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

20060139564 - Clip on visor: A visor is provided having a mechanical fastener for releasably engaging the bridge portion of the primary frames. The visor can extend beyond and around the primary frames. The visor can have a malleable border around the edge of the visor....

20060139566 - Clipped lens eyeglasses: The clip-lens eyeglasses frame includes a face structure provided with elements for clipping to at least one lens and arranged to operate by resiliently clamping the lens in a direction that is generally axial relative to the lens....

20060139565 - Contoured metal eyeglass frames: Disclosed is a contoured metal eyeglass frame. The frame may be injection molded or cast, and may include sculpted, variable cross section eyeglass components. Thus, the present invention combines the design flexibility of injection molded plastic parts with the strength and durability of metal construction....

20060139567 - Eyeglasses with detachable bows: An eyeglass frame for mounting a lens on a head of an intended user, the head defining a face. The eyeglass frame includes a lens receiving portion for supporting the lens, the lens receiving portion defining a lens receiving portion first surface and a substantially opposed lens receiving portion second...

20060139568 - Eye mask: The present invention relates to an eye mask having concave-shaped eye mask portions....

20060139569 - Remedy for dry eye syndrome: A treatment for dry eye syndrome. An at least partially sealed chamber including a reservoir for moisture for surrounding the eyes is disclosed. The invention may be transparent for use during the day or in association with prescription or non-prescription lenses. The moisture chamber may also be opaque to act...

20060139570 - Ophthalmic spectacle lens for correcting non-conventional refractive error: An ophthalmic spectacle lens comprises a front surface; a back surface; a peripheral edge; and a vision correcting area having a refractive error correction for correcting refractive error of the eye, wherein the vision correcting area's refractive error correction is determined at least in part by a wave front analysis...

20060139571 - Ophthalmic lens with progressive addition of power and prism: The lens presents horizontal prismatic refractive power that varies progressively along the main progression meridian (MM′) with the addition of horizontal prismatic power being greater than 2 prismatic diopters in absolute value, this addition of horizontal prismatic power being defined by the difference between the horizontal prismatic refractive power at...

20060139572 - Eye fundus photographing system: An eye fundus photographing system, wherein a three-dimensional moving picture is photographed and displayed in eye fundus of infrared fluorescent photographing. The photographing system includes an exciter filter for transmitting a specific wavelength region of the illumination light emitted from the light source, an illumination optical system for irradiating the...

20060139573 - Optometry apparatus: The optometry apparatus includes an index projecting optical system for projecting an index for cross cylinder test to an eye for shortening examination time, a variable cross cylinder lens disposed on an optical axis of the index projecting optical system, for forming one pair of projection images of the index...

20060132703 - Eyeglass system having spinning bezels: A pair of eyeglasses comprises a frame and at least one ear extension support pivotably connected to one end of the frame. At least one lens is rotatably affixed to the frame. At least one bezel is also rotatably affixed to the lens. A means for rotating the lens and...

20060132704 - Protective eyewear with metal lenses: Protective eyewear for protecting a wearer's eyes during a sporting event. The protective eyewear comprises a frame and a metal protective section. The frame includes a top support, a pair of armatures, and a grooved opening traversing the top support and each armature. The metal protective section includes a perimeter...

20060132705 - Eyeglasses frame assembly: An eyeglasses frame assembly is assembled by an upper half portion and a lower half portion. The upper half portion is provided with a central hollow in the bridge, two opposite catching blocks are provided in the central hollow, and each catching block is provided with a barb. A pair...

20060132706 - Eyeglasses assembly with elastic temples: An eyeglasses assembly includes an eyeglasses frame, two elastic members and a pair of temples. The eyeglasses frame is provided with a vertical through hole, an inserting hole and a pair of opposite screw holes at each hinge. Each elastic member is made of highly elastic material and provided with...

20060132707 - Method and apparatus for selecting contact lens for reshaping altered corneas due to post refractive surgery, previous ortho-k or keratoconus: A kit for determining a hypothetical cornea for use with post-LASIK and post myopia Ortho-K amendment. The kit has a reference table for determining conformation data by using at least one of following data: pre-treatment KM readings, post-treatment KM readings, power reduced from before- to after-treatment, and post-treatment cornea optical...

20060132708 - Spectacle lenses incorporating atoric surfaces: An atoric surface is formed such that the surface coordinate lines are parallels with the shape of off-set curves of the trajectory curve of a swept surface, and meridians with the shape of the section curve of such swept surface. The lines of curvature of the surface coincide with the...

20060132709 - High-resolution ophthalmic imaging system: A system for providing an improved resolution retina image comprising an imaging camera for capturing a retina image and a computer system operatively connected to the imaging camera, the computer producing short exposures of the retina image and providing speckle processing of the short exposures to provide the improved resolution...

20060132710 - Ophthalmic image sensing apparatus: An ophthalmic image sensing apparatus includes: an examination optical system for examining an eye to be examined; an image sensing optical system for sensing an image of the eye to be examined; an examination image pickup element for picking up the image of the eye to be examined through the...

20060132711 - Ophthalmic apparatus: There is disclosed an ophthalmic apparatus including a detection unit which detects a vision fixation state of an eye to be examined, a projection unit which projects a fixation mark onto a fundus of the eye, and a fixation mark control unit which controls the projection unit. The projection unit...

20060132712 - Dot radial ringed placido: An ophthalmic placido pattern 10 is used to determine a curvature of an anterior surface of a cornea of an eye. The pattern 10 includes a series of alternating light and dark concentric rings 12 and 14 centered about a central point 16. A series of shaped geometric shapes 18...

20060126007 - Auxiliary eyewear assembly with micromagnetic attachment: Primary and auxiliary lens assemblies are provided that allow a wearer easy usage with a reduced risk of misalignment or detachment through the use of micromagnets. Conventional magnetic auxiliary lens assemblies are difficult to manufacture and functionally limited due to the limitations of conventional magnets and the composition of the...

20060126006 - Non-magnetic frames having a magnetic insert: The improved eyewear assemblies disclosed herein employ magnetically attractable inserts fitted within a primary lens assembly, which allow for increased usage of plastics in eyewear design. The ability to employ various plastics or composites allows for increased flexibility in design as well as an overall reduction in cost. Thus, the...

20060126008 - Sunglasses with removable sealing member: Eyewear is disclosed for use in sports and the like which allows the wearer to attach a removable sealing member to prevent the ingress of particulate matter when active sports are engaged in which require both ventilation and sealing to keep dust, dirt and the like out of the eyes....

20060126009 - Position-adjustable lens and nose-pad assembly: A position-adjustable lens and nose-pad assembly includes a nose-pad and a lens. The nose-pad is provided with an upper mounting rod and a lower mounting rod, and a hollow is formed between the upper mounting rod and the lower mounting rod. The lens is provided with an upper concave and...

20060126010 - Lens support frame and one-piece lens assembly: A lens support frame and one-piece lens assembly includes a lens support frame and a one-piece lens. The lens support frame is composed by a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion of the lens support frame is provided with an upward opening, a downward opening and a...

20060126011 - Dynamic fringe phase detection for measurement of very small spacing: A temple assembly for a pair of glasses includes a temple, a pivotal member, a positioning member, a bolt mounted in a receptacle of the temple for retaining the positioning member, and an elastic element mounted in the receptacle and between the positioning member and a head of the bolt....

20060126012 - Spring hinge: A spring hinge for spectacles having a center piece and side pieces fitted pivotably thereto is proposed, having a spring element cooperating with said side pieces, a housing having a recess receiving the hinge element and the spring element, within which housing the hinge element is displaceably disposed, and having...

20060126013 - Sports binocular assembly: A helmet or headgear assembly that includes a fixed or removable display that can display any message desired by the user so that others can see it and a fixed or removable optical element such as a binocular viewer in front of the user's eyes that can be supported without...

20060126014 - Optical element, optical element molding die, and optical element manufacturing method: It is to provide an optical element, an optical element molding die, and an optical element manufacturing method, which can easily but surely suppress generation of transcription failure of a resin material and also enables to manufacture an optical element with an excellent optical performance at a low cost while...

20060126015 - Contact lens and methods of manufacture and fitting such lenses and computer program product: The invention is directed to a contact lens design and methods of manufacturing, fitting and using such lenses. The contact lens may be designed for use in a corneal refractive therapy (CRT) program. The lens provides a design which allows proper fitting of a patient, whether for corrective contact lenses...

20060126016 - Process for producing contact lens with mark and contact lens with mark obtained thereby: It is an object of the present invention to provide a coloration, which does not damage a contact lens and is not discolored, and to provide an improved technique of manufacturing a contact lens, wherein the contact lens can be marked at the same time as the polymerization of the...

20060126017 - Ophthalmic photography apparatus: An ophthalmic photography apparatus is provided in which focus and alignment can be adjusted over the whole period of infrared light-excited fluorescence photography. During alignment and focus adjustments, the brightness of index light sources used for such adjustments is increased. When the shutter is operated, the brightness of the index...

20060126018 - Methods and apparatus for wavefront sensing of human eyes: A wavefront sensing system for determining the wave aberration of an eye comprises a fixation target configured to keep the eye focus at its far accommodation point by illuminating the fixation target with a light source at a location optically conjugate to the cornea of the eye, an illumination light...

20060126019 - Methods and systems for wavefront analysis: A method for analyzing wavefront sensing images as an array of focus spots comprise obtaining a wavefront sensing image of an optical object such as an eye using a Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor, determining at least one average distance between the neighboring focus spots in the wavefront images. The method for...

20060114407 - Shock-absorbing mechanism for spectacles: An endpiece (E) is composed by disposing a pair of elastic inner and outer wiring or plating parts in juxtaposition. An outer part external member (1) is adopted to keep a shape and structure of the endpiece (E) intact and reinforced. The inner part is a buffer piece (2) doubled...

20060114408 - Strap retracting mechanism for a retractable eyewear retaining strap assembly: A strap retracting mechanism for a retractable eyewear retaining strap assembly consisting of a strap, a hollow eyewear temple for containing the strap, and a flexible strap extension, a rotating drum communicating with the extension and biasing means for withdrawing the extension and strap into the temple. In one embodiment,...

20060114409 - Lens with colored portion and coated surface: A lens with a colored portion is composed of a lens-forming polymer having a front lens surface and a back lens surface. A colorant is applied to at least one of these surfaces, and these surfaces may be coated with a coating layer composed of a material different than the...

20060114410 - Colored contact lenses with a more natural appearance: A colored contact lens having a non-opaque pupil section, an iris section surrounding said pupil section, and a colored, opaque, intermittent pattern over the iris section which is indiscernible to the ordinary viewer. The pattern is made up of a first portion having a first shade, a second portion having...

20060114411 - Optical apparatus and method for comprehensive eye diagnosis: An eye examination instrument is presented that can perform multiple eye tests. The instrument includes an illumination optical path and an imaging optical path, wherein a focus element in the illumination optical path is mechanically coupled to a focus element in the imaging optical path. In some embodiments, the eye...

20060114412 - Fundus camera: A fundus camera, of which usability is enhanced while offering an excellent combination of automatic and manual photographing, includes a photographing optical system having a photographing optical axis, a movable focusing lens and an image-pickup element, alignment-state detection means, focusing-state detection means, a fixation target presenting unit where a presenting...

20060114413 - Optometric apparatus: A subjective optometric apparatus comprises: right-eye and left-eye examination units, each including a test window and optical elements that are manually selectively disposed in the test window; an indicator provided in each examination unit, the indicator being arranged to indicate information on the optical element disposed in the test window...

20060114414 - Method and apparatus for the diagnosis of glaucoma and other visual disorders: A subject (12) observes an image on a display (10). A control (18) produces a fixation image at a selected position in the display, followed by a stimulus spaced from the fixation image. An eye position sensor (14) detects a saccade movement towards the stimulus. The stimulus is then replaced...