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Granted Patent B2
US 11,428,954 · App. 16/641,788 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

Designing method and producing method of pair of spectacle lenses, and pair of spectacle lenses

Inventors: Ayumu Ito (Tokyo, JP); Toshiaki Sonehara (Tokyo, JP); Tadashi Kaga (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
G02C7/027G02C7/028G02C7/06
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Patent No.
US 11,428,954
App. No.
16/641,788
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A designing method of a pair of spectacle lenses, which includes a right-eye spectacle lens and a left-eye spectacle lens, includes a process of designing the pair of spectacle lenses; a power error (unit: diopter (D)) that compensates for a difference between a response of accommodation of a right eye and a response of accommodation of a left eye of a wearer, wherein a response of accommodation (unit: diopter (D)) of each eye is a difference AC (=applied accommodation ACN−applied accommodation ACF) between an applied accommodation ACF of the eye of the wearer exhibited when the wearer views an object at a distance f and an applied accommodation ACN of the eye of the wearer exhibited when viewing an object at a distance n shorter than the distance f.

Claims (30)

1. A designing method of a pair of spectacle lenses including a right-eye spectacle lens and a left-eye spectacle lens, the designing method comprising:

designing the pair of spectacle lenses so as to provide a power difference that compensates for a difference between a response of accommodation of a right eye of a wearer and a response of accommodation of a left eye of the wearer,

wherein a response of accommodation of each eye of the wearer is a numerical difference between an applied accommodation of the eye of the wearer exhibited when the wearer views an object at a first distance and an applied accommodation of the eye of the wearer exhibited when viewing an object at a second distance that is shorter than the first distance; and

setting a numerical difference between a power error at a position of a predetermined rotation angle on the right-eye spectacle lens and a power error at a position of the predetermined rotation angle on the left-eye spectacle lens, based on the numerical difference between the response of accommodation of the right eye and the response of accommodation of the left eye of the wearer, wherein

a value, obtained by subtracting a power error at a second position having a rotation angle in a spectacle lens for an eye with a larger response of accommodation from a power error at a first position of the rotation angle in a spectacle lens for an eye with a smaller response of accommodation, is set to be 0.15 D or more, the rotation angle being defined by a in a range of which 15 degrees≤α≤40 degrees.

2. The designing method of a pair of spectacle lenses according to claim 1 , wherein

each lens of the pair of spectacle lenses has a plurality of powers, and

a spectacle lens for the eye having a smaller response of accommodation is provided with a larger power difference than a spectacle lens for the eye having a larger response of accommodation, the power difference being other than a prescription value.

3. The designing method of a pair of spectacle lenses according to claim 1 , further comprising:

setting the difference between the power error at the position of the predetermined rotation angle on the right-eye spectacle lens and the power error at the position of the predetermined rotation angle on the left-eye spectacle lens to be approximate to the difference between the response of accommodation of the right eye and the response of accommodation of the left eye of the wearer.

4. The designing method of a pair of spectacle lenses according to claim 1 , wherein

a first difference between the power error of the right-eye spectacle lens and the power error of the left-eye spectacle lens is 80% to 120% of a second difference between the response of accommodation of the right eye and the response of accommodation of the left eye, the first difference being greater than 0, and the second difference being greater than 0.

5. The designing method of a pair of spectacle lenses according to claim 4 , wherein

the first difference between the power error of the right-eye spectacle lens and the power error of the left-eye spectacle lens is within ±0.25 D with respect to the second difference between the response of accommodation of the right eye and the response of accommodation of the left eye.

6. The designing method of a pair of spectacle lenses according to claim 1 , wherein

the power error at the second position in the spectacle lens for the eye with the larger response of accommodation is set within ±0.10 D, and the power error at the first position in the spectacle lens for the eye with the smaller response of accommodation is set to be 0.15 D or more.

7. The designing method of a pair of spectacle lenses according to claim 1 , wherein

the response of accommodation of the right eye and the response of accommodation of the left eye of the wearer are actually measured values obtained as results of performing a measurement on each eye of the wearer to obtain the difference between the applied accommodation of the eye of the wearer exhibited when the wearer views the object at a first distance and the applied accommodation of the eye of the wearer exhibited when viewing the object at a second distance.

8. A designing method of a pair of spectacle lenses including a right-eye spectacle lens and a left-eye spectacle lens, the designing method comprising:

designing the pair of spectacle lenses so as to provide a power difference that compensates for a difference between a response of accommodation of a right eye of a wearer and a response of accommodation of a left eye of the wearer,

wherein a response of accommodation of each eye of the wearer is a numerical difference between an applied accommodation of the eye of the wearer exhibited when the wearer views an object at a first distance and an applied accommodation of the eye of the wearer exhibited when viewing an object at a second distance that is shorter than the first distance;

setting a numerical difference between a power error at a position of a predetermined rotation angle on the right-eye spectacle lens and a power error at a position of the predetermined rotation angle on the left-eye spectacle lens, based on the numerical difference between the response of accommodation of the right eye and the response of accommodation of the left eye of the wearer;

selecting, in a base curve selection process, a base curve according to a prescription in the spectacle lenses for the respective eyes;

performing, in an aspherical surface designing process, aspherical surface design on a surface on a side of the selected base curve; and

determining, in a determination process, whether or not a value, obtained by subtracting the power error at a second position of a rotation angle of a spectacle lens for the eye with larger response of accommodation from the power error at a first position of a rotation angle of a spectacle lens for the eye with a smaller response of accommodation between the response of accommodation of the right eye and the response of accommodation of the left eye of the wearer, falls within a range of 80% to 120% of a difference between the response of accommodation of the right eye and the response of accommodation of the left eye, in a design of the pair of spectacle lenses obtained based on the aspherical surface designing process, the difference being greater than 0, and the rotation angle being defined by a in a range of which 15 degrees≤α≤40 degrees,

when it is determined that the value is not within the range, the determination process is performed again after changing a base curve selected in the base curve selection process and then changing an aspherical surface design, or after changing an aspherical surface design, and

when it is determined in the determination process that the value is within the range, the determination process is complete.

9. A producing method of a pair of spectacle lenses including a right-eye spectacle lens and a left-eye spectacle lens, the producing method comprising:

designing the pair of spectacle lenses using the designing method of a pair of spectacle lenses according to claim 1 ; and

producing the pair of spectacle lenses based on a content designed in the designing of the pair of spectacle lenses.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2020
From: ITO, AYUMU; SONEHARA, TOSHIAKI; KAGA, TADASHI
To: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
Reel/Frame 052168/0555 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-059280 · Mar 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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