Method for designing and optimizing an individual spectacle glass

US7540611B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RODENSTOCK GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Andrea Welk · Munich, DE
• Walter Haimerl · Munich, DE
• Gregor Esser · Munich, DE
• Peter Baumbach · Hersbruck, DE
• Helmut Altheimer · Munich, DE
• Edda Wehner · Grafing, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 2, 2009
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02C7/061
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

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.