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METHOD OF CALCULATING A SETPOINT FOR BEVELING OR GROOVING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS

  • US 20120133886A1
  • Filed: 07/08/2011
  • Published: 05/31/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of calculating the shape of a longitudinal profile of an engagement ridge or groove (28) for machining on the edge face (23) of an ophthalmic lens (20), the method comprising:

  • an operation of acquiring the shape of an initial longitudinal profile (29);

    an operation of prepositioning said initial longitudinal profile (29) in a coordinate system tied to the ophthalmic lens (20);

    an operation of searching for two remarkable points (Pr1, Pr2) of said initial longitudinal profile (29), which points are distinct from each other, said operation comprising;

    a) acquiring a plurality of characteristics (Ep, Dav, Dar) relating to the ophthalmic lens (20) or to the initial longitudinal profile (29);

    b) determining whether any of said acquired characteristics satisfies a decision criterion, by comparing the value of said acquired characteristic with a predetermined threshold value;

    c) selecting the first remarkable point (Pr1) from a first list of points of said initial longitudinal profile (29) as being the point at which one of said acquired characteristics satisfies a first positioning criterion, said first positioning criterion being selected as a function of the result of step b); and

    d) selecting the second remarkable point (Pr2) from a second list of points of said initial longitudinal profile (29), as being the point at which one of said acquired characteristics satisfies a second positioning criterion, said second list being deduced from the result of step c);

    an operation of correcting the position of each remarkable point (Pr1, Pr2) along an axial direction (Z1) substantially perpendicular to a mean plane of the ophthalmic lens (20); and

    an operation of calculating the three-dimensional shape of a final longitudinal profile (29

    ) in the coordinate system of the ophthalmic lens (20), resulting from a geometrical transformation of the initial longitudinal profile (29) that is such as to cause the final longitudinal profile (29

    ) to pass via the first and second remarkable points (Pr1, Pr2) as modified during the preceding operation.

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