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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2011
Osamu Wada, Ina, JP;
Tadashi Kaga, Minowa-machi, JP;
Osamu Wada, Ina, JP;
Tadashi Kaga, Minowa-machi, JP;
Hoya Lens Manufacturing Philippines Inc., Cavite, PH;
Abstract
A progressive-power spectacle lens design method, the progressive-power spectacle lens including a distance portion, a near portion, and a progressive portion provided between the distance portion and the near portion, the method comprising: decreasing a distance along a principal meridian from a fitting point to a progression start point and increasing a length of a progressive corridor defined by the progression start point and a progression end point when addition power is large, whereas increasing the distance along the principal meridian from the fitting point to the progression start point and decreasing the length of the progressive corridor when the addition power is small, wherein the distance from the fitting point to the progression end point is fixed irrespective of the addition power.