CA2376044A1 - Eye tracker control system and method - Google Patents

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CA2376044A1
CA2376044A1 CA002376044A CA2376044A CA2376044A1 CA 2376044 A1 CA2376044 A1 CA 2376044A1 CA 002376044 A CA002376044 A CA 002376044A CA 2376044 A CA2376044 A CA 2376044A CA 2376044 A1 CA2376044 A1 CA 2376044A1
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
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    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/007Methods or devices for eye surgery
    • A61F9/008Methods or devices for eye surgery using laser
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    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/007Methods or devices for eye surgery
    • A61F9/008Methods or devices for eye surgery using laser
    • A61F9/00802Methods or devices for eye surgery using laser for photoablation
    • A61F9/00804Refractive treatments
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/007Methods or devices for eye surgery
    • A61F9/008Methods or devices for eye surgery using laser
    • A61F2009/00844Feedback systems
    • A61F2009/00846Eyetracking
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/007Methods or devices for eye surgery
    • A61F9/008Methods or devices for eye surgery using laser
    • A61F2009/00861Methods or devices for eye surgery using laser adapted for treatment at a particular location
    • A61F2009/00872Cornea
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/007Methods or devices for eye surgery
    • A61F9/008Methods or devices for eye surgery using laser
    • A61F2009/00878Planning
    • A61F2009/0088Planning based on wavefront

Abstract

A system and method for controlling an eye movement tracker includes monitoring a plurality of eye positions by following a feature using the tracker. An optical beam is sent into the eye, and an intensity of a reflected beam from the eye is sensed at each position. If the intensity of the reflected beam fluctuates from a predetermined acceptable intensity range, the tracker is returned to a frozen position. The frozen position comprises a most recent position at which the intensity lay within the intensity range. The tracker is also frozen if the noise in the signal exceeds a predetermined acceptable maximum noise level and for counting a number of times the tracker is frozen. The procedure is aborted if the tracker is frozen repeatedly and for a time exceeding a predetermined maximum acceptable time.

Claims (26)

1. A method for controlling an eye movement tracker comprising the steps of:
monitoring a plurality of positions of an eye at a predetermined rate by following a predetermined eye feature using the tracker;
sending an optical beam into the eye;
sensing an intensity of a reflected beam from the eye at each position;
if the intensity of the reflected beam fluctuates from a predetermined acceptable intensity range, returning the tracker to a frozen position comprising a most recent position at which the intensity lay within the intensity range.
2. The method recited in Claim 1, further comprising the steps, following the returning step, of:
continuing to sense the reflected beam; and maintaining the tracker at the frozen position until the intensity of the reflected beam is within the acceptable intensity range.
3. The method recited in Claim 2, further comprising the step, following the maintaining step, of resuming the monitoring step when the intensity of the reflected beam is within the acceptable intensity range.
4. The method recited in Claim 2, further comprising the steps of:
timing a period during which the tracker is maintained in the frozen state; and if the period exceeds a predetermined maximum time period, aborting the operation of the eye tracker.
5. The method recited in Claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
counting a number of times the tracker enters the frozen state; and if the number of times exceeds a predetermined maximum number, aborting the operation of the eye tracker.
6. The method recited in Claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
monitoring a noise content of the reflected beam; and if the noise content exceeds a predetermined threshold, aborting the operation of the eye tracker.
7. The method recited in Claim 6, wherein the noise content monitoring step is performed significantly less frequently than the intensity sensing step.
8. The method recited in Claim 1, wherein the intensity sensing step comprises normalizing a raw intensity magnitude relative to a setting of the tracker to form a normalized signal level for each position.
9. The method recited in Claim 8, wherein the intensity sensing step further comprises filtering a raw intensity magnitude through a low-pass filter to form an output for each position.
10. The method recited in Claim 9, further comprising the steps of:
dividing the normalized signal level for a current position by the filter output of the preceding position to form a ratio; and if the ratio is outside a predetermined acceptable ratio range, considering the signal from the current position as questionable.
11. The method recited in Claim 10, further comprising the steps of:
filtering the ratio through a second low-pass filter to form a filtered ratio;
if the filtered ratio is outside a predetermined acceptable filtered ratio range, considering the current position unacceptable.
12. The method recited in Claim 11, further comprising the steps of:

maintaining a count of a number of consecutive positions considered unacceptable;
if the count reaches a predetermined maximum count, returning the tracker to the frozen position.
13. The method recited in Claim 1, further comprising the step, if the monitoring step is occurring during a laser-ablation procedure, of disabling laser firing while the tracker resides in the frozen position.
14. The method recited in Claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
counting a total number of times the tracker enters the frozen position;
and if the total number exceeds a predetermined maximum total number, aborting the operation of the tracker.
15. A system for controlling an eye movement tracker comprising:
tracker means for monitoring a plurality of positions of an eye at a predetermined rate by following a predetermined eye feature using the tracker;
means for sending an optical beam into the eye;
means for sensing an intensity of a reflected beam from the eye at each position;
if the intensity of the reflected beam fluctuates from a predetermined acceptable intensity range, means for returning the tracker to a frozen position comprising a most recent position at which the intensity lay within the intensity range.
16. The system recited in Claim 15, further comprising:
continuing to sense the reflected beam; and means for maintaining the tracker at the frozen position until the intensity of the reflected beam is within the acceptable intensity range.
17. The system recited in Claim 16, further comprising means for reactivating the tracker when the intensity of the reflected beam is within the acceptable intensity range.
18. The system recited in Claim 16, further comprising:
a timer for timing a period during which the tracker is maintained in the frozen state; and means for aborting the operation of the eye tracker if the period exceeds a predetermined maximum time period.
19. The system recited in Claim 15, further comprising:
a counter for counting a number of times the tracker enters the frozen state; and means for aborting the operation of the eye tracker if the number of times exceeds a predetermined maximum number.
20. The system recited in Claim 15, further comprising:
means for monitoring a noise content of the reflected beam; and means for aborting the operation of the eye tracker if the noise content exceeds a predetermined threshold.
21. The system recited in Claim 15, further comprising means for disabling laser firing while the tracker resides in the frozen position if the monitoring is occurring during a laser-ablation procedure.
22. The system recited in Claim 15, further comprising:
a counter for counting a total number of times the tracker enters the frozen position; and means for aborting the operation of the tracker if the total number exceeds a predetermined maximum total number.
23. A method for correcting aberrations in an eye comprising the steps of:
determining an optical path difference between a plane wave and a wavefront emanating from a region of a retina of an eye; and optically correcting for visual defects of the eye based on criteria comprising the optical path difference, to thereby cause the wavefront to approximate the shape of the plane wave;
monitoring a plurality of positions of the eye at a predetermined rate during the correcting step by following a predetermined eye feature using an eye tracker;
sending an optical beam into the eye;
sensing an intensity of a reflected beam from the eye at each position;
if the intensity of the reflected beam fluctuates from a predetermined acceptable intensity range, returning the tracker to a frozen position comprising a most recent position at which the intensity lay within the intensity range and halting the correcting step.
24. The method recited in Claim 23, wherein the correcting step comprises performing a laser ablation procedure on a cornea of the eye.
25. A system for correcting aberrations in an eye comprising the steps of:
means for determining an optical path difference between a plane wave and a wavefront emanating from a region of a retina of an eye; and means for optically correcting for visual defects of the eye based on criteria comprising the optical path difference, to thereby cause the wavefront to approximate the shape of the plane wave;
an eye tracker for monitoring a plurality of positions of the eye at a predetermined rate during the correcting step by following a predetermined eye feature using an eye tracker;
means for sending an optical beam into the eye;
means for sensing an intensity of a reflected beam from the eye at each position;

means for returning the tracker to a frozen position comprising a most recent position at which the intensity lay within the intensity range and halting the correcting means if the intensity of the reflected beam fluctuates from a predetermined acceptable intensity range.
26. The system recited in Claim 25, wherein the correcting means comprises a laser system for performing an ablation procedure on a cornea of the eye.
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