Spectacle lens with a coating, method for producing a spectacle lens and computer-implemented or experimental method for designing a spectacle lens

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10082679-B2
Application number	US-201715789806-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2017
Priority date	Oct 21, 2016
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

A spectacle lens is disclosed that includes a lens substrate and a coating that is applied onto the lens substrate. The coating has a first reflectivity of at least 20% for near infrared light at a first wavelength λ NIR , which impinges on the coating at an angle of incidence of 0°, and a second reflectivity for near infrared light at the first wavelength λ NIR , which impinges on the coating at an angle of incidence of 35°, the second reflectivity being reduced by at least 10% in relation to the first reflectivity. The present disclosure further relates to a computer-implemented or experimental method for designing such a spectacle lens and a corresponding method for producing a spectacle lens.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A spectacle lens comprising:
a lens substrate, and
a coating that is applied onto the lens substrate,
wherein the coating has a first reflectivity of at least 20% for near infrared light at a first wavelength λ NIR , which impinges on the coating at an angle of incidence of 0°, and
wherein the coating has a second reflectivity for near infrared light at the first wavelength λ NIR , which impinges on the coating at an angle of incidence of 35°,
the second reflectivity being reduced by at least 10% in relation to the first reflectivity.

2. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the spectacle lens has a mean transmission of at least 95% in a visible wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm for an angle of incidence of 0°.

3. The spectacle lens according to claim 2 , wherein the mean transmission is at least 98%.

4. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the wavelength λ NIR in the near infrared range lies in a wavelength range selected from the group consisting of wavelength ranges of from 780 nm to 1500 nm, of from 800 nm to 1200 nm, and of from 850 nm to 1100 nm.

5. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the coating has a reflectivity that is reduced by at least 10% in relation to the angle of incidence of 0° over a wavelength range which includes the first wavelength λ NIR in the near infrared range.

6. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein, at an angle of incidence of 0°, the coating has a reflectivity selected from the group consisting of at least 25%, at least 30%, at least 40%, and at least 50%, at the first wavelength λ NIR in the near infrared range.

7. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein, at an angle of incidence of 35°, the coating has a reflectivity that is reduced by at least an amount selected from the group consisting of 15%, 20%, 25%, and 30% in relation to the angle of incidence of 0° at the first wavelength λ NIR in the near infrared range.

8. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein, over an angle of incidence range of 30° to 45°, the coating has a reflectivity that is reduced by at least 10% in relation to the angle of incidence of 0° at the first wavelength λ NIR in the near infrared range.

9. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the lens substrate has a front surface and a back surface, and the coating is applied onto the front surface of the lens substrate.

10. The spectacle lens according to claim 9 , wherein the lens substrate further comprises an infrared (IR) absorber.

11. The spectacle lens according to claim 9 , wherein the coating is also applied onto the back surface of the lens substrate.

12. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the lens substrate has a front surface and a back surface; and
wherein the back surface has an antireflection coating for at least one range selected from the group consisting of visible light, IR light, and ultraviolet (UV) light; or
wherein the front surface has a reflecting coating for at least one range from the group consisting of UV light and short-wavelength blue light; or
wherein the back surface has the antireflection coating for at least one range selected from the group consisting of visible light, IR light, and UV light and the front surface has the reflecting coating for at least one range selected from the group consisting of UV light and short-wavelength blue light.

13. A computer-implemented or experimental method for designing a spectacle lens including a lens substrate and coating that is applied onto the lens substrate, wherein the coating is formed with a layer sequence, the method comprising the step of:
determining a layer sequence, wherein the layer sequence is determined with the stipulation that the coating has a first reflectivity of at least 20% for near infrared light at a first wavelength λ NIR , which impinges on the coating at an angle of incidence of 0°, and a second reflectivity for near infrared light at the first wavelength λ NIR , which impinges on the coating at an angle of incidence of 35°, the second reflectivity being reduced by at least 10% in relation to the first reflectivity.

14. The computer-implemented method for designing a spectacle lens according to claim 13 , wherein determining the layer sequence comprises the steps of:
a) providing parameters that describe a first layer sequence of a coating;
b) providing a first limit of at least 20% that represents the first reflectivity;
c) determining the reflectivity of the coating for near infrared light at the first wavelength λ NIR , which is incident on the coating at the angle of incidence of 0°;
d) comparing the reflectivity determined in step c) with the first limit;
e1) should the comparison carried out in step d) determine that the first limit was not exceeded by the reflectivity determined in step c):
f1) modifying the parameters that describe the first layer sequence, and
g1) carrying out steps c) to d);

e2) should the comparison carried out in step d) determine that the first limit was exceeded:
f2) determining the reflectivity of the coating for near infrared light at the first wavelength λ NIR , which is incident on the coating at the angle of incidence of 35°,
g2) comparing the reflectivity determined in step f2) with the reflectivity determined in step c);
h2.1) should the comparison carried out in step g2) determine that the reflectivity determined in step f2) does not drop below the reflectivity determined in step c) by more than 10%:
i2.1) modifying the parameters that describe the first layer sequence, and
j2.1) carrying out steps c) to d);

h2.2) should the comparison carried out in step g2) determine that the reflectivity determined in step f2) drops below the reflectivity determined in step c) by more than 10%:
k2.2) outputting the parameters describing the first layer sequence as the parameters describing the layer sequence of the coating.

15. The experimental method for designing a spectacle lens according to claim 13 , wherein determining the layer sequence comprises the steps of:
a) providing a first layer sequence of a coating;
b) providing a first limit of at least 20% that represents the first reflectivity;
c) measuring the reflectivity of the coating for near infrared light at the first wavelength λ NIR , which is incident on the coating at the angle of incidence of 0°;
d) comparing the reflectivity measured in step c) with the first limit;
e1) should the comparison carried out in step d) determine that the first limit was not exceeded by the reflectivity determined in step c):
f1) modifying the first layer sequence, and
g1) carrying out steps c) to d);

e2) should the comparison carried out in step d) determine that the first limit was exceeded:
f2) measuring the reflectivity of the coating for near infrared light at the first wavelength λ NIR , which is incident on the coating at the angle of incidence of 35°;
g2) comparing the reflectivity measured in step f2) with the reflectivity measured in step c);
h2.1) should the comparison carried out in step g2) determine that the reflectivity measured in step f2) does not drop below the reflectivity measured in step c) by more than 10%:
i2.1) modifying the first layer sequence, and
j2.1) carrying out steps c) to d);

h2.2) should the comparison carried out in step g2) determine that the reflectivity measured in step f2) drops below the reflectivity measured in step c) by more than 10%:
k2.2) applying the first layer sequence as the layer sequence for the coating.

16. The computer-implemented method for desig

Assignees

• Zeiss Carl Vision Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Gloege Thomas
• Krause Michael
• Lappe Christian

Classifications

• G02B5/285

  comprising deposited thin solid films (G02B5/281 - G02B5/289 take precedence; multilayered film filters for fibre optic multiplexing G02B6/29361) · CPC title

• G02C7/107

  Interference colour filters · CPC title

• G02B1/10

  Optical coatings produced by application to, or surface treatment of, optical elements (G02B1/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B5/208

  for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation · CPC title

• G02B5/282

  reflecting for infrared and transparent for visible light, e.g. heat reflectors, laser protection · CPC title