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US 12,638,694 B2Granted
Spectacle lens and method for designing same
AssigneeHoya Lens Thailand Ltd.
InventorShohei Matsuoka
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Abstract
A spectacle lens, including: a base region; and a plurality of defocus regions surrounded by the base region.
Claims10
A spectacle lens, comprising:
- a base region where a light flux incident from an object-side surface is emitted from an eyeball-side surface and converges on a retina through an eyeball;
- and
- a plurality of defocus regions surrounded by the base region and having a property that the light flux passing through at least a part of the defocus region is incident on the retina as a divergent light,
- the defocus region including a defocus region a provided at a predetermined position A and a defocus region b provided at a predetermined position B on a spectacle lens,
- wherein when a direction toward outside of a lens, which is a normal direction on a base surface, is shown by a positive sag value, and a direction toward inside of the lens, which is a normal direction on the base surface, is shown by a negative sag value, with the base surface of the base region as a reference, a sag value of a 3D shape of the defocus region b is a value in which a sag value of a 3D shape of the defocus region a is increased,
- wherein at least center points of the defocus region a and the defocus region b are in an appearance of a curved shape protruding toward outside of the lens, and
- wherein a radius of curvature at the center point of the defocus region a is equal to a radius of curvature at the center point of the defocus region b.
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A method for designing a spectacle lens including a base region where a light flux incident from an object-side surface is emitted from an eyeball-side surface and converges on a retina through an eyeball;
- and a plurality of defocus regions surrounded by the base region and having a property that a light flux passing through at least a part of the defocus region is incident on the retina as a divergent light,
- the method comprising:
- increasing a sag value of a 3D shape of the defocus region so that the defocus region uplifts with respect to a base surface;
- or
- decreasing the sag value of the 3D shape of the defocus region so that the defocus region sinks with respect to the base surface;
- thereby
- changing a focus position for a wearer, depending on a position of the defocus region on a spectacle lens,
- wherein a direction toward outside of a lens, which is a normal direction on the base surface, is shown by a positive sag value, and a direction toward inside of the lens, which is a normal direction on the base surface, is shown by a negative sag value, with the base surface of the base region as a reference.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.