Professor Hwang Ho-sik of Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital accelerates the development of automatic focus glasses to solve presbyopia problems...Selection of mid-sized research projects by the Ministry of Education
Oct 21, 2025
Professor Hwang Ho-sik of Yeouido St. Mary's Eye Hospital at Catholic University will develop automatic focus glasses to solve presbyopia problems.
In September, Professor Hwang was selected as the 「Development of autofocus glasses using liquid lenses and LIDAR sensors」 for the creative research-type mid-sized research project of the Korea Research Foundation of the Ministry of Education. The study period is three years from September 2025.
presbyopia is a disease in which the control of the lens of the eye is poor, and usually begins in the mid-40s. Previously, it has been used to relieve inconvenience with magnifying glasses or multifocal glasses. However, magnifying glasses are cumbersome to wear and detach, and multifocal glasses are expensive and difficult to adapt, so they often give up their use. There is a limitation that multifocal intraocular lens implantation is only applicable to cataract patients.
This study aims to develop glasses that control the automatic focus by making the lens convex when viewed close to a normal lens and thin when viewed from a distance.
Professor Hwang has already registered related patents and completed the first prototype"We will soon be able to develop it into a form that people can use comfortably in their daily lives."
In September, Professor Hwang was selected as the 「Development of autofocus glasses using liquid lenses and LIDAR sensors」 for the creative research-type mid-sized research project of the Korea Research Foundation of the Ministry of Education. The study period is three years from September 2025.
presbyopia is a disease in which the control of the lens of the eye is poor, and usually begins in the mid-40s. Previously, it has been used to relieve inconvenience with magnifying glasses or multifocal glasses. However, magnifying glasses are cumbersome to wear and detach, and multifocal glasses are expensive and difficult to adapt, so they often give up their use. There is a limitation that multifocal intraocular lens implantation is only applicable to cataract patients.
This study aims to develop glasses that control the automatic focus by making the lens convex when viewed close to a normal lens and thin when viewed from a distance.
Professor Hwang has already registered related patents and completed the first prototype"We will soon be able to develop it into a form that people can use comfortably in their daily lives."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
