstract: A method for determining an ophthalmic lens adapted to a wearer, including: providing wearer data including at least an indication of a prescription of the wearer; providing a locomotion scenario including at least an input locomotion parameter and visual environment data indicative of a visual environment, the locomotion parameter including at least movement data indicative of at least translation movements of the wearer's head; providing an output parameter of a locomotion parameter of the wearer or an optical parameter of the ophthalmic lens having an impact on a locomotion parameter of the wearer; determining an ophthalmic lens adapted to the wearer based at least on the wearer data to have the output parameter as close as possible to the target value of the output parameter when carrying out the locomotion scenario using the ophthalmic lens, wherein the output parameter is retinal flow of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Delphine TRANVOUEZ-BERNARDIN, Konogan BARANTON, Isabelle POULAIN, Laurent CALIXTE
  • Patent number: 10234698
    Abstract: A method, implemented by a computer, for determining a lens design of an optical lens adapted to a wearer, the method including: providing a wearer parameter; a lens design determining, during which the lens design of the optical lens adapted to the wearer is determined based at least on the wearer parameters. The wearer parameters include at least optical distortion sensitivity data representative of sensitivity of the wearer to optical distortions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Delphine Tranvouez, Isabelle Poulain, Gildas Marin, Laurent Calixte
  • Publication number: 20180310820
    Abstract: A device for testing visual behavior of a person, including: an active display configured to display at least one visually predominant target in a plurality of positions that are variable over time and that are aligned along at least one line or column, and a unit for controlling the display. The unit is programmed so that consecutive display positions of the target follow, over time, a visual tracking protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Guilhem ESCALIER, Isabelle POULAIN, Benjamin ROUSSEAU
  • Publication number: 20180314078
    Abstract: An ophthalmic progressive addition lens for a presbyopic wearer which has a prescribed far vision mean refractive power a non nil prescribed addition, ADDp, the lens having a far vision reference point, a mean refractive power, PPO(?, ?), a module of resulting astigmatism, ASR(?, ?), a meridian line, ML(?, ?), the (?, ?) functions being determined in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer for gaze directions (?, ?) joining the center of rotation of the eye, CRE, and the lens, wherein ? is a lowering angle in degree and ? is an azimuth angle in degree, and wherein a lens criterion, CRIT, fulfils following requirement: 0.38?CRIT?4.50, where: CRIT=NumeratorCRIT/DenominatorCRIT, NumeratorCRIT=(A1/A2)+(PPO(?FV, ?FV)/(100·ADDp)); A1=?100%??85%; A2=?100%??60%; DenominatorCRIT=[(PeaksMean/ADDp)±(PPO(?FV,?FV)/(8·ADDp))]3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Melanie HESLOUIS, Sebastien FRICKER, Nacer LAKHCHAF, Guilhem ESCALIER, Thierry BONNIN, Isabelle POULAIN, Valerie JOLIVET, Juliette WIERZBICKI
  • Publication number: 20180303336
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining at least one visual behavior parameter of a person. The method includes the following steps: a step of encouraging the person to perform a visual test during which he observes at least one target position, a step of measuring an item of data that is representative of at least one viewing direction of the person during the visual test, a step of determining a reference viewing direction on the basis of the representative data measured, and a step of positioning, relative to the reference viewing direction, at least one measured target position that is determined, in a reference marker associated with the head of the person, on the basis of the data that is representative of the viewing direction of the person measured during the visual test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Guilhem ESCALIER, Isabelle POULAIN, Amandine DEBIEUVRE, Damien PAILLE, Delphine TRANVOUEZ-BERNARDIN, Konogan BARANTON, Benjamin ROUSSEAU
  • Publication number: 20180307059
    Abstract: An ophthalmic progressive addition lens for a myopic or emmetropic presbyopic wearer which has a prescribed far vision mean refractive power and a non nil prescribed addition, ADDp, the lens having a far vision reference point, a mean refractive power, PPO(?, ?), a module of resulting astigmatism, ASR(?, ?), a meridian line, ML(?, ?), the (?, ?) functions being determined in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer for gaze directions (?, ?) joining the center of rotation of the eye, CRE, and the lens, wherein ? is a lowering angle in degree and ? is an azimuth angle in degree, and wherein a lens criterion, A1/A2, fulfils: A1/A2?0.50, wherein: A1=?100%??85%; A2=?100%??60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Melanie HESLOUIS, Sebastien FRICKER, Nacer LAKHCHAF, Guilhem ESCALIER, Thierry BONNIN, Isabelle POULAIN, Valerie JOLIVET, Juliette WIERZBICKI
  • Publication number: 20180299694
    Abstract: A method for determining an optical system of a personalized progressive lens for a given wearer including: a) providing a mean direction of gaze determined for the wearer in a reference frame tied to the head of the wearer; b) determining a target value for at least one optical design parameter as a function of the mean direction of gaze determined in a); c) calculating the optical system of the progressive lens by an optical optimization procedure on the basis of target values, wherein the target value of each optical design parameter as a function of the mean direction of gaze determined in b) is a target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Guilhem ESCALIER, Isabelle POULAIN, Juliette WIERZBICKI, Laurent CALIXTE, Nacer LAKHCHAF, Sarah MARIE, Thierry BONNIN, Valerie JOLIVET