Progressive addition power lens
First Claim
1. A method for designing a progressive lens surface comprising:
- specifying mean power at a plurality of points distributed over the entire surface of the lens;
specifying lens height around the edge of the lens; and
determining lens height at the plurality of points consistent with the specified mean power and lens edge height, comprising finding a unique solution of a partial differential equation of the elliptic type subject to a boundary condition of the lens edge height.
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Abstract
A system and method for designing a progressive lens. Mean power is specified at points distributed over the entire surface of the lens and lens height is specified around the edge of the lens. Lens height is determined at the points consistent with the specified mean power and the lens edge height in part by solving a partial differential equation of the elliptic type subject to the lens edge height as a boundary condition. A successive over-relaxation technique may be employed to converge on the solution to the partial differential equation, and an over-relaxation factor may be determined to most efficiently relax the equation.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for designing a progressive lens surface comprising:
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specifying mean power at a plurality of points distributed over the entire surface of the lens;
specifying lens height around the edge of the lens; and
determining lens height at the plurality of points consistent with the specified mean power and lens edge height, comprising finding a unique solution of a partial differential equation of the elliptic type subject to a boundary condition of the lens edge height. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 33)
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- 22. A progressive lens comprising a surface having a variable height and including a distance area and a reading area, wherein mean power over the lens surface varies according to a set of curves forming iso-mean power contours on the lens surface and a contour defining an area of constant mean power in the distance area is an ellipse with a ratio of major axis to minor axis in the range of about 1.1 to 3.0.
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25. A progressive lens comprising:
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a distance area having a first mean power;
a reading area having a second mean power higher than the first mean power; and
a central area between the distance and reading areas, the width of the central area being at least about 10 millimeters wide, wherein mean power increases smoothly and substantially monotonically throughout the central area in a direction from the distance area to the reading area. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A system for designing progressive lens comprising:
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a processor for accepting inputs defining mean power variation over a coordinate system covering the surface of the lens and defining lens height around the edge of the lens and for calculating lens height at a plurality of points over the lens surface by solving an elliptic partial differential equation subject to the lens height at the edge of the lens as a boundary condition; and
a memory for storing the calculated lens height values. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A system for designing progressive lens comprising:
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means for accepting inputs defining mean power variation over a coordinate system covering the surface of the lens and defining lens height around the edge of the lens and for calculating lens height at a plurality of points over the lens surface by solving an elliptic partial differential equation subject to the lens height at the edge of the lens as a boundary condition; and
means for storing the calculated lens height values. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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