Visuo-Postural Refraction Measurement for Personalized Lens Design

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional refraction measurements do not account for an individual's visuo-postural parameters, leading to biased and poorly suited visual correction equipment prescriptions.

Innovation Solution

A method that adjusts refraction measuring devices using visuo-postural parameters to personalize refraction measurements, allowing for measurements in the individual's natural posture and behavior, and iteratively refining these measurements to ensure accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If standard measuring devices with fixed adjustment parameters are used, then the measurement process is simple and quick, but the measurement precision is reduced due to not accounting for individual visuo-postural parameters

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverefraction measurement precisionVSAvoidmeasuring device adjustment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by measuring the individual's visuo-postural parameters (head position, eye position, reading distance) before performing the refraction measurement. This allows the measuring device to be pre-adjusted to match the individual's natural posture and viewing conditions, ensuring that the subsequent refraction measurement is performed under optimal and personalized conditions, thereby improving measurement precision without requiring complex real-time adjustments during the measurement process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If refraction measurements are performed without considering the individual's natural posture and reading distance, then the measurement process is straightforward, but the reliability of the prescription is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprescription suitabilityVSAvoidmeasurement procedure simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the adjustment parameters of the measuring device based on the individual's visuo-postural characteristics. Specifically, the device adjusts parameters such as the viewing distance, head angle, and eye position to match the individual's natural posture and reading habits. This customization of measurement parameters ensures that the refraction measurement reflects the individual's actual visual needs under their typical viewing conditions, thereby improving the reliability and suitability of the resulting prescription.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If visual acuity tests are performed at standardized distances (33 or 40 cm), then the testing procedure is consistent and repeatable, but the measurement precision is reduced when these distances do not match the individual's actual reading distance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisual acuity measurement accuracyVSAvoidtesting efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the test distance adjustable rather than fixed at standardized values. The system dynamically determines the individual's actual reading distance through visuo-postural measurement and automatically adjusts the visual acuity test distance to match this personalized value. This dynamic adaptation ensures that the visual acuity measurement is performed at the distance where the individual naturally reads, improving measurement accuracy while maintaining testing efficiency through automated distance adjustment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3551035B1Method and system for measuring refraction, method for the optical design of an ophthalmic lens, and pair of glasses comprising such an ophthalmic lens
Publication Date: 2025.09.03 ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL(COMPAGNIE GENERALE D OPTIQUE)
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AI summary

The invention relates to a method for measuring the refraction of an individual by means of a refraction measuring appliance, comprising: an initial step (E2) of determining at least one initial value of a visuo-postural parameter (PP) of said individual; a step (E4) of processing said initial value (PP) in order to deduce at least one initial value of a regulating parameter (PR) of said refraction measuring appliance, said regulating parameter being associated with said visuo-postural parameter; a step (E6) of regulating said refraction measuring appliance according to said initial value of the regulating parameter (PR); and a step of measuring the refraction (R) of the individual by means of said measuring appliance regulated in this way. The invention also relates to a method for the optical design of an ophthalmic lens, and to a pair of glasses comprising such a lens.