# US 11,897,214 B2 · Method and system for manufacturing an optical lens having an electronic component > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,897,214 B2 - Document ID: US11897214B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/618,565 - Filed: 2018-06-07 - Published: 2020-05-14 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2017-06-09 - Assignees: Essilor International - Applicants: Essilor International - Inventors: Denis Rousseau; Ludovic Jouard - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897214B2 ## CPC - B29D 11/00817: {Producing electro-active lenses or lenses with energy receptors, e.g. batteries or antennas} - B24B 9/148: {electrically, e.g. numerically, controlled} - B29D 11/00942: {where the lens material is mounted in a support for mounting onto a cutting device, e.g. a lathe, and where the support is of machinable material, e.g. plastics} - G02C 7/02: Lenses; Lens systems {; Methods of designing lenses} - G02C 11/10: {Electronic devices other than hearing aids} - B24B 13/0055: {Positioning of lenses; Marking of lenses} - B29L 2011/0016: {Lenses} - B29D: PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (making granules B29B9/00; making preforms B29B11/00) - B24B: MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING (grinding of gear teeth B23F, of screw-threads B23G1/36; by electro-erosion B23H; abrasive or related blasting B24C; tools for grinding, buffing or sharpening B24D; polishing compositions C09G1/00; abrasives C09K3/14; electrolytic etching or polishing C25F3/00; grinding arrangements for use on assembled railway tracks E01B31/17); DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS - G02C: SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES (trial frames for testing the eyes A61B3/04; goggles or eyeshields not having the same features as spectacles A61F9/00) - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising removably attaching a blocking piece to a surface of the optical lens blank, the blocking piece forming the mechanical reference system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising obtaining lens data with respect to the mechanical reference system, the lens data comprising: a position of an optical centre of the optical lens to be manufactured, and/or an orientation of an optical axis of the optical lens to be manufactured, and/or an optical power of the optical lens to be manufactured, and/or a position of a contour of the optical lens to be manufactured, and/or a thickness of the optical lens to be manufactured for a plurality of points of the surface of the optical lens blank, and/or a curve radius of a first and a second surface of the optical lens to be manufactured, wherein the at least one electronic component is further embedded in the optical lens based on the lens data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising printing a coating to protect at least a predetermined areas of the at least one electronic component embedded in the optical lens. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: obtaining data of the at least one electronic component; and processing the optical lens blank based on data of the at least one electronic component, on the edging data, and on the mechanical reference system to form a cavity for receiving the at least one electronic component. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising forming an other reference system on a surface of the optical lens, and the at least one electronic component is embedded in the optical lens based on edging data and on the other reference system. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the other reference system is formed during the edging of the optical lens blank. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, further comprising surfacing at least a surface of the optical lens blank, and wherein the other reference system is formed during surfacing the optical lens blank. ### Claim 9 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.