Eyewear with chroma enhancement for specific activities

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9575335-B1
Application number	US-201514593844-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jan 9, 2015
Priority date	Jan 10, 2014
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a lens including a lens body and an optical filter configured to attenuate visible light in certain spectral bands. At least some of the spectral bands can include spectral features that tend to substantially increase the colorfulness, clarity, and/or vividness of a scene. In certain embodiments, eyewear incorporates an optical filter that enhances chroma within one or more spectral bands. In some embodiments, a wearer of the eyewear can perceive the increase in chroma when viewing at least certain types of scenes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. Eyewear comprising:
a lens comprising an optical filter configured to attenuate visible light in at least a first spectral band and a second spectral band, each of the first and second spectral bands comprising:
an absorbance peak with a spectral bandwidth;
a maximum absorbance;
a center wavelength located at a midpoint of the spectral bandwidth; and
an integrated absorptance peak area within the spectral bandwidth;
wherein the spectral bandwidth is equal to the full width of the absorbance peak at 80% of the maximum absorbance of the absorbance peak;

wherein the first spectral band comprises a first absorbance peak having a first center wavelength in the wavelength range between about 450 nm and about 490 nm;
wherein the second spectral band comprises a second absorbance peak having a second center wavelength in the wavelength range between about 550 nm and about 590 nm;
wherein an attenuation factor of the first and second absorbance peaks is greater than or equal to about 0.8 and less than 1, wherein the attenuation factor of an absorbance peak is obtained by dividing an integrated absorptance peak area within the spectral bandwidth by the spectral bandwidth of the absorbance peak; and
wherein the lens has a CIE chromaticity x value between about 0.35 and 0.5.

2. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein the spectral bandwidth of the first absorbance peak is greater than or equal to about 5 nm and less than or equal to about 40 nm.

3. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein the spectral bandwidth of the second absorbance peak is greater than or equal to about 5 nm and less than or equal to about 40 nm.

4. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein the optical filter comprises one or more organic dyes.

5. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein the optical filter is configured to increase the average chroma value of uniform intensity light stimuli having a bandwidth of 30 nm transmitted through the lens at least partially within the first spectral band by an amount between about 10% and about 25%.

6. The eyewear of claim 1 adapted to view objects on a surface of water or underwater.

7. Eyewear comprising:
a lens comprising an optical filter configured to attenuate visible light in at least a first spectral band and a second spectral band, each of the first and second spectral bands comprising:
an absorbance peak with a spectral bandwidth;
a maximum absorbance;
an absorptance peak associated with the absorbance peak, the absorptance peak having a maximum absorptance;
a center wavelength located at a midpoint of the spectral bandwidth; and
an integrated absorptance peak area within the spectral bandwidth;
wherein the spectral bandwidth is equal to the full width of the absorbance peak at 80% of the maximum absorbance of the absorbance peak;

wherein the first spectral band comprises a first absorbance peak and an associated first absorptance peak having a maximum absorptance in the wavelength range between about 440 nm and about 510 nm;
wherein the second spectral band comprises a second absorbance peak having a second center wavelength in the wavelength range between about 550 nm and about 590 nm;
wherein an attenuation factor of the first absorbance peak is greater than or equal to about 0.8 and less than 1;
wherein the attenuation factor of an absorbance peak is obtained by dividing an integrated absorptance peak area within the spectral bandwidth by the spectral bandwidth of the absorbance peak; and
wherein the lens has a CIE chromaticity x value between about 0.35 and 0.5.

8. The eyewear of claim 7 , wherein the spectral bandwidth of the first absorbance peak is greater than or equal to about 5 nm and less than or equal to about 40 nm.

9. The eyewear of claim 7 , wherein the spectral bandwidth of the second absorbance peak is greater than or equal to about 5 nm and less than or equal to about 40 nm.

10. The eyewear of claim 7 , wherein the optical filter comprises one or more organic dyes.

11. The eyewear of claim 7 , wherein the optical filter is configured to increase the average chroma value of uniform intensity light stimuli having a bandwidth of 30 nm transmitted through the lens at least partially within the first spectral band by an amount between about 20% and about 40%.

12. The eyewear of claim 7 adapted to view objects on grass.

13. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein the lens has a CIE chromaticity y value greater than about 0.3.

14. The eyewear of claim 7 , wherein the lens has a CIE chromaticity y value greater than about 0.3.

15. Eyewear comprising:
a lens comprising an optical filter configured to attenuate visible light in a spectral band comprising:
an absorbance peak with a spectral bandwidth;
a maximum absorbance;
a center wavelength located at a midpoint of the spectral bandwidth; and
an integrated absorptance peak area within the spectral bandwidth;
wherein the spectral bandwidth is equal to the full width of the absorbance peak at 80% of the maximum absorbance of the absorbance peak;

wherein the spectral band comprises an absorbance peak having a center wavelength in the wavelength range between about 555 nm and about 580 nm;
wherein an attenuation factor of the absorbance peak is greater than or equal to about 0.8 and less than 1, wherein the attenuation factor of an absorbance peak is obtained by dividing an integrated absorptance peak area within the spectral bandwidth by the spectral bandwidth of the absorbance peak; and
wherein the lens has a CIE chromaticity x value between about 0.35 and 0.5.

16. The eyewear of claim 15 , wherein the lens has a CIE chromaticity y value greater than about 0.3.

17. The eyewear of claim 15 , wherein the spectral bandwidth of the absorbance peak is greater than or equal to about 5 nm and less than or equal to about 40 nm.

18. The eyewear of claim 15 , wherein the optical filter comprises one or more organic dyes.

19. Eyewear comprising:
a lens comprising an optical filter configured to attenuate visible light in a spectral band comprising:
an absorbance peak with a spectral bandwidth;
a maximum absorbance;
a center wavelength located at a midpoint of the spectral bandwidth; and
an integrated absorptance peak area within the spectral bandwidth;
wherein the spectral bandwidth is equal to the full width of the absorbance peak at 80% of the maximum absorbance of the absorbance peak;

wherein the spectral band comprises an absorbance peak having a center wavelength in the wavelength range between about 550 nm and about 570 nm;
wherein an attenuation factor of the absorbance peak is greater than or equal to about 0.8 and less than 1, wherein the attenuation factor of an absorbance peak is obtained by dividing an integrated absorptance peak area within the spectral bandwidth by the spectral bandwidth of the absorbance peak; and
wherein the lens has a CIE chromaticity x value between about 0.35 and 0.5.

20. The eyewear of claim 19 , wherein the lens has a CIE chromaticity y value greater than about 0.3.

21. The eyewear of claim 19 , wherein the spectral bandwidth of the absorbance peak is greater than or equal to about 5 nm and less than or equal to about 40 nm.

22. The eyewear of claim 19 , wherein the optical filter comprises one or more organic dyes.

23. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein the optical filter comprises a dye.

24. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein the optical filter comprises a chroma-enhancement dye.

Assignees

• Oakley Inc

Inventors

• Mccabe Brock Scott
• Saylor Ryan
• Reyes Carlos D
• Boyles Colin

Classifications

• G02C7/108

  Colouring materials · CPC title

• G02C2202/16

  Laminated or compound lenses · CPC title

• G02C7/104 Primary

  having spectral characteristics for purposes other than sun-protection · CPC title