Patents by Inventor Roland H. Eberl

Roland H. Eberl 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).

  • Device and Method for Determining the Orientation of an Eye
    Publication number: 20120300978
    Abstract: In a device or a method for determining the direction of vision of an eye, a starting point or a final point of a light beam reflected by a part of the eye and detected by a detector system, or of a light beam projected by a projection system onto or into the eye two-dimensionally, describes a pattern of a scanning movement in the eye. The inventive method uses a displacement device that guides the center of the pattern of movement into the pupil or macula center of the eye, and a determination device that uses the pattern of movement of the scanning movement to determine the pupil center or macula center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: METAIO GMBH
    Inventors: Roland H. Eberl, Heinrich A. Eberl, David Dickerson, Matthias Mayer
  • Device and method for determining the orientation of an eye
    Patent number: 8113657
    Abstract: In a device or a method for determining the direction of vision of an eye, a starting point or a final point of a light beam reflected by a part of the eye and detected by a detector system, or of a light beam projected by a projection system onto or into the eye two-dimensionally, describes a pattern of a scanning movement in the eye. The inventive method uses a displacement device that guides the center of the pattern of movement into the pupil or macula center of the eye, and a determination device that uses the pattern of movement of the scanning movement to determine the pupil center or macula center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Metaio GmbH
    Inventors: Roland H. Eberl, Heinrich A. Eberl, David Dickerson, Matthias Mayer, legal representative