A61B3/02

SUBJECTIVE OPTOMETRY SYSTEM
20220095910 · 2022-03-31 · ·

A subjective optometry system includes a plurality of subjective optometry devices and a database which stores at least any data of objective measurement data and previous glass data in association with each identifier.

Each of the subjective optometry devices includes a calibration optical system, an information processor, and a reader which is connected to the information processor, reads an identifier prepared for each examinee, and outputs information about the read identifier to the information processor. The information processor acquires at least one of the objective measurement data and the previous glass data corresponding to the identifier from the database based on the identifier received from the reader, and sets an initial value of the calibration optical system used on an occasion of subjectively measuring optical characteristics of a subject eye based on at least one of the objective measurement data and the previous glass data.

PHOTOBLEACHING METHOD
20220061657 · 2022-03-03 ·

The present disclosure provides an improved method for photobleaching an eye of a subject. The disclosed method may be used in a number of psychophysical test methods, including, but not limited to, measurement of dark adaptation. The improved method for photobleaching involves at least one of the following improvements: (i) the use of a bleaching light emitting a particular wavelength of light or a tailored spectrum of wavelengths; (ii) restricting or otherwise spatially tailoring the region of the retina that is subject to photobleaching; and (iii) utilizing a bleaching light having an intensity that is at or below the intensity of ambient daylight. The present disclosure additionally provides a combination of a photobleaching light and an apparatus to administer a psychophysical test suitable for use in practicing the disclosed methods.

VIRTUAL REALITY OCULAR EXAMINATION SYSTEM
20220071483 · 2022-03-10 · ·

A virtual reality display system including at least one optical alignment subsystem optically aligned with at least one eye of a subject and at least one virtual reality display device optically aligned with the at least one optical alignment subsystem for displaying to the subject at least one virtual reality object undergoing virtual motion, wherein the virtual motion of the at least one virtual reality object as viewable by the subject is operative for inducing and relaxing accommodation by the at least one eye of the subject.

Evaluation device, evaluation method, and non-transitory storage medium
11266307 · 2022-03-08 · ·

An evaluation device includes a display screen; a gaze point detection unit that detects a position of a gaze point of an examinee; an area setting unit that sets a specific area for a first indicator on the display screen; a determination unit that determines whether the gaze point is present in the specific area based on the position thereof; a display controller that displays a second indicator at a different position from the first indicator when determining that the gaze point is present in the specific area; a arithmetic unit that determines whether the examinee has recognized the second indicator; and an evaluation unit that evaluates a visual function of the examinee based on a determination result from the arithmetic unit. The display controller doesn't display the second indicator when determining that the gaze point isn't present in the specific area after the second indicator has been displayed.

OPHTHALMOLOGIC EXAMINATION SYSTEM AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS
20220061661 · 2022-03-03 ·

An ophthalmologic examination system that examines a subject's eye with an ophthalmologic apparatus includes an information acquisition portion that acquires a patient's ID determined for each patient and an examination order determined for each patient, an information storage portion that stores the patient's ID and the examination order which are obtained by the information acquisition portion and are linked, an ID reception portion that receives input of the patient's ID, an order read-out portion that reads out the examination order linked to the patient's ID received by the ID reception portion from the information storage portion, and an examination control portion that sets the ophthalmologic apparatus to at least an examination ready state based on the examination order read out by the order read-out portion.

Concise representation for review of a subjective refraction test
11234588 · 2022-02-01 ·

A concise representation illustrating essential elements of a subjective refraction eye test that includes choices of optics offered to a test subject, responses by the test subject indicating respective choices among the optics, and time durations of, between, or both of and between, responses by the test subject indicating the respective choices of optics. The concise representation includes a presentation that illustrates the essential elements of the eye test.

Concise representation for review of a subjective refraction test
11234588 · 2022-02-01 ·

A concise representation illustrating essential elements of a subjective refraction eye test that includes choices of optics offered to a test subject, responses by the test subject indicating respective choices among the optics, and time durations of, between, or both of and between, responses by the test subject indicating the respective choices of optics. The concise representation includes a presentation that illustrates the essential elements of the eye test.

Methods and systems for diagnosing and treating health ailments

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.

Method for manufacturing optical device, optical device, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and color adjusting device
11141059 · 2021-10-12 · ·

A method for manufacturing an optical device, includes obtaining a plurality of test images in each of which spectral intensities of a first color component, a second color component and a third color component are separately changeable, changing the spectral intensity of the first color component in at least a first test image, changing the spectral intensity of the second color component in at least a second test image, obtaining a spectral intensity Rs of the first color component and a spectral intensity Gs of the second color component satisfying a particular test condition when a subject is looking at the first and second test images, and manufacturing the optical device including an optical element configured to adjust spectral intensities of the first color component and the second color component, in light transmitted through the optical element, based on the spectral intensities Rs and Gs.

Method and apparatus for determining metamorphopsia based on user interaction

According to a method for determining metamorphopsia based on user interaction disclosed as an embodiment of the present invention, a test chart may be displayed to a user, an input from the user for a part which is perceived as being distorted in the displayed test chart may be received, and a metamorphopsia degree of the user may be accurately determined based on a distortion area selected according to the received input. Further, according to another embodiment of the present invention, a test chart may be displayed to a user, a response (e.g., distance values of points, an area value, etc. in a zone) for each zone for the test chart may be received from the user, and metamorphopsia of the user may be determined based on the received response.