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US 12,293,016 · App. 18/661,404 · Granted May 6, 2025

Light field device, pixel rendering method therefor, and adjusted vision perception system and method using same

Inventors: Guillaume Lussier (Montreal, CA); Raul Mihali (Westport, CT); Yaiza Garcia (Beaconsfield, CA); Matej Goc (Kingston, CA); Daniel Gotsch (Redwood City, CA)
Assignee: EVOLUTION OPTIKS LIMITED
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Patent No.
US 12,293,016
App. No.
18/661,404
Filed
May 10, 2024
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Examiner
DINH, JACK
Art Unit
2872
USPC
351/209
Abstract

Described are various embodiments of a device to subjectively assess a user's reduced visual acuity. In one embodiment, the device comprises: a digital display; a lenslet array disposed relative to the digital display to shape a light field emanating therefrom; and a hardware processor. The hardware processor operates on pixel data for respective optotypes to output respectively adjusted pixel data to be rendered side-by-side by the digital display via the lenslet array so to respectively adjust user perception of the respective optotypes as rendered therethrough to thereby render, side-by-side, distinctly perceptively adjusted optotypes corresponding to respective visual corrections to subjectively assess the user's reduced visual acuity.

Claims (13)

1. A device to subjectively assess a user's reduced visual acuity, comprising:

a digital display;

a lenslet array disposed relative to said digital display to shape a light field emanating therefrom; and

a hardware processor configured to operate on pixel data for respective optotypes to output respectively adjusted pixel data to be rendered side-by-side by said digital display via said lenslet array so to respectively adjust the user's perception of said respective optotypes as rendered therethrough to thereby render, side-by-side, distinctly perceptively adjusted optotypes corresponding to respective visual corrections to subjectively assess the user's reduced visual acuity.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising an adjustable refractive optical system disposed relative to said digital display so to set a selectable common refractive correction and thus further refract and thus redirect said light field, wherein each of said respective visual corrections is further defined as a function of said selectable common refractive correction.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein said selectable common refractive correction is selectable to define a common coarse refractive correction for each of said respective optotypes, whereas said respectively adjusted pixel data further refines said respective visual corrections.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein said adjustable refractive optical system comprises a tunable lens.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein said respective optotypes comprise identical optotypes that are distinctly perceptively adjusted for subjective comparison.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein said respectively adjusted pixel data digitally maps each of said respective optotypes to a corresponding virtual image plane virtually positioned relative to the digital display at respectively corresponding perceived image depths.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein said respectively adjusted pixel data digitally maps each of said respective optotypes to a retinal plane in accordance with said respective visual corrections based on respective eye focus parameters.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein said distinctly perceptively adjusted optotypes are rendered side-by-side in respective quadrants.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein said distinctly perceptively adjusted optotypes are rendered side-by-side in a 2-dimensional grid.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein said respective visual corrections are dynamically variable so to subjectively assess the user's reduced visual acuity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2025
From: LUSSIER, GUILLAUME; MIHALI, RAUL; GARCIA, YAIZA; GOC, MATEJ; GOTSCH, DANIEL
To: EVOLUTION OPTIKS LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
CA CA 3021636 · Oct 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (15)
Continuation 18343575 · Jun 28, 2023
Continuation 17652077 · Feb 22, 2022
Division 17302392 · Apr 30, 2021
Continuation In Part PCTUS2020058392 · Oct 30, 2020
Continuation In Part 17309133
Continuation 16810143 · Mar 5, 2020
Continuation In Part 16569137 · Sep 12, 2019
Continuation 16510673 · Jul 12, 2019
Continuation 16259845 · Jan 28, 2019
Continuation In Part PCTIB2019058955 · Oct 21, 2019
Continuation In Part 16551572 · Aug 26, 2019
Continuation In Part PCTIB2019058955 · Oct 21, 2019
Continuation In Part 16810143 · Mar 5, 2020
Provisional Application 62929639 · Nov 1, 2019
Related Publication 20240295923A1 · Sep 5, 2024
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