Method for compensating positioning errors in an edging process, or in a fastening operation for a raw-edged, finished spectacle lens, and device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12246409-B2
Application number	US-201917042721-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2019
Priority date	Mar 29, 2018
Publication date	Mar 11, 2025
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for compensating positioning error in an edging process or in a fastening operation for a raw-edged, finished spectacle lens, the method comprising: —determining centring deviation parameters, said centring deviation parameters indicating the occurrence of positioning errors for the raw-edged, finished spectacle lens during a fastening operation and/or during a subsequent edging process, and—modifying control information with the aid of the determined centring deviation parameters such that the positioning errors for the raw-edged, finished spectacle lens are compensated and/or taken into account. The invention also related to a corresponding device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for compensating for positioning errors in an edging process or in a fastening process of a raw-edged finished spectacle lens having a curvature, the method comprising:
fastening the lens with a fastener at a fastening point consisting of a contact surface of the lens where the fastener contacts the lens, wherein, due to the lens curvature, there is formed a geometric prism in the fastening point,
determining centering deviation parameters, wherein the centering deviation parameters are indicative of the occurrence of positioning errors of the raw-edged finished spectacle lens during a fastening operation and/or during a subsequent edging process and wherein determination of the deviation parameters encompasses a calculation of the geometric prism in the fastening point, wherein the contact surface constitutes an extent of which the geometric prism is to be calculated, and
changing control information with the help of the determined centering deviation parameters, such that the positioning errors of the raw-edged finished spectacle lens are compensated and/or accounted for and a path of a grinder is altered during the edging process based on the changing control information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the occurrence of positioning errors of the raw-edged finished spectacle lens is induced by the fastening process and/or a subsequent edging process.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the occurrence of positioning errors of the raw-edged finished spectacle lens during the fastening process exhibits slippage and/or rotation during the fastening operation and/or during the subsequent edging process of the raw-edged finished spectacle lens.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determination of centering deviation parameters exhibits a reading of predetermined centering deviation parameters.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the changing of control information exhibits a change in location of a predefined fastening point on the raw-edged finished spectacle lens.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the changing of control information exhibits a change in location of a predefined fastening point on the raw-edged finished spectacle lens such that the predefined fastening point is changed such that the raw-edged finished spectacle lens is fastened at an alternate fastening point, at which the occurrence of positioning errors of the raw-edged finished spectacle lens during the fastening operation and/or the subsequent edging process is reduced.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the changing of control information exhibits a reading and/or a confirmation of correspondingly modified centering data and/or shape data for the subsequent edging process.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determination of centering deviation parameters takes place based on an optical measurement or a tactile confirmation of the positioning errors of the raw-edged finished spectacle lens during the fastening operation and/or during the subsequent edging process.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determination of centering deviation parameters takes place based on the confirmation of positioning errors by means of positioning confirmation of at least one engraving on the raw-edged finished spectacle lens during the fastening operation and/or during the subsequent edging process.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the change of the control information encompasses an additional fastening of the raw-edged finished spectacle lens such that the occurrence of positioning errors during the original fastening process and/or the subsequent edging process is reduced or totally prevented.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener is a chuck and fastening the lens at the fastening point includes mechanically fixing the raw-edged finished spectacle lens with the chuck.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein calculating the prism in the fastening point takes into account an extension of the chuck and the prism is calculated via the contact surface of the chuck in the fastening point.

Assignees

• Rodenstock Gmbh

Inventors

• Dumm Martin
• Grau Markus
• Keil Andreas
• Merkelbach Philipp
• Ögüt Ahmet
• Rahn Karl
• Reick Jasmine
• Szegö Peter
• Urban Arne
• Wild Holger

Classifications

• G02C7/02

  Lenses; Lens systems {; Methods of designing lenses} · CPC title

• B24B9/148

  electrically, e.g. numerically, controlled · CPC title

• B24B47/225 Primary

  for bevelling optical work, e.g. lenses · CPC title