Systems and methods are provided for obtaining sight screenings, optical prescriptions and fittings for eyeglasses and contact lenses. A system can be self-operated through a voice-activated response system that enables an individual to determine one's own refraction, or can be operated with the assistance of a technician. A plurality of customer diagnostic locations can include digital equipment and optical instruments to conduct the sight screening. The data generated at these locations can be transferred to a remotely located eye doctor who interacts with a customer via a live audio-video connection to assist with interpreting the data, diagnosing the customer and operating the instruments at the locations. The eye doctor diagnoses, consults and authorizes the prescriptions for the customer. The customer's data can be sent to a lens laboratory to enable the fabrication, purchasing, and delivery of eyeglasses or contact lenses.

Disclosed is a method for altering the visual performance of a subject using an optical system arranged in front of at least one eye of the subject, and including: b) determining an optotype; c) displaying the optotype to the subject in such a way that it is visible by the subject through the optical system; d) assessing the visual performance of the subject viewing the optotype through the optical system; and e) adding a positive or negative altering value of spherical optical power to the optical system. The method includes, before step b): a) choosing a target value of visual performance; and and in that, at step b), the optotype has a size which is determined depending on the target value of visual performance; at step e), the altering value of spherical optical power is determined depending on the target value of visual performance.

Configurations are disclosed for a health system to be used in various healthcare applications, e.g., for patient diagnostics, monitoring, and/or therapy. The health system may comprise a light generation module to transmit light or an image to a user, one or more sensors to detect a physiological parameter of the user's body, including their eyes, and processing circuitry to analyze an input received in response to the presented images to determine one or more health conditions or defects.

Configurations are disclosed for a health system to be used in various healthcare applications, e.g., for patient diagnostics, monitoring, and/or therapy. The health system may comprise a light generation module to transmit light or an image to a user, one or more sensors to detect a physiological parameter of the user's body, including their eyes, and processing circuitry to analyze an input received in response to the presented images to determine one or more health conditions or defects.

A subjective optometry apparatus includes a light projecting optical system that has a visual target presenting portion for emitting a target light flux and projects a target light flux emitted from the visual target presenting portion toward a subject eye, a calibration portion that is disposed in an optical path of the light projecting optical system and changes optical characteristics of the target light flux, an acquisition portion that acquires a near distance objective eye refractive power that is an eye refractive power of the subject eye objectively measured in a near distance viewing state, and a control portion that controls an operation for acquiring a near distance subjective eye refractive power that is a subjective eye refractive power of the subject eye measured in a near distance viewing state, based on the near distance objective eye refractive power.

The present invention is directed to an automated ophthalmic aberration measurement by an auto-phoropter. In some embodiments, the present invention features a vision testing system capable of automated calibration. In some embodiments, the system may comprise a phoropter capable of measuring the ophthalmic aberration of an eye, and providing the necessary correction. The phoropter may comprise a wavefront sensor, one or more lenses calibrated using an initial correlation factor, a model eye disposed within the phoropter for internal calibration, and a light redirection component disposed within the phoropter. The light redirection component may be capable of redirecting light into the model eye to determine an optimal correlation factor.

A system for administering a subjective refraction test on a patient includes a phoropter having a plurality of lenses, a display device, and a computing device coupled to the phoropter and the display device. The computing device is configured to generate a script corresponding to a first set of conditions for a first sub-test of the plurality of sub-tests, receive an input indicative of the patient's vision under the first set of conditions, determine an endpoint for the first sub-test of the plurality of sub-tests based on the input, communicate a signal to the phoropter and the display device causing the patient to be presented with a second set of conditions in response to the input, generate and display an updated script corresponding to the second set of conditions, wherein the updated script provides a prompt for updated patient feedback under the second set of conditions.

A device, method and booth for automatic determination of the subjective ocular refraction of a patient. The device, which is preferably set up in a booth, has an automatic refractor, a central unit, a data input unit, an instruction-generating system controlled by the central unit and configured to generate instructions to the patient at least during an eye test, an interface system provided between the patient and the central unit and configured to detect, and to transmit directly to the central unit, indications generated in the form of gestures by the patient at least during an eye test, the central unit being configured to automatically perform at least one eye test, by controlling the automatic refractor and by receiving indications generated by the patient by way of the interface system, and to automatically determine, from these indications received, the subjective ocular refraction of the patient and/or a prescription for spectacles.

Methods and systems for producing a refractive prescription for a consumer away from an optical office are disclosed. At a first time point, a first prescription for a first pair of corrective lenses is generated according to measured refractive errors, and a historical visual acuity profile is measured using the first prescription and a varying spherical power. At a second time point, a second visual acuity is measured using the first prescription. A new spherical power is computed using the historical visual acuity profile and the second visual acuity. A second prescription for a second pair of corrective lenses is generated based on the first prescription and the new spherical power. In some embodiments, the second visual acuity may be self-administered by the consumer away from an optical office.

Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for determining refractive corrections of human eyes to reduce and eliminate image distortion associated with eyeglasses. In some embodiments, an objective refraction module is configured to measure refractive errors of an eye objectively, without subjective feedback from a tested subject. A computation module is configured to generate a plurality of objective prescriptions. A phoropter module is configured to perform a subjective refraction for determining a plurality of subjective spherical powers based on the plurality of objective prescriptions. An output module is configured to generate a plurality of prescriptions for eyeglasses, the plurality of prescriptions comprising (a) a first prescription having a first subjective spherical power f.sub.s1, a first objective cylinder power F.sub.c1, and a first objective cylinder angle F.sub.a1, and (b) a second prescription having a second subjective spherical power f.sub.s2, a second objective cylinder power F.sub.c2, and a second objective cylinder angle F.sub.a2.