An ophthalmic set for myopia progression control comprises spectral filtering means arranged for being effective on light that enters a user's eye. The spectral filtering means selectively reduce blue-green light intensity, and possibly also amber light intensity. Preferably, said spectral filtering means are combined with wavefront modifying means within the ophthalmic set for increased efficiency in slowing-down myopia progression for the user. In possible embodiments, the spectral filtering means and wavefront modifying means are combined in spectacle lenses (1, 2), and the wavefront modifying means are comprised of microlenses (21) or light-diffusing elements.
A method for additively manufacturing an ophthalmic lens. The manufacturing method comprises, creating at least one disrupted part, the at least one disrupted part having a disrupted refractive index variation. The at least one disrupted part is smaller than 1 mm3 for example smaller than 1/12 mm3. The at least one disrupted part is located in a depth of the ophthalmic lens or on a surface of the ophthalmic lens.
B29D 11/00 - Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
B29C 64/124 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using layers of liquid which are selectively solidified
An eyewear is adapted for fitting a user's face and for determining an eye direction of a user's eye. The eyewear is provided with at least three light sensors each configured for outputting a measured light intensity value that corresponds to ambient light originating from surroundings of the user outside the eyewear and reflected or scattered by the user's eye. Processing circuitry of the eyewear determines the eye direction from the measured light intensity values.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
A61B 3/113 - Objective types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients perceptions or reactions for determining or recording eye movement
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OPTICAL ARTICLES HAVING EMBOSSED FILMS DEFINING ENCAPSULATED MICROLENSES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
The present disclosure includes optical articles comprising a film layer that has first and second film surfaces and is embossed such that the first film surface defines a plurality of concave optical elements and the second film surface defines a plurality of convex optical elements. The present optical articles can include one or more optical layers coupled to the film layer. Each of the optical layer(s) can encapsulate the concave optical elements or the convex optical elements.
A method is provided for determining an ophthalmic lens configured to correct an abnormal refraction of an eye of a wearer and including at least three optical elements disposed on a surface of the ophthalmic lens to suppress or reduce a progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye, the method including obtaining prescription data configured to correct the abnormal refraction, obtaining at least one abnormal refraction parameter relating to the abnormal refraction, obtaining at least one sensitivity parameter representing a variation of sensitivity of the wearer as a function of at least one parameter of the optical elements, determining a value of the at least one parameter of the optical elements configured for the wearer based on the abnormal refraction parameter and the sensitivity parameter; and determining the ophthalmic lens based at least on the obtained prescription data and the value of the parameter of the optical elements.
G02C 7/06 - LensesLens systems bifocalLensesLens systems multifocal
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Process for Manufacturing an Optical Article Having Microstructures, Microstructured Optical Article and Their Use for Myopia Control and/or Prevention
The invention relates to a process for manufacturing an optical article comprising at least the following successive steps: (a) producing a first optical functional element A having a first refractive index, named hereafter nA, by injecting in a mold of an injection molding device at least a first material A1, the first optical functional element A having at least a first main face and a second main face, said first main face including a pattern of optical microstructures, (b) coating directly onto said first main face of the first optical functional elementA, a second optical functional element B via a first main face of said second optical functional element, having a second refractive index, named hereafter nB, that is distinct from nA, by injecting into said mold at least a second material B1, characterized in that before performing the step (b), the process further comprises (al) drying the first optical functional element A, said drying step is adapted to or configured to obtain a first optical functional element A having a moisture content lower than or equal to 500 PPM. The invention also relates to an optical article obtained according to the above-mentioned process and its use for myopia control and/or prevention.
The disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an ophthalmic device, comprising machining to provide a predetermined surface on a part and which corresponds to an initial ophthalmic surface, the machining comprising: —selecting (130) a machining tool having a cutting edge; —selecting (140) the initial ophthalmic surface of the ophthalmic device intended to be manufactured; —providing (150) a determined kinematics of the machining tool which is function of the initial ophthalmic surface and of a wear parameter of the cutting edge; —machining (160) the predetermined surface according to the determined kinematics of the machining tool; wherein the wear parameter is function of at least a distance travelled by the cutting edge for machining the predetermined surface and/or a friction time between the cutting edge and the part which is machined.
B23Q 15/28 - Automatic control or regulation of feed movement, cutting velocity or position of tool or work before or after the tool acts upon the workpiece with compensation for tool wear
B23B 5/36 - Turning-machines or devices specially adapted for particular workAccessories specially adapted therefor for turning specially-shaped surfaces by making use of relative movement of the tool and work produced by geometrical mechanisms, i.e. forming-lathes
B24B 13/06 - Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses or surfaces of similar shape on other workAccessories therefor grinding of lenses, the tool or work being controlled by information carrying means, e.g. patterns, punched tapes, magnetic tapes
B29C 33/38 - Moulds or coresDetails thereof or accessories therefor characterised by the material or the manufacturing process
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING AN OPTICAL PRESCRIPTION BASED ON DETERMINED VALUES OF A FATIGUE PARAMETER
A method for obtaining an optical prescription. The method includes determining a value of a fatigue parameter for at least two intermediate optical prescriptions among a plurality of intermediate optical prescriptions, the fatigue parameter associated with a visual fatigue level of a subject carrying out a visual task involving any kind of visual content, wherein each determined value of the fatigue parameter is associated with a respective one of the plurality of intermediate optical prescriptions; comparing the determined values of the fatigue parameter; and obtaining the optical prescription, based on the comparison of the determined values of the fatigue parameter. A system for obtaining an optical prescription is also disclosed.
A61B 3/028 - Subjective types, i.e. testing apparatus requiring the active assistance of the patient for testing visual acuitySubjective types, i.e. testing apparatus requiring the active assistance of the patient for determination of refraction, e.g. phoropters
A61B 5/16 - Devices for psychotechnicsTesting reaction times
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR READING AN OPTICAL PRESCRIPTION ON AN OPTICAL PRESCRIPTION IMAGE
A method for reading an optical prescription on an optical prescription image. The method includes detecting a region comprising the optical prescription on the optical prescription image; extracting the optical prescription and converting the optical prescription into machine-encoded optical prescription data; classifying a portion of the optical prescription data into one or more predetermined categories, to generate an optical prescription value associated with a respective one of the one or more predetermined categories; and determining whether the optical prescription value associated with the respective one of the one or more predetermined categories contains an error, and, if the optical prescription value contains the error, correcting the error within the optical prescription value, to generate a corrected optical prescription value associated with the respective one of the one or more predetermined categories. A system for reading an optical prescription on an optical prescription is also disclosed.
G06V 30/262 - Techniques for post-processing, e.g. correcting the recognition result using context analysis, e.g. lexical, syntactic or semantic context
G16H 20/10 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
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OPHTHALMIC LENS MOLDING SHELL AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A MOLDING SHELL
An ophthalmic lens molding shell (30) having two main faces (31, 32) and an edge face (33) surrounding the main faces, a first of said main faces being adapted to face another molding shell during the molding of the ophthalmic lens. The ophthalmic lens molding shell also comprises: ⋅—a flat facet (34) extending along an outer edge of the first main face, and ⋅—a first chamfer (36) extending along an outer edge of the flat facet, between said flat facet and said edge face.
The present invention relates to a method of fast curing a polythiourethane based transparent casted substrate. comprising in a preferred embodiment providing a first component A comprising a polythiourethane pre-polymer Al having isocyanate or isothiocyanate end groups. providing a second component B comprising a polythiourethane pre-polymer BI having thiol end groups. mixing together first and second components A and B and filling a molding cavity of a casting mold assembly with the resulting mixture. curing said mixture to obtain a transparent substrate, wherein at least one latent catalyst that is heat-activatable is added in the process prior to curing step 4). and said catalyst is subsequently activated to accelerate the polymerization reaction forming the polythiourethane based transparent substrate.
Optical lens intended to be worn by a wearer An optical lens intended to be worn by a wearer comprising: —a refraction area having a refractive power based on a prescription for said eye of the wearer; —a plurality of optical elements having a transparent optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer when the optical lens is worn in standard wearing conditions, —a zone of interest comprising a subset of the optical elements, each optical elements in the subset bearing a cylinder component on its surface, wherein the zone of interest is of at least 50 mm2, and the standard deviation of the orientations of the cylinder axis of each optical element comprised in the zone of interest is smaller than or equal to 15° with respect to a common predefined direction.
The invention relates to an optical lens comprising a substrate having a front main face and a rear main face, said rear main face of which being successively coated with: —(A) a first high refractive index sheet having a refractive index higher than 1.55, which does not comprise any TaaOs layer, —(B) a second low refractive index sheet having a refractive index of 1.55 or less in direct contact with the former sheet, —(C) a third high refractive index sheet having a refractive index higher than 1.55 in direct contact with the former sheet, —a monolayer sub-layer having a thickness higher than or equal to 100 nm in direct contact with the former sheet (C), —a multilayer interferential coating comprising a stack of at least 6 layers with at least one high refractive index layer and at least one low refractive index layer, wherein the outermost high refractive index layer of the multilayer interferential coating has a thickness lower than 40 nm, and the mean reflection factor RUV on said rear main face between 280 nm and 380 nm, weighted by the function W(λ) defined in the ISO 13666:1998 standard, is lower than 10%, for an angle of incidence of 35°.
A mold element (350) is fabricated (305, 310, 315) using a first mold (5) with which microstructures (323) are integrally formed in relief on the mold element (350). A lens (340) is cast (320, 325, 330, 335) using a second mold (7) that includes the mold element (350) such that the microstructures (337) are integrally formed on the lens (340).
The invention relates to a method and a device for the production of an optical element (100) from a curable material by using an additive manufacturing technology. According to the invention, this method comprises a multiplicity of curing steps for curing said curable material inside outlines (C1) whose geometry are determined according to the geometry of said optical element, by applying a curing surface energy onto the curable material that is higher in a first area (A1) that extends along said outline than in a second area (A2) situated within the first area, the curing surface energy applied to the second area being strictly lower than a first predetermined energy threshold.
B29C 64/129 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using layers of liquid which are selectively solidified characterised by the energy source therefor, e.g. by global irradiation combined with a mask
B29C 64/188 - Processes of additive manufacturing involving additional operations performed on the added layers, e.g. smoothing, grinding or thickness control
The invention relates to method for calibrating a head-mounted device (1), the head-mounted device (1) comprising a frame (2) and at least one sensor (4) mounted on the frame (2), for measuring position and/or motion, the method being implemented while the head-mounted device (1) is worn on a wearer's head, the method comprising steps of: —detection (DET) of a known repetitive movement pattern of the wearer's head by the sensor (4), —acquisition (ACQ) of three-dimensional motion data by the sensor (4), —selection (SEL) of data relative to the movement pattern from the motion data, —numerical treatment (NUM) of the selected data to obtain a reference base relative to the wearer's head, and —calibrating (CAL) the sensor (4) based on the obtained reference base.
The disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing by machining an ophthalmic device made from a substrate, carrying out a roughing (110, 120) on a face of the substrate and next a finishing (130) on said face of the substrate, the method comprising blocking (110-150) the substrate by applying on the latter a first blocking force during the roughing and a second blocking force during the finishing, the first blocking force being higher than the second blocking force.
B24B 13/06 - Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses or surfaces of similar shape on other workAccessories therefor grinding of lenses, the tool or work being controlled by information carrying means, e.g. patterns, punched tapes, magnetic tapes
B24B 13/005 - Blocking means, chucks or the likeAlignment devices
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COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING BY MACHINING AN OPHTHALMIC DEVICE
The disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing by machining an ophthalmic device, comprising providing an optical function of the ophthalmic device to be obtained, selecting (100) an initial ophthalmic surface of the ophthalmic device intended to be manufactured, selecting (110) a manufacturing method intended to be implemented for machining the ophthalmic device and which introduces a reproducible defect, providing (120) a defect value which is function of the initial ophthalmic surface and reproducible defect and which would be introduced if the initial ophthalmic surface were produced by said manufacturing method, transforming (130) said initial ophthalmic surface into a transformed ophthalmic surface by compensating said defect, machining (150) by said manufacturing method the transformed ophthalmic surface in order to obtain an ophthalmic surface of the ophthalmic device having the optical function, wherein said manufacturing method comprises blocking (140) the ophthalmic device to be machined and the reproducible defect is a deformation defect which is due to the blocking the ophthalmic device when a face of which is machined for obtaining the ophthalmic surface of the ophthalmic device having the optical function.
G05B 19/404 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by control arrangements for compensation, e.g. for backlash, overshoot, tool offset, tool wear, temperature, machine construction errors, load, inertia
B24B 9/14 - Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrsAccessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of materials specific to articles to be ground of non-metallic inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain of glass of optical work, e.g. lenses, prisms
A method for determining parameters of an image acquisition module of an electronic device, the electronic device having a display screen and the image acquisition module on the same side of the electronic device. The method includes an initialization step where a first pattern is displayed on the display screen, a positioning step where the electronic device is positioned in front of a mirror, an orientation step where the electronic device is oriented in a particular orientation, an orientation confirmation step where the electronic device is maintained in the particular orientation during a period of time, a reference point determination step where the set of fourth elements of the second pattern are detected and a reference point associated to each fourth element is determined, and an image acquisition module parameter determination step where the image acquisition module parameter is determined.
An ophthalmic lens and a method of manufacturing the ophthalmic lens, the ophthalmic lens including a base lens that includes at least a layer of low-birefringence material and at least one holographic component recorded on a surface of the layer of low-birefringence material, and an auxiliary lens assembled to the base lens.
A lens element worn in front of an eye of a person includes a refraction area having a refractive power based on a prescription for the eye of the person, and a plurality of at least three optical elements, wherein the optical elements are configured so that along at least one section of the lens the mean sphere of optical elements increases from a point of the section towards the peripheral part of the section.
This thermoforming machine includes a thermoforming chamber having at least one heated air inlet through which heated air flows into the thermoforming chamber at a controlled pressure. The air inlet cooperates with a heated air flow distribution regulator located in the thermoforming chamber and through which the heated air flows out of the thermoforming chamber at a predetermined temperature. The regulator includes a heated air flow regulating mask receiving heated air flow, having a plurality of flow restricting elements providing different air flow restrictions.
A device for determining a shift in a refraction value of an eye lighted by a light beam emitted by a light source and transmitted through an optical filter, wherein the device includes a memory storing a value of an initial spectral feature of the light source, a value of an optical feature of the optical filter, and a refraction shift model linking a magnitude associated with the shift and a spectral feature of the light beam. Further, the device includes processors programmed to determine a value of a spectral feature of the light beam based on the value of the initial spectral feature of the light source and the value of the optical feature of said optical filter; and determine the shift based on the refraction shift model and the value of the spectral feature of the light beam.
A61B 3/103 - Objective types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients perceptions or reactions for determining refraction, e.g. refractometers, skiascopes
A61B 3/00 - Apparatus for testing the eyesInstruments for examining the eyes
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A METHOD FOR SURFACING A LENS BLANK WITH A CUTTING TOOL
A method for surfacing a lens blank with a cutting tool A computer-implemented method for determining a compensated surface description data intended to be loaded into a surfacing machine to obtain a surface of an optical element by cutting a blank with a cutting tool of the surfacing machine, the method comprising:—providing a surface description data,—providing contact data from the surface description data,—generating a compensation map by using a transfer function,—determining a compensated surface description data from the generated compensation map and the surface description data.
G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
It is proposed a lens intended to be worn in front of or on an eye of a wearer and to provide a first refractive power (Rx) for correcting an abnormal refraction of the eye of the wearer; wherein the lens comprises a refractive area configured to provide the first refractive power (Rx) and a functional area configured to provide an optical function; and wherein on a first zone defined on the lens, more than 5% of the surface of said first zone has a local refractive power ranging from the first refractive power (Rx) minus 0.25 diopter and the first refractive power (Rx) plus 0.25 diopter, and more than 25% of the surface of said first zone covers the functional area.
A computer implemented method for measuring at least one fitting parameter of a spectacle frame on a wearer. The method includes obtaining at least one picture of the wearer wearing the spectacle frame, and determining at least an outline of the spectacle frame, so as to derive from the outline at least one fitting parameter of the spectacle frame on the wearer, the outline determination being implemented by artificial intelligence.
An optical article comprising at least: a base element having a front main surface and a rear main surface, and at least one interferential multilayered coating deposited onto the front main surface and/or the rear main surface of said substrate and comprising at least one layer having a low refractive index which is lower than 1.55, defined as “LI layer”, and at least one layer having a high refractive index which is equal to or higher than 1.55, defined as “HI layer”, the refractive indexes being expressed at 25° C. at a wavelength of 550 nm, wherein said interferential multilayered coating comprises an outermost sheet exhibiting a refractive index gradient which gradually decreases in the direction moving away from the base element and having a maximum value of refractive index lower than or equal to 1.55, and said interferential multilayered coating has preferably improved colorimetric characteristics.
Disclosed is a method for the manufacturing of an optical element having a refractive index above 1.59 by additive manufacturing to the optical element obtained by such a method and to an ophthalmic lens including such an optical element.
B29D 11/00 - Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
B29C 64/112 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using individual droplets, e.g. from jetting heads
A computing device that includes an interface module configured to transmit and receive signals between a local neural network and a global neural network. The local neural network, implemented by the computing device, is configured to process and analyze in-shop data related to wearers or prospective wearers of head-worn devices for predictive and personalized service provision, and the interface module enables participation of the local neural network in a federated learning process with the global neural network through the transmitted and received signals.
A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a person including a refraction area having a first refractive power based on a prescription for correcting an abnormal refraction of said eye of the person and a second refractive power different from the first refractive power, a plurality of at least three optical elements, at least one optical element having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye.
A calculation module for determining a localization, system, eyewear and computer implemented method. The calculation module is configured to receive, from a spectrophotometer of an optical device, data representing a power density of at least two spectral components of a light received by the spectrophotometer and to determine the localization using the power density of the at least two spectral components.
A system that includes an optical device intended to be worn by a user and a calculation module. The optical device includes a light sensor, the light sensor being located in an internal side of the optical device and in a vicinity of a front part of the optical device, the light sensor being configured to determine an amount of light that it receives, and the calculation module being configured to determine an amount of backlight received by the optical device using the amount of light received by the light sensor.
A method of forming an ophthalmic laminate lens, includes: forming a planar laminate by adhering a first polycarbonate layer to a first side of a thermoplastic elastomer layer, and adhering a second polycarbonate layer to a second side of the thermoplastic elastomer layer, the first polycarbonate layer having a thickness greater than 250 μm, the second polycarbonate layer having a thickness greater than 250 μm, and the thermoplastic elastomer layer having a thickness in a range of 15 μm to 150 μm; thermoforming the planar laminate into a curved laminate, the curve laminate having a pre-molding curvature; arranging the curved laminate in a mold; and molding, via the mold set at a predetermined temperature and a predetermined pressure, the curved laminate with a polymer melt into a curved lens.
B29D 11/00 - Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
B29K 69/00 - Use of polycarbonates as moulding material
B29K 75/00 - Use of polyureas or polyurethanes as moulding material
B32B 25/08 - Layered products essentially comprising natural or synthetic rubber comprising rubber as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin
G02B 1/04 - Optical elements characterised by the material of which they are madeOptical coatings for optical elements made of organic materials, e.g. plastics
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SYSTEM COMPRISING AN OPTICAL DEVICE AND A CONTROLLER
A system and a method for controlling a module of an optical device intended to be used by a user. The system includes the optical device and a controller, and includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a module. The controller is configured to determine a situation of the user, using a model and first data received from the first sensor and to determine a confidence level associated with the situation. When the confidence level is below a threshold, the controller is also configured to activate the second sensor and to update the situation using second data received from the second sensor. The controller is also configured to control the module according to the situation.
Calculation module comprising a memory and a processor. The calculation module is configured to select an adapted semi-finished lens blank among a plurality of semi-finished lens blanks for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens to be mounted in a frame of an eyewear. The eyewear is intended to be worn by a user. The calculation module is configured to determine a geometrical parameter value of the ophthalmic lens to be manufactured from a test semi-finished lens blank of the plurality, the geometrical parameter value of the ophthalmic lens depending on a base-curve of the test semi-finished lens blank, a refractive index of the test semi-finished lens blank, a prescription of the user and/or a characteristic parameter value of the frame. The calculation module is configured to select the adapted semi-finished lens blank based on the geometrical parameter value of the ophthalmic lens.
Set comprising a physical vapor deposition machine and an obstruction device. The physical vapor deposition machine comprises a vacuum container, an ion beam gun and a support member. The support member comprises at least one hole, the at least one hole is intended to receive a substrate, a shape of the substrate has sensibly a shape of the at least one hole. The ion beam gun is configured to generate an ion beam toward the support member. The obstruction device is configured to obstruct a gap between the at least one hole and the substrate when the substrate is placed in the at least one hole and the obstruction device is placed on the substrate.
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a spectacle lens including a base portion and a plurality of solid optical elements (20) that have refraction properties distinct from those of the base portion and that are embedded in the base portion, comprising:—a step of providing said solid optical elements and a first part (11) of said base portion,—a step of arranging said solid optical elements (20) on the inner face of a first part of said base portion, and—a step of manufacturing a second part of said base portion onto said inner face and said solid optical elements to obtain said spectacle lens.
Computer-implemented method, device and system, for determining a similarity score between a reference eyeglasses frame and a plurality of model eyeglasses frames. The method comprises a step of generating a picture using values of a first subset of physical parameters of the reference eyeglasses frame, a step of selecting at least one of the model eyeglasses frames, based on values of a second subset of the physical parameters and by comparison of the values of the second subset of the physical parameters of the reference eyeglasses frame with the values of the second subset of the physical parameters of each of the model eyeglasses frames and a step of determining a similarity score for each of the selected model eyeglasses frames, using a convolutional neural network, by comparing the picture of the eyeglasses frame with a picture of the selected model eyeglasses frames.
Disclosed herein is an injection molding method for making optical thermoplastic lenses using 3D-printed functional wafers. The method employs a variable injection molding cavity temperature that is heated to at least wafer Tg−10° C.
B29D 11/00 - Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mouldApparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
B29L 11/00 - Optical elements, e.g. lenses, prisms
B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
An optical device that includes an active programmable lens including a first zone configured to provide to a wearer, in standard wearing conditions, a correction of at least one eye based on a prescription, according to a first adjustable dioptric function. The optical device provides first vision distance data corresponding to a first distance between a first object in the environment of the wearer and the active programmable lens, stores vision distance data and at least two predetermined optical power states, each predetermined optical power state corresponding to an optical power value relative to a range of vision distance, and controls the first adjustable dioptric function of the first zone of the active programmable lens by adjusting the first adjustable dioptric function of the first zone of the active programmable lens according to an optical power state based on the provided first vision distance data.
G02C 7/08 - Auxiliary lensesArrangements for varying focal length
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SYSTEM COMPRISING A HEAD-WORN DEVICE AND A HAND-HELD DEVICE AND CONFIGURED TO DETECT A USE OF THE HAND-HELD DEVICE BY A USER WEARING THE HEAD-WORN DEVICE
A system and computer-implemented method for detecting a use of a hand-held device by a user wearing a head-worn device, the system comprises a head-worn device and a hand-held device. The system is configured to detect a use of the hand-held device by a user wearing the head-worn device. The system is also configured to determine a relative motion of one among the head-worn device and the hand-held device with respect to another among the head-worn device and the hand-held device and to detect, based on the relative motion, the use of the hand-held device by the user.
A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer having a prescription portion configured to provide to the wearer in standard wearing conditions a first optical function based on the prescription of the wearer for correcting an abnormal refraction of said eye of the wearer, and a plurality of contiguous optical elements, wherein each optical element has a simultaneously bifocal optical function that provides simultaneously: a second optical function in standard wearing conditions and a third optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye in said standard wearing conditions so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye.
The present application relates to a method of fast curing transparent casted substrate, usable for making optical articles such as ophthalmic lenses, which comprises the steps of:—providing a fast room-temperature polymerizable composition:—providing a catalyst composition;—providing a casting mold assembly containing two unsealed molds each having an inside surface and an outside surface; and optionally providing a light filtering element placed or configured to be placed between the two molds—depositing the catalyst composition:—on the inside surfaces of at least one of the molds; and/or—on at least one of the surfaces of the light filtering element which is thereafter positioned in the mold assembly;—closing the casting mold assembly so that the inside surfaces of the molds form together the molding cavity:—filling the fast room-temperature polymerizable composition in the molding cavity of the casting mold assembly already containing the catalyst composition deposited on the inside surface of at least one of the molds:—curing the filled mold assembly to obtain a transparent solid substrate, said curing step comprising: a) a first step for polymerizing said composition at room temperature to obtain a gel; and b) a second step of post-curing the gel to obtain the transparent solid substrate; and—recovering the transparent solid substrate from the casting mold assembly.
B29D 11/00 - Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
B29C 33/56 - CoatingsReleasing, lubricating or separating agents
B29C 39/00 - Shaping by casting, i.e. introducing the moulding material into a mould or between confining surfaces without significant moulding pressureApparatus therefor
B29C 39/02 - Shaping by casting, i.e. introducing the moulding material into a mould or between confining surfaces without significant moulding pressureApparatus therefor for making articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles
B29K 75/00 - Use of polyureas or polyurethanes as moulding material
B29K 105/00 - Condition, form or state of moulded material
Eyewear includes at least a temple having a cavity open to the outside through first and second holes positioned opposite each other along a transversal direction. The eyewear includes a speaker assembly mounted inside the cavity, which has a speaker operable to reproduce a sound, a speaker enclosure that houses the speaker and a processing unit configured to control the operation of the speaker. The speaker includes a diaphragm designed to move in order to produce the sound, the diaphragm dividing an internal volume of the speaker enclosure into front and back cavities that are open to the outside of the speaker enclosure respectively through front and back openings. The speaker assembly is mounted inside the cavity to create an air communication between the front opening and the first hole and between the back opening and the second hole. The back opening is positioned to directly face the second hole.
A method for simulating an ophthalmic lens on an eye of a subject viewing a virtual scene using a light field display including a light field window. The method includes calculating a virtual ray between a point of the virtual scene and a point of an eye pupil plane, the virtual ray passing through a virtual lens and being defined on the basis of a model providing a deviation angle of the virtual ray through the virtual lens, repeating the calculating for a plurality of virtual rays passing through the virtual lens and joining couples of one point of the virtual scene and another point of the eye pupil plane, determining a light field representing a modified virtual scene, and generating the light field representing the modified virtual scene on the light field window towards the eye of the subject.
A mold for manufacturing a thermoset optical article having a high refractive index, a method for manufacturing the mold, and a method for manufacturing the article. The mold (1) is configured for manufacturing a thermoset optical article capable of being a poly thiourethane-based lens substrate having a refractive index of from 1.54 to 1.74, by casting a thermosetting material (6) into a molding cavity (5) of the mold, the mold comprising a mineral first mold part (2) having a mineral first inner surface (2a) modified by an organosilane mold-release agent. The modified first inner surface (4) comprises a product of a dehydration-condensation reaction of a hydrolysate of an aqueous alcohol solution of the organosilane mold-release agent applied to the mineral first inner surface (2a) and cured thereon, and the modified first inner surface (4) is devoid of a coating layer of particles and is configured to be directly in contact with the cast thermosetting material.
A method for manufacturing an ophthalmic device, comprising a polishing step to polish a surface comprising at least one unpolished zone, the at least one unpolished zone is a zone intended not to be polished. The polishing step comprises covering during which a protective cover is provided on the surface so as to cover the at least one unpolished zone; polishing at least a part of the surface and removing the protective cover.
A retinoscopic aid device for use with a portable streak retinoscope and with an automated phoropter for testing an individual's eye. The retinoscopic aid device includes a base plate configured to be detachably fastened to the automated phoropter, an optical display unit configured to display an orientable straight line mark, the optical display unit being supported by the base plate, and a control unit of the optical display unit which is configured to orient the straight line mark of the optical display unit according to a control command of a user allowing the user to orient the straight line mark according the streak orientation of the portable streak retinoscope when looking through the portable retinoscope.
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The disclosure provides post-production methods for functionalization of optical quality films produced by top tier manufactures. The methods disclosed herein allow for the incorporation of different additives into existing films.
The invention relates to an optical lens comprising a substrate having a front main face and a rear main face, at least one main face of which being successively coated with a first high refractive index sheet which does not comprise any Ta2O5 layer, a second low refractive index sheet a third high refractive index sheet, a monolayer sub-layer having a thickness higher than or equal to 100 nm, and a multilayer interferential coating comprising a stack of at least one high refractive index layer and at least one low refractive index layer. A mean reflection factor selected from Ruv for UV light, Rv for visible light and RsNIR for near infrared light is higher than or equal to 10-15% on at least one main face.
The present disclosure relates to ophthalmic lenses for correction of myopia. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an ophthalmic lens, comprising a first layer having microstructures on a first surface of the first layer, the microstructures on the first surface of the first layer being formed in a pattern, a material of the first layer being a thermoplastic material; and a second layer formed on the first surface of the first layer, wherein a glass transition temperature of the first layer is higher than a glass transition temperature of the second layer.
A system for determining a modification of an initial myopia control solution used by a myopic subject, comprising one or more memories having in memory values of individual features of said myopic subject and values of environmental parameters relative to conditions of use by said myopic subject of said initial myopia control solution and comprising one or more processors programmed to: determine an individual score linked to a role of said individual features in causing the myopia of said myopic subject, said individual score depending on said values of individual features, determine an environmental score linked to a role of said environmental parameters in causing the myopia of said myopic subject, said environmental score depending on said values of said environmental parameters, and determine said modification of said initial myopia control solution for said subject based on said individual and environmental scores.
A method of forming an optical element includes providing a forming insert in a thermoforming apparatus, the forming insert including a plurality of microstructures formed on a forming surface of the forming insert; heating the forming insert to a first predetermined temperature; disposing an element comprised of a polymer material in the thermoforming apparatus and in contact with the forming surface of the forming insert; and thermoforming, via the forming surface of the forming insert, the element, the molded element having microstructures formed on a surface thereof.
A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer, the lens element being adapted to provide a prescribed dioptric correction function in a prescription plane, the lens element including an arrangement of microoptical elements. When receiving a collimated beam of monochromatic light, the lens element is configured to produce a primary luminous intensity maximum in a prescription plane, and the arrangement of microoptical elements is configured to produce at least one first secondary luminous intensity maximum at a first proximity difference from the prescription plane and at least one second secondary luminous intensity maximum at a second proximity difference from the prescription plane, the first proximity difference and the second proximity difference having opposite signs.
A method of forming an optical lens includes providing a lens having microstructures on a surface thereof and an adhesive layer coated thereon; pressing a coating stack, via a carrier layer attached to a first surface of the coating stack by a release coating, against the adhesive layer, a second surface of the coating stack being in contact with the adhesive layer; and curing the adhesive layer and removing the carrier layer from the first surface of the coating stack via the release coating, wherein a thickness of the adhesive layer is greater than a depth of the microstructures on the surface of the lens.
The disclosure provides an additive manufacturing system comprising a tank (10) filled with a volume of a predetermined material (11), a building platform (20) on which layers (3) made from the predetermined material are formed, a curing device (12) configured for at least partially hardening the layers of the ophthalmic device, a transparent plate (21) located between the building platform (20) and the curing device (13), and a flexible separation film (22) mechanically connected by ends (31) to a frame (30) and at least partially located between the transparent plate (21) and the building platform (20), the additive manufacturing system (1) being configured so that the transparent plate, the flexible separation film and the building platform are movable one relative to the other and admit first relative positions corresponding to building positions of a layer, in which the transparent plate is applied against the flexible separation film which is in a tense state, and second relative positions corresponding to layering positions of a layer, in which the transparent plate is moved relative to the frame and is remote to the flexible separation film which is at least partially in a loose state.
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The invention relates to a method for determining an ophthalmic lens for a wearer and suitable for correcting the wearer's vision, comprising c) determining a virtual lens by an optimization process involving calculating iteratively a surface of the virtual lens so as to match target optical characteristics of a target lens, checking whether peripheral defocus values of the virtual lens satisfy a predetermined criterion, and if the predetermined criterion is not satisfied, reiterating the calculation of the surface of the virtual lens after modifying the target lens of the previous iteration. The determined ophthalmic lens is defined as being the virtual lens at the end of the optimization process. The invention also relates to an ophthalmic lens for a wearer for correcting the wearer's vision and intended to reduce peripheral defocus.
A fused filament fabrication 3D printing method for fabricating an optical article includes applying a surface treatment (1710) to a building plate; heating the building plate to a predetermined plate temperature (1720); dispensing a thermoplastic through a nozzle set at a predetermined nozzle temperature onto the building plate (1730) while translating the nozzle or the building plate according to a first predetermined pattern at a predetermined printing speed to form a first layer; and solidifying the first layer, wherein a range of the predetermined plate temperature is between 30° C. lower than a glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic and 20° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic, and a range of the predetermined nozzle temperature is at least 100° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic, and at least 50° C. lower than a degradation temperature of the thermoplastic.
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A computer-implemented method for determining a dipping orientation of an ophthalmic lens (2) with respect to a dipping apparatus feature, the method comprising the step of: —determining a lens parameter relative to a shape of the ophthalmic lens (2): —determining said dipping orientation taking into account an interaction parameter representative of a relationship between said lens parameter and said dipping apparatus feature.
Method, for example implemented by computer means, for characterizing at least part of a lens element adapted for a wearer and comprising a plurality of optical elements, each optical element of the plurality of optical elements providing at least an optical power, for example so as to at least one of slow down, retard or prevent a progress of the abnormal refraction of the eye of the wearer; wherein the method comprises: —obtaining a two-dimension representation of the local optical power of at least part of the lens element using a deflectometry method, for example a fringe deflectometry method, —determining the optical power distribution over at least part of the two-dimension representation of the lens element, and—characterizing at least the part of the lens element within said at least part of the two-dimension representation of the lens element by analyzing the determined optical power distribution.
The invention relates to a process for making a mold assembly (10) suitable for molding an ophthalmic lens, comprising steps of: —providing two molding shells (200A, 200B) each having a main surface (202A, 202B) to be placed in front of each other and a peripheral edge (203A, 203B), —providing a closing member (100) in the form of a band, —dropping a strip of glue (300) off around at least a major part of the peripheral edge of each molding shell, and—positioning said closing member around at least a major part of the peripheral edges of the two molding shells.
A method performed by a battery-powered electronic eyewear device for managing a battery consumption of said eyewear device based on a utilization of said eyewear device by a user, the eyewear device comprising at least one electrochromic cell, the method comprising: recording data related to the utilization of the eyewear device by the user, said utilization being based on at least the use of at least one electrochromic cell feature of the eyewear device by the user driven by electrochromic cell parameters, analyzing said recorded data and determining at least one average usage pattern of the eyewear device by the user, comprising average repartitions of ideal values of said electrochromic cell parameters in the average usage pattern and/or of power consumption of the eyewear device by the user in the average usage pattern, adapting the management of the battery consumption of the eyewear device by piloting values of the electrochromic cell parameters based on at least the average usage pattern of the user and on charging data related to a remaining state of charge of the battery.
A method for monitoring an evolution of a visual acuity value of a user of a digital device configured for displaying optotypes at a chosen optotype size, and computing a guessing rate corresponding to a percentage of optotypes correctly identified by a user. The method includes determining a visual acuity reference value based on at least a predefined first guessing rate threshold of the displayed optotypes at an optotype reference size, testing the evolution of the visual acuity value by displaying optotypes at a first optotype size corresponding to the optotype reference size, measuring the guessing rate of the displayed optotypes, and, if the measured guessing rate is below the first guessing rate threshold by more than a tolerance value, remeasuring the guessing rate of displayed optotypes at a second optotype size, the second optotype size being superior to the first optotype size.
A method for objectively determining the optimal correction of an optical refraction of a subject, comprising the steps of: a) providing said eye of the subject with successive distinct lens powers and recording the corresponding successive neural signals of the subject while said eye of the subject receives a visual stimulus through each lens power, until the recorded neural signal corresponding to one of the lens power shows a maximum neural activity as compared to all the other recorded neural signals (blocks E2 to E5), b) determining that the optimal correction of the ophthalmic refraction of the subject corresponds to a lens power with which the subject exhibits a neural signal showing a given reduced neural activity as compared to the maximum neural activity obtained in step a) (blocks E6 and E7).
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A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a person comprising: a refraction area having a first refractive power based on a prescription for correcting an abnormal refraction of said eye of the person and a second refractive power different from the first refractive power, and a plurality of at least three optical elements, at least one optical element having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye.
A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a person comprising: a refraction area having a first refractive power based on a prescription for correcting an abnormal refraction of said eye of the person and a second refractive power different from the first refractive power; a plurality of at least three optical elements, at least one optical element having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye.
An ophthalmic element includes a vision base element and a film structure that is adhered to an optical surface of the vision base element, so that the film structure conforms to the optical surface. The film structure comprises at least one auxetic film that has a negative Poisson ratio. Using an auxetic film suppresses wrinkles, cracks and delamination that may appear in the ophthalmic element when the optical surface is synclastic.
A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a person comprising: a refraction area having a first refractive power based on a prescription for correcting an abnormal refraction of said eye of the person and a second refractive power different from the first refractive power; a plurality of at least three optical elements, at least one optical element having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye.
A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a person comprising: a refraction area having a first refractive power based on a prescription for correcting an abnormal refraction of said eye of the person and a second refractive power different from the first refractive power; a plurality of at least three optical elements, at least one optical element having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye.
An optical device for capturing images of an eye of an individual, the optical device having a first measurement channel and a second measurement channel. The first measurement channel generates at least one first lighting beam directed toward the eye and along a first axis and to capture at least one first image of the eye when illuminated by the at least one first lighting beam. The second measurement channel is generates at least one second lighting beam directed toward the eye and along a second axis separated from the first axis by at least 5°, for example at least 10° or at least 20° and to capture at least one second image of the eye when illuminated by the at least one second lighting beam. The first measurement channel and the second measurement channel are synchronized together.
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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING REFRACTION OF AN EYE OF AN INDIVIDUAL USING MACHINE LEARNING
A method for estimating refraction of an eye of an individual using an image capturing device, the method including acquiring eccentric photorefraction images of the eye using the image capturing device when the eye is successively illuminated by a plurality of light sources, analyzing the eccentric photorefraction images by a calculation module in order to determine at least one refraction parameter, the analyzing is carried out by machine learning using at least one neural network configured to determine the at least one refraction parameter from the eccentric photorefraction images, the plurality of light sources in the step of acquiring being positioned at least two different eccentric distances from the optical axis of the image capturing device and/or arranged along at least two different directions transverse to the optical axis of the image capturing device.
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A hinge assembly for eyewear includes an anchor element configured to be applied to a front of eyewear; an anchor box configured to be applied to a temple, the anchor box has at least one housing chamber with an inner retaining member; at least one hinging member with at least one end portion rotatably coupled to the anchor element and at least one shaft portion ending with at least one head portion; at least one elastic element passed through by at least one respective shaft-like shaped portion and, from one side, in contact with the inner retaining member and, from the other side, in contact with the at least one head portion; wherein the hinge assembly reversibly passes from a first stable opening position to a second stable closing position and vice versa and from the first stable opening position to a third unstable overtravel position and vice versa.
COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH A REPRESENTATION OF AN EFFECT OF A SIGHTEDNESS IMPAIRMENT CONTROL SOLUTION
A computer-implemented method, apparatus, system, and computer-readable storage medium for providing a user with a representation of an effect of a sightedness impairment control solution on the user. The computer-implemented method includes obtaining data representative of at least one characteristic of the sightedness impairment control solution, at least one current characteristic of the user and behaviour of the user, determining, based on a model and the data, at least one first future characteristic of the user if the user uses the sightedness impairment control solution and at least one second future characteristic of the user if the user does not use the sightedness impairment control solution, and generating a first image based on the at least one first future characteristic and a second image based on the at least one second future characteristic.
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METHOD FOR THERMOFORMING A FILM BY THERMAL SHRINKAGE AND LAMINATION THEREOF ON AN OPTICAL ARTICLE
A method comprising providing an article having a non-zero radius of curvature and a thermoplastic film, moving relatively to each other said thermoplastic film and said article to bring them into contact, applying heat to the thermoplastic film so that the heated thermoplastic film shrinks and takes the shape and curvature of the article, resulting in a thermoformed thermoplastic film, and optionally laminating said thermoformed thermoplastic film on a surface of an optical article by means of a layer of adhesive, said layer of adhesive being positioned between the optical article and the thermoplastic film.
A method of forming an optical lens includes providing a first mold insert of a molding device having a contacting surface, the contacting surface including a plurality of inverted microstructures disposed on the contacting surface, each microstructure of the plurality of inverted microstructures having a shape inversely related to a shape of microstructures on a surface of a molded base lens; replacing the first mold insert with a second mold insert having a contacting surface thereof; applying a curable coating to a surface of the base lens having the microstructures formed thereon; pressing the contacting surface of the second mold insert into at least a portion of the curable coating applied to the surface of the base lens; and curing the curable coating into a curable layer, the microstructures being substantially entirely encapsulated in the curable layer.
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A method and system for determining a risk of an onset or progression of myopia over a timeframe. The method includes determining a value of at least one parameter associated with vision condition of a subject, the at least one parameter including a sensitivity parameter of the subject, the sensitivity parameter being relative to the sensitivity of the subject to a variation of at least one dioptric optical feature of at least one ophthalmic lens placed in front of at least one eye of the subject. The method also includes determining the subject's risk of the onset or progression of myopia over the timeframe, based on the determined value of the at least one parameter.
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METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPHTHALMIC ELEMENT COMPRISING A FILM STRUCTURE
A method for manufacturing an ophthalmic element that comprises a vision base element (12) and a film structure (14) adhered to said vision base element allows limiting or suppressing wrinkles and delaminations. This method implements an auxetic part (27) within a sacrificial film portion (26) that belongs initially to the film structure. In this way, stresses generated in a useful area (24) of the film structure by the sacrificial film portion are reduced. The sacrificial film portion is then removed so that only the useful area of the film structure remains in the ophthalmic element.
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B32B 37/18 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by the properties of the layers with all layers existing as coherent layers before laminating involving the assembly of discrete sheets or panels only
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A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE POSITION OF THE OPTICAL CENTER OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS
This method for estimating a position of an optical center of an ophthalmic lens mounted on a frame, where an image of the frame is obtained by an image capture device, includes: detecting the lens in a stream of images of the frame obtained by the image capture device; obtaining a plurality of dimensional parameters, either of the frame, or of the lens; determining the estimated position of the optical center based on the detected lens and either the plurality of frame dimensional parameters, or the plurality of lens dimensional parameters.
A lens element for a spectacle lens, a contact lens or an intraocular lens, intended to be worn by a wearer having a refraction area having a refractive power based on a prescription for said eye of the wearer and a plurality of n optical elements, at least one of the n optical elements having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer, the kth optical element being located in a domain defined by a closed contour, k being a positive integer equal or greater than 2 and smaller or equal to n, a coating layer may be deposited on the lens element, wherein, without taking the potential coating layer into account, the least one kth optical element presents as a standard deviation of sphere values of at least 0.4 dpt, where is defined as, H(xi, yi) mean optical curvature operator at position xi, yi of the kth optical element in its domain, being the mean of the mean optical curvatures over the whole domain of the kth optical element, being an integer of number all positions xi yi in the domain of the k-th optical element and being greater than 100.
A method for determining an optical design of a pair of progressive addition lenses to be worn in front of eyes of a wearer, including selecting a starting pair of progressive addition lenses suitable for the near dioptric corrections and the far dioptric corrections; determining, for a given locomotion posture of the wearer, in which the wearer wears the starting pair of progressive addition lenses, a set of differences in prismatic deviation induced by the starting pair of progressive addition lenses between a left eye and a right eye of the wearer over a set of gaze directions; and determining said optical design based on the near and far dioptric corrections, the set of differences, and at least one binocular motility parameter.
A computer-implemented method, an apparatus, a system and a computer program for controlling a sightedness impairment of a subject, the method comprising the steps of receiving (201) an image to display to the subject, determining (202) a spatial frequency power spectrum of the received image, generating (203) an intermediate image by modifying a slope of the spatial frequency power spectrum of the received image, generating (204) a modified image based on the intermediate image and commanding (205) a display to the subject of the modified image.
A device to assess an ocular motility of a subject, the device having at least one screen configured to display a first image to a first eye of the subject and a second image to a second eye of the subject, the first image comprising a first element that is fixed and the second image comprising a second element that moves according to a movement of the subject.
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LIQUID POLYMERIZABLE ALLYLIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING LAKE PIGMENTS
Disclosed is a polymerizable liquid composition for the manufacture of an optical article, including: a) at least one allyl monomer or allyl oligomer, b) at least one initiator for the polymerization of the allyl monomer or allyl oligomer, and c) at least one lake pigment including an organic ionic colorant and at least one compound including metal atoms having a charge opposite to that of the organic ionic colorant, d) wherein the lake pigment is not contained in nanoparticles, which are not the lake pigment itself, if the lake pigment is in the form of particles dispersed in the composition.
G02B 1/04 - Optical elements characterised by the material of which they are madeOptical coatings for optical elements made of organic materials, e.g. plastics
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A DEVICE AND A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PARAMETER REPRESENTATIVE OF A VISUAL ACUITY
A wearable device for determining a parameter representative of a visual acuity of a user, including a displaying unit configured to display at least one image to at least one eye of the user when the device is worn by the user, an optical unit disposed between the displaying unit and at least one eye of the user when the device is worn by the user, a diffuser disposed between the optical unit and at least one eye of the user when the device is worn by the user so that the diffuser faces at least one eye of the user, at least one light source for stimulating at least one eye of the user, and a sensing unit configured to acquire at least one signal representative of a visual acuity of the user.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A TARGET VALUE OF A PARAMETER MEASURED BY A PORTABLE DEVICE
A method for determining a target value for a parameter over an upcoming time window, the method including providing a set of data including, for each preceding time window, the value reached by the parameter and the associated target value, selecting an appropriate time scale among at least two time scales, retrieving data relating to preceding time windows based on the time scale, calculating a success factor based on the comparison between the value reached by the parameter over one or more preceding time windows and the associated target value, and determining the target value based on the success factor and the value reached by the parameter over each preceding time window of the retrieved data. The parameter can be a number of steps measured by a portable pedometer-type device worn by an individual.
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Nanoparticles of Encapsulated Light-Absorbing Agent, Preparation Thereof and Ophthalmic Lens Comprising Said Nanoparticles
The invention relates to nanoparticles of a composite material comprising a light absorbing agent dispersed in a matrix of a mineral oxide, to a method for the preparation of such nanoparticles, to the use of said method to modify the hue of nanoparticles of composite material comprising a light absorbing agent, and to an ophthalmic lens comprising such nanoparticles.
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A method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens using an additive manufacturing technology, the ophthalmic lens having at least one useful optical surface and a peripheral region surrounding at least in part the useful optical surface, includes the steps of: providing a support; manufacturing a part of the ophthalmic lens including a portion of the peripheral region, and being in contact with the support by the portion of the peripheral region so that the support bears the part of the ophthalmic lens being manufactured while the useful optical surface is free from any contact with the support. A support designed to bear an ophthalmic lens and a manufacturing system are also described.
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A calculation module for determining a probability model of a parameter of a first reference posture of a subject, the probability model being intended to determine at least a production parameter of an optical element suitable for the subject, the calculation module being configured: to determine at least one value of a parameter of a second reference posture, during an occurrence of the second reference posture, and to determine the probability model of a parameter of a first reference posture based on the at least one value of the parameter of the second reference posture.
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Method for determining a lens element intended to be mounted on a spectacle frame and to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer, the lens element comprising; —a refraction area having a refractive power based on prescribed refractive power Px for said eye of the wearer, the refraction area comprising at least a central zone, —a plurality of optical elements having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer, wherein the method comprises: —obtaining frame data representing the spectacle frame on which the lens element is intended to be mounted; —obtaining wearer's data representing at least one parameter of the face of the wearer, —determining fitting data representing the spectacles positioned on the face of the wearer based on the frame data and the wearer's data; and —optimizing at least one parameter of the optical elements based on the fitting data.
The invention relates to a method for issuing an input to a computer from a head-mounted device, the head-mounted device comprising a processing unit and a memory as well as at least one position and/or movement sensor, the head-mounted device being in communication with the computer, the method being implemented while the head-mounted device is worn on a wearer's head.
The invention relates to a method for issuing an input to a computer from a head-mounted device, the head-mounted device comprising a processing unit and a memory as well as at least one position and/or movement sensor, the head-mounted device being in communication with the computer, the method being implemented while the head-mounted device is worn on a wearer's head.
The method comprises steps of:
acquisition of position and/or movement data representative of the movement of the wearer's head by the position and/or movement sensor,
detection of a specific movement pattern based on said position and/or movement data, the specific movement pattern being taken from a library of movement patterns,
determination of a specific input associated with the specific movement pattern in the library, and
issuance of the specific input to the computer.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/02 - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
G06F 3/0354 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
Holding devices adapted for holding edged optical elements, manufacturing systems including such holding devices, and a corresponding method for manufacturing a compound optical element. The holding devices include a base for supporting a main surface of an edged optical element and either exactly three pegs or a plurality of clamps. The pegs are arranged so that two pegs are in contact with a first area of the side surface of an edged optical element positioned on the base while the remaining peg is in contact with a second area of the side surface only if a specific portion of the first or of the second area is within a specific position and orientation range about three perpendicular axes. The clamps are arranged to collectively hold an edged optical element positioned on the base by restricting its mobility with respect to three degrees of freedom.
A method for forming a mold insert includes forming a stamp, a surface of the stamp including a plurality of inverted microstructures formed thereon; and pressing the stamp into a medium disposed on a surface of a first mold insert to form a microstructured film, the microstructured film including a plurality of microstructures formed on a surface of the microstructured film based on the plurality of inverted microstructures, the plurality of microstructures being complementary to the plurality of inverted microstructures.
A mold insert includes a plurality of microstructures along a surface of the mold insert and a metal alloy, wherein the metal alloy has a thermal conductivity between 1 and 50 W/m-K. and wherein the metal alloy has a modulus of between 100 GPa and 1000 GPa.
A mold insert includes a base, a material of the base being a metal; a body disposed adjacent to the base along a first side of the body, a material of the body having a thermal conductivity between 0.05 and 5 W/m-K; and a working stamp disposed adjacent to the body along a second side of the body, the working stamp including a plurality of microstructures.
An optical lens intended to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer having at least one prescribed refractive power Px. The optical lens includes a refraction area having a refractive power based on the prescribed refractive power Px for the eye of the wearer and including at least the central zone of the optical lens, and a plurality of optical elements having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer. The optical elements are arranged based at least on the prescribed refractive power Px and the shape of the retina of the wearer.
A method for coating a plurality of optical lenses having at least one main surface at least partly covered with lenslets, the method comprising: —dipping (DIP) at least one first optical lens from the plurality of optical lenses into a coating fluid, —withdrawing (WDW) the at least one first optical lens from the coating fluid at a controlled withdrawal speed, —measuring (MEAS) a thickness of a coating layer deposited on the at least one first optical lens, —determining (ADJ) an adjusted withdrawal speed based on the measured thickness, and —repeating the steps of dipping (DIP), withdrawing (WDW), measuring (MEAS) and determining (ADJ) on at least other optical lenses from the plurality of optical lenses, using the adjusted withdrawal speed during the withdrawing step (WDW).
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