Patents by Inventor Jeffrey P. Krall
Jeffrey P. Krall 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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Patent number: 11903645Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method to determine a binocular alignment, the method comprising: measuring a disassociated phoria of a first eye and a second eye of a patient at an apparent distance; and determining an accommodative convergence of the first eye and the second eye at the apparent distance using the measured disassociated phoria. In other embodiments, a system to determine a binocular alignment comprises a stereo display, for a projection of images for a first eye and a second eye; an accommodation optics, to modify the projection of the images according to an apparent distance; an eye tracker, to track an orientation of the first eye and the second eye; and a computer, coupled to the stereo display, the accommodation optics and the eye tracker, to manage a determination of the binocular alignment.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Neurolens, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley
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Publication number: 20230414100Abstract: A method to determine a binocular alignment includes measuring a disassociated phoria of a patient at a first simulated distance by presenting fusible images including targets with a first parallax corresponding to the first simulated distance, using a headset stereo display at a screen distance; presenting non-fusible images by presenting the target for a first eye with the first parallax and presenting a disassociated targetless image for a second eye, and measuring the disassociated phoria in response to the presenting of non-fusible images, using an eye tracker of the headset; and determining a vergence of the patient at the first simulated distance by presenting fusible images for the first and second eyes with the first parallax, corrected with the measured disassociated phoria; measuring an associated phoria in response to the presenting of fusible images; and determining the vergence as a combination of the disassociated phoria and the associated phoria.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Neurolens, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Zachary Dios, Ferenc Raksi, Vivek Labhishetty, John Williams Burns Moody, Ronnie Barnard
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Publication number: 20230116898Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method to determine a binocular alignment, the method comprising: measuring a disassociated phoria of a first eye and a second eye of a patient at an apparent distance; and determining an accommodative convergence of the first eye and the second eye at the apparent distance using the measured disassociated phoria. In other embodiments, a system to determine a binocular alignment comprises a stereo display, for a projection of images for a first eye and a second eye; an accommodation optics, to modify the projection of the images according to an apparent distance; an eye tracker, to track an orientation of the first eye and the second eye; and a computer, coupled to the stereo display, the accommodation optics and the eye tracker, to manage a determination of the binocular alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Neurolens, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley
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Patent number: 11589745Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method to determine a binocular alignment, the method comprising: measuring a disassociated phoria of a first eye and a second eye of a patient at an apparent distance; and determining an accommodative convergence of the first eye and the second eye at the apparent distance using the measured disassociated phoria. In other embodiments, a system to determine a binocular alignment comprises a stereo display, for a projection of images for a first eye and a second eye; an accommodation optics, to modify the projection of the images according to an apparent distance; an eye tracker, to track an orientation of the first eye and the second eye; and a computer, coupled to the stereo display, the accommodation optics and the eye tracker, to manage a determination of the binocular alignment.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Neurolens, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley
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Patent number: 11360329Abstract: An eye-strain reducing lens is characterized by an x-y-z coordinate system, and includes a distance-vision region, having a negative distance-vision optical power, configured to refract a light ray, directed by a source at a distance-vision region point at a distance-vision x-distance from a center of the coordinate system, to propagate to an eye-center-representative location; and a near-vision region, having a near-vision optical power that matches the distance-vision optical power within 0.5 D, configured to refract a light ray, directed by the source at a near-vision region point at a near-vision x-distance from the center of the coordinate system, to propagate to an x-z location of the eye-center representative location at a corresponding y height; wherein the near-vision x-distance is smaller than the distance-vision x-distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Neurolens, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley
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Publication number: 20220030406Abstract: A class of prismatic contact lenses includes a first prism zone, having a first prism and a first optical power; and a progressive prism zone, adjacent to the first prism zone, having a progressive prism that varies from the first prism to a second prism. The prismatic contact lens can further comprise a second prism zone, adjacent to the progressive prism zone, having the second prism and a second optical power. Another class of prismatic contact lenses include a first prism zone, having a first prism and a first optical power; a second prism zone, adjacent to the first prism zone, having a second prism and a second optical power; and a sharp transition between the first prism zone and the second prism zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley
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Publication number: 20220007932Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method to determine a binocular alignment, the method comprising: measuring a disassociated phoria of a first eye and a second eye of a patient at an apparent distance; and determining an accommodative convergence of the first eye and the second eye at the apparent distance using the measured disassociated phoria. In other embodiments, a system to determine a binocular alignment comprises a stereo display, for a projection of images for a first eye and a second eye; an accommodation optics, to modify the projection of the images according to an apparent distance; an eye tracker, to track an orientation of the first eye and the second eye; and a computer, coupled to the stereo display, the accommodation optics and the eye tracker, to manage a determination of the binocular alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Neurolens, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley
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Publication number: 20210169322Abstract: A system to determine a binocular alignment, comprises a first optical unit, including a first display, to display images for a first eye, actuatable along a longitudinal direction according to a simulated distance and an optical power of the first eye, and a first eye tracker assembly, to track a gaze direction of the first eye, adjustable in a horizontal lateral direction to accommodate a pupillary distance of the first eye; and a second optical unit, including a second display, to display images for a second eye, actuatable along the longitudinal direction according to a simulated distance and an optical power of the second eye, and a second eye tracker assembly, to track a gaze direction of the second eye, adjustable in the horizontal lateral direction to accommodate a pupillary distance of the second eye; and a computer, to determine the binocular alignment based on the gaze directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Neurolens, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Ronnie Barnard, Zachary Dios, Thomas Henry Holt, Vivek Labhishetty, Ali Jiong-Fung Lee, Ferenc Raksi, Jason Robert Ryan
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Publication number: 20210085173Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method to determine a binocular alignment, the method comprising: measuring a disassociated phoria of a first eye and a second eye of a patient at an apparent distance; and determining an accommodative convergence of the first eye and the second eye at the apparent distance using the measured disassociated phoria. In other embodiments, a system to determine a binocular alignment comprises a stereo display, for a projection of images for a first eye and a second eye; an accommodation optics, to modify the projection of the images according to an apparent distance; an eye tracker, to track an orientation of the first eye and the second eye; and a computer, coupled to the stereo display, the accommodation optics and the eye tracker, to manage a determination of the binocular alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: eyeBrain Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley
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Patent number: 10921614Abstract: A convergence-reducing lens, wherein a central normal of the convergence-reducing lens defines a z-axis, and a center of the convergence-reducing lens defines a tangential, centered x-y plane, together defining a coordinate system, the convergence-reducing lens comprising a distance-vision region, having a negative distance-vision optical power, to refract a light ray, directed parallel to the z-axis at a distance-vision region point at an x-distance from a y-z plane of the coordinate system, so that its extension intersects the y-z plane at a distance-vision intersection z-distance; and a near-vision region, having a near-vision optical power that matches the distance-vision optical power within 0.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Neurolens, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Gergely T. Zimanyi
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Patent number: 10908434Abstract: A convergence-reducing lens, wherein a central normal defines a z-axis, and a central region defines an x-y plane, together defining an x-y-z coordinate system, the convergence-reducing lens comprising a distance-vision region with a negative distance-vision optical power, having a distance-vision front surface with a center of distance-vision front curvature, and a distance-vision rear surface with a center of distance-vision rear curvature; and a near-vision region with an optical power within 0.Type: GrantFiled: January 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Neurolens, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Gergely T. Zimanyi
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Patent number: 10420467Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method to determine a binocular alignment, the method comprising: measuring a disassociated phoria of a first eye and a second eye of a patient at an apparent distance; and determining an accommodative convergence of the first eye and the second eye at the apparent distance using the measured disassociated phoria. In other embodiments, a system to determine a binocular alignment comprises a stereo display, for a projection of images for a first eye and a second eye; an accommodation optics, to modify the projection of the images according to an apparent distance; an eye tracker, to track an orientation of the first eye and the second eye; and a computer, coupled to the stereo display, the accommodation optics and the eye tracker, to manage a determination of the binocular alignment.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: eyeBrain Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley
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Publication number: 20190204619Abstract: An eye-strain reducing lens is characterized by an x-y-z coordinate system, and includes a distance-vision region, having a negative distance-vision optical power, configured to refract a light ray, directed by a source at a distance-vision region point at a distance-vision x-distance from a center of the coordinate system, to propagate to an eye-center-representative location; and a near-vision region, having a near-vision optical power that matches the distance-vision optical power within 0.5 D, configured to refract a light ray, directed by the source at a near-vision region point at a near-vision x-distance from the center of the coordinate system, to propagate to an x-z location of the eye-center representative location at a corresponding y height; wherein the near-vision x-distance is smaller than the distance-vision x-distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: eyeBrain Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Gergely T. Zimanyi
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Publication number: 20190204622Abstract: A convergence-reducing lens, wherein a central normal of the convergence-reducing lens defines a z-axis, and a center of the convergence-reducing lens defines a tangential, centered x-y plane, together defining a coordinate system, the convergence-reducing lens comprising a distance-vision region, having a negative distance-vision optical power, to refract a light ray, directed parallel to the z-axis at a distance-vision region point at an x-distance from a y-z plane of the coordinate system, so that its extension intersects the y-z plane at a distance-vision intersection z-distance; and a near-vision region, having a near-vision optical power that matches the distance-vision optical power within 0.5D.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: eyeBrain Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Gergely T. Zimanyi
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Publication number: 20190204623Abstract: A convergence-reducing lens, wherein a central normal defines a z-axis, and a central region defines an x-y plane, together defining an x-y-z coordinate system, the convergence-reducing lens comprising a distance-vision region with a negative distance-vision optical power, having a distance-vision front surface with a center of distance-vision front curvature, and a distance-vision rear surface with a center of distance-vision rear curvature; and a near-vision region with an optical power within 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 1, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: eyeBrain Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Gergely T. Zimanyi
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Patent number: 10338409Abstract: An off-axis curvature center lens is characterized by an x-y-z coordinate system of the convergence-reducing lens, the off-axis curvature lens comprising a distance-vision region with a non-negative distance-vision optical power, having a front distance-vision surface with a center of front distance-vision curvature, and a rear distance-vision surface with a center of rear distance-vision curvature; and a near-vision region with an optical power within 0.5D of the distance-vision optical power, having a front near-vision surface with a center of front near-vision curvature, and a rear near-vision surface with a center of rear near-vision curvature; wherein at least one of an x-coordinate of the center of front near-vision curvature is nasal relative to an x-coordinate of the center of front distance-vision curvature, and an x-coordinate of the center of rear near-vision curvature is temporal relative to an x-coordinate of the center of rear distance-vision curvature.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: eyeBrain Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Gergely T. Zimanyi
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Publication number: 20190069777Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method to determine a binocular alignment, the method comprising: measuring a disassociated phoria of a first eye and a second eye of a patient at an apparent distance; and determining an accommodative convergence of the first eye and the second eye at the apparent distance using the measured disassociated phoria. In other embodiments, a system to determine a binocular alignment comprises a stereo display, for a projection of images for a first eye and a second eye; an accommodation optics, to modify the projection of the images according to an apparent distance; an eye tracker, to track an orientation of the first eye and the second eye; and a computer, coupled to the stereo display, the accommodation optics and the eye tracker, to manage a determination of the binocular alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: eyeBrain Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley
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Patent number: 10048511Abstract: An eye-strain reducing lens is characterized by an x-y-z coordinate system, and includes a distance-vision region, baying a non-negative distance-vision optical power, configured to refract a light ray, directed by a source at a distance-vision region point at a distance-vision x-distance from a center of the coordinate system, to propagate to an eye-center-representative location; and a near-vision region, having a near-vision optical power that matches the distance-vision optical point within 0.5 D, configured to refract a light ray, directed by the source at a near-vision region point at a near-vision x-distance from the center of the coordinate system, to propagate to the same eye-center representative location; wherein the near-vision x-distance is smaller than the distance -vision x-distance.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: eyeBrain, Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Gergely T. Zimanyi
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Patent number: 10048512Abstract: A convergence-reducing lens of a low-convergence spectacle is characterized by a central normal of the convergence-reducing lens that defines a z-axis, and a center of the convergence-reducing lens defines a tangential, centered x-y plane, together defining an x-y-z coordinate system, the convergence-reducing lens comprising a distance-vision region, having a non-negative distance-vision optical power, configured to refract a light ray, directed parallel to the z-axis at a distance-vision region point at an x-distance from a y-z plane of the coordinate system, to intersect the y-z-plane at a distance-vision intersection z-distance; and a near-vision region, having a near-vision optical power that matches the distance-vision optical power within 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: eyeBrain, Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Gergely T. Zimanyi
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Publication number: 20180196281Abstract: A class of prismatic contact lenses includes a first prism zone, having a first prism and a first optical power; and a progressive prism zone, adjacent to the first prism zone, having a progressive prism that varies from the first prism to a second prism. The prismatic contact lens can further comprise a second prism zone, adjacent to the progressive prism zone, having the second prism and a second optical power. Another class of prismatic contact lenses include a first prism zone, having a first prism and a first optical power; a second prism zone, adjacent to the first prism zone, having a second prism and a second optical power; and a sharp transition between the first prism zone and the second prism zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: eyeBrain Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Krall, Aric Plumley, Gergely T. Zimanyi