IP Library Granted Patent US 8,215,769
Granted Patent B2
US 8,215,769 · App. 12/639,815 · Granted Jul 10, 2012

Method and manufacture method of spectacle lens

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,215,769
App. No.
12/639,815
Granted
Jul 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A design method of a spectacle lens, includes: measuring an angle formed by a direction of a head of a person seeing the front without lens and a direction of the head of the person seeing an object located in a direction angled to the front direction of the person without lens to calculate a visual action index M n according to the following equation (1) as an initial value; temporarily designing a spectacle lens based on the visual action index; and simulating visual action of the person wearing the temporarily designed spectacle lens and correcting the visual action index based on the simulation result M n = β n α n ( 1 ) wherein α n is an angle formed by the front direction of the person and a direction in which the object actually exists, β n is a rotation angle of the head of the person seeing the object without lens, and n represents the object.

Claims (27)

1. A design method of a spectacle lens, comprising:

measuring an angle formed by a direction of a head of a person facing a front direction without a lens and a direction of the head of the person in which an object is recognized, where the object is located in a direction angled to the front direction of the person without the lens;

calculating the angle formed by the front direction of the person and a direction in which the object actually exists to calculate a visual action index M n according to the following equation (1) as an initial value;

M

n

=

β

n

α

n

(

1

)

temporarily designing a spectacle lens based on the calculated visual action index M n ; and

simulating visual action of the person wearing the temporarily designed spectacle lens and calculating a corrected visual action index based on the simulation result

wherein α n is the angle formed by the front direction of the person and the direction in which the object actually exists,

β n is a rotation angle of the head of the person in which the object is recognized without the lens, and

n represents a number of objects; and

when n>1, then M n is calculated as an average value,

wherein the step of correcting the visual action index corrects the visual action index M n according to the following equation (2):

M′ n =M n ((α′ n +|α′ nL −α′ nR |)/α n )  (2)

wherein M′ n is a visual action index after correction,

α′ nL is an angle formed by the front direction of the person and a direction in which the object is recognized by a left eye of the person through the spectacle lens,

α′ nR is an angle formed by the front direction of the person and a direction in which the object is recognized by a right eye of the person through the spectacle lens,

α′ n is the angle corresponding to the stronger eye of the person in the angles α′ nL and α′ nR .

2. The design method of the spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the step of correcting the visual action index is performed until the calculated corrected visual action index is converged.

3. A manufacture method of a spectacle lens which uses the design method of the spectacle lens according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2013
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: HOYA LENS MANUFACTURING PHILIPPINES INC.
Reel/Frame 030822/0408 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2009
From: SUZUKI, YOHEI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023664/0755 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-039603 · Feb 23, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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