Patents by Inventor Philippe Pinault

Philippe Pinault 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).

  • Patent number: 8174687
    Abstract: A device for measuring at least one camber geometrical characteristic of an ophthalmic lens provided on at least one of its faces with at least one position-identifying mark, the device including a support for the ophthalmic lens, and on opposite sides of the support, firstly lighting element for lighting the ophthalmic lens along at least two different lighting directions, and secondly acquisition and analysis element for acquiring and analyzing the light transmitted by the ophthalmic lens, the analysis element being adapted to identify shadows of the mark when lighted in the at least two lighting directions, and to deduce from their positions a measured value for the camber geometrical characteristic of the ophthalmic lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Stephane Boutinon, Philippe Pinault
  • Publication number: 20110256804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of shaping an ophthalmic lens to have a desired outline (11) by means of a machining device including a blocking support for the ophthalmic lens and at least one first machining tool, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining an inner cutting limit (12) for said first machining tool; defining an initial blocking position (P1) for the ophthalmic lens and its desired outline; calculating whether at least a portion of the desired outline presents a non-zero intersection (Q21-Q22) with said inner cutting limit; defining as the final blocking position (PF) either the unchanged initial blocking position if the intersection calculated the calculation step is zero, or else a blocking position that is modified relative to the initial blocking position so that the desired outline as repositioned using the modified blocking position does not present an intersection with the inner cutting limit associated with the first tool; and blocking and shaping the ophthalmic lens with the d
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Cédric LEMAIRE, Philippe PINAULT, David TANG
  • Publication number: 20100134789
    Abstract: A device for measuring at least one camber geometrical characteristic of an ophthalmic lens provided on at least one of its faces with at least one position-identifying mark, the device including a support for the ophthalmic lens, and on opposite sides of the support, firstly lighting element for lighting the ophthalmic lens along at least two different lighting directions, and secondly acquisition and analysis element for acquiring and analyzing the light transmitted by the ophthalmic lens, the analysis element being adapted to identify shadows of the mark when lighted in the at least two lighting directions, and to deduce from their positions a measured value for the camber geometrical characteristic of the ophthalmic lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Stéphane BOUTINON, Philippe PINAULT
  • Publication number: 20100092068
    Abstract: The device includes: bearing element (55) for the lens (100); element (53) for acquiring a global image (90) of the drill hole (110) of the lens (100) in a lighting direction (D51, A52), or image acquisition direction (A53); element (54) for processing the image when the lens is carried by the carrier element (55). The processing element (54) designed for determining, from the global image of the drill hole (110) the position of center (C1) of the opening of the drill hole (110) that gives onto one of the faces (98) of the lens (100) and/or the transverse dimension of the opening of the drill hole (110) that corresponds to the desired transverse dimension (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventor: Philippe Pinault
  • Publication number: 20100074556
    Abstract: Method of determining the position of a target drill hole to be drilled in a target corrective lens having an expected target outline after shaping, the position being determined from a reference lens having a reference outline and at least one reference drill hole, the method includes: acquiring an image and at least one characteristic of the curvature of the reference lens; determining, in the acquisition plane, the reference distance in projection between the projection of a reference anchor point of the associated reference lens and the reference lens and the projection of a reference drilling point of the reference drill hole calculating the three-dimensional reference distance between the reference anchor point and the reference drilling point as a function of the characteristic of the curvature of the reference lens (100) and of the determined reference distance; and determining the position of the target drilling point for the target drill hole of the target corrective lens as a function of the calcul
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (Compagnie Generale d'Optiqu
    Inventor: Philippe Pinault