Objective Type Patents (Class 351/205)
  • Patent number: 11452447
    Abstract: Systems and methods for imaging an eye are disclosed. The systems and methods may include at least one plenoptic camera. The systems and methods may include an illumination source with a plurality of lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: John Berestka
  • Patent number: 11452441
    Abstract: A comfortability-tension threshold for a user is determined and a current pose of the user and a determined optimal pose are compared. The current pose and the determined optimal pose are mapped to an angle for adjusting on-screen content of a display of the computer system and the on-screen content of the display of the computer system is adjusted based on the angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Abayomi Akinwande, Charles Muchiri Wachira, William Ogallo, Aisha Walcott
  • Patent number: 11426066
    Abstract: A selection for an acuity test chart is received in distributed Web content that correlates to a distance between an end user and a display of the test chart. A selection also is received of a trio of lines of different widths in a set of lines defining one of twelve radially equidistant radii of equal length extending from a common vertex in an astigmatism clock chart. An astigmatism fan chart also is generated and presented in the Web content utilizing three of the trio of lines in the selection and including twelve repeating sequences of three radially equidistant radii of different widths corresponding to the different widths of the utilized three of the trio of lines. One of the radii is selected and a prescription computed including the visual acuity value, a cylinder value deriving from the selected trio, and an axis value deriving from the selected radii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: VPH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLC
    Inventor: C. Brad Brocwell
  • Patent number: 11426071
    Abstract: An eye-imaging apparatus and system is described including arrayed optical fibers having a high numerical aperture and circular fiber array ends arranged at skewed angles relative to the optical axis of the imaging path. Circular fiber array ends are arranged to emit the illumination light into an eye at a skewed angle and a light intensity distribution converter along the illumination path to convert a bell-shaped distribution into a top-hat distribution. As a result, illumination uniformity on the retina of the eye is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Natus Medical Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Willem Crone, John Allison
  • Patent number: 11417806
    Abstract: LED devices and methods of operating LED devices are described. An LED device includes a light-emitting element, a wavelength converting layer and a dichroic mirror. The light-emitting element is configured to emit ultra violet, visible, or ultra violet and visible light. The wavelength converting layer is configured to absorb at least a portion of the light emitted by the light-emitting element and in response emit infrared light. The dichroic mirror transmits the infrared light emitted by the wavelength converting layer, reflects the light emitted by the light emitting element, and is arranged to reflect back into the wavelength converting layer light emitted by the light emitting element, transmitted unabsorbed through the wavelength converting layer, and incident on the dichroic mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventor: Charles Schrama
  • Patent number: 11413211
    Abstract: A vision training device includes a main body, a lens unit, a drive motor, and a controller. The lens unit includes a plurality of lenses respectively having different diopter values and a lens holder that supports the lenses. The drive motor moves the lens holder so that one of the lenses of the lens unit is disposed on a line of sight axis. The controller controls the drive motor such that a test lens selected from the plurality of lenses is disposed on the line of sight axis and stores an accommodation time indicating a period of time in which the eye becomes in an accommodated state to the test lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: EDENLUX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sungyong Park
  • Patent number: 11399714
    Abstract: A device for determining biometric variables of the eye, as are incorporated in the calculation of intraocular lenses including a multi-point keratometer and an OCT arrangement. The keratometer measurement points are illuminated telecentrically and detected telecentrically and the OCT arrangement is designed as a laterally scanning swept-source system with a detection region detecting the whole eye over the whole axial length thereof. The multi-point keratometer ensures that a sufficient number of keratometer points are available for measuring the corneal surface. By contrast, telecentricity ensures that the positioning inadequacies of the measuring instrument in relation to the eye to be measured do not lead to a local mismatch of the reflection points. The swept-source OCT scan detects the whole eye over the length thereof so that both anterior chamber structures and retina structures can be detected and a consistent whole eye image can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Ralf Ebersbach, Martin Hacker, Gerard Antkowiak, Peter Klopfleisch, Ferid Bajramovic, Tobias Bühren, Matthias Reich
  • Patent number: 11399800
    Abstract: A probe handle accessory for use with a probe includes an outer housing having a first hollow interior and an outer surface for being gripped by a user. The accessory also includes an inner sleeve that is disposed within the first hollow interior and moves axially therein. The inner sleeve having a second hollow interior that is configured to receive the probe and the inner sleeve is configured for securely holding the probe in place within the second hollow interior. At least one biasing element is provided and is coupled to the outer housing and to the inner sleeve and configured to apply a force to the inner sleeve in a distal direction for maintaining the probe in position against a surface of interest during examination thereof, while permitting axial movement of the inner sleeve within the outer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, maintaining the Hospital for Special Surgery
    Inventor: Daniel R. Sturnick
  • Patent number: 11389060
    Abstract: A retinal imaging system includes an eyepiece lens assembly, an image sensor, a dynamic fixation target viewable through the eyepiece lens assembly, and a controller coupled to the image sensor and the dynamic fixation target. The controller includes logic that causes the retinal imaging system to perform operations including: acquiring a first image of the eye, analyzing the first image to determine whether a lateral misalignment between the eye and the eyepiece lens assembly is greater than a threshold misalignment, in response to determining the lateral misalignment is greater than the threshold misalignment, adjusting a visual position of the dynamic fixation target to encourage the eye to rotate in a direction that compensates for the lateral misalignment, and acquiring the retinal image of the eye while the eye is encouraged to rotate towards the direction that compensates for the lateral misalignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Eliezer Glik, Sam Kavusi
  • Patent number: 11382795
    Abstract: Methods and systems wherein laser induced refractive index changes by focused femtosecond laser pulses in optical tissues is performed in combination with corneal lenticular surgery to achieve overall desired vision corrections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Leonard Zheleznyak, Scott Catlin
  • Patent number: 11382499
    Abstract: A remote eye examination method includes initiating a remote chat session between a local computing device coupled to a phoropter, and a remote computer, and initializing the phoropter for remote control by the remote computer. Then, a multi-colored lamp is activated in a first color until a determination that a refractory examination utilizing the phoropter has commenced. Thereafter, responsive to a determination that the examination has commenced, the multi-colored lamp changes to a second color, and movement of portions of the phoropter are commanded as directed by the remote computer, data is recorded into a patient record and a progression of the examination monitored. Finally, on condition that a threshold period of time before a conclusion of the refractory examination is detected, the multi-colored lamp changes to a third color and upon conclusion of the examination, a message transmitted to a remote account indicating access to the patient record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: VPH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Bradley Brocwell, Alvaro Jose Moreno Hernandez, Daniel Scott Stanton
  • Patent number: 11363948
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic device includes: a visual target presenting unit configured to present a common visual target to be viewed with both subject's eyes; a presenting distance changing unit configured to change a presenting distance of the visual target presented by the visual target presenting unit from a predetermined far vision distance to a predetermined near vision distance; an ocular characteristic acquiring unit configured to objectively acquire an optical characteristic of the subject's eyes; an addition power adding unit configured to add the addition power to the both subject's eyes; and a control unit configured to cause the presenting distance changing unit to change the presenting distance and the ocular characteristic acquiring unit to continuously acquire the optical characteristic, in a state in which an addition power is added to the both subject's eyes by the addition power adding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Fujikado, Yoko Hirohara, Makoto Saika, Suguru Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 11344197
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method of ophthalmic diagnosis of lesions on retina utilizing a slit lamp apparatus with a pupil reader and at least one visible LED and one Infrared LED to detect a lesion on the retina of an eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventor: Ian McWherter
  • Patent number: 11229358
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device having a single or dual compartment configuration selectively emits infrared and visible light beams onto one or a pair of target eyes. The device performs eye fundus imaging and aids in the detection of ailments as indicated by anomalies in the pupillary reflex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandros Karargyris, Thomas G. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11224338
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for measuring the refraction of an individual by a refraction measuring appliance, including: an initial step of determining at least one initial value of a visuo-postural parameter of the individual; a step of processing the initial value in order to deduce at least one initial value of a regulating parameter of the refraction measuring appliance, the regulating parameter being associated with the visuo-postural parameter; a step of regulating the refraction measuring appliance according to the initial value of the regulating parameter; and a step of measuring the refraction of the individual by the measuring appliance regulated in this way. Also disclosed is a method for the optical design of an ophthalmic lens, and to a pair of glasses including such a lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Perrin, Guilhem Escalier, Isabelle Poulain, Benjamin Rousseau, Cécile Petignaud, Gildas Marin
  • Patent number: 11213200
    Abstract: An OCT system is arranged to capture a three-dimensional (3D) OCT scan of a target. The OCT system projects a beam scan towards the target, and the OCT system generates data corresponding to the beam scan. Additionally, an image sensor is arranged to capture an image of a trace of the beam scan on a surface of the target. Using the image of the trace, various characteristics of the target are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SANTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Changho Chong
  • Patent number: 11206991
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for processing laser speckle signals. The method may comprise obtaining a laser speckle signal from a laser speckle pattern generated using at least one laser light source that is directed towards a tissue region of a subject and a reference signal corresponding to a movement of a biological material of or within the subject's body. The method may comprise computing one or more measurements using a first function corresponding to at least the laser speckle signal and a second function corresponding to the reference signal. The method may comprise generating an output signal in part based on the one or more measurements for the function space and using the output signal to aid a surgical procedure on or near the tissue region of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: ACTIV SURGICAL, INC.
    Inventors: John Oberlin, Emanuel Demaio
  • Patent number: 11202565
    Abstract: A method for intermediate assessment of an eye, whereby an intermediate assessment is carried out making it possible to adapt and optimise a subsequent full assessment. The preliminary assessment takes slightly more time initially but provides for greater efficiency in carrying out the subsequent full assessment by preventing the performance of operations or calculations that are unsuccessful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SiVIEW
    Inventor: Laure Pichereau-Basle
  • Patent number: 11197606
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device having a single or dual compartment configuration selectively emits infrared and visible light beams onto one or a pair of target eyes. The device performs eye fundus imaging and aids in the detection of ailments as indicated by anomalies in the pupillary reflex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandros Karargyris, Thomas G. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11191431
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus to examine an examinee's eye includes: a first optometry unit to perform a first examination of the examinee's eye; a second optometry unit to perform a second examination of the examinee's eye; a drive unit to cause relative movement of the first and second optometry units in three-dimensional manner relative to the examinee's eye; a controller to control the drive unit; a selection receiving unit to receive a selection signal representing at least one selected from the first second examinations; and a face photographing unit to photograph a face image including at least one of examinee's right and left eyes. The controller switches, according to the selection signal, between a first path for alignment of the first optometry unit with the eye detected from the face image and a second path for alignment of the second optometry unit with the eye detected from the face image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunari Shimizu, Kenji Nakamura, Toru Arikawa
  • Patent number: 11185224
    Abstract: A system for monitoring ocular movement can comprise a housing, a plurality of light sources, at least one imager, and a controller. The housing can define a cavity configured to allow each eye of a patient to view an interior region of the housing. The plurality of light sources can be oriented within the interior region of the housing. The at least one imager can be oriented to capture an image of an eye of a patient during an evaluation. The at least one controller can comprise at least one processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions. The instructions can be executed by the processor and cause the controller to receive image data from the at least one imager and illuminate the plurality of light sources in a predetermined and reconfigurable sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Emory University, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Ghassan AlRegib, Yousuf M. Khalifa, Melvin J. Mathew, Dogancan Temel
  • Patent number: 11166631
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to develop an ophthalmologic microscope of a new method that increases the degree of freedom in the optical design in the Galilean ophthalmologic microscope provided with an OCT optical system. The present invention provides an ophthalmologic microscope, wherein an observation optical system, an objective lens, and an OCT optical system are placed in such a way that the optical axis of the OCT optical system does not penetrate through objective lens, and the optical axis of the observation optical system and the optical axis of the OCT optical system are non-coaxial, and wherein the ophthalmologic microscope further comprises a SLO optical system that scans a light ray which is a visible ray, a near infrared ray, or an infrared ray and guides the light to the subject's eye so as to become substantially coaxial with the optical axis of the OCT optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Yasufumi Fukuma, Kazuhiro Oomori
  • Patent number: 11147450
    Abstract: An ophthalmic imaging apparatus includes a first splitting unit configured to split return light from a subject irradiated with measurement light in two directions, first and second light receiving units configured to receive the first and second light beams obtained by the first splitting unit through first and second apertures disposed in respective optical paths of the first and second light beams, respectively, a generation unit configured to generate an image in accordance with light reception signals from the first and second light receiving units; and a moving unit configured to move the first and second apertures in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis. The moving unit moves the first and second apertures independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11134837
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining an updated visual correction need for designing a new vision correcting device of an individual already having a previous vision correcting device previously designed to correct his/her vision, wherein, in a first step, a previous level of correction of the previous vision correcting device is acquired, in a second step, a current vision acuity parameter of the individual wearing the previous vision correcting device is assessed, and, in a third step, the updated visual correction need is determined based on the previous level of correction of the previous vision correcting device acquired in the first step and on the current vision acuity parameter assessed in the second step. A complementary visual correction need can also be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Pascal Allione, Thierry Bonnin, Jean Sahler, Stéphane Gueu, Sébastien Maurice
  • Patent number: 11129526
    Abstract: A device and computer program for determining the spherocylindrical refraction of an eye are disclosed. A component having adjustable optics is provided, the refractive power of which can be adjusted via a refractive power adjustment device. The spherocylindrical refraction is then determined from the adjustment of the refractive power adjustment device at different orientations of a typical direction of the optics or a typical direction of eye test characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Ohlendorf, Alexander Leube
  • Patent number: 11116393
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to automated method and system for vision assessment of a subject. The method comprises: determining a set of test patterns for the subject based on a preliminary assessment of an eye of the subject; displaying the set of test patterns sequentially to the subject; collecting data on the subject's gaze in response to each test pattern displayed to the subject; and assessing vision functionality of the subject based on the collected gaze data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL PTE LTD
    Inventors: Huiying Liu, Augustinus Laude, Tock Han Lim, Yanwu Xu, Wing Kee Damon Wong, Jiang Liu
  • Patent number: 11110027
    Abstract: At least one of the first display and a second display move at least one of the left eye image and the right eye image such that a distance between the left eye image and the right eye image is increased. A separation confirmation signal is received indicating that the image focuses of the image do not coincide with each other in terms of fusion. Fusional amplitude information is stored indicating a separation distance between the left eye image and the right eye image when the image separation confirmation is input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: EDENLUX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sungyong Park
  • Patent number: 11109754
    Abstract: Provided is an ophthalmic measurement device with which it is possible to obtain an area in which a measurement can be taken without moving an optical system. With reference to an optical path length of an illumination optical system with which light is focused on the eyeground when the refraction value is 0 D, the positions of two light sources are set to achieve a setting in which the optical path length becomes slightly shorter. By doing so, it is possible to cope with measurement of refractive properties in a large area without employing structures that allow a lens system of the illumination optical system and the light sources thereof to be moved. In addition, by selecting one of the two light sources so that a clearer Hartmann image can be obtained, it is possible to further increase the precision of the refractive properties to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshifumi Mihashi
  • Patent number: 11096570
    Abstract: A method and a system of enhancing ganglion cell function using a gaming environment corresponding to a physical activity. The method and system may be used to implement one or more processes to improve a person's visual processing profile. In particular, the method and system may be used to improve a player's skill in the corresponding physical activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Vizzario, Inc.
    Inventor: Syed Khizer Rahim Khaderi
  • Patent number: 11099385
    Abstract: A virtual reality headset system includes a vision correction module. The vision correction system can detect a degree of myopia or other visual ailment of a user of the VR system, and then adjust a vision correction lens to adjust for user myopia. An implementation of the vision correction module can adjust right and left lenses separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhen Zhou, Yu Yu, Ke Han
  • Patent number: 11101042
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for eye health and vision examinations. A customer diagnostic center is configured to generate customer examination data pertaining to an examination of a customer's eye. The customer diagnostic center provides a user interface for communicating with a customer and ophthalmic equipment for administering tests to the customer. A diagnostic center server is configured to receive the customer examination data from the customer diagnostic center over a network and allow the customer examination data to be accessed by an eye-care practitioner. A practitioner device associated with the eye-care practitioner is configured to receive the customer examination data from the diagnostic center server and display at least a portion of the customer examination data to the eye-care practitioner. Customer evaluation data is generated pertaining to the eye-care practitioner's evaluation of the customer examination data. An eye health report is provided to the customer via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: 20/20 VISION CENTER, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph S. Seriani
  • Patent number: 11093033
    Abstract: A brain computer interface system includes a wearable interface, an eye tracking device, and a client device for determining what object a user is looking at on an electronic display. The client device determines a region on the electronic display based on an estimated user gaze direction received from the eye tracking device. For each virtual object in the gaze region, the client device displays a visual stimulus with a unique frequency. The client device receives from the wearable interface an electrical potential signal measured at the user's brain and evoked by a visual stimulus on the electronic display. The client device identifies the object in the gaze region with a stimulus frequency matching a frequency derived from the potential signal, and executes instructions relating to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Te Wang, Mark Allan Chevillet
  • Patent number: 11076760
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to photoacoustically image and measure a structure at the human eye fundus or components, substances, cells, tissue, or analytes within the eye and within the blood vessels of the eye including an emitter element for emitting electro-magnetic radiation, a transition element for delivering the electro-magnetic radiation into an eye, a detection element for detecting an acoustic wave and converting the acoustic wave into a digital wave signal, an analysis element for processing the digital wave signal into an image or measurement or both, and a display element for displaying a representation of the image and/or the measurement. The apparatus additionally includes a coupling member, the coupling member being configured and arranged to acoustically couple the eye to the detection element such that the acoustic wave generated within the eye can be guided onto the detection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: LEGALINE AG
    Inventor: Andreas W. Dreher
  • Patent number: 11076994
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for changing the refractive power of the cornea (1), in particular for correcting hyperopia or presbyopia, exhibiting injection means (13, 15) having at least one hollow needle (15) for injecting at least one optically transparent filling material having a predetermined refractive index into an intrastromal corneal pocket (7), characterized by a controllable injection drive (17) that is coupled at least indirectly to the injection means (13, 15) and is designed for changing an amount, to be injected, of the at least one filling material; a device for optical coherence tomography (OCT) (19) that is designed for monitoring the area of the corneal pocket (7) by means of measurement of depth profiles of the cornea (1) on a repeatedly cycled-through scan pattern; and a computing unit (21) that is designed and/or configured to determine from the measurement data of the OCT device (19) at least the radius of curvature of the front (3) of the cornea (1) keeping pace temporally wi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred Vogel, Norbert Linz, Sebastian Freidank, Reginald Birngruber
  • Patent number: 11064880
    Abstract: A measuring device according to one aspect of the present disclosure projects a measuring light toward a fundus of a subject's eye; receives a reflected light reflected from the fundus; and then measures an eye refractive power of the subject's eye based on a light-receiving signal. Additionally, reliability of a measured value is determined. Specifically, a process, in which the eye refractive power is measured based on the light-receiving signal, is consecutively executed an undetermined number of times until an end condition is satisfied. The measured value of the eye refractive power obtained in every execution of the process is displayed on a display together with information indicating the reliability of the measured value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Tomey Corporation
    Inventors: Guangchun Bian, Daisuke Santo
  • Patent number: 11039744
    Abstract: A method for establishing the refraction of an eye (9) by means of a refractometer (3) is provided, in which the current visual axis (S) of the eye (9) is established before establishing the refraction, the refractometer (3) is aligned with respect to the visual axis (S) of the eye (9) and the refraction is established after the alignment. The visual axis (S) of the eye (9) is established on the basis of the position of a Purkinje image of at least one light source (41, 50) used to illuminate the eye and a relationship between the position of the Purkinje image and the visual axis (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventor: Peter Reimer
  • Patent number: 11033184
    Abstract: System and method directed towards providing full and even illumination of a patient's retina through lighting integrated into a handheld fundus lens. By integrating the lighting, the method and system reduces and even eliminate many lens artifacts and reflections. By increasing the accuracy, quality, and field of view afforded during clinical examination of the retina, the method and system will allow practitioners to make more accurate diagnoses and will increase safety during retinal surgical procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventor: Paul Andrew Yates
  • Patent number: 11019999
    Abstract: There is provided a system, apparatus and methods for enhancing the illumination of structures of the eye using predetermined scan patterns of an illuminating light beam. The systems, apparatus and methods further provide for obtaining enhanced single images of multiple structures of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Lensar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary P Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Richard Ty Olmstead, Steven E. Bott, James Strobel
  • Patent number: 11016301
    Abstract: An auto-focus head-mounted display (HMD) dynamically generates aberration-adjusted images based on measured accommodation of user's eye(s). An aberration-adjusted image is an image distorted to correct aberrations that would otherwise occur at a retina of the user due to image light passing through optics of the HMD. The aberration-adjusted image corrects the aberrations of the HMD and “accounts” for the aberrations of the eye so that the resulting retinal image is free of optical aberrations due to the HMD but preserves correct eye optical aberrations that are correlated with a current accommodative state of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Aaron Nicholls, Marina Zannoli, Douglas Robert Lanman, Nicholas Daniel Trail
  • Patent number: 11007109
    Abstract: Active amblyopia therapy is described in this invention where the child actively participates in treatment by viewing binocular stereo image pairs in a game like experience. A method for easily measuring the amblyopic defect prior to each therapy session to validate the progress of therapy is disclosed. Therapy is provided in two embodiments viewable on graphic display devices. My first embodiment controls dominance by switching suppression between the eyes with adjustments in the rivalrous brightness balance. My second embodiment stimulates binocular pathways in both eyes using primeval motion in depth pathways where time delay between stereo images in motion produce insuppressible three dimensional effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventor: Albert Hofeldt
  • Patent number: 10973393
    Abstract: A micro-endoscope and method of making the same includes a mounting housing, a camera module received within the mounting housing, and an encapsulation material interposed between the camera module and the mounting housing for fixedly mounting the camera module within the mounting housing and/or inhibiting the passage of light between the camera module and the mounting housing. The micro-endoscope further includes a light guide having the mounting housing received therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Clear Image Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Troller, Urban Schnell, Matthias Pfister, Michel Saint-Ghislain
  • Patent number: 10967736
    Abstract: A vehicle dashboard instrument display for displaying vehicle operating information to a driver includes a lens system adjacent the instruments and interposed between the driver and the instruments. The lens system includes a variable focus lens operable for, responsive to input from a lens controller, adjusting to a focal length suitable for countering the visual impairment of the driver to render the instruments more easily readable by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Darren R. Beard, Jenny Jing He, Andrew Wright
  • Patent number: 10962772
    Abstract: An eye tracking method and apparatus is provided. The eye tracking method includes determining whether a reflection area generated by an illumination is included in an input image, removing the reflection area from the input image in response to a determination that the reflection area is included in the input image, and outputting coordinates of an eye of a user from an image in which the reflection area is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongwoo Kang, Jingu Heo
  • Patent number: 10959614
    Abstract: To provide an ophthalmologic device and a pupil state measuring method capable of securing accuracy of a measurement result of objective measurement and effective for investigating the cause of an error during objective measurement. A pupil state measuring method according to the present invention includes: an ocular characteristic measuring step of objectively measuring an ocular characteristic of a subject eye of a subject; an imaging step of substantially simultaneously imaging an anterior ocular segment of the subject eye from different directions using at least two imaging units in measuring the ocular characteristic; a measuring step of analyzing at least one image of images taken by the at least two imaging units to measure a pupil state of the subject eye; and a step of performing the imaging step and the measuring step in measuring the ocular characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10952798
    Abstract: A location tracking apparatus and method of tracking are disclosed. The location tracking apparatus includes a tip configured to move on a surface, a tracking instrument, and a frictionless sensor associated with the tip. The tip is configured to undergo a displacement within a limited range when the tip is pushed to the surface, or when the tip is moved away from the surface, so that the tip maintains contact with the surface while moving on the surface. The tracking instrument is configured to generate location data. The frictionless sensor is configured to generate displacement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: PARSEH INTELLIGENT SURGICAL SYSTEM
    Inventors: Saeed Alikhani, Javad Hasani bidgoli, Mohammad Jalal Sadeghi, Alireza Ahmadian, Farzam Farahmand, Saeed Sarkar
  • Patent number: 10916347
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for eye health and vision examinations. A customer diagnostic center is configured to generate customer examination data pertaining to an examination of a customer's eye. The customer diagnostic center provides a user interface for communicating with a customer and ophthalmic equipment for administering tests to the customer. A diagnostic center server is configured to receive the customer examination data from the customer diagnostic center over a network and allow the customer examination data to be accessed by an eye-care practitioner. A practitioner device associated with the eye-care practitioner is configured to receive the customer examination data from the diagnostic center server and display at least a portion of the customer examination data to the eye-care practitioner. Customer evaluation data is generated pertaining to the eye-care practitioner's evaluation of the customer examination data. An eye health report is provided to the customer via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: 20/20 VISION CENTER, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph S. Seriani
  • Patent number: 10888268
    Abstract: An eye sensor, system and method for measuring fixational eye movements of an individual's eyeball (e.g., ocular microtremors and microsaccades) to provide a variable voltage biosignal for measuring the individual's brainstem activity is provided. The eye sensor comprises a sensor mounted on the individual's closed or opened eyelid so as to be deflected by the fixational eye movements of the eyeball. A shielded flexible ribbon assembly supplies the biosignal generated by the sensor to an amplifier located on the individual's skin where the biosignal is amplified. The amplifier is interconnected with a signal processor and a display by which graphical and numerical representations of the biosignal are made accessible to an anesthesiologist, intensivist or clinician. A method for analyzing the biosignal to determine the brainstem activity of a patient is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Baltay, Bruce Rasmussen, Yahya Shehabi, Ciaran Bolger, Martin Acquadro, Clark B. Foster
  • Patent number: 10881294
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an embodiment include a data acquisition device, distribution data generator, correction value calculator, magnification corrector, and data comparator. The data acquisition device acquires three dimensional data by applying OCT to the fundus of a subject's eye. The distribution data generator generates distribution data of a predetermined measurement value in the fundus based on the three dimensional data. The correction value calculator calculates a magnification correction value based on a predetermined condition for acquiring the three dimensional data. The magnification corrector changes at least one of the size of standard distribution data generated in advance for the predetermined measurement value and the size of the distribution data, based on the magnification correction value. The data comparator compares the distribution data with the standard distribution data, at least one of whose sizes has been changed by the magnification corrector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouta Fujii, Makoto Saika, Jun Sakai
  • Patent number: 10856751
    Abstract: A blood-vessel recognition blood-flow measurement method including: obtaining a real-time Doppler spectrum by performing a Fourier transform on a temporal waveform of the intensity of scattered light of laser light in a living body; calculating a normalized real-time Doppler spectrum and a normalized zero spectrum; calculating a region spectrum from a subtracted spectrum that is calculated through subtraction of these calculated spectra; calculating a PS reference spectrum by subtracting, from the region spectrum, the maximum value of the region spectrum in a predetermined PS reference region; calculating an average frequency on the basis of a computational spectrum that is obtained by replacing an element of which the PS reference spectrum is negative with zero; and determining a blood flow velocity by comparing the calculated average frequency with a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Shintaro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10859830
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to adjusting images for an eye tracking system. In some embodiments, a method includes presenting one or more images to a user. The method further includes obtaining gaze tracking data relating to a gaze of the user with respect to the one or more images presented to the user. The method further includes detecting one or more first gaze characteristics from the gaze tracking data, wherein the one or more first gaze characteristics indicate a first state of the gaze of the user. The method further includes reducing a brightness of at least a portion of the one or more images presented to the user based on the one or more first gaze characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventor: Chris Norden