Method and system for manufacturing an optical lens having an electronic component
AssigneeEssilor International
InventorsDenis Rousseau, Ludovic Jouard
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an optical lens including at least one electronic component. The method includes providing a mechanical reference system on an optical lens blank, the optical lens blank being configured to be processed to form the optical lens, providing edging data configured to be used to edge the optical lens blank to form the optical lens, and embedding the at least one electronic component in the optical lens based on edging data and on the mechanical reference system.
Claims9
A method of manufacturing an optical lens comprising at least one electronic component, a mechanical reference system being provided on an optical lens blank, the optical lens blank being configured to be processed to form the optical lens, the method comprising:
- obtaining edging data configured to be used to edge the optical lens blank to form the optical lens;
- edging the optical lens blank based on the edging data and on the mechanical reference system to form the optical lens;
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- embedding the at least one electronic component in the optical lens based on the edging data and on the mechanical reference system, wherein
- the embedding is performed by an edging device that comprises a tool arranged and configured to pick and place the at least one electronic component in the optical lens.
A system for manufacturing an optical lens comprising at least one electronic component, a mechanical reference system being provided on an optical lens blank, the optical lens blank being configured to be processed to form the optical lens, and edging data being provided that is configured to be used to edge the optical lens blank to form the optical lens, the system comprising:
- an edging device configured to
- edge the optical lens blank based on the edging data and on the mechanical reference system to form the optical lens, and
- embed the at least one electronic component in the optical lens based on the edging data and on the mechanical reference system, wherein
- the edging device comprises a pick and place electronic component tool, which is arranged and configured to directly pick and place the at least one electronic component to be embedded in the optical lens.
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