IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,822,153
Granted Patent B2
US 11,822,153 · App. 17/034,017 · Granted Nov 21, 2023

Optical lens design for flattening a through-focus curve

Inventors: Xin Wei (Irvine, CA); Philippe F Jubin (Jacksonville, FL); Derek Nankivil (Jacksonville, FL); Minghan Chen (Jacksonville, FL); Gregory Williby (Jacksonville, FL)
Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
G02C7/06G02C7/027G02C7/028G02C2202/24
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Patent No.
US 11,822,153
App. No.
17/034,017
Granted
Nov 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described herein are systems and/or methods for forming an ophthalmic lens. An example method may comprise a step of determining a power profile based on a power profile function defined by a base optical power, an amount of spherical aberration at a radial distance from a geometric center of the lens, and a bump function. The example method may comprise a step of adjusting the power profile based at least on minimizing a shape metric of a through-focus curve.

Claims (161)

1. An ophthalmic lens formed by a method comprising:

determining a power profile based on a power profile function defined by a base optical power, an amount of spherical aberration at a radial distance from a geometric center of a lens, and a bump function;

adjusting the power profile based at least on minimizing a shape metric comprising a through-focus flatness (TFF) metric of a through-focus curve; and

forming the lens to exhibit the adjusted power profile.

2. The lens of claim 1 , wherein forming a lens comprises configuring the geometric shape of the lens.

3. The lens of claim 1 , wherein the spherical aberration, and parameters of the bump function are configured to vary by refractive prescription.

4. The lens of claim 1 , wherein the spherical aberration, and parameters of the bump function are configured based on a characteristic of a target population.

5. The lens of claim 4 , wherein the characteristic is at least one of a pupil size or a vergence variance.

6. The lens of claim 1 , wherein the spherical aberration, and parameters of the bump function are configured based on pupil size and vergence variances for a specific prescription or target population.

7. The lens of claim 1 , wherein forming a lens comprises configuring an internal gradient refractive index profile of the lens.

8. The lens of claim 1 , wherein forming a lens comprises configuring a geometric shape of the lens and an internal gradient refractive index profile of the lens.

9. The lens of claim 1 , wherein forming a lens comprises configuring a main body of the lens such that a light propagating through the lens is refracted to exhibit the adjusted power profile.

10. The lens of claim 1 , wherein forming a lens further comprises configuring a main body of the lens such that at least an intensity of light propagating through the lens is changed to exhibit a target apodization profile.

11. The lens of claim 10 , wherein the intensity of light propagating through the lens is changed by apodizing the lens.

12. The lens of claim 11 , wherein the apodizing the lens is based on a transmittance profile defined by a continuous function, with a non-monotonically varying transmittance.

13. The lens of claim 12 , wherein a maximum of transmittance is at a pupil center and a minimum value is positioned less than an optical zone (OZ) radius.

14. The lens of claim 13 , wherein the transmittance is based on a polynomial function.

15. The lens of claim 12 , wherein a shape of the transmittance profile relative to a radial position on the lens is defined by a decrease from the center to a middle point and then an increase to a peripheral point.

16. The lens of claim 1 , wherein the TFF is defined by

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17. An ophthalmic lens comprising:

a main body configured to exhibit a power profile based on a power profile function defined by a base optical power, an amount of spherical aberration at a radial distance from a geometric center of a lens, and a bump function,

wherein the power profile is optimized based at least on minimizing a shape metric comprising a through-focus flatness (TFF) metric of a through-focus curve.

18. The lens of claim 17 , wherein the bump function comprises a multifocal function.

19. The lens of claim 17 , wherein the spherical aberration, and parameters of the bump function are configured to vary by refractive prescription.

20. The lens of claim 17 , wherein the spherical aberration, and parameters of the bump function are configured based on pupil size and vergence variances for a specific prescription or target population.

21. The lens of claim 17 , wherein the main body is configured by configuring a geometric shape of the lens.

22. The lens of claim 17 , wherein the main body is configured by configuring an internal gradient refractive index profile of the lens.

23. The lens of claim 17 , wherein the main body is configured by configuring a geometric shape of the lens and an internal gradient refractive index profile of the lens.

24. The lens of claim 17 , wherein the main body is configured such that a light propagating through the lens is refracted to exhibit the power profile.

25. The lens of claim 17 , wherein the main body is configured such that at least an intensity of light propagating through the lens is changed to exhibit a target apodization profile.

26. The lens of claim 25 , wherein the intensity of light propagating through the lens is changed by apodizing the lens.

27. The lens of claim 26 , wherein the apodizing the lens is based on a transmittance profile defined by a continuous function, with a non-monotonically varying transmittance.

28. The lens of claim 27 , wherein a maximum of transmittance is at a pupil center and a minimum value is positioned less than an optical zone (OZ) radius.

29. The lens of claim 28 , wherein the transmittance is based on a polynomial function.

30. The lens of claim 27 , wherein a shape of the transmittance profile relative to a radial position on the lens is defined by a decrease from the center to a middle point and then an increase to a peripheral point.

31. The lens of claim 17 , wherein the TFF is defined by

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32. An ophthalmic lens comprising:

a main body configured to exhibit a power profile based on a power profile function defined by a base optical power, an amount of spherical aberration at a radial distance from a geometric center of a lens, and a bump function,

wherein the power profile provides vision correction and is further optimized to slow myopia progression or treat presbyopia based at least on minimizing a shape metric comprising a through-focus flatness (TFF) metric of a through-focus curve.

33. The lens of claim 32 , wherein the main body is configured by configuring a geometric shape of the lens.

34. The lens of claim 32 , wherein the spherical aberration, and parameters of the bump function are configured to vary by refractive prescription.

35. The lens of claim 32 , wherein the spherical aberration, and parameters of the bump function are configured based on pupil size and vergence variances for a specific prescription or target population.

36. The lens of claim 32 , wherein the main body is configured by configuring an internal gradient refractive index profile of the lens.

37. The lens of claim 32 , wherein the main body is configured by configuring a geometric shape of the lens and an internal gradient refractive index profile of the lens.

38. The lens of claim 32 , wherein the main body is configured such that the a light propagating through the lens is refracted to exhibit the power profile.

39. The lens of claim 32 , wherein the main body is configured such that at least an intensity of light propagating through the lens is changed to exhibit a target apodization profile.

40. The lens of claim 39 , wherein the intensity of light propagating through the lens is changed by apodizing the lens.

41. The lens of claim 40 , wherein the apodizing the lens is based on a transmittance profile defined by a continuous function, with a non-monotonically varying transmittance.

42. The lens of claim 41 , wherein a maximum of transmittance is at a pupil center and a minimum value is positioned less than an optical zone (OZ) radius.

43. The lens of claim 42 , wherein the transmittance is based on a polynomial function.

44. The lens of claim 41 , wherein a shape of the transmittance profile relative to a radial position on the lens is defined by a decrease from the center to a middle point and then an increase to a peripheral point.

45. The lens of claim 32 , wherein the TFF is defined by

TFF

=

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v

t

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δ

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+

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46. A method of forming an ophthalmic lens, the method comprising:

determining a power profile based on a power profile function defined by a base optical power, an amount of spherical aberration at a radial distance from a geometric center of a lens, and a bump function;

adjusting the power profile based at least on minimizing a shape metric comprising a through-focus flatness (TFF) metric of a through-focus curve; and

forming a lens to exhibit the adjusted power profile.

47. The method of claim 46 , wherein forming a lens comprises configuring a geometric shape of the lens.

48. The method of claim 46 , wherein the spherical aberration, and parameters of the bump function are configured to vary by refractive prescription.

49. The method of claim 46 , wherein the spherical aberration, and parameters of the bump function are configured based on pupil size and vergence variances for a specific prescription or target population.

50. The method of claim 46 , wherein forming a lens comprises configuring an internal gradient refractive index profile of the lens.

51. The method of claim 46 , wherein forming a lens comprises configuring a geometric shape of the lens and an internal gradient refractive index profile of the lens.

52. The method of claim 46 , wherein forming a lens comprises configuring a main body of the lens such that the light propagating through the lens is refracted to exhibit the adjusted power profile.

53. The method of claim 46 , wherein forming a lens comprises configuring a main body of the lens such that at least an intensity of light propagating through the lens is changed to exhibit a target apodization profile.

54. The method of claim 53 , wherein the intensity of light propagating through the lens is changed by apodizing the lens.

55. The method of claim 54 , wherein the apodizing the lens is based on a transmittance profile defined by a continuous function, with a non-monotonically varying transmittance.

56. The method of claim 55 , wherein a maximum of transmittance is at a pupil center and a minimum value is positioned less than optical zone (OZ) radius.

57. The method of claim 56 , wherein the transmittance is based on a polynomial function.

58. The method of claim 55 , wherein a shape of the transmittance profile relative to a radial position on the lens is defined by a decrease from the center to a middle point and then an increase to a peripheral point.

59. The method of claim 46 , wherein the TFF metric is defined by

TFF

=

∫

v

t

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δ

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+

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df

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Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2021
From: WEI, XIN; JUBIN, PHILIPPE F; CHEN, MINGHAN; NANKIVIL, DEREK; WILLIBY, GREGORY
To: JOHSNON & JOHNSON VISION CARE INC
Reel/Frame 055211/0987 →
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