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US 12,352,651 · App. 17/788,946 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Eyeglasses lens measurement device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Inventors: Katsuyasu Mizuno (Aichi, JP); Toshihiro Kobayashi (Aichi, JP); Yujiro Tochikubo (Aichi, JP); Yuichi Matsubara (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
G01M11/0207G01M11/0264
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Patent No.
US 12,352,651
App. No.
17/788,946
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An eyeglasses lens measurement device measures an eyeglasses lens of eyeglasses. The eyeglasses lens measurement device includes a light source that emits a measurement light flux toward the eyeglasses lens, a transmissive display that transmits the measurement light flux from the light source and displays an index pattern formed by arranging a plurality of indexes, a detector that detects the measurement light flux passing through the eyeglasses lens and the transmissive display, and a controller. The controller is configured to control a display of the index pattern, acquire an optical characteristic of the eyeglasses lens, based on a detection result of the detector, and acquire lens information different from the optical characteristic of the eyeglasses lens, based on a detection result of the detector.

Claims (64)

1. An eyeglasses lens measurement device that measures an eyeglasses lens of eyeglasses, the eyeglasses lens measurement device comprising:

a light source that emits a measurement light flux toward the eyeglasses lens;

a transmissive display that transmits the measurement light flux from the light source, and displays an index pattern formed by arranging a plurality of indexes;

a detector that detects the measurement light flux passing through the eyeglasses lens and the transmissive display; and

a controller configured to:

control a display of the index pattern; acquire an optical characteristic of the eyeglasses lens, based on a detection result of the detector; and

acquire lens information different from the optical characteristic of the eyeglasses lens, based on a detection result of the detector,

wherein the controller causes the transmissive display to display the index pattern to acquire the optical characteristic, and the controller causes the transmissive display not to display at least a part of the index pattern to acquire the lens information,

wherein the transmissive display includes a first transmissive display arranged to display a first index pattern, and a second transmissive display arranged to display a second index pattern and disposed at a position from the light source different from a position of the first transmissive display from the light source in an optical axis direction,

the detector detects the measurement light flux that transmits the first transmissive display and further transmits the second transmissive display,

the controller is further configured to individually control a display of the first index pattern and a display of the second index pattern, and

at least a part of the second index pattern is not displayed in a case where the first index pattern is displayed, and the second index pattern is displayed in a case where at least a part of the first index pattern is not displayed.

2. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transmissive display serves as both a left lens transmissive display that displays the index pattern to project an index pattern image onto a left lens of the eyeglasses, and a right lens transmissive display that displays the index pattern to project an index pattern image onto a right lens of the eyeglasses.

3. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light source is a display that emits the measurement light flux toward the eyeglasses lens to illuminate the eyeglasses lens, and

the detector detects the measurement light flux from the display.

4. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a retroreflector arranged to generate a reflected light flux by reflecting the measurement light flux after passing though the eyeglasses lens and the transmissive display back in an incident direction to illuminate the eyeglasses lens and to the detector,

wherein the detector detects the reflected light flux.

5. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to switch between a first mode in which the optical characteristic of the eyeglasses lens is acquired by the controller, and a second mode in which the lens information of the eyeglasses lens is acquired by the controller.

6. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light source emits a measurement light flux toward both a left lens of the eyeglasses and a right lens of the eyeglasses, and

the detector detects the measurement light flux passing through the left lens of the eyeglasses and the transmissive display, and the measurement light flux passing through the right lens of the eyeglasses and the transmissive display.

7. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light source is a pair of left and right light sources, and includes a first light source that emits the measurement light flux toward a left lens of the eyeglasses, and a second light source that emits the measurement light flux toward a right lens of the eyeglasses, and

the detector detects the measurement light flux emitted from the first light source and passing through the left lens and the transmissive display, and the measurement light flux emitted from the second light source and passing through the right lens and the transmissive display.

8. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the detector is a pair of left and right detectors, and includes a first detector that detects the measurement light flux passing through a left lens of the eyeglasses and the transmissive display, and a second detector that detects the measurement light flux passing through a right lens of the eyeglasses and the transmissive display.

9. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to set an interval of the plurality of indexes, wherein the optical characteristic of the eyeglasses lens is acquired based on the measurement light flux passing through the eyeglasses lens and the transmissive display.

10. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to set an interval of the plurality of indexes forming the index pattern, based on a detection result of the detector.

11. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect an index pattern image where the index pattern is projected onto the eyeglasses lens, based on a detection result of the detector; and

set an interval of the plurality of indexes forming the index pattern, based on a detection result of the index pattern image.

12. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to:

calculate a refraction degree of the eyeglasses lens, based on a detection result of the detector; and

set an interval of the plurality of indexes forming the index pattern, based on a calculation result of the refraction degree of the eyeglasses lens.

13. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to set an interval of the plurality of indexes forming the index pattern, based on whether a detection result of the detector exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

14. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the eyeglasses lens is a minus lens or a plus lens, based on a detection result of the detector; and

set an interval of the plurality of indexes forming the index pattern, based on a determination result of whether the eyeglasses lens is a minus lens or a plus lens.

15. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to set a first interval of the plurality of indexes forming the index pattern or a second interval that is different from the first interval of the plurality of indexes.

16. The eyeglasses lens measurement device according to claim 15 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to:

switch between a first mode in which the first interval of the plurality of indexes is set by the controller, and a second mode in which the second interval of the plurality of indexes is set by the controller; and

cause the transmissive display to display any of a first index pattern formed by the plurality of indexes having the first interval and a second index pattern formed by the plurality of indexes having the second interval, according to a mode switched by the controller.

17. An eyeglasses lens measurement device that measures an optical characteristic of an eyeglasses lens, the eyeglasses lens measurement device comprising:

a display as a light source configured to emit a measurement light flux toward the eyeglasses lens to illuminate the eyeglasses lens and configured to display a first index pattern,

a transmissive display that transmits the measurement light flux from the light source, and displays a second index pattern formed by arranging a plurality of indexes; and

a controller configured to:

control a display of the first index pattern and the second index pattern; and

set an interval of the plurality of indexes,

the transmissive display is a transmissive display different from the display as the light source, and

the optical characteristic of the eyeglasses lens is acquired based on the measurement light flux passing through the eyeglasses lens and the transmissive display, wherein the first index pattern is displayed on the display and the second index pattern is displayed on the transmissive display.

18. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing an eyeglasses lens measurement program that is used in an eyeglasses lens measurement device which includes a display as a light source and also configured to display a first index pattern, the display being configured to emits a measurement light flux toward the eyeglasses lens to illuminate the eyeglasses lens, a transmissive display that transmits the measurement light flux from the light source and is capable of displaying a second index pattern formed by arranging a plurality of indexes, and measures an optical characteristic of an eyeglasses lens, the transmissive display being different from the display, the eyeglasses lens measurement program being executed by a processor of the eyeglasses lens measurement device to cause the eyeglasses lens measurement device to execute:

a display control step of causing the display to display the first index pattern and the transmissive display to display the second index pattern; and

an interval setting step of setting an interval of the plurality of indexes.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THIRD INVENTOR AND FOURTH INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 060307 FRAME: 0417. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jul 19, 2022
From: MIZUNO, KATSUYASU; KOBAYASHI, TOSHIHIRO; TOCHIKUBO, YUJIRO; MATSUBARA, YUICHI
To: NIDEK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060749/0916 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2022
From: MIZUNO, KATSUYASU; KOBAYASHI, TOSHIHIRO; TOCHUCUBO, YUJIRO; MA TSUBARA, YUICHI
To: NIDEK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060307/0417 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-237367 · Dec 26, 2019 · national
JP 2019-237368 · Dec 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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