Systems and methods for enabling customers to obtain vision and eye health examinations
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Publication Number
US-10916347-B2
Publication Date
2021-02-09
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for eye health and vision examinations. A customer diagnostic center is configured to generate customer examination data pertaining to an examination of a customer's eye. The customer diagnostic center provides a user interface for communicating with a customer and ophthalmic equipment for administering tests to the customer. A diagnostic center server is configured to receive the customer examination data from the customer diagnostic center over a network and allow the customer examination data to be accessed by an eye-care practitioner. A practitioner device associated with the eye-care practitioner is configured to receive the customer examination data from the diagnostic center server and display at least a portion of the customer examination data to the eye-care practitioner. Customer evaluation data is generated pertaining to the eye-care practitioner's evaluation of the customer examination data. An eye health report is provided to the customer via the network.
Core Innovation
A remotely assisted eye examination system provides an eye examination to a customer at a diagnostic center using examination means including an auto-phoropter for presenting powered lenses in front of one or both of the customer’s eyes. The system uses a controller coupled to the auto-phoropter to receive commands over a network, enabling remote control of examination means by at least two remote individuals during the eye examination.
The diagnostic center establishes communications that provide real-time video conferencing between each remote individual and the customer. Remote assistance from both remote individuals enables administration of the eye examination, including subjective refraction to be administered to the customer located at the diagnostic center.
The disclosed architecture includes a server means facilitating operations associated with the remotely assisted eye examination, and includes ophthalmic equipment coupled to computing devices via an equipment controller configured to receive commands over the network for remote control by multiple individuals. The system generates evaluation data associated with the eye examination based, at least in part, on at least one remote individual’s review of the one or more eye tests administered to the customer.
Claims Coverage
The partial content includes two independent claims: clm-00001 (system) and clm-00013 (computer program product). The claims are centered on remotely assisted eye examination at a diagnostic center with real-time video conferencing and multiple remote individuals remotely controlling an auto-phoropter, followed by generation of evaluation data based on remote review of eye tests.
Remotely assisted eye examination with auto-phoropter and network command control by multiple remote individuals
A diagnostic center conducts an eye examination including an auto-phoropter for presenting powered lenses and includes a controller coupled to the auto-phoropter for receiving commands over a network to enable remote control of examination means by at least two remote individuals during the eye examination.
Real-time video conferencing connections for two remote individuals controlling auto-phoropter
The server means establishes a first connection over the network providing real-time video conferencing between a first remote individual and the customer and enabling transmission of commands to remotely control the auto-phoropter, and establishes a second connection providing real-time video conferencing between a second remote individual and the customer and enabling transmission of commands to remotely control the auto-phoropter.
Collaborative remote administration including subjective refraction at the diagnostic center
Remote assistance from both the first remote individual and the second remote individual enables administration of the one or more eye tests during the eye examination, wherein the controller means enables both remote individuals to control the auto-phoropter during the one or more eye tests and enables a subjective refraction to be administered to the customer located at the diagnostic center.
Evaluation data generated from remote review of one or more eye tests
Evaluation data is generated based, at least in part, on at least one of the first remote individual’s or the second remote individual’s review of the one or more eye tests administered to the customer.
Computer program product for remotely assisted eye examination with equipment controller and two remote connections
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions causes one or more computer devices to establish a first connection between a diagnostic center and a first remote device over a network providing real-time video conferencing and enabling the first remote individual to transmit commands to remotely control the auto-phoropter; establish a second connection providing real-time video conferencing and enabling the second remote individual to transmit commands to remotely control the auto-phoropter; and execute an equipment controller configured to receive commands over the network to enable remote control of ophthalmic equipment by multiple individuals.
Collaborative remote administration including subjective refraction in computer program instructions
The instructions facilitate, with remote assistance from both the first remote individual and the second remote individual, administration of the eye examination to the customer including one or more tests, wherein the instructions associated with the equipment controller enable both remote individuals to control the auto-phoropter during the one or more tests and enable a subjective refraction to be administered to the customer located at the diagnostic center.
Evaluation data generated from remote review in computer program instructions
The instructions generate evaluation data associated with the eye examination based, at least in part, on at least one of the first remote individual’s and the second remote individual’s review of the one or more tests.
Across clm-00001 and clm-00013, the claims cover a diagnostic center performing eye tests using an auto-phoropter that is remotely controllable over a network by at least two remote individuals via separate real-time video conferencing connections, enabling collaborative administration including subjective refraction, and generating evaluation data based on the remote individuals’ review of the administered tests.
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