Patents by Inventor Andrea Welk

Andrea Welk has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6808263
    Abstract: Described is a spectacle lens comprising a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at large distances and in particular “to infinity”; a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and in particular “reading distances”; and a progressive zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at a distance reference point located in the distance portion to a value at a near reference point located in the near portion along a curve (principal line) veering towards the nose. The invention is rendered distinct by a feature, amongst others, according to which trajectories of motion fulfill specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Herbert Pfeiffer, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Rainer Dorsch
  • Patent number: 6779889
    Abstract: A spectacle lens comprises a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at greater distances, in particular, to infinity; a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and, in particular, “reading distances”; and a progression zone located between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at the distance reference point located in the distance portion to the value at the near reference point located in the near portion along a line (principal meridian) curving towards the nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Herbert Pfeiffer, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Rainer Dorsch, Martin Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 6776487
    Abstract: A spectacle lens comprises a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at large distances and in particular “to infinity”; a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and in particular “reading distances”; and a progressive zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which a power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at a distance reference point located in the distance portion to a value at a near reference point located in the near portion along a curve (principal line) veering towards a nose. The invention is distinct in that, for minimizing a change of binocular imaging properties with horizontal movements of glance, a lift (difference between a maximum and a minimum value occurring during a movement) of binocular imaging properties when a moving object is being followed, is smaller than a physiologically pre-determined limiting amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Haimerl, Herbert Pfeiffer, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Andrea Welk, Peter Baumbach, Rainer Dorsch
  • Publication number: 20040114104
    Abstract: A method for representing and optimizing a double-progressive spectacle lens is characterized by the following steps: selecting a suitable coordinate system K2 for the representation of a back surface; selecting a suitable grid G for the representation of a spline of the back surface of a starting lens to be optimized in a coordinate system K2; assigning sagittal height data of the back surface to a spline (back surface spline); defining a position of a center of rotation of an eye; computing principal rays from the center of rotation of the eye through the starting lens at grid points of G; computing a length of a distance between points of penetration of a thus computed principal ray through a front surface and the back surface (oblique thickness); assigning data of the oblique thickness (thickness spline) to a spline; selecting a set of assessment positions at which an optical quality is computed for a target function; suitably selecting particular optical and geometrical stipulations which ideally should
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Herbert Pfeiffer, Gregor Esser, Halmut Altheimer
  • Publication number: 20040114100
    Abstract: A method for optimizing an atoroidal surface of an optical lens, in particular a spectacle lens, having at least one plane of symmetry is characterized by a combination of the following features: dividing the atoroidal surface having at least one plane of symmetry into at least two regions separated by the at least one plane of symmetry; representing one of the separate regions (represented region) of this surface by a set of coefficients of B spline functions; computing sagittal heights of the represented region by B spline interpolation; computing sagittal heights in at least one other region by mirroring coefficients or coordinates at the at least one plane of symmetry; and optimizing the atoroidal surface only by varying the set of B spline coefficients of the represented region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Helmut Altheimer, Peter Baumbach, Rainer Dorsch, Gregor Esser, Walter Haimerl, Herbert Pfieffer
  • Publication number: 20040027679
    Abstract: A method is described for designing and optimizing an individual spectacle lens. The invention is characterized in that a draft design is made by an ophthalmologist on a video workstation by means of a computer program; the design is communicated to a manufacturer or an optical computing office; and that the manufacturer optimizes an individual spectacle lens on the basis of these stipulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Walter Haimerl, Gregor Esser, Peter Baumbach, Helmut Altheimer, Edda Wehner
  • Publication number: 20040027678
    Abstract: The invention relates to a progressive spectacle lens comprising an area for looking over long distances and especially “to infinity” (distance-vision part); an area for looking over short distances and especially “reading distances” (near-vision part); and a progression area which is arranged between the distance-vision part and the near-vision part, and in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from the value in the far reference point in the distance-vision part to the value of the near reference point in the near-vision part, along a curve (main line) towards the nose. The invention is characterised in that the progression length is smaller than or equal to 12 mm, and the width of the distance-vision part in the horizontal section y=+7 mm, according to power and addition, is larger than the values provided in the table (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Edda Wehner, Norbert Awrath, Martin Zimmermann, Winfried Nikolaus
  • Publication number: 20040017543
    Abstract: A spectacle lens is provided with a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at greater distances and, in particular, “to infinity”, a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and, in particular, “reading distances”, and a progression zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from the value in the distance reference point located in the distance portion to the value at the near reference point located in the near portion along a line (principal meridian) curving towards the nose. The invention is marked by specific conditions for the astigmatic deviation and/or the mean “as worn” power being observed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: OPTISCHE WERKE G. RODENSTOCK
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Herbert Pfeiffer, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Rainer Dorsch, Martin Zimmerman, Norbert Awrath, Jochen Brosig, Werner Mueller, Martin Wechs, Stephan Haser, Winfried Nikolaus
  • Patent number: 6669337
    Abstract: Described is a spectacle lens comprising a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at large distances and in particular “to infinity”, a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and in particular “reading distances”, and a progressive zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at a distance reference point located in the distance portion to a value at the near reference point located in the near portion along a curve (principal line) veering towards the nose. The invention is distinct in that the astigmatic deviation, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Optische Werke G. Rodenstock
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Herbert Pfeiffer, Norbert Awrath, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Rainer Dorsch, Martin Zimmermann, Jochen Brosig, Werner Mueller, Martin Wechs, Stephan Haser, Winfried Nikolaus
  • Publication number: 20030202154
    Abstract: A spectacle lens comprises a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at greater distances, in particular, to infinity; a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and, in particular, “reading distances”; and a progression zone located between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at the distance reference point located in the distance portion to the value at the near reference point located in the near portion along a line (principal meridian) curving towards the nose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Herbert Pfeiffer, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Martin Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20030160940
    Abstract: A spectacle lens comprises a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at large distances and in particular “to infinity”; a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and in particular “reading distances”; and a progressive zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at a distance reference point located in the distance portion to a value at the near reference point located in the near portion along a curve (principal line) veering towards the nose. The invention is distinguished by a combination of the following features: a change of magnification with a direction of sight is small; the magnification increases radially, starting from the distance reference point; the difference between the magnifications at the distance and near reference points is small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Herbert Pfeiffer, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Rainer Dorsch
  • Publication number: 20030156251
    Abstract: Described is a spectacle lens comprising a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at large distances and in particular “to infinity”, a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and in particular “reading distances”, and a progressive zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at a distance reference point located in the distance portion to a value at the near reference point located in the near portion along a curve (principal line) veering towards the nose. The invention is distinct in that the astigmatic deviation, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: OPTISCHE WERKE G. RODENSTOCK
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Herbert Pfeiffer, Norbert Awrath, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Rainer Dorsch, Martin Zimmermann, Jochen Brosig, Werner Mueller, Martin Wechs, Stephan Haser, Winfried Nikolaus
  • Publication number: 20030156125
    Abstract: Described is a method for demonstrating an effect of a particular spectacle frame and of optical lenses fitted into this spectacle frame on the appearance of a spectacles wearer as it would be perceived by another person (virtual observer).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Helmut Altheimer, Peter Baumbach, Gregor Esser, Walter Haimerl
  • Publication number: 20030142266
    Abstract: A spectacle lens comprises a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at large distances and in particular “to infinity”; a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and in particular “reading distances”; and a progressive zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which a power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at a distance reference point located in the distance portion to a value at a near reference point located in the near portion along a curve (principal line) veering towards a nose. The invention is distinct in that, for minimising a change of binocular imaging properties with horizontal movements of glance, a lift (difference between a maximum and a minimum value occurring during a movement) of binocular imaging properties when a moving object is being followed, is smaller than a physiologically pre-determined limiting amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Walter Haimerl, Herbert Pfeiffer, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Andrea Welk, Peter Baumbach, Rainer Dorsch
  • Publication number: 20030098950
    Abstract: Described is a spectacle lens comprising a region (distance portion) designed for viewing at large distances and in particular “to infinity”; a region (near portion) designed for viewing at short distances and in particular “reading distances”; and a progressive zone disposed between the distance portion and the near portion, in which the power of the spectacle lens increases from a value at a distance reference point located in the distance portion to a value at a near reference point located in the near portion along a curve (principal line) veering towards the nose. The invention is rendered distinct by a feature, amongst others, according to which trajectories of motion fulfil specific conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: OPTISCHE WERKE G. RODENSTOCK
    Inventors: Andrea Welk, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Herbert Pfeiffer, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Rainer Dorsch