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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ioan T. Oltean, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John K. Shimmick, Belmont, CA (US);
Terrance N. Clapham, Jamestown, CA (US);
Assignee:
Visx, Incorporated, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 ;
Abstract
Systems and methods derive relative eye position by tracking a boundary such as the limbus. Light can be scamed along the limbus, and measured intensity of reflected light processed to derive the eye's position.