Objective Type Patents (Class 351/205)
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Patent number: 11452447Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Inventor: John Berestka
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Patent number: 11452441Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Victor Abayomi Akinwande, Charles Muchiri Wachira, William Ogallo, Aisha Walcott
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Patent number: 11426066Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: VPH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLCInventor: C. Brad Brocwell
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Patent number: 11426071Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Natus Medical IncorporatedInventors: Yan Zhou, Willem Crone, John Allison
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Patent number: 11417806Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventor: Charles Schrama
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Patent number: 11413211Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: EDENLUX CORPORATIONInventor: Sungyong Park
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Patent number: 11399714Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AGInventors: Ralf Ebersbach, Martin Hacker, Gerard Antkowiak, Peter Klopfleisch, Ferid Bajramovic, Tobias Bühren, Matthias Reich
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Patent number: 11399800Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, maintaining the Hospital for Special SurgeryInventor: Daniel R. Sturnick
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Patent number: 11389060Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Eliezer Glik, Sam Kavusi
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Patent number: 11382795Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: University of RochesterInventors: Leonard Zheleznyak, Scott Catlin
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Patent number: 11382499Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: VPH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLCInventors: Christopher Bradley Brocwell, Alvaro Jose Moreno Hernandez, Daniel Scott Stanton
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Patent number: 11363948Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Fujikado, Yoko Hirohara, Makoto Saika, Suguru Miyagawa
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Patent number: 11344197Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Inventor: Ian McWherter
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Patent number: 11229358Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Alexandros Karargyris, Thomas G. Zimmerman
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Patent number: 11224338Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Jean-Luc Perrin, Guilhem Escalier, Isabelle Poulain, Benjamin Rousseau, Cécile Petignaud, Gildas Marin
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Patent number: 11213200Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: SANTEC CORPORATIONInventor: Changho Chong
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Patent number: 11206991Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: ACTIV SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: John Oberlin, Emanuel Demaio
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Patent number: 11202565Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: SiVIEWInventor: Laure Pichereau-Basle
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Patent number: 11197606Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Alexandros Karargyris, Thomas G. Zimmerman
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Patent number: 11191431Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunari Shimizu, Kenji Nakamura, Toru Arikawa
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Patent number: 11185224Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignees: Emory University, Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Ghassan AlRegib, Yousuf M. Khalifa, Melvin J. Mathew, Dogancan Temel
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Patent number: 11166631Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Topcon CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Fukuma, Kazuhiro Oomori
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Patent number: 11147450Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Inoue
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Patent number: 11134837Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Pascal Allione, Thierry Bonnin, Jean Sahler, Stéphane Gueu, Sébastien Maurice
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Patent number: 11129526Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Arne Ohlendorf, Alexander Leube
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Patent number: 11116393Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignees: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL PTE LTDInventors: Huiying Liu, Augustinus Laude, Tock Han Lim, Yanwu Xu, Wing Kee Damon Wong, Jiang Liu
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Patent number: 11110027Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: EDENLUX CORPORATIONInventor: Sungyong Park
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Patent number: 11109754Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventor: Toshifumi Mihashi
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Patent number: 11096570Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Vizzario, Inc.Inventor: Syed Khizer Rahim Khaderi
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Patent number: 11099385Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Zhen Zhou, Yu Yu, Ke Han
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Patent number: 11101042Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: 20/20 VISION CENTER, LLCInventor: Joseph S. Seriani
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Patent number: 11093033Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Yu-Te Wang, Mark Allan Chevillet
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Patent number: 11076760Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: LEGALINE AGInventor: Andreas W. Dreher
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Patent number: 11076994Abstract: 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 wiType: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Alfred Vogel, Norbert Linz, Sebastian Freidank, Reginald Birngruber
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Patent number: 11064880Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Guangchun Bian, Daisuke Santo
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Patent number: 11039744Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AGInventor: Peter Reimer
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Patent number: 11033184Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: University of Virginia Patent FoundationInventor: Paul Andrew Yates
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Patent number: 11019999Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Richard Ty Olmstead, Steven E. Bott, James Strobel
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Patent number: 11016301Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: William Aaron Nicholls, Marina Zannoli, Douglas Robert Lanman, Nicholas Daniel Trail
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Patent number: 11007109Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Inventor: Albert Hofeldt
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Patent number: 10973393Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Clear Image Technology, LLCInventors: Stefan Troller, Urban Schnell, Matthias Pfister, Michel Saint-Ghislain
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Patent number: 10967736Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Darren R. Beard, Jenny Jing He, Andrew Wright
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Patent number: 10962772Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongwoo Kang, Jingu Heo
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Patent number: 10959614Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventor: Masashi Nakajima
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Patent number: 10952798Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: PARSEH INTELLIGENT SURGICAL SYSTEMInventors: Saeed Alikhani, Javad Hasani bidgoli, Mohammad Jalal Sadeghi, Alireza Ahmadian, Farzam Farahmand, Saeed Sarkar
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Patent number: 10916347Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: 20/20 VISION CENTER, LLCInventor: Joseph S. Seriani
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Patent number: 10888268Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Inventors: Michael Baltay, Bruce Rasmussen, Yahya Shehabi, Ciaran Bolger, Martin Acquadro, Clark B. Foster
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Patent number: 10881294Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Kouta Fujii, Makoto Saika, Jun Sakai
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Patent number: 10856751Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Shintaro Takahashi
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Patent number: 10859830Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventor: Chris Norden