US 12,271,426 B2
Method, system, and computer program product for generating a customized photochromic optical article recommendation
Sean D. Whelan, Kilcolgan (IE); Pascale Tardieu, Dublin (IE); and Christopher J. Baldy, Murrysville, PA (US)
Assigned to Transitions Optical, Ltd., Tuam (IE)
Appl. No. 17/427,483
Filed by Transitions Optical, Ltd., Tuam (IE)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/052213
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/157160, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/799,935, filed on Feb. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0156326 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); A61B 3/04 (2006.01); A61B 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/907 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/9035 (2019.01) [A61B 3/04 (2013.01); A61B 3/06 (2013.01); G06F 16/907 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of generating a customized photochromic optical article recommendation for a user, comprising:
for each of a plurality of photochromic optical articles, determining a plurality of performance attributes by conducting a laboratory and/or field test on each of the plurality of photochromic optical articles to determine measured and/or calculated data quantifying the plurality of performance attributes for each of the plurality of photochromic optical articles, the laboratory and/or field test for each of the plurality of optical articles being performed at a plurality of different geographic areas, each of the geographic areas having at least one different climate, latitude, longitude, altitude, or any combination thereof, the plurality of performance attributes comprising at least one of the following: outdoor darkness, indoor clarity, speed to dark, speed to clear, indoor blue light protection, outdoor blue light protection, ultraviolet radiation protection, reactivity in indirect sunlight, time-based performance, in-car activation, or color consistency;
receiving, from a user device and with at least one processor, feedback data associated with each of the plurality of performance attributes, the feedback data comprising a relative importance of each of the plurality of performance attributes to the user;
based on the measured and/or calculated data for each of the plurality of performance attributes and the feedback data, generating, with at least one processor and for each of the plurality of photochromic optical articles, a compatibility score, the compatibility score generated based an algorithm using parameters corresponding to the measured and/or calculated data for each of the plurality of performance attributes and a relative weight for each parameter based on the relative importance of each of the plurality of performance attributes to the user; and
based on the compatibility score for each of the plurality of photochromic optical articles, generating, with at least one processor, a user-specific recommendation comprising at least one of the plurality of photochromic optical articles.