Method and system for determining pupiltary distant and element height

A web site for receiving orders for an eye glasses frame over the Internet, the web site comprising:

• a) an image submission portion capable of receiving a digital image of a face and a reference object of a known real-world size from an end user;
• b) a scale image portion where the scale of the digital image is determined by comparing the size of the reference object in the image with the known real-world size of the reference object;
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• c) a pupillary distance determination portion that determines the real world pupillary distance of the face by comparing the image pupillary distance with the determined scale of the digital image.

A system for determining the pupillary distance of a patient from a photograph comprising:

• a) means for receiving a photograph showing a face of the patient and a reference object of a known real-world size on approximately the same plane as the face;
• b) means for determining a scale of the photograph by comparing the known real-world size of the reference object with the size of the reference object in the photograph;
• c) means for determining the photograph pupillary distance of the face on the photograph;
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• d) means for multiplying the determined photograph pupillary distance by the scale.