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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jacob Rubinstein, Misgav, IL;

Gershon Moshe Wolansky, Jerusalem, IL;

Assignee:

Shamir Optical Industry, Upper Galilee, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 7/02 ;
Abstract

In some embodiments of the present invention, a method for designing one or more surfaces of an ophthalmic lens includes representing the surfaces with parameters, choosing a function in the parameters and optimizing the function. The function may include one or more of the following terms: a term involving the magnification induced by the ophthalmic lens and a predetermined magnification distribution, a term involving the distortion induced by the ophthalmic lens and a predetermined distortion distribution, and a term involving the torsion induced by the ophthalmic lens and a predetermined torsion distribution. The function may also involve a term related to the thickness of the ophthalmic lens. The function may also involve one or more weight distributions. The method may include determining the weight distributions from a database of weight functions using a predetermined rule or an expert system.


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