Patents by Inventor Cyril Guilloux

Cyril Guilloux 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).

  • Publication number: 20120300172
    Abstract: A process for designing an ophthalmic progressive eyeglass comprises providing an initial front surface and an initial back surface. Respective addition values of front and back surfaces of the eyeglass are varied based on said initial front and back surfaces using a surface derivation tool. These surface addition values are selected so that the eyeglass exhibits an eyeglass addition value which matches a wearer's prescription and a value for a design feature which matches a target value. Said target value may be used for customizing the ophthalmic progressive eyeglass. The process does not require point-to-point surface optimization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Marie-Anne Berthezene, Bernard Bourdoncle, Laurent Calixte, Cyril Guilloux, Jérôme Moine, Soazic Mousset, Damien Paille
  • Patent number: 8303114
    Abstract: A method for the determination of a progressive ophthalmic lens for a given wearer comprises the states of: determining the axial length (LA) of the wearer's eye, determining an ergorama associating a sight point with each direction of viewing under wearing conditions, determining power and resulting astigmatism defect targets for each direction of viewing under wearing conditions, the targets being a function of the axial length of the wearer's eye, calculating the power required on the lens for each direction of viewing by successive iterations in order to obtain the target power defect and the target resulting astigmatism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Générale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Marie-Anne Berthezene, Celine Carimalo, Diane DeGaudemaris, Cyril Guilloux
  • Publication number: 20120268713
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an ophthalmic lens for a person (i1, i2, i3) to wear said lens, comprising the following steps: i) determination of the size (T1, T2, T3) or height of the eyes (H1, H2, H3) of the person to wear the lens; and ii) calculation of at least one characteristic of the ophthalmic lens according to the size (T1, T2, T3) or the height of the eyes (H1, H2, H3) of the person to wear the lens. The ophthalmic lens can be progressive strength or unifocal. The invention also relates to an optimisation method and a method for producing an ophthalmic lens implementing such a definition method. The invention further relates to a set of lenses having at least one characteristic that depends on the size and the height of the eyes of the person to wear the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optiqu
    Inventors: Cyril Guilloux, Soazic Mousset, Isabelle Poulain
  • Publication number: 20120212705
    Abstract: A method implemented by computer means for determining a virtual wearer-ophthalmic lens-ergorama system associated with an optical function of an ophthalmic lens for a given wearer, comprising: a prescription data providing step, an optical reference surface data providing step, a virtual wearer-ophthalmic lens-ergorama system determining step, a criteria selecting step, a target value defining step, an evaluation step, and a modification step, in which at least one parameter of the virtual wearer-ophthalmic lens-ergorama system different from the base curve of the ophthalmic lens is modified, in order to minimize the difference between the target value and the evaluation criterion value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique)
    Inventors: Laurent Calixte, Cyril Guilloux
  • Publication number: 20120176583
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens (1) for a given wearer (2), intended to be worn in an eyeglass frame, comprising: a prescription control point P corresponding to a downward gaze ?P of between ?10° and +25° and a lateral gaze displacement ?P of between ?10° and +10°; an upper area (11) defined by downward gaze values, ?, for the wearer (2), of between ?P?30° and ?P, along a downward gaze path, and by lateral gaze displacement values, ?, for the wearer (2), of between ?P?30° and ?P+30°, parallel to a lateral gaze displacement axis, a lower area (12) defined by downward gaze values, ?, for the wearer (2), of between ?P and ?P+30°, along a downward gaze path, and by lateral gaze displacement values, ?, for the wearer (2), of between ?P?30° and ?P+30°, parallel to a lateral gaze displacement axis; wherein: the power of the lens at point P is substantially equal to the prescription of the wearer, the upper area has, relative to the point P, along the downward gaze path, a continuous average power variation ?PuiSup, monotonic be
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique)
    Inventors: Laurent Calixte, Cyril Guilloux, Isabelle Poulain
  • Publication number: 20120105800
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for designing an optical lens surface for the manufacture of the optical lens, the method comprising the steps of providing a reference surface Sref, the reference surface Sref being defined by a plurality of surface points Pi each surface point Pi having a mean sphere Sph(Pi) and a cylinder Cyl(Pi); providing at least one modifying surface layer SLmod(?1, . . . , ?N, x, y) the modifying surface layer SLmod being determined as a function of N adjustment parameters ?1, ? . . . , ?N; wherein N?1 and the N adjustment parameters ?1, ?4, . . . , ?N are selected according to the desired optical properties of the optical target; combining the modifying surface layer SLmod with the reference surface Sref to obtain a target optical surface Star(x,y) according to the expression: Star(x,y)=Sref(x,y)+SLmod(?1, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQU
    Inventors: Pascal Allione, Laurent Calixte, Cyril Guilloux
  • Patent number: 8128226
    Abstract: A method for the determination by optical optimization of a personalized progressive ophthalmic lens intended to be inserted into a frame chosen by a given wearer for whom a power addition has been prescribed in near vision, the method comprising the stages of: measuring parameters representing the frame chosen by the wearer; choosing an initial distribution of power and resulting astigmatism defect targets for each direction of viewing under wearing conditions in an ordinary frame; calculating transformation coefficients using the measured parameters representing the chosen frame and standard parameters; calculating a personalized distribution of the power and resulting astigmatism defect targets on the lens by applying the calculated transformation coefficients to the initial distribution. The method makes it possible to retain the proportion of the distribution between the far-vision, near-vision and intermediate-vision zones whatever the size and the shape of the frame chosen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Cyril Guilloux, Diane De Gaudemaris, Marie-Anne Berthezene, Céline Carimalo
  • Patent number: 8109631
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ophthalmic progressive addition lens (100) with customized design features adapted to a wearer, the method comprising the following steps: /a/ a providing step of a lens substrate; /b/ a modifying step in which a first target virtual lens is provided and modified so as to obtain a second target virtual lens, the second target virtual lens having a design feature parameter substantially equal to a customized design feature parameter; /c/ an optimizing step in which an optimized trial virtual lens is obtained by optimizing a trial virtual lens in such a manner that the optimized trial virtual lens has optical characteristics which are substantially equal to the characteristics of the second target virtual lens; and /d/ a manufacturing step of the ophthalmic progressive addition lens from the lens substrate according to the trial virtual lens. Method for the determination of a customized ophthalmic progressive addition lens with customized design features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Essilor International, (Compagnie Générale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Cyril Guilloux, Bruno Decreton, Diane De Gaude-Maris, Marie-Anne Berthezene, Celine Carimalo
  • Publication number: 20110317128
    Abstract: A spectacle eyeglass of progressive addition type has been designed for myopic children. To this purpose, an ergorama has been constructed, taking into account vision conditions encountered by the children in their everyday life. In particular, the eyeglass has a limited optical power increase between two reference eye directions (D1, D2), a start (D0) of the optical power increase which is located quite low in the eyeglass, and an offset value (OS) for a meridian line (ML) which is higher than that of eyeglasses designed for adults.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)
    Inventors: Cyril Guilloux, Helene De Rossi
  • Publication number: 20110273664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an aspherization layer for an ophthalmic lens for a wearer for whom a power and an astigmatism have been prescribed. The method can be used equally satisfactorily on a unifocal or a multifocal lens. The invention also extends to the method for determining an ophthalmic lens from an aspoherization layer obtained by the method. The invention improves the optical performance of lenses obtained from semi-finished lenses in which the complex surface is unknown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (Compagne Generale of Optiqu
    Inventors: Cyril Guilloux, Soazic Mousset
  • Patent number: 8007102
    Abstract: A method for determining an ophthalmic lens includes choosing an initial lens with a first face and a second face and defining an initial surface for the second face of the lens with a central zone of diameter Dini and a peripheral zone of inner diameter Drac greater than the diameter Dini of the central zone, each point of the central zone and the peripheral zone having an altitude defined with respect to an axis (Z) normal to the second face of the lens and having the centre of the central zone as its origin, the altitude of the peripheral zone being defined as the minimum of the points situated on the diameter Drac; the peripheral zone having a maximum radius of curvature comprised between the maximum radius of curvature of the first face and the maximum radius of curvature of the central zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Générale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Diane De Gaudemaris, Cyril Guilloux, Fabien Muradore
  • Publication number: 20110184830
    Abstract: A method for determining the value of the inset of a progressive addition lens according to a wearer comprising the steps of: providing convergence data, determining from the convergence data the inset of the progressive addition lens considering at least the convergence data and the prismatic effect of the progressive addition lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique)
    Inventors: Cyril Guilloux, Isabelle Poulain, Soazic Mousset, Aude Contet
  • Publication number: 20100283967
    Abstract: A method of calculating an optical system (OS) of an ophthalmic lens according to a given spectacle frame comprising the steps of: providing geometrical data of the spectacle frame, providing wearer data, and optimization of the optical system (OS) according to at least the criteria consisting of the geometrical data of the spectacle frame, the wearer data and at least one positioning data, so as to generate at least two optical surfaces (S1, S2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQU
    Inventors: Frédéric Dubois, Cyril Guilloux, Pascal Allione, Cécile Pietri, David Freson, Christian Joncour
  • Patent number: 7806526
    Abstract: The invention relates to a progressive ophthalmic lens and to a method of producing one such lens. Variations in the optical power and the astigmatism of a progressive ophthalmic lens (10) result from (i) spherical and cylindrical variations in the anterior face (2) of the lens and (ii) variations in another physical unit of the lens. In this way, it is possible to customise the design of the progressive lens as a function of at least one behavioural characteristic of the lens wearer. Said customisation can be repeated by modulating the values of the physical unit between the different points of the lens. As a result, progressive lenses with different designs can be obtained from identical semi-finished lenses. The physical unit can comprise the sphere and the cylinder of the posterior face of the lens (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Bernard Bourdoncle, Bruno Decreton, Cyril Guilloux
  • Patent number: 7775657
    Abstract: A method for defining a supplementary face for spectacles (or clip-on), comprising the steps of: i) choice of a lens suited to the wearer's prescription; ii) modelization of the position of the chosen lens and of the position of a supplementary face in front of the chosen lens; iii) choice of an optical function for the assembly of the chosen lens and supplementary face; iv) calculation of the characteristics of the supplementary face by optical optimization for a standard wearer, using the chosen optical function as optimization target. A supplementary face for spectacles, having: i) a detachable mounting device, suited to the detachable mounting of the supplementary face in front of a lens mounted in the spectacles; ii) a surface at least equal to the surface of the lens and iii) a continuous optical power variation over this surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Générale d'Optique)
    Inventor: Cyril Guilloux
  • Publication number: 20100149484
    Abstract: A method for the determination of a progressive ophthalmic lens for a given wearer comprises the states of: determining the axial length (LA) of the wearer's eye, determining an ergorama associating a sight point with each direction of viewing under wearing conditions, determining power and resulting astigmatism defect targets for each direction of viewing under wearing conditions, the targets being a function of the axial length of the wearer's eye, calculating the power required on the lens for each direction of viewing by successive iterations in order to obtain the target power defect and the target resulting astigmatism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Marie-Anne Berthezene, Céline Carimalo, Diane De Gaudemaris, Cyril Guilloux
  • Patent number: 7731359
    Abstract: A method for the determination by optical optimization of a personalized progressive ophthalmic lens intended to be inserted into a frame chosen by a given wearer for whom a power addition has been prescribed in near vision, the method comprising the stages of: determining at least one parameter representing the frame chosen by the wearer; measuring parameters representing the wearer's head-eye behavior; weighting the parameters representing the wearer's head-eye behavior with the parameter representing the frame chosen by the wearer; determining power and resulting astigmatism defect targets for each direction of viewing under wearing conditions, the targets being associated with an individual merit function taking into account the weighted head-eye coordination parameters. The method allows the design of the lens to be adapted to the size and the shape of the frame chosen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie d'Optique)
    Inventors: Cyril Guilloux, Diane De Gaudemaris, Céline Carimalo
  • Publication number: 20100079722
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ophthalmic progressive addition lens (100) with customized design features adapted to a wearer, the method comprising the following steps: /a/ a providing step of a lens substrate; /b/ a modifying step in which a first target virtual lens is provided and modified so as to obtain a second target virtual lens, the second target virtual lens having a design feature parameter substantially equal to a customized design feature parameter; /c/ an optimizing step in which an optimized trial virtual lens is obtained by optimizing a trial virtual lens in such a manner that the optimized trial virtual lens has optical characteristics which are substantially equal to the characteristics of the second target virtual lens; and /d/ a manufacturing step of the ophthalmic progressive addition lens from the lens substrate according to the trial virtual lens. Method for the determination of a customized ophthalmic progressive addition lens with customized design features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Cyril Guilloux, Bruno Decreton, Diane De Gaude-Maris, Marie-Anne Berthezene, Celine Carimalo
  • Patent number: 7637614
    Abstract: A method for the determination of a progressive ophthalmic lens for a given wearer comprises the stages of: determining the axial length (LA) of the wearer's eye, determining an ergorama associating a sight point with each direction of viewing under wearing conditions, determining power and resulting astigmatism defect targets for each direction of viewing under wearing conditions, the targets being a function of the axial length of the wearer's eye, calculating the power required on the lens for each direction of viewing by successive iterations in order to obtain the target power defect and the target resulting astigmatism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Marie-Anne Berthezene, Celine Carimalo, Diane De Gaudemaris, Cyril Guilloux
  • Publication number: 20090244480
    Abstract: A method for determining an ophthalmic lens includes choosing an initial lens with a first face and a second face and defining an initial surface for the second face of the lens with a central zone of diameter Dini and a peripheral zone of inner diameter Drac greater than the diameter Dini of the central zone, each point of the central zone and the peripheral zone having an altitude defined with respect to an axis (Z) normal to the second face of the lens and having the centre of the central zone as its origin, the altitude of the peripheral zone being defined as the minimum of the points situated on the diameter Drac; the peripheral zone having a maximum radius of curvature comprised between the maximum radius of curvature of the first face and the maximum radius of curvature of the central zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Diane De Gaudemaris, Cyril Guilloux, Fabien Muradore