Aspherical spectacle lens
View Patent ↗There is provided a spectacle lens having an outer surface and an inner surface, one of the outer and inner surfaces being configured to be a rotationally-asymmetrical aspherical surface. When a curvature at a coordinate (h,θ) of the outer surface is represented by C 1 (h,θ), a curvature at a coordinate (h,θ) of the inner surface is represented by C 2 (h,θ), and a difference between curvatures of the outer surface and the inner surface at the coordinate (h,θ) is represented by C 2-1 (h,θ)=C 2 (h,θ)−C 1 (h,θ), if C 2-1 (0,θ)>0, within the ranges of 10 mm≦h[mm]≦20 mm and 30°≦θ[°]≦150° the spectacle lens satisfying a condition (1): C 2-1 ( h,θ+ 180)− C 2-1 ( h,θ )>0, (1) and if C 2-1 (0,θ)<0, the spectacle lens satisfying a condition (2): C 2-1 ( h,θ+ 180)− C 2-1 ( h,θ )<0. (2)
1. A spectacle lens having an outer surface and an inner surface, one of the outer and inner surfaces being configured to be a rotationally-asymmetrical aspherical surface, when a curvature at a coordinate (h,θ) of the outer surface is represented by C 1 (h,θ), a curvature at a coordinate (h,θ) of the inner surface is represented by C 2 (h,θ), and a difference between curvatures of the outer surface and the inner surface at the coordinate (h,θ) is represented by C 2-1 (h,θ)=C 2 (h,θ)−C 1 (h,θ), if C 2-1 (0,θ)>0, said spectacle lens satisfying a condition (1):
C 2-1 ( h,θ+ 180)− C 2-1 ( h ,θ)>0 (1),
and if C 2-1 (0,θ)<0, said spectacle lens satisfying a condition (2):
C 2-1 ( h, θ+ 180)− C 2-1 (h,θ)<0 (2)
wherein the conditions (1) and (2) hold within ranges of 10 mm≦h≦20 mm and 30°≦θ≦150°,
wherein given that a normal line which is normal to the outer surface through a centration point is regarded as a z 1 -axis, a direction which is perpendicular to the z 1 -axis and which corresponds to an upward direction in the state of wearing of said spectacle lens is regarded as a y 1 -axis, and a direction which is perpendicular to the y 1 -axis and the z 1 -axis in a left hand coordinate system is regarded as an x 1 -axis, the coordinate (h,θ) of the outer surface is defined as a point having a height h (unit: mm) from the z 1 -axis on an intersection line which is formed between the outer surface and a plane including the z 1 -axis and forming an angle θ (unit: degree) with respect to the x 1 -axis,
wherein given that a normal line which is normal to the inner surface through the centration point is regarded as a z 2 -axis, a direction which is perpendicular to the z 2 -axis and which corresponds to the upward direction in the state of wearing of said spectacle lens is regarded as a y 2 -axis, and a direction which is perpendicular to the y 2 -axis and the z 2 -axis in the left hand coordinate system is regarded as an x 2 -axis, the coordinate (h,θ) of the inner surface is defined as a point having a height h (unit: mm) from the z 2 -axis on an intersection line which is formed between the inner surface and a plane including the z 2 -axis and forming an angle θ (unit: degree) with respect to the x 2 -axis,
wherein the centration point being defined as a point which coincides with a pupil position of a wearer when said spectacle lens is viewed from a front side in a state of wearing of said spectacle lens.
2. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the inner surface is configured to be the rotationally-asymmetrical aspherical surface, if C 2-1 (0,θ)>0, said spectacle lens satisfying a condition (3):
C 2 ( h,θ+ 180)− C 2 ( h ,θ)>0 (3),
and if C 2-1 (0,θ)<0, said spectacle lens satisfying a condition (4):
C 2 ( h,θ+ 180)− C 2 ( h ,θ)<0 (4)
wherein the conditions (3) and (4) hold within the ranges of 10 mm≦h≦20 mm and 30°θ≦150°.
3. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the outer surface is configured to be the rotationally-asymmetrical aspherical surface, if C 2-1 (0,θ)>0, said spectacle lens satisfying a condition (5):
C 1 ( h,θ+ 180)− C 1 ( h ,θ)<0 (5),
and if C 2-1 (0,θ)<0, said spectacle lens satisfying a condition (6):
C 1 ( h,θ+ 180)− C 1 ( h ,θ)>0 (6)
wherein the conditions (5) and (6) hold within the ranges of 10 mm≦h≦20 mm and 30°≦θ≦150 °.
4. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the outer surface is configured to be a spherical surface, and the inner surface is configured to be the rotationally-asymmetrical aspherical surface.
5. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the outer surface is configured to be the rotationally-asymmetrical aspherical surface, and the inner surface is configured to be a spherical surface.
6. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the outer surface is configured to be the rotationally-asymmetrical aspherical surface, and the inner surface is configured to be a toric surface.
7. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein both of the outer and inner surfaces are configured to be aspherical surfaces.
8. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the outer surface is configured to be a rotationally-symmetrical aspherical surface, and the inner surface is configured to be the rotationally-asymmetrical aspherical surface.
9. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the outer surface is configured to be the rotationally-asymmetrical aspherical surface, and the inner surface is configured to be a rotationally-symmetrical aspherical surface.
10. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein both of the outer and inner surfaces are configured to be the rotationally-asymmetrical aspherical surfaces.
11. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein one of the outer and inner surfaces has cylindrical refractive power for correction of an astigmatic vision.