Granted Patent B2

US 12,650,615 · App. 18/369,550 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Inventors: Brock Scott Mccabe (Laguna Niguel, CA); Ryan Saylor (Mission Viejo, CA); Carlos D. Reyes (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA); Colin Boyles (Irvine, CA)

Assignee: Oakley, Inc.

G02C7/104G02C7/108G02C2202/16

Abstract

Claims (37)

1 . A lens for an eyewear, the lens configured to transmit visible light in one or more spectral bands, the one or more spectral bands comprising:

a first transmittance valley having a minimum transmittance, wherein the minimum transmittance of the first transmittance valley is positioned at a first wavelength between about 460 nm and about 495 nm and wherein the minimum transmittance of the first transmittance valley is from about 1% to about 20%;

a second transmittance valley having a minimum transmittance, wherein the minimum transmittance of the second transmittance valley is positioned at a second wavelength between about 560 nm to about 600 nm and wherein the minimum transmittance of the second transmittance valley is from about 1% to about 20%, wherein the lens comprises one or more dyes; and

a first pass band in a spectral range from about 405 nm to about 460 nm, wherein a full width at 50% of a maximum transmittance value of the first pass band is from about 40 nm to about 50 nm.

2 . The lens of claim 1 , wherein the second wavelength is about 595 nm.

3 . The lens of claim 1 , wherein the one or more spectral bands transmit between about 80% and about 90% of light in a spectral range between about 680 nm and about 790 nm.

4 . The lens of claim 1 , wherein the minimum transmittance of the second transmittance valley is less than about 5%.

5 . The lens of claim 1 , wherein the minimum transmittance of the first transmittance valley is positioned at the first wavelength between about 460 nm and about 490 nm, and wherein the one or more spectral bands further comprises:

a second pass band in a spectral range from about 490 nm to about 570 nm.

6 . The lens of claim 5 , wherein the minimum transmittance of the second transmittance valley is positioned at the second wavelength between about 570 nm to about 590 nm, and wherein the one or more spectral bands further comprises:

a third pass band in a spectral range from about 590 nm to about 640 nm.

7 . An eyewear comprising the lens of claim 1 .

8 . The lens of claim 1 , wherein the one or more dyes are one or more organic dyes.

9 . A lens for an eyewear, the lens configured to transmit visible light in one or more spectral bands, the one or more spectral bands comprising:

a first transmittance valley having a minimum transmittance, wherein the minimum transmittance of the first transmittance valley is positioned at a first wavelength between about 460 nm and about 495 nm and wherein the minimum transmittance of the first transmittance valley is from about 1% to about 20%;

a second transmittance valley having a minimum transmittance, wherein the minimum transmittance of the second transmittance valley is positioned at a second wavelength between about 560 nm to about 600 nm and wherein the minimum transmittance of the second transmittance valley is from about 1% to about 20%; and

a third transmittance valley having a minimum transmittance, wherein the minimum transmittance of the third transmittance valley is positioned at a third wavelength between about 640 nm and about 680 nm.

10 . A lens for an eyewear, the lens configured to transmit visible light in one or more spectral bands, the one or more spectral bands comprising:

a first transmittance valley having a minimum transmittance, wherein the minimum transmittance of the first transmittance valley is positioned at a first wavelength between about 460 nm and about 495 nm and wherein the minimum transmittance of the first transmittance valley is from about 1% to about 20%; and

a second transmittance valley having a minimum transmittance, wherein the minimum transmittance of the second transmittance valley is positioned at a second wavelength between about 560 nm to about 600 nm and wherein the minimum transmittance of the second transmittance valley is from about 1% to about 20%, wherein an average visible light transmittance is between about 40% to about 60%.

11 . A lens for an eyewear comprising an optical filter configured to attenuate visible light in one or more spectral bands, the one or more spectral bands comprising an absorbance peak, wherein:

the absorbance peak has a maximum absorbance value at a first wavelength from about 560 nm to about 600 nm; and

a full width at 50% of the maximum absorbance value is from about 5 nm to about 50 nm.

12 . The lens of claim 11 , wherein an average visible light transmittance is between about 40% to about 60%.

13 . The lens of claim 11 , wherein the full width at 80% of the maximum absorbance value is from about 10 nm to about 20 nm.

14 . The lens of claim 11 , wherein the absorbance peak is a first absorbance peak; and wherein the one or more spectral bands comprise a second absorbance peak, the second absorbance peak having a maximum absorbance peak at a second wavelength between about 460 nm and about 495 nm.

15 . The lens of claim 14 , wherein the full width at 50% of the maximum absorbance value of the second absorbance peak is from about 25 nm to about 35 nm.

16 . The lens of claim 11 , wherein the maximum absorbance value is a first maximum absorbance value; and wherein the absorbance peak has a second maximum absorbance value at a second wavelength from about 560 nm to about 600 nm.

17 . The lens of claim 11 , wherein an average visible light transmittance is between about 10% and about 40%.

18 . The lens of claim 11 , wherein the full width at 50% of the maximum absorbance value is from about 20 nm to about 45 nm.

19 . A lens for an eyewear comprising an optical filter configured to attenuate visible light in one or more spectral bands, the one or more spectral bands comprising an absorbance peak having a maximum absorbance value at a first wavelength from about 560 nm to about 600 nm;

wherein an optical density at the maximum absorbance value is less than 1; and

wherein an average visible light transmittance is between about 40% to about 60%.

20 . The lens of claim 19 , wherein the first wavelength is about 575 nm.

21 . The lens of claim 19 , wherein a CIE chromaticity y value of the lens is greater than about 0.3 and a CIE chromaticity x value of the lens is greater than about 0.3.

22 . The lens of claim 21 , wherein the CIE chromaticity y value of the lens is between about 0.3 and about 0.5 and the CIE chromaticity x value of the lens is between about 0.3 and about 0.5.

23 . An eyewear comprising the lens of claim 19 .

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