Patents by Inventor Gregor Esser
Gregor Esser 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).
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Publication number: 20100145489Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a computer program product and a system for designing or producing a spectacle lens for a spectacle wearer. Said method consists of the following steps: individual user data or application data of the spectacle wearer is obtained; the design concept for the spectacle lens having a plurality of evaluation points is determined; a main beam path through the plurality of evaluation points is determined; a local wavefront is specified for each of the main beams in the surroundings of the respective main beam; optical properties of the spectacle lens are determined on the evaluation points by determining an influence of the spectacle lens on the local wavefronts in the surroundings of the respective evaluation point; and the design concept is evaluated in accordance with the determined optical properties and the individual user data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBHInventors: Gregor Esser, Wolfgang Becken, Helmut Altheimer, Anne Seidemann, Dietmar Uttenweiler, Werner Mueller, Edda Wehner
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Patent number: 7673990Abstract: An individual eyeglass lens in which the vertical distance from the near reference point to the far distance point amounts to max. 18 millimeters, the progressive length is max. 14 millimeters, the main progressive length is max. 10 millimeters and the increase in refractive index, starting from the effect of the eyeglass lens at the far reference point up to a point 2 millimeters below the centering point amounts to less than 10% of the addition. The progressive length corresponds essentially to the vertical distance between the far reference point and a point essentially on the main line at which, starting from the far reference point, the value of the effect of the eyeglass lens corresponding the first time essentially to the near value.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2004Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Norbert Awrath, Jochen Brosig, Walter Haimerl, Winfried Nikolaus, Kerstin Schmid, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Martin Zimmermann
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Patent number: 7600872Abstract: The invention relates to a spectacle lens device comprising at least one electrically adaptive area, wherein optical properties of the spectacle lens device can be controlled in an electric manner. The spectacle lens device is configured in such a manner that the optical properties of a predetermined or predeterminable control area can be controlled in an electrical manner which is essentially independent from the optical properties in a surrounding area. The invention also relates to the control area and to the surrounding area, respectively, about a partial area of the electrically adaptive area. The control area and the surrounding area do not a common area. The invention further relates to a pair of spectacles comprising a spectacle lens device, to the use of the inventive spectacle lens device and also to a method for operating an electrically adaptive area.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Edda Wehner, Werner Mueller, Jochen Brosig, Dietmar Uttenweiler
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Patent number: 7540611Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 26, 2002Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Andrea Welk, Walter Haimerl, Gregor Esser, Peter Baumbach, Helmut Altheimer, Edda Wehner
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Patent number: 7472992Abstract: A series of spectacle lenses, where the position of use of the spectacle lenses in front of the eyes of the respective spectacle wearers, nominal variables at the intersection points of first lines of sight are essentially identical to the respective eye-sided or object-sided surfaces of the spectacle lenses. Each first line of sight is a predetermined, eye-sided line of sight, that intersects a pupil center point and an optical eye rotation point of the respective eye. All of the first lines of sight exhibit a predetermined, identical eye-sided visual angle.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2007Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Wolfgang Becken, Werner Mueller
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Publication number: 20080231800Abstract: A spectacle lens with an object-sided front face and an eye-sided rear face, wherein at last the rear face comprises a viewing region that contributes to the optical effect of the spectacle lens and a carrier rim region that at least partially surrounds the viewing region and that does not significantly contribute to the optical effect of the spectacle lens. The rear face of the spectacle lens in the carrier rim zone is constructed substantially from a cosmetic viewpoint without consideration of the optical image-forming properties. A method for producing this spectacle lens is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2005Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBHInventors: Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Andrea Welk, Martin Zimmermann, Wolfgang Becken, Edda Wehner
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Publication number: 20080170203Abstract: The invention relates to a spectacle lens device comprising at least one electrically adaptive area, wherein optical properties of the spectacle lens device can be controlled in an electric manner. The spectacle lens device is configured in such a manner that the optical properties of a predetermined or predeterminable control area can be controlled in an electrical manner which is essentially independent from the optical properties in a surrounding area. The invention also relates to the control area and to the surrounding area, respectively, about a partial area of the electrically adaptive area. The control area and the surrounding area do not a common area. The invention further relates to a pair of spectacles comprising a spectacle lens device, to the use of the inventive spectacle lens device and also to a method for operating an electrically adaptive area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2005Publication date: July 17, 2008Applicant: Rodenstock GMBHInventors: Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Edda Wehner, Werner Mueller, Jochen Brosig, Dietmar Uttenweiler
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Publication number: 20080158507Abstract: A series of spectacle lenses, where the position of use of the spectacle lenses in front of the eyes of the respective spectacle wearers, nominal variables at the intersection points of first lines of sight are essentially identical to the respective eye-sided or object-sided surfaces of the spectacle lenses. Each first line of sight is a predetermined, eye-sided line of sight, that intersects a pupil center point and an optical eye rotation point of the respective eye. All of the first lines of sight exhibit a predetermined, identical eye-sided visual angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Helmut ALTHEIMER, Gregor ESSER, Wolfgang BECKEN, Werner MUELLER
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Patent number: 7347546Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a single-strength spectacle lens while taking into account an individual spectacle wearer's data, the single-strength spectacle lens having a rotationally symmetrical base surface and a rotationally symmetrical aspherical or atoric prescription surface, comprising the following steps: Acquisition of an individual spectacle wearer's data; selection of a spectacle lens blank with a predetermined base surface from a group of spectacle lens blanks; and calculation and optimization of the prescription surface while taking into account at least a part of the individual spectacle wearer's data in addition to an adaptation of the dioptric effect by the prescription surface to the spectacle wearer's prescription. The invention also relates to a corresponding system for producing a single-strength spectacle lens and to an individual single-strength spectacle lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2004Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Gregor Esser, Werner Mueller, Herbert Pfeiffer, Helmut Altheimer, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Jochen Brosig
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Patent number: 7338162Abstract: A workplace screen lens, having a workplace screen lens optimized at the middle of the lens for the middle viewing distances of approximately 60 centimeters to approximately 90 centimeters, and the progressive channel at the middle of the lens is at least 4 millimeters wide. The effect increases from the middle of the lens toward the bottom with the vertical coordinate y equal to approximately 0, reaching a near vision zone with an essentially constant effect at y equal to approximately ?12 millimeters. The progressive channel has a width of least 15 millimeters in the near vision zone, preferably at the near-reference point, the effect decreases from the middle of the lens up to y equal to approximately +10 millimeters to approximately +12 millimeters above the middle of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2004Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Walter Haimerl, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk
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Patent number: 7334893Abstract: An ophthalmic lens and a method for producing a progressive ophthalmic lens having at least one progressive surface, where by a calculation and optimization step in the production of the progressive lens is performed. The absolute value of the rotation |rot {right arrow over (A)}| and/or the divergence |div {right arrow over (A)}| of a vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is as small as possible, and the absolute value |{right arrow over (A)}| of the vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is proportional to the absolute value of an astigmatism in the use position of the progressive lens. The direction of the vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is proportional to the axial position of an astigmatism in the use position of the progressive lens or a surface astigmatism of the at least one progressive surface of the progressive lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2004Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Wolfgang Becken, Walter Haimerl, Andrea Welk, Edda Wehner
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Publication number: 20070279587Abstract: An individual eyeglass lens in which the vertical distance from the near reference point to the far distance point amounts to max. 18 millimeters, the progressive length is max. 14 millimeters, the main progressive length is max. 10 millimeters and the increase in refractive index, starting from the effect of the eyeglass lens at the far reference point up to a point 2 millimeters below the centering point amounts to less than 10% of the addition. The progressive length corresponds essentially to the vertical distance between the far reference point and a point essentially on the main line at which, starting from the far reference point, the value of the effect of the eyeglass lens corresponding the first time essentially to the near value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBHInventors: Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Norbert Awrath, Jochen Brosig, Walter Haimerl, Winfried Nikolaus, Kerstin Schmid, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Martin Zimmermann
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Patent number: 7300153Abstract: A double progressive spectacle lens in which a first prescribed progressive surface can be freely designed. The second progressive surface is then optimized in relation to the first prescribed surface. Thereby, the resulting spectacle lens avoids the need to employ a classic hourglass design progression zone and produces optical and geometric advantages such as an overall height of the progressive lens.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Walter Haimerl
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Publication number: 20070252949Abstract: A workplace screen lens, having a workplace screen lens optimized at the middle of the lens for the middle viewing distances of approximately 60 centimeters to approximately 90 centimeters, and the progressive channel at the middle of the lens is at least 4 millimeters wide. The effect increases from the middle of the lens toward the bottom with the vertical coordinate y equal to approximately 0, reaching a near vision zone with an essentially constant effect at y equal to approximately ?12 millimeters. The progressive channel has a width of least 15 millimeters in the near vision zone, preferably at the near-reference point, the effect decreases from the middle of the lens up to y equal to approximately +10 millimeters to approximately +12 millimeters above the middle of the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2004Publication date: November 1, 2007Applicant: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Walter Haimerl, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk
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Publication number: 20070132945Abstract: A method of calculating an individual progressive lens creates one or more basic designs for lenses based on theoretical specifications, and then creates starting designs from these basic designs. Individual progressive lenses are calculated from the starting designs corresponding to the individual data from wearing test subjects. Valid starting designs are then created fr production. The individual lenses are calculated from the starting designs according to individual customer data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2003Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: RODENSTOCK GmbHInventors: Stephan Haser, Andrea Welk, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Walter Haimerl
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Publication number: 20070109496Abstract: A method of producing a progressive spectacle glass by defining an ordering value for the average use value in the far reference point of the progressive spectacle glass, calculating the progressive spectacle glass while taking into account a calculation value of the average use value in the far reference point, the calculation value having a negative desired refraction deviation between 0.03 dpt and 0.2 dpt with respect to the ordering value in the far reference point, and producing the calculated progressive spectacle glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2004Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBHInventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Andrea Welk, Leonhard Schmid, Martin Zimmermann, Kerstin Schmid, Norbert Awrath, Jochen Brosig, Winfried Nikolaus, Werner Muller, Ilka Schwarz
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Patent number: 7210779Abstract: A double-progressive spectacle lens in which the progressive action is distributed over the front and rear surfaces of the double-progressive spectacle lenses and described by the quotient Q Q=Addvfl/AddGesamt where Addvfl represents the increase in the surface dioptric power along the principal line on the front surface between the distance area and the near area, and ADDGesamt represents the increase in the total dioptric power along the principal line between the distance area and the near area, and the fraction Q increases with growing distance area effect F: ? Q ? ( F ) ? F ? 0.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2005Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Gregor Esser, Walter Haimerl, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Helmut Altheimer, Martin Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20070035696Abstract: An ophthalmic lens and a method for producing a progressive ophthalmic lens having at least one progressive surface, where by a calculation and optimization step in the production of the progressive lens is performed. The absolute value of the rotation |rot {right arrow over (A)}| and/or the divergence |div {right arrow over (A)}| of a vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is as small as possible, and the absolute value |{right arrow over (A)}| of the vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is proportional to the absolute value of an astigmatism in the use position of the progressive lens. The direction of the vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is proportional to the axial position of an astigmatism in the use position of the progressive lens or a surface astigmatism of the at least one progressive surface of the progressive lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2004Publication date: February 15, 2007Applicant: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Wolfgang Becken, Walter Haimerl, Andrea Welk, Edda Wehner
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Patent number: 7168805Abstract: A method of optimizing a progressive lens is described. This invention is characterized by the following steps: selecting a preset progressive lens having a preset object distance function A1(x,y), selecting an object distance function A2(x=x0,y) along the main line of vision of the preset progressive lens for a lens that is to be derived, locating the map U:y?y? along the main line of vision, such that the value y? for which the following holds is calculated for each value of y: A1(x=x0,y)=A2(x=x0,y?), calculating the setpoint values S(x,y) at S(x,y?)=S(x,U(y)).Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2005Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Walter Haimerl
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Publication number: 20070008488Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a single-strength spectacle lens while taking into account an individual spectacle wearer's data, the single-strength spectacle lens having a rotationally symmetrical base surface and a rotationally symmetrical aspherical or atoric prescription surface, comprising the following steps: Acquisition of an individual spectacle wearer's data; selection of a spectacle lens blank with a predetermined base surface from a group of spectacle lens blanks; and calculation and optimization of the prescription surface while taking into account at least a part of the individual spectacle wearer's data in addition to an adaptation of the dioptric effect by the prescription surface to the spectacle wearer's prescription. The invention also relates to a corresponding system for producing a single-strength spectacle lens and to an individual single-strength spectacle lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2004Publication date: January 11, 2007Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBHInventors: Gregor Esser, Werner Mueller, Herbert Pfeiffer, Helmut Altheimer, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Jochen Brosig