Multifocal optical device design
First Claim
1. A machine-implemented method for a progressive optical device, comprising:
- defining a triangulation grid over a design field;
receiving a set of parameters, including a desired power distribution function, a power deviation weight function, and an astigmatism weight function, the functions being defined over the design field;
defining a base surface over the design field;
solving a linearized variational partial differential equation on the triangulation grid in terms of the power distribution function, the power deviation weight function, and the astigmatism weight function, to produce perturbations from the base surface;
combining the perturbations with the base surface to produce output data representing a surface of the optical element.
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Abstract
Multifocal optical device designs receive input parameters to specify a desired power distribution function, a power deviation weight function, and an astigmatism weight function over the design field. A fourth-order partial differential variational equation is linearized by defining the optical surface in terms of perturbations from a base surface such as a sphere or a toric. The solution may be expressed as piecewise quadratic splines superposed over a triangulation of the field. Evaluation of the surface may use a set of tensor-product splines. An astigmatic base surface permits both multiple magnifying powers and a prescribed astigmatism correction in a single optical surface.
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53 Claims
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1. A machine-implemented method for a progressive optical device, comprising:
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defining a triangulation grid over a design field;
receiving a set of parameters, including a desired power distribution function, a power deviation weight function, and an astigmatism weight function, the functions being defined over the design field;
defining a base surface over the design field;
solving a linearized variational partial differential equation on the triangulation grid in terms of the power distribution function, the power deviation weight function, and the astigmatism weight function, to produce perturbations from the base surface;
combining the perturbations with the base surface to produce output data representing a surface of the optical element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A machine-implemented method for a progressive optical device having integrated astigmatism correction, comprising:
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defining a triangulation grid over a design field;
receiving a set of parameters, including a desired astigmatism correction, a desired power distribution function, a power deviation weight function, and an undesired-astigmatism weight function, the functions being defined over the design field;
defining over the design field a base surface that includes the desired astigmatism correction;
solving a variational equation on the triangulation grid in terms of the power distribution function, the power deviation function, and the astigmatism function, to produce perturbations from the base surface;
combining the perturbations with the base surface to produce output data representing a surface of the optical element. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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