Patents by Inventor Larry Spitzberg

Larry Spitzberg 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: 3981589
    Abstract: A device for automatically measuring the spherical power, cylindrical axis and power and prism of an ophthalmic lense, with each determined independently of each other without a servo system. At least two LEDs act as point-sources of light, as Scheiner apertures. The light from the LEDs pass through an objective lense, thence through a selectively translatable aperture target, and then pass through a collimating lense. The LED rays then pass through the lens under study, and the target images are focused by a telescope objective lens onto a light sensitive detector. The detector which is selectively rotatable in concert with the LEDs is partitioned into Cartesian quadrants. Rotation of the detector and LEDs until the target images fall on the major detector axis discloses the axis of the cylinder of the lens being measured independent of lens power. Translation of the target until the target images maximally coincide reveals the power of the lens in its principal meridian.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1976
    Assignee: Optical Sciences Group
    Inventor: Larry Spitzberg