Abstract: The invention relates to a method of retrofitting a vacuum deposition chamber of an apparatus for coating optical substrates, the vacuum deposition chamber comprising a second resistance evaporator crucible. The method comprises installing a resistance evaporator comprising a crucible into the operational vacuum deposition chamber such that the crucible is disposed above the vacuum deposition chamber floor, and such that the second resistance evaporator crucible is closer to the vacuum deposition chamber floor than the installed crucible.

Abstract: A lens holder assembly (49) and method of using the lens holder assembly (49) to mark an ophthalmic lens (3) is provided. The lens holder assembly (49) comprises a stem (61) having a central axis and a first opening (5) extending along the central axis of the body (65), a second opening (7) integrated within the stem (61) such that the second opening (7) is substantially parallel to the first opening (5), and at least one illumination source positioned within the second opening (7). The illumination source is capable of emitting light through the second opening (7) for illuminating at least a portion of an ophthalmic lens (3). At least a portion of the lens (3) is placed over the first opening (5). Suction is applied to the lens (3), and a marking is applied to a surface of the lens (3).

Abstract: A pair of spectacle progressive lenses configured for a wearer suffering from convergence insufficiency or imbalance. The lens of the pair which is dedicated to the dominant eye has inset values appropriate for matching convergence of the dominant eye, but the other lens of the pair, which is dedicated to the non-dominant eye, has inset values substantially equal to zero. Such lens pair helps in suppressing the non-dominant eye for intermediate and near vision tasks, therefore avoiding or limiting symptoms of convergence insufficiency.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for checking the correct assembly of a device consisting of a frame and of two corrective ophthalmic lenses. The main feature of a method according to the invention is that it includes the following steps: an initial step of determining at least one parameter which makes it possible to position the lenses in the frame relative to the face; a subsequent step of acquiring at least one image of the face of said wearer with said device, which shows centering and horizontal level marks; a step of comparing said at least one parameter determined during said initial step with the corresponding parameter deduced from said at least one image; and a step of making a decision regarding the correct assembly of the device.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical article comprising a substrate coated with an abrasion and scratch resistant coating composed of a lower layer and an upper layer that do adhere to each other, the upper layer and the lower layer being layers of cured upper and lower layer compositions, said upper layer composition comprising at least one organosilane, or a hydrolyzate thereof, of formula RnYmSi(X)4-n-m and at least one compound, or a hydrolyzate thereof, of formula M(Z)x, the following ratio being lower than 2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent optical article comprising at least one dye at least partially inhibiting light having a wavelength ranging from 400 to 460 nm and at least one selective optical brightener that emits light by fluorescence at a wavelength ranging from 400 to 460 nm. The optical brightener acts as a means for at least partially balancing the color imparted to the transparent optical article by the dye, thus allowing for perception of said optical article as less yellow, and even colorless to an user or an observer.

Abstract: A monitoring component for monitoring relative position of a head mounted device and a user of the head mounted device, the head mounted device including at least one sensor, the monitoring component including: a memory configured to store computer executable code, and a processor configured to execute the computer executable codes stored in the memory of: a communication code configured to receive data from the head mounted device indicative of at least one feature sensed by the at least one sensor of the head mounted device, an information generating code configured to generate an information indicative of the relative position of the head mounted device and the user of the head mounted device based at least on the data received from the head mounted device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent optical article (e.g. an ophthalmic lens) comprising a thermoplastic substrate and a dye at least partially inhibiting light having a wavelength ranging from 400 to 460 nm and an optical brightener for at least partially balancing the color imparted to the transparent optical article by the dye, wherein said optical brightener emits light by fluorescence at a wavelength ranging from 400 to 460 nm and is incorporated into a layer fused or bonded to the thermoplastic substrate. Said optical brightener allows for perception of said optical article as less yellow, and even colorless, to a user or to an observer. In addition, the UV-absorbers that may be present in the thermoplastic substrate do not negatively interact with the optical brightener.

Abstract: A method is presented herein that involves mixing a self-healing coating solution, a dispersion of colloidal nanoparticles, and at least one of a solvent or a surfactant, to obtain a composition, wherein the composition is capable of being cured into a coating that is transparent to visible light. An ophthalmic lens product obtained by this method is also presented herein.

Abstract: A method of determining at least one behavioral parameter of a wearer for designing an ophthalmic eyeglass lens includes: a) acquiring a first data set from a first representation of the head of the wearer in three dimensions; b) determining the relative position in space of at least three particular points of the head based on the data set; c) acquiring a second data set from a second representation of the head in a natural posture, including at least one image of each of the three particular points; d) identifying the image of each of the particular points from step b) on the representation of step c); e) deducing information relating to the position and/or to the orientation of the head of the wearer during the determination of the second representation from this identification; and f) determining the behavioral parameter of the wearer based on the information from step e).

Abstract: A method of visual testing of an individual (10) includes the steps of: a) placing the individual at a predetermined observation distance (D1) from a display surface (21) at which the individual observes, with a natural head carriage, the display surface; b) displaying, on the display surface, a visual test including at least one test image (22) in a visual field of the individual; and c) determining, on the display surface, a boundary (23) of zones of optimal/degraded vision of the test image by the individual in the configuration resulting from steps a) and b), the boundary delimiting respectively a zone of optimal vision (23A) and a zone of degraded vision (23B) of the visual field, for which zones the individual indicates that he sees the test image of the visual test in an optimal manner, respectively in a degraded manner.

Abstract: The invention concerns a transparent thin liquid crystal alignment film (1) including liquid crystals (2) within a polymerised liquid crystal composition, the film (1) comprising a first main surface (1a), a second main surface (1b) and a bulk (1c) comprised between said opposed two main surfaces (1a, 1b), for which: ? in the vicinity of the first main surface (1a), the liquid crystals (2a) are aligned along a main first direction, ? in the vicinity of the second main surface (1b), the liquid crystals (2b) are aligned along a main second direction, different from the first direction, and in between, the bulk (1c) comprises liquid crystals (2c) maintained in an isotropic orientation. The invention concerns also a process of manufacturing such a liquid crystal alignment film (1) and a polarization-independent spatial phase modulator including such a liquid crystal alignment film (1).

Abstract: Method of taping an optical lens member (10) to be manufactured. An optical lens member providing step (S1) is performed during which an optical lens member (10) is provided, the optical lens member has a first optical surface (11) associated with a first reference system and a second optical surface (12) to be manufactured, the first and second optical surfaces being connected by a external periphery surface (14), the first reference system being identified by at least one referencing element (111) on the first optical surface and/or the external periphery surface of the optical lens member, a taping step (S2) during which an adhesive tape (17) is provided on the first surface of the lens member so as to cover at least part of the first surface and leaving the referencing element uncovered.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ophthalmic lens whose front and rear faces are differentiated with respect to their hydrophobic properties. Said lens comprising a substrate having a hydrophobic front main face, and a rear main face whose external surface has a receding contact angle with water greater than or equal to 80°, the external surface of said front main face having a receding contact angle with water lower than that of the rear main face. The invention presents various means for preparing such lenses, which may notably be obtained after deposition and then removal of temporary layers with different thicknesses on the two faces of the lens.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of determining at least one visual behavior parameter of an individual, including: determination of the position of the center of rotation of at least one eye of the individual in a first reference frame tied to the head of the individual; capture, with the aid of an image capture device, of at least one image of at least one part of the body of the individual in a second reference frame, determination of the position and the orientation, in the second reference frame, of the first reference frame tied to the head of the individual, by searching for the position, in the second reference frame of a distinctive zone of the part of the body of the individual; determination of the position of the center of rotation of the eye in the second reference frame; and determination of the sought-after visual behavior parameter.

Abstract: A head mounted device having a frame to be worn on a wearer's head, at least one camera mounted on the frame and arranged to acquire images of the environment around the wearer when the frame is worn by the wearer, a audio source identification module arranged to identify at least one audio source in the environment around the wearer from the acquired images of the environment around the wearer, and an audio acquisition module configured to acquire an audio signal corresponding to an audio source identified by the audio source identification module.

Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring the visual behavior of a wearer of a head-mounted device, the monitoring system includes: —a least one wearer's visual behavior sensor configured to sense at least one wearer's visual behavior data relating to the visual behavior of the wearer of the head-mounted device, —a communication unit associated with the at least one wearer's visual behavior sensor and configured to communicate the visual behavior data to a wearer information data generating unit, —a wearer information data generating unit configured to: —receive the wearer's visual behavior data, —store the wearer's visual behavior data, and —generate an wearer information data indicative of at least one of: wearer's vision or general health condition of the wearer or wearer's activity or wearer's authentication based, at least, on the evolution over time of the wearer's visual behavior data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing identification factors for an individual wearer. Some or all of the identification factors when within a predetermined value provide a prescription and corrective ophthalmic lenses for a selected individual wearer, the corrective ophthalmic lens having at least one correction that is to the nearest 0.20 diopter, or is in a range between about the nearest 0.01 diopter and about the nearest 0.20 diopter. The prescription and corrective ophthalmic lenses are obtained by at least first analysis performed with a first instrument, a second analysis performed with a second instrument, and a third analysis performed with a third instrument, in which each instrument is different, and each analysis is different.

Abstract: A visual compensation system (10) enabling observation, with variable optical power correction, along an optical observation axis (X) includes:—a first rotatable optical element (2) centered on the optical axis (X) and having a first cylinder power along the optical axis (X); —a second rotatable optical element (4) centered on the optical axis (X) and having a second cylinder power along the optical axis (X); and—a lens (6) having the optical axis (X) as the axis thereof, and moreover having variable sphere power.

Abstract: A method is implemented by a computer for modifying a non-dioptric parameter of an optical system including a first and a second surface. The method includes a modifying step during which the first surface and second surface are modified so as to obtain a modified optical system such that the dioptric function of the modified optical system is substantially the same as the dioptric function of the optical system.