Patents by Inventor Thomas William Joy

Thomas William Joy 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).

  • Systems and methods for obtaining eyewear information
    Patent number: 10775647
    Abstract: An imaging system captures one or more images at a time when a subject is comfortably wearing a pair of glasses with dummy lenses. The subject's face is illuminated by energy sources (e.g. visible light sources), and specular reflections (“glints”) from the dummy lenses used to measure the locations the dummy lens(es). This provides information about how the comfortable positions for glasses on the subject's face, which can be used to design and fabricate personalized glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: FUEL 3D TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas William Joy, Andrew Henry John Larkins
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING EYEWEAR INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20190369418
    Abstract: An imaging system captures one or more images at a time when a subject is comfortably wearing a pair of glasses with dummy lenses. The subject's face is illuminated by energy sources (e.g. visible light sources), and specular reflections (“glints”) from the dummy lenses used to measure the locations the dummy lens(es). This provides information about how the comfortable positions for glasses on the subject's face, which can be used to design and fabricate personalized glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas William Joy, Andrew Henry John Larkins