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Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/11

20110043748 - New type of lens for eyeglasses and method for obtaining same: A new type of lens for eyeglasses and a method for obtaining the same. The lens is composed of a transparent substrate; a composite layer disposed between the substrate and a layer of precious metal, such as gold, the composite layer is composed of at least two layers. A combination... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20110043749 - Magnetized eyewear and matching picture frame: Magnetized eyewear includes: an article, such eyewear, to be removably worn by the person; and a magnet, fixed to the article, adapted to magnetically store the article. The person wears the article, removes the article, and utilizes the magnet to magnetically store the device. The magnet may be stored in... Agent: Kirstie Alley

20110043750 - Seamless bifocal lens: A seamless bifocal lens comprises a plain glass portion, and a near vision region molded integrally with and protruding from a lower part of the plain glass portion. The near vision region has a central part, a border connected to the plain glass portion and surrounding the central part, and... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20110043752 - Multifocal lens having a progressive optical power region and a discontinuity: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a multifocal lens having a diffractive optical power region and a progressive optical power region. Embodiments of the present invention provide for the proper alignment and positioning of each of these regions, the amount of optical power provided by each of the regions,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20110043751 - Multiple layer multifocal composite lens: Aspects of the present invention provide multiple-layer (multi-layer) composite lenses comprising two or more materials and methods for making the same. A multi-layer composite lens of the present invention can use multiple surfaces (internal or external) to form optical elements that can contribute to a total desired add power. The... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20110043753 - Faster state transitioning for continuous adjustable 3deeps filter spectacles using multi-layered variable tint materials: Significantly faster state transitioning time between the optimal optical density for viewing 2D Movies as 3D movies through Continuous Adjustable 3Deeps Filter Spectacles can be achieved by using multiple layers (multi-layer) of electronically controlled variable tint materials to fabricate the right and left lenses of the 3Deeps spectacles. The use... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20110043754 - Method of selecting lens design standard: A method for selecting a balance between a distance vision area and a near vision area and a corridor length of a progressive addition lens in consideration of elements other than life conditions, spectacles-wearing history and use conditions of a user. The method includes preparing design variations of plural basic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110043755 - Weighting garments and orthotics for improving balance: Weighting garment and orthotics are provided for improving balance. In particular, adjustable balance evaluation systems are used to determine placement of a weight to improve a subject's balance. These evaluation systems may be used to create customized garments for enhancing or improving balance. Described herein are customized garments for enhancing... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20110043756 - Retinal fundus surveillance method and apparatus: A method and apparatus for quantitatively imaging the retinal fundus. The method for retinal health assessment comprises imaging the retinal fundus of a patient's eye at different wavelengths within a spectral range and determining spectral reflectivity of the retina for each pixel within a field of view (FOV). The retinal... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20110043757 - Method and apparatus for measuring motion of a subject using a series of partial images from an imaging system: A line scan imager is used to determine the motion of a subject. Each line of image data from the line scan imager is compared with a reference image. The location of a matching line in the reference image reveals the displacement of the subject. The current subject displacement can... Agent: Carl Zeiss Meditec C/o Morrison & Foerster LLP

20110043758 - Apparatus for irradiating beam at user's eye gaze point and operation method thereof: There is provided an apparatus for irradiating a beam at a user's eye gaze point and an operation method thereof. The apparatus includes an eye gaze point detecting part analyzing a movement of a user's pupils and detecting the user's eye gaze point, and a beam irradiation part irradiating a... Agent: Ampacc Law Group, PLLC

20110043759 - Method and system for determining familiarity with stimuli: The present invention comprises a system and method for determining the familiarity of a subject with a given stimulus. The method is based on tracking eye movements of the subject when they are presented with these stimuli, for example by use of an eye-tracking camera adapted for this purpose. Differences... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20110043760 - Fixed optical system having an adjustable target: A fiber optic illuminator is provided comprising an optics bed, a light source, a collimating lens, and a condensing lens. The light source is mounted in a fixed position with respect to the optics bed. The collimating lens is mounted in a fixed position with respect to the optics bed... Agent: Alcon

20110037939 - Folding eyeglasses: Eyeglasses comprising a first frame and a second frame each having an inner end and an outer end. A lens is secured within each frame. A connecting member is fixedly attached to the outer end of its respective frame and has a dovetail groove therein with a magnet secured within... Agent: Vincent G. Lotempio

20110037940 - Holding structures for spectacle lenses, spectacles, and method of manufacturing spectacles: A circumferentially elongated flat recessed portion (13) is formed in the outer edge surface (2c-h) of a spectacle lens (2). The distal end of a lens holding portion (9) is bent in a J shape to form an insertion portion (9A). The insertion portion (9A) is inserted into the recessed... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20110037941 - Optically decentered face shield: A face protector includes a one piece shield in which an optical center is displaced away from the normal straight ahead line of sight toward an activity specific line of sight to minimize image shift that occurs when a direction of gaze passes across the edge of the shield. An... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (nike, Inc.)

20110037942 - Universal contact lens posterior surface construction: The carrier region extending beyond the optical portion of a contact lens overlying the cornea of an eye can be modeled in one universal shape that will fit all eyes. That shape is characterized by a curve of radius of curvature versus distance from the High point which is substantially... Agent: Kaplan Gilman & Pergament LLP

20110037943 - Polarizing lens: An aspect of the present invention relates to a polarizing lens comprising a polarizing layer on a substrate, wherein the polarizing layer comprises polarization axes that are at least partly curved.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20110037944 - Ophthalmic lens element: An ophthalmic lens element is disclosed. The lens element includes a front surface and a rear surface, at least one which includes a horizontal meridian and a vertical meridian. A central region of the lens element includes a foveal vision zone providing a first power for providing clear foveal vision... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20110037945 - Beveling wheel, method for forming a beveled lens for use with eyeglasses and a beveled lens: The present invention relates to a beveling wheel and method for forming a beveled lens with the beveling wheel for use with eyeglasses. One embodiment includes a prescription lens for use on an eyeglass frame having a receiving channel. The receiving channel includes a channel bottom and opposed interior wall... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20110037946 - Electro-active opthalmic lens having an optical power blending region: A spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens provides a vision correcting area for the correction of a wearer's refractive error. The viewing correction area provides correction for non-conventional refractive error to provide at least a part of the wearer's vision correction. The lens has a prescription based on a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20110037947 - Illumination device as well as observation device: Disclosed are an illumination device for an observation device comprising one, two or more observation beam paths with one respective beam of observation rays, especially for an ophthalmologic surgical microscope, and a corresponding observation device. Said illumination device is provided with at least one light source for generating at least... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20110037949 - Ophthalmic endoillumination with thermally isolated phosphor: An illuminator configured to deliver white light into an optical fiber includes a pump light source and a white phosphor. The pump light source configured to emit short-wavelength light. The white phosphor is disposed to receive the short-wavelength light from the pump light source and to output white light in... Agent: Alcon

20110037948 - White light emitting diode (led) illuminator for ophthalmic endoillumination: An ophthalmic endoilluminator is provided. The ophthalmic endoilluminator includes one or more white light emitting diodes (LEDs), an additional light source, a first optical assembly, an optical coupling element, and an optical fiber optically coupled to the optical coupling element. The white LED is capped with a phosphor layer. The... Agent: Alcon

20110037950 - Animated image vision test: Animated image vision tests take advantage of the ability of our eyes to detect both distance and motion. Moving images, such as rotating segmented circles, let the eyes detect motion as to the size, distance, and rotation direction of that moving image. That motion detection is much more precise than... Agent: George R. Reardon

20110032471 - Replaceable-lens eyewear and kit: Eyewear having replaceable lenses, with an illustrative embodiment including a frame, two temples, temple-connecting members extending outwardly from opposing ends of the frame and affixing the temples to the frame; a nose bridge; bridge-connecting members extending outwardly from two points centrally located on the frame and affixing the nose bridge... Agent: Overhauser Law Offices, LLC

20110032472 - Eyeglasses: The pair of eyeglasses includes at least a lens, at least a frame, at least a pair of catching elements and at least a pair of temples. The lens is provided with at least a pair of extension portions respectively disposed in the left and right opposite ends, and each... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20110032473 - Stable-position spectacle hinge: A spectacle hinge is disclosed of the type including a male component and a female component, mutually coupled according to a hinge axis, as well as an elastic element fastened to the female component and elastically compressed against an eyelet of the male component, the eyelet having abutting sectors parallel... Agent: Young & Thompson

20110032474 - Lens having an optically controlled peripheral portion and a method for designing and manufacturing the lens: A contact lens or phakic IOC lens is provided with a peripheral portion that has a power profile that provides optical control of peripheral vision images. Typically, the central portion of the lens is also provided with optical control. The power profile of the lens at the boundary of the... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20110032475 - Polarizing lens: An aspect of the present invention relates to a polarizing lens comprising a polarizing layer on a substrate, wherein the polarizing layer comprises polarization axes that are at least partly in the form of a closed curve.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20110032476 - Adjustable spectral transmittance curved lens eyewear: Embodiments of the present invention relate to curved eyewear having an electrically switchable spectral transmittance lens. The lens is curved in orientation, which aids in reducing eyelash contact while increasing a peripheral field of view for a wearer of the curved eyewear. The electrically switchable spectral transmittance lens, in an... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (nike, Inc.)

20110032477 - Variable prism eyeglasses and method of making same: The present invention is an eyeglass device that has manually variable prisms to correct Strabismus; that is, double vision. Variable prism glasses allow the doctor or patient to adjust the prism power to the minimum required at a particular time and no more. They also allow adjustment of the prisms... Agent: George T. Parsons

20110032479 - Image sensing apparatus using optical coherence tomography and control method therefor: Tomographic images of a plurality of planes at a disease site of a fundus are taken exactly within a short period of time, and the tomographic images are respectively displayed so that the positional relationship thereof becomes clear. A low coherent optical tomographic image sensing apparatus for imaging a fundus... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20110032480 - Ophthalmological measuring device and measurement method: An opthalmological measuring device for determining geometric structures in an eye includes an optical, triangulating measurement system for determining at least one geometric reference in the eye by triangulation, and an optical, interferometric measurement system for determining geometric detailed structures in the eye by optical interferometry. The measuring device is... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20110032478 - Unit for obtaining and displaying fundus image: A unit for obtaining and displaying fundus image is comprised of a memory that stores a plurality of fundus images wherein a positional relation between an optical axis of an eye ball to be examined and an optical axis of an objective is different, an image playback portion for producing... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20110032481 - Fundus camera: When a bright spot image A received by an imaging unit is extracted, in step S1, a light emitting surface P of an operational distance index is minutely moved back and forth in an optical axis direction of an imaging optical system toward a cornea. In step S2, bright spots... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20110025974 - Eyewear with frame and rear plate: Eyewear includes a frame having a right temple arm and a left temple arm and a rearwardly extending lower shoulder. A rear plate has a forwardly extending upper shoulder and a pair of lenses, with a portion of each lens positioned between the frame and the rear plate. The lower... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20110025975 - Anaglyphic depth perception training or testing: An anaglyphic image presentation system is provided to evaluate and train a user's depth perception abilities. In embodiments, anaglyphic image target components are presented to a user on a display device. The image target components are then viewed by the user through a set of transmission filter lenses. The transmission... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (nike, Inc.)

20110025976 - Anaglyphic depth perception training or testing: An anaglyphic image presentation system is provided to evaluate and train a user's depth perception abilities. In embodiments, anaglyphic image target components are presented to a user on a display device. The image target components are then viewed by the user through a set of transmission filter lenses. The transmission... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (nike, Inc.)

20110025977 - Vision testing and/or training using adaptable visual indicia: The present invention tests and/or trains the visual sensitivity of a subject using adaptable visual indicia. One or more visual indicia possessing a visual trait are displayed to the subject. The displayed visual indicia possessing a visual trait may be adjusted to determine when a subject can and cannot be... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (nike, Inc.)

20110025978 - Downward eyeball movement measuring jig, jig affixing device, and downward eyeball movement measuring method: A downward eyeball movement measuring jig which measures downward eyeball movement corresponding to a distance between a distant eye point and a near eye point of a spectacle lens attached to a spectacle frame to be worn by a wearer of the spectacle lens includes: a mask which is provided... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20110025979 - Custom contact lenses with fiducial markings: A contact lens having one or more fiducial marks that allow the measurement of lens rotation and centration. The lens may be a trial lens. The lenses can be used to apply correction factors for sphero-cylindrical refractive error, higher order aberrations, and corneal topography.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20110025980 - Perspective vision tunnel: Devices and methods for testing a subject's visual ability are provided. More specifically, the device may include a perspective vision tunnel comprised of plurality of low reflectance walls with one or more mirrors arranged within the perspective vision tunnel. Visual indicia for administering the test of a subject's visual ability... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (nike, Inc.)