IP Library Granted Patent US 9,104,045
Granted Patent B2
US 9,104,045 · App. 12/811,094 · Granted Aug 11, 2015

Method of determining parameters for fitting an ophthalmic lens to a frame

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Patent No.
US 9,104,045
App. No.
12/811,094
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of determining parameters for fitting an ophthalmic lens to a frame, including the following steps: providing an eyeglass frame including at least one temple portion having a bezel intended to enable the nesting of an ophthalmic lens; and determining the shape of the profile of the bezel at a point in the temple portion of said frame. Associated method of fabricating an ophthalmic lens.

Claims (17)

1. A method of determining parameters for fitting an ophthalmic lens to a frame, comprising the steps of:

providing an eyeglass frame including at least one temple portion having a bezel adapted to enable the nesting of an ophthalmic lens;

determining the shape of the profile of the bezel at a point in the at least one temple portion of said frame;

based on the shape determination, retrieving data concerning evolution of an inclination of the bezel around the frame, the data having been previously stored in a database in association with the shape of the profile of the bezel as determined at a point in the at least one temple portion of the frame; and

determining parameters for trimming the ophthalmic lens and fitting the lens to the frame based on said data concerning the evolution of the inclination of the bezel around the frame.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the shape of the profile of the bezel is determined at only one point for each of the rims of the frame.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the frame is a closed frame.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the frame is a semi-open frame.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein whether the frame is the result of deformation of a bezel wire on a bowl or of deformation of a bezel wire using a 3D rim-shaping machine is determined.

6. A method of fabricating an ophthalmic lens, comprising the steps of:

determining at least the trimming parameters of a chosen eyeglass frame according to claim 1 ; and

trimming the lens according to the determined trimming parameters in order to enable nesting in the chosen eyeglass frame.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the parameters for trimming the ophthalmic lens and fitting the ophthalmic lens to the frame based on said data concerning the evolution of the inclination of the bezel around the frame comprises:

deducing, from the shape of the profile of the bezel at a point in the at least one temple portion of said frame, a method according to which a bezel wire has been shaped to form the frame, and

calculating the parameters for trimming the ophthalmic lens and fitting the ophthalmic lens to the frame by taking into account a deformation of the bezel wire, the deformation being determined in accordance with the method according to which the bezel wire has been shaped to form the frame.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the parameters for trimming the ophthalmic lens include a contour of the finished lens and the shape of a bevel along the contour in order to enable nesting in the provided eyeglass frame.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the parameters for trimming the ophthalmic lens include a contour of the finished lens and the shape of a bevel along the contour in order to enable nesting in the provided eyeglass frame.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2018
From: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE D'OPTIQUE)
To: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
Reel/Frame 045853/0275 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2010
From: DUBOIS, FREDERIC; FRESON, DAVID
To: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE
Reel/Frame 025471/0390 →