Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting inventions 10/06

20060238697 - Eyeglasses with auxiliary eyeglasses: The present invention relates to a pair of eyeglasses with auxiliary eyeglasses comprising a pair main eyeglasses having a main frame and a pair of lenses fitted therein, a rear horizontal recess in a bridge, a vertical hole of square section having its top open to the recess, a nosepad,...

20060238698 - Eyewear having lenses with rims: A method for assembly of an eyewear and an eyewear structure are provided to incorporate preferred properties into the eyewear. A relatively less curved lens is encircled by a protruding rim element, thereby forming a lens unit which is removably attached to the eyewear structure. The protruding rim element has...

20060238699 - Parallax eliminator: I have submitted a narrative along with marked up copies describing the Parallax Eliminator process and product and technique which produces the Parallax Eliminator Effect. I have submitted my claims along with marked up copies which are consecutively number of the process and product which produce the Parallax Eliminator Effect....

20060238700 - Eye glasses with lightened frame and process for making them: Eye glasses with a lightened frame are made using a process in which at least one part of the eye glass frame is made lighter by making at least one cavity in it....

20060238701 - Ophthalmic lens for correcting non-conventional refractive error: An electro-active spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens includes a first lens optic. The disclosed lens also includes a first electro-active zone positioned in a cooperative relationship with the first lens optic. In certain embodiments, the electro-active lens includes a range finder positioned in a cooperative relationship with the...

20060238702 - Ophthalmic lens combinations: An ophthalmic device is provided for a patient that has a basic prescription for distant vision, the ophthalmic device including a primary optic and a supplemental optic. The primary optic is configured for placement in the eye and has a base optical power configured to substantially provide the basic prescription....

20060238703 - Therapeutic contact lens for pseudo-aphakic eyes and/or eyes with retinal neuro-degeneration: The object of the invention is a contact lens for pseudo-aphakic eyes and/or eyes with macular and retinal degeneration, its main characteristic being the application of a yellow filter to a standard contact lens, with the purpose of protecting the eye from the short wavelength radiation of the visible spectrum...

20060238704 - Integral apparatus for testing twilight vision and glare sensitivity and a method for operating the apparatus: An integral apparatus for testing twilight vision and glare sensitivity and a method for operating the apparatus. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on...

20060238705 - Device for self-measurement of interpupillary distance: A device for self-determining a person's pupillary separation in an OTC setting. In a first embodiment, the device includes a plurality of interconnected masks, each mask having two holes therein and the distance between the center of the holes being indicated on the mask. The separation of the holes is...

20060238706 - Method for judging changes in images of the eye or its component parts: The invention includes a computer-implemented method, system, and computer-readable medium having computer-executable modules for judging changes in components of an eye. The inventive computer-implemented method includes the steps of acquiring, displaying, and superimposing at least two digital images of the components of the eye. The method further includes the step...

20060238708 - Eye accommodation function state measurement device and eye accommodation function state measurement method: The present invention provides an eye accommodation function state measurement device which places only a small burden on the subject, allows confirmation of an intermediate measurement result, and is more conveniently used. The eye accommodation function state measurement device disposes an image at a plurality of positions by using an...

20060238707 - Method and installation for detecting and following an eye and the gaze direction thereof: When detecting the position and gaze direction of eyes, a photo sensor (1) and light sources (2, 3) placed around a display (1) and a calculation and control unit (6) are used. One of the light sources is placed around the sensor and includes inner and outer elements (3′; 3″)....

20060238710 - Method for determining vision defects and for collecting data for correcting vision defects of the eye by interaction of a patient with an examiner and apparatus therefor: There is now provided a method for determining vision defects and for collecting data for correcting vision defects of the eye. The method comprises projecting an image into the eye of the patient with an adaptive optical system having adaptive optical elements. The optical characteristics of the optical elements can...

20060238711 - Operation microscope apparatus: Provided is an operation microscope apparatus for easily and speedily obtaining a suitable separation state between illumination light and observation light in a case where a front lens is replaced by another one. An illumination optical system includes a slit plate in which slit holes having different slit widths are...

20060238712 - Hybrid contact lens system and method: A hybrid contact lens comprises a central zone comprising a substantially rigid, gas permeable material having a DK of at least 30, a relatively soft peripheral zone and an intermediate zone comprising a film or coating that is created around the central zone, and then cured. The film facilitates chemical...

20060238713 - Hybrid contact lens system and method: A hybrid contact lens comprises a central zone comprising a substantially rigid, gas permeable material having a DK of at least 30, a relatively soft peripheral zone and an intermediate zone comprising a film or coating that is created around the central zone, and then cured. The film facilitates chemical...

20060232742 - Monkey visual field measurement system and visual field measurement method: The present invention relates to a system and a method for determining a field of a vision of a monkey. Its object is to provide a system and a method which can cause a monkey to effect accurate visual field determination like a human subject. To achieve the object, according...

20060232743 - Method and apparatus for reducing or eliminating the progression of myopia: Apparatus and methods are provided for reducing or eliminating the progression of myopia, including a lens having an intentionally created aberration pattern for reducing or eliminating the progression of myopia. The aberration pattern may comprise a positive spherical aberration that produces a wavefront error in which the paracentral wavefront is...

20060232744 - Methods for specifying image quality of human eyes from wavefront measurements: Relative MTF scores for an eye are determined by obtaining at least one wave aberration of an eye, calculating at least one modulation transfer function from the wave aberration of the tested eye, specifying image quality of the eye using a relative MTF score system derived from the calculated modulation...

20060227285 - Diving mask: A diving mask includes a mask assembly, a strap and at least one lens. Two end of the strap is connected to two edges of the mask assembly to be worn on a user's head. The lens is wedged in the mask assembly. The lens has at least one lateral...

20060227284 - Near-sighted lens of wide-vision diving mirror: The present invention is a near-sighted lens of a wide-vision diving mirror, wherein contracted latching pieces at the upper, lower, and inner sides of a front lens of a wide-vision diving mirror are latched into the latching slots of lens frames of a mask; two assembling sections are formed by...

20060227286 - Optimal iol shape factors for human eyes: The present invention provides an ophthalmic lens (e.g., an intraocular lens) having an optic with an anterior surface and a posterior surface, which exhibits a shape factor (defined as a ratio of the sum of the anterior and posterior curvatures to the difference of such curvatures) in a range of...

20060227287 - Photochromic ophthalmic devices made with dual initiator system: The present invention relates to a process comprising exposing a polymerizable mixture comprising at least one lens forming component, at least one thermal initiator, at least one photoinitiator and at least one photochromic compound to device forming conditions comprising heat and actinic radiation to form a photochromic ophthalmic device....

20060227288 - Multifocal lens: A multifocal lens includes convex surface and a concave surface and is made of a single piece of polymeric material. The concave surface includes a near vision segment and a distant vision segment, and an area of demarcation between the near vision segment and the distant vision segment is visible....

20060227289 - Method of inspecting monocular diplopia and eye mark pattern for use in the same: In order to examine a degree of monocular diplopia is easily examined in a quantitative manner, a plurality of circular eye marks are seen from a predetermined examination distance with a single eye of a patient to find a particular eye mark whose double vision images are observed to be...

20060227290 - Ocular measurement apparatus and method: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a measurement apparatus for measuring a property of an eye of a subject, having a target arranged to be viewed by the subject, the target including a first light and a second light arranged to undergo a modulation in...

20060221297 - Eyeglass temple unit: An eyeglass temple unit includes a connecting piece and a temple piece. The connecting piece is adapted to be connected to a lens unit, and is formed with a hole defined by a hole-defining wall. The hole-defining wall is formed with a plurality of first teeth. The temple piece is...

20060221298 - Diving mask and viewfield lens therefor: The diving mask is capable of suitably restraining abnormal image vision and which can be precisely produced at low cost. The diving mask of the present invention comprises a viewfield lens, which is constituted by a flat front section and side sections extended from the front section. The side sections...

20060221299 - Angle adjustment mechanism for eyeglass temples: Provided is a pair of eyeglass comprising a frame comprising a recess at its either end-piece; a pair of temples each comprising an elongate slot at a front end, an opening on an inner surface in communication with the slot, and a plurality of parallel fins on a blind end...

20060221300 - Method for the parallax-free centering of an optical element and device for carrying out said method: In a method for the parallax-free centering of an optical element, in particular a semifinished product of a future spectacle lens, on a holder of a centering or mounting device, the optical element is provided with engravings. The centering of the optical element is performed with the aid of the...

20060221301 - Optometry apparatus: An optometry apparatus comprising: a target projecting optical system adapted for diopter movement, for projecting a target onto a fundus of an examinee's eye to form an image of the target on the fundus, wherein the target projecting optical system including: an objective lens to be positioned at the front...