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: 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: 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: An optical lens intended to be placed before a wearer's eye and having a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface being the surface intended to be the closest to the wearer's eye when the optical lens is placed before a wearer's eye, the optical lens having a mineral glass element on the front surface and further comprising an eye protector that is configured to prevent any piece of the mineral glass element from reaching the wearer's eye when the element is broken, said eye protector comprising a polymer wafer arranged on the rear surface.

Abstract: An optical lens intended to be placed before a wearer's eye and having a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface being the surface intended to be the closest to the wearer's eye when the optical lens is placed before a wearer's eye, the optical lens having a mineral glass element on the front surface and further comprising an eye protector that is configured to prevent any piece of the mineral glass element from reaching the wearer's eye when the element is broken, said eye protector comprising a polymer wafer arranged on the rear surface.

Abstract: An optical article (1) is disclosed, comprising: —a base lens substrate (10), having a front surface (101) and a back surface (102), —an abrasion resistant coating (20) covering at least one of said front surface and said back surface, the abrasion resistant coating (20) having a first surface (21, 22) at the interface with the base lens substrate and a second surface (22,21) opposite the first, and —at least one optical element (30) protruding from one of the first and second surfaces of said abrasion resistant coating, said optical element being composed of a material adapted to form an abrasion resistant coating.

Abstract: An electrically-controlled optical device intended to be placed in front of a user's eye, the electrically-controlled optical device being an ophthalmic device, the electrically-controlled optical device comprising: a front shell defining a front surface and a back surface opposed to the front surface, the front shell comprising a slab, at least one functional layer arranged on the back surface and one primer layer, said primer layer being arranged between the at least one functional layer and the slab; and an electrically-controlled object facing the back surface of the front shell wherein the primer layer is conformed such that the electrically-controlled optical device is mechanically resistant to an impact energy of at least 200 mJ.

Abstract: An optical lens intended to be placed before a wearer's eye and having a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface being the surface intended to be the closest to the wearer's eye when the optical lens is placed before a wearer's eye, the optical lens having a mineral glass element on the front surface and further comprising an eye protector that is configured to prevent any piece of the mineral glass element from reaching the wearer's eye when the element is broken, said eye protector comprising a polymer wafer arranged on the rear surface.

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: Method for providing a head mounted optical system, the method comprising: an optical system providing step (S1), during which an optical system with an active function is provided and, an encapsulating step (S8), during which the optical system is at least partly encapsulated in a transparent capsule by stacking in close contact the optical system with at least one substrate of the transparent capsule and made integral with an adhesive.

Abstract: Method for encapsulating at least partly a light-guide optical element in a transparent capsule, the method comprising at least: —a transparent capsule providing step during which a transparent capsule is provided, —a light-guide optical element providing step during which a light-guide optical element is provided, —an adhesive deposing step during which an adhesive is deposited on at least part of a face of the transparent capsule and/or of a face of the light-guide optical element, —a positioning step during which the transparent capsule and the light-guide optical element are positioned one relative to the other so as to form an optical system, —a bonding step during which the light-guide optical element and the transparent capsule are made integral with the adhesive, wherein the method further comprises prior to the bonding step a control step during which at least one parameter of the optical system is controlled.

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: Method for encapsulating at least partly a light-guide optical element in a transparent capsule, the method comprising at least: —a transparent capsule providing step during which a transparent capsule is provided, —a light-guide optical element providing step during which a light-guide optical element is provided, —an adhesive deposing step during which an adhesive is deposited on at least part of a face of the transparent capsule and/or of a face of the light-guide optical element, —a positioning step during which the transparent capsule and the light-guide optical element are positioned one relative to the other so as to form an optical system, —a bonding step during which the light-guide optical element and the transparent capsule are made integral with the adhesive, wherein the method further comprises prior to the bonding step a control step during which at least one parameter of the optical system is controlled.

Abstract: Method for providing a head mounted optical system, the method comprising: an optical system providing step (S1), during which an optical system with an active function is provided and, an encapsulating step (S8), during which the optical system is at least partly encapsulated in a transparent capsule by stacking in close contact the optical system with at least one substrate of the transparent capsule and made integral with an adhesive.