Method and apparatus for generating a surface of an optical lens

Abstract

A method of generating a target surface {tilde over (S)}( λ) of an optical lens for the manufacture of the optical lens according to optical lens parameters λ, the method comprising: providing a set of L first surface difference data E(λj) each first surface difference data E(λj) corresponding to the surface difference between a pre-calculated surface Sλjpc(αλj) (j=1, . . . , L) and an initial surface Sλjini (j=1, . . . , L), from which the target surface will be generated, according to the expression: E(λj)=Sλjpc(αλj)−Sλjini (j=1, . . . , L) where λj (j=1, . . . , L) correspond to the optical lens parameters of the pre-calculated optical lenses; providing a set of second surface difference data {tilde over (E)}( λ) corresponding to the surface difference between the target optical surface {tilde over (S)}( λ) and the initial surface S λini by linear interpolation of the first surface difference data E(λj) according to the expression: E ~ ⁡ ( λ _ ) = ∑ j = 1 L ⁢ w j λ _ ⁢ E ⁡ ( λ j ) , where wj λ represents an interpolation coefficient; and; determining the target surface {tilde over (S)}( λ) by combining the second surface difference data {tilde over (E)}( λ) and the initial surface S λini according to the expression: {tilde over (S)}( λ)={tilde over (E)}( λ)+S λini.

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