Progressive addition lenses without narrow progressive corridor
AssigneeDayeh University
InventorChing-Yao Huang
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Abstract
Provided is a progressive addition lens without a progressive corridor and capable of eliminating the peripheral unwanted astigmatism on both sides of the central progressive zone of the lens. The rear surface of the lens blank is processed to form a three-dimensional freeform surface, making it the lens of the present invention, which can provide a clear distance view on the top thereof, a clear near view on the bottom thereof, and a clear intermediate view thereof at the middle progressive zone. The present disclosure has a wide field of view and a high visual clarity that greatly reduces the interference of vision in the peripheral unwanted astigmatism area.
Claims8
A progressive addition lens without narrow progressive corridor, comprising:
- a distant vision zone at an upper part of a lens;
- a near vision zone at a lower part of the lens;
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- a intermediate vision zone at a middle part of the lens and between the distant vision zone and the near vision zone, wherein a peripheral astigmatism zone is on both sides of the intermediate vision zone,
- wherein the lens is directly formed by a freeform machining process, a rear surface of the lens is a freeform surface, the intermediate vision zone increases a field of view by the freeform surface, forms an area that does not have a progressive corridor area and reduces the peripheral astigmatism zone, and a ratio of the peripheral astigmatism zone to the intermediate vision zone is between 5% and 20%,
- wherein the front surface of the lens is a spherical surface, or an aspherical surface determined according to the following formula:
- x2+y2+(1+Q)z2−2zR=0
- where x is the x axis of a coordinate system on a surface of the lens, y is the y axis of the coordinate system of the surface of the lens, z is a surface height, R is a radius of curvature of an apex of the lens, and Q is the spherical surface or the aspherical surface (Q=0 represents the spherical surface, and Q≠0 represent the aspherical surface).
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