Abstract: A method, implemented by computer means, for ordering an optical equipment comprising at least a spectacle frame suitable for a wearer, the method comprising: a wearer data providing step during which wearer data relative to a wearer parameter are provided, a optical equipment data providing step during which optical equipment data relative to at least the spectacle frame of an optical equipment selected by the wearer are provided, a mounting data determining step during which mounting data representative of the spectacle frame being mounted on the wearer's head are determined by taking into account at least said wearer's data and said optical equipment data, a display step during which the mounting data are displayed in a visually understandable mode.

Abstract: A method and an associated system for ordering a spectacle lens by a wearer (1), said method involving steps of: selecting (S1) a spectacle frame by the wearer (1); capturing (S2) a picture showing partially a face of said wearer (1) wearing the selected spectacle frame, at a picture capturing side (10) so as a position of said spectacle frame with respect to the wearer face is extractable from said picture; obtaining (S3.1) a three dimensional shape of the selected frame at said picture processing side (20); processing (S3) said picture for obtaining the position of said spectacle frame with respect to the wearer face at said picture processing side (20); and ordering (S6) to a lens manufacturing side (40) spectacle lens complying with said frame shape, said extracted frame position, and wearer data, wherein said wearer data comprises at least a prescription for the wearer (1).

Abstract: A method, implemented by computer means, for ordering an optical equipment comprising at least a spectacle frame suitable for a wearer, the method comprising: a wearer data providing step during which wearer data relative to a wearer parameter are provided, a optical equipment data providing step during which optical equipment data relative to at least the spectacle frame of an optical equipment selected by the wearer are provided, a mounting data determining step during which mounting data representative of the spectacle frame being mounted on the wearer's head are determined by taking into account at least said wearer's data and said optical equipment data, a display step during which the mounting data are displayed in a visually understandable mode.

Abstract: A method and an associated system for ordering a spectacle lens by a wearer (1), said method involving steps of: selecting (S1) a spectacle frame by the wearer (1); capturing (S2) a picture showing partially a face of said wearer (1) wearing the selected spectacle frame, at a picture capturing side (10) so as a position of said spectacle frame with respect to the wearer face is extractable from said picture; obtaining (S3.1) a three dimensional shape of the selected frame at said picture processing side (20); processing (S3) said picture for obtaining the position of said spectacle frame with respect to the wearer face at said picture processing side (20); and ordering (S6) to a lens manufacturing side (40) spectacle lens complying with said frame shape, said extracted frame position, and wearer data, wherein said wearer data comprises at least a prescription for the wearer (1).

Abstract: A method for forming a microstructure is disclosed in which, after a polymer substance has been applied to a first substrate, the first substrate is micromachined to remove at least one portion of the first substrate. A second substrate is then adhered to the first substrate via the polymer substance. One application of such a method is in the fabrication of three-dimensional microfluidics. The polymer substance may, for example, be benzocyclobutene (BCB), and the first substrate may, for example, be a silicon wafer or a photo-etchable glass.

Abstract: A method of adaptively determining a threshold for determining whether an error associated with a frame is an erasure or the result of a discontinuous transmission (DTX) uses a sample set of recently received frames yet avoids undesirable influences on the threshold that otherwise might be caused by the number of erasures in the sample set. A disclosed example uses a histogram-based approach and a simulated sort through the histogram to determine an appropriate threshold value. In a disclosed example the lesser of a bad frame threshold guideline value and a good frame threshold guideline value provide the threshold used to distinguish between a DTX and an erasure.

Abstract: A technique of providing wireless network service utilizes an initial threshold to determine whether a signal received from a cellular device is of sufficient strength to warrant further processing. The technique may be implemented in a power controller of a base station, where the power controller includes an outer loop power control and an inner loop power control. The outer loop power control determines the strength of the received signal and compares it to an initial threshold. If the signal strength is below the initial threshold, the outer loop power control does not process the signal further. However, if the signal strength is above the initial threshold, the outer loop power control determines whether the signal contains any errors. If not, the signal is processed normally.