Patents by Inventor Matthias Hornauer
Matthias Hornauer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11633928Abstract: A spectacle lens, which is manufactured by additive manufacturing, includes interspersing first volume elements and second volume elements. The first and second volume elements are arranged on the grid points of a geometric grid to form a first sub-grid and a second sub-grid, respectively. The first sub-grid forms the first part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a first object distance and the second sub-grid forms the second part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a second object distance, which differs from the first object distance.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Timo Mappes, Matthias Hornauer, Georg Michels, Thomas Glöge
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Patent number: 11586054Abstract: Information is stored in an optical element in the form of a glass or plastic body embodied as spectacles lens, spectacles lens blank or spectacles lens semi-finished product. The information in the form of data is stored on or in the glass or plastic body by creating at least one marking with a marking system. The marking can be read by a reading apparatus. The marking system has an interface for reading information individualizing the optical element. The marking is created permanently by the marking system on or in the optical element at a definition point of a local body-specific coordinate system set by two points on or in the optical element. In this body coordinate system, the manufacturer specifies the position of the lens horizontal and/or the far and/or the near and/or the prism reference point.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Andreas Dangelmaier, Simon Holtmann, Roland Schoen, Matthias Hornauer
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Publication number: 20220382074Abstract: Information is stored in an optical element in the form of a glass or plastic body embodied as spectacles lens, spectacles lens blank or spectacles lens semi-finished product. The information in the form of data is stored on or in the glass or plastic body by creating at least one marking with a marking system. The marking can be read by a reading apparatus. The marking system has an interface for reading information individualizing the optical element. The marking is created permanently by the marking system on or in the optical element at a definition point of a local body-specific coordinate system set by two points on or in the optical element. In this body coordinate system, the manufacturer specifies the position of the lens horizontal and/or the far and/or the near and/or the prism reference point.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Andreas Dangelmaier, Simon Holtmann, Roland Schoen, Matthias Hornauer
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Patent number: 11435600Abstract: Information is stored in an optical element in the form of a glass or plastic body embodied as spectacles lens, spectacles lens blank or spectacles lens semi-finished product. The information in the form of data is stored on or in the glass or plastic body by creating at least one marking with a marking system. The marking can be read by a reading apparatus. The marking system has an interface for reading information individualizing the optical element. The marking is created permanently by the marking system on or in the optical element at a definition point of a local body-specific coordinate system set by two points on or in the optical element. In this body coordinate system, the manufacturer specifies the position of the lens horizontal and/or the far and/or the near and/or the prism reference point.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Andreas Dangelmaier, Simon Holtmann, Roland Schoen, Matthias Hornauer
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Patent number: 11408798Abstract: An apparatus and a method for measuring individual data of spectacles arranged in a measurement position are disclosed. The spectacles have a left and/or a right spectacle lens. The apparatus has a display for displaying a test structure. The apparatus contains an image capture device for capturing the test structure with an imaging beam path which passing through the left spectacle lens and/or the right spectacle lens of the spectacles. Further, the apparatus includes a computer unit with a computer program for determining a refractive power distribution for at least a section of the left spectacle lens and/or the right spectacle lens from the image of the test structure captured by the image capture device and a known spatial orientation of the display relative to the image capture device. To measure individual data of spectacles, the spectacles are arranged in a measurement position.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: Carl Zeiss AG, Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Carsten Glasenapp, Matthias Hornauer
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Patent number: 11175517Abstract: A spectacle lens, which is manufactured by additive manufacturing, includes interspersing first volume elements and second volume elements. The first and second volume elements are arranged on the grid points of a geometric grid to form a first sub-grid and a second sub-grid, respectively. The first sub-grid forms the first part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a first object distance and the second sub-grid forms the second part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a second object distance, which differs from the first object distance.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Timo Mappes, Matthias Hornauer, Georg Michels, Thomas Glöge
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Patent number: 10983364Abstract: A spectacle lens, which is manufactured by additive manufacturing, includes interspersing first volume elements and second volume elements. The first and second volume elements are arranged on the grid points of a geometric grid to form a first sub-grid and a second sub-grid, respectively. The first sub-grid forms the first part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a first object distance and the second sub-grid forms the second part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a second object distance, which differs from the first object distance.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Timo Mappes, Matthias Hornauer, Georg Michels, Thomas Glöge
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Patent number: 10976572Abstract: Information is stored in an optical element in the form of a glass or plastic body embodied as spectacles lens, spectacles lens blank or spectacles lens semi-finished product. The information in the form of data is stored on or in the glass or plastic body by creating at least one marking with a marking system. The marking can be read by a reading apparatus. The marking system has an interface for reading information individualizing the optical element. The marking is created permanently by the marking system on or in the optical element at a definition point of a local body-specific coordinate system set by two points on or in the optical element. In this body coordinate system, the manufacturer specifies the position of the lens horizontal and/or the far and/or the near and/or the prism reference point.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Andreas Dangelmaier, Simon Holtmann, Roland Schoen, Matthias Hornauer
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Publication number: 20200409173Abstract: A spectacle lens, which is manufactured by additive manufacturing, includes interspersing first volume elements and second volume elements. The first and second volume elements are arranged on the grid points of a geometric grid to form a first sub-grid and a second sub-grid, respectively. The first sub-grid forms the first part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a first object distance and the second sub-grid forms the second part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a second object distance, which differs from the first object distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Timo Mappes, Matthias Hornauer, Georg Michels, Thomas Glöge
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Patent number: 10845619Abstract: A method for producing a spectacle lens by additive manufacturing includes interspersing first volume elements and second volume elements. The first and second volume elements are arranged on the grid points of a geometric grid to form a first sub-grid and a second sub-grid, respectively. The first sub-grid forms the first part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a first object distance and the second sub-grid forms the second part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a second object distance, which differs from the first object distance.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Timo Mappes, Matthias Hornauer, Georg Michels, Thomas Glöge
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Publication number: 20200355938Abstract: Information is stored in an optical element in the form of a glass or plastic body embodied as spectacles lens, spectacles lens blank or spectacles lens semi-finished product. The information in the form of data is stored on or in the glass or plastic body by creating at least one marking with a marking system. The marking can be read by a reading apparatus. The marking system has an interface for reading information individualizing the optical element. The marking is created permanently by the marking system on or in the optical element at a definition point of a local body-specific coordinate system set by two points on or in the optical element. In this body coordinate system, the manufacturer specifies the position of the lens horizontal and/or the far and/or the near and/or the prism reference point.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Andreas Dangelmaier, Simon Holtmann, Roland Schoen, Matthias Hornauer
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Publication number: 20200088603Abstract: An apparatus and a method for measuring individual data of spectacles arranged in a measurement position are disclosed. The spectacles have a left and/or a right spectacle lens. The apparatus has a display for displaying a test structure. The apparatus contains an image capture device for capturing the test structure with an imaging beam path which passing through the left spectacle lens and/or the right spectacle lens of the spectacles. Further, the apparatus includes a computer unit with a computer program for determining a refractive power distribution for at least a section of the left spectacle lens and/or the right spectacle lens from the image of the test structure captured by the image capture device and a known spatial orientation of the display relative to the image capture device. To measure individual data of spectacles, the spectacles are arranged in a measurement position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Carsten Glasenapp, Matthias Hornauer
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Patent number: 10520390Abstract: An apparatus and a method for measuring individual data of spectacles arranged in a measurement position are disclosed. The spectacles have a left and/or a right spectacle lens. The apparatus has a display for displaying a test structure. The apparatus contains an image capture device for capturing the test structure with an imaging beam path which passing through the left spectacle lens and/or the right spectacle lens of the spectacles. Further, the apparatus includes a computer unit with a computer program for determining a refractive power distribution for at least a section of the left spectacle lens and/or the right spectacle lens from the image of the test structure captured by the image capture device and a known spatial orientation of the display relative to the image capture device. To measure individual data of spectacles, the spectacles are arranged in a measurement position.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignees: Carl Zeiss AG, Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Carsten Glasenapp, Matthias Hornauer
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Publication number: 20190361266Abstract: A spectacle lens, which is manufactured by additive manufacturing, includes interspersing first volume elements and second volume elements. The first and second volume elements are arranged on the grid points of a geometric grid to form a first sub-grid and a second sub-grid, respectively. The first sub-grid forms the first part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a first object distance and the second sub-grid forms the second part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a second object distance, which differs from the first object distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Timo Mappes, Matthias Hornauer, Georg Michels, Thomas Glöge
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Publication number: 20190146242Abstract: A method for producing a spectacle lens by additive manufacturing includes interspersing first volume elements and second volume elements. The first and second volume elements are arranged on the grid points of a geometric grid to form a first sub-grid and a second sub-grid, respectively. The first sub-grid forms the first part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a first object distance and the second sub-grid forms the second part of the spectacle lens having a dioptric effect for vision for a second object distance, which differs from the first object distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Timo Mappes, Matthias Hornauer, Georg Michels, Thomas Glöge
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Publication number: 20180120198Abstract: An apparatus and a method for measuring individual data of spectacles arranged in a measurement position are disclosed. The spectacles have a left and/or a right spectacle lens. The apparatus has a display for displaying a test structure. The apparatus contains an image capture device for capturing the test structure with an imaging beam path which passing through the left spectacle lens and/or the right spectacle lens of the spectacles. Further, the apparatus includes a computer unit with a computer program for determining a refractive power distribution for at least a section of the left spectacle lens and/or the right spectacle lens from the image of the test structure captured by the image capture device and a known spatial orientation of the display relative to the image capture device. To measure individual data of spectacles, the spectacles are arranged in a measurement position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Carsten Glasenapp, Matthias Hornauer
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Patent number: 9797804Abstract: The spatial structure of an optical element is determined. The optical element has a first optically active surface and a second optically active surface. The optical element is arranged in a holding device. The position of a point (P) on the first optically active surface and the position of a point (P?) on the second optically active surface are referenced in a coordinate system fixed to the holding device. The topography of the first optically active surface is determined in a coordinate system referenced to the holding device by the position of point (P) and the spatial structure of the optical element is calculated from the topography of the first optically active surface and from a data set as to the topography of the second optically active surface. The data set is referenced to the fixed coordinate system of the holding device by the position of point (P?).Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignees: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Carl Zeiss AGInventors: Carsten Glasenapp, Matthias Hornauer, Adalbert Hanssen, Yvonne Schleitzer, Lars Omlor
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Publication number: 20170261765Abstract: Information is stored in an optical element in the form of a glass or plastic body embodied as spectacles lens, spectacles lens blank or spectacles lens semi-finished product. The information in the form of data is stored on or in the glass or plastic body by creating at least one marking with a marking system. The marking can be read by a reading apparatus. The marking system has an interface for reading information individualizing the optical element. The marking is created permanently by the marking system on or in the optical element at a definition point of a local body-specific coordinate system set by two points on or in the optical element. In this body coordinate system, the manufacturer specifies the position of the lens horizontal and/or the far and/or the near and/or the prism reference point.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Andreas Dangelmaier, Simon Holtmann, Roland Schoen, Matthias Hornauer
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Publication number: 20160116762Abstract: Information is stored in an optical element in the form of a glass or plastic body embodied as spectacles lens, spectacles lens blank or spectacles lens semi-finished product. The information in the form of data is stored on or in the glass or plastic body by creating at least one marking with a marking system. The marking can be read by a reading apparatus. The marking system has an interface for reading information individualizing the optical element. The marking is created permanently by the marking system on or in the optical element at a definition point of a local body-specific coordinate system set by two points on or in the optical element. In this body coordinate system, the manufacturer specifies the position of the lens horizontal and/or the far and/or the near and/or the prism reference point.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Andreas Dangelmaier, Simon Holtmann, Roland Schoen, Matthias Hornauer
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Publication number: 20160054196Abstract: The spatial structure of an optical element is determined. The optical element has a first optically active surface and a second optically active surface. The optical element is arranged in a holding device. The position of a point (P) on the first optically active surface and the position of a point (P?) on the second optically active surface are referenced in a coordinate system fixed to the holding device. The topography of the first optically active surface is determined in a coordinate system referenced to the holding device by the position of point (P) and the spatial structure of the optical element is calculated from the topography of the first optically active surface and from a data set as to the topography of the second optically active surface. The data set is referenced to the fixed coordinate system of the holding device by the position of point (P?).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Carsten Glasenapp, Matthias Hornauer, Adalbert Hanssen, Yvonne Schleitzer, Lars Omlor