Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens is provided. The method involves preparing a cross-polarization cancelling optical film for an optical article comprising providing a film having at least a first section comprising a first edge, a second section comprising a second edge, and a predetermined color intensity; providing an apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises at least a first roller and a second roller, wherein the first roller and the second roller are configured to stretch at least a portion of the film; and continuously and asymmetrically stretching at least a portion of the film using the apparatus, while substantially maintaining the color intensity of the film.

Abstract: An article including a substrate having at least one main surface coated with a layer A having a refractive index lower than or equal to 1.50, said layer A being obtained by deposition of activated species issued from at least one compound C in gaseous form, containing in its structure at least one Si-fluoroalkyl group, at least one carbon atom, at least one hydrogen atom and optionally at least one nitrogen atom and/or at least one oxygen atom, the deposition of said layer A being carried out by applying a bombardment with an ion beam to layer A while layer A is being formed, and said layer A being formed in the absence of inorganic precursor compounds. Application to the preparation of interferential coatings.

Abstract: The method includes the steps of: a) illuminating the pupil of an eye of a subject by a light source of a portable electronic device, the light source being formed by a lighted area displayed on a screen of the portable electronic device; b) acquiring a picture of the pupil of the eye of the subject by an image-capture apparatus of the portable electronic device, the picture including an image of the reflection of the light source on the retina of the eye; and c) determining a refraction feature of the eye taking into account at least a geometrical feature, a positional feature or an intensity distribution of the image of the reflection. An associated portable electronic device is also described.

Abstract: This device for evaluating a performance of a visual equipment for at least one wearer of that equipment to perform at least one visual task includes: at least one input adapted to obtain a model of a scene where the task is performed, a model of the task including a sequence of points to be looked at, a model of the wearer including a movable head and at least one rotationally movable eye; at least one processor configured for determining a head posture for at least one of the points so that the model of the wearer looks respectively at that point, determining at least one task-directed performance parameter for the wearer performing the task with the head posture for that point, on the basis of the wearer, scene and task models, providing the task-directed performance parameter for determining to which extent the equipment is appropriate for the wearer.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical lens comprising a substrate having a front main face and a rear main face, at least one main face of which being successively coated with a first high refractive index sheet which does not comprise any Ta2O5 layer, a second low refractive index sheet a third high refractive index sheet, a monolayer sub-layer having a thickness higher than or equal to 100 nm, and a multilayer interferential coating comprising a stack of at least one high refractive index layer and at least one low refractive index layer. The mean reflection factor RUV on said rear main face between 280 nm and 380 nm, weighted by the function W(?) defined in the ISO 13666:1998 standard, is lower than 10%, for an angle of incidence of 35°.

Abstract: The invention concerns method and system for determining a lens of customized color, said method comprising the steps of determining a target colorimetric data set; providing access to a database comprising data representing colors; using a plurality of simulation modules to calculate, based on said data from the database, a plurality of simulated colorimetric data of the lens substrate combined with a mixture of dyes of determined dye(s) combination, composition and amount or with a multilayer stack as a function of determined layers composition and thicknesses; and, color matching the plurality of simulated colorimetric data with the target colorimetric data set so as to determine one or a plurality of combinations of said lens substrate with a determined mixture of dyes or with a determined multilayer stack.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for issuing an input to a computer from a head-mounted device, the head-mounted device comprising a processing unit and a memory as well as at least one position and/or movement sensor, the head-mounted device being in communication with the computer, the method being implemented while the head-mounted device is worn on a wearer's head. The method comprises steps of: acquisition of position and/or movement data representative of the movement of the wearer's head by the position and/or movement sensor, detection of a specific movement pattern based on said position and/or movement data, the specific movement pattern being taken from a library of movement patterns, determination of a specific input associated with the specific movement pattern in the library, and issuance of the specific input to the computer.

Abstract: Method for determining a lens element intended to be mounted on a spectacle frame and to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer, the lens element comprising; —a refraction area having a refractive power based on prescribed refractive power Px for said eye of the wearer, the refraction area comprising at least a central zone, —a plurality of optical elements having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer, wherein the method comprises: —obtaining frame data representing the spectacle frame on which the lens element is intended to be mounted; —obtaining wearer's data representing at least one parameter of the face of the wearer, —determining fitting data representing the spectacles positioned on the face of the wearer based on the frame data and the wearer's data; and —optimizing at least one parameter of the optical elements based on the fitting data.

Abstract: Holding devices adapted for holding edged optical elements, manufacturing systems including such holding devices, and a corresponding method for manufacturing a compound optical element. The holding devices include a base for supporting a main surface of an edged optical element and either exactly three pegs or a plurality of clamps. The pegs are arranged so that two pegs are in contact with a first area of the side surface of an edged optical element positioned on the base while the remaining peg is in contact with a second area of the side surface only if a specific portion of the first or of the second area is within a specific position and orientation range about three perpendicular axes. The clamps are arranged to collectively hold an edged optical element positioned on the base by restricting its mobility with respect to three degrees of freedom.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for marking an optical eyeglass (1) equipped with a surface coating (5) comprising the following steps: A step of detreating by means of a laser beam, so as to locally detreat an area of the optical eyeglass by removing the surface coating (5) until a lower layer (7) of the eyeglass (1) is reached, which layer is located under said coating (5) and made of a material that is different from the surface coating (5), thus forming at least one the detreated zone (6, 11), A step of depositing an ink (9) in the detreated zone (6, 11) in order to form at least one inked pattern (4), so that the ink (9) adheres to the lower layer (7) present at the bottom (10) of the detreated zone (6, 11).

Abstract: Disclosed is a method including the steps of: a) illuminating a pupil of the eye of a subject by a light source; b) acquiring at least one picture of the pupil including an image of the reflection of the light source on the retina of the eye, by means of an image-capture apparatus; and c) and determining a refraction feature of the eye from at least a geometrical feature, a positional feature, or an intensity distribution of the image of the reflection of the light source. Optical distances between the pupil and, respectively, the light source and the image-capture apparatus, are different. An associated device is also described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for placing a phoropter head in a horizontal position in order to optimize the measurement of the visual acuity of a patient, and to a method for placing a phoropter head in a horizontal position. The device and method help performing a correct measurement of a patient's visual acuity by allowing the fine adjustment of the phoropter head horizontality and alerting when its position is not correct.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method implemented with a head-mounted device for identifying a distinct device within a given range distance of the head-mounted device, the head-mounted device includes a receiver adapted to receive wireless signals and a memory adapted to store data. The method includes: a tag data receiving step during which tag data identifying at least one electronic wireless tag placed on the distinct device are received by the receiver of the head-mounted device; a storing step during which the stored data including the tag data are stored in the memory of the head-mounted device; and an identification step during which the device is identified based on the stored data.

Abstract: A system and method for determining an adapted ophthalmic device for a wearer, the method including acquiring a set of parameters values relating to the wearer, determining at least a task to be performed by the wearer involving visual exploration, using a computing system, determining a value of a criterion assessing an efficiency of the wearer's visual exploration strategy for the task, and determining an optical design of an ophthalmic device to be worn by a wearer according to the determined value of the criterion.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical article comprising a substrate having at least one main face successively coated with a layer comprising chromium, silicon and oxygen, a monolayer sub-layer having a thickness higher than or equal to 100 nm, a multilayer interferential coating comprising a stack of at least one high refractive index layer having a refractive index higher than 1.55 and at least one low refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.55 or less, wherein the ratio (I) is higher than or equal to 1.5, and the optical article has a Bayer value determined in accordance with the ASTM F735-81 standard higher than or equal to 7.

Abstract: An optical lens intended to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer having at least one prescribed refractive power Px. The optical lens includes a refraction area having a refractive power based on the prescribed refractive power Px for the eye of the wearer and including at least the central zone of the optical lens, and a plurality of optical elements having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer. The optical elements are arranged based at least on the prescribed refractive power Px and the shape of the retina of the wearer.

Abstract: A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a person including a refraction area having a first refractive power based on a prescription for correcting an abnormal refraction of said eye of the person and a second refractive power different from the first refractive power, and a plurality of at least three optical elements, at least one optical element having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye.

Abstract: An eyeglass managing system determines process parameters for manufacturing at least part of an eyeglass including a lens and a frame. In this eyeglass managing system, an electronic system includes: —a receiving unit adapted to acquire lens data describing an initial lens and frame data describing an initial frame; —a processing unit adapted to identify, based on the lens data and on the frame data, modification parameters deriving from the interaction between the initial lens and the initial frame; and—a transmitting unit adapted to transmit a list of proposed modifications based on the identified modification parameters. The receiving unit is further adapted to acquire a response to at least one proposed modification; the processing unit is further adapted to determine, based on the acquired response, process parameters of an additive manufacturing process for manufacturing the lens or the frame.

Abstract: The optical articles disclosed herein render polarized glare in a certain tunable color that is visually more perceptive than a regular tinted lens or a regular polarized lens. Optical articles, including sunglass lenses, that are configured to color plane-polarized light transmitted through the lens will draw the wearer's attention and help identify the contours or dangers on surfaces in the wearer's field of vision.

Abstract: An electrically-controlled optical device intended to be placed in front of a user's eye, the electrically-controlled optical device being an ophthalmic device, the electrically-controlled optical device comprising: a front shell defining a front surface and a back surface opposed to the front surface, the front shell comprising a slab, at least one functional layer arranged on the back surface and one primer layer, said primer layer being arranged between the at least one functional layer and the slab; and an electrically-controlled object facing the back surface of the front shell wherein the primer layer is conformed such that the electrically-controlled optical device is mechanically resistant to an impact energy of at least 200 mJ.