Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting inventions 07/08

20080180631 - Frame construction for eyewear having removable auxiliary lenses: Eyeglasses and clip-ons are improved by providing housings for magnets for securing the clip-ons in a uniblock also incorporating one or more of the following: part of a closing block, an end piece, and part of a hinge. The structure is more compact, neater in appearance, and of improved quality... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080180632 - Lens/frame combination for glasses: A lens/frame combination for a pair of glasses includes a frame and at least one lens made of a material different from that of the frame. The frame includes at least one receiving portion having a coupling groove for coupling with the at least one lens. The at least one... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080180633 - Driving circuit of electromechanical transducer device and retina scanning display device having the same: The present invention provides a drive circuit capable of suppressing the power consumption required for driving a capacitive electromechanical transducer device. For driving the capacitive electromechanical transducer device constituted of two electromechanical transducer parts consisting of a first capacitive electromechanical transducer part and a second capacitive electromechanical transducer part and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080180634 - Deformable mirror device and apparatus for observing retina of eye: It is made possible to improve the variations in the “generated force (load)—deflection characteristics”. A deformable mirror device includes: a substrate; a plurality of electrodes provided on the substrate; a spacer disposed on the substrate; a support member disposed above the spacer and having an opening passing through from a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080180635 - Lensometers and wavefront sensors and methods of measuring aberration: Wavefront measuring systems and methods are disclosed which may be employed, for example, in detecting phase aberrations in a spectacle lens and in an eye. Various embodiments include disposing a modulation pattern in the path of a return beam from the spectacle lens or the eye, and imaging a diffraction... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080174732 - Enhanced electro-active lens system: A lens system and optical devices that provide enhanced vision correction are disclosed. The lens system includes an electro-active layer that provides correction of at least one higher order aberration. The higher order correction changes dynamically based on a user of the lens system's needs, such as a change by... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080174733 - Method of using infrared thermal imager to diagnose eye diseases and the device thereof: A method of using infrared thermal imager to diagnose eye diseases including the dry eye syndromeuses an infrared thermal imager to take the surface image of the eyeball of the patient. Temperature variation at a specific position of the cornea of the eyeball is precisely measured in a unit time.... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080174734 - Ophthalmic measurement apparatus: An ophthalmic measurement apparatus capable of outputting correction data (objective values) for a patient's eye as approximate as possible to subjective values includes an optical system for projecting a measurement target onto a fundus and detecting an image of the target reflected therefrom using a photoelectric element so as to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080170198 - Children's sunglasses: Sunglasses includes a frame portion having opposing inner and outer faces, opposed first and second sides, a nose bridge formed between the opposed first and second sides, and a lens opening between the nose bridge and each of the first and second sides. A lens-defining member, made of a flexible,... Agent: Michael Winfield Goltry

20080170199 - Eyeglass frame temple arm incorporating decorative article: Disclosed is an interchangeable decorative article for selective placement within an eyeglass frame temple arm by forming one or more transverse apertures within one or both of the temple arms for receiving and fixing the decorative article in a selectively replaceable manner. The aperture and decorative article form a detachable... Agent: Michael I Kroll

20080170200 - Tool-free adjustable nose pad assembly of eyeglasses: A nose pad assembly applicable to all types of eyeglasses is provided, which includes an eyeglasses mainframe, and a nose pad structure. The eyeglasses mainframe includes in its center a nose rack with a trough sleeve on either end for accommodating the nose pad structure. The trough sleeve includes a... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20080170201 - Contact lens, method for producing same, and pack for storage and maintenace of a contact lens: A contact lens (4) comprises a solid component capable of imparting shape and structure to said lens, and a liquid component, at least partially contained in the solid component, capable of favouring the compatibility between said lens and the eye of a user of said lens, wherein the liquid component... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080170202 - Safety lens with a dioptric effect: A safety lens has a protection panel and a dioptric component. The protection panel is transparent, flat and non-dioptric. The dioptric component is formed on the protection panel to provide a dioptric effect for a myopic or presbyopic wearer to allow the wearer to see through the dioptric component clearly.... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20080170203 - Spectacle lens device comprising an electrically adaptive area, spectacles, use and method for operating said spectacle lens device: The invention relates to a spectacle lens device comprising at least one electrically adaptive area, wherein optical properties of the spectacle lens device can be controlled in an electric manner. The spectacle lens device is configured in such a manner that the optical properties of a predetermined or predeterminable control... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080170204 - Method and apparatus for determining the shape, distance and orientation of an object: A method of determining the external three dimensional external contour of a curved object in one step, which produces and processes a single composite en-face OCT image (a C-scan), which involves generating and processing a set of two dimensional image contours of the object in different image planes using a... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20080170205 - Method and apparatus for correlated ophthalmic measurements: A method and system providing multiple ophthalmic and retinal blood measurements is outlined. By extracting multiple digitized wavelength images and quantitative data within a relatively short time period the method allows for compensation of a patients eye or head movement, generation of ophthalmic clinical records, and determination of data relating... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20080170206 - Apparatus and method for testing night vision: A method and an apparatus for testing night vision are disclosed. At least one visual mark is presented to a test person having an open pupil from a distance of several meters. The visual mark is configured as a light point, and a visual impression of the test person is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080165317 - Customization eyewear system for eyewear with multi-compartments: An eyewear system disposed to allow for readily accessible customization comprising at least one and possibly three viewing compartments for replaceable ornamental displays. The displays are all printed on heat transfer paper which allows for easy creation of new designs along with easy replacement of previous displays.... Agent: Lambert & Associates, P.l.l.c.

20080165318 - Single lens pince-nez: A single lens pince-nez, comprising a bridge member (11) adapted to extend over the bridge of the nose of a person and engage the sides of the bridge of the nose, and a single lens (10) attached to the bridge member (11) in a position located in front of one... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20080165319 - Eyewear with releasable, adjustable nosepiece: Eyewear includes a lens with front and rear surfaces, a peripheral edge surface, and a recess. A nosebridge is secured to the lens and a nosepad is secured to the nosebridge. The nosebridge has first and second ends and a substantially inverted-U-shaped body. The nosepad also has first and second... Agent: James R. Cypher

20080165320 - Method and device for measuring imaging errors in the human eye: The invention relates to a device for measuring imaging errors in the human eye, wherein substantial scanning of the lens of the eye with a light beam or laser diode determines the measuring accuracy of local refractive power. Measuring accuracy of locally dependent refractive power is achieved by a two-dimensionally... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080165321 - Ophthalmic apparatus: A multifunction ophthalmic apparatus, capable of efficiently measuring and examining eye characteristics respectively, has an measurement part including a unit blowing fluid to a cornea via a nozzle for measuring intraocular pressure of an examinee's eye, a reflection member having a reflection surface, arranged insertably and removably between the eye... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080165322 - Working distance and alignment sensor for a fundus camera: In embodiments of optical arrangements of a working distance sensor in a fundus camera that can improve the determination of a correct working distance as well as the transverse positioning of the camera a number of near infrared light sources are arranged to project a number of near infrared illumination... Agent: Law Office Of Charles E. Krueger

20080165323 - Panretinal laser fundus contact lens: An optical lens system is designed to speed and improve therapeutic laser irradiation of the inner eye. The device is housed in an external casing (10) in conjunction with a specialized fundus contact lens (22). Internally, a disc (12) is mounted with a rotary central mirror driven by a micromotor... Agent: Elliot S. Eisenberg

20080165324 - Generalized presbyopic correction methodology: An adaptive optics phoropter is aligned with a Badal optometer and an adjustable aperture component to subjectively determine an optimal vision correction as a power profile for an ophthalmic lens or ablating a cornea. The optimal power profile is preferably determined in an iterative process by adjusting the vergence of... Agent: Ciba Vision Corporation Patent Department

20080158502 - Voice control welding/cutting helmet functions and settings: Provided for is a control system for a welding helmet comprising: an electronically controllable lens configured to be mounted in a welding helmet shell, a microphone configured to receive an audible input and to generate a signal in response to the audible input received and an electronic control module coupled... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20080158503 - Eyewear with forehead-ventilating provisions: Eyewear having forehead-ventilating provisions includes a laterally-elongated slat projecting at or slightly above eye level for the wearer. The eyewear provides a solid front extending between upper and lower margins as well as left and right ends. The slat is secured to either the upper margin or else the ends... Agent: Jonathan A. Bay Attorney At Law

20080158504 - Protective eyewear: Eyewear includes a pair of lenses and a case. A first lens includes a first face and a second face, and a second lens includes a second lens face. The second lens is adapted to nest with the first lens when the second lens face is in register with and... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20080158505 - Eyeglass retainer: An eyeglass retainer for attaching to an eyeglass frame having a temple. The eyeglass retainer includes a temple arm, a retaining arm, and a spring pivot portion. The temple arm includes an open end and a pivot end. The temple is removably insertable into the open end, and the pivot... Agent: Jonathan D. Carpenter Apt. 305

20080158506 - Eyeglasses with integrated telescoping video display: Eyeglasses including two video displays having a surface substantially equal in area to that of a lens of the eyeglasses, that may be pivoted forwardly and outwardly to an open position for viewing, and may be folded rearwardly and inwardly to a stored position for retention by the temple members... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young Llc

20080158507 - Series of spectacle lenses and associated production method: A series of spectacle lenses, where the position of use of the spectacle lenses in front of the eyes of the respective spectacle wearers, nominal variables at the intersection points of first lines of sight are essentially identical to the respective eye-sided or object-sided surfaces of the spectacle lenses. Each... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080158508 - Ophthalmologic apparatus: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an imaging system that illuminates a retina of an eye, and images the retina of the eye based on reflective luminous flux from the retina, an aberration measurement part that measures optical aberration of the eye, an aberration compensation device disposed in the imaging system to... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080158509 - Visual acuity testing apparatus: A visual acuity testing apparatus includes a target presenting unit for displaying various targets to be presented to a subject's eye, an optical element arranging device for retaining various optical elements, and selectively arranging the optical element corresponding to a response from the subject between the subject's eye and the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP