Ophthalmic lens

• US 10,330,953 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2013
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Essilor International SA (EssilorLuxottica SA)
• Original Assignee: Essilor International SA (EssilorLuxottica SA)
• Inventors: De Ayguavives, Francisco, Maury, Helene
• Primary Examiner(s): Collins, Darryl J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sumlar, Journey F
• Application Number:
  US14/399,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20150098058A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,231 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/11 Anti-reflection coatings
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/26 Reflecting filters G02B5/28 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/283 designed for the ultraviolet
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2202/16 Laminated or compound lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/02 Lenses; Lens systems ; Methods of designing lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/10 Filters, e.g. for facilitating adaptation of the eyes to the dark; Sunglasses
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/102 Photochromic filters
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/104 having spectral characteristics for purposes other than sun-protection
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/107 Interference colour filters

Abstract

An ophthalmic lens having a main front face and a main rear face includes: an element for cutting off ultraviolet (UV) light incident on the main front face of the ophthalmic lens; an anti-reflection coating on the main rear face of the ophthalmic lens, having a weighted average reflection factor in the UV region of less than or equal to 7%; and at least one element for at least partially blocking the blue light in the wavelength region from 400 to 460 nanometers, preferably from 420 to 450 nanometers.

Claims

1. An ophthalmic lens with a front main face and a back main face, the ophthalmic lens comprising:

a means for cutting off ultraviolet (UV) light arriving on the front main face of the ophthalmic lens;

an antireflection coating, on the back main face of the ophthalmic lens, having a weighted average reflection factor in the UV lower than or equal to 7% for an angle of incidence of 30° and

for an angle of incidence of 45°

; and

at least one means blocking at least partially the blue light in the wavelength range extending from 400 to 460nanometers, said blue-light blocking means being a blue-light blocking filter formed on at least one main face of the lens,

wherein

said blue-light blocking filter is an interference filter and has the following properties;

a spectral reflectivity curve for an angle of incidence ranging from 0°

to 15°

having;

i) a reflectivity maximum at a wavelength lower than 410 nanometers, and

ii) a full width at half maximum (FWHM) higher than or equal to 70 nm; and

the main face provided with the blue-light blocking filter has the ability to present, for an angle of incidence on said main face ranging from 0°

to 15°

, an average blue reflectance factor Rm,B within a wavelength range of from 420nanometers to 450 nanometers which is higher than or equal to 5%, and

wherein the average luminous factor Rv on the main face of the ophthalmic lens comprising the filter is lower than or equal to 2.5%.

2. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the means for cutting off UV light arriving on the front main face cuts off 90% or more of the UV light.

3. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the means for cutting off UV light arriving on the front main face consists of a lens substrate, a lens substrate in which one or more UV absorbers are dispersed, a UV-absorbing coating placed on the front main face, a UV-reflecting coating placed on the front face or a combination of these means.

4. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the blue-light blocking means blocks from 5 to 50% of the blue light in the wavelength range from 400 to 460nanometers.

5. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein at the blue-light blocking means blocks from 5to 50% of the blue light in the wavelength range from 420 to 450nanometers.

6. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein said blue-light blocking filter provides the main face comprising said filter with the following property:

for an angle of incidence θ

′

ranging from 0°

to 15° and

for an angle of incidence θ

′

ranging from 30°

to 45°

, a parameter Δ

(θ

,θ

′

) defined by the relation Δ

(θ

,θ

′

)=1−

[ R<sub>θ

′</sub>

(435 nm) / R_θ

(435 nm) ], so that this parameter Δ

(θ

,θ

′

) is higher than or equal to 0.5, where

R_θ

(435 nm) represents the reflectivity value of the main face comprising said filter at a 435 nanometer-wavelength for the angle of incidence θ

, and

R<sub>θ

′</sub>

(435 nm) represents the reflectivity value of the main face comprising said filter at a 435 nanometer-wavelength for the angle of incidence θ

′

.

7. The ophthalmic lens of claim 6, wherein the angle of incidence θ

=15° and

the angle of incidence θ

′

=45°

.

8. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the average light reflection factor (R_v) on each of the main faces of the ophthalmic lens is lower than or equal to 2.5%.

9. The ophthalmic lens of claim 8, wherein the average light reflection factor (Rv) on each of the main faces of the ophthalmic lens is lower than or equal to 1.5%.

10. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the weighted average reflection factor in the UV of the antireflection coating on the back main face is lower than or equal to 6% for the angle of incidence of 30°

and for the angle of incidence of 45°

.

11. The ophthalmic lens of claim 10, wherein the weighted average reflection factor in the UV of the antireflection coating on the back main face is lower than or equal to 5%.

12. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein said blue-light blocking filter provides the main face comprising said filter with the following property:

for an angle of incidence ranging from 0°

to 15°

, a parameter Δ

_spectral defined by the relation

Δ

_spectral=1−

[R<sub>0°

-15°</sub>

(480 nm)/R<sub>0°

-15°</sub>

(435 nm) ],

so that this parameter Δ

_spectral is higher than or equal to 0.8, where

R<sub>0°

-15°</sub>

(480 nm)is the reflectivity value of the front main face at a 480 nanometer-wavelength for the relevant incidence, and

R<sub>0°

-15°</sub>

(435 nm) is the reflectivity value of the front main face at a 435 nanometer-wavelength for the relevant incidence.

13. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein said full width at half maximum (FWHM) is higher than or equal to 80 nm.

14. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein said full width at half maximum (FWHM) is lower than or equal to 150 nm.

15. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein said reflectivity maximum is at a wavelength lower than or equal to 400 nanometers.

16. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein said reflectivity maximum is at a wavelength lower than or equal to 390 nanometers.

17. The ophthalmic lens of claim 1, wherein the parameter Δ

(θ

,θ

′

) is higher than or equal to 0.6.

18. The ophthalmic lens as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reflectivity maximum of said blue-light blocking means is at a wavelength in the range of 350 nm to 400 nm.

19. The ophthalmic lens as claimed in claim 1, wherein the average blue reflectance factor R_m,B is higher than or equal to 10%.

20. The ophthalmic lens as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blue light blocking filter is formed on the front main face of the ophthalmic lens.

21. An ophthalmic lens with a front main face and a back main face, said ophthalmic lens comprising:

a means for cutting off ultraviolet (UV) light arriving on the front main face of the ophthalmic lens;

an antireflection coating, on the back main face of the ophthalmic lens, having a weighted average reflection factor in the UV lower than or equal to 7% for an angle of incidence of 30° and

for an angle of incidence of 45°

; and

at least one means blocking at least partially the blue light in the wavelength range extending from 400 to 460 nanometers, said blue-light blocking means being a blue-light blocking filter formed on at least one main face of the lens,

wherein

said blue-light blocking filter has the following properties;

a spectral reflectivity curve for an angle of incidence ranging from 0°

to 15°

having;

i) a reflectivity maximum at a wavelength in the range of 360 nm to 400 nm, and

ii) a full width at half maximum (FWHM) higher than or equal to 70 nm; and

the main face provided with the blue-light blocking filter has the ability to present, for an angle of incidence on said main face ranging from 0°

to 15°

, an average blue reflectance factor Rm,B within a wavelength range of from 420 nanometers to 450 nanometers which is higher than or equal to 5%.

22. An ophthalmic lens with a front main face and a back main face, said ophthalmic lens comprising:

a means for cutting off ultraviolet (UV) light arriving on the front main face of the ophthalmic lens;

an antireflection coating, on the back main face of the ophthalmic lens, having a weighted average reflection factor in the UV lower than or equal to 7% for an angle of incidence of 30° and

for an angle of incidence of 45°

; and

at least one means blocking at least partially the blue light in the wavelength range extending from 400 to 460nanometers, said blue-light blocking means being a blue-light blocking filter formed on at least one main face of the lens,

wherein

said blue-light blocking filter has the following properties;

a spectral reflectivity curve for an angle of incidence ranging from 0°

to 15°

having;

i) a reflectivity maximum at a wavelength lower than 410 nm, and

ii) a full width at half maximum (FWHM) higher than or equal to 80 nm and lower than 150nm; and

the main face provided with the blue-light blocking filter has the ability to present, for an angle of incidence on said main face ranging from 0°

to 15°

, an average blue reflectance factor R_m,B within a wavelength range of from 420 nanometers to 450 nanometers which is higher than or equal to 5%.