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: 9974435
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERAL D'OPTIQUE)
    Inventors: Ahmed Haddadi, Marie-Anne Berthezene, Isabelle Poulain, Cecile Petignaud, Loic Levraud, Sebastien Gayat, Fabien Divo, Benjamin Rousseau
  • Publication number: 20170299888
    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: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)
    Inventors: Delphine TRANVOUEZ, Isabelle POULAIN, Gildas MARIN, Laurent CALIXTE
  • Patent number: 9703122
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)
    Inventors: Ahmed Haddadi, Marie-Anne Berthezene, Isabelle Poulain, Cecile Petignaud, Loic Levraud, Sebastien Gayat, Fabien Divo, Benjamin Rousseau
  • Publication number: 20160353985
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Ahmed HADDADI, Marie-Anne BERTHEZENE, Isabelle POULAIN, Cecile PETIGNAUD, Loic LEVRAUD, Sebastien GAYAT, Fabien DIVO, Benjamin ROUSSEAU
  • Publication number: 20160124249
    Abstract: A method for determining at least one value of a customisation 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 centre (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 centre (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 customisation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Ahmed HADDADI, Marie-Anne BERTHEZENE, Isabelle POULAIN, Cecile PETIGNAUD, Loic LEVRAUD, Sebastien GAYAT, Fabien DIVO, Beanjamin ROUSSEAU
  • Patent number: 9307899
    Abstract: A process for determining a pair of personalized progressive ophthalmic lenses. and a computer program product associated to these processes. Right-handed persons and left-handed persons behave very differently when executing certain near vision tasks, such as writing on a sheet of paper. However, current lens designs do not take into account these behavior differences. The comfort of wearing a pair of ophthalmic lenses can be improved for the wearer for whom the lenses are intended by adapting his near vision according to his handedness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)
    Inventors: Damien Paille, Benjamin Rousseau, Aude Contet, Isabelle Poulain, Stéphanie Vialet, Farid Karioty
  • Publication number: 20150103312
    Abstract: A process for determining a pair of personalized progressive ophthalmic lenses. and a computer program product associated to these processes. Right-handed persons and left-handed persons behave very differently when executing certain near vision tasks, such as writing on a sheet of paper. However, current lens designs do not take into account these behaviour differences. The comfort of wearing a pair of ophthalmic lenses can be improved for the wearer for whom the lenses are intended by adapting his near vision according to his handedness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Damien Paille, Benjamin Rousseau, Aude Contet, Isabelle Poulain, Stéphanie Vialet, Farid Karioty
  • Patent number: 8646909
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an ophthalmic lens for a person (i.sub.1, i.sub.2, i.sub.3) to wear said lens, comprising the following steps: i) determination of the size (T.sub.1, T.sub.2, T.sub.3) or height of the eyes (H.sub.1, H.sub.2, H.sub.3) of the person to wear the lens; and ii) calculation of at least one characteristic of the ophthalmic lens according to the size (T.sub.1, T.sub.2, T.sub.3) or the height of the eyes (H.sub.1, H.sub.2, H.sub.3) of the person to wear the lens. The ophthalmic lens can be progressive strength or unifocal. The invention also relates to an optimization method and a method for producing an ophthalmic lens implementing such a definition method. The invention further relates to a set of lenses having at least one characteristic that depends on the size and the height of the eyes of the person to wear the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Cyril Guilloux, Soazic Mousset, Isabelle Poulain
  • Patent number: 8632177
    Abstract: A method for determining the value of the inset of a progressive addition lens according to a wearer comprising the steps of: providing convergence data, determining from the convergence data the inset of the progressive addition lens considering at least the convergence data and the prismatic effect of the progressive addition lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique)
    Inventors: Cyril Guilloux, Isabelle Poulain, Soazic Mousset, Aude Contet
  • Publication number: 20140016090
    Abstract: A device and process for determining the dominant eye of a patient (10), wherein the device includes a target (120), a camera (110) for acquiring an image of the patient's face, and a mask (200) to be positioned in front of the patient's face. The mask includes; a closure face (210) suitable for hiding the target from the patient while enabling the camera to see the patient's face, and a viewing window (220) for the patient to view the target and which is located through the closure face in order to enable the patient to view the target with only one of his two eyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Thierry Bonnin, Fabien Divo, Cecile Petignaud, Isabelle Poulain, Philippe Pinault, Laurent Roussel
  • Patent number: 8579436
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens including: a prescription control point (P); an upper area having, relative to the point (P), and average-power continuous variation ?PuiSup that is monotonous between the point (P) and the point (Psup) (maximum variation point in absolute value) where the signed value of the variation ?PuiSupMax=Pui(Psup)?Pui(P) is between ?0.1 and ?0.4 dioptres; a lower area having, relative to the point (P), an average power continuous variation ?Puinf that is monotonous between the point (P) and the point (Pinf) (maximum variation point in absolute value) where the signed value of the variation ?PuiinfMax=Pui(Pinf)?Pui(P) is between +0.1 and +0.4 dioptres; the average power gradient being lower than 4.10?2×?Puitotal, where ?Puitotal=|?PuisupMax|+?PuiInfMax. Such a lens advantageously takes the accommodative dynamics of the eye into account and increases the visual comfort of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Laurent Calixte, Cyril Guilloux, Isabelle Poulain
  • Publication number: 20120268713
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an ophthalmic lens for a person (i1, i2, i3) to wear said lens, comprising the following steps: i) determination of the size (T1, T2, T3) or height of the eyes (H1, H2, H3) of the person to wear the lens; and ii) calculation of at least one characteristic of the ophthalmic lens according to the size (T1, T2, T3) or the height of the eyes (H1, H2, H3) of the person to wear the lens. The ophthalmic lens can be progressive strength or unifocal. The invention also relates to an optimisation method and a method for producing an ophthalmic lens implementing such a definition method. The invention further relates to a set of lenses having at least one characteristic that depends on the size and the height of the eyes of the person to wear the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optiqu
    Inventors: Cyril Guilloux, Soazic Mousset, Isabelle Poulain
  • Publication number: 20120176583
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens (1) for a given wearer (2), intended to be worn in an eyeglass frame, comprising: a prescription control point P corresponding to a downward gaze ?P of between ?10° and +25° and a lateral gaze displacement ?P of between ?10° and +10°; an upper area (11) defined by downward gaze values, ?, for the wearer (2), of between ?P?30° and ?P, along a downward gaze path, and by lateral gaze displacement values, ?, for the wearer (2), of between ?P?30° and ?P+30°, parallel to a lateral gaze displacement axis, a lower area (12) defined by downward gaze values, ?, for the wearer (2), of between ?P and ?P+30°, along a downward gaze path, and by lateral gaze displacement values, ?, for the wearer (2), of between ?P?30° and ?P+30°, parallel to a lateral gaze displacement axis; wherein: the power of the lens at point P is substantially equal to the prescription of the wearer, the upper area has, relative to the point P, along the downward gaze path, a continuous average power variation ?PuiSup, monotonic be
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique)
    Inventors: Laurent Calixte, Cyril Guilloux, Isabelle Poulain
  • Patent number: 8061838
    Abstract: A progressive lens for ophthalmic spectacles has an additional zone for intermediate vision. This additional zone is located beneath a near-vision zone. It enables objects located at a distance of between 1.0 and 1.5 meters, in a direction inclined at about 35 degrees to a line of sight passing through a cross mark (CM) on the lens, to be seen clearly. To achieve this, the optical power progression between a far-vision point (FV) and a near-vision point (NV) of said lens has a power-increase threshold which is located approximately at the cross mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Essilor International (compagnie Generale d'optique)
    Inventors: Guillaume Giraudet, Isabelle Poulain
  • Publication number: 20110184830
    Abstract: A method for determining the value of the inset of a progressive addition lens according to a wearer comprising the steps of: providing convergence data, determining from the convergence data the inset of the progressive addition lens considering at least the convergence data and the prismatic effect of the progressive addition lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique)
    Inventors: Cyril Guilloux, Isabelle Poulain, Soazic Mousset, Aude Contet
  • Publication number: 20100283963
    Abstract: A progressive lens for ophthalmic spectacles has an additional zone for intermediate vision. This additional zone is located beneath a near-vision zone. It enables objects located at a distance of between 1.0 and 1.5 meters, in a direction inclined at about 35 degrees to a line of sight passing through a cross mark (CM) on the lens, to be seen clearly. To achieve this, the optical power progression between a far-vision point (FV) and a near-vision point (NV) of said lens has a power-increase threshold which is located approximately at the cross mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Essilor International (compagnie Generale D' optique)
    Inventors: Guillaume Giraudet, Isabelle Poulain
  • Patent number: 7216977
    Abstract: The lens presents horizontal prismatic refractive power that varies progressively along the main progression meridian (MM?) with the addition of horizontal prismatic power being greater than 2 prismatic diopters in absolute value, this addition of horizontal prismatic power being defined by the difference between the horizontal prismatic refractive power at the reference point (L) of the far vision zone and the horizontal prismatic refractive power at the projection point (P?) of the reference point (P) of the near vision zone (VP) on the vertical line passing through the reference point (L) of the far vision zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d' O{circumflex over (p)}tique)
    Inventors: Isabelle Poulain, Björn Drobe, Clotilde Haro, Pascal Allione, Francoise Ahsbahs
  • Publication number: 20060139571
    Abstract: The lens presents horizontal prismatic refractive power that varies progressively along the main progression meridian (MM?) with the addition of horizontal prismatic power being greater than 2 prismatic diopters in absolute value, this addition of horizontal prismatic power being defined by the difference between the horizontal prismatic refractive power at the reference point (L) of the far vision zone and the horizontal prismatic refractive power at the projection point (P?) of the reference point (P) of the near vision zone (VP) on the vertical line passing through the reference point (L) of the far vision zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique)
    Inventors: Isabelle Poulain, Bjorn Drobe, Clotilde Haro, Pascal Allione, Francoise Ahsbahs
  • Patent number: 6325508
    Abstract: There is provided a spectacle frame 1, having a least one corrective lens the characteristics of which do not vary over time and having telemetry means 5 which set off an alarm 9, 10 when the distance measured by the telemetry means is less than a predetermined preference distance. This reference distance can for example be set at between 20 and 50 cm depending on the spectacle wearer. A kit is also provided comprising a frame, telemetry means and an alarm. The spectacle frame can be prescribed for slowing down the evolution of acquired myopia in children who are starting to acquire myopia; here, the spectacle frame is provided with progressive multifocal lenses. The telemetry means and alarm incite the child to respect a sufficient working distance for close vision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Bruno Decreton, Thierry Bonnin, Bjorn Drobe, Isabelle Poulain, Gilles le Saux, Francoise Ahsbahs