Near eye tool for refractive assessment
First Claim
1. A process for assessing an optical system, said process comprising in combination:
- controlling an electronic visual display to display patterns under at least some lenslets or pinholes in an array of lenslets or pinholes, which array is positioned so that light from the electronic visual display passes through the array and reaches the optical system,controlling the electronic visual display to change the patterns, as seen by the optical system, in accordance with control input,accepting input indicating that the patterns appear, to the optical system, to form a desired image, anddetermining, based on the input regarding apparent formation of the desired image, at least one refractive parameter of the optical system.
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Abstract
In exemplary implementations, this invention is a tool for subjective assessment of the visual acuity of a human eye. A microlens or pinhole array is placed over a high-resolution display. The eye is brought very near to the device. Patterns are displayed on the screen under some of the lenslets or pinholes. Using interactive software, a user causes the patterns that the eye sees to appear to be aligned. The software allows the user to move the apparent position of the patterns. This apparent motion is achieved by pre-warping the position and angle of the ray-bundles exiting the lenslet display. As the user aligns the apparent position of the patterns, the amount of pre-warping varies. The amount of pre-warping required in order for the user to see what appears to be a single, aligned pattern indicates the lens aberration of the eye.
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39 Claims
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1. A process for assessing an optical system, said process comprising in combination:
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controlling an electronic visual display to display patterns under at least some lenslets or pinholes in an array of lenslets or pinholes, which array is positioned so that light from the electronic visual display passes through the array and reaches the optical system, controlling the electronic visual display to change the patterns, as seen by the optical system, in accordance with control input, accepting input indicating that the patterns appear, to the optical system, to form a desired image, and determining, based on the input regarding apparent formation of the desired image, at least one refractive parameter of the optical system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Apparatus comprising, in combination:
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an array of lenslets or pinholes, positioned or adapted for being positioned over an electronic visual display so that light from the electronic visual display can pass through the array and reach an optical system, and at least one processor for; controlling the electronic visual display to display patterns under at least some lenslets or pinholes in the array; controlling the electronic visual display to cause apparent positions of the patterns, as seen by the optical system, to move closer together or farther apart, in accordance with control input; accepting input indicating that the patterns appear, to the optical system, to align to form a single image; and determining, based on said input regarding apparent alignment, at least one refractive parameter of the optical system. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. Apparatus comprising, in combination:
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an array of lenslets or pinholes, positioned or adapted for being positioned over an electronic visual display so that light from the electronic visual display can pass through the array and reach an optical system; and at least one processor for; controlling the electronic visual display to display patterns under at least some lenslets or pinholes in the array; controlling the electronic visual display to change the patterns, as seen by the optical system, in accordance with control input; accepting input indicating that the patterns appear, to the optical system, to form a desired image; and determining, based on said input regarding apparent formation, at least one refractive parameter of the optical system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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