Tri-colored lens for spectacles

• US 8,277,045 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2011
• Issued: 10/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sky Sight Vision, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sky Sight Vision, Inc.
• Inventors: Hobbs, Raymond L.
• Primary Examiner(s): DANG, HUNG XUAN
• Application Number:
  US13/012,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20110134386A1
• Time in Patent Office: 617 Days
• Field of Search: 351/45, 351/46, 351/44, 351/41, 351/158, 351/159
• US Class Current: 351/45
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/105 having inhomogeneously distributed colouring
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/16 Shades; shields; Obturators, e.g. with pinhole, with slot G02C5/003 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 9/00 Attaching auxiliary optical parts auxiliary optical parts per se G02C7/08 - G02C7/16

Abstract

A specially tinted lens, a tri-colored lens for spectacles and sunglasses for use in flying airplanes. A far field of vision has a first tinting, such as green, to reduce the light from a sunlit sky, over sunlit cloud tops, or in clouds, which enables an aircraft pilot to easily see out of the cockpit into highly illuminated environments. An intermediate field of vision has a second tinting, such as yellow, to enable the pilot to easily see a dimly illuminated instrument panel as compared to outside the aircraft. A near field of vision has a third tinting, such as neutral in color, to enable said pilot to easily view maps and other information.

Claims

1. A specially tinted lens for spectacles worn by a pilot for use while flying an airplane, said lens comprising;

a lens body having at least two distinct, contrasting tintings between at least three fields of vision;

a first tinting for a far field of vision to prevent high illumination from outside said airplane'"'"'s cockpit from entering said pilot'"'"'s eyes;

a second tinting for an intermediate field of vision to enable said pilot to easily see a dimly illuminated instrument panel; and

a third tinting for a near field of vision to enable said pilot to easily view maps and other information.

2. The specially tinted lens of claim 1 further comprising:

said first tinting for said far field of vision having a first colored tinting with a filter category number between 2 and 6 (transmittance between 25% and 1.56%), averaged over the visible spectrum;

said second tinting for said intermediate field of vision having a second colored tinting with a filter category number less than or equal to said filter category number of said first colored tinting; and

said third tinting for said near field of vision having a third colored tinting with a filter category number greater than or equal to said filter category number of said second colored tinting and less than or equal to said filter category number of said first colored tinting.

3. The specially tinted lens of claim 1 wherein said tintings are discontinuous and sharp between said at least three fields of vision.

4. The specially tinted lens of claim 1 wherein said lens body is a prescription lens.

5. The specially tinted lens of claim 4 wherein said first tinting overlaps with said intermediate field of vision and said near field of vision so as to prevent high illumination from outside said cockpit from interfering with said pilot'"'"'s viewing of said airplane'"'"'s instrument panel.

6. The specially tinted lens of claim 1 wherein said tintings are vignetted tinting, color tinting and/or photochromic.

7. The specially tinted lens of claim 1 wherein said lens body includes UV protection, is impact resistant and/or is polarized.

8. The specially tinted lens of claim 1 wherein said first tinting for said far field of vision is tinted green, brown or gray, said second tinting for said intermediate field of vision is tinted yellow, and said third tinting for said near field of vision is tinted neutral in color.

9. A tri-colored lens for spectacles, said lens comprising:

a lens body having three distinct and contrasting colored tintings for three fields of vision;

a first colored tinting having a filter category number between 2 and 6 (transmittance between 25% and 1.56%), averaged over the visible spectrum;

a second colored tinting having a filter category number less than or equal to said filter category number of said first colored tinting, averaged over the visible spectrum; and

a third colored tinting having a filter category number greater than or equal to said filter category number of said second colored tinting and less than or equal to said filter category number of said first colored tinting, averaged over the visible spectrum.

10. The tri-colored lens of claim 9 wherein said tintings are discontinuous and sharp between at least three fields of vision.

11. The tri-colored lens of claim 9 wherein said lens body is a prescription lens.

12. The tri-colored lens of claim 11 wherein said first colored tinting overlaps with an intermediate field of vision and a near field of vision on said lens body.

13. The tri-colored lens of claim 9 wherein said tintings are vignetted tinting and/or photochromic.

14. The tri-colored lens of claim 9 wherein said lens body includes UV protection, is impact resistant and/or is polarized.

15. The tri-colored lens of claim 9 wherein said first tinting is tinted green, brown or gray, said second tinting is tinted yellow, and said third tinting is tinted neutral in color.

16. Sunglasses, comprising:

a frame;

two lens bodies, each having three distinct and contrasting colored tintings;

a first colored tinting having a filter category number between 2 and 6 (transmittance between 25% and 1.56%), averaged over the visible spectrum;

a second colored tinting having a filter category number less than or equal to said filter category number of said first colored tinting, averaged over the visible spectrum; and

a third colored tinting having a filter category number greater than or equal to said filter category number of said second colored tinting and less than or equal to said filter category number of said first colored tinting, averaged over the visible spectrum.

17. The sunglasses of claim 16 wherein said tintings are discontinuous and sharp between a far field of vision, an intermediate field of vision and a near field of vision.

18. The sunglasses of claim 17 wherein said lens bodies are prescription lenses.

19. The sunglasses of claim 18 wherein said first colored tinting overlaps with said intermediate field of vision and said near field of vision.

20. The sunglasses of claim 16 wherein said tintings are vignetted tinting and/or photochromic.

21. The sunglasses of claim 16 wherein said lens bodies includes UV protection, is impact resistant and/or is polarized.

22. The sunglasses of claim 16 wherein said first tinting is tinted green, brown or gray, said second tinting is tinted yellow, and said third tinting is tinted neutral in color.