IP Library Granted Patent US 10,610,097
Granted Patent B2
US 10,610,097 · App. 16/232,414 · Granted Apr 7, 2020

System and a method for corrective lens determination

Inventors: Tobias Breuninger (Riederich, DE); Frank Schäffel (Tübingen, DE); Siegfried Wahl (Donzdorf, DE); Karsten Lindig (Erfurt, DE); Arne Ohlendorf (Tübingen, DE); Jesús-Miguel Cabeza-Guillén (Aalen, DE)
Assignees: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH; Carl Zeiss AG
A61B3/103A61B3/0008A61B3/10A61B3/14G02B19/0019G02B19/0061G02B19/0066G06T7/74H04M1/0264G02B13/001
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Patent No.
US 10,610,097
App. No.
16/232,414
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A component for a mobile computer device, such as a smartphone, can be secured to the housing of the mobile computer device. The component can deflect the light of a built-in light source of the mobile computer device with an optical element and optionally filter the same, or can provide its own light source to improve the option of measuring eccentric photorefraction using the mobile computer device.

Claims (21)

1. A system for corrective lens determination by eccentric photorefraction, the system comprising:

a mobile computer apparatus including:

a housing;

a camera installed in the housing;

a processor; and

an associated non-transitory storage memory storing a computer program having a program code which, when executed on the processor, carries out corrective lens determination of an eye of a person to be examined by eccentric photorefraction; and

an enclosure element configured to completely or partially enclose the mobile computer apparatus and having at least one light source,

wherein the at least one light source is arranged on an outer side of the enclosure element facing away from the camera, and

wherein the at least one light source is configured to illuminate an eye with an eccentricity during an eccentric photorefraction measurement.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one light source comprises a multiplicity of light sources arranged in a wedge shape.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one light source comprises a plurality of light sources arranged at different respective distances from the camera, and wherein the system is configured to set different measurement ranges for the eccentric photorefraction by activating different light sources.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the enclosure element comprises an opening for the camera of the mobile computer apparatus, and wherein the at least one light source is arranged adjacent to the opening.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the at least one light source comprises a plurality of light sources arranged at different respective distances from the opening.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mobile computer apparatus is configured to control the at least one light source for carrying out the eccentric photorefraction.

7. A method for corrective lens determination, comprising:

illuminating a person's eye with light;

recording an image of the person's eye with a camera of a mobile computer apparatus; and

carrying out an eccentric photorefraction determination based on the recorded image of the person's eye;

wherein the light from at least one light source of an enclosure element, which is configured to completely or partially enclose the mobile computer apparatus, is emitted with an eccentricity for the eccentric photorefraction, and

wherein the at least one light source is arranged on an outer side of the enclosure element facing away from the camera.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the light is emitted by a multiplicity of light sources of the enclosure element which are arranged in a wedge-shaped manner.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2019
From: CARL ZEISS VISION GMBH
To: CARL ZEISS VISION INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 049805/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2019
From: LAND BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG
To: CARL ZEISS VISION INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 049805/0815 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2019
From: BREUNINGER, TOBIAS; CABEZA-GUILLEN, JESUS-MIGUEL
To: CARL ZEISS VISION GMBH
Reel/Frame 049780/0938 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2019
From: SCHAEFFEL, FRANK
To: LAND BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG
Reel/Frame 049781/0086 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2019
From: WAHL, SIEGFRIED; OHLENDORF, ARNE
To: CARL ZEISS VISION INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 049781/0215 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2019
From: LINDIG, KARSTEN
To: CARL ZEISS AG
Reel/Frame 049781/0275 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 112 023 · Jun 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2017066335 · Jun 30, 2017
Related Publication 20190167093A1 · Jun 6, 2019
Cited By (1)
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