Method for making a spectacle lens

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10247960-B2
Application number	US-201514697338-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2015
Priority date	May 27, 2010
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

The invention is directed to a method for making a spectacle lens for a non-presbyopic person wherein the spectacle lens is a ready-to-wear lens and has at least one zone having an optical effect to reduce vision stress. In the method, at least one of the following is provided: the contour of the ready-to-wear spectacle lens and one or several visual points whereat the person looks through the ready-to-wear spectacle lens for one or several visual tasks in the near range. This method step is followed by setting at least one of: a design reference point of the zone, the extent of the zone, the optical effect within the zone based on the provided contour, and the visual points. The spectacle lens is then made with this zone.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for making a spectacle lens being designed for an individual need of a non-presbyopic person wherein the spectacle lens is a ready-to-wear spectacle lens and has at least one zone having an optical power provided to reduce vision stress, the method comprising the steps of:
providing data representing at least one pre-determined visual point with the data representing a situation wherein the person looks through said ready-to-wear spectacle lens at said visual point for one or several tasks in the near range;
individually setting at least one of: at least one design reference point of the zone, the extent of the zone, and the optical power within the zone, the individual setting being based on the data of the at least one pre-determined visual point;
deriving said zone as a non-prescription non-zero optical power of at least a sufficient optical power that reduces visual stress caused by one of the following: an eye accommodation and convergence via at least one of an accommodation-supporting measure and a convergence-supporting measure;
causing the spectacle lens to be made with said zone in accordance with the individual setting; and,
wherein said sufficient optical power for the reduction of vision stress includes a prismatic power; and, wherein the at least one design reference point has been individually set and is the prism design reference point for the prismatic power for reducing vision stress and wherein at least one of the position of the prism design reference point, the extent of the prismatic power, and the intensity of the prismatic power is individually set based on the at least one visual point.

2. A computer for carrying out a method for making a spectacle lens being designed for an individual need of a non-presbyopic person wherein the spectacle lens is a ready-to-wear spectacle lens and has at least one zone having an optical power to reduce vision stress, the method including the steps of:
providing data representing at least one pre-determined visual point, the data representing a situation wherein the person looks through said ready-to-wear spectacle lens at said visual point for one or several tasks in the near range;
individually setting at least one of: at least one design reference point of the zone, the extent of the zone, and the optical power within the zone, the individual setting being based on the data of the at least one pre-determined visual point;
deriving said zone as a non-prescription non-zero optical power of at least sufficient optical power that reduces visual stress caused by one of the following: an eye accommodation and convergence via at least one of an accommodation-supporting measure and a convergence-supporting measure;
causing the spectacle lens to be made with said zone in accordance with the individual setting; and,
wherein said sufficient optical power for the reduction of vision stress includes a prismatic power; and, wherein the at least one design reference point has been individually set and is the prism design reference point for the prismatic power for reducing vision stress and wherein at least one of the position of the prism design reference point, the extent of the prismatic power, and the intensity of the prismatic power is individually set based on the at least one visual point.

3. The computer of claim 2 , wherein the optical power provided for reducing vision stress includes a near-range addition power; and, wherein at least one of the design reference points has been individually set and is the near-range design reference point for the near-range addition power provided for reducing vision stress; and, wherein at least one of the position of the near-range design reference point, the extent of the near-range addition power, and the intensity of the near-range addition power is individually set based on the data representing the at least one visual point.

4. A computer program comprising a program code stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program code being for making a spectacle lens being designed for an individual need of a non-presbyopic person wherein the spectacle lens is a ready-to-wear spectacle lens and has at least one zone having an optical power to reduce vision stress, said program code being configured, when executed by a processor, to:
provide data representing at least one pre-determined visual point with the data representing a situation wherein the person looks through said ready-to-wear spectacle lens at said visual point for one or several tasks in the near range;
individually set at least one of: at least one design reference point of the zone, the extent of the zone, and the optical power within the zone, the individual setting being based on the data of the at least one pre-determined visual point;
derive said zone as a non-prescription non-zero optical power of at least a sufficient optical power that reduces visual stress caused by one of the following: an eye accommodation and convergence via at least one of an accommodation-supporting measure and-a convergence-supporting measure;
causing the spectacle lens to be made with said zone in accordance with the individual setting; and,
wherein said sufficient optical power for the reduction of vision stress includes a prismatic power; and, wherein the at least one design reference point has been individually set and is the prism design reference point for the prismatic power for reducing vision stress and wherein at least one of the position of the prism design reference point, the extent of the prismatic power, and the intensity of the prismatic power is individually set based on the at least one visual point.

5. The computer program of claim 4 , wherein the optical power provided for reducing vision stress includes a near-range addition power; and, wherein at least one of the design reference points has been individually set and is the near-range design reference point for the near-range addition power provided for reducing vision stress; and, wherein at least one of the position of the near-range design reference point, the extent of the near-range addition power, and the intensity of the near-range addition power is individually set based on the at least one visual point.

6. The computer program of claim 4 , wherein the program is stored on a machine-readable data carrier.

Assignees

• Zeiss Carl Vision Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Krug Herbert
• Kratzer Timo

Classifications

• G02C7/06

  bifocal; multifocal {; progressive (G02C7/041 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G02C7/025

  considering parameters of the viewed object · CPC title

• G02C7/027 Primary

  considering wearer's parameters · CPC title

• G02C7/024

  Methods of designing ophthalmic lenses · CPC title

• G02C7/066

  Shape, location or size of the viewing zones · CPC title