Carl Zeiss Vision International Gmbh

Carl Zeiss Vision Gmbh

Sola International Holdings Limited

Carl Zeiss Vision Australia Holdings Limited

Carl Zeiss Vision Ireland Ltd.

Sola International, Inc.

Carl Zeiss Vision Italia S.p.a

Carl Zeiss Vision Austraila Holdings Ltd

Ray Steven Spratt

Saulius Raymond Varnas

Timo Kratzer

Michael Alan Morris

Philipp Ellinger

Simon John Edwards

Helmut Wietschorke

Colin Maurice Perrott

Angela Nolan

Gerhard Kelch

Scott Warren Fisher

Markus Welscher

Paraic Begley

Darryl Meister

Wolf Krause

Konrad Saur

Philipp Jester

Siegfried Wahl

Jesús-Miguel Cabeza-Guillén

David Lawrence Carr

Jeffrey M Kingsbury

Brandon Yip

Jesus Miguel Guillen Cabeza

Colin Perrott

Brian Douglas Adams

Ralf-Roland Sauer

Michael J Tuhtan

Sabrina Malnati

Jesús Miguel Cabeza Guillén

Michael Gall

Richard Simon Blacker

Robert H Juul

Christoph Winter

Sabine Latzel

Martin D Rolph

Colin Maurice Perrot

Saulius Varnas

Jesús-Miguel Cabeza- GUILLÉN

Simon J Edwards

A progressive spectacle lens, a method for its production, and a related computer program are disclosed. The progressive spectacle lens has a progressive surface including a central viewing zone, a lower viewing zone, two peripheral vision zones extending bilaterally from a vertical meridian of the progressive surface, and an upper viewing zone. The central viewing zone has a surface power providing a first refracting power for distance vision and the lower viewing zone has a greater surface power than the central viewing zone providing a second refracting power corresponding to near vision and being connected to the central viewing zone by a first progressing power region. The progressive spectacle lens generates a retarding or arresting effect on myopia progression, especially in myopic juveniles.

Progressive spectacle lens

A progressive addition lens contains a plurality of microlenses for providing simultaneous myopic defocus. The microlenses are superimposed on a power variation surface of the lens, which includes a designated distance portion in the upper section of the lens adapted for distance vision and a fitting cross; a designated near portion located in the lower section of the lens, the near portion including a near reference point having a near dioptric power adapted for near vision; and a designated intermediate corridor extending between the designated distance portion and near portions. Microlenses are excluded from all areas of the surface located below a notional line extending from nasal to temporal limits of the lens at a vertical coordinate above the near reference point where the vertical coordinate lies at a distance above the near reference point with the distance being in a range between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.

Progressive addition lens for myopia control and method of manufacturing the same

A bifocal spectacle lens and a method for creating a numerical representation of a bifocal spectacle lens are disclosed. The bifocal spectacle lens includes a distance portion, a near portion, and a transition section situated between the distance portion and the near portion. The distance portion is optimized in view of an optical power for distance vision and the near portion is optimized in view of an optical power for near vision. The transition section is determined such that the transition section creates a continuous transition between the distance portion and the near portion. The distance portion and the near portion are optimized independently of one another and put together with the transition section to form the numerical representation of the bifocal spectacle lens.

Bifocal spectacle lens, computer implemented method for creating a numerical representation of same, computer program, data processing system, and non-volatile computer readable storage medium

An adjustable spectacle lens has a first lens element and a second lens element arranged one behind the other along an optical axis of the lens. The first and second lens element are configured to vary their combined optical properties when moved relative to each other in a direction transverse to the optical axis. The adjustable lens element is an adjustable progressive lens element. The first and second lens element are configured to vary at least one of a size and a power of the near, the distance, and the intermediate portion relative to each other, when the first lens element and the second lens element are moved relative to each other in the direction transverse to the optical axis. The first and second lens elements can be configured to conjointly provide a near, a distance and an intermediate portion that can be changed depending on the visual task.

Adjustable progressive lens and design method

A computer-implemented method for providing a lens shape for an ophthalmic lens is disclosed. Further, there is provided a method for angular smoothing of a surface determined by carrier lines radially outwards of a prescription zone bordered by a first boundary line. In addition, there is provided an ophthalmic lens, in particular, a spectacle lens. Moreover, a method for minimizing the difference in thickness between two ophthalmic lenses for the same spectacles is provided. A computer program product and a machine-readable storage medium are provided as well.

Method for designing a lens shape and spectacle lens

The current disclosure is directed to a method for determining an improved design for a progressive spectacle lens. Further, there are provided a method for manufacturing a progressive spectacle lens, a system for determining an improved design for a progressive spectacle lens, a non-transitory computer program and a progressive spectacle lens.

Method for determining an improved design for a progressive lens

A series of spectacle lenses is disclosed, wherein each lens has a spherical front surface and an aspheric, atoric, or freeform back surface. Further, each lens of the series provides a focal power Pbetween &#x2212;6 D and +4 D; and at least one lens of the series provides a focal power Pbetween at least one of (a) &#x2212;0.75 D and +2.25 D and (b) &#x2212;0.5 D and +2.00 D. For an upper range of focal powers, lenses having the same nominal front surface power are provided; and for a lower range of trough powers, lenses having the same minimum nominal back surface power are provided. The spherical front surface has a nominal front surface power Pand the back surface has a minimum nominal back surface power P; wherein 15.5 D&#x2264;|P|+|P|+|P|&#x2264;31.5 D applies for each spectacle lens of the series.

Reduced distortion spectacle lens

A manufacturing method for manufacturing a spectacle lens is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining prescription data descriptive of an ophthalmic prescription of a user in the plus prescription range; obtaining frame data descriptive of a perimeter of a spectacle frame in which the lens is to be mounted; providing a lens blank having a convex front surface and a back surface; determining a final cutting surface to be machined on the back surface of the lens blank in a final cutting phase; and determining an intermediate cutting surface to be machined on the back surface of the lens blank in an initial cutting phase. Further, it is provided that the intermediate cutting surface is different from the final cutting surface; and the final cutting surface comprises a prescription zone in which the final cutting surface together with the front surface fulfills the ophthalmic prescription of the user.

Manufacturing method for manufacturing a spectacle lens, spectacle lens and lens design method

A method, a system and a computer program for determining an eyeglass prescription for an eye are disclosed. Initially, information about a measurement indicative of the refractive properties of the eye is received. Subsequently, a mathematical representation of wavefront aberrations of the eye is determined from the measurement. The mathematical representation includes a multitude of polynomials, each polynomial having an azimuthal order and a radial order. Further, the mathematical representation includes at least a first polynomial group having a common radial order, wherein the common radial order is higher than two. The eyeglass prescription is determined based on a merit function, wherein each polynomial of the first polynomial group that is used in the merit function has an azimuthal order of &#x2212;2, 0, or 2, respectively.

Prescription determination

A protective shield can be mounted in front of the face of a wearer of a protective helmet. In an as worn orientation, the protective shield extends across the eyes and typically also across the nose of the wearer. The protective shield has at least one arcuate lens portion which, in the as worn orientation, curves across an eye of the wearer. The arcuate lens portion has a horizontal curvature extending in a horizontal direction and a vertical curvature extending in a vertical direction, wherein the vertical curvature is a horizontally varying vertical curvature (&#x3ba;).

Protective shield with arcuate lens portion having a horizontally varying vertical curvature

The current invention is directed to a computer-implemented method for providing a lens shape for an ophthalmic lens. Further, there is provided a method for angular smoothing of a surface determined by carrier lines radially outwards of a prescription zone bordered by a first boundary line. Further, there is provided an ophthalmic lens, in particular a spectacle lens. Further, a method for minimizing the difference in thickness between two ophthalmic lenses for the same spectacles. A computer program product and a machine readable storage medium are provided as well.

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Ray Steven Spratt