Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining printing parameter values of an inkjet printing device for printing a pattern on a surface of a spectacle lens substrate is provided. The inkjet printing device includes a printhead with a plurality of printing nozzles. The method includes: grouping the plurality of printing nozzles into at least two printing nozzle groups, and individually determining a printing parameter value for at least one adjustable printing parameter of each printing nozzle group. In addition, a data processing system, a computer program, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, a method for inkjet printing, an inkjet printing device, and a spectacle lens substrate with a pattern printed on a surface of the spectacle lens substrate are provided.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to a prescription includes: blocking or fixing a semi-finished spectacle lens blank having a first face possessing a final curvature and a second face opposite the first face on a block piece or a vacuum or holding chuck, respectively, wherein the first face of the semi-finished spectacle lens blank faces the block piece or the vacuum or holding chuck, respectively; surfacing the blocked or fixed semi-finished spectacle lens blank on the second face to obtain a final curvature of the second face; and deblocking the surfaced spectacle lens blank from the block piece or removing the surfaced spectacle lens blank from the vacuum or holding chuck prior to any subsequent coating step. The first face is coated with a top coating having a surface energy of less than 20 mJ/m2.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spectacle lens including a lens substrate and at least one coating is disclosed. The method includes at least the following steps of providing a lens substrate comprising an uncoated or precoated front surface and an uncoated or precoated back surface, covering at least one of the surfaces of the lens substrate partially or completely with at least one coating composition, drying and/or precuring the at least one coating composition, contacting the surface of the at least one coating composition with at least one mechanical means, curing and/or hardening the at least one coating composition and obtaining a spectacle lens comprising a lens substrate and at least one coating, the surface topography of the at least one coating being modified by the at least one mechanical means.

Abstract: Methods and devices related to spectacle frame recommendation are provided. For configuring a device for frame recommendation, frame data is clustered into a plurality of frame data clusters, and head data is clustered into a plurality of head data clusters. A mapping between the head data clusters and the frame data clusters is performed. For recommendation of a frame to a person, head data of the person is obtained, and a head data cluster is identified based on the head data. Based on the identified head data cluster and the mapping, a frame data cluster is selected which forms the basis for the recommendation.

Abstract: A method for tinting a spectacle lens substrate includes providing a spectacle lens substrate made from a polymeric lens material, providing a composition having a polymeric carrier material, applying a pattern of the composition on a surface of the spectacle lens substrate, and heating the spectacle lens substrate to allow for diffusion of a dye substance between the carrier material and the lens material. Moreover, a composition for in-substrate tinting of a polymeric spectacle lens substrate and a spectacle lens substrate having a polymeric lens material which exhibits a pattern of a composition having a polymeric carrier material applied on a surface of the spectacle lens substrate are presented.

Abstract: A coating device for dip coating an ophthalmic lens is provided. The coating device includes a lacquer basin for receiving a lacquer mixture, which contains a lacquer and a solvent. The coating device has an overflow channel arranged at the lacquer basin for collecting the lacquer mixture overflowing from the lacquer basin, and a tubing system for providing an influx of the lacquer mixture to the lacquer basin, which is connected to the overflow channel for collecting a return flux of the lacquer mixture from the overflow channel to enable circulation of the lacquer mixture through the lacquer basin, the overflow channel, and the tubing system. The coating device includes a supply unit for dosing the lacquer and the solvent for the lacquer mixture, which is connected to the tubing system and configured to feed at least one of the lacquer and the solvent directly into the tubing system.

Abstract: A progressive spectacle lens, a method for its production, and a related computer program are disclosed. The progressive spectacle lens has a progressive surface including a central viewing zone, a lower viewing zone, two peripheral vision zones extending bilaterally from a vertical meridian of the progressive surface, and an upper viewing zone. The central viewing zone has a surface power providing a first refracting power for distance vision and the lower viewing zone has a greater surface power than the central viewing zone providing a second refracting power corresponding to near vision and being connected to the central viewing zone by a first progressing power region. The progressive spectacle lens generates a retarding or arresting effect on myopia progression, especially in myopic juveniles.

Abstract: A progressive spectacle lens, a method for its production, and a related computer program are disclosed. The progressive spectacle lens has a progressive surface including a central viewing zone, a lower viewing zone, two peripheral vision zones extending bilaterally from a vertical meridian of the progressive surface, and an upper viewing zone. The central viewing zone has a surface power providing a first refracting power for distance vision and the lower viewing zone has a greater surface power than the central viewing zone providing a second refracting power corresponding to near vision and being connected to the central viewing zone by a first progressing power region. The progressive spectacle lens generates a retarding or arresting effect on myopia progression, especially in myopic juveniles.

Abstract: A spectacle lens contains a composition exhibiting a negative photochromic property and a composition exhibiting a positive photochromic property. Moreover, a method for manufacturing a spectacle lens is disclosed, wherein the method includes the following method steps: S1: providing a spectacle lens substrate; S2: arranging a composition exhibiting a negative photochromic property on a surface of the spectacle lens substrate; and S3: arranging a composition exhibiting a positive photochromic property on a surface of the spectacle lens substrate and/or incorporating a composition exhibiting a positive photochromic property into the spectacle lens substrate.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for training of a machine learning model for determining a confidence value during at least one test cycle of a vision testing procedure is disclosed. The confidence value is designated to determine at least one action in at least one subsequent test cycle of the vision testing procedure. Further, a trained machine learning model, a computer program having instructions for training of the machine learning model and a training apparatus are disclosed. Additionally, a computer-implemented method for performing the vision testing procedure on a person, a computer program having instructions for performing the vision testing procedure, a vision test apparatus, and a method for producing a geometrical model of at least one spectacle lens for manufacturing of at least one spectacle lens are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for determining a contour of a frame groove in a rim of a spectacle frame includes illuminating the rim, capturing a plurality of images of the illuminated rim from different predetermined perspectives, evaluating the captured images, and determining a spatial curve of the frame groove based on the evaluated images. The rim is illuminated along the entire circumference of the rim by directed illumination. Moreover, the evaluation of the captured images includes assigning each portion contained in the captured images to a respective surface element of the frame groove on the basis of at least one of the following properties: shadowing of the respective portion, brightness of the respective portion and phase angle of the illumination of the respective portion. Moreover, an apparatus, a computer program, a method for grinding a spectacle lens, and a computer-implemented method for determining a geometry of a spectacle lens are disclosed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program, an apparatus, and a remote apparatus for determining at least one visual performance of at least one eye of a person for a plurality of points in a visual field of the person from tracking data by using at least the first spatial location of at least one visual fixation mark and the second spatial location of at least one visual stimulus are disclosed. An attention level of the person is determined by evaluating a time-related difference in reaction times between at least one particular measurement cycle and at least one subsequent measurement cycle. The automated visual performance test can be performed by any person irrespective of being an ophthalmologist or optometry specialist or not, particularly by using a mobile device.

Abstract: A method for applying a surface pattern on a surface of a spectacle lens substrate includes the following steps: providing a spectacle lens substrate having a polymeric lens material, providing a composition containing a swelling agent, applying a pattern of the composition on the surface of the spectacle lens substrate, and allowing for diffusion of the swelling agent from the composition into the lens material. Moreover, a spectacle lens substrate has a polymeric lens material and exhibits a surface pattern on a surface of the spectacle lens substrate. The polymeric lens material includes a swelling agent at positions forming the surface pattern, and a spectacle lens substrate contains a polymeric lens material, wherein the spectacle lens substrate exhibits a pattern of a composition containing a swelling agent applied on a surface of the spectacle lens substrate.

Abstract: A blocking piece for vacuum blocking a lens blank is disclosed. The blocking piece includes a blank contacting element formed of a rigid fluid-permeable material having an upper surface for contacting the lens blank. The blocking piece further includes a support element having an upper part tightly enclosing the blank contacting element on a peripheral surface of the blank contacting element and a lower part adapted to engage with a clamping device for clamping the blocking piece. The lens blank is fixed to the upper surface of the blank contacting element by applying a vacuum within the blocking piece to provide suction through essentially the entire upper surface of the blank contacting element. The disclosure further relates to a method for blocking a lens blank and a use of an element formed of a rigid fluid-permeable material as a part of a blocking piece.

Abstract: A processing device, a computer-implemented method, and a computer program for determining data related to a progression of refractive values of a person; and a system, a computer-implemented method, and a computer program for providing data related to a progression of refractive values are disclosed. The processing device receives data related to a person, including a refractive status of the person; age, gender, and ethnicity of the person; and a risk factor related to the person; and determines data related to the progression of refractive values deploying a machine learning algorithm, wherein the machine learning algorithm includes at least one prediction model for determining a relationship between the data related to the person and the progression of the refractive values of the person. By using the processing device, the system, the computer-implemented methods, and the computer programs the prediction of both myopia onset and myopia progression can be improved.

Abstract: An eyewear lens according to the present invention is configured so as to be provided with: a transparent first substrate having a principal surface; a second substrate disposed facing the principal surface, the transmittance thereof with respect to light in a predetermined wavelength region being different from that of the first substrate; an electric element in which optical characteristics thereof is changed by electrical control, the electric element being provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and an adhesive layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A method, a computer program, and a device for determining at least one astigmatic effect of at least one eye of a person are disclosed, as well as a related method for producing at least one spectacle lens for the at least one eye of the person. The method for determining the astigmatic effect includes: a) displaying an image to an eye of the person, the image including a line with a plurality of sections, wherein an orientation of each section with respect to an optical axis of the image differs from each other, respectively; b) recording a reaction of the person to the image at at least one point in time; and c) determining at least one value for at least one astigmatic effect of at least one eye of the person by evaluating the at least one reaction of the person at the point in time.

Abstract: The generation of a 3D reconstruction of an object is disclosed, which includes illuminating the object, capturing image data in relation to the object, and calculating the 3D reconstruction of the object from the image data. The image data contains first image data and second image data, wherein the first image data are captured when the object is illuminated with illumination light, at least some of which, in relation to an object imaging beam path, is reflected light which illuminates the object, wherein the second image data are captured from different recording directions when the object is illuminated with illumination light, at least some of which is guided in the object imaging beam path, and wherein the 3D reconstruction of the object is calculated from the first image data and the second image data.