Central supervision station system for Progressive Lens Simulators

1. A Supervised Multi-station system of Progressive Lens Simulators, comprising:

a set of Progressive Lens Simulators, individually including

an Eye Tracker, for tracking an eye axis direction to determine a gaze distance;

an Off-Axis Progressive Lens Simulator, for generating an Off-Axis progressive lens simulation (Off-Axis PLS) of a progressive lens design; and

an Axial Power-Distance Simulator, for simulating a progressive lens power in the eye axis direction, thereby creating a Comprehensive Progressive Lens Simulation of the progressive lens design from the Off-Axis PLS; and

a Central Supervision Station, in communication with the Progressive Lens Simulators, for providing supervision for an operation of the individual Progressive Lens Simulators.

2. The Supervised Multi-station system of claim 1 , comprising:

two-way communication channels between the individual Progressive Lens Simulators and the Central Supervision Station, for

the Progressive Lens Simulators informing the Central Supervision Station about simulations of progressive lens designs; and

the Central Supervision Station supervising the simulations by the Progressive Lens Simulators.

3. The Supervised Multi-station system of claim 1 , wherein:

the Progressive Lens Simulators individually comprise Lens Design Exploration Systems, for guiding an exploration of progressive lens designs.

4. The Supervised Multi-station system of claim 1 , wherein:

the Central Supervision Station comprises a centralized Lens Design Exploration System, for

guiding an exploration of progressive lens designs, and

communicating corresponding guidance signals to the individual Progressive Lens Simulators.

5. The Supervised Multi-station system of claim 1 , wherein:

the Progressive Lens Simulators individually comprise Artificial Intelligence Engines, for executing a deep learning method for Progressive Lens Design Processors of the Progressive Lens Simulators.

6. The Supervised Multi-station system of claim 1 , wherein:

the Central Supervision Station comprises a centralized Artificial Intelligence Engine, for

executing a deep learning method for Progressive Lens Design Processors of the Progressive Lens Simulators, and

communicating corresponding training signals to the individual Progressive Lens Simulators.

7. The Supervised Multi-station system of claim 1 , wherein:

the Progressive Lens Simulators individually comprise Artificial Intelligence Engines, for executing a deep learning method for Search Guidance Engines of the Progressive Lens Simulators.

8. The Supervised Multi-station system of claim 1 , wherein:

the Central Supervision Station comprises a centralized Artificial Intelligence Engine, for

executing a deep learning method for a Search Guidance Engine, and

communicating corresponding guiding signals to the individual Progressive Lens Simulators.

9. The Supervised Multi-station system of claim 1 , wherein:

the Progressive Lens Simulators are one of multistage PLSs, integrated PLSs, table-top PLSs and head-mounted PLSs.

10. The Supervised Multi-station system of claim 1 , wherein:

the Central Supervision Station is in communication with the Progressive Lens Simulators by at least one of wired communication channels and wireless communication channels.

11. The Supervised Multi-station system of claim 1 , the Off-Axis Progressive Lens Simulator comprising:

an Image Generator, for generating an image;

an Off-Axis Progressive Lens Simulator Processor, for transforming the generated image into an Off-Axis PLS signal according to the progressive lens design by

receiving the generated image from the Image Generator; and

transforming the generated image into the Off-Axis PLS signal by introducing a locally varying curvature, representative of the progressive lens design; and

an Off-Axis Progressive Lens Simulator Display, for displaying the Off-Axis PLS according to the Off-Axis PLS signal.