Process for determining position parameters of a manufactured surface relative to a reference surface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9291522-B2
Application number	US-201214116659-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2012
Priority date	May 13, 2011
Publication date	Mar 22, 2016
Grant date	Mar 22, 2016

Abstract

Determining position parameters defining relative position of a manufactured derivable surface relative to a reference surface, the process comprising: providing a nominal surface expressed in a nominal frame of reference and corresponding to the theoretical derivable surface to be manufactured with the nominal value of the position parameters defining the relative position of the nominal surface relative to the reference surface, providing a measured surface of the manufactured derivable surface expressed in the nominal frame of reference, providing at least one deformation surface defined by at least one deformation adjustable parameter, determining a composed surface by adding the measured surface and the deformation surface, determining the position parameters and at least one deformation parameter by minimizing the difference between the nominal surface and the composed surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A process implemented by computer means for determining at least six position parameters defining the relative position of a manufactured derivable surface relative to a reference surface, wherein the manufactured derivable surface is a surface to be manufactured of an ophthalmic lens, and for determining at least one deformation parameter of a deformation surface of the ophthalmic lens, the process comprising:
a nominal surface providing step during which a nominal surface expressed in a nominal frame of reference and corresponding to the theoretical derivable surface to be manufactured with the nominal value of the position parameters defining the relative position of the nominal surface relative to the reference surface is provided;
a measured surface providing step during which a measured surface of the manufactured derivable surface expressed in the nominal frame of reference is provided;
a deformation surface providing step during which at least one deformation surface defined by at least one deformation adjustable parameter is provided;
a composed surface determining step during which a composed surface is determined by adding the measured surface and the deformation surface;
a parameters determining step during which the position parameters and the at least one deformation parameter are determined by minimizing the difference between the nominal surface and the composed surface,
an error surface determining step during which the error surface corresponding to the difference between the measured surface positioned relative to the reference surface by using the at least six position parameters and the nominal surface is determined; and
a controlling step during which the error surface is controlled.

2. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the parameter determining step further comprises a zone determining step in which a zone of interest is determined in the nominal surface and the position and deformation parameters are determined by minimizing the difference between the nominal surface and the composed surface in the zone of interest.

3. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the parameter determining step is implemented by using a damped least squares process.

4. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the manufactured derivable surface is a surface of an ophthalmic progressive lens.

5. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the measured surface is determined by optical measurements.

6. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the manufactured derivable surface is a non-symmetric derivable surface.

7. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the at least six position parameters comprise three translation coefficients and three rotation coefficients.

8. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation surface corresponds to a sphero-torus surface defined by a sphere parameter, a cylinder parameter and an axis parameter.

9. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation surface corresponds to a right circular cone defined by an axis parameter and an angle parameter.

10. A process for controlling an ophthalmic lens manufacturing process comprising the steps of:
a) manufacturing a master ophthalmic lens according to a manufacturing process using a manufacturing device;
b) determining by the process according to claim 1 at least one deformation parameter of the master lens of step a);
c) recording the value of the at least one deformation parameter; and
d) repeating regularly steps a) to c) and checking the evolution of the at least one deformation parameter over time,
wherein the evolution of at least one parameter of the manufacturing device used during the ophthalmic lens manufacturing process is checked over time and the evolution over time of at least one deformation parameter of the master ophthalmic lens is related with the evolution over time of the at least one parameter of the manufacturing device.

11. A manufacturing process for manufacturing a lens using an ophthalmic manufacturing device comprising the steps of:
providing an ophthalmic lens blank;
blocking the ophthalmic lens blank; and surfacing at least one surface of the ophthalmic lens blank, wherein the manufacturing process is checked by a process according to claim 1 .

12. A non-transitory computer program product for a data-processing device, the computer program product comprising a set of instructions which, when loaded into the data-processing device, causes the device to perform the steps of the process according to claim 1 .

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions of the computer program product of claim 12 .

14. The process according to claim 11 , wherein the ophthalmic lens is an ophthalmic progressive lens and wherein surfacing at least one surface of the ophthalmic lens blank comprises digital surfacing.

Assignees

• Chauveau Jean-Pierre
• Allione Pascal
• Steigelmann Daniel
• Essilor Int

Inventors

• Chauveau Jean-Pierre
• Allione Pascal
• Steigelmann Daniel

Classifications

• B24B49/04

  involving measurement of the workpiece at the place of grinding during grinding operation · CPC title

• G02C7/065

  Properties on the principal line · CPC title

• B24B51/00

  Arrangements for automatic control of a series of individual steps in grinding a workpiece (if applicable to other machine tools, G05B takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06Q50/04

  Manufacturing · CPC title

• B24B13/00 Primary

  Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses or surfaces of similar shape on other work; Accessories therefor (edging optical work, e.g. lenses, prisms B24B9/14) · CPC title