Lens measuring method and lens measuring device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026049894-A1
Application number	US-202519322662-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 8, 2025
Priority date	Mar 24, 2023
Publication date	Feb 19, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

A surface shape of first face ( 8 a ) of lens ( 8 ) is measured with shape measurement unit ( 2 ) to determine a center position of first face ( 8 a ) of lens ( 8 ) from a measurement result, lens ( 8 ) is positioned in transmission wavefront measurement unit ( 3 ) based on the center position of first face ( 8 a ) of lens ( 8 ) and a relative position between shape measurement unit ( 2 ) and transmission wavefront measurement unit ( 3 ), a transmission wavefront of lens ( 8 ) is measured with transmission wavefront measurement unit ( 3 ), and an optical characteristic of lens ( 8 ) is obtained from the transmission wavefront.

First claim

1 . A lens measurement method using a shape measurement unit that measures a surface shape of a lens and a transmission wavefront measurement unit that measures a transmission wavefront of the lens, the method comprising:
measuring a surface shape of a first face of the lens with the shape measurement unit to determine a center position of the first face of the lens from a result of the measuring of the surface shape; positioning the lens in the transmission wavefront measurement unit based on the center position of the first face of the lens and a relative position between the shape measurement unit and the transmission wavefront measurement unit; measuring the transmission wavefront of the lens with the transmission wavefront measurement unit; and obtaining an optical characteristic of the lens from a result of the measuring of the transmission wavefront.

2 . The lens measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein
the relative position is determined by: obtaining a center position of a reference sphere of a relative position adjustment jig by measuring the reference sphere in the shape measurement unit, the relative position adjustment jig including the reference sphere and a light transmission unit that transmits light around the reference sphere; obtaining a center position of a projection image of the reference sphere by measuring the reference sphere of the relative position adjustment jig in the transmission wavefront measurement unit; and determining the relative position between the shape measurement unit and the transmission wavefront measurement unit from the center position of the reference sphere and the center position of the projection image of the reference sphere.

3 . The lens measurement method according to claim 1 , further comprising,
after obtaining the optical characteristic of the lens, determining a shape error of a front and back of the lens from the optical characteristic of the lens.

4 . The lens measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein
the transmission wavefront measurement unit includes a light source of parallel light and a wavefront sensor that measures a phase distribution of a wavefront of light from the light source, and the lens measurement method includes, when measuring the transmission wavefront, causing the light from the light source to be directly incident on the lens, causing the light transmitted through the lens to be directly incident on the wavefront sensor, and measuring the transmission wavefront with the wavefront sensor.

5 . A lens measurement device comprising:
a shape measurement unit that measures a surface shape of a first face of a lens; a shape measurement calculation unit that determines a center position of the first face of the lens from a measurement result in the shape measurement unit; a transmission wavefront measurement unit that measures a transmission wavefront of the lens that has been positioned based on a relative position with the shape measurement unit and the center position of the first face of the lens; and a calculation unit that obtains an optical characteristic of the lens from a result of measuring the transmission wavefront of the lens with the transmission wavefront measurement unit.

6 . The lens measurement device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a lens installation unit that installs the lens in each of the shape measurement unit and the transmission wavefront measurement unit; a relative position adjustment jig configured to be installed in the lens installation unit instead of the lens, the relative position adjustment jig including
a reference sphere for determining a relative position between the shape measurement unit and the transmission wavefront measurement unit and
a light transmission unit that transmits light around the reference sphere;
a relative position storage that stores the relative position between the shape measurement unit and the transmission wavefront measurement unit determined from a center position of the reference sphere obtained by measuring the reference sphere of the relative position adjustment jig in the shape measurement unit and a center position of a projection image of the reference sphere obtained by measuring the reference sphere of the relative position adjustment jig in the transmission wavefront measurement unit; and a controller that adjusts positions of the shape measurement unit and the transmission wavefront measurement unit with respect to the lens installation unit, wherein the calculation unit calculates an installation position of the lens in the transmission wavefront measurement unit from the center position of the first face of the lens measured in the shape measurement unit and the relative position stored in the relative position storage, and the transmission wavefront measurement unit includes a light source of parallel light and a wavefront sensor that measures a phase distribution of a wavefront of light from the light source, the light from the light source is directly incident on the lens, the light transmitted through the lens is directly incident on the wavefront sensor, and the transmission wavefront is measured with the wavefront sensor.

7 . The lens measurement device according to claim 6 , wherein
the reference spherical unit of the relative position adjustment jig has a diameter smaller than each of a vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension of an image sensor of the wavefront sensor of the transmission wavefront measurement unit.

8 . The lens measurement device according to claim 6 , wherein
the reference sphere of the relative position adjustment jig includes a hemisphere in a surface area of more than or equal to 50%, and the hemisphere of the reference sphere of the relative position adjustment jig is disposed on a measurement probe side of the shape measurement unit.

9 . The lens measurement device according to claim 6 , wherein
the light source of the transmission wavefront measurement unit and the lens installation unit are fixed, a measurement probe of the shape measurement unit and the wavefront sensor of the transmission wavefront measurement unit are installed in a same transfer unit, when the measurement probe functions as the shape measurement unit, the measurement probe is moved by the same transfer unit to face the lens installation unit, and when the wavefront sensor functions as the transmission wavefront measurement unit, the wavefront sensor is moved by the same transfer unit to face the lens installation unit.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yokoyama Jun
• Kabetani Yasuhiro

Classifications

• G01M11/0257

  by analyzing the image formed by the object to be tested · CPC title

• G01M11/0271

  by using interferometric methods · CPC title

• G01M11/0221

  by determining the optical axis or position of lenses · CPC title

• G01M11/025 Primary

  by determining the shape of the object to be tested (measuring contours or curvatures by optical means G01B11/24) · CPC title

• G01M11/02

  Testing optical properties · CPC title