Spectacle lens design system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020409174-A1
Application number	US-202017022896-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 16, 2020
Priority date	Mar 30, 2018
Publication date	Dec 31, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A spectacle lens design system includes: an information acquisition device; a first design data deriving device deriving first design data of an eyeball-side surface; a first thickness information deriving device deriving first values of wall thickness and edge thickness of the spectacle lens; a second design data deriving device deriving second design data of the eyeball-side surface, which has higher accuracy than the first design data, based on the prescription value of the wearer and the design data of the object-side surface; and a second thickness information deriving device deriving second values of the wall thickness and edge thickness of the spectacle lens based on the derived second design data of the eyeball-side surface, the design data of the object-side surface, and the minimum wall thickness and minimum edge thickness information of the spectacle lens.

First claim

1 . A spectacle lens design system comprising:
an information acquisition means for acquiring a prescription value of a wearer, frame shape data, information on minimum wall thickness and minimum edge thickness of a spectacle lens, and design data of an object-side surface; a first design data deriving means for deriving first design data of an eyeball-side surface based on the prescription value of the wearer and the design data of the object-side surface; a first thickness information deriving means for deriving first values of wall thickness and edge thickness of the spectacle lens in accordance with the frame shape data based on the derived first design data of the eyeball-side surface, the design data of the object-side surface, and the minimum wall thickness and minimum edge thickness information of the spectacle lens; a second design data deriving means for deriving second design data of the eyeball-side surface, which has higher accuracy than the first design data, based on the prescription value of the wearer and the design data of the object-side surface; and a second thickness information deriving means for deriving second values of the wall thickness and edge thickness of the spectacle lens based on the derived second design data of the eyeball-side surface, the design data of the object-side surface, and the minimum wall thickness and minimum edge thickness information of the spectacle lens.

2 . The spectacle lens design system according to claim 1 , further comprising
a transmission means for transmitting the first values of the wall thickness and edge thickness of the spectacle lens.

3 . The spectacle lens design system according to claim 1 , further comprising
an optical performance power distribution deriving means for deriving an optical performance power distribution based on the prescription value of the wearer, wherein the first design data deriving means comprises a first prescription-value-coping curvature distribution optimization means for optimizing a curvature distribution of an eyeball-side surface with respect to the prescription value of the wearer, the second design data deriving means comprises a second prescription-value-coping curvature distribution optimization means for optimizing a curvature distribution of an eyeball-side surface with respect to the prescription value of the wearer, and a tolerance of optimization in the first prescription-value-coping curvature distribution optimization means is wider than a tolerance of optimization in the second prescription-value-coping curvature distribution optimization means.

4 . The spectacle lens design system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first design data deriving means comprises a first virtual optical model optimization means for performing optimization in consideration of an appearance through an eyeball model, the second design data deriving means comprises a second virtual optical model optimization means for performing optimization in consideration of an appearance through an eyeball model, and a number of targets of the first virtual optical model optimization means is smaller than a number of targets of the second virtual optical model optimization means.

5 . The spectacle lens design system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first design data deriving means comprises a first inspection power optimization means for optimizing power at an inspection position, the second design data deriving means comprises a second inspection power optimization means for optimizing power at an inspection position, and a tolerance of optimization of the first inspection power optimization means is twice to three times a tolerance of optimization of the second inspection power optimization means.

6 . The spectacle lens design system according to claim 1 , further comprising
a lens arrangement parameter deriving means for deriving a lens arrangement parameter including a relative positional relationship between a spectacle lens of a lens arrangement and an eyeball based on information on a spectacle wearing condition of the wearer, design data of the object-side surface, the first design data of the eyeball-side surface, and the first values of the wall thickness and edge thickness of the spectacle lens, wherein the second design data deriving means derives the second design data of the eyeball-side surface based on the prescription value of the wearer, the design data of the object-side surface, and the lens arrangement parameter.

Assignees

• Hoya Lens Thailand Ltd

Inventors

• Taguchi Shinichiro
• Tanaka Takao

Classifications

• G02C13/003

  Measuring during assembly or fitting of spectacles · CPC title

• G02C7/024 Primary

  Methods of designing ophthalmic lenses · CPC title

• G02C7/027 Primary

  considering wearer's parameters · CPC title