OPHTHALMIC LENS DISPENSING METHOD AND SYSTEM
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of dispensing an ophthalmic lens for a wearer, the method including:
- measuring the relative location of, and/or relationship between, selected anatomical features of a wearer'"'"'s head or face to obtain one or more measurement values; and
processing the one or more measurement values to design and/or select an ophthalmic lens having a shape that depends on the measured values; and
dispensing the ophthalmic lens to the wearer.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method (100) of dispensing an ophthalmic lens for a wearer is disclosed. The method (100) includes measuring (104) the relative location of, and/or relationship between, selected anatomical features of a wearer'"'"'s head or face to obtain one or more measurement values and processing (106) the one or more measurement values to design and/or select an ophthalmic lens having a shape that depends on the measured values. The ophthalmic lens element is then dispensed to the wearer. A dispensing system (200) is also disclosed.
37 Citations
28 Claims
-
1. A method of dispensing an ophthalmic lens for a wearer, the method including:
-
measuring the relative location of, and/or relationship between, selected anatomical features of a wearer'"'"'s head or face to obtain one or more measurement values; and processing the one or more measurement values to design and/or select an ophthalmic lens having a shape that depends on the measured values; and dispensing the ophthalmic lens to the wearer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
-
21. A system for dispensing an ophthalmic lens for a wearer, the system including:
-
a measuring apparatus for measuring the relative location of, and/or relationship between, selected anatomical features of a wearer'"'"'s head or face to obtain one or more measurement values; and a processing device for processing the one or more measurement values to dispense the ophthalmic lens, the dispensing including selecting or designing an ophthalmic lens having a shape that depends on the one or more measured values. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
-
-
24. A programmed computer for dispensing an ophthalmic lens for dispensing to a wearer, the computer including:
-
a processing device; a memory; and a set of program instructions resident in the memory and executable by the processor to accept one or more measurement values expressing the relative location of, and/or the relationship between, selected anatomical features of a wearer'"'"'s head or face and to process the measurement values to design and/or select an ophthalmic lens for dispensing, the ophthalmic lens having a shape that depends on the measured values.
-
-
25. An integrated scanning and processing system for selecting and/or designing an ophthalmic lens for dispensing to a wearer, the system including:
-
a scanning device for scanning the wearer'"'"'s head or face to provide three-dimensional scan data; an input device for inputting or selecting anatomical features of the wearer'"'"'s face or head; and a processing device for obtaining, from the three-dimensional scan data, one or more measurement values expressing the relative location of, and/or the relationship between, the anatomical features and to process the measurement values to design and/or select an ophthalmic lens for dispensing, the ophthalmic lens having a shape that depends on the measured values.
-
-
26. A computer readable media storing a set of program instructions that are executable by a computer processor to accept one or more measurement values expressing the relative location of, and/or the relationship between, selected anatomical features of a wearer'"'"'s head or face;
- and to process the one or more measurement values to select and/or design, for dispensing, an ophthalmic lens having a shape that depends on the measured values.
-
27. (canceled)
-
28. (canceled)
Specification