Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting inventions 01/06

20060017879 - Glasses having frame for combined use with a cap: Glasses having a frame for a combined use with a cap which can be used with being attached to the visor of a cap, or when a cap is not worn, can be worn as an ordinary pair of glasses, are provided. The glasses having a frame for a combined...

20060017880 - Safety shield for eyewear assembly: An eyewear assembly comprises a primary lens assembly including a primary frame that secures a pair of primary lenses in position relative to one another. A pair of extensions is provided, each of the extensions positioned on an outer periphery of the primary frame. An arm is connected to each...

20060017881 - Particularly reduced elastic hinge for the elastication of a side arm for glasses, structured for the reduction of clearance and with a highly slideable carriage: Side arm for glasses structured for the reduction of clearance and with a highly slideable carriage, essentially including a small box, associated to the side arm by welding and preassembly. Two springs are housed on the inside the springs on one side having the end in abutment on the bottom...

20060017882 - Spectacle frame and lens hanger: A spectacle frame according to the present invention includes a pair of lens hangers each having a lens connector at a distal end thereof, and a pair of fixing barrels for supporting proximal ends of the lens hangers to be rotatable on a leftward/rightward axis, and joined to a brow...

20060017883 - Correction of presbyopia using adaptive optics and associated methods: Devices, systems, and methods measure, diagnose, and/or treat one or both eyes of a patient. Adaptive optics systems (such as those having a deformable mirror) may be configured to an aspherical or multi-spherical presbyopia-mitigating prescriptive shape to allow objective and/or subjective measurements of a candidate prescription. A plurality of viewing...

20060012747 - Auto-focussing glasses and method for auto-focussing a pair of glasses: A self-focussing spectacle as well as a method for self-focussing a spectacle are proposed. The spectacle comprises at least one spectacle lens of adjustable refracting power, and means for adjusting the refracting power of the spectacle lens as a function of a measured parameter representing a state of accommodation of...

20060012748 - Dynamic multifocal spectacle frame: The dynamic multifocal spectacle frame is an improvement on the regular spectacle frame which is meant to enable the spectacle user to see the objects clearly which lie at the intermediate vision zone (i.e. 50 cm to 100 cm) e.g. computer monitor. This frame is incorporated with a mobile second...

20060012749 - Method of manufacturing lens with hold frame, and lens with hold frame: A method of manufacturing a lens with a hold frame, and the lens with the hold frame having a lens formed of an alicyclic structure-containing polymer resin and a hold frame for holding the lens which are formed integrally with each other, the method comprising the step of injecting a...

20060012751 - Contact lens: This invention is directed to ophthalmic materials and ophthalmic lenses that are a co-polymerization product of a (a) hydrophilic monomer with (b) a tris(siloxy)silyl group-containing monomer, (c) a wide variety of hydrophobic monomers (both aliphatic and aromatic) and usually a (d) polyfluorinated monomer, as well as optional monomers or monomer...

20060012750 - Monomer composition and polysmers and ophthalmic lenses in which it is used: This invention has the objective of providing monomer compositions with which polymers of a superior balance of various physical properties such as high oxygen permeability, high water content and a low modulus of elasticity can be obtained. It has the further objective of providing polymers and ophthalmic lenses comprised of...

20060012752 - Method of fabricating holographic contact lens: A method of fabricating holographic colored contact lens is provided. A lens-making mold having multiple micro-lines on the peripheral surface is used to fabricate the contact lens and at the same time the micro-line pattern is copied onto the contact lens to form a light interference zone, which causes light...

20060007387 - Flip up clip on frame with stepless angle control hinge: A spectacle set combines with friction hinges can be used in flip up spectacle frames as well as flip up clip-on frames with magnetic arrangements. The friction hinge comprises a tubular sleeve, a friction receiving portion, a spring and an adjustable screw. The tubular sleeve has an open side for...

20060007388 - Snap-on, flip-up pair of eyeglasses for mounting over and modifying a conventional pair of eyeglasses: A snap-on, flip-up pair of eyeglasses mounting over and modifying a conventional pair of eyeglasses. A pair of lenses are engaged by a frame having a bridge and mounting apparatus snap-on and flip-up mounts the frame over the conventional pair of glasses, while maintaining the snap-on, flip-up pair of eyeglasses...

20060007389 - Spectacle family having differently curved frames and interchangeable stems: A spectacle family having frames with different curvatures and extensions provided with engaging elements for removable mounting of stems, the engaging elements having at least one locating surface between each removable stem and the frame, fixed to the frame and having an attitude and a first distance which are constant...

20060007390 - Eyewear providing colored light therapy: An eyewear for administering colored light therapy comprising an eyepiece; a frame element for supporting said eyepiece in a position exposing the inner surface thereof to the wearer of said eyewear; and a plurality of light-generating units on said frame element each for generating a light of controlled color and...

20060007391 - Biomedical devices containing internal wetting agents: This invention includes a wettable biomedical device containing a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer and a hydroxyl-functionalized silicone-containing monomer....

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20060007393 - Double progressive spectacle lens: A double progressive spectacle lens having a prefabricated progressive surface and a second progressive surface for correcting a spherical ametropia or a cylindrical ametropia, in which the surface properties of the progressive surface in the vicinity of the principal line of sight are asymmetric, the asymmetry being determined by the...

20060007394 - Method of designing aspherical spectacle lens: A method of designing a spectacle lens having a front surface and a back surface is provided. At least one of the front and back surfaces is formed as a rotationally asymmetrical aspherical surface. The method includes the steps of selecting a plurality of cross-sections of the spectacle lens respectively...

20060007395 - System and method for wavefront measurement: A wavefront measuring system and method for detecting aberrations in wavefronts that are reflected from, transmitted through, or internally reflected within objects sought to be measured, e.g., optics systems such as the human eye. The system includes one or more reticles in the path of a return wavefront from the...

20060007396 - Method and system for automated monitoring of a display: Aspects for automated monitoring of a display are described. The aspects include utilizing gaze tracking with a display to monitor attention to information on the display. Additionally, a level of alarm is escalated for the updated information when the attention by the system operator is not detected within a predetermined...

20060007397 - Apparatus and method for determining sphere and cylinder components of subjective refraction using objective wavefront measurement: An apparatus for determining spherical and cylinder components of subjective refraction of a patient's vision includes a wavefront measurement device that can produce a measure of quality of vision in a return beam from the patient's eye viewing a target through a corrective test lens in the apparatus. The corrective...

20060001827 - Eyeglasses with a clock or other electrical component: A pair of glasses includes a clock that is at least partially embedded in the glasses. The clock can be in one of the temples of the glasses. In one implementation, the clock can be positioned at a region close to a hinge of the corresponding temple, with the clock...

20060001828 - Automatic identification symbology suitable for contact lens manufacturing verification: A method of identifying one or more characteristics of an ophthalmic lens by embedding a second marking inside the perimeter of a first marking formed on the lens. In one embodiment, the first marking may be a toric marking indicative of the ballast and/or cylindrical axis and the second marking,...

20060001829 - Rigid gas permeable contact lens with 3-part curvature: A contact lens for wearing on a patient's eye comprises an anterior surface adapted to face away from the eye and a posterior surface adapted to face toward the eye. The posterior surface has an optical zone disposed in the center of the lens, a secondary zone coupled to the...

20060001830 - Method for designing aspheric spectacle lens: A method for designing an aspheric spectacle lens includes: designing a spherical spectacle lens, the spherical spectacle lens having a first surface being substantially flat, and a second surface being spherical and having a predetermined lens power; and correcting aberration of the spherical spectacle lens by changing the second surface...

20060001831 - Perimeter: A perimeter for examining a visual field condition of an examinee's eye, includes: a target presenting unit which presents a stimulation target for examination to the eye, a presentation condition of the target including a presentation position of the target being variable; a response unit with which the examinee responds...