Techniques for providing computer assisted eye examinations

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions causing a processing unit of a user device to:

instruct a user to stand at a visual acuity testing distance away from the user device, wherein the visual acuity testing distance is a predetermined distance away from the user device for taking a visual acuity examination;

acquire an image of the user using a camera;

determine a user interpupillary distance based on the acquired image, wherein the user interpupillary distance indicates a distance between the user's pupils in terms of pixels;

determine a current distance (d) between the user and the user device based on a width of the acquired image in terms of pixels, a field of view of the camera, and the equation d=(IPD)*f/L, wherein IPD is a predetermined interpupillary distance that is representative of a population of people, f is the focal length of the camera in pixels, and L is the user interpupillary distance in pixels;

display the current distance between the user and the user device on a display included on the user device;

display an eye chart on the display in response to the user reaching a distance from the user device that is equal to the visual acuity testing distance;

record a video of the user reading the displayed eye chart at the visual acuity testing distance; and

receive a user input indicating that the user has completed reading the displayed eye chart.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to:

instruct the user to move towards the user device if the determined current distance is greater than the visual acuity testing distance; and

instruct the user to move away from the user device if the current determined distance is less than the visual acuity testing distance.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to:

detect the user's pupils in the acquired image; and

determine the user interpupillary distance based on the detected user's pupils in the acquired image.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to:

detect the user's eyes in the acquired image;

estimate the location of the user's pupils within the user's eyes; and

determine the user interpupillary distance based on the estimated location of the user's pupils in the acquired image.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined interpupillary distance is an interpupillary distance that is representative of a population of people other than the user.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined interpupillary distance is a value that represents a median interpupillary distance among the population.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to select the predetermined interpupillary distance from a set of interpupillary distances.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 7 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to select the predetermined interpupillary distance from the set of interpupillary distances based on the sex of the user.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 7 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to select the predetermined interpupillary distance from the set of interpupillary distances based on the age of the user.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to:

transmit the video to a remote eye test system via a network; and

receive a prescription from the remote eye test system in response to the transmitted video.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the camera is included on the user device.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to generate random characters for the eye chart.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions causing a processing unit of a user device to:

instruct a user to stand at a visual acuity testing distance away from the user device, wherein the visual acuity testing distance is a predetermined distance away from the user device for taking a visual acuity examination;

acquire an image of the user using a camera;

transmit the image to a remote eye test system via a network;

receive a user interpupillary distance value from the remote eye test system via the network, wherein the user interpupillary distance value indicates a distance between the user's pupils in terms of pixels;

determine a current distance (d) between the user and the user device based on a width of the acquired image in terms of pixels, a field of view of the camera, and the equation d=(IPD)*f/L, wherein IPD is a predetermined interpupillary distance that is representative of a population of people, f is the focal length of the camera in pixels, and L is the user interpupillary distance in pixels;

display the current distance between the user and the user device on a display included on the user device;

display an eye chart on the display in response to the user reaching a distance from the user device that is equal to the visual acuity testing distance;

record a video of the user reading the displayed eye chart at the visual acuity testing distance; and

receive a user input indicating that the user has completed reading the displayed eye chart.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to:

instruct the user to move towards the user device if the determined current distance is greater than the visual acuity testing distance; and

instruct the user to move away from the user device if the current determined distance is less than the visual acuity testing distance.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the predetermined interpupillary distance is an interpupillary distance that is representative of a population of people other than the user.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the predetermined interpupillary distance is a value that represents a median interpupillary distance among the population.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to select the predetermined interpupillary distance from a set of interpupillary distances.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to select the predetermined interpupillary distance from the set of interpupillary distances based on the sex of the user.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to select the predetermined interpupillary distance from the set of interpupillary distances based on the age of the user.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to:

transmit the video to the remote eye test system via the network; and

receive a prescription from the remote eye test system in response to the transmitted video.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the camera is included on the user device.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising instructions that cause the processing unit to generate random characters for the eye chart.