Patents by Inventor Richard Allen Mowrey

Richard Allen Mowrey 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: 20210161378
    Abstract: A photorefraction ocular screening device for assessing vision and corresponding disorders associated with the human ocular system is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides for a photorefraction ocular screening device employing advanced methods of pupil detection and refractive error analysis. The photorefraction ocular screening device is comprised of an LED arrangement configured with a plurality of irradiation sources serving as visual stimuli, wherein the visual stimuli may be presented in varying illumination patterns to the pupils of an examinee for expanding the range of ocular responses that can be used to determine refractive error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Allen Mowrey, Martin Edson Rivers, Rejean Joseph Yvon Bruno Munger
  • Patent number: 10949969
    Abstract: A digital imaging system processes digital images of a subject's fundus and/or pupils to determine pupil edge region pixels. Pupil edge region pixels are removed and a glint area is identified and interpolated over. Resulting images can be processed to determine a pixel intensity distribution slope. Using the pixel intensity distribution slope, refractive error determinations can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: William Niall Creedon, Eric Joseph Laurin, Richard Allen Mowrey
  • Patent number: 10713483
    Abstract: A digital imaging system processes digital images of a subject's fundus and/or pupils to determine a pupil edge. Two regions of a digital image are evaluated to determine a threshold value. Typically, the two regions are selected such that each region would usually not include artifacts. The threshold value can then be used to identify a pupil-iris threshold in the digital image. Based on the pupil-iris threshold, pupil edges are identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: William Niall Creedon, Eric Joseph Laurin, Richard Allen Mowrey
  • Publication number: 20190294858
    Abstract: A digital imaging system processes digital images of a subject's fundus and/or pupils to determine a pupil edge. Two regions of a digital image are evaluated to determine a threshold value. Typically, the two regions are selected such that each region would usually not include artifacts. The threshold value can then be used to identify a pupil-iris threshold in the digital image. Based on the pupil-iris threshold, pupil edges are identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: William Niall Creedon, Eric Joseph Laurin, Richard Allen Mowrey
  • Publication number: 20170027440
    Abstract: A photorefraction ocular screening device for assessing vision and corresponding disorders associated with the human ocular system is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides for a photorefraction ocular screening device employing advanced methods of pupil detection and refractive error analysis. The photorefraction ocular screening device is comprised of an LED arrangement configured with a plurality of irradiation sources serving as visual stimuli, wherein the visual stimuli may be presented in varying illumination patterns to the pupils of an examinee for expanding the range of ocular responses that can be used to determine refractive error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Allen Mowrey, Martin Edson Rivers, Rejean Joseph Yvon Bruno Munger
  • Patent number: 9408535
    Abstract: A photorefraction ocular screening device for assessing vision and corresponding disorders associated with the human ocular system is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides for a photorefraction ocular screening device employing advanced methods of pupil detection and refractive error analysis. The photorefraction ocular screening device is comprised of an LED arrangement configured with a plurality of irradiation sources serving as visual stimuli, wherein the visual stimuli may be presented in varying illumination patterns to the pupils of an examinee for expanding the range of ocular responses that can be used to determine refractive error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Allen Mowrey, Martin Edson Rivers, Rejean Joseph Yvon Bruno Munger
  • Patent number: 9402538
    Abstract: A photorefraction ocular screening device for assessing vision and corresponding disorders associated with the human ocular system is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides for a photorefraction ocular screening device employing advanced methods of pupil detection and refractive error analysis. The photorefraction ocular screening device is comprised of an LED arrangement configured with a plurality of irradiation sources serving as visual stimuli, wherein the visual stimuli may be presented in varying illumination patterns to the pupils of an examinee for expanding the range of ocular responses that can be used to determine refractive error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Allen Mowrey, Martin Edson Rivers, Rejean Joseph Yvon Bruno Munger
  • Publication number: 20160089021
    Abstract: A photorefraction ocular screening device for assessing vision and corresponding disorders associated with the human ocular system is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides for a photorefraction ocular screening device employing advanced methods of pupil detection and refractive error analysis. The photorefraction ocular screening device is comprised of an LED arrangement configured with a plurality of irradiation sources serving as visual stimuli, wherein the visual stimuli may be presented in varying illumination patterns to the pupils of an examinee for expanding the range of ocular responses that can be used to determine refractive error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Allen Mowrey, Martin Edson Rivers, Rejean Joseph Yvon Bruno Munger
  • Publication number: 20160081543
    Abstract: A photorefraction ocular screening device for assessing vision and corresponding disorders associated with the human ocular system is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides for a photorefraction ocular screening device employing advanced methods of pupil detection and refractive error analysis. The photorefraction ocular screening device is comprised of an LED arrangement configured with a plurality of irradiation sources serving as visual stimuli, wherein the visual stimuli may be presented in varying illumination patterns to the pupils of an examinee for expanding the range of ocular responses that can be used to determine refractive error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Allen Mowrey, Martin Edson Rivers, Rejean Joseph Yvon Bruno Munger
  • Patent number: 9237846
    Abstract: A photorefraction ocular screening device for assessing vision and corresponding disorders associated with the human ocular system is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides for a photorefraction ocular screening device employing advanced methods of pupil detection and refractive error analysis. The photorefraction ocular screening device is comprised of an LED arrangement configured with a plurality of irradiation sources serving as visual stimuli, wherein the visual stimuli may be presented in varying illumination patterns to the pupils of an examinee for expanding the range of ocular responses that can be used to determine refractive error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Allen Mowrey, Martin Edson Rivers, Rejean Joseph Yvon Bruno Munger
  • Publication number: 20120212598
    Abstract: A photorefraction ocular screening device for assessing vision and corresponding disorders associated with the human ocular system is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides for a photorefraction ocular screening device employing advanced methods of pupil detection and refractive error analysis. The photorefraction ocular screening device is comprised of an LED arrangement configured with a plurality of irradiation sources serving as visual stimuli, wherein the visual stimuli may be presented in varying illumination patterns to the pupils of an examinee for expanding the range of ocular responses that can be used to determine refractive error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Allen Mowrey, Martin Edson Rivers, Rejean Joseph Yvon Bruno Munger