Determining optimal positioning of ophthalmic devices by use of image processing and autofocusing techniques

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7665846
APP PUB NO 20070153233A1
SERIAL NO

11614624

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A system or method of positioning an ophthalmic device relative to an eye is provided. The method first obtains a series of images of an eye. In these series of images, the distance between the ophthalmic device and the eye is varied while the region of the eye image remains substantially the same. It is possible then to process these images to determine the high frequency content associated with each image. By comparing the high frequency content associated with each image, it is possible to determine which image has the largest amount of high frequency content. The high frequency content is maximized when the image is the sharpest. An optimally focused image will have the largest amount of high frequency content. By examining the high frequency content associate with the series of images is impossible to adjust the relative position and distance between the eye and the ophthalmic device to the distance associated with the image having the largest amount of high frequency content (i.e., optimally focused).

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ALCON INCSWISS HORN BERG HUNENBERG ZUG

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Bowes, John J Orlando, US 4 133
Campin, John A Orlando, US 22 860

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