A61B3/0041

Ocular surface interferometry (OSI) for imaging, processing, and/or displaying an ocular tear film

Ocular surface interferometry devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for imaging an ocular tear film. An imaging device can be focused on the lipid layer of the tear film to capture optical wave interference interactions of specularly reflected light from the tear film combined with a background signal(s) in a first image, wherein the specularly reflected light may be produced from various portions of the ocular tear film by obliquely illuminating various portions of the ocular tear film with a multi-wavelength light source, such as in a tiling pattern(s). The imaging device can also be focused on the lipid layer to capture a second image containing the background signal(s) present in the first image. The second image can be subtracted from the first image to reduce and/or eliminate the background signal(s) in the first image to produce a resulting image, which can used to measure a tear film layer thickness.

NYSTAGMUS TESTING DEVICE AND METHOD
20220354364 · 2022-11-10 ·

A device, system, and method for operating a nystagmus testing device is disclosed. The device comprising a camera configured to face a test subject to capture eye movements of the test subject, a start button configured to start a nystagmus routine, a front display positioned to face the test subject configured to display a visual stimulus, a rear display positioned to face a test administrator configured to display a visual tracker, and a controller configured to control movements of the visual stimulus and the visual tracker on the front and rear display, respectively, and generate data of the nystagmus routine.

Apparatus and method for capturing a visual field of a person having a scotoma

A method and an apparatus for capturing a visual field of a person having a scotoma, in particular a central scotoma, are disclosed. The method includes continuously capturing the eye alignment of the person with a capturing unit, sampling the visual field of the person point-by-point to determine points suitable and not suitable for sight in the visual field of the person, finding the scotoma as a region with a multiplicity of points not suitable for sight, calculating an outer boundary line of the scotoma, calculating an outer enveloping curve, which surrounds the outer boundary line of the scotoma at a predetermined distance, and displaying the outer enveloping curve on a display unit. The enveloping curve is perceivable by the person on the display unit as a frame of the scotoma.

METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CREATE CUSTOM, USER-SPECIFIC EYEWEAR
20220350174 · 2022-11-03 ·

Systems and methods for creating fully custom products from scratch without exclusive use of off-the-shelf or pre-specified components. A system for creating custom products includes an image capture device for capturing image data and/or measurement data of a user. A computer is communicatively coupled with the image capture device and configured to construct an anatomic model of the user based on the captured image data and/or measurement data. The computer provides a configurable product model and enables preview and automatic or user-guided customization of the product model. A display is communicatively coupled with the computer and displays the custom product model superimposed on the anatomic model or image data of the user. The computer is further configured to provide the customized product model to a manufacturer for manufacturing eyewear for the user in accordance with the customized product model. The manufacturing system is configured to interpret the product model and prepare instructions and control equipment for the manufacturing of the customized product.

MONTAGING OF WIDE-FIELD FUNDUS IMAGES
20170316565 · 2017-11-02 ·

Methods to create montages of wide-field fundus images, while correcting for the projective distortion inherent to an imaging system are described. The methods use specific knowledge of the imaging geometry of the particular imaging system to map the fundus images onto a set of 3D ray vectors, which allows them to be stitched together efficiently and precisely. After co-aligning the images using feature detection and matching, the registered images are projected back into 2D to generate the final montaged image. The method could be used on any type of wide-field fundus images including, but not limited to, those generated from optical coherence tomography, optical coherence tomography angiography, and broad-line fundus imaging systems.

Through Focus Retinal Image Capturing
20170311800 · 2017-11-02 ·

An apparatus for producing a non-mydriatic fundus image is disclosed. The apparatus can include a processor and memory, as well as an illumination component and a camera with a variable focus lens. The apparatus can be configured to adjust the focus of the lens to a plurality of different diopter ranges and capture at least one image at each of the plurality of different diopter ranges. Using the captured images, three-dimensional maps of the fundus may be generated. Three-dimensional maps of the fundus may be used to screen or diagnose various diseases.

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
20170296049 · 2017-10-19 ·

An image processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine, as a partial region of a multi-channel fundus image including an optic disk area and a macular area of a subject's eye, one of a region of the multi-channel fundus image which includes the macular area and a region of the multi-channel fundus image which includes the optic disk area, and a generation unit configured to generate an image in which a difference in color of the partial region is enhanced, by applying to the partial region image processing based on a decorrelation stretching method.

Computerized testing and determination of a visual field of a patient
11666211 · 2023-06-06 · ·

The present disclosure relates generally to systems and method for testing and determining corrective lens prescription for a patient. In an example embodiment, a system includes a hand-portable first electronic device, a second electronic device with a computerized screen, and a server to conduct a vision test for a person. The vision test includes determining, an axis prescription, a cylinder prescription, and a sphere prescription for each eye of the person. A corrective lens prescription is provided for the person based, at least in part, on the determined axis, cylinder, and sphere prescription for each eye of the person.

Optotype presenting apparatus
09788715 · 2017-10-17 · ·

An optotype presenting apparatus that is capable of carrying out examinations accurately is provided. An optotype presenting apparatus includes a display and a controller. The display includes left eye optotype display regions and right eye optotype display regions. The left eye optotype display regions output light having a first polarization axis. The right eye optotype display regions output light having a second polarization axis orthogonal to the first polarization axis. The left eye optotype display regions and the right eye optotype display regions are alternately arranged along pixel lines. The controller is capable of displaying a plurality of optotypes selectively on the display. Further, the controller controls the display based on a type of an optotype displayed on the display to change display luminance.

Systems and methods using virtual reality or augmented reality environments for the measurement and/or improvement of human vestibulo-ocular performance
09788714 · 2017-10-17 · ·

A system and method for using a virtual reality or an augmented reality environment for the measurement and/or improvement of human vestibulo-ocular performance can be implemented by combining a video camera based eye orientation sensor, a head orientation sensor, a display, and an electronic circuit that connects the eye sensor, head sensor, and display. The system and method can be operated in the range of frequencies between 0.01 Hertz and 15 Hertz. The system and method can use a Fourier transform to compute a gain and a phase. The system and method can be used for measuring vestibulo-ocular reflex, dynamic visual acuity, dynamic visual stability, kinetic visual acuity, retinal image stability, or foveal fixation stability in a non-clinical setting. The system and method can be completely portable, head-worn, and self-contained.