Abstract:
An interferometer measures a test surface arranged in the test arm of the interferometer by using a focusing lens system movable along the test arm. The focusing lens system is adjustable along a slide that is movable along the test arm of the instrument, and the test surface is mounted at a region of maximum coherence function of the test beam. The focusing lens system is adjusted along the slide to focus the test beam on the surface of the test surface. Then by means of gauge blocks removably interposable between the slide and a reference surface and equalling the desired radius of curvature of the test surface, the slide is moved to bring the focus of the test beam to the region of the center of curvature of the test surface to observe interference fringes between light returning from the test surface and a plane wave front reference beam.
Abstract:
To induce the eyes to deaccommodate during examination by an instrument having an optical system aligned with one eye, a target viewable through an eyepiece is presented to and aligned with the other eye. The target is adjusted until clearly visible and then moved straight away from the other eye to appear to recede to induce both eyes to deaccommodate. A pair of eyepieces are arranged on each side of the optical system to register with the eye not being examined, and a horizontally movable slide carrying a slidable target is operated by knobs for aligning the slide with the eye and moving the target along the slide. Alternatively, a binocular system can be used with a slightly blurred target presented to the eye not being examined, and a visibly lighted, sharp image target presented to the eye being examined and arranged to be blurred to induce de-accommodation of the examined eye.
Abstract:
The inventive method compensates for blinks occurring during examination of the eye by an objective refractor. An analog signal is produced as a function of the focus of a light pattern reflected from the eye, and the signal is processed and fed to an analyzer for determining the refractive error of the eye. The input to the analyzer is delayed to follow the analog signal by a predetermined delay. Meanwhile, any rate of change of the analog signal exceeding a predetermined thresh-hold is detected to represent the beginning of a blink, and a blink commencement signal is produced and used to stop the examination of the eye for a predetermined blink interval exceeding the expected duration of the blink. Also, the analyzer ignores the portion of the analyzer input devoted to the blink interval.