A vision screening device for administering vision screening tests, and in particular a color vision screening test, to a patient is described herein. The vision screening device may include associated methods and systems configured to perform the operations of the vision screening tests. The device may include a first radiation source configured to generate color stimuli, a second radiation source separate from the first radiation source configured to emit near-infrared radiation, and a sensor configured to capture the near-infrared radiation emitted by the second radiation source, and reflected by an eye of a patient. The device may also be configured to cause color stimulus to be displayed to the patient, and determine measurement(s) of the eye of the patient in response to the color stimulus. The device may be further configured to analyze the measurements to generate a recommendation and/or diagnosis associated with the vision of the patient. The device may also be configured to display the recommendation and/or the measurements, along with additional screening data, to an operator conducting the vision test.

A method for testing visual characteristics includes a providing step of providing a subject with a test image and a changing step of changing an optical element to be placed between the subject and the test image. The test image includes a first image area containing a color to which rod cells are sensitive, and the first image area is placed in such a manner that light coming from the first image area forms an image on a region outside a central fovea of a retina when the subject is looking at a center of the test image. The optical element set includes a plurality of first optical elements configured to transmit light of a first wavelength band to which the rod cells are sensitive within a visible light band. An optical element that the subject does not feel dazzled by the test image is specified.

Disclosed embodiments may include a device, system and method for providing a low cost device that can measure refractive errors very accurately via attachment to a smart phone. A disclosed device may use ambient light or a light source in simulating the cross cylinder procedure that optometrists use by utilizing the inverse Shack-Hartman technique. Using an optical device, in conjunction with a smart phone, the user first changes the angle of the axis until he/she sees a cross pattern (the vertical and horizontal lines are equally spaced). The user adjusts the display, using motorized controls on the on the optical device, to make the lines come together and overlap, which corresponds to bringing the view into sharp focus, thus determining the appropriate optical prescription for the user.

A method for generating an indicator or biomarker of colour perception in a mammalian subject, where the method may include submitting the mammalian subject to a multicoloured dynamic stimulus comprising displaying, on a display device. The method may include controlling a change over time of at least one of the two colours of the multicolour pattern when displaying the dynamic multicolour stimulus, to vary the displayed luminance of this colour (usually several times). The method may include acquiring, by using an image acquisition device, an oscillatory response of a pupil of the mammalian subject. The method may include generating, from the acquired response, a signal representative of the power of the pupil's oscillatory response as a function of the change over time of at least one of the two colours when displaying the dynamic multicoloured stimulus.

A method of evaluating a vision of a subject including: causing a display to define a first display portion and a second display portion; causing the display to emit, from the first display portion, light having a first wavelength value and to emit, from the second display portion, light having a second wavelength value; causing the display to present, on the first display portion, one or more first optotypes and to present, on the second display portion, one or more second optotypes; varying with time the second wavelength value within a predefined wavelengths range; obtaining an indication concerning a subject's perception of the one or more second optotypes as compared to a subject's perception of the one or more first optotypes; and determining a vision disorder of the subject based on the second wavelength value for which the indication has been obtained.

A computerized method for administering a low luminance dysfunction test, comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a first character in a color at a first acuity level against a display having a luminance level; (b) receiving a first input signal from a patient via an input device, where the input signal is indicative of whether the patient recognizes the first character displayed in the first acuity level; (c) displaying a second character in the color at a second acuity level against the display having the luminance level; (d) receiving a second input signal from the patient via the input device, where the input signal is indicative of whether the patient recognizes the second character displayed at the second acuity level; and, (e) calculating a score based on the first and second input signals.

A system and method for an eye test application for mobile devices and in particular to applications for self-determination of eyeglass prescription via mobile computing devices comprising Simultaneous Split Point Focus (SSPF) and Low Latency Dynamic Distance Monitoring (LLDDM) for enabling self-determination of eyeglass prescription for a user via a mobile computing device, the device comprising: volatile and non-volatile memory for storing data; a processor configured for executing program instructions stored in the non-volatile memory; a visual display screen adapted to receive image information from the processor to present instructions and images to a user; and a camera configured to receive images of the user's pupils during a test situation; wherein the system comprises application program instructions for directing the processor to undertake a method for determining an eyeglass prescription, the method comprising: determining if an eye of the user is myopic, and if the user's eye is myopic; determining Principal and Axis Meridians of a user's eyes while the user is observing the image information on the display screen; enabling the system of LLDDM for real time determination of the refractive power errors in the Principal and Axis Meridians of a user's eyes in while the user is observing the SSPF image information on the display screen; calculating Sphere, Cylinder and Axis prescriptions from the Principal and Axis Meridian values obtained via the LLDDM system; and displaying the calculated prescription values to the user.

Disclosed embodiments may include a device, system and method for providing a low cost device that can measure refractive errors very accurately via attachment to a smart phone. A disclosed device may use ambient light or a light source in simulating the cross cylinder procedure that optometrists use by utilizing the inverse Shack-Hartman technique. The optical device may include an array of lenslets and pinholes that will force the user to effectively focus at different depths. Using an optical device, in conjunction with a smart phone, the user first changes the angle of the axis until he/she sees a cross pattern (the vertical and horizontal lines are equally spaced). The user adjusts the display, typically using the controls on the smartphone, to make the lines come together and overlap, which corresponds to bringing the view into sharp focus, thus determining the appropriate optical prescription for the user.

End user interactions at a display are monitored for predetermined conditions to provide augmentation of display presentation by a red light that illuminates in the 650 to 800 nm range, such as at substantially 670 nm. Instructions stored in non-transient memory and executed on a processor present visual images of varied color contrast and evaluate end user inputs to determine an end user visual acuity. Over time and use of the display and red light, end user visual acuity is periodically tested to evaluate the effectiveness of red light illumination to restore visual acuity.

The present invention relates to a test system for assessing color vision variability of test persons (7). The test system comprises at least two test carriers (1), wherein each of the at least two test carriers (1) is provided with a two-dimensional pattern (4) including a background (2) and a plurality of samples (3). The plurality of samples (3) and the background (2) of each one of the at least two test carriers (1) are made of at least two different dyestuff combinations representing metameric colors. The samples (3) and/or the background (2) show color scaling in at least two directions such that each one of the at least two test carriers (1) is configured to provide that a test person (7) can select a spot (PIS.sub.C) from the two-dimensional pattern (4) where the metameric colors of the samples (3) and the background (2) match best. The system further comprises a test illuminant unit (5) configured to provide light for the color vision variability assessment, the light having a specific spectral power distribution. The system further comprises a processing unit (6) configured to predict a color matching function and/or to determine a congenital and/or acquired color vision deficiency of the test person (7) by calculating a variation of the spot (PIS.sub.C) selected by the test person (7) as compared to a spot (PIS.sub.B) computed by the processing unit (6) based on data of a predefined standard observer considering the specific spectral power distribution of the light of the test illuminant unit (5).