IP Library Granted Patent US 8,807,746
Granted Patent B2
US 8,807,746 · App. 13/270,154 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Spectacle lens, spectacles, and method for manufacturing spectacle lens

Inventors: Kazutoshi Kato (Kamiina-gun, JP); Ayumu Ito (Minowa-machi, JP)
Assignee: Hoya Lens Manufacturing Philippines Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,807,746
App. No.
13/270,154
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Spectacle lenses that allow a wearer to view an object in a more comfortable manner include a pair of lenses for the left and right eyes. The power of one of the pair of lenses is shifted toward the positive side with respect to the power of the other lens, and object-side average surface power (base curve) of the one lens is smaller than object-side average surface power (base curve) of the other lens. The power (dioptric power) is principal meridian power along a principal meridian of each of the lenses, and the base curve is in the direction along the principal meridian.

Claims (26)

1. Spectacle lenses comprising:

a first lens comprising a distance portion and a near portion; and

a second lens comprising a distance portion and a near portion, wherein

the first lens and the second lens are progressive lenses whose distance portion and near portion have different dioptric powers, and

a dioptric power of the distance portion of the second lens is larger than a dioptric power of the distance portion of the first lens, and an object-side average surface power of the distance portion of the second lens is smaller than an object-side average surface power of the distance portion of the first lens.

2. The spectacle lenses according to claim 1 , wherein a dioptric power of the near portion of the second lens is larger than a dioptric power of the near portion of the first lens, and an object-side average surface power of the near portion of the second lens is smaller than an object-side average surface power of the near portion of the first lens.

3. The spectacle lenses according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the first lens and the second lens has an object-side surface whose distance portion and near portion have different average surface powers, and

when the dioptric power of the near portion is larger than the dioptric power of the distance portion, the object-side average surface power of the near portion is smaller than the object-side average surface power of the distance portion, whereas when the dioptric power of the near portion is smaller than the dioptric power of the distance portion, the object-side average surface power of the near portion is greater than the object-side average surface power of the distance portion.

4. Spectacle lenses comprising:

a first lens comprising a distance portion and a near portion; and

a second lens comprising a distance portion and a near portion, wherein

the first lens and the second lens are progressive lenses whose distance portion and near portion have different dioptric powers, and

a dioptric power of the near portion of the second lens is larger than a dioptric power of the near portion of the first lens, and an object-side average surface power of the near portion of the second lens is smaller than an object-side average surface power of the near portion of the first lens.

5. A spectacles comprising:

a first lens comprising a distance portion and a near portion;

a second lens comprising a distance portion and a near portion; and

a spectacle frame to which the first lens and the second lens are attached, wherein

a dioptric power of the distance portion of the second lens is larger than a dioptric power of the distance portion of the first lens, and

an object-side average surface power of the distance portion of the second lens is smaller than an object-side average surface power of the distance portion of the first lens.

6. A spectacles comprising:

a first lens comprising a distance portion and a near portion;

a second lens comprising a distance portion and a near portion; and

a spectacle frame to which the first lens and the second lens are attached, wherein

a dioptric power of the near portion of second lens is larger than a dioptric power of the near portion of the first lens, and

an object-side average surface power of the near portion of the second lens is smaller than an object-side average surface power of the near portion of the first lens.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2013
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: HOYA LENS MANUFACTURING PHILIPPINES INC.
Reel/Frame 030768/0299 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2011
From: KATO, KAZUTOSHI; ITO, AYUMU
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027039/0327 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2010-229316 · Oct 12, 2010 · national
JP 2010-229317 · Oct 12, 2010 · national
JP 2011-086066 · Apr 8, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120086910A1 · Apr 12, 2012