Method for determining an ophthalmic lens

• US 8,007,102 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2007
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Essilor International SA
• Original Assignee: Essilor International SA
• Inventors: Muradore, Fabien, Guilloux, Cyril, De Gaudemaris, Diane
• Primary Examiner(s): Collins; Darryl J
• Application Number:
  US12/442,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20090244480A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,435 Days
• Field of Search: 351/177, 351/159, 351/161, 351/164, 351/169, 351/171
• US Class Current: 351/159
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/02 Lenses; Lens systems ; Methods of designing lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/024 Methods of designing ophthalmic lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/061 Spectacle lenses with progressively varying focal power
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/068 Special properties achieved by the combination of the front and back surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30

Abstract

A method for determining an ophthalmic lens includes choosing an initial lens with a first face and a second face and defining an initial surface for the second face of the lens with a central zone of diameter D_ini and a peripheral zone of inner diameter D_rac greater than the diameter D_ini of the central zone, each point of the central zone and the peripheral zone having an altitude defined with respect to an axis (Z) normal to the second face of the lens and having the centre of the central zone as its origin, the altitude of the peripheral zone being defined as the minimum of the points situated on the diameter D_rac; the peripheral zone having a maximum radius of curvature comprised between the maximum radius of curvature of the first face and the maximum radius of curvature of the central zone.

Claims

1. A method for determining an ophthalmic lens comprising:

choosing a lens with a first face and a second face;

defining an initial surface for the second face of the lens with a central zone of diameter D_ini, and a peripheral zone of inner diameter D_rac greater than the diameter D_ini, of the central zone,

one or more points in the central zone and one or more points in the peripheral zone situated on the inner diameter D_rac having an altitude defined with respect to an axis (Z) normal to the second face of the lens and having the centre of the central zone as its origin, the altitude of the peripheral zone being defined as the altitude of a lowest point situated on the inner diameter D_rac;

the peripheral zone having a maximum radius of curvature comprised between the maximum radius of curvature of the first face and the maximum radius of curvature of the central zone;

choosing an interpolation formula;

optimizing the lens by applying;

target values for power and astigmatism for a given direction of glance in the central zone of the second face of the lens;

the interpolation formula to the central and peripheral zones to define an interpolated surface comprising a connecting zone, the interpolated surface minimizing a merit function for different relative altitudes of the peripheral zone with respect to the central zone.

2. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 1, in which the optimization of the central zone of the current lens is carried out under wearing conditions.

3. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 1, in which the merit function is a minimization of a maximum cylinder value in the connecting zone.

4. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 1, in which the merit function is a minimization of a norm of a sphere or cylinder gradient in the connecting zone.

5. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 1, in which the central, connecting and peripheral zones are centred on a same centring point of the surface of the second face of the lens, said centring point marking a primary direction of glance under wearing conditions.

6. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 1, in which the first face of the lens is complex.

7. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 1, in which the first face and the peripheral zone of the second face of the lens are spherical.

8. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 1, in which the first face and the peripheral zone of the second face of the lens are toric.

9. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 1, in which the central zone of the second face exhibits a power variation.

10. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 1, in which the central zone and the peripheral zone of the second face exhibit a power variation.

11. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 1, in which the diameter (D_ini) of the central zone is greater than or equal to 30 mm and less, by at least 10 mm, than a total diameter (D_fin) of the lens before trimming (30 mm ≦

D_ini ≦

D_fin −

10 mm).

12. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 1, in which the inner diameter (D_rac) of the peripheral zone is greater than or equal, by at least 10 mm, to the diameter of the central zone (D_ini) and less than a total diameter (D_fin) of the lens before trimming.

13. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 1, in which the merit function is a minimization of sphere and cylinder root mean square deviations calculated over a set of points between the interpolated surface and the initial surfaces of the central and peripheral zones.

14. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 13, in which the minimization of the sphere and cylinder root mean square deviations is calculated consist, over the circles of diameter D_ini and D_rac , delimiting respectively the central and peripheral zones.

15. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 13, in which the minimization of the sphere and cylinder root mean square deviations is calculated over the vertical and horizontal axes of the lens.

16. The method for determining an ophthalmic lens of claim 15, in which the merit function of the minimization of the vertical and horizontal sphere and cylinder root mean square deviations between the interpolated surface and the surfaces of the central and peripheral zones is defined as:

FM=aFM_—

X+bFM_—

Y;

with a and b being weighting coefficients; and

with

17. A visual device comprising a lens having a negative power prescription, the lens having a first face and a second face where the second face comprises an initial surface with a central zone of diameter D_ini and a peripheral zone of inner diameter D_rac greater than the diameter D_ini of the central zone, wherein:

one or more points in the central zone and one or more points in the peripheral zone situated on the inner diameter D_rac having an altitude defined with respect to an axis (Z) normal to the second face of the lens and having the centre of the central zone as its origin, the altitude of the peripheral zone being defined as the altitude of a lowest point situated on the inner diameter D_rac;

the peripheral zone has a maximum radius of curvature between the maximum radius of curvature of the first face and the maximum radius of curvature of the central zone;

wherein the lens is determined based on target values for power and astigmatism for a given direction of glance in the central zone of the second face of the lens and an interpolation formula applied to the central and peripheral zones to define an interpolated surface comprising a connecting zone, the interpolated surface minimizing a merit function for different relative altitudes of the peripheral zone with respect to the central zone.

18. The visual device of claim 17, wherein the negative power prescription is greater than or equal to −

4 diopters for far vision.

19. A visual device comprising a lens having a positive power prescription, the lens having a first face and a second face where the second face comprises an initial surface with a central zone of diameter D_ini, and a peripheral zone of inner diameter D_rac of the central zone;

wherein;

one or more points in the central zone and one or more points in the peripheral zone situated on the inner diameter D_rac having an altitude defined with respect to an axis (Z) normal to the second face of the lens and having the centre of the central zone as its origin, the altitude of the peripheral zone being defined as the altitude of a lowest point situated on the inner diameter D_rac;

the peripheral zone has a maximum radius of curvature between the maximum radius of curvature of the first face and the maximum radius of curvature of the central zone;

wherein the lens is determined based on target values for power and astigmatism for a given direction of glance in the central zone of the second face of the lens and an interpolation formula applied to the central and peripheral zones to define an interpolated surface comprising a connecting zone, the interpolated surface minimizing a merit function for different relative altitudes of the peripheral zone with respect to the central zone.

20. The visual device of claim 19, wherein the positive power prescription is greater than or equal to +3 diopters for far vision.

21. A visual device comprising a lens having a curvature, the lens having a first face and a second face where the second face comprises an initial surface with a central zone of diameter D_ini and a peripheral zone of inner diameter D_rac greater than the diameter D_ini of the central zone, wherein:

one or more points in the central zone and one or more points in the peripheral zone situated on the inner diameter D_rac having an altitude defined with respect to an axis (Z) normal to the second face of the lens and having the centre of the central zone as its origin, the altitude of the peripheral zone being defined as the altitude of a lowest point situated on the inner diameter D_rac;

the peripheral zone has a maximum radius of curvature between the maximum radius of curvature of the first face and the maximum radius of curvature of the central zone;

wherein the lens is determined based on target values for power and astigmatism for a given direction of glance in the central zone of the second face of the lens and an interpolation formula applied to the central and peripheral zones to define an interpolated surface comprising a connecting zone, the interpolated surface minimizing a merit function for different relative altitudes of the peripheral zone with respect to the central zone.

22. The visual device of claim 21, wherein the curvature is greater than or equal to 6D.