Rodenstock Gmbh

Optische Werke G. Rodenstock

Peter Baumbach

Helmut Altheimer

Gregor Esser

Walter Haimerl

Herbert Pfeiffer

Andrea Welk

Rainer Dorsch

Jochen Brosig

Werner Mueller

Winfried Nikolaus

Norbert Awrath

Martin Zimmermann

Martin Wechs

Edda Wehner

Rudolf Barth

Martin Zimmerman

Stephan Haser

Gunther Guilino

Werner Müller

Christine Meixner

Manfred Rohrbach

Monika Fuess

Werner M&uuml;ller

Walter Haimeri

Guenther Guilino

Georg Esser

A method is described for designing and optimizing an individual spectacle lens. The invention is characterized in that a draft design is made by an ophthalmologist on a video workstation by means of a computer program; the design is communicated to a manufacturer or an optical computing office; and that the manufacturer optimizes an individual spectacle lens on the basis of these stipulations.

Method for designing and optimizing an individual spectacle glass

The invention relates to a method of producing a single-strength spectacle lens while taking into account an individual spectacle wearer's data, the single-strength spectacle lens having a rotationally symmetrical base surface and a rotationally symmetrical aspherical or atoric prescription surface, comprising the following steps: The invention also relates to a corresponding system for producing a single-strength spectacle lens and to an individual single-strength spectacle lens.

Individual single-vision spectacle lens

A method for representing and optimizing a double-progressive spectacle lens is characterized by the following steps: selecting a suitable coordinate system K2 for the representation of a back surface; selecting a suitable grid G for the representation of a spline of the back surface of a starting lens to be optimized in a coordinate system K2; assigning sagittal height data of the back surface to a spline (back surface spline); defining a position of a center of rotation of an eye; computing principal rays from the center of rotation of the eye through the starting lens at grid points of G; computing a length of a distance between points of penetration of a thus computed principal ray through a front surface and the back surface (oblique thickness); assigning data of the oblique thickness (thickness spline) to a spline; selecting a set of assessment positions at which an optical quality is computed for a target function; suitably selecting particular optical and geometrical stipulations which ideally should be satisfied at the assessment positions; defining the target function as a deviation of the quality of an actual spectacle lens from ideal values; starting the optimization; evaluating at each one of optimization steps the optical properties in a wearing position at the assessment points by means of surface properties to be computed and actual principal ray data; ending the optimization when the target function is below a particular value, or after a specifiable maximum number of optimization steps.

Method for representing and optimizing a double-progressive spectacle lens

A method for optimizing an atoroidal surface of an optical lens, in particular a spectacle lens, having at least one plane of symmetry is characterized by a combination of the following features: dividing the atoroidal surface having at least one plane of symmetry into at least two regions separated by the at least one plane of symmetry; representing one of the separate regions (represented region) of this surface by a set of coefficients of B spline functions; computing sagittal heights of the represented region by B spline interpolation; computing sagittal heights in at least one other region by mirroring coefficients or coordinates at the at least one plane of symmetry; and optimizing the atoroidal surface only by varying the set of B spline coefficients of the represented region.

B-spline optimization of optical glasses especially spectacle glasses with planes of symmetry

A method is provided for demonstrating an effect of a particular spectacle frame and of optical lenses fitted into this spectacle frame on the appearance of a spectacles wearer as it would be perceived by another person (virtual observer). An image of a face of the spectacles wearer is prepared in such manner that the image can be processes in a computer. An arrangement of the respective spectacle frame in front of the eyes is determined. The image of the face is projected onto a plane by a computation (ray-tracing) of principal rays passing through a center of rotation of an eye of the (virtual) observer to produce a planar image of the face in this plane. Taking into account an optical power of a region, through which a principal ray passes, of each spectacle lens (virtually) fitted in the respective lens rim, and it arrangement in front of the eye, the paths of prinipcal rays which lie within lens rims of the spectacle frame or edges of the spectacle lenses are computed so that an observer of the thus-produced planar image of the face with 'worn' spectacles can assess a distortion of the eyes portion of the face by the spectacle lenses and therewith a quality of the spectacle lenses.

Method for simulating and demonstrating the optical effects of glasses on the human face

A spectacle lens is provided with a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at greater distances and, in particular, 'to infinity', a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and, in particular, 'reading distances', and a progression zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from the value in the distance reference point located in the distance portion to the value at the near reference point located in the near portion along a line (principal meridian) curving towards the nose. The invention is marked by specific conditions for the astigmatic deviation and/or the mean &#x201c;as worn&#x201d; power being observed.

Progressive spectacle lens

A spectacle lens comprises a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at large distances and in particular 'to infinity'; a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and in particular 'reading distances'; and a progressive zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at a distance reference point located in the distance portion to a value at the near reference point located in the near portion along a curve (principal line) veering towards the nose. The invention is distinguished by a combination of the following features: a change of magnification with a direction of sight is small; the magnification increases radially, starting from the distance reference point; the difference between the magnifications at the distance and near reference points is small.

Progressive spectacle lens with low magnifying differences

A progressive power spectacle lens in which a progressive length is less than or equal to 12 mm and width of the distance portion in a horizontally meridian y&equals;&plus;7 mm in dependence on power and addition power is larger than the values given in the following Table:

Progressive spectacle lens having a genuine short progression area

Described is a spectacle lens comprising a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at large distances and in particular &ldquo;to infinity&rdquo;; a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and in particular &ldquo;reading distances&rdquo;; and a progressive zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at a distance reference point located in the distance portion to a value at a near reference point located in the near portion along a curve (principal line) veering towards the nose. The invention is rendered distinct by a feature, amongst others, according to which trajectories of motion fulfill specific conditions.

Progressive spectacle lens producing only slight dynamic distortion

A spectacle lens comprises a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at greater distances, in particular, to infinity; a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and, in particular, &ldquo;reading distances&rdquo;; and a progression zone located between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at the distance reference point located in the distance portion to the value at the near reference point located in the near portion along a line (principal meridian) curving towards the nose. It is one of the characteristics of the invention that for minimizing the change of imaging properties with horizontal movements of the gaze along a curve described by the points of penetration of the principal rays through the front surface, these principal rays passing through a point having the coordinates (x&minus;dx, y, s) at the beginning of the movement and a point having the coordinates (x &plus;dx, y, s) at the end of the movement, at s&equals;&minus;40 mm and dx&equals;10 mm particular conditions apply.

Progressive spectacle lens exhibiting only slight dynamic change of the properties of use during a horizontal viewing movements

A spectacle lens comprises a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at large distances and in particular &ldquo;to infinity&rdquo;; a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and in particular &ldquo;reading distances&rdquo;; and a progressive zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which a power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at a distance reference point located in the distance portion to a value at a near reference point located in the near portion along a curve (principal line) veering towards a nose. The invention is distinct in that, for minimizing a change of binocular imaging properties with horizontal movements of glance, a lift (difference between a maximum and a minimum value occurring during a movement) of binocular imaging properties when a moving object is being followed, is smaller than a physiologically pre-determined limiting amount.

Progressive spectacle lens having only a small change of binocular properties during a movement of glance

Method of manufacturing progressive ophthalmic lenses

Described is a spectacle lens comprising a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at large distances and in particular &ldquo;to infinity&rdquo;, a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and in particular &ldquo;reading distances&rdquo;, and a progressive zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at a distance reference point located in the distance portion to a value at the near reference point located in the near portion along a curve (principal line) veering towards the nose. The invention is distinct in that the astigmatic deviation, i.e. the difference between the prescribed and the actual astigmatism along circles having a center lying 4 mm below the centration point and having a diameter of 10 to 40 mm satisfies the following conditions: two local minima occur which on a &ldquo;right-hand side spectacle lens&rdquo; are located at 95&deg;&plusmn;10&deg; (according to TABO) and at 280&deg;&plusmn;10&deg;, and on a &ldquo;left-hand side spectacle lens&rdquo; at 85&deg;&plusmn;10&deg; and 260&deg;&plusmn;10&deg;; and two local maxima occur which on both a &ldquo;right-hand side spectacle lens&rdquo; and also a &ldquo;left-hand-side spectacle lens&rdquo; are located at 215&deg;&plusmn;10&deg; and 335&deg;&plusmn;10&deg;.

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