Abstract: Method for manufacturing an optical device, manufacturing device for manufacturing the optical device, the optical device and eyewear. The optical device comprises a first optical element and a second optical element. The method comprises a step of placing on a support a plurality of layers comprising successively the first optical element, a layer of a compression-activated glue, the second optical element. The layer of the compression-activated glue is between the first optical element and the second optical element. The support comprises spacers placed around the plurality of layers. The spacers have a height superior to a height of the plurality of the layers. The method also comprises a step of placing a layer of an elastic material covering the plurality of the layers and the spacers and a step of compressing the plurality of the layers to achieve a compression of the compression-activated glue above a predetermined compression level.

Abstract: An optical device for a wearer intended to form an electrochromic ophthalmic lens, spectacle glasses comprising two such lenses fitted on a frame, and a method for manufacturing such an optical device. The optical device includes at least one electrochromic cell which has a rear shell and a front shell respectively defining for the optical device a backside surface proximal to at least one eye of the wearer and an opposite front surface, the rear shell and the front shell being provided with at least one pair of transparent electrodes and delimiting a sealed cavity filled with an electrochromic composition. One of the front shell and the rear shell includes a mineral glass substrate, and the other one includes an organic polymeric substrate, and the electrochromic cell forms a hybrid mineral-organic ophthalmic lens selected from plano lenses and prescription lenses satisfying a prescription for power correction.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing an ophthalmic device including providing a plastic part having a predetermined shape consistent with its deployment in an ophthalmic application, the plastic part having a first face and a second face; providing a mineral part having a first face and a second face; assembling an ophthalmic blank from the plastic part and the mineral part, wherein the second face of the plastic part is coincident with some or all of the first face of the mineral part; positioning and securing the ophthalmic blank on a mount of a machining device; machining on the mount using a tool, the first face of the plastic part.

Abstract: An optical system, an eyewear device, and a method of manufacturing the optical system, the optical system comprises a wafer and an optical element. The wafer and the optical element are bonded to each other by an adhesive material, and the wafer has a perimeter shoulder.

Abstract: An ophthalmic device satisfying a prescription for at least one power correction for a wearer, a method for manufacturing the ophthalmic device, and a method for applying a semi-finished hybrid ophthalmic lens. The ophthalmic device includes at least one electro-active cell which includes a rear shell and a front shell defining a backside surface and an opposite front surface, the shells being provided with transparent electrodes and delimiting a sealed cavity. The rear shell derives from a semi-finished hybrid ophthalmic lens including a front mineral part having a first mineral face proximal to the front shell and a second mineral face opposite to the first mineral face, and a rear plastic part attached to the front mineral part.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes optical articles comprising a film layer that has first and second film surfaces and is embossed such that the first film surface defines a plurality of concave optical elements and the second film surface defines a plurality of convex optical elements. The present optical articles can include one or more optical layers coupled to the film layer. Each of the optical layer(s) can encapsulate the concave optical elements or the convex optical elements.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes an optical article for use with an eyewear apparatus. In some implementations, the optical article includes a single optical member having opposing first and second lens surfaces and a magnet coupled to the optical member and configured to be coupled to a frame of an eyewear apparatus. The optical article may also include a mounting bracket coupled to the optical member and configured to be coupled to the frame of the eyewear apparatus.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an eyewear skeleton to be integrated into an active eyewear adapted for a wearer, including at least two elements selected among the following elements: a lens housing, and/or at least one temple, and/or at least one optical lens. At least part of the two elements is to be dressed by at least one dressing element, each of the at least two elements including at least one electronic component, the at least one electronic component of the at least two elements interacting one with the other.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes optical articles comprising a film layer that has first and second film surfaces and is embossed such that the first film surface defines a plurality of concave optical elements and the second film surface defines a plurality of convex optical elements. The present optical articles can include one or more optical layers coupled to the film layer. Each of the optical layer(s) can encapsulate the concave optical elements or the convex optical elements.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes optical articles comprising a lens having first and second lens surfaces and a protective layer having first and second protective surfaces that is coupled to the lens such that the first protective surface is disposed on the second lens surface. The optical article can comprise a plurality of convex or concave optical elements defined on the second lens surface or the first protective surface. The protective layer can have a maximum thickness larger than a maximum height of each of the optical elements such that the protective layer encapsulates the optical elements.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes optical articles comprising a lens having first and second lens surfaces and a protective layer having first and second protective surfaces that is coupled to the lens such that the first protective surface is disposed on the second lens surface. The optical article can comprise a plurality of convex or concave optical elements defined on the second lens surface or the first protective surface. The protective layer can have a maximum thickness larger than a maximum height of each of the optical elements such that the protective layer encapsulates the optical elements.

Abstract: A method and an optical system adapted for a wearer having an ophthalmic prescription. The optical system includes an optical device having a planar optical function, and an optical lens having an optical function based on the prescription of the wearer. The rear face of the optical device is attached to the front face of the optical lens, the optical device having at least one mechanical reference so as to allow an accurate relative position of the optical device and the optical lens.

Abstract: An optical device for a wearer intended to form an electrochromic ophthalmic lens, spectacle glasses comprising two such lenses fitted on a frame, and a method for manufacturing such an optical device. The optical device includes at least one electrochromic cell which has a rear shell and a front shell respectively defining for the optical device a backside surface proximal to at least one eye of the wearer and an opposite front surface, the rear shell and the front shell being provided with at least one pair of transparent electrodes and delimiting a sealed cavity filled with an electrochromic composition. One of the front shell and the rear shell includes a mineral glass substrate, and the other one includes an organic polymeric substrate, and the electrochromic cell forms a hybrid mineral-organic ophthalmic lens selected from plano lenses and prescription lenses satisfying a prescription for power correction.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes optical articles comprising a lens having first and second lens surfaces and a protective layer having first and second protective surfaces that is coupled to the lens such that the first protective surface is disposed on the second lens surface. The optical article can comprise a plurality of convex or concave optical elements defined on the second lens surface or the first protective surface. The protective layer can have a maximum thickness larger than a maximum height of each of the optical elements such that the protective layer encapsulates the optical elements.

Abstract: An optical system, an eyewear device, and a method of manufacturing the optical system, the optical system comprises a wafer and an optical element. The wafer and the optical element are bonded to each other by an adhesive material, and the wafer has a perimeter shoulder.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes optical articles comprising a lens having first and second lens surfaces and a protective layer having first and second protective surfaces that is coupled to the lens such that the first protective surface is disposed on the second lens surface. The optical article can comprise a plurality of convex or concave optical elements defined on the second lens surface or the first protective surface. The protective layer can have a maximum thickness larger than a maximum height of each of the optical elements such that the protective layer encapsulates the optical elements.

Abstract: Disclosed is a holding system for supporting a wafer having a first surface, a second surface and a third surface joining the first and second surfaces, and an optical element having a first surface, a second surface and a third surface joining the first and second surfaces, the holding system including: a support including first support unit configured to support the second and/or third surface of the wafer and second support unit configured to support the second and/or third surface of the optical element; a positioning unit configured to position the second surface of the wafer relative to the first surface of the optical element; and a mechanical unit configured to move the first and second support units one relative to the other so as to move the second surface of the wafer and the first surface of the optical element to form an optical system.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ophthalmic device (1) satisfying a prescription for at least one power correction for a wearer, to a method for manufacturing it and to a use of a semi-finished hybrid ophthalmic lens. The device comprises at least one electro-active cell (3) which comprises a rear shell (4) and a front shell (5) defining for the device a backside surface and an opposite front surface, the shells (4 and 5) being provided with transparent electrodes and delimiting a sealed cavity.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical article including the following steps: a. providing a first substrate with a main surface, b. depositing a second substrate on the main surface with an adhesive layer so that the space between the first substrate and second substrate is filled by the adhesive layer, c. curing the adhesive layer to induce a polymerization of the adhesive layer, wherein a tension step takes place after steps a. and b., and before step c., the tension step including applying symmetrically a tension, preferentially with a central symmetry, preferentially a radial isotropic tension or an ortho-distributed symmetrical tension, on the edges of the second substrate sensibly in a tension plan parallel to a plan representative of the main surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes optical articles comprising a lens having first and second lens surfaces and a protective layer having first and second protective surfaces that is coupled to the lens such that the first protective surface is disposed on the second lens surface. The optical article can comprise a plurality of convex or concave optical elements defined on the second lens surface or the first protective surface. The protective layer can have a maximum thickness larger than a maximum height of each of the optical elements such that the protective layer encapsulates the optical elements.