Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080231800 | Glasses Lens Comprising a Carrying Edge - A spectacle lens with an object-sided front face and an eye-sided rear face, wherein at last the rear face comprises a viewing region that contributes to the optical effect of the spectacle lens and a carrier rim region that at least partially surrounds the viewing region and that does not significantly contribute to the optical effect of the spectacle lens. The rear face of the spectacle lens in the carrier rim zone is constructed substantially from a cosmetic viewpoint without consideration of the optical image-forming properties. A method for producing this spectacle lens is also provided. | 09-25-2008 |
20090103046 | Method and Device for Manufacturing a Spectacle Lens; System and Computer Program Product for Manufacturing a Spectacle Lens - The invention relates to a method comprising the following steps:—a bridge width (b), a glass length (I), and a frame glass angle (f | 04-23-2009 |
20100141893 | REFERENCE POINTS FOR ORTHO POSITION - The invention relates to a method, a system and a computer program product, in particular for designing or producing a lens having a prismatic effect, and to a lens having a prismatic effect. Said method consists of the following steps: individual data of the spectacle wearer is obtained, said individual user data comprising prismatic prescription data; the prismatic lens is designed taking into account the individual user data; centration data for the prismatic lens is determined in accordance with the prismatic prescription data. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145489 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A SPECTACLE LENS - The invention relates to a method, a computer program product and a system for designing or producing a spectacle lens for a spectacle wearer. Said method consists of the following steps: individual user data or application data of the spectacle wearer is obtained; the design concept for the spectacle lens having a plurality of evaluation points is determined; a main beam path through the plurality of evaluation points is determined; a local wavefront is specified for each of the main beams in the surroundings of the respective main beam; optical properties of the spectacle lens are determined on the evaluation points by determining an influence of the spectacle lens on the local wavefronts in the surroundings of the respective evaluation point; and the design concept is evaluated in accordance with the determined optical properties and the individual user data. | 06-10-2010 |
20100157242 | Method for Calculating a Spectacle Lens Having a Variable Position of the Reference Points - The invention relates to a method for producing a progressive spectacle lens and to a corresponding apparatus, a computer program product, a storage medium and to the use of a progressive spectacle lens. The invention also relates to a method for producing a progressive spectacle lens for correcting defective vision of a spectacle wearer, comprising the following steps: the vertical and/or the horizontal spatial position of a distance reference point and/or a near reference point is specified or determined in accordance with individual data of the spectacle wearer; the spectacle lens is optimized or calculated such that the required dioptric effect of the spectacle lens is obtained in the individually determined distance reference point and/or the near reference point. | 06-24-2010 |
20100191504 | Tool for Calculating the Performance of Progressive Lenses - The invention relates to a method for computer-assisted evaluation of the performance of progressive lenses, specifically while taking into account individual parameters of a given eyeglass wearer, the individual parameters including at least personal prescription data, in particular, additional spherical, astigmatic, and/or prismatic power, and/or personal wearer data for the eyeglass wearer, in particular, forward inclination, horizontal frame inclination, corneal vertex distance, and/or interpupillary distance. The method includes the following steps: determining the individual parameters; calculating a total performance factor P in each case for at least two quality classes of progressive lenses as a function of the individual parameters, the total performance factor P being correlated with the quality of the monocular visual acuity and/or binocular visual impression; — and outputting the calculated total performance factor P for the quality classes. The invention further relates to a device, a computer program product, a storage medium, and a graphical user interface. | 07-29-2010 |
20100198515 | Method for Calculation of the Magnification and/or Distortion and Method for Production of a Spectacle Lens with Low Magnification and/or Distortion - The invention relates to a method for calculation of the local magnification and/or the local distortion of a spectacle lens in at least one predetermined or predeterminable viewing direction, with the spectacle lens being designed to correct a refraction deficit of an eye, and having at least one object-side surface and one second eye-side surface, comprising the following steps: Calculation for the predetermined or predeterminable viewing direction of the profile of a main beam which originates from a predetermined or predeterminable infinitesimally small object and, after refraction by the spectacle lens, passes through the rotation point of the eye, through the entrance pupil of the eye or through the principal plane of the eye; determination of the main curvatures and directions of a local wavefront associated with the main beam on refraction by the spectacle lens; calculation of the local magnification and/or the local distortion of the spectacle lens from the determined main curvatures and directions of the local wavefront, the data relating to the profile of the main beam, and the data relating to the spectacle lens. | 08-05-2010 |
20100296052 | Pair of Spectacle Lenses for Anisometropia - According to the invention, a method for producing a spectacle lens or a pair of spectacle lenses is proposed which comprises a calculation and optimization step for at least one of the surfaces of the spectacle lens taking into account an anisometropia D of the eyes of a spectacles wearer, said calculation and optimization step involving a target function F being minimized: minF=Σ | 11-25-2010 |
20100309428 | Flexible Progressive Lens Optimizer - A method is provided for calculating an individual spectacle lens design for a progressive spectacle lens exhibiting an individual vertical position of the distance and/or the near reference points, which can be variably adjusted. A starting design exhibiting a predefined vertical position of the distance and/or the near reference points is determined; the individual spectacle lens design is calculated having the desired, individual vertical position of the distance and/or near reference points. The calculation of the individual spectacle lens design includes calculating the target value S | 12-09-2010 |
20110051082 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING AND OPTIMIZING A PAIR OF EYEGLASSES IN CONSIDERATION OF BINOCULAR PROPERTIES - A method and apparatus for producing a first spectacle lens of a pair of spectacle lenses to be used with a second spectacle lens for a specific situation of wear, in which optical parameters for the spectacle lens are calculated to minimize the value of a target function that corresponds to the pair of spectacle lenses. The target function is the sum of a first monocular function, with a weighting factor, that depends on the values of a first monocular optical property at a plurality of monocular evaluation points, a the binocular function, with a weighting factor, that depends on the values of a second monocular optical property at the plurality of pairs of binocular evaluation points, and a remainder term. | 03-03-2011 |
20110208493 | RESCALING OF THE TARGET ASTIGMATISM FOR OTHER ADDITIONS - A fast and efficient method for calculating or producing a spectacle lens design, as well as a method for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to the thus calculated spectacle lens design. Furthermore, a corresponding device is provided for manufacturing a spectacle lens, as well as corresponding computer program products and storage media. | 08-25-2011 |
20110299032 | OPTIMIZATION AND PRODUCTION OF AN EYEGLASS LENS FOR CORRECTING AN ASTIGMATIC REFRACTION - A method and system for producing a first spectacle lens for a specific situation of wear for correcting at least a first astigmatic refraction of a first eye of a wearer, which has a first cylinder reference axis | 12-08-2011 |
20120002161 | VARIABLE PROGRESSIVE LENS DESIGN - A method and apparatus for creating a progressive spectacle lens design by transforming a starting design. The starting design is defined to include specification of a principal line, specifications for target astigmatism values A(u=0,y) along the principal line, and specifications for the course of a base target isoastigmatism line, which is described by a one-dimensional function of the form u | 01-05-2012 |
20120016645 | AUTOMATIC MODIFICATION OF A PROGRESSIVE LENS DESIGN - A method and apparatus for creating a progressive spectacle lens design by transforming a starting design. The starting design is defined to include specifications for the course of a principal line and specification of at least one base target isoastigmatism line with a constant base target astigmatism, in which the base target isoastigmatism line passes through a first predetermined control point {right arrow over (r)} | 01-19-2012 |
20120203368 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING A SPECTACLE LENS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL PARAMETERS OF A WEARER - A method, a system and a computer program product are provide for optimizing a spectacle lens for a wearer with a selectable quality grade. In particular, a set of individual parameters is determined for the wearer and a desired quality grade is identified. Depending the identified quality grade, the set of individual parameters is adapted and a surface of the spectacle lens is calculated based on the adapted set of individual parameters. | 08-09-2012 |
20130027657 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING A SPECTACLE LENS USING VIEWING ANGLE-DEPENDENT PRESCRIPTION DATA - Optimizing a spectacle lens by:
| 01-31-2013 |
20130229619 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A SPECTACLE LENS WITH A DIFFRACTION GRATING - A computer-implemented method and a device for optimizing an optical element comprising at least one diffraction grating, wherein at least one refractive surface contributing to the refractive light deflection and/or the at least one diffraction grating of the optical element are/is optimized in such a way as to minimize the color fringe and at least a second-order aberration of the optical element. Also, a corresponding production method and a corresponding device for producing an optical element comprising at least one diffraction grating. | 09-05-2013 |
20130235337 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A BASE SYSTEM OF DIFFRACTION GRATINGS FOR COLOR FRINGE CORRECTION OF SPECTACLE LENSES - A method for producing a series of base lenses, which cover a predetermined power range, wherein each base lens of the series has a base power different from the base powers of the other base lenses of the series, and has at least one diffractive base grating, the method comprising:
| 09-12-2013 |
20130261782 | METHOD OF CALCULATION FOR DETAILED WAVERFRONT CALCULATION FOR SPECTACLE LENSES WITH A DIFFRACTIVE GRATING - A computer-implemented method for assessing at least one optical property of k | 10-03-2013 |
20130265540 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING A SPECTACLE LENS WITH IMPROVED NEAR ZONE - Optimization and production of a spectacle lens for a specific wearing situation for correcting at least one astigmatic refraction of an eye of a spectacles wearer, which in a reference viewing direction of the eye has a cylinder reference value and a cylinder reference axis, comprising: specifying an object distance for at least one evaluation point of the spectacle lens; determining a transformed astigmatic refraction for the at least one evaluation point of the spectacle lens from the cylinder reference value and the cylinder reference axis depending on the specified object distance; and optimizing the spectacle lens such that for the at least one evaluation point a correction of the transformed astigmatic refraction by the spectacle lens in the specific wearing situation is taken into consideration, wherein determining the transformed astigmatic refraction comprises determining a transformed cylinder value and/or a transformed cylinder axis depending on the specified object distance. | 10-10-2013 |
20140049747 | PRESCRIPTION-DEPENDENT AND INDIVIDUALIZATION-DEPENDENT MODIFICATION OF THE TEMPORAL PERIPHERAL NOMINAL ASTIGMATISM AND ADAPTION OF THE OBJECT DISTANCE FUNCTION TO CHANGED OBJECT DISTANCES FOR NEAR AND/OR FAR VISION - Method for optimization of a progressive spectacle lens, which method comprises: defining a starting nominal astigmatism distribution for the spectacle lens; determining a transformed nominal astigmatism distribution and optimizing the spectacle lens on the basis of the transformed nominal astigmatism distribution, wherein the determination of a transformed nominal astigmatism distribution comprises multiplication of the maximum temporal nominal astigmatism of the starting nominal astigmatism distribution by a factor k as a result of which a modified maximum temporal astigmatism is obtained, wherein k is a function of a prescription value, and/or at least of one parameter of the spectacle lens or of the arrangement thereof in front of the eyes, and transformation of the starting nominal astigmatism distribution on the basis of the modified maximum temporal astigmatism. Method for optimization of a progressive spectacle lens, which method comprises: defining a starting object distance function; determining object distance data, wherein these comprise an object distance at a predetermined point on the main line of sight; modifying the starting object distance function in accordance with the object distance data; optimizing the spectacle lens, wherein the transformed object distance function is taken into account, wherein the modification of the starting object distance function comprises superposition with a correction function, which has a variable parameter that is determined, in accordance with the object distance data, in such a way that the value of the modified starting object distance function at the predetermined point is equal to the reciprocal value of the determined nominal object distance for this point, wherein the object distance function is defined as the reciprocal object distance along the main line of sight. | 02-20-2014 |
20140098341 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING AND OPTIMIZING AN EYEGLASS LENS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION HIGHER-ORDER IMAGING ERRORS - The invention relates in particular to a computer-implemented method for calculating or optimizing a spectacle lens, comprising the steps of:
| 04-10-2014 |