US Patent Issued to Essilor International on May 12 for "Method and device for determining a refraction feature of an eye of a subject using an image-capture device" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,582, issued on May 12, was assigned to Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

"Method and device for determining a refraction feature of an eye of a subject using an image-capture device" was invented by Stephane Boutinon (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for determining a refraction feature of an eye of a subject using an image-capture device, the method including acquiring at least one picture of the retina of the eye of the subject, and determining the refraction feature based on a blur level of the acquired picture of the retina."

The patent was filed on June 11, 2020, under...