Method for determining an electronic spectacle frame element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11567350-B2
Application number	US-201716335001-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2017
Priority date	Sep 22, 2016
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

A method for determining an electronic spectacle frame element of a spectacle frame, including providing electronic element data relating to an electronic element to be embodied in a spectacle frame element; providing predetermined spectacle frame element data related to at least one geometrical parameter of a predetermined spectacle frame element, corresponding to the wearer demand; defining a working electronic spectacle frame element including a working spectacle frame element and an electronic element embodied in the working spectacle frame element based on the electronic element data, modifying the working electronic spectacle frame element, and determining the electronic spectacle frame element by repeating the modifying step so as to minimize the difference between the geometrical parameters of the predetermined spectacle frame element and the working spectacle frame element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method implemented by computer for determining an electronic spectacle frame element of a spectacle frame, wherein the electronic spectacle frame element comprises a spectacle frame element and an electronic element embodied in the spectacle frame element, the method comprising:
an electronic element data providing step, during which electronic element data relating to the electronic element to be embodied in the spectacle frame element are provided;
a predetermined spectacle frame element data providing step, during which predetermined spectacle frame element data related to at least one geometrical parameter of a predetermined spectacle frame element, corresponding to the wearer demand, are provided;
a working electronic spectacle frame element defining step, during which a working electronic spectacle frame element comprising a working spectacle frame element and an electronic element embodied in the working spectacle frame element is defined based on the electronic element data,
a modifying step, during which the working electronic spectacle frame element is modified, and
wherein the electronic spectacle frame element is determined by repeating the modifying step so as to minimize the difference between the geometrical parameters of the predetermined spectacle frame element and the working spectacle frame element.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the modifying step comprises at least one of the following steps:
a spectacle frame element modifying step, during which the geometry of the working spectacle frame element is modified,
an electronic arrangement modifying step, during which the arrangement of the electronic element in the working spectacle frame element is modified.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the spectacle frame element is a spectacle temple or a spectacle front part or a hinge configured to movably attach a spectacle temple to a spectacle front part.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic element comprises an electronic support part supporting at least one electronic component and a wire core part extending from the electronic support part through the spectacle frame element.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein at least one electronic component comprises a sensor and/or a radio wave emitting component and/or a battery and/ or a light emitting component.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the working electronic spectacle frame element is modified considering the dimensions of the electronic element and/or considering heat dissipation when the electronic element is in the spectacle frame element.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein during the modifying step,
the material or different materials of the working spectacle frame element, and/or
the weight distribution of the working spectacle frame element, and/or
the shape of the working spectacle frame element, is modified.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the method further comprises a manufacturing device data providing step, during which the manufacturing device data identifying the manufacturing devices available to manufacture the spectacle frame element are provided, and
during the modifying step, the working spectacle frame element is modified considering the technical possibility of the manufacturing devices identified by the manufacturing data.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the method further comprises a comfort data providing step, during which comfort data related at least to the weight of the working spectacle frame element and the electronic element are provided; and
during the modifying step, the weight of the working electronical spectacle frame element is determined based on the comfort data and the working spectacle frame element is modified considering the determined weight of the working electronical spectacle frame element.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the method further comprises a wearer data providing step, during which wearer data comprising at least morphological wearer data related to the morphology of the head and/or face contact zones with the spectacle frame element when the spectacle frame is worn by a wearer are provided, and
during the modifying step, the mechanical forces applied by the working spectacle frame element to said contact zones are determined based on the wearer data and the working spectacle frame element is modified considering the determined mechanical forces.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the method further comprises an aesthetic data providing step, during which aesthetic data related to the aesthetic of the working spectacle frame element when the spectacle frame is worn by a wearer are provided, and
during the modifying step, the working spectacle frame element is modified considering the aesthetic data.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined spectacle frame element is selected in a spectacle frame element database according to at least one predetermined parameter.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the predetermined parameter is a shape style parameter and/or a shape size parameter and/or a thickness parameter and/or a material parameter and/or an esthetic parameter and/or a statistic parameter.

14. A method of providing an electronic spectacle frame element to a wearer, the electronic spectacle frame element comprising a spectacle frame element and at least one electronic element, the spectacle frame element being configured to embody at least one of the at least one electronic element, the method comprising the steps of:
determining the electronic spectacle frame element according to claim 1 , and
manufacturing the determined electronic spectacle frame element.

15. A method implemented by computer for determining an optical equipment comprising at least an optical lens and a spectacle frame, wherein:
the optical lens is adapted to be mounted in the spectacle frame,
the spectacle frame comprises a plurality of spectacle frame elements among which at least one spectacle frame element is an electronic spectacle frame element embodying at least one electronic element, and
the method comprises at least for each electronic spectacle frame element, the steps of determining a spectacle frame element according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Essilor Int

Inventors

• Lore Marie
• Gil Paul
• Broutin Guillaume
• Amir Bruno
• Sahler Jean

Classifications

• G02C13/005 Primary

  Measuring geometric parameters required to locate ophtalmic lenses in spectacles frames (apparatus for testing or instruments for examining the eyes per se A61B3/00; machines or devices and accessories for grinding the edges of lenses using spectacles as a template B24B9/144) · CPC title

• G02C7/086 Primary

  Auxiliary lenses located directly on a main spectacle lens or in the immediate vicinity of main spectacles · CPC title

• G02C13/003 Primary

  Measuring during assembly or fitting of spectacles · CPC title