Wearable devices such as eyewear customized to individual wearer parameters

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11086148-B2
Application number	US-201615561494-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 29, 2016
Priority date	Apr 30, 2015
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

Features are disclosed relating to an article such as eyewear customized to individual wearer parameters (e.g., measurements, preferences, etc.), and to systems and methods for customizing eyewear to individual wearer parameters. The system includes an input for receiving data representative of a three dimensional configuration of a portion of a wearer's face and an input for receiving data representative of a desired position where the wearer would like an eyewear frame to reside on the wearer's face. One system also includes a processor for determining a change in configuration of an eyewear component blank to allow the eyewear frame to reside in the desired position, and an eyewear component modifier for modifying the eyewear component blank so that the frame will reside in the desired position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for customizing eyewear, the system comprising:
an input for receiving first data representative of a three dimensional configuration of a portion of a wearer's face;
an input for receiving second data representative of a wearer preference regarding a desired position at which an eyewear frame is to reside with respect to the wearer's face, wherein the desired position is based at least in part on a reference device having a first standardized positional indicator located at an upper left outer corner of a front of the reference device and a second standardized positional indicator located at an upper right outer corner of the front of the reference device, and a horizontal reference position of the reference device with respect to the wearer's head while being worn, the horizontal reference position based at least in part on the first and second standardized positional indicators;
a processor for determining a change to at least a portion of an eyewear frame based at least partly on the first data, the second data, and a comparison of the first and second data, the change allowing the eyewear frame to reside substantially in the desired position having a correct horizontal reference position with respect to the wearer's head; and
an eyewear modifier for modifying at least the portion of the eyewear frame so that the eyewear frame will reside substantially in the desired position having the correct horizontal reference position with respect to the wearer's head.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first data representative of the three dimensional configuration of the portion of the wearer's face comprises data regarding at least one of a tear duct location, an eye corner location, a pupil location, a brow location, an ear location, a nasion location, a distance between eyes, a surface contour of a nose, a surface contour of a cheek, an eye plane, a vertical center plane, a nasion plane, and a rearward nasion plane.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second data representative of the wearer preference further comprises data regarding a location of a portion of the eyewear frame with respect to a facial structure of the wearer, wherein the facial structure is at least one of an eyelash and an ear slot defined by the space between the wearer's ear and the wearer's scalp.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second data representative of the wearer preference further comprises data regarding at least one of pressure exerted by an earstem of the reference device on the wearer's head and an amount of deflection of the reference device while being worn by the wearer.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the change to at least the portion of the eyewear frame comprises selecting a modular component, for installation in a portion of the eyewear frame, from a plurality of modular components configured to be installed in at least the portion of the eyewear frame, and
wherein the modular component comprises at least one of a modular nosepad, a modular nosepiece, a modular earstem, a modular orbital, a modular bridge, and a modular component comprising a nosepiece and a bridge.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein modifying the portion of the eyewear frame comprises adding material to the portion of the eyewear frame so that the eyewear frame will reside substantially in the desired position having the correct horizontal reference position with respect to the wearer's head.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the change to at least the portion of the eyewear frame further comprises:
determining, based at least partly on third data representative of a three dimensional configuration of the eyewear frame, a range of measurements within which at least the portion of the eyewear frame is permitted to be modified;
determining that modifying at least the portion of the eyewear frame to correspond to a measurement within the range of measurements will cause, at least in part, the eyewear frame to reside substantially in the desired position; and
determining a change to at least the portion of the eyewear frame that will cause the portion of the eyewear frame to correspond to the measurement.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the change to at least the portion of the eyewear frame will not cause any portion of the eyewear frame to reside within a threshold distance of at least one of a tear duct, an eyelash, a brow, and a cheek.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of a three dimensional model of the eyewear frame is deflected with respect to an undeflected state when the three dimensional model of the eyewear frame is placed in an as-worn configuration on a three dimensional model of the wearer, and wherein deflection of at least the portion of the three dimensional model of the eyewear is reversed subsequent to determining the change to at least the portion of the eyewear frame to generate a customized eyewear model in an undeflected state.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the customized eyewear model comprises a lens having an optical centerline, and wherein a deflection causes, at least in part, the optical centerline to move from a first orientation that is non-parallel with respect to a calculated straight-ahead line of sight of the wearer to a second orientation that is substantially parallel to the calculated straight ahead line of sight of the wearer.

11. A method of making customized eyewear, comprising:
obtaining a first data set representative of a three dimensional configuration of a portion of a wearer's face;
obtaining a second data set representative of a wearer preference regarding a desired position at which eyewear is to reside on the wearer's face, wherein the second data set is obtained while the wearer is wearing a reference device comprising a first standardized positional indicator located at an upper left outer corner of a front of the reference device and a second standardized positional indicator located at an upper right outer corner of the front of the reference device, and wherein the desired position is determined at least in part by a horizontal reference position of the reference device with respect to the wearer's head while being worn, the horizontal reference position based at least in part on the first and second standardized positional indicators;
determining, with a processor, a change in configuration of at least a portion of the eyewear based at least partly on the first data set and the second data set, the change allowing the eyewear to reside in the desired position having a correct horizontal reference position with respect to the wearer's head; and
modifying at least a portion of the eyewear so that the eyewear will reside in the desired position having a correct horizontal reference position with respect to the wearer's head,
wherein the first data set is obtained while the wearer is not wearing the reference device or an eyeglass frame.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining the change in configuration of at least the portion of the eyewear comprises determining a positive or negative variance between a nose region of the eyewear and the three dimensional configuration of the portion of the wearer's face to position the eyewear in the desired position.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein modifying the portion of the eyewear comprises adding material to the nose region so that the eyewear will reside substantially in the desired position having the correct horizontal reference position with respect to the wearer's head.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein modifying the portion of the eyewear c

Assignees

• Oakley Inc

Inventors

• Chumbley Wayne
• Belbey Jason
• Meunier Benjamin John
• Saylor Ryan

Classifications

• G06F30/00

  Computer-aided design [CAD] · CPC title

• G02C7/027

  considering wearer's parameters · CPC title

• G02C5/12

  Nose pads; Nose-engaging surfaces of bridges or rims · CPC title

• B29D12/02

  Spectacle frames (constructional form G02C) · CPC title

• G06T2219/2004

  Aligning objects, relative positioning of parts · CPC title