E-facet optical lens
OwnerVirgil T. Yancyinventor
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Abstract
A method and system design and manufacture of the monogrammed faceted and stone adorned eyeglass lenses via a computer program allowing a design, intricate facet cuts and stone placement on a computer lens model. Software may utilize a touch probe or laser scanner to gather point data from a previously designed lens, converting the data to a computer model. The data is then used to send signals to an articulated robotic arm holding a lens shape. The robotic arm receives the commands from the computer, moving and rotating the lens shape against an abrasive wheel, rotating cutter blade or rotating drill thereby duplicating the facet cuts, slots notches or depressions or other designs contained in the computer lens model. Varying pressure is applied by the articulated arm and various degrees of abrasiveness of the abrasive wheel.
Claims5
A method for finishing lenses for eyeglass frames, comprising:
- (a) providing a server central processing unit and first software executing therein for storing within or retrieving from a database in communication therewith, one or more eyewear lens shapes and design artistry for each of a plurality of lens styles and sizes;
- (b) providing at least one client central processing unit in communication with the server central processing unit to request of the server central processing unit one or more eyewear lens shapes and design artistry stored within the database of (a);
- (c) selecting and retrieving one or more desired eyewear lens shapes and design artistry from among a group of shapes and designs stored in (a) and communicating the selected design and artistry to a second software program executing with the client central processing unit of (b);
- (d) using the second software, probing an eyewear lens blank to determine data-points defining the edge of the lens blank, the thickness of the lens blank, the top of the lens blank, and either the true base convex or true base concave curvature of the lens;
- (e) utilizing the second software, communicating retrieved lens design data of (c) to an articulated robotic arm cutter controller;
- (f) faceting, drilling, jewelling or otherwise sizing the retrieved lens design data to conform to the selected design and artistry of (c) and data-points probed in (d);
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- (g) utilizing the second software, communicating said true base curvature of (d) to a robotic drilling apparatus and making one or more flush or otherwise perpendicular partial or complete bores to a surface of said lens blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.