Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting inventions 12/07

20070296912 - Adjustable polarized goggles: An adjustable polarized goggle provides for simple adjustment of the intensity of transmitted light with a mittened or gloved hand in a simple design having only three polarized elements. A continuous rounded common polarized element comprises the outer lens of the goggle and two coupled, rotatable, polarized elements inside the... Agent: Michael Sherrard

20070296913 - Lens for spectacles and spectacles comprising the lens: A lens for spectacles is described which is delimited by a first and a second lens surface which are spaced apart from and located opposite each other, the first surface being arranged to face towards the inner side of the spectacles, near the face of the user when the spectacles... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070296914 - Wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses and related compositions and methods: Silicone hydrogel contact lenses having ophthalmically acceptable surface wettabilities are obtained from pre-extracted polymerized silicone hydrogel contact lens products having relatively large amounts of removable or extractable materials. The silicone hydrogel contact lenses can be obtained from non-polar resin based contact lens molds and without surface treatments or an interpenetrating... Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP

20070296915 - 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... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20070296916 - Means for controlling the progression of myopia: A contact lens (10) for use in controlling or retarding the progression of myopia in an eye has a central optical zone (20) approximating the normal diameter of the pupil of the eye (22) that gives clear central vision at distance for the wearer. An annular peripheral optical zone 24... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070296917 - Tinted contact lenses having iris patterns with enhanced depth: The invention provides tinted contact lenses having a pattern that has an appearance of added depth when compared to conventional patterns and a more natural appearance to the pattern when the lens is worn on-eye.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070296918 - Electronic adapter for electro-active spectacle lenses: An adapter for a spectacle frame is disclosed which is configured for enabling the spectacle frame to operate and control electro-active lenses housed therein. In particular, the spectacle frame may allow electro-active lenses housed therein to focus and be controlled both automatically and manually with heretofore unrealized results.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070296919 - Ophthalmologic apparatus: An opthalmologic apparatus is disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus includes an ocular fundus photographing systems for forming an ocular fundus image of the examined eye, based on a reflective beam from the ocular fundus of the examined eye, and an ocular fundus tracking controller for detecting a gaze direction... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070291219 - Methods and apparatus for lenses and frames and eyeglasses: Methods and apparatus for coupling lenses and frames, and eyeglasses, are provided in which a flexible washer (34) is compressed to engage a lens (16).... Agent: Dennis Braswell

20070291220 - Eyeglass frames: The present invention relates to eyeglasses and eyeglass frames comprising adjustable earpieces to align and attach to the wearer's ears or earlobes, thus avoiding contact with the wearer's hairline and hair, and minimizing contact with the skin.... Agent: Bernard J. Greenspan

20070291221 - Frame assembly for eyeglasses: A frame assembly for eyeglasses includes a frame including two rims and two extensions that extend from two ends of the frame. Each extension has two slots. Two connection members each have a board and two lugs that extend from one side of the board. Each lug has a hole... Agent: Chung, Chih-chun

20070291222 - Spectacles, particularly of the type without-lens-carrying rims: A description is given of spectacles including at least one lens, at least one lug for the articulation of an arm of the spectacles, which lug is connected directly to the lens, and at least one hinge device between the lug and the arm for the articulation of the arm,... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070291224 - High visual acuity contact lenses: A contact lens providing high visual acuity with the comfort of a soft lens includes a thin layer of hard lens material at the front surface of the contact lens; and a second soft lens material layer at the posterior portion of the lens. The soft lens provides a contact... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20070291223 - Wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses and related compositions and methods: Silicone hydrogel contact lenses having ophthalmically acceptable surface wettabilities are obtained from pre-extracted polymerized silicone hydrogel contact lens products produced from a polymerizable composition comprising a combination of particular components. The silicone hydrogel contact lenses can be obtained from non-polar resin based contact lens molds and without surface treatments or... Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP

20070291225 - Hand-held ocular fundus imaging apparatus: A lightweight and compact hand-held ocular fundus imaging apparatus is provided wherein alignment can be easily performed while ensuring a working length. An examiner takes hold of a grip by hand and secures a face pad against part of the face of a patient. The examiner performs alignment by tilting... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20070291227 - Eye tracking compensated method and device thereof: Motion blur associated with hold-type display devices may be reduced by eye tracking compensation. Eye tracking compensation may depend on the magnitude and direction of a motion vector, which may be used to generate a human-vision image compensation signal. An original input image signal and the human-vision image compensation signal... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070291226 - Wide viewing angle ocular fundus blood flow imaging device: With regard to a conventionally known ocular fundus blood flow imaging device, that is, a device in which the ocular fundus is irradiated with an expanded laser beam, light reflected from the ocular fundus is imaged on a 2-dimensional image sensor as a laser speckle, and a change over time... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070291228 - Gaussian fitting on mean curvature maps of parameterization of corneal ectatic diseases: The present invention discloses a method for characterizing ectatic diseases of the cornea by computing a mean curvature map of the anterior or posterior surfaces of the cornea and fitting the map to a Gaussian function to characterize the surface features of the map. Exemplary ectatic disease that may be... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070291229 - Ophthalmologic imaging apparatus: A first wavelength for measurement is selected from among a plurality of wavelengths. Aberrations at the first wavelength are measured with a wavefront-measurement light source having the first wavelength. A compensation optical section performs compensation so as to cancel out the measured aberrations. After the compensation, a retinal image is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070291230 - Ophthalmologic photographing apparatus: Horizontal and vertical scanning mirrors for scanning over a large angle, and horizontal and vertical compact scanning mirrors for scanning over a small angle are disposed at pupil-conjugated positions. Light is emitted from a light source to a retina, and reflected light from a broad range of the retina is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070291231 - Eyeglass detection method: The presence of eyeglasses worn by a human subject is detected regardless of whether the subject's head is viewed frontally or in profile. Image data within search windows defined relative to the subject's eye is processed to form linear representations of edge boundaries. Angles formed by intersections of the linear... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070291232 - Mental alertness and mental proficiency level determination: A method for determining mental proficiency level by monitoring point of gaze, pupillary movement, pupillary response, and other parameters in a subject performing a task, collecting the data in a database, analyzing the data in the database, and assigning the subject to a score indicating the subject's particular mental proficiency... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20070285614 - Hinge system for eyewear: A hinge system for eyewear includes a pivotable hinge element for connecting a temple to a lug on each end of a lens frame. The pivotable hinge element has one end pivotably connected to the lug and the other end arranged to allow the temple to be pivotably moved between... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070285613 - Specially tinted lenses for sunglasses for use during flying: The present invention is directed toward specially tinted lenses for use in flying airplanes. In the present invention, the far field of vision is highly tinted to reduce the light from a sunlit sky, over sunlit cloud tops, or in clouds. This enables an aircraft pilot to easily see out... Agent: Head, Johnson & Kachigian

20070285615 - Lens for safety glasses: In a lens for safety glasses of the present invention, a first lens element which shields a laser beam is laid on a second lens element for antiglare. The first and the second lens element may be affixed together. In the lens for safety glasses, the first lens element includes... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070285617 - Optical elements with a gap between two lens materials: The present invention provides an ophthalmic lens comprised of two lens materials with a gap between them of less than about 5 mm. The gap is formed and maintained by particles on the perimeter of the surfaces of both lens materials. Methods are also provided for creating a gap between... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070285616 - Polarized and abrasion-resistant optical article and process for manufacturing thereof: The invention relates to polarized and abrasion-resistant article comprising: a) a polarized layer applied to a substrate, said polarized layer including an oriented liquid crystal polymer layer (LCP) including at least one dichroic dye, said liquid crystal layer being coated on a photo-orientation layer, and b) an abrasion-resistant coating applied... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20070285618 - System for obtaining a fundus image: The present invention is related to a system for obtaining a fundus image, constituted by optical means implemented in an equipment to observe and photograph the image of the wall fundus (16), comprising a capturing optical means composed by high sensibility digital camera, constituted by an image sensor (2) and... Agent: Nath & Associates PLLC Attorney At Law

20070285619 - Fundus observation device, an ophthalmologic image processing unit, an ophthalmologic image processing program, and an ophthalmologic image processing method: First image forming part forms a two-dimensional surface image of a fundus oculi of an eye based on optically obtained data. Second image forming part forms tomographic images of fundus oculi based on data obtained by optically scanning a region of the surface of fundus oculi corresponding to at least... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070285620 - Visual axis and alignment measurement system and method of using same: A visual axis and alignment measurement system and method of using same are disclosed. In particular, a visual axis measurement system of the present disclosure includes a visual axis measurement device and a near point target. The visual axis measurement device includes a pair of opaque lenses, each having a... Agent: Thomas H Clark

20070279576 - Lens attachment to eyewear having cushion pad: The present invention provides a structural arrangement and a method for attaching lenses to a frame of eyewear. The frame includes a major portion of substantially rigid material and a secondary portion of a softer material. A retainer is formed integrally with the secondary portion of the frame during formation... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070279578 - Safety eyewear: Exemplary embodiments include a safety eyewear including: a lens permanently attached to a removable lens carrier; and a frame removably attached to the removable lens carrier, the removable lens carrier and the frame extend from a bottom of a side portion of the lens across an upper portion of the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070279579 - Safety eyewear including a flexible cable attachment: Exemplary embodiments include a safety eyewear including: a frame; a flexible cable attached to the frame; and a strap attached to the flexible cable operable at an attachment point for securing the safety eyewear to a user, wherein the flexible cable permits the attachment point to be moved to accommodate... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070279577 - Safety eyewear including a prescription insert: Exemplary embodiments include a safety eyewear including a prescription insert, which inset may be useable between different safety eyewear. Such eyewear may also include: a frame; a removable lens carrier removably attached to the frame, the removable lens carrier including a permanently attached lens; and a prescription insert removably attached... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070279580 - Eyeglass frame with temples having two orthogonal axes of rotation and forming a case when folded: The invention relates in particular to an eyeglass frame (1) which is distinguished by the fact that it contains a first (32) and second (33) semi-shell shaped earpieces, rotationally linked to a first (2) and second (3) hinge that are linked to a frontal piece (27) and/or at least one... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070279581 - Backlight module frame: An exemplary frame (100) includes a number of frame extensions (11), a number of side-frames (13), a number of extension holders (16), and a number of fastening members (17). The side-frames are arranged alternately with the frame extensions such that the side-frames and the frame extensions abut each other end-to-end.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070279583 - Eyeglasses with mid-temple hinge: An eyeglass structure includes a lens frame and a pair of articulated temples mounted by a respective first hinge pin to one and the other side of the frame, the temples rotating relative to the pin and about a first axis towards and away from one another. The articulated temples... Agent: The Weintraub Group, P.L.C

20070279582 - Eyewear with eyewire tensioning assembly: Eyewear has at least one lens. A groove extends around an outer peripheral surface of the lens. The groove receives a wire. The wire has a first end and a second end joined by a tensioning assembly. The tensioning assembly has a first member and a second member that move... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070279584 - Eyeglasses with activity monitoring: In one embodiment, eyewear having an activity monitoring capability is disclosed. Activity, such as motion, steps or distance, can be measured by an activity detector. The measured activity can then be used in providing activity-related information to a user of the eyewear. Advantageously, the user of the eyewear is able... Agent: Ipventure, Inc.

20070279585 - Artificial lens, in particular a contact or intraocular lens, for correcting presbyopia, possibly associated with other visual defects, and relative production method: An artificial lens (1) (contact lens or intraocular lens) for correcting presbyopia, possibly associated with other refractive defects, has at least one region (5) having a fourth-order spherical aberration in OSA notation greater than −1.5 μm and less than zero μm, and possibly associated with a basic vertex power for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070279586 - High-order aberration correction for optimization of human visual function: The present invention relates to the optimization of human visual function by correcting and/or optimizing high-order optical aberrations in high performance optical devices. The optimization is particularly useful for high performance devices used under low light conditions such as binoculars, rifle scopes, telescopes, microscopes, night vision goggles and laser eye... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070279587 - Individual eyeglass lens: An individual eyeglass lens in which the vertical distance from the near reference point to the far distance point amounts to max. 18 millimeters, the progressive length is max. 14 millimeters, the main progressive length is max. 10 millimeters and the increase in refractive index, starting from the effect of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070279588 - Eye monitoring method and apparatus with glare spot shifting: The face of a human subject is alternately illuminated by first and second sources of active illumination disposed above and below a video camera that captures images of the subject's face. Glare due to reflection of the active illumination from eyeglasses worn by the subject shifts up or down from... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070279589 - Apparatus for contactless examination of an eye: Precise and informative analysis of the corneal endothelium is appropriate for pre-operative diagnostic and for post-operative care of patients, in particular for cataract operations. Analysis of the corneal endothelium is also desirable for the prophylactic support accompaniment of patients in regard to contact lens-induced corneal endothelium damage. The invention provides... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070279591 - Display based on eye information: A method includes determining a distance between an eye and a device, and adjusting a scale of content displayed on the device based on the distance.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070279590 - Sight-line detection method and device, and three-dimensional view-point measurement device: A method and device for detecting a line-of-sight of a subject and a three-dimensional view-point measurement device are provided. The method for detecting a line-of-sight uses a first camera 10, 11 that measure the position of a pupil relative to a coordinate system, a second camera 12 having a light... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070279592 - Ocular depth dimension measurement apparatus: An ocular depth dimension measurement apparatus capable of accurately obtaining an ocular depth dimension. The apparatus has a measurement light projecting optical system with a light source which is arranged to make a part of the light from the light source into first and second measurement light and collect the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC