Method for evaluating visual acuity over the internet
OwnerRussell A. Pellicanoinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a method for evaluating visual acuity of a user, performed on a computer connected to a server via an Internet. After the evaluation starts, the user is asked to provide information including a name, a brief medical history and the eye prescription information. The evaluation of the user is performed by providing the reading, color determination, distance, dyslexia, peripheral vision, and depth perception tests. A treatment suggestion is produced indicating that no further action is necessary, medical intervention is necessary, or that a vision problem is detected and may be corrected by eyeglasses. The selection allows the user to select eyeglasses frames, order eyeglasses, and repeat the evaluation after the eyeglasses are received.
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An interactive method for evaluating visual acuity of a user, said evaluation performed on a terminal of a computer connected to a server via a network, said server enabling visual acuity tests to be performed by said user unaided, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. said server modulating a test display size for said terminal according to terminal measurements supplied by said user;
- b. displaying a first vision test on said terminal according to said terminal measurements and user supplied information;
- c. accepting and communicating user replies to said first vision test to said server via a computer graphical interface;
- d. displaying a subsequent vision test generated by said server according to said terminal measurements and to said user replies;
- e. accepting and communicating user replies to said subsequent vision test to said server via said computer graphical interface;
- f. repeating steps d) and e) until all vision tests appropriate for said user are performed, said vision tests including one or more tests selected from the group comprising:
- a reading test, a color determination test, a distance vision test, a dyslexia test, a peripheral vision test, and a depth perception vision test;
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- g. said server producing a treatment suggestion by analyzing results of said performed evaluation.
An interactive method for evaluating visual acuity of a user, said evaluation performed on a terminal of a computer for enabling visual acuity tests to be performed by said user unaided, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. displaying and printing a help sheet including a calibration ruler for determining screen resolution and enabling said user to determine terminal measurements;
- b. modulating a test display size for said terminal according to terminal measurements supplied by said user;
- c. displaying a first vision test on said terminal according to said terminal measurements and user supplied information;
- d. accepting user replies to said first vision test;
- e. displaying a subsequent vision test generated by said server according to said terminal measurements and to said user replies;
- f. accepting user replies to said subsequent vision test;
- g. repeating steps e) and f) until all vision tests appropriate for said user are performed, said vision tests including one or more tests selected from the group comprising:
- a reading test, a color determination test, a distance vision test, a dyslexia test, a peripheral vision test, and a depth perception vision test;
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- h. producing a treatment suggestion by analyzing results of said performed evaluation on said computer.
A computer program device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform method steps for evaluating visual acuity of a user, said evaluation performed on a terminal of a computer connected to a server via a network, the server enabling interactive visual acuity tests to be performed by said user unaided, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. said server modulating a test display size for said terminal according to terminal measurements supplied by said user;
- b. displaying a first vision test on said terminal according to said terminal measurements and user supplied information;
- c. accepting and communicating user replies to said first vision test to said server via a computer graphical interface;
- d. displaying a subsequent vision test generated by said server according to said terminal measurements and to said user replies;
- e. accepting and communicating user replies to said subsequent vision test to said server via said computer graphical interface;
- f. repeating steps d) and e) until all vision tests appropriate for said user are performed, said vision tests including one or more tests selected from the group comprising:
- a reading test, a color determination test, a distance vision test, a dyslexia test, a peripheral vision test, and a depth perception vision test;
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- g. said server producing a treatment suggestion by analyzing results of said performed evaluation.
A computer program device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform method steps for evaluating visual acuity of a user, said evaluation performed on a terminal of a computer for enabling interactive visual acuity tests to be performed by said user unaided, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. displaying and printing a help sheet comprises a calibration ruler for determining screen resolution to enable said user to determine terminal measurements;
- b. modulating a test display size for said terminal according to terminal measurements supplied by said user;
- c. displaying a first vision test on said terminal according to said terminal measurements and user supplied information;
- d. accepting user replies to said first vision test;
- e. displaying a subsequent vision test generated by said server according to said terminal measurements and to said user replies;
- f. accepting user replies to said subsequent vision test;
- g. repeating steps e) and f) until all vision tests appropriate for said user are performed, said vision tests including one or more tests selected from the group comprising:
- a reading test, a color determination test, a distance vision test, a dyslexia test, a peripheral vision test, and a depth perception vision test;
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- h. producing a treatment suggestion by analyzing results of said performed evaluation on said computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.