Method of determining an eye parameter of a user of a display device

• US 11,550,151 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2016
• Issued: 01/10/2023
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Essilor International SA
• Original Assignee: Essilor International SA
• Inventors: Marin, Gildas, Hernandez-Castaneda, Martha, Baranton, Konogan, Fermigier, Bruno, Bouchier, Aude, Sahler, Jean
• Primary Examiner(s): Matthews, Andre L
• Application Number:
  US16/345,510
• Publication Number:
  US 20190310478A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,265 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/02 Subjective types, i.e. testing apparatus requiring the active assistance of the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/024 for determining the visual field, e.g. perimeter types
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/111 for measuring interpupillary distance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/112 for measuring diameter of pupils
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/344 with head-mounted left-right displays

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for determining an eye parameter of a user of a display device, the eye parameter relating to a dioptric parameter of an ophthalmic lens to be provided to the user, the method including: a display device providing step, during which a binocular display device is provided to the user,—an image display step, during which an image is displayed to the user when using the display device; a display parameter modifying step, during which at least one parameter of the display device is modified so as to modify the virtual display distance of the perceived image, wherein the display parameter modifying step is repeated until image subjective quality of the perceived image is perceived by the user as optimal; and an eye parameter determining step during which an eye parameter is determined based on the parameter of the display device.

Claims

1. Method for determining an eye parameter, for example an geometrical eye parameter, of a user of a display device, the method comprising:

a display device providing step, during which a binocular display device is provided to the user, the binocular display device is configured to display independently images towards the two eyes of the user,

an image display step, during which an image is displayed to the user when using the display device,

a display parameter modifying step, during which at least one parameter of the display device is modified so as to modify the distortion or visibility of the perceived image,

wherein the display parameter modifying step is repeated until image subjective distortion or visibility of the perceived image is perceived as optimal by the user, and

an eye parameter determining step during which an eye parameter is determined based on the parameter of the display device, wherein the image displayed to the user comprises an element displayed straight ahead for the user and the subjective quality of the perceived image relates to the visibility of the element in the perceived image by the user, and

wherein the display device comprises a light-field lenses array through which the user sees the images displayed and during the display parameter modifying step the image is displayed through each lenses of the light-field lenses array so as to determine the extreme vertical or horizontal position of the lenses, the extreme vertical or horizontal position corresponding to a position at which the element appears or disappears for the user, and the extreme vertical or horizontal position being used to determine the center of rotation of the eyes of the user during the geometrical eye parameter determining step,

wherein the binocular display device comprises a left-side see-through lens and a right-side see-through lens including respective an optical component,

wherein the optical components respectively include an electroactive dimmer, and

wherein the active dimmer is an electrochromic device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the binocular display device is configured to display images towards the two eyes of the user having both independent features and common features.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the subjective distortion or visibility of the perceived image relates to the subjective distortion of the perceived image.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a right and left lens through which the user sees the images displayed to the right and left eyes respectively and prior to the display image step the method comprises an image processing step during which the image to be displayed is processed to compensate the optical distortion induced by the lenses through which the user sees the images displayed.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein during the display parameter modifying step the image to be displayed is processed until the subjective distortion of the perceived image is canceled or perceived as optimal by the user.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the display device comprises moveable lenses through which the user sees the images displayed and during the display parameter modifying step the lenses are moved in a plan perpendicular to the optical axis of said lenses until the subjective distortion of the perceived image is perceived as optimal by the user.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the image displayed to the user comprises a grid.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a moveable display pupil through which the user sees the images displayed and during the display parameter modifying step the moveable display pupil is moved in a plan perpendicular to the optical axis of the display device so as to determine the extreme vertical or horizontal positions of the display pupil, the extreme vertical or horizontal position corresponding to a position at which the element appears or disappears for the user in the perceived image, the extreme vertical or horizontal position are used to determine the center of rotation of the eyes of the user and/or diameter of the pupil of the wearer during the geometrical eye parameter determining step.

9. The method according to the claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a light-field lenses array through which the user sees the images displayed and during the display parameter modifying step the image is displayed through each lenses of the light-field lenses array so as to determine the extreme vertical or horizontal position of the lenses within which the user sees the element, the extreme vertical or horizontal position being used to determine the center of rotation of the eyes of the user and/or size of the pupil of the wearer during the geometrical eye parameter determining step.

10. The method according to claim 2, wherein the subjective distortion or visibility of the perceived image relates to the subjective distortion of the perceived image.

11. The method according to claim 2, wherein the display device comprises a right and left lens through which the user sees the images displayed to the right and left eyes respectively and prior to the display image step the method comprises an image processing step during which the image to be displayed is processed to compensate the optical distortion induced by the lenses through which the user sees the images displayed.

12. The method according to claim 3, wherein the display device comprises a right and left lens through which the user sees the images displayed to the right and left eyes respectively and prior to the display image step the method comprises an image processing step during which the image to be displayed is processed to compensate the optical distortion induced by the lenses through which the user sees the images displayed.

13. The method according to claim 2, wherein the image displayed to the user comprises a grid.

14. The method according to claim 3, wherein the image displayed to the user comprises a grid.

15. The method according to claim 4, wherein the image displayed to the user comprises a grid.

16. The method according to claim 5, wherein the image displayed to the user comprises a grid.

17. The method according to claim 6, wherein the image displayed to the user comprises a grid.

18. The method of claim 8 wherein the extreme vertical or horizontal position is used to determine the diameter of the pupil of the wearer during the geometrical eye parameter determining step.

19. A system for determining an eye parameter of a user of a display device, the system comprising:

display device providing means, configured to provide to a user a binocular display device, the binocular display device being configured to display independently images towards the two eyes of the user,

image display means, configured to display an image to the user when using the display device,

display parameter modifying means, configured to modify at least one parameter of the display device so as to modify the distortion or visibility of the perceived image,

wherein the display parameter modifying means are further configured to modify the at least one parameter until image subjective distortion or visibility of the perceived image is perceived by the user as optimal, and

eye parameter determining means configured to determine an eye parameter based on the parameter of the display device, and

wherein the image displayed to the user comprises an element displayed straight ahead for the user and the subjective quality of the perceived image relates to the visibility of the element in the perceived image by the user, and

wherein the display device comprises a light-field lenses array through which the user sees the images displayed and during the display parameter modifying step the image is displayed through each lenses of the light-field lenses array so as to determine the extreme vertical or horizontal position of the lenses, the extreme vertical or horizontal position corresponding to a position at which the element appears or disappears for the user, and the extreme vertical or horizontal position being used to determine the center of rotation of the eyes of the user during the geometrical eye parameter determining step,

wherein the binocular display device comprises a left-side see-through lens and a right-side see-through lens including respective an optical component,

wherein the optical components respectively include an electroactive dimmer, and

wherein the active dimmer is an electrochromic device.