Eyeglass lens peripheral edge processing system and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeNidek Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyoji Takeichi, Tadamasa Yamamoto
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Abstract
An eyeglass lens peripheral edge processing system includes a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices and a robot arm. The plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices 1 perform mutually different steps out of a plurality of steps for processing the eyeglass lens, and include mutually different housings. The robot arm includes an arm unit and a holding unit. The arm unit has a plurality of joint portions. The holding unit is disposed in the arm unit to hold and release an object. The robot arm rotates the arm unit via the joint portion to move the object held by the holding unit. The robot arm rotates the arm unit to move the eyeglass lens between the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices.
Claims11
An eyeglass lens peripheral edge processing system that processes a peripheral edge of an eyeglass lens, comprising:
- a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices that perform mutually different steps out of a plurality of steps for processing the eyeglass lens, and that include mutually different housings;
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- a robot arm that includes an arm unit having a plurality of joint portions, and a holding unit provided in the arm unit to hold and release an object, and that rotates the arm unit via the joint portion to move the object held by the holding unit,
- wherein the robot arm rotates the arm unit to move at least an eyeglass lens serving as the object between the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices;
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- wherein the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices include:
- a cup attachment device that attaches a cup to a lens surface of the eyeglass lens;
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- a lens processing device that mounts the eyeglass lens with using the cup attached to the eyeglass lens by the cup attachment device as a jig, and processes a peripheral edge of the mounted eyeglass lens.
An eyeglass lens peripheral edge processing system that processes a peripheral edge of an eyeglass lens, comprising:
- a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices that perform mutually different steps out of a plurality of steps for processing the eyeglass lens, and that include mutually different housings;
- a robot arm that includes an arm unit having a plurality of joint portions, and a holding unit provided in the arm unit to hold and release an object, and that rotates the arm unit via the joint portion to move the object held by the holding unit;
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- a controller that performs:
- a position storing process of storing installation position information indicating an installation position where the eyeglass lens is installed and unloaded for each of the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices, in a memory device;
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- a movement process of controlling an operation of the robot arm based on the installation position information stored in the memory device, to move the eyeglass lens from the installation position of one device out of the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices to the installation position of another device out of the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices;
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- wherein the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices include:
- a cup attachment device that attaches a cup to a lens surface of the eyeglass lens;
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- a lens processing device that mounts the eyeglass lens with mounting a chuck shaft on the cup attached to the eyeglass lens by the cup attachment device, and processes a peripheral edge of the mounted eyeglass lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.