Personal Monitoring For Vision Loss From Macular Degeneration
AssigneeAmslerapp
InventorsIra Garoon, Robert Garoon
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Abstract
Described is a system that provides a vision test that may be implemented on various types of devices including a personal device such as a smartphone. The system may track potential vision abnormalities across an extended period of time by utilizing a comparison algorithm to compare results of vision tests to automatically determine whether the vision abnormality such as macular degeneration has progressed for a patient. Accordingly, the system provides an effective tool that may be deployed across a large portion of the population to provide early detection of potential vision loss.
Claims20
A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
- displaying, on a display coupled to the device, a testing image suitable for detecting a vision abnormality for a user;
- receiving, from the user, an input identifying a first irregularity perceived by the user within the testing image;
- retrieving, by the device, a second irregularity within the testing image previously identified by the user;
- and
- determining, by the device, a result of the vision abnormality for the user by comparing the first irregularity with the second irregularity.
A device, comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory to execute the instructions from the memory, the processor configured to:
- display, on a display coupled to the device, an amsler grid for detecting macular degeneration of a user;
- receive, from the user, a touch input on the display identifying an area of a distortion perceived by the user within the amsler grid;
- retrieve, a previous distortion within the amsler grid previously identified by the user;
- and
- determine the macular degeneration of the user has progressed by comparing the distortion with the previous distortion.
A computer-implemented method of monitoring for potential vision abnormalities, comprising:
- displaying, on a display coupled to a device, a first testing image suitable for detecting a vision abnormality for a user as part of an initial vision test;
- receiving, at the device and from the user, a first input identifying a first irregularity perceived by the user within the first testing image;
- storing, in a storage, the first irregularity perceived by the user;
- displaying, on the display, a second testing image as part of a subsequent vision test;
- receiving, at the device and from the user, a second input identifying a second irregularity perceived by the user within the second testing image;
- and
- determining, by the device, a progression of the vision abnormality for the user by comparing the first identified irregularity with the second identified irregularity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.