Patents by Inventor Stéphane Boutinon

Stéphane Boutinon 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: 20230309817
    Abstract: A phoropter for testing an individual's eyes when observing a target, the phoropter including two optical units for the two eyes of the individual, each having an entry on the target side, an exit aperture on the individual's side, and an optical system for providing different vision correction powers to the corresponding eye of the individual, moving means adapted to adjust the relative position of the two optical units, a partially reflecting mirror situated between the optical units and the target, an image acquiring device directed toward the partially reflecting mirror so as to acquire images of the eyes of the individual looking at the target through the two optical units, and an image displaying device suitable to display the acquired images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Léonard HARTMANN, Stéphane BOUTINON, Bernard BRECHEMIER, Arnaud MESNIER
  • Publication number: 20230255474
    Abstract: A method for evaluating the visual acuity of a person using a mobile device having at least a front camera and a screen, the method including a user positioning step during which the user of a mobile device positions himself in front of a mirror at a predefined distance d/2, a mobile device positioning step during which the mobile device is positioned with the front camera of the mobile device facing the mirror, a distance measuring step during which a distance d between the front camera of the mobile device and a virtual image of the mobile device in the mirror is measured, a displaying step during which the screen of the mobile device displays optotypes, and an evaluation step during which the visual acuity of the user is evaluated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Stéphane BOUTINON, Marius PELOUX, Marion SWITAL, Philippe PINAULT, Marie-Virginie BERBET
  • Publication number: 20230190093
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an ophthalmic lens intended to be worn by an individual, said ophthalmic lens being adapted to provide to the individual a vision correction at at least one given vision gaze direction, said vision correction being based on wearer data including prescription data of the individual, wherein the method comprises the steps of: determining a parameter pertaining to the accommodative dynamics of an eye of the individual, determining said ophthalmic lens based on said wearer data and on the parameter pertaining to the accommodative dynamics of an eye of the individual. The invention also relates to a device for determining the parameter pertaining to the accommodative dynamics of an eye of an individual in the method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Guillaume GIRAUDET, Marius PELOUX, Philippe PINAULT, Stéphane BOUTINON
  • Publication number: 20230057657
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for displaying a sharp image on a retina of an eye of the person, the person having a prescription for the eye of the person, the method comprising: providing at least one optical parameter relative to the prescription for the eye of the person; providing a plurality of initial sub-images, each initial sub-image corresponding to at least a part of the image to be displayed; providing a plurality of light beams configured to be focused substantially in the plane of a pupil of the eye at a plurality of corresponding different positions, each light beam being configured to carry an associated sub-image; for each sub-image, adapting the sub-image based on the at least one provided optical parameter and on the corresponding focused position of the light beam configured to carry the sub-image to form an adapted sub-image; and displaying each adapted sub-image carried by the associated light beam on the retina of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Marius PELOUX, Stephane BOUTINON, Vincent ROPTIN
  • Publication number: 20230053457
    Abstract: A system for determining refraction features of both first and second eyes of a subject including a light field display device, a system of localization of the positions of the first and second eyes of the subject, the light field display device generating a first light field directed selectively toward the first eye, and, respectively, a second light field directed selectively toward the second eye, control circuitry that adjusts the first light field as a function of at least a first refraction parameter associated with at least a first optical aberration for the first eye and the control circuitry adjusting said second light field as a function of at least a second refraction parameter associated with at least a second optical aberration for the second eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Stephane BOUTINON, Estelle NETTER, Martha HERNANDEZ-CASTANEDA, Konogan BARANTON, Gildas MARIN
  • Publication number: 20230016503
    Abstract: A method for determining at least one optical parameter of an eye of a person comprising displaying at least two sharp images on a retina of the eye of the person, the at least two images comprising a target and being carried by two light beams focused substantially in the plane of a pupil of the eye at at least two different positions, adapting a parameter of the target in each image based on feedback of the person relative to the change of the parameter of the target in the image, and determining the at least one optical parameter of the person's eye based on the adaption of the parameter of the target in each image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Marius PELOUX, Stéphane BOUTINON, Vincent ROPTIN
  • Publication number: 20220361745
    Abstract: A system for determining a prescription for an eye of a person, the system being configured to communicate with a mobile device including at least one first light source adapted to illuminate the eye with first light having a first optical wavelength, at least one second light source adapted to illuminate the eye with second light having a second optical wavelength different from the first wavelength, and a processor that measures the photorefraction of the eye at the first wavelength based on at least one picture of the eye recorded when illuminating the eye with first light, measures the photorefraction of the eye at the second wavelength based on at least one picture of the eye recorded when illuminating the eye with second light, determines the prescription for the eye based on the measured photorefraction at the first wavelength and the measured photorefraction at the second wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Hélène DE ROSSI, Marius PELOUX, Stéphane BOUTINON
  • Publication number: 20220304569
    Abstract: A method and associated instrument in which an optical system is switched from a first to a second refractive power states, to provide a first, and then a second refraction correction to an eye of a subject, the switching being carried on without interrupting a light beam coming from a target object and transmitted by the optical system to the eye of the subject. The switching is carried on in order to circumvent an intermediate refraction correction that is in between said first and second refraction corrections, or with a speed higher than a given limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Gildas MARIN, Adéle LONGO, Guillaume GIRAUDET, Stéphane BOUTINON, Philippe PINAULT
  • Publication number: 20220301294
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a refraction feature of an eye of a subject using an image-capture device, the method including acquiring at least one picture of the retina of the eye of the subject, and determining the refraction feature based on a blur level of the acquired picture of the retina.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventor: Stephane BOUTINON
  • Patent number: 11382500
    Abstract: An optometry device for testing an individual's eye (E) comprises an imaging module (10) adapted to produce a first image at a variable distance for the individual's eye (E), a beam splitter (26) arranged to combine the first image and a second image for the individual's eye (E), and a screen (22) facing the beam splitter (26). A mirror (24) is arranged in combination with the screen (22) to produce the second image to be visible by the individual's eye via the beam splitter (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Michel Nauche, Stéphane Boutinon
  • Publication number: 20220142470
    Abstract: An optometry device for testing an individual's eye, includes a refraction test unit having an optical system for providing different vision correction powers close to the eye of the individual, and a display unit adapted to produce a visual test image for the individual's eye, the visual test image being visible through an exit aperture of the test unit of the optometry device. The display unit includes a screen adapted to display a test picture used in producing the visual test image and at least one optical element having an optical power. The optical element presents an active state in which it exhibits a non zero refraction power placed on an optical path of the light emitted by the screen and exiting the device through the exit aperture, and an inactive state in which it introduces no refractive power on the optical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Essilor International
    Inventors: Stéphane BOUTINON, Léonard HARTMANN, Bernard BRECHEMIER, Mai-Lan BOYTARD
  • Patent number: 11327339
    Abstract: A method of ordering an ophthalmic lens comprises the following steps: —obtaining data representative of a desired correction for a wearer's eye; —determining (S6, S8), using an electronic device, a lens power to be measured on a lensmeter based on the obtained data and on at least one parameter defining an expected position of the lens with respect to the wearer's eye, wherein the lens power corresponds to the power measured on the lensmeter for a lens adapted to provide the desired correction to the wearer's eye when placed at the expected position with respect to the wearer's eye; —ordering (S10) the ophthalmic lens specifying the determined power. A corresponding system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Gilles Le Saux, Stephane Boutinon, Cecile Pietri, Helene De Rossi
  • Patent number: 11262596
    Abstract: A method of determining a refractive power value characterising an ophthalmic lens for correction of an individual's eye ametropia includes: obtaining first data representative of a refraction value and second data representative of a position of the individual's head with respect to a refraction apparatus when the refraction value was determined; determining the refractive power value as a function of the first data and of a relative position, derived the second data, of the refraction apparatus with respect to a centre of rotation of the eye when the refraction value was determined. A corresponding electronic device is also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Gilles Le Saux, Stephane Boutinon, Cecile Pietri, Helene De Rossi
  • Publication number: 20220015625
    Abstract: The method includes the steps of: a) illuminating the pupil of an eye of a subject by a light source of a portable electronic device, the light source being formed by a lighted area displayed on a screen of the portable electronic device; b) acquiring a picture of the pupil of the eye of the subject by an image-capture apparatus of the portable electronic device, the picture including an image of the reflection of the light source on the retina of the eye; and c) determining a refraction feature of the eye taking into account at least a geometrical feature, a positional feature or an intensity distribution of the image of the reflection. An associated portable electronic device is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Gildas MARIN, Stéphane BOUTINON
  • Patent number: 11045085
    Abstract: An optometry device for testing an individual's eye includes: a casing; an imaging module located in the casing and adapted to produce a light beam directed to the individual's eye; and a refraction module adapted to provide a variable optical correction to the individual's eye looking there through into the casing. The optometry device includes an illumination system adapted to produce a variable ambient light level inside the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Michel Nauche, Stéphane Boutinon, Vincent Tejedor Del Rio, Joel Batisse, Christophe Condat, Pierre Rolland, Didier Grand-Clement
  • Patent number: 10634936
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lens of variable optical power, characterized in that it includes: a transparent flexible lamella; a body having a ridge inscribed in a cylindrical surface; an element able to move a first portion of the lamella, which is distinct from a second portion of the lamella making contact with the ridge, so as to deform the lamella by flection; and a liquid contained between the lamella and the body. An optical assembly including such a lens and a vision-correcting device including such an optical assembly are also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Stephane Boutinon, Michel Nauche
  • Publication number: 20200015672
    Abstract: An optometry device for testing an individual's eye includes: a casing; an imaging module located in the casing and adapted to produce a light beam directed to the individual's eye; and a refraction module adapted to provide a variable optical correction to the individual's eye looking there through into the casing. The optometry device includes an illumination system adapted to produce a variable ambient light level inside the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Michel NAUCHE, Stéphane BOUTINON, Vincent TEJEDOR DEL RIO, Joel BATISSE, Christophe CONDAT, Pierre ROLLAND, Didier GRAND-CLEMENT
  • Patent number: 10499807
    Abstract: A vision-compensating device allowing observation along an optical axis of observation with an optical correction of variable power includes a lens having, along the optical axis, a spherical power that is variable as a function of a first control, and an optical assembly generating, along the optical axis, a cylindrical correction that is variable as a function of at least one second control applied to the optical assembly. The vision-compensating device also includes a module for receiving at least one setpoint for the optical correction and a module for determining the first control and the second control depending on the setpoint by way of a mode taking into account the distance separating the lens and the optical assembly. A method for controlling a vision-compensating device and a binocular optometry device are also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventor: Stephane Boutinon
  • Patent number: 10492676
    Abstract: A refractor (100) includes: an enclosure having a front face containing a first optical window and a back face containing a second optical window aligned with the first optical window along an optical axis of observation; and at least one vision compensating device making it possible to observe along the optical axis of observation. The vision compensating device includes, between the first window and the second window, a first optical element having a spherical power along the optical axis, the spherical power being variable. The enclosure is mounted on an orientable holder (104) that is rotatable relative to a stationary portion (102) about a horizontal axis (H). A method for measuring refraction employing such a refractor is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Stephane Boutinon, Vincent Tejedor Del Rio, Michel Nauche
  • Patent number: 10492677
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optometry apparatus including: a base designed to receive corrective eyeglasses; at least one transmission element designed to cooperate with a member for regulating an optical correction characteristic of the eyeglasses; and at least one drive motor for driving the transmission element. Also disclosed is an assembly and to an associated system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Michel Nauche, Stéphane Boutinon