Progressive addition power lens
First Claim
1. A progressive lens comprising a surface having a variable height and including a distance area and a reading area, wherein 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, and mean power M over the lens surface varies according to a set of curves forming iso-mean power contours on the lens surface wherein mean power M varies along a connecting path extending from a first point in the distance area to a second point in the reading area according to a function of the form:
- where MD is mean power specified at a first point (0, YD) in the distance area and MR is mean power specified at the second point (0, YR) in the reading area.
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Abstract
A system and method for designing a progressive lens are provided. 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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5 Claims
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1. A progressive lens comprising a surface having a variable height and including a distance area and a reading area, wherein 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, and mean power M over the lens surface varies according to a set of curves forming iso-mean power contours on the lens surface wherein mean power M varies along a connecting path extending from a first point in the distance area to a second point in the reading area according to a function of the form:
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where MD is mean power specified at a first point (0, YD) in the distance area and MR is mean power specified at the second point (0, YR) in the reading area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
the reading area has a second mean power higher than the first mean power; and further comprising 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 M increases smoothly and substantially monotonically throughout the central area in a direction from the distance area to the reading area.
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4. The progressive lens of claim 3, wherein the width of the central area is at least about 20 millimeters wide.
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5. The progressive lens of claim 3, wherein the width of the central area is at least about 30 millimeters wide.
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