Patents by Inventor Siegfried Wahl
Siegfried Wahl 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).
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Publication number: 20240122467Abstract: A method, a device, and a computer program product for determining a refractive error of an eye of a user are disclosed, as well as a method for producing a spectacle lens. The method for determining includes: displaying an image with a spatial modulation to the user; optionally, recording a reaction of the user to a variation of the spatial modulation over time; detecting a point in time at which a perception threshold of the user is reached; and determining the refractive error of the user from the spatial modulation, wherein the image contains a source image with several picture elements, wherein values for an image parameter are assigned to the picture elements, and wherein the spatial modulation is generated such that the values of the image parameter determine the values of a modulation parameter of the spatial modulation in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Alexander Leube, Torsten Strasser, Arne Ohlendorf, Eberhart Zrenner, Siegfried Wahl
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Patent number: 11944383Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for determining a refractive error of an eye are disclosed. A series of images of light coming from an eye are captured with varying optical powers, and the refractive error is then calculated based directly on the series of images used as approximate point spread functions. The calculation includes determining a modulation transfer area as a function of meridian angle and optical power in an angle range from 0° to 180° based on the series of images, and to calculate the refractive error based on the modulation transfer area as a function of angle and optical power.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Nikolai Suchkov, Alexander Leube, Siegfried Wahl
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Patent number: 11906820Abstract: A spectacle lens for at least one eye of a user, a method for producing a spectacle lens, and a computer program product having executable instructions for performing the method for producing the spectacle lens are disclosed. The spectacle lens has a permanent marking which is or contains a diffractive structure, wherein a diffractive pattern generated by illumination of the diffractive structure is configured to be invisible upon a first kind of illumination and configured to be visible only upon a second kind of illumination. The permanent markings on the spectacle lens are, on one hand, invisible to the user or to a spectator looking at the user wearing the spectacle lens without utilizing specially selected optical aids but, on the other hand, enables continued control of the spectacle lens in front of the eye of the user by an optician or a specifically designated optical sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Katharina Rifai, Siegfried Wahl, Timo Kratzer
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Patent number: 11892366Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a system for determining an optical parameter of an optical lens as well as a related method for producing the optical lens by adjusting the optical parameter are disclosed. The method includes: capturing an image picturing the optical lens by using a camera; and determining an optical parameter of the optical lens by processing the image, wherein the camera generates a signal related to a position of a focus, and the optical parameter of the optical lens is determined by using the signal related to the position of focus. The method and the system allow determining the optical parameter of the optical lens in a direct fashion by applying the signal related to the position of the focus as generated by the camera as a measured value for the optical parameter of the optical lens.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2023Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Alexander Leube, Eric Nehrbass, Siegfried Wahl
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Patent number: 11883098Abstract: A device and a method for determining an ocular aberration of at least one eye of a user are disclosed. The device contains a wavefront sensing unit for measuring at least one optical wavefront with at least one light beam, from which an ocular aberration of the at least one eye of the user is determined. The device further contains at least one diffractive element for generating multiple diffraction orders in the light beam in two meridians in a manner that the multiple diffraction orders are spatially separated on the wavefront sensing unit and in the eye of the user. The device and the method allow generating an ocular defocus map in a one-shot assessment in real-time, especially by employing an automated measurement of the ocular aberrations with regard to different eccentricities of the eye of the user in two meridians.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Nikolai Suchkov, Siegfried Wahl
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Patent number: 11849997Abstract: Apparatuses or methods for determining a refractive error of an eye are disclosed. An intensity of light coming from an eye is measured, using a detector device, through at least two or at least three different apertures of the aperture device. The refractive error is then calculated based on the measured intensities.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Nikolai Suchkov, Alexander Leube, Siegfried Wahl
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Publication number: 20230404395Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program, and a device for determining a visual performance of an eye of a person are disclosed. The method includes displaying to at least one eye of a person a visual stimulus configured to elicit at least one type of eye movement in the at least one eye of the person with at least one screen; tracking the at least one type of eye movements in the at least one eye of the person with at least one eye tracker; determining the visual performance of the at least one eye of the person by using at least one first piece of information about the at least one visual stimulus and at least one second piece of information about an occurrence of the at least one type of eye movements in the at least one eye of the person with at least one processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Siegfried Wahl, Peter Essig, Yannick Sauer, Alexander Leube
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Publication number: 20230380681Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for determining a refractive error of an eye are disclosed. A series of images of light coming from an eye are captured with varying optical powers, and the refractive error is then calculated based directly on the series of images used as approximate point spread functions. The calculation includes determining a modulation transfer area as a function of meridian angle and optical power in an angle range from 0° to 180° based on the series of images, and to calculate the refractive error based on the modulation transfer area as a function of angle and optical power.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Nikolai Suchkov, Alexander Leube, Siegfried Wahl
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Patent number: 11826306Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and a respective computer program with a program code to execute the method. In particular, disclosed is a method for training a preferred retinal locus of fixation (efficient PRL) for a person having an eye with a field of vision comprising an area of partially diminished or entirely degenerated visual acuity. The method includes: a) determining an inefficient retinal region outside the area in the field of vision of the eye of the person and a more efficient retinal region for the specific vision task outside the area in the field of vision of the eye of the person and b) inducing a preferred retinal locus of fixation (efficient PRL) for a vision task outside the inefficient retinal region but in the more efficient retinal region. In addition, the disclosure relates to a device for performing the method.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Katharina Rifai, Siegfried Wahl, Maria Barraza-Bernal
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Patent number: 11809023Abstract: A spectacle lens for at least one eye of a user, a method for producing a spectacle lens, and a computer program product having executable instructions for performing the method for producing the spectacle lens are disclosed. The spectacle lens has a permanent marking which is or contains a diffractive structure, wherein a diffractive pattern generated by illumination of the diffractive structure is configured to be invisible upon a first kind of illumination and configured to be visible only upon a second kind of illumination. The permanent markings on the spectacle lens are, on one hand, invisible to the user or to a spectator looking at the user wearing the spectacle lens without utilizing specially selected optical aids but, on the other hand, enables continued control of the spectacle lens in front of the eye of the user by an optician or a specifically designated optical sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2023Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Katharina Rifai, Siegfried Wahl, Timo Kratzer
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Patent number: 11782293Abstract: A progressive addition lens contains a plurality of microlenses for providing simultaneous myopic defocus. The microlenses are superimposed on a power variation surface of the lens, which includes a designated distance portion in the upper section of the lens adapted for distance vision and a fitting cross; a designated near portion located in the lower section of the lens, the near portion including a near reference point having a near dioptric power adapted for near vision; and a designated intermediate corridor extending between the designated distance portion and near portions. Microlenses are excluded from all areas of the surface located below a notional line extending from nasal to temporal limits of the lens at a vertical coordinate above the near reference point where the vertical coordinate lies at a distance above the near reference point with the distance being in a range between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Saulius Raymond Varnas, Ray Steven Spratt, Timo Kratzer, Gerhard Kelch, Siegfried Wahl
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Publication number: 20230243717Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a system for determining an optical parameter of an optical lens, as well as a related method for producing the optical lens by adjusting the optical parameter are disclosed. The method includes: a) capturing an image picturing the optical lens by using a camera; and b) determining an optical parameter of the optical lens by processing the image, wherein the camera generates a signal related to a position of a focus, and the optical parameter of the optical lens is determined by using the signal related to the position of focus. The method and the system allow determining the optical parameter of the optical lens in a direct fashion by applying the signal related to the position of the focus as generated by the camera as a measured value for the optical parameter of the optical lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Alexander Leube, Eric Nehrbass, Siegfried Wahl
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Publication number: 20230236438Abstract: A spectacle lens for at least one eye of a user, a method for producing a spectacle lens, and a computer program product having executable instructions for performing the method for producing the spectacle lens are disclosed. The spectacle lens has a permanent marking which is or contains a diffractive structure, wherein a diffractive pattern generated by illumination of the diffractive structure is configured to be invisible upon a first kind of illumination and configured to be visible only upon a second kind of illumination. The permanent markings on the spectacle lens are, on one hand, invisible to the user or to a spectator looking at the user wearing the spectacle lens without utilizing specially selected optical aids but, on the other hand, enables continued control of the spectacle lens in front of the eye of the user by an optician or a specifically designated optical sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Katharina Rifai, Siegfried Wahl, Timo Kratzer
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Publication number: 20230210361Abstract: Apparatuses or methods for determining a refractive error of an eye are disclosed. An intensity of light coming from an eye is measured, using a detector device, through at least two or at least three different apertures of the aperture device. The refractive error is then calculated based on the measured intensities.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Nikolai Suchkov, Alexander Leube, Siegfried Wahl
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Publication number: 20230194893Abstract: A spectacle lens for at least one eye of a user, a method for producing a spectacle lens, and a computer program product having executable instructions for performing the method for producing the spectacle lens are disclosed. The spectacle lens has a permanent marking which is or contains a diffractive structure, wherein a diffractive pattern generated by illumination of the diffractive structure is configured to be invisible upon a first kind of illumination and configured to be visible only upon a second kind of illumination. The permanent markings on the spectacle lens are, on one hand, invisible to the user or to a spectator looking at the user wearing the spectacle lens without utilizing specially selected optical aids but, on the other hand, enables continued control of the spectacle lens in front of the eye of the user by an optician or a specifically designated optical sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Katharina Rifai, Siegfried Wahl, Timo Kratzer
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Publication number: 20230181029Abstract: A method, a computer program, and a device for determining at least one astigmatic effect of at least one eye of a person are disclosed, as well as a related method for producing at least one spectacle lens for the at least one eye of the person. The method for determining the astigmatic effect includes: a) displaying an image to an eye of the person, the image including a line with a plurality of sections, wherein an orientation of each section with respect to an optical axis of the image differs from each other, respectively; b) recording a reaction of the person to the image at at least one point in time; and c) determining at least one value for at least one astigmatic effect of at least one eye of the person by evaluating the at least one reaction of the person at the point in time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Alexander Leube, Arne Ohlendorf, Eric Nehrbass, Siegfried Wahl
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Patent number: 11662600Abstract: A device, a method, and a computer program for producing two point light sources of the same wavelength on a pupil plane of an eye of a user are disclosed, as well as a device, a method, and a computer program for determining a neural transfer function of the visual pathway of the user. The device for determining the neural transfer function includes a coherent light source for generating a light beam; an optical device for separating the light beam into sub-light beams, superpositioning the respective sub-light beams, and adjusting contrast and spatial phase in an interference pattern; and a beam path for guiding the superposed sub-light beams such that two point light sources of the same wavelength are produced. The devices are compact and robust, allow a variable presentation of different interference patterns, and can thus be easily operated in a commercial product in a clinical setting.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Alexander Leube, Nikolai Suchkov, Christina Schwarz, Siegfried Wahl
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Publication number: 20230161177Abstract: A progressive addition lens contains a plurality of microlenses for providing simultaneous myopic defocus. The microlenses are superimposed on a power variation surface of the lens, which includes a designated distance portion in the upper section of the lens adapted for distance vision and a fitting cross; a designated near portion located in the lower section of the lens, the near portion including a near reference point having a near dioptric power adapted for near vision; and a designated intermediate corridor extending between the designated distance portion and near portions. Microlenses are excluded from all areas of the surface located below a notional line extending from nasal to temporal limits of the lens at a vertical coordinate above the near reference point where the vertical coordinate lies at a distance above the near reference point with the distance being in a range between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Saulius Raymond Varnas, Ray Steven Spratt, Timo Kratzer, Gerhard Kelch, Siegfried Wahl
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Publication number: 20230131746Abstract: A device and a method for determining an ocular aberration of at least one eye of a user are disclosed. The device contains a wavefront sensing unit for measuring at least one optical wavefront with at least one light beam, from which an ocular aberration of the at least one eye of the user is determined. The device further contains at least one diffractive element for generating multiple diffraction orders in the light beam in two meridians in a manner that the multiple diffraction orders are spatially separated on the wavefront sensing unit and in the eye of the user. The device and the method allow generating an ocular defocus map in a one-shot assessment in real-time, especially by employing an automated measurement of the ocular aberrations with regard to different eccentricities of the eye of the user in two meridians.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Nikolai Suchkov, Siegfried Wahl
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Publication number: 20230090748Abstract: A device, a method, and a computer program for producing two point light sources of the same wavelength on a pupil plane of an eye of a user are disclosed, as well as a device, a method, and a computer program for determining a neural transfer function of the visual pathway of the user. The device for determining the neural transfer function includes a coherent light source for generating a light beam; an optical device for separating the light beam into sub-light beams, superpositioning the respective sub-light beams, and adjusting contrast and spatial phase in an interference pattern; and a beam path for guiding the superposed sub-light beams such that two point light sources of the same wavelength are produced. The devices are compact and robust, allow a variable presentation of different interference patterns, and can thus be easily operated in a commercial product in a clinical setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Alexander Leube, Nikolai Suchkov, Christina Schwarz, Siegfried Wahl