Eyeglass lens processing apparatus for processing periphery of eyeglass lens and eyeglass lens processing method

• US 8,366,512 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2009
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nidek Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nidek Company Limited
• Inventors: Takeichi, Kyoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Morgan, Eileen P.
• Application Number:
  US12/626,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20100136885A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,166 Days
• Field of Search: 451/5, 451/6, 451/9, 451/10, 451/11, 451/42, 451/43, 451/44, 451/255, 451/256
• US Class Current: 451/5
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 51/00 Arrangements for automatic control of a series of individual steps in grinding a workpiece if applicable to other machine tools, G05B takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 9/14 of optical work, e.g. lenses, prisms control of the position of the tool for bevelling optical work B24B47/225

Abstract

An eyeglass lens processing apparatus including a lens edge position detecting unit for obtaining edge positions, an edge corner processing tool for processing an edge corner of the lens, a correction data input unit for inputting correction data to avoid interference between an edge and a nose pad arm, wherein the correction data includes data on a position of interference between the nose pad arm and the edge, data necessary for setting an amount of processing at an interference position, and an edge processing range, a processing data computing unit for determining a path of processing the edge corner, based on edge position data and the correction data, to obtain data on correction processing and a processing controller for processing the edge corner of the lens by the edge corner processing tool in accordance with the correction processing data.

Claims

1. An eyeglass lens processing apparatus for processing a periphery of a lens, comprising:

a lens edge position detecting unit which obtains edge positions at a front face and a rear face of the lens based on target lens shape data;

an edge corner processing tool which processes an edge corner of the lens rear face;

a correction data input unit which inputs correction data of the edge corner for avoiding interference between an edge of the lens rear face after finish processing and a nose pad arm of an eyeglass frame, the correction data including data on a position of interference between the edge and the nose pad arm, data for setting a processing amount at the interference position, and a processing range of the edge;

a processing data computing unit which determines a processing path of the edge corner of the lens rear face, based on data on the edge position and the correction data, to obtain processing data; and

a processing controller which processes the edge corner of the lens rear face by the edge corner processing tool in accordance with the processing data.

2. The eyeglass lens processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correction data input unit includes a display for displaying a target lens shape graphic in a substantially actual size on a screen based on the target lens shape data, and

wherein the correction data input unit has a setting unit for designating the interference position in the target lens shape graphic.

3. The eyeglass lens processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correction data input unit includes a display for displaying a target lens shape graphic in a substantially actual size on a screen based on the target lens shape data, and

wherein the correction data input unit has a setting unit for designating the edge processing range in the target lens shape graphic.

4. The eyeglass lens processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the correction data input unit obtains an intermediate point of the edge processing range as a tentative interference position.

5. The eyeglass lens processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correction data input unit receives design data of the eyeglass frame through a receiving unit to obtain the interference position.

6. The eyeglass lens processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correction data input unit further has a selector for selecting one processing style from among a plurality of processing styles.

7. The eyeglass lens processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing data computing unit determines the processing path so that the edge processing range has a processing width when the lens is viewed from a rear face side to be maximally large at the interference position, the processing width decreasing as the processing width moves away from the interference position.

8. The eyeglass lens processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing data computing unit determines the processing path so that the edge processing range has a portion having an identical processing width to the processing width at the interference position.