Patents by Inventor Samuel Henri Bucourt

Samuel Henri Bucourt 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: 7255442
    Abstract: Device for measuring aberrations in an eye includes, an illumination path with an illumination diaphragm and a test path, imaging member and elements for positioning the eye in relation to the imaging member, a stray reflection filter element, which is centered on the measurement axis of the imaging member, and elements for the optical conjugation of the pupil of the eye with the plane of the illumination diaphragm and the test plane. The illumination beam path converges at the center of the filtration element. The filtration element, the illumination path, the test path and the conjugation elements are all interdependent and positioned on a platform that can move in relation to the imaging member along the axis. The illumination diaphragm is off-center in relation to the axis such that stray light flux reflected by the imaging member is deflected from the test path by filtration element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Imagine Eyes
    Inventors: Samuel Henri Bucourt, Jean-Frances Xavier Levecq
  • Publication number: 20040189941
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring aberrations in an eye-type system comprising, in particular, an illumination path (VE) with an illumination diaphragm (APT) and a test path (VA), imaging means (L1) and means of positioning the eye (VI) in relation to said imaging means. The inventive device also comprises a stray reflection filtration element (FLT), which is centred on the measurement axis (z) of the imaging means, and means for the optical conjugation (L2, L3) of the pupil of the eye with the plane of the illumination diaphragm and the test plane. According to the invention, the illumination beam path converges at the centre of the filtration element (FLT). The filtration element, the illumination path, the test path and the conjugation means are all interdependent and positioned on a platform (PTF1) that can move in relation to the imaging means (L1) along axis z.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Samuel Henri Bucourt, Xavier Jean-Francois Levecq
  • Patent number: 6750957
    Abstract: A device for the analysis of an optical wavefront includes an array (ML) of microlenses (Li), and signal processing elements. Each mircolens (Li) defines a subaperature (Spi), and focuses an elementary surface of the wavefront, intercepted by the subaperature, for forming a spot (Ti) on the detector. For each subaperature (Spi), a zone (Zi) of assumed localization of the spot is defined. The processing unit makes it possible to establish a measurement file associating to each subaperature the position of this spot. The structure of the array (ML) presents one or several local variations. By comparing the contribution of these local variations taken from the measurement file, with their contribution taken from a reference file, the displacement between the subaperature from which a detected spot is derived and the subaperature that defines the zone of assumed localization wherein the spot is located is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Imagine Optic
    Inventors: Xavier Jean-Francois Levecq, Samuel Henri Bucourt