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Granted Patent B2
US 12,748,321 · App. 17/586,250 · Granted Sep 29, 2026

Method for designing spectacle lens, method for manufacturing spectacle lens, and system for designing spectacle lens

Inventor: Shohei Matsuoka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
G02C7/024
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Patent No.
US 12,748,321
App. No.
17/586,250
Granted
Sep 29, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a technology that makes a change in the amount of aberration that is a combination of aberration in an eye and aberration in a spectacle lens robust with respect to rotation. Provided are a method for designing a spectacle lens and related technologies in which, when rotational asymmetry of an aberration distribution of an eye of a wearer about an optical axis is strong, a spectacle lens that has an aberration distribution of which rotational asymmetry is weak in a region having a predetermined width and a center at any point on a main meridian of the spectacle lens is obtained as a design solution, and when rotational asymmetry of the aberration distribution of the eye of the wearer about the optical axis is weak, a spectacle lens of which rotational asymmetry is strong in the region is obtained as a design solution.

Claims (102)

1 . A method for manufacturing a spectacle lens, wherein

an index that is obtained by quantifying rotational asymmetry regarding the aberration distribution of an eye of a wearer about an optical axis is represented by Ei,

a standard value of Ei is represented by Es, and

an index that is obtained by quantifying rotational asymmetry of an aberration distribution in a region (i) having a predetermined width and (ii) a center at any point on a main meridian of a spectacle lens is represented by Li,

the method comprising:

performing, by a computer,

obtaining, as a design solution, a spectacle lens of which Li is a first amount when Ei is larger than Es, and

obtaining, as a design solution, a spectacle lens of which Li is a second amount when Ei is not larger than Es, the first amount being lower than the second amount; and

manufacturing a spectacle lens having an aberration distribution of which rotational asymmetry is the first amount or the second amount.

2 . The method for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein obtaining the spectacle lens as a design solution includes selecting a design solution from a plurality of design solutions that have different values of Li.

3 . The method for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rotational asymmetry of the aberration distribution of the eye is of a portion of a cornea corresponding to a pupil of the eye of the wearer, about the optical axis.

4 . The method for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 3 ,

wherein Ei is expressed by the following Expression 1, and

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Li is expressed by the following Expression 2,

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wherein E and L respectively represent polar coordinate expressions of Zernike aberration coefficients of the eye of the wearer and the spectacle lens, m represents a value indicating an order in a circumferential direction, and n represents a value indicating an order in a radial direction.

5 . The method manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein Ei is determined based on at least one of a degree of turning of the eye of the wearer, a degree of a change in a pupil diameter of the wearer, the age of the wearer, an environment in which the wearer uses spectacles or an intended use of the spectacles for the wearer, and a time elapsed from the last visit of the wearer to an optician's store.

6 . The method for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein Es is determined based on at least one of a standard or average aberration that is obtained statistically or academically with respect to an eye of a spectacle wearer, a degree of turning of the eye of the wearer, a degree of a change in a pupil diameter of the wearer, the age of the wearer, an environment in which the wearer uses spectacles or an intended use of the spectacles for the wearer, and a time elapsed from the last visit of the wearer to an optician's store.

7 . The method for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein a spectacle lens is obtained as a design solution according to a difference between Ei and Es.

8 . The method for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the spectacle lens is a progressive refractive power lens.

9 . A system for manufacturing a spectacle lens, wherein

an index that is obtained by quantifying rotational asymmetry regarding the aberration distribution of an eye of a wearer about an optical axis is represented by Ei,

a standard value of Ei is represented by Es, and

an index that is obtained by quantifying rotational asymmetry of an aberration distribution in a region (i) having a predetermined width and (ii) a center at any point on a main meridian of a spectacle lens is represented by Li,

the system comprising:

a computer configured to:

obtain, as a design solution, a spectacle lens of which Li is a first amount when Ei is larger than Es; and

obtain, as a design solution, a spectacle lens of which Li is a second amount when Ei is not larger than Es, the first amount being lower than the second amount, wherein

the system is configured to manufacture a spectacle lens having an aberration distribution of which rotational asymmetry is the first amount or the second amount.

10 . The system for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 9 ,

wherein obtaining the spectacle lens as a design solution includes selecting a design solution from a plurality of design solutions that have different values of Li.

11 . The system for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 9 ,

wherein the rotational asymmetry of the aberration distribution of the eye is of a portion of a cornea corresponding to a pupil of the eye of the wearer, about the optical axis.

12 . The system for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 11 ,

wherein Ei is expressed by the following Expression 1, and

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m

,

n

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mE

m

,

n

Expression

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1

Li is expressed by the following Expression 2,

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m

,

n

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mL

m

,

n

Expression

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2

wherein E and L respectively represent polar coordinate expressions of Zernike aberration coefficients of the eye of the wearer and the spectacle lens, m represents a value indicating an order in a circumferential direction, and n represents a value indicating an order in a radial direction.

13 . The system for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 11 ,

wherein Ei is determined based on at least one of a degree of turning of the eye of the wearer, a degree of a change in a pupil diameter of the wearer, the age of the wearer, an environment in which the wearer uses spectacles or an intended use of the spectacles for the wearer, and a time elapsed from the last visit of the wearer to an optician's store.

14 . The system for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 9 ,

wherein Es is determined based on at least one of a standard or average aberration that is obtained statistically or academically with respect to an eye of a spectacle wearer, a degree of turning of the eye of the wearer, a degree of a change in a pupil diameter of the wearer, the age of the wearer, an environment in which the wearer uses spectacles or an intended use of the spectacles for the wearer, and a time elapsed from the last visit of the wearer to an optician's store.

15 . The system for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 9 ,

wherein a spectacle lens is obtained as a design solution according to a difference between Ei and Es.

16 . The system for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to claim 9 ,

wherein the spectacle lens is a progressive refractive power lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2022
From: MATSUOKA, SHOHEI
To: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
Reel/Frame 059103/0232 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-010739 · Jan 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220236590A1 · Jul 28, 2022
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