US Patent Issued to Zenni Optical on Aug. 18 for "Methods and systems for measuring and adjusting visual distortions caused by astigmatism using VR-based scenarios" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,641, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Zenni Optical Inc. (Novato, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for measuring and adjusting visual distortions caused by astigmatism using VR-based scenarios" was invented by Steven Lee (Barrington, Ill.), Julia Zhen (Novato, Calif.), Chyrsong Ting (Novato, Calif.), Matthew James Golino (Brookhaven, Ga.), Justin Paul Dempsey (Ottawa) and Jeffrey Joseph Fillingham (Dartmouth, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual eye test for measuring and adjusting visual distortions caused by astigmatism can be conducted in a virtual reality (VR) environment. The test employs an electronic device featuring...