14 December 2022 Remote measurement of spherocylindrical spectacle lens prescriptions
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Abstract

A system has been developed to measure spherocylindrical spectacle lenses. The global pandemic limited access to regular eye exams. The system bypasses this limitation by providing at-home prescription measurements. The power and orientation of the spectacle lenses are obtained with a cell phone camera, a displayed or printed target, and a magnetic stripe card. The spatially varying magnification of the lenses is calculated by examining the image captured through the lens of the target at a fixed distance. This information is then used to calculate a clinical prescription, i.e., Sph/Cyl × Axis. The system is tested with 48 single-power spherocylindrical lenses with a range of −11.25 to +4.25 D for Sph, −5.25 to −0.25 D for Cyl, and a whole range of Axis. The results are plotted in comparison with these reference prescriptions provided by a commercially available lensmeter and show good agreement. The image processing and clinical prescription calculation are discussed here.

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Yuanxin Guan, Joseph M. Miller, Erin M. Harvey, and Jim Schwiegerling "Remote measurement of spherocylindrical spectacle lens prescriptions," Optical Engineering 61(12), 121809 (14 December 2022). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.61.12.121809
Received: 2 June 2022; Accepted: 28 November 2022; Published: 14 December 2022
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KEYWORDS
Eyeglasses

Lenses

Image processing

Cameras

Magnetism

Matrices

Spherical lenses

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