Optical measuring device and system

• US 9,107,622 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2012
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH (Apple Inc.)
• Original Assignee: SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH (Apple Inc.)
• Inventors: Nistico, Walter, Hoffmann, Jan, Schmidt, Eberhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Sugarman, Scott J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alexander, William R
• Application Number:
  US14/005,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20140055746A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,251 Days
• Field of Search: 351205-210, 351/213
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/0008 provided with illuminating means A61B3/117 takes precedence; goniolenses used for laser treatment A61F9/009; illuminating means for optical instruments G02B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/024 for determining the visual field, e.g. perimeter types
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/107 for determining the shape or measuring the curvature of the cornea
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/112 for measuring diameter of pupils
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/113 for determining or recording eye movement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/14 Arrangements specially adapted for eye photography apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs per se G03B
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/10 Electronic devices other than hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/11 for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/54 Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/69 Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums

Abstract

The invention relates to an optical measuring device (1) for capturing at least one parameter of at least one eye (10l, 10r) of a test person (31) wearing the optical measuring device (1), comprising a frame (4), at least one frame insert (8l, 8r) attached to the frame (4) and at least one capturing unit (3l, 3r), wherein the frame (4) is designed to fix the optical measuring device (1) in such a way to the head of the test person (3l), that the at least one frame insert (8l, 8r) is positioned in front of at least one eye (10l, 10r) of the test person (31) for at least one direction of view of the at least one eye (10l, 10r) on the optical axis (K) of the at least one eye (10l, 10r), and the capturing unit (3l, 3r) is designed to optically capture the at least one parameter of the at least one eye (10l, 10r), wherein the capturing unit (3l, 3r) is arranged in such a way (a) that the optical path (M) for the capturing of the at least one parameter of the at least one eye (10l, 10r) excludes the frame insert (8l, 8r).

Claims

1. An optical measuring device for capturing at least one parameter of at least one eye of a test person wearing the optical measuring device, comprising:

a frame,

at least one frame insert attached to the frame, and

at least one capturing unit,

wherein the frame is designed to fix the optical measuring device in such a way to the head of the test person, that the at least one frame insert is positioned in front of at least one eye of the test person for at least one direction of view of the at least one eye on the optical axis of the at least one eye,

wherein the capturing unit is designed to optically capture the at least one parameter of the at least one eye, and is arranged in such a way that the optical path for the capturing of the at least one parameter of the at least one eye excludes the frame insert, and

wherein the frame insert is arranged in such a way that, with the optical measuring device fixed to the head of the test person, through a connection line of a point of the frame insert with the eye of the test person a view path is determined and the capturing unit arranged in such a way that the optical path for capturing the at least one parameter of the eye and the view path as a sole jointly used optical element comprise the eye.

2. The optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the optical path entirely runs within a space which, with the optical measuring device fixed to the head of the test person, extends on the side of the frame insert facing the at least one eye.

3. The optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one frame insert has at least one optical property.

4. The optical measuring device according to claim 3, wherein the at least one frame insert is configured as an optical element, including an optical lens and/or a diffractive optical element.

5. The optical measuring device according to claim 3, wherein the at least one frame insert is configured as optical spectral filter, having a highpass filter, lowpass filter, bandpass filter, or notch filter.

6. The optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the capturing unit, at least in one pre-determinable spectral range, is optically sensitive.

7. The optical measuring device according to claim 6, further comprising:

at least one illumination unit which, with the optical measuring device fixed to the head of the test person, is configured to emit radiation in the pre-determinable spectral range in such a way that the radiation at least partly hits the at least one eye.

8. The optical measuring device according to claim 6, wherein the at least one frame insert in the pre-determinable spectral range has a transmittance of at most 50%, preferentially less than 20%.

9. The optical measuring device according to claim 6, wherein the pre-determinable spectral range is in the infrared wavelength range.

10. The optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the capturing unit comprises at least one camera and is arranged in such a way on the frame that, with the optical measuring device fixed to the head of the test person, the optical path capturing the at least one parameter of the at least one eye extends in a straight line from the camera to the eye.

11. The optical measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an optical deflection element, with the optical deflection element and the capturing unit being arranged in such a way on the frame that, with the optical measuring device fixed to the head of the test person, the optical path for capturing the at least one parameter of the at least one eye extends from the capturing unit via the deflection element to the eye,

wherein the part of the optical path for capturing the at least one parameter of the at least one eye that extends from the deflection element to the eye extends in a straight line from the deflection element to the eye, and

wherein the deflection element is spatially separated from the frame insert.

12. The optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one captured parameter concerns (i) an orientation, or (ii) a position, or (iii) an eyelid closure, or (iv) a pupil diameter, or (v) a sclera characteristic, or (vi) an iris characteristic, or (vii) a characteristic of a blood vessel, or (viii) a cornea characteristic of the at least one eye.

13. The optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the frame insert comprises a display unit, disposed such that, with the optical measuring device fixed to the head of the test person, a display on the display unit is optically capturable by the at least one eye of the test person.

14. A system comprising an optical measuring device according to claim 1 and at least two frame inserts which differ in their transmission and/or reflection properties, wherein the frame is configured in such a way that the at least two frame inserts are exchangeably attachable to it.

15. An optical measuring device for capturing at least one parameter of at least one eye of a test person wearing the optical measuring device , comprising:

a frame,

at least one frame insert attached to the frame, and

at least one capturing unit,

wherein the frame is designed to fix the optical measuring device in such a way to the head of the test person, that the at least one frame insert is positioned in front of at least one eye of the test person for at least one direction of view of the at least one eye on the optical axis of the at least one eye,

wherein the capturing unit (i) is designed to optically capture the at least one parameter of the at least one eye, and (ii) is arranged in such a way that the optical path for the capturing of the at least one parameter of the at least one eye excludes the frame insert,

wherein the frame insert is configured as a display unit such that, with the optical measuring device fixed to the head of the test person, a display on the display unit is optically capturable by the at least one eye of the test person.

16. An optical measuring device for capturing at least one parameter of at least one eye of a test person wearing the optical measuring device, comprising:

a frame,

at least one frame insert attached to the frame, and

at least one capturing unit,

wherein the frame is designed to fix the optical measuring device in such a way to the head of the test person, that the at least one frame insert is positioned in front of at least one eye of the test person for at least one direction of view of the at least one eye on the optical axis of the at least one eye,

wherein the capturing unit is (i) designed to optically capture the at least one parameter of the at least one eye, and (ii) is arranged in such a way that the optical path for the capturing of the at least one parameter of the at least one eye excludes the frame insert, and

wherein the at least one frame insert is configured as one or both of an optical lens and a diffractive optical element, or is configured as an optical spectral filter.

17. The optical measuring device according to claim 16, wherein the at least one frame insert is configured as an optical spectral filter.