ANDed motor control system for motorized ophthalmic instrument

Optics: eye examining – vision testing and correcting – Eye examining or testing instrument – Subjective type

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351235, A61B 302

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ABSTRACT:
An improved refractor for use in the subjective examination of human eyes. Each half of the refractor includes a plurality of lens supporting disks, a hub assembly for rotatably supporting the disks, and a comb assembly to space the disks along the optical axis. One of the disks supports at least one set of 4 cross cylinder lenses. Each disk is coupled to a stepping motor for selective rotation. Each motor is, in turn, supported by a bracket which permits rotation equivalent to a partial motor step to insure alignment of the optical elements supported on the disks with the optical axis. The cylinder lenses supported on the disks are also rotated by a stepping motor. The Risley prisms of each half of the refractor are always positioned on the optical axis and rotated by stepping motors. Finally, the refractor includes electronics, including a microprocessor, to control the rotation of the motors as required to move the various optical components as necessary to emulate the ophthalmic prescription of the person whose eyes are being examined.

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patent: 3860330 (1975-01-01), Persson
patent: 4240069 (1980-12-01), Hallein et al.
Clinical Ophthalmology, vol. 1, Chapter 67, "Automated Clinical Refraction" Guyton 1980.

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