IP Library Granted Patent US 12,158,636
Granted Patent B2
US 12,158,636 · App. 18/204,963 · Granted Dec 3, 2024

Glasses manufacture

Inventor: Eldad Rothman (Ramat HaSharon, IL)
Assignee: Optimax Investments Ltd.
G02C5/02
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Patent No.
US 12,158,636
App. No.
18/204,963
Granted
Dec 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of eyewear manufacture including: adhering frame material onto a surface of a corrective lens, the frame material extending along at least 10% of an edge circumference of the lens; and attaching the lens to a second lens.

Claims (33)

1. A computer-implemented method of customizing a glasses manufacturing process comprising:

(a) receiving, by a computer, one or more feature measurement of a customer;

(b) designing, by said computer, a glasses frame of a glasses design, said glasses frame to be adhered onto a lens, said designing, based on said one or more customer feature;

(c) sending customer glasses design data to a manufacturing device; and

(d) manufacturing a pair of glasses based on said designed frame by the manufacturing device;

wherein said manufacturing comprises:

i. adhering frame material onto a lens surface of a corrective lens, said frame material extending along at least 10% of an edge circumference of the lens; and

ii. attaching said lens to a second lens;

and wherein at least a portion of said frame adhered to said lens does not provide mechanical strength to said glasses.

2. The method according to claim 1 , said lens is a corrective lens, with a correction according to a corrective prescription of said customer.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said designing comprises designing a size and shape of said glasses frame.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said designing comprises designing a glasses lens shape, based on said customer feature measurement.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said one or more customer feature comprises a customer pupil distance (PD).

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein a shape of a lens of said glasses is scaled using said customer PD.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said designing comprises adjusting said frame, based on said one or more customer feature.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said designing comprises selecting.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said designing comprises iterative designing.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said feature measurement comprises an eye size and/or shape.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said designing comprises designing in response to a prescription of said customer.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said designing comprises designing in response to a lens property of said glasses.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said designing comprises designing in response to a facial shape or ears of the customer.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said receiving comprises analyzing an image of the customer.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said designing comprises designing in response to aesthetic information of the customer.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the aesthetic information comprises one or more of hair style, hair color and clothing.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said designing comprises designing in response to coloring information of the customer, wherein said coloring information includes one or more of an eye color, a skin tone and a hair color.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said designing comprising generating a plurality of designs and comprising displaying said plurality of designs to said customer.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein designing comprises selecting said plurality of designs from available designs based on one or more customer feature measurement, aesthetic information and/or prescription.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein said adhering comprises one or more of:

(a) printing on said lens;

(b) attaching a printed layer to said lens;

(c) surface treating said lens in preparation for said adhering; and

(d) using an adhesive layer to attach said frame material to said lens.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein designing comprises selecting a frame from a set of available designs and modifying said selected frame.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2024
From: OPTIMAX INVESTMENTS LTD
To: FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
Reel/Frame 065991/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2023
From: ROTHMAN, ELDAD
To: OPTIMAX INVESTMENTS LTD.
Reel/Frame 063860/0726 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17878164 · Aug 1, 2022
Continuation PCTIL2022050764 · Jul 14, 2022
Provisional Application 63313326 · Feb 24, 2022
Provisional Application 63221571 · Jul 14, 2021
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