Abstract: The invention generally relates to optical filters that provide regulation and/or enhancement of chromatic and luminous aspects of the color appearance of light to human vision, generally to applications of such optical filters, to therapeutic applications of such optical filters, to industrial and safety applications of such optical filters when incorporated, for example, in radiation-protective eyewear, to methods of designing such optical filters, to methods of manufacturing such optical filters, and to designs and methods of incorporating such optical filters into apparatus including, for example, eyewear and illuminants.

Abstract: A selection aid for selecting lenses for spectacles on the basis of a plurality of customer-specific criteria contains a first disc and a second disc. The first disc has a selection area with criteria to be selected and selection recommendations and is divided into selection regions of equal size. The second disc is rotatably connected to the first disc about an axis of rotation. The second disc partly conceals the selection area and visually frees an area region of the selection area that corresponds to one of the selection regions in terms of size and shape.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an imaging lens assembly including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens. The first lens has a positive refractive power, and both of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are convex surfaces; the second lens has a negative refractive power, and both of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are concave surfaces; the third lens has a positive refractive power, and an image-side surface thereof is a convex surface; the fourth lens has a negative refractive power, and an image-side surface thereof is a concave surface; and the fifth lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power.

Abstract: A method for designing a spectacle lens includes: presenting a plurality of blurred images created by applying different degrees of blur to an original image and having a wearer see the blurred images; acquiring information on a sensitivity to blur of the wearer; and designing a spectacle lens based on the information on the sensitivity to blur of the wearer.

Abstract: A designing method of a pair of spectacle lenses, which includes a right-eye spectacle lens and a left-eye spectacle lens, includes a process of designing the pair of spectacle lenses; a power error (unit: diopter (D)) that compensates for a difference between a response of accommodation of a right eye and a response of accommodation of a left eye of a wearer, wherein a response of accommodation (unit: diopter (D)) of each eye is a difference AC (=applied accommodation ACN?applied accommodation ACF) between an applied accommodation ACF of the eye of the wearer exhibited when the wearer views an object at a distance f and an applied accommodation ACN of the eye of the wearer exhibited when viewing an object at a distance n shorter than the distance f.

Abstract: Provided is a portable, hand-held, self-powered, self-calibrated, easy-to-use “iCOBRA” system, a neural/neurological assessment tool for both operational decision-making in military, aerospace, sports, and other high-performance settings, and to assist in diagnostics in medical practice. The system harnesses multimodal 3D imaging technologies for robust, calibration free, head and eye tracking to allow for visual, vestibular, and oculomotor assessment of human neural health and performance.

Abstract: A method for producing a semi-finished spectacle lens and a semi-finished spectacle lens includes identifying the semi-finished spectacle lens by applying a removable sticker having a unique code to the semi-finished spectacle lens. The semi-finished spectacle lens has an embossed code that is engraved into the semi-finished spectacle lens. The sticker is applied to at least partially cover the embossed code. The sticker can be applied directly onto the semi-finished spectacle lens early in the manufacturing process, for example immediately after molding or injection molding. The sticker can also be applied to the semi-finished spectacle lens before further surface treatment is carried out.

Abstract: A method for determining a cylinder of an ophthalmic lens to be mounted on a spectacle frame is provided, the method including: providing a measuring device configured to run a Jackson Cross Cylinder procedure; determining components of a first vector of the cylinder in a two-dimensional vector cylinder representation; and determining components of a second vector of the cylinder in the two-dimensional vector cylinder representation, the components of the second vector of the cylinder being determined such that a Euclidian distance between the first vector and the second vector is independent of a value of the cylinder.

Abstract: A lens for an eye that includes a zone with a first power profile for images received by the retina on the fovea, a zone with a second power profile for images received by the peripheral retina on the nasal side and a zone with a third power profile for images received by the peripheral retina on the temporal side. The first power profile is selected to provide clear or acceptable vision and the second and third power profiles are selected to affect the peripheral image position.

Abstract: An objective lens for an endoscope consists of a first lens group that consists of a negative lens, a second lens group that consists of a negative lens, a third lens group that consists of a cemented lens, an aperture stop, a fourth lens group that consists of a single lens having positive refractive power or a cemented lens having positive refractive power as a whole, and a fifth lens group that consists of a cemented lens including two lenses having refractive power having signs different from each other and cemented to each other; and the first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, the fourth lens group, and the fifth lens group are arranged in this order from an object side toward an image side. The objective lens for an endoscope satisfies a predetermined conditional expression related to the cemented lenses.

Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing multi-layer structures in which a spectrum array is generated from low coherence interferometry and input into a statistical estimator, which determines the thickness and layer number based on the inputted spectrum and other information, including information about a source intensity noise, Poisson noise, and dark noise associated with the low coherence interferometry.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to at least one data set of edging data and a computer program product with instructions for performing the method are disclosed. A spectacle lens blank, semifinished spectacle lens product, or a finished spectacle lens product is inspected for defects and compared to a data set to determine if it can be manufactured into an edged finished spectacle lens that fits into a specific spectacle frame such that the defect is not present in the edged finished spectacle lens.

Abstract: A lens assembly includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens, all of which are arranged in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens is with positive refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the object side. The second lens is with refractive power. The third lens is with negative refractive power. The fourth lens is with positive refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the image side. The fifth lens is with negative refractive power and includes a concave surface facing the image side. The lens assembly satisfies: 1.5<f/D1<3.5; wherein f is an effective focal length of the lens assembly and Di is an effective optical diameter of the first lens.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for making an aspheric vision correction lens with controlled peripheral defocus. The present invention also discloses a vision correction lens worn outside the eye, an orthokeratology lens and an intraocular lens made according to the method. The present invention further discloses a diagnosis and treatment method that utilizes myopic peripheral defocus to control and retard myopia growth.

Abstract: Method for designing a pair of ophthalmic lenses and device for optical measurements. The method comprises: determining a distance and placing an object (100) at said distance; placing a frame (4) of reference on the user; for each eye: keeping it uncovered and covering the other eye; placing in front of the eye a screen (5, 6) with a through hole (520, 620); shifting the position of the hole (520, 620) until the user sees said object (100) looking through the hole (520, 620), so that said object (100) is centred in the field of view available; uncovering both eyes; adjusting the positions of the holes (520, 620), to obtain binocular vision; and designing each lens (510, 610) according to said position. The device (1) comprises a frame (2) to which, for each eye, a first plate (51, 61) having a vertical groove (53, 63) and a second plate (52, 62) having a horizontal groove (54, 64) are attached and can be shifted. So that, when the grooves overlap, a pinhole (55, 65) is formed.

Abstract: To realize a toric ophthalmic lens including an edge that makes it possible to design a lens contributing to secondary cataract prevention without deteriorating a degree of freedom of lens design. The toric ophthalmic lens is a toric ophthalmic lens in which, in a top view of an optical portion, a substantially flat portion having a substantially fixed edge thickness of the optical portion is provided to overlap a steep meridian of a toric surface of the optical portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining an optical system intended to equip a subject, the method including the steps of: —determining an index of sensitivity indicating, when the subject is placed in an environment including surfaces and/or borders forming globally a geometry of this environment; and landmarks associated with specific locations within the environment, how the subject relies on the global geometry and/or on the local landmarks of the environment to navigate within the environment; and—determining the optical system based on this index of sensitivity. The invention also relates to an ophthalmic lens and to an ophthalmic filter determined by such method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method implemented by computer means of selecting an optical filtration of an ophthalmic device for a wearer, the method comprising: —obtaining wearer's preferences relatively to at least one predetermined type of visual environment comprising multispectral or hyper spectral data; —selecting at least one filter: —corresponding to said wearer's preferences relatively to said at least one predetermined type of visual environment, and —determined on the basis of said multispectral or hyper spectral data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a scleral lens with a fenestration and pockets. One fenestration or a plurality of annularly-distributed fenestrations are provided in an optic zone of the scleral lens; and two or more pockets are provided in a pocket annular zone on a posterior surface of the optic zone. The pockets are configured to trap gas bubbles near the fenestration, where the fenestration is located radially outward from the pocket annular zone and not located in a transition zone of the scleral lens, and the transition zone is configured to be located above the limbus of the eyeball during wearing of the scleral lens. The lens of the present invention will not be adsorbed to the cornea, and can be worn comfortably and maintain clear visual acuity for up to 12 hours.

Abstract: An ophthalmic lens may comprise a main body comprising an optic zone and a peripheral zone disposed adjacent the optic zone, wherein the optic zone comprises a refractive structure that exhibits a first optical power and a diffractive structure disposed within the optic zone, wherein the diffractive structure exhibits a second optical power, wherein the ophthalmic lens is associated with a first target SKU optical power.