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Granted Patent B2
US 7,407,432 · App. 11/583,403 · Granted Aug 5, 2008

Lens suction jig installing apparatus and method of determining lens position using apparatus thereof

Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
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Patent No.
US 7,407,432
App. No.
11/583,403
Granted
Aug 5, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The lens suction jig installing apparatus of the present invention comprises a position adjustable pedestal for holding a spectacle lens where a plurality of indices are formed that are provided with a predetermined space on a surface; a position adjusting device for displacing the pedestal within the position adjustable range; an image capture device for capturing an image of the spectacle lens; an image processing device for image-processing to detect the indices based on the image of the spectacle lens; a display device for displaying an image; a display control device for controlling in order to make the display device display an image of the spectacle lens image-captured by the image capture device and an image of the indices obtained by the image-processing; and a jig installing device for installing a lens sucking lens at a predetermined position of the spectacle lens.

Claims (13)

1. A lens suction jig installing apparatus for installing a lens suction jig, comprising:

a position adjustable pedestal for holding a spectacle lens where a plurality of indices are formed that are provided with a predetermined space on a surface;

a position adjusting device for displacing the pedestal within a position adjustable range;

an image capture device for capturing an image of the spectacle lens held by the pedestal;

an image processing device for image-processing to detect the indices based on the image of the spectacle lens image-captured by the image capture device;

a display device for displaying an image;

a display control device for controlling in order to make the display device display an image of the spectacle lens image-captured by the image capture device and an image of the indices obtained by the image-processing; and

a jig installing device for installing a lens sucking lens at a predetermined position of the spectacle lens,

wherein the display control device specifies a position in a vertical direction with a predetermined interval from a straight line connecting one of the indices obtained by the image-processing, obtains the interval from the straight line connecting one of the indices, approximates the obtained interval to a predetermined value, and specifies a suction position of the lens suction jig.

2. A lens suction jig installing apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the display control device specifies the position in the vertical direction with the predetermined interval from the straight line connecting one of the indices obtained by the image-processing; obtains the interval from the straight line connecting one of the indices, approximates the obtained interval to the predetermined value, exchanges for a vertical position of the predetermined value from a straight line connecting another index, and specifies a suction position of the lens suction jig.

3. A lens suction jig installing apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the image capture device is a CCD.

4. A lens suction jig installing apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the display device is a liquid crystal display.

5. A lens suction jig installing apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the display control device is an operation control circuit that controls to make the display device display an image of the spectacle lens image-captured by the image capture device and an image of the index obtained by the image processing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2006
From: WATANABE, TAKAHIRO; KIKAWA, TSUTOMU
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
Reel/Frame 018444/0200 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-302690 · Oct 18, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070091262A1 · Apr 26, 2007