Method for determining a geometric definition of a customized optical device

• US 10,108,028 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2014
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Essilor International SA
• Original Assignee: Essilor International SA
• Inventors: Rego, Carlos, Amir, Bruno, Broutin, Guillaume, Boiffier, Maxime, Bonnin, Thierry, Tessiere, Melanie, Moine, Jerome
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Jack
• Application Number:
  US15/109,549
• Publication Number:
  US 20160327815A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,401 Days
• Field of Search: 351204, 351246
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 13/003 Measuring during assembly or fitting of spectacles
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 13/005 Measuring geometric parameters required to locate ophtalmic lenses in spectacles frames apparatus for testing or instruments for examining the eyes per se A61B3/00; machines or devices and accessories for grinding the edges of lenses using spectacles as a template B24B9/144
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments include a method for determining a geometric definition of a piece of personalized optical equipment adapted to its wearer, comprising at least one geometric definition of a personalized frame of this piece of personalized equipment. In one embodiment, the geometric definition of said personalized frame is determined depending on at least one geometric parameter of personalization of the frame and on a reference frame chosen by the wearer. Further, the value of said at least one geometric parameter of personalization of the frame being determined on the basis of the acquisition of data relating to at least one morphological quantity of the head of the wearer, in such a way that the personalized frame is adjusted to conform with a least one criterion of adjustment of personalization of the geometry of the frame with respect to the morphological quantity of the head of the wearer.

Claims

1. A method for determining a geometric definition of a piece of personalized optical equipment adapted to a wearer, comprising at least one geometric definition of a personalized frame of this piece of personalized equipment, wherein

a reference frame chosen by the wearer is identified,

a value of at least one geometric parameter of personalization (P_perso) of the frame is determined on a basis of an acquisition of data relating to at least one morphological quantity of head (TS) of the wearer, in such a way that the personalized frame is adjusted to conform with a least one criterion of adjustment of personalization of a geometry of the personalized frame with respect to the at least one morphological quantity of the head (TS) of the wearer, said criterion of adjustment of personalization comprising a constraint on at least one geometrico-morphological parameters related to the relative position of said personalized frame with respect to the head of the wearer,

the geometric definition of said personalized frame is determined depending on said at least on geometric parameter of personalization of the frame and on the reference frame chosen by the wearer.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the geometric definition of said piece of personalized optical equipment furthermore includes a geometric definition of personalized ophthalmic lenses intended to be mounted in said personalized frame, the geometric definition of the ophthalmic lenses being determined depending on the geometric definition of the personalized frame.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frame being intended to accommodate visual correction lenses, the value of said geometric parameter of personalization of the personalized frame is determined depending on a visual correction realized by the visual correction lenses.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said geometrico-morphological parameter related to the relative position of said personalized frame with respect to the head of the wearer comprises one of the following parameters:

a relative position of frame temples of the personalized frame with respect to ears (ORD, ORG) of the wearer,

a spacing of the frame temples of the personalized frame, said spacing being defined depending on a determined separation between the ears (ORD, ORG),

an evaluation of an area of contact between nose-rest elements of the personalized frame and nose (N) of the wearer,

a relative position of rims of the personalized frame and eyes (OD, OG) of the wearer,

a relative position of lenses mounted in the personalized frame and the eyes (OD, OG) of the wearer,

a distance between at least one singular point of the rims of the personalized frame and at least one singular point of the head of the wearer,

a distance between at least one singular point of an outline of the lenses mounted in the personalized frame and a singular point of the head of the wearer,

a geometry of the outline, said geometry is defined depending on an eyebrow (SCD, SCG), superciliary-arch (SC) or cheekbone (JS) geometry of the wearer,

an angle between a straight line connecting salient points of the cheekbone (JS) and of a superciliary arch (SCS) and a mean plane (PMC) of a rim of the personalized frame placed facing, measured in a plane perpendicular to said mean plane of the rim of the frame, and

an angle between a straight line connecting a sphenoid point (P1) and a point (PN) of a side of the nose of the wearer and the mean plane (PMC) of a corresponding rim of the frame, measured in a plane parallel to a Frankfurt plane (PF) of the head (TS) of the wearer.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the geometric definition of said personalized frame includes accessing a register of frames containing, associated with each frame, an identifier of a shape of the frame and at least one geometric parameter of this frame and searching in this register for at least one frame a shape of which corresponds to a shape of frame chosen by the wearer and the geometry of which satisfies, with a predefined margin of tolerance, the geometric parameter of personalization (P_perso) of said personalized frame.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, to determine the geometric definition of said personalized frame:

a geometric definition of an initial frame is deformed so that the geometric definition of the personalized frame resulting from this deformation conforms with said geometric parameter of personalization (P_perso), with an adjustment on the head (TS) of the wearer in conformity with said criterion of adjustment of personalization.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the deformation of the initial frame required for the geometric definition of the personalized frame to conform with said geometric parameter of personalization (P_perso) is determined and information is returned on a compatibility between an ability of the initial frame to be deformed and the deformation required thereby.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the initial frame is deformed without constraint on preservation of at least one of a perimeter of rims of the initial frame, a length of frame temples, a length of a nose bridge of the initial frame, and an initial frame outline curvature, wherein each foregoing dimension is an dimension of the initial frame.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, after a geometric definition of said personalized frame has been determined, this geometric definition is transmitted to the wearer for validation thereby.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, after a geometric definition of said personalized frame has been determined, a geometrico-morphological parameter related to a relative position of said personalized frame with respect to the head (TS) of the wearer is deduced therefrom and information is returned on whether the personalized frame obtained by this geometric definition is in conformity with the criterion of adjustment of personalization.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein information is returned on a feasibility of manufacture of the personalized frame or the piece of personalized equipment.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determination of the geometric definition of the piece of personalized equipment includes assembling geometric definitions of portions of the frame such as frame temples, nose-rest elements and rims, each of these portions respectively being selected by a search, in a register containing various production dimensions and/or shapes of the portion in question, for at least one shape and/or dimension of this portion corresponding to a shape of frame chosen by the wearer and the geometry of which satisfies, with a predefined margin of tolerance, the geometric parameter of personalization (P_perso).

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data relating to at least one morphological quantity of the head (TS) of the wearer is acquired at a first site and the value of said at least one geometric parameter of personalization of the frame is determined at a second site distinct from the first.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first site is located in any place accessible either physically by the wearer, or on a server, whereas the second site is located at an opticians, an optical laboratory, or an online supplier of optical equipment.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein manufacture of the personalized frame takes place at a third site, distinct from the first site, which is either distinct from or same as the second site.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein provision is made to transmit data relating to at least said morphological quantity of the head (TS) of the wearer and an identifier of the reference frame from the first site to the second site, to transmit the value of said at least one geometric parameter of personalization (P_perso) of the personalized frame from the second site to the third site and to return, from the third site, at least one of a definition of the personalized frame and of the personalized frame, from the third site to the first site.