IP Library Granted Patent US 9,746,694
Granted Patent B2
US 9,746,694 · App. 14/383,327 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

Lens set, method of designing lens and method of manufacturing lens

Inventors: Toshihide Shinohara (Chino, JP); Tadashi Kaga (Kamiina-gun, JP); Ayumu Ito (Kamiina-gun, JP); Takateru Mori (Kamiina-gun, JP)
Assignee: EHS LENS PHILIPPINES, INC.
G02C7/065G02C7/024G02C7/068
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Patent No.
US 9,746,694
App. No.
14/383,327
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a progressive addition lens for spectacles including a distance portion and a near portion having different powers, wherein an equivalent spherical power of the distance portion is plus; and a first lens and a second lens having different addition powers from each other, and a difference between vertical surface power in the distance portion and vertical surface power in the near portion on an object-side surface of the first lens, and a difference between vertical surface power in the distance portion and vertical surface power in the near portion on an object-side surface of the second lens are the same.

Claims (24)

1. A lens set, comprising:

a first lens; and

a second lens,

wherein the first lens and the second lens are respectively a progressive addition lenses for spectacles which has a distance portion and a near portion having different powers and in which an equivalent spherical power of the distance portion is plus; and

the first lens and the second lens have different addition powers from each other, and

wherein in the first lens, when a horizontal surface power of the distance portion along a vertical reference line or a principal sight line passing through a fitting point is defined as OHPf1, and vertical surface power of the distance portion along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line is defined as OVPf1, and horizontal surface power of the near portion along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line is defined as OHPn1, and vertical surface power of the near portion along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line is defined as OVPn1, in an object-side surface,

the OVPn1 is smaller than the OVPf1, and

the object-side surface includes a toric surface element in which the OHPf1 is larger than the OVPf1, and the OHPn1 is larger than the OVPn1, and

an eyeball-side surface along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line includes an element for cancelling the toric surface element,

and also in the second lens, when a horizontal surface power of the distance portion on an object-side surface along a vertical reference line or a principal sight line passing through a fitting point is defined as OHPf2, and vertical surface power of the distance portion along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line is defined as OVPf2, horizontal surface power of the near portion along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line is defined as OHPn2, and vertical surface power of the near portion along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line is defined as OVPn2, in an object-side surface,

the OVPn2 is smaller than the OVPf2, and

the object-side surface includes a toric surface element in which the OHPf2 is larger than the OVPf2, and the OHPn2 is larger than the OVPn2, and

an eyeball-side surface along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line includes an element for cancelling the toric surface element, and

a difference between the OVPf1 and the OVPn1, and a difference between the OVPf2 and the OVPn2 are the same.

2. A method of designing a lens set comprising a first lens and a second lens, wherein the first lens and the second lenses are respectively a progressive addition lens for spectacles which has a distance portion and a near portion having different powers and in which an equivalent spherical power of the distance portion is plus, and the first lens and the second lens have different addition powers from each other,

wherein in the first lens, when a horizontal surface power of the distance portion along a vertical reference line or a principal sight line passing through a fitting point is defined as OHPf1, and vertical surface power of the distance portion along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line is defined as OVPf1, and horizontal surface power of the near portion along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line is defined as OHPn1, and vertical surface power of the near portion along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line is defined as OVPn1, in an object-side surface,

the object-side surface includes a toric surface element in which the OVPn1 is smaller than the OVPf1, and

the object-side surface includes a toric surface element in which the OHPf1 is larger than the OVPf1, and the OHPn1 is larger than the OVPn1, and an eyeball-side surface along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line includes an element for cancelling the toric surface element,

and also in the second lens, when a horizontal surface power of the distance portion along a vertical reference line or a principal sight line passing through a fitting point is defined as OHPf2, and vertical surface power of the distance portion along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line is defined as OVPf2, and horizontal surface power of the near portion along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line is defined as OHPn2, and vertical surface power of the near portion along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line is defined as OVPn2, in an object-side surface,

the OVPn2 is smaller than the OVPf2, and

the object-side surface includes a toric surface element in which the OHPf2 is larger than the OVPf2, and the OHPn2 is larger than the OVPn2, and

an eyeball-side surface along the vertical reference line or the principal sight line includes an element for cancelling the toric surface element, and

a difference between the OVPf1 and the OVPn1, and a difference between the OVPf2 and the OVPn2 are the same.

3. A method of manufacturing a lens set, comprising manufacturing the lens set designed by the method of designing a lens set of claim 2 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 1, 2015
From: HOYA LENS MANUFACTURING PHILIPPINES INC.
To: EHS LENS PHILIPPINES, INC.
Reel/Frame 035801/0452 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2014
From: SHINOHARA, TOSHIHIDE; KAGA, TADASHI; ITO, AYUMU; MORI, TAKATERU
To: HOYA LENS MANUFACTURING PHILIPPINES INC.
Reel/Frame 033821/0040 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-047941 · Mar 5, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150077703A1 · Mar 19, 2015