METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CREATE CUSTOM, USER-SPECIFIC EYEWEAR
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.
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29 . A system for facilitating a user to avail eye-care services from one or more eye-care service providers over a communication network, the system comprising:
an application server for storing an eye-care service application module;
one or more communication devices, each having a web-based user interface configured to:
facilitate the user to access the eye-care service application module to record and send user data to the one or more eye-care service providers,
facilitate the user to receive health-reports from the one or more eye-care service providers based on the user data, and
facilitate one or more child health care service providers involved in eye-care services to send/receive the health-reports to/from other child health care providers involved in eye-care services;
a repository/database configured to securely store the user data and the health-reports;
wherein the eye-care application module comprises:
a receiving module configured to obtain the user data including but not limiting to scanned data of head and eyes of the user;
a processing module configured to: (i) analyze the scanned data to generate a blue print of a custom-fit eye-wear for the user, and (ii) process the user data to generate the report;
an avatar creation module configured to facilitate the user to create and share one or more online avatars of the user and his/her friends connected in a social networking environment.
30 . The system of claim 29 , wherein the user is a child and/or an adult.
31 . The system of claim 29 , wherein the user data further includes vision measurements of the user and virtual trial-fits data that are processed to develop the blue print of the custom-fit eyewear for the user.
32 . The system of claim 31 , wherein the trial-fits data are recorded by the user and/or the eye-care service providers by taking virtual trials of the eyewear while accessing the eye-care application module.
33 . The system of claim 29 , wherein the eye-care application module is further configured to provide various mathematical and processing algorithms to generate a plurality of options for the custom-fit eyewear.
34 . The system of claim 33 , wherein the options include cost, color, design, lens type, and manufacturing materials of the custom-fit eyewear for selection and preferences of the user.
35 . The system of claim 29 , wherein the blue print is outputted for 3D printing, modeling and fabrication of the custom-fit eyewear.
36 . A method for facilitating a user to avail eye-care services from one or more eye-care service providers over a communication network, the method comprising the steps of:
configuring one or more communication devices, each having a web-based user interface for:
facilitating the user to access eye-care service application module to record and send user data to the one or more eye-care service providers,
facilitating the user to receive health-reports from the one or more eye-care service providers based on the user data, and
facilitating one or more child health care service providers involved in eye-care services to send/receive the health-reports to/from other child health care providers involved in eye-care services;
securely storing in a repository/database the user data and the health-reports;
storing and configuring the eye-care application module in an application server to:
obtain the user data including but not limiting to scanned data of head and eyes of the user,
analyze the scanned data to generate a blue print of a custom-fit eye-wear for the user, and process the user data to generate the report;
configuring an avatar creation module for creating and sharing one or more online avatars of the user and his/her friends connected in a social networking environment.
37 . The method of claim 36 , wherein the user is a child and/or an adult.
38 . The method of claim 39 , wherein the user data further includes vision measurements of the user and virtual trial-fits data that are processed to develop the blue print of the custom-fit eyewear for the user.
39 . The method of claim 38 , wherein the trial-fits data are recorded by the user and/or the eye-care service providers by taking virtual trials of the eyewear while accessing the eye-care application module.
40 . The method of claim 36 , wherein the eye-care application module is further configured to provide various mathematical and processing algorithms to generate a plurality of options for the custom-fit eyewear.
41 . The method of claim 40 , wherein the options include cost, color, design, lens type, and manufacturing materials of the custom-fit eyewear for selection and preferences of the user.
42 . The method of claim 36 , wherein the blue print is outputted for 3D printing, modeling and fabrication of the custom-fit eyewear.