Patents Assigned to Digital Vision, Inc.
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Patent number: 11644687Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and/or manufacturing progressive lenses (e.g., bifocal, multifocal, and so on) having ocular side (e.g., back side or surface) lens segments, are described. For example, the systems and methods may apply round lens segments to ocular sides or surfaces of progressive lenses, providing the lenses with specializing vision lens segments and/or power enhancement lens segments, which may combine with front surface power additions provided by the multifocal lens segments applied to the front surfaces of the lenses.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventor: Gordon Keane
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Patent number: 10634935Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and/or manufacturing progressive lenses (e.g., bifocal, multifocal, and so on) having ocular side (e.g., back side or surface) lens segments, are described. For example, the systems and methods may apply round lens segments to ocular sides or surfaces of progressive lenses, providing the lenses with specializing vision lens segments and/or power enhancement lens segments, which may combine with front surface power additions provided by the multifocal lens segments applied to the front surfaces of the lenses.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventor: Gordon Keane
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Patent number: 10416657Abstract: A system that can analyze and modify a point map file corresponding to a lens design is described. The lens design is optimized to meet a patient's ophthalmic prescription. However, a digital surfacing machine may not be physically capable of producing on a lens blank a lens curvature required by the prescription and defined by the point map file. The system takes into account limitations of physical characteristics of the digital surfacing machine, such as the diameter and speed of movement of the cutting tool, and modifies the point map file so that the digital surfacing machine can produce the lens curvature on the lens blank.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Stan Arrigotti, Douglas S. Hagen
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Patent number: 9952584Abstract: A system that can analyze and modify a point map file corresponding to a digital lens design is described. The digital lens design is optimized to meet a patient's ophthalmic prescription. However, a digital surfacing machine may not be physically capable of producing on a lens blank a lens curvature required by the prescription and defined by the point map file. The system takes into account limitations of physical characteristics of the digital surfacing machine, such as the diameter and speed of movement of the cutting tool, and modifies the point map file so that the digital surfacing machine can produce the lens curvature on the lens blank.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Stan Arrigotti, Douglas S. Hagen
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Patent number: 9671624Abstract: An electronic lens processing system that tracks a lens design product used in the manufacture of a lens at a manufacturing facility is described. The system creates a work order for manufacturing the lens, where the manufacturing process can include machining a surface curvature on a lens blank by a lens grinding machine, and where the surface curvature is specified by a lens design. The system displays the work order on an electronic screen, and the work order includes the manufacturing facility's brand for the manufactured lens. A user can select the brand on the work ticket to obtain source information for the lens design used to manufacture the lens.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Douglas S. Hagen, Gordon Keane
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Patent number: 9039170Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens is described. In some examples, the system applies a back surface to a lens blank that includes an aspherical curve having two radii of curvature. In some examples, a back surface of a peripheral portion of the lens follows the curvature of a front surface of the lens in order to establish a rounded, non-sharp edge to a lens blank used during the manufacturing process of a prescription eyeglass lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Stan Arrigotti, Gordon Keane
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Patent number: 8950858Abstract: A system and method of forming surfaces on eyeglass lenses is described. In some examples, the surface is a spherical, cylindrical or spherocylindrical surface at a center of the lens and an aspherical surface at a periphery of the lens. In some examples, forming the surface on the lens reduces the thickness of the lens at the periphery of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Gordon Keane, John Thompson
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Publication number: 20140268032Abstract: A system and method of forming surfaces on eyeglass lenses is described. In some examples, the surface is a spherical, cylindrical or spherocylindrical surface at a center of the lens and an aspherical surface at a periphery of the lens. In some examples, forming the surface on the lens reduces the thickness of the lens at the periphery of the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: DIGITAL VISION, INC.Inventors: Gordon Keane, John Thompson
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Patent number: 8777409Abstract: A system and method of forming surfaces on eyeglass lenses is described. In some examples, the surface is a spherical, cylindrical or spherocylindrical surface at a center of the lens and an aspherical surface at a periphery of the lens. In some examples, forming the surface on the lens reduces the thickness of the lens at the periphery of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Gordon Keane, John Thompson
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Patent number: 8641192Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens is described. In some examples, the system applies a back surface to a lens blank that includes an aspherical curve having two radii of curvature. In some examples, a back surface of a peripheral portion of the lens follows the curvature of a front surface of the lens in order to establish a rounded, non-sharp edge to a lens blank used during the manufacturing process of a prescription eyeglass lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Stan Arrigotti, Gordon Keane
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Patent number: 8639372Abstract: An electronic lens processing system receives a lens prescription and performs lens calculations to create a work ticket for manufacturing the lens. Information that the system used to create the work ticket, such as data files for lens materials and machine settings for controlling lens manufacturing equipment, are stored. The work ticket includes a form that specifies work ticket calculations and/or a graphic of the lens or lenses to be manufactured. The system displays the work ticket on an electronic screen, and a laboratory technician can select elements from the work ticket to receive supplemental information on those elements to aid in processing the lens or determining why a lens prescription is not manufacturable.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Douglas S. Hagen, Gordon Keane
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Publication number: 20130110273Abstract: An electronic lens processing system receives a lens prescription and performs lens calculations to create a work ticket for manufacturing the lens. Information that the system used to create the work ticket, such as data files for lens materials and machine settings for controlling lens manufacturing equipment, are stored. The work ticket includes a form that specifies work ticket calculations and/or a graphic of the lens or lenses to be manufactured. The system displays the work ticket on an electronic screen, and a laboratory technician can select elements from the work ticket to receive supplemental information on those elements to aid in processing the lens or determining why a lens prescription is not manufacturable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: DIGITAL VISION, INC.Inventor: Digital Vision, Inc.
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Patent number: 8340799Abstract: An electronic lens processing system receives a lens prescription and performs lens calculations to create a work ticket for manufacturing the lens. Information that the system used to create the work ticket, such as data files for lens materials and machine settings for controlling lens manufacturing equipment, are stored. The work ticket includes a form that specifies work ticket calculations and/or a graphic of the lens or lenses to be manufactured. The system displays the work ticket on an electronic screen, and a laboratory technician can select elements from the work ticket to receive supplemental information on those elements to aid in processing the lens or determining why a lens prescription is not manufacturable.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Scott Hagen, Gordon Keane
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Patent number: 8020990Abstract: A system and method of forming surfaces on eyeglass lenses is described. In some examples, the surface is a spherical, cylindrical or spherocylindrical surface at a center of the lens and an aspherical surface at a periphery of the lens. In some examples, forming the surface on the lens reduces the thickness of the lens at the periphery of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Gordon Keane, John Thompson
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Patent number: 8002406Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens is described. In some examples, the system applies a back surface to a lens blank that includes an aspherical curve having two radii of curvature. In some examples, a back surface of a peripheral portion of the lens follows the curvature of a front surface of the lens in order to establish a rounded, non-sharp edge to a lens blank used during the manufacturing process of a prescription eyeglass lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Stan Arrigotti, Gordon Keane
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Patent number: 7784937Abstract: A system and method of forming surfaces on eyeglass lenses is described. In some examples, the surface is a spherical, cylindrical or spherocylindrical surface at a center of the lens and an aspherical surface at a periphery of the lens. In some examples, forming the surface on the lens reduces the thickness of the lens at the periphery of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Gordon Keane, John Thompson
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Patent number: 7188082Abstract: A system and method for ordering products, such as lens products from lens vendors, includes an intuitive interface. One or more displayable lists of options are provided to an operator, whereby selecting one item from the list decreases subsequent choices from other lists to only valid or available choices. Application tools interface with the system to permit data from external equipment to be input and associated with an order.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2002Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Digital Vision, Inc.Inventors: Gordon Keane, Douglas S. Hagen