Lens manufacturing system, lens manufacturing method, computer program, lens design data use management system, lens design data use management device, lens processing management device, lens processing management method, lens processing management system, lens design data use management program, and lens processing management program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9886027-B2
Application number	US-201213594359-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2012
Priority date	Feb 26, 2010
Publication date	Feb 6, 2018
Grant date	Feb 6, 2018

Abstract

A lens processing management system includes a lens processing section that processes a lens based on design data, an authentication section that is substantially attached to a lens material or a semi-finished lens product, and an authentication processing section that performs an authentication process for the processing of the lens using the authentication section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lens processing management system comprising:
a lens processing section that processes a lens;
an authentication section that includes an authentication code of design data of the lens and is substantially attached to a lens material or a semi-finished lens product;
a data supply portion that supplies the design data, which is associated with the authentication section attached to the lens material or the semi-finished lens product, to the lens processing section; and
an authentication processing section that performs an authentication process for the processing of the lens material or the semi-finished lens product based on a comparison result whether or not an authentication code which is indicated by the authentication section attached to the lens material or the semi-finished lens product and identification information indicating the supplied design data are in advance associated with each other.

2. The lens processing management system according to claim 1 , wherein the authentication processing section performs an authentication process for use permission of the design data.

3. The lens processing management system according to claim 1 , wherein the authentication processing section performs the authentication process through a network or substantially without a network.

4. The lens processing management system according to claim 1 , wherein the authentication section is provided in the lens material or the semi-finished lens product.

5. The lens processing management system according to claim 1 , wherein the authentication section is shipped with the lens material or the semi-finished lens product.

6. The lens processing management system according to claim 1 , wherein the authentication section includes a substantially visible authentication code.

7. The lens processing management system according to claim 1 , wherein the authentication section includes an authentication code which is invisible and is detected through a predetermined apparatus.

8. The lens processing management system according to claim 1 , wherein the authentication section includes one authentication code corresponding to one semi-finished lens product.

9. The lens processing management system according to claim 1 , wherein the authentication section includes one authentication code corresponding to a plurality of semi-finished lens products.

10. The lens processing management system according to claim 1 , wherein the authentication processing section performs the authentication process using identification information for the lens processing section in addition to authentication information of the authentication section.

11. A lens processing management system comprising:
a processing device that processes a lens;
a data supply device that supplies design data to the processing device; and
a restriction unit that restricts processing of the lens using the design data in the processing device,
wherein the restriction unit includes an authentication unit including information used in authentication of use permission of the design data, the authentication unit being supplied to the processing device with a semi-finished product of the lens or being embedded in the semi-finished product of the lens.

12. The lens processing management system according to claim 11 , wherein the restriction unit restricts processing of the lens through a network or substantially without a network.

13. The lens processing management system according to claim 11 , wherein the restriction unit restricts processing of the lens based on the number of times where the design data is used.

14. The lens processing management system according to claim 11 , wherein the restriction unit restricts processing of the lens based on a period where the design data is used.

15. The lens processing management system according to claim 11 , wherein the restriction unit includes a copy restriction unit that restricts copy of the design data.

16. The lens processing management system according to claim 15 , wherein the copy restriction unit restricts saving of the design data to locations other than a predetermined location.

17. The lens processing management system according to claim 15 , wherein the copy restriction unit controls supply of the design data from the data supply device to the processing device.

18. The lens processing management system according to claim 11 , wherein the restriction unit includes a switching unit that switches the processing device at least between a restriction state and a non-restriction state, and a management unit that manages at least one of the number of times and the period where the design data is used in the processing device.

19. The lens processing management system according to claim 18 , wherein the management unit includes a first medium which is portable and in which predetermined data about at least one of the number of using times and the using period is stored.

20. The lens processing management system according to claim 11 , wherein the restriction unit includes a recording storing unit that is disposed substantially in the processing device and stores recording of an operation of the processing device, and a billing unit that performs a billing process based on the recording stored in the recording storing unit.

21. The lens processing management system according to claim 11 , wherein the data supply device includes a design section that is disposed substantially in the processing device and designs at least a part of the lens, and
wherein the restriction unit includes a server that is required for permission of design from the design section.

22. The lens processing management system according to claim 11 , wherein the data supply device includes a second medium which is portable and in which the design data is stored.

23. The lens processing management system according to claim 22 , wherein the number of times where the design data is extracted in the second medium is restricted.

24. The lens processing management system according to claim 22 , wherein the second medium is supplied to the processing device with the semi-finished product of the lens or is embedded in the semi-finished product of the lens.

25. The lens processing management system according to claim 11 , wherein the restriction unit includes a selection unit that selects the processing device.

26. The lens processing management system according to claim 11 , wherein the design data is supplied to the processing device in an encrypted state.

27. A lens manufacturing system comprising:
a processing section that processes a lens using design data supplied from a data supply device; and
a restriction unit that restricts the processing of the lens using the design data in the processing section,
wherein the restriction unit includes an authentication unit including information used in authentication of use permission of the design data, the authentication unit being supplied to the processing device with a semi-finished product of the lens or being embedded in the semi-finished product of the lens.

28. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions for executing:
a step of permitting use of design data associated with a lens material or a semi-finished lens product based on a comparison result whether or not information indicated by an authentication code sup

Assignees

• Yoshida Yoshinori
• Honma Yukio
• Inoue Hideya
• Yamagaki Koji
• Nikon Essilor Co Ltd
• Nippon Kogaku Kk

Inventors

• Yoshida Yoshinori
• Honma Yukio
• Inoue Hideya
• Yamagaki Koji

Classifications

• G05B19/4183 Primary

  characterised by data acquisition, e.g. workpiece identification · CPC title

• G06Q30/0621

  by configuring or customising goods or services · CPC title

• G05B19/128 Primary

  the workpiece itself serves as a record carrier, e.g. by its form, by marks or codes on it · CPC title

• Y02P90/265

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02P90/10

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic