"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110228228 | GLARE ASSEMBLY FOR COMPUTERIZED EYE TEST DISPLAY A monitor is used to display a visual acuity test operated by software from an associated computer. A patient is spaced a predetermined distance from the monitor during the testing procedure, and individual, multiple LED housings are equally spaced about a center point ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110187997 | METHOD FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE CONDITIONS OF EXECUTION OF THE VISION CONTRAST TEST, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM Described herein is a method for optimization of the conditions of execution of the vision contrast test and the corresponding system with which to implement said method so as to be able to guarantee optimal conditions throughout the test session even when not it is not... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20100315594 | HIGH PRECISION CONTRAST RATIO DISPLAY FOR VISUAL STIMULUS Embodiments of the present invention include approaches for controlling light valve devices to improve the range and precision of the contrast ratio and the grayscale levels of a display used for visual field tests. In one embodiment, two or more illumination devices ar... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20090303439 | Ophthalmic apparatus An ophthalmic apparatus has an optical system for presenting a target to an examinee's eye through a lens, an optical system placed in an optical path of the target presenting optical system, for correcting a refractive error of the eye seeing the target, a switching un... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090273758 | DYNAMIC SHAPE DISCRIMINATION VISION TEST A vision testing system and method to assess vision function. In one embodiment, the vision testing system comprises: (1) a display; (2) a computer coupled to the display and configured to provide dynamic images, each including a substantially constant fixed point of fi... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090153802 | Method and apparatus for the detection of impaired dark adaptation The present method describes a new method for the measurement of dark adaptation. The dark adaptation status of subjects may ten be used to identify those subjects who are at risk of developing and/or who are currently suffering from a variety of disease states having t... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090073386 | ENHANCED HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY This invention discloses methods and apparatus for generating an ophthalmic lens with at least a portion of one surface free formed from a reaction monomer mix.... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20080204662 | Optotype presenting apparatus An optotype presenting apparatus which presents an optotype for visual acuity test, the apparatus comprises: a display that is illuminated by a backlight and includes a light intensity changing device which changes backlight intensity; a background luminance selecting d... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080137037 | Method For Performing a Contrast Vision Test The invention relates to a method for performing a contrast vision test on a subject in order to determine a contrast sensitivity function. According to said method, an image of a continuous sinusoidal grid is presented to the subject for viewing, the spatial frequency ... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080117384 | Perimeter The perimeter comprises a display device 1, infrared light-emitting diodes 2, a CCD camera 3, a half mirror 4, an image processing device 5, a computer 6, and an operating switch 7. The computer 6 shows a fixed eye... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20070229762 | Program for optometry, recording medium and subjective optometric apparatus having the optometric program, and optometric method The present invention is directed to a program for optometry, which is used for a control device. The program includes a first unit to measure an amount of heterophoria of eyes of an examinee to be examined in a horizontal heterophoria examination, a second unit to disp... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070182929 | Process and apparatus for examining the visual funcions of the eye The visual function is determined with the help of test images, comprising inducing photostress induced by illuminating the eye with an intense light, then measuring the time needed for the recovery of the visual function before the illumination. The test images are per... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20060290886 | Digital Capturing Pharmaceutical System DCPS Digital Capture Pharmaceutical System is consisting of a brand new use for a widely existing specific available hardware, in the purpose of collecting pharmaceutical doctor/consumer/discount coupon/drug and drug sales information, done at pharmacies, drugstores or ... | 12/28/2006 |
| 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 ... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20050213040 | Volumetric point spread function for eye diagnosis and treatment Systems and methods analyze, diagnose, and/or treat a patient's eye using modified forms of the point spread function (“PSF”) tailored to the vision system. Factors that alter perception of visual aberrations can be included and/or volumetric point spread functions ... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050195362 | Apparatus and method for measuring differences in the transmission of light through a lens of an eye The apparatus for measuring differences in the transmission of light through a lens of an eye is an eye chart has two main sections including a test section that displays a shade of a test color and a reference section that displays either a spectrum of shades, or a dif... | 09/08/2005 |