Patents by Inventor Sébastien FRICKER

Sébastien FRICKER 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: 20240115125
    Abstract: A device for evaluating the performance of visual equipment for a wearer. The device includes at least one input adapted to obtain virtual tests to be performed with the equipment, each test including at least one scenario combined with at least one virtual model of the wearer, defining how a visual task including a sequence of fixation points is to be carried out by the model in an environment defined by a description of shapes and positions of elements to be viewed by the model, at least one processor configured for selecting at least one test, based on at least one personalized real or simulated wearer activity profile representing usage of the equipment by the wearer, and evaluating the performance of the equipment with which the selected test is performed by the model by computing for one or more fixation points at least one performance criterion generated for the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Guillaume TATUR, Laurent CALIXTE, Sébastien FRICKER, Bénédicte DELDALLE, Gildas MARIN
  • Publication number: 20240115126
    Abstract: A device for evaluating visual equipment models corresponding to real visual equipments. The device includes at least one input adapted to obtain parameters including a prescription for a given human wearer of any one of the real visual equipments, a set of ophthalmic lenses pre-selected on the basis of those parameters, at least one processor configured, for each pre-selected ophthalmic lens, to obtain a visual equipment model including a virtual ophthalmic lens defined by the same characteristics as the pre-selected ophthalmic lens, obtain a wearer model from the parameters, the visual equipment model cooperating with the wearer model, obtain an environment and visual task model including a sequence of points to be looked at by the wearer model, and evaluate a performance of the visual equipment model worn by the wearer model and combined with the environment and visual task model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Guillaume TATUR, Laurent CALIXTE, Sébastien FRICKER
  • Publication number: 20230393423
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting mis-adaptation of an optical device to a wearer includes processing circuitry configured to receive and store over time head data relative to the head of the wearer when wearing and using the optical device, process the head data based on head data patterns associated with known mis-adaptation of an optical device to the wearer of said optical device, and detect mis-adaptation of the optical device to the wearer by matching the received and stored head data with head data patterns associated with mis-adaptation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aurélie LE CAIN, Konogan BARANTON, Sébastien FRICKER
  • Patent number: 11815744
    Abstract: A method for determining a postural and visual behavior of a person, the method comprising:—a person image receiving step during which a plurality of images of the person are received,—a context determining step during which the plurality of images of the person are analyzed so as to determine context data representative of the context in which the person is on each image of the plurality of images,—an analyzing step during which the plurality of images of the person are analyzed so as to determine at least one oculomotor parameter of the person,—a postural and visual behavior determining step during which a postural and visual behavior of the person is determined based at least on the at least one oculomotor parameter and the context data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aurelie Le Cain, Sebastien Fricker
  • Publication number: 20230314837
    Abstract: A method for determining the adaptation of a myopia control optical lens to a wearer, configured to provide simultaneously to the wearer a refractive optical function based on a prescription for the wearer and a myopia control function, the method includes providing an eye model, a visual environment, a myopia control optical lens model, and a reference frame and positioning the eye model, the myopia control optical lens model and the visual environment in the reference frame. A central vision quality criterion is determined for an object of the visual environment seen by the eye model through the myopia control optical lens. A myopia control efficiency criterion is determined for an object of the visual environment seen by the eye through the myopia control optical lens. The adaptation of the myopia control optical lens is determined based on the central vision quality criterion and the myopia control efficiency criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Samy HAMLAOUI, Alain GOULET, Sébastien FRICKER
  • Publication number: 20230190090
    Abstract: A method for determining at least one optimized visual equipment to be worn by a human wearer includes: obtaining a wearer model as a virtual model of the human wearer; obtaining a model of at least one environment for which the at least one optimized visual equipment is to be determined, the at least one environment comprising tridimensional positions of objects to be viewed by the wearer model; determining at least one evaluation function related to the visual equipment, as a function of at least optical performance of the visual equipment and postural performance of the wearer model in the model of the at least one environment; optimizing the at least one evaluation function, so as to determine the at least one optimized visual equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Guillaume TATUR, Laurent CALIXTE, Sébastien FRICKER
  • Publication number: 20230017742
    Abstract: A method for determining a position variation of an eyewear equipment worn by a wearer includes obtaining reference data representing a reference position of an eyewear equipment worn by the wearer, the eyewear equipment including at least one ophthalmic lens and a frame on which the at least one ophthalmic lens is mounted, determining at least one reference position parameter indicative of a reference position of the eyewear equipment on the face of the wearer based on the reference data, obtaining current data representing a current position of the eyewear equipment worn by the wearer, determining at least one current position parameter indicative of a current position of the eyewear equipment in front of the eyes of the wearer based on the current data, and comparing the reference and current positions parameters to determine a position variation of the eyewear equipment worn by the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Gerhard KELLER, Aurélie LE CAIN, Konogan BARANTON, Sébastien FRICKER
  • Patent number: 11543682
    Abstract: A method for evaluating an ophthalmic lens for a given wearer according to a visual performance parameter includes providing wearer's data for the given wearer. The method further includes providing a visual performance parameter tolerance range for the wearer. The method further includes providing an ophthalmic lens to be evaluated, the ophthalmic lens being characterized by opto-geometrical features. The method further includes computing a value of the visual performance parameter for the lens to be evaluated on the basis of a model. The method further includes evaluating the ophthalmic lens by comparing the computed value of the visual performance parameter with the visual performance parameter tolerance range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Pierre Bercher, Jean-Pierre Chauveau, Gilles Le Saux, Sebastien Fricker, Sebastien Maurice
  • Publication number: 20220373823
    Abstract: A device for determining a head freedom area of an optical lens adapted for a wearer looking at a specific point in a scene through the optical lens comprises at least one input adapted to obtain optical lens data representing the optical features of an optical lens, to obtain wearing data and fitting data representative of the wearing conditions and fitting parameters of the optical lens, and to obtain a specific threshold value for an optical performance criterion; and at least one processor configured for determining the head freedom area that corresponds to the head positions of the wearer that provide optical performances greater than or equal to the specific threshold value when the wearer is wearing the optical lens in given wearing conditions upon given fitting parameters and looking at the specific point in the scene through the optical lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Isabelle POULAIN, Guillaume GIRAUDET, Laurent CALIXTE, Alain GOULET, Sébastien FRICKER
  • Publication number: 20220221740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining at least an optical feature of an ophthalmic lens to be placed in a frame for vision correction of a subject, comprising: a) measuring (100) a value of a fitting parameter linked to the subject and/or the frame or a value of a dioptric parameter of the subject, thanks to a measurement process, b) providing (200) a level of uncertainty of said value measured in step a) depending on said measurement process, c) determining (400; 510; 620; 640) said optical feature of said ophthalmic lens by taking into account said value measured in step a) and said level of uncertainty provided in step b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Benjamin ROUSSEAU, Cyril GUILLOUX, Melanie HESLOUIS, Sebastien FRICKER
  • Publication number: 20220175240
    Abstract: A device for evaluating a performance of a target visual equipment for a visual task includes: at least one input adapted to obtain data) representative as a function of time of measurements of at least one parameter associated with an initial wearer of an initial visual equipment performing the task in a scene, obtain a model of the scene, of a target wearer; at least one processor configured for virtually performing the task with the target equipment by using the scene and target wearer models, and by applying the representative data) as a function of time to the target wearer model; determining, on the basis of the virtual performing, at least one parameter of interest; providing the same, to determine to which extent the target equipment is appropriate for the target wearer, by evaluating the performance of the target equipment as a function of the parameter of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Sébastien FRICKER, Konogan BARANTON, Delphine TRANVOUEZ-BERNARDIN, Cyril GUILLOUX
  • Publication number: 20220146372
    Abstract: This device for evaluating a performance of a visual equipment for at least one wearer of that equipment to perform at least one visual task includes: at least one input adapted to obtain a model of a scene where the task is performed, a model of the task including a sequence of points to be looked at, a model of the wearer including a movable head and at least one rotationally movable eye; at least one processor configured for determining a head posture for at least one of the points so that the model of the wearer looks respectively at that point, determining at least one task-directed performance parameter for the wearer performing the task with the head posture for that point, on the basis of the wearer, scene and task models, providing the task-directed performance parameter for determining to which extent the equipment is appropriate for the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Sébastien FRICKER
  • Publication number: 20220113563
    Abstract: This method for predicting at least one eye gazing parameter of a person wearing visual equipment includes steps of: measuring data of at least two individuals wearing visual equipment, such data including at least head motion parameters and eye gazing parameters of the individuals; measuring head motion parameters of the person in real-life conditions; comparing the head motion parameters of the person with the head motion parameters of the at least two individuals; and predicting the at least one eye gazing parameter of the person at least on the basis of the results of the comparing step and of the eye gazing parameters of the at least two individuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Konogan BARANTON, Aurélie LE CAIN, Sébastien FRICKER
  • Publication number: 20220004027
    Abstract: A progressive ophthalmic lens adapted to a wearer in given wearing conditions having an addition and fulfilling an acuity performance criterion determined by: defining a set of at least three different vision distances including at least a first vision distance greater than or equal to 4 m, a second vision distance greater than or equal to 0.6 m and smaller than or equal to 2 m and a third vision distance smaller than or equal to 0.5 m, each vision distance being associated with an acuity loss threshold value and an acuity area threshold value, providing an acuity model defining acuity loss as a function of lens power and resulting astigmatism, determining of each vision distance using the acuity model the area of gaze directions for which the acuity loss is below the associated acuity loss threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Laurent CALIXTE, Sébastien FRICKER
  • Patent number: 11194175
    Abstract: A method is provided for providing a selection chart of non-prescription ophthalmic lenses. The method comprises providing at least one optical performance parameter threshold (OPPT) associated to an optical performance parameter (OPP); choosing the selection criterion (SC) among the selection criteria of the list consisting of: lens base curve; lens pantoscopic angle; and lens wrap angle; choosing a selection criterion range (SCR) for each of the chosen selection criterion; calculating selection domains (SD) defined by sub-ranges for each of the chosen SC within the SCR so as to determine and associate in each SD a single non-prescription ophthalmic lens with a spherical front surface, a complex back surface and a lens base curve. All the chosen OPPs are equal or less to the OPPT for all values of the SC within the SD associated to the single non-prescription ophthalmic lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Asma Lakhoua, Fabien Muradore, Sebastien Fricker
  • Publication number: 20210271117
    Abstract: Method for determining an ophthalmic equipment, the method comprising: —collecting (S100), for a plurality of reference wearers having worn at least an ophthalmic equipment of the set of predetermined ophthalmic equipments, a first plurality of wearer parameters values, —creating a plurality of reference datasets (S200), each reference dataset comprising a subset of the first plurality of wearer parameters values, each subset of the first plurality of wearer parameters being different for each reference dataset, —for each of the reference datasets, determining, a model intended to be used to determine at least an ophthalmic equipment (S300), —collecting, for a given wearer, a second plurality of wearer parameters (S400), —selecting, as a function of the second plurality of wearer parameters, a model among the models associated to the plurality of reference datasets (S500), —based on the selected model, determining at least an ophthalmic equipment (S600).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aurelie LE CAIN, Sébastien FRICKER, Konogan BARANTON
  • Publication number: 20210271107
    Abstract: A method for determining a component of an ophthalmic equipment, the method including acquiring a set of parameter values relating to the given wearer, processing the acquired set of parameter values to infer a group, the given wearer belonging to the inferred group and the inferred group belongs to a plurality of pre-established groups, the pre-established groups being elaborated based on respective sets of parameter values of a plurality of reference wearers. The method further including determining, based on the inferred group, at least a feature enabling to determine a component of an ophthalmic equipment of the given wearer, and determining a component of an ophthalmic equipment to be used by the wearer based on the at least a determined feature, each set of parameters values of the plurality of reference wearers including parameter values belonging to at least two distinct categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Aurélie LE CAIN, Sébastien FRICKER, Konogan BARANTON
  • Patent number: 11067830
    Abstract: An ophthalmic progressive addition lens for a farsighted and presbyopic wearer having a mean refractive power, PPO(?, ?), a module of resulting astigmatism, ASR(?, ?), an acuity loss value ACU(?, ?), wherein the (?, ?) functions are determined in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer, and a first acuity criterion, AcuityCriterion1 which fulfils following requirement: AcuityCriterion1?44 D2.deg, and wherein: AcuityCriterion1 is defined as a combination of PPO(?, ?), ASR(?, ?), ADDp, and ACU(?, ?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Melanie Heslouis, Benjamin Rousseau, Sebastien Fricker
  • Patent number: 11016310
    Abstract: A method for determining a three dimensional performance of an ophthalmic lens including: calculating a domain in which a condition between a local optical criterion and at a threshold value is fulfilled; determining the three dimensional performance of the ophthalmic lens according to the domain. A method of calculating an ophthalmic lens includes the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Melanie Heslouis, Sebastien Fricker, Cyril Guilloux, Benjamin Rousseau
  • Patent number: 10852563
    Abstract: An ophthalmic progressive addition lens for an emmetropic and presbyopic wearer having a mean refractive power, PPO(?, ?), a module of resulting astigmatism, ASR(?, ?), an acuity loss value ACU(?, ?), wherein the (?, ?) functions are determined in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer, and a first acuity criterion, AcuityCriterion1 which fulfils following requirement: AcuityCriterion1?435 D2.deg2, and wherein: AcuityCriterion1 is defined as a combination of PPO(?, ?), ASR(?, ?), ADDp, and ACU(?, ?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Melanie Heslouis, Benjamin Rousseau, Sebastien Fricker