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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Tsutomu Kigawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Kochi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimasa Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Kigawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Kochi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimasa Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Topcon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic suction device for an eyeglass lens and a method for determining suction jig installation position, capable of recognizing that a frame exchange lens holder is being installed on a placement table, making transition to installation work of a frame exchange mode, and avoiding an erroneous contact between the frame exchange frame and a lens holding frame. The kind of holding means placed on the placement table is determined from an image of the inside of an opening (), which image is taken by a CCD camera (), and the installation position of a suction jig () at an eyeglass lens (L) placed on a frame exchange lens holder () is obtained.