EP2091690B9 - Method for determining the position of a drill hole to be formed in an ophthalmic lens - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves acquiring a curve characteristic (ALPHA100) of a reference lens (100), and determining reference projection distance (R1) between a projection (MO1) of a reference anchoring point (O1) of the lens and a projection (MC1) of a reference drilling point (C1) of a target drilling hole (110). Tri-dimensional distance between the lens anchoring point and the hole drilling point is calculated according to the lens curve characteristic and the determined distance. A position of the hole on a target correction lens is determined based on the tri-dimensional distance.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD TO WHICH THE INVENTION REFERS

The present invention generally relates to the field of eyewear and more specifically to the drilling of ophthalmic lenses for mounting on spectacle frames of the type without a circle.

More particularly, it relates to a method of determining the position of a target borehole to be made on a target correction lens from a reference lens that has a reference borehole.

TECHNOLOGICAL BACKGROUND

When an eyeglass frame is of the circle-free type, the clipping of each of the correction lenses intended to equip this frame is followed by the appropriate drilling of each lens to allow the attachment of the branches and the nasal bridge of the frame without a circle. Drilling can be performed on a grinder or on a separate drilling machine by means of a drill bit.

Most often, the following method is implemented. First of all the future carrier chooses a frame to his taste, which is equipped with reference lenses, commonly called presentation lenses. Each reference lens is already pierced on its temporal and nasal parts and can then serve as a model for the proper trimming and piercing of the target correction lens intended to equip the frame selected by the future carrier.

The positioning of the target drill holes to be made on the target corrective lens is inferred from that of the reference drilling holes of the reference lens. This positioning can be done manually: the optician measures the position of the referred drilling holes and reports these measurements on the target correction lens of the cut-out lens.

• acquérir une image de la lentille de référence, avec en particulier une image de son contour référent et une image de son trou de perçage référent, dans un plan d'acquisition,
• en déduire la position d'un point de perçage cible du trou de perçage cible de la lentille de correction cible par rapport au contour cible.

But it is interesting in practice to achieve this positioning automatically. The patent EP1053075 proposes in this sense a method for determining the position of a target drilling hole to be made on a target correction lens having a target contour provided after trimming, from a reference lens which has a reference contour and at least a reference drilling hole, identical to that of the reference lens. This process comprises the following steps:

• acquire an image of the reference lens, with in particular an image of its referent contour and an image of its reference drilling hole, in an acquisition plane,
• deriving the position of a target piercing point from the target piercing hole of the target correction lens relative to the target contour.

The reference lens is placed in an image acquisition device of this lens, which displays this image on a screen. The operator then proceeds to locate the referent drilling holes by pointing on the screen each of these holes. The processing system stores the position of the referential drill holes relative to the image of the reference contour of the reference lens in the acquisition plane.

The target correction lens is then centered. Its image is acquired in a centering plane so as to locate its optical reference and to position accordingly the desired target contour for the target correction lens. Then, after trimming the target correction lens according to the target contour identical to that of the reference lens, a drill bit having a suitable diameter is brought opposite a target piercing point of the lens. target correction.

This target drilling point is directly defined as being the projection counterpart in the acquisition and centering planes of the reference drilling point, in the sense that it is the point that is projected in the centering plane ( of the correction lens) has a position similar to that of the image in the acquisition plane (of the reference lens) of the reference drilling point of the reference lens.

The correction lens is then pierced by means of a relative advance movement of the drill bit relative to the lens along the axis of rotation of the drill bit. If the diameter of the drill bit is smaller than the desired diameter, the hole obtained is widened to the right diameter by means of a suitable transverse displacement of the drill bit.

However, it is found, particularly for highly curved lenses, that there is often a large error between the position of the target borehole made on the target correction lens and the position of the reference hole of the reference lens. This positioning error induces difficulties in mounting the target correction lens on the branches and the nasal bridge of the frame and may even lead, in some cases, to impossible mounting or poor quality. In this case, the optician is forced to perform a drill hole recovery operation that is time consuming, which requires a high level of expertise and generates results that are often unsightly. It can further result in a poor positioning of the target corrective lens opposite the eye of the wearer, which degrades the performance of the optical correction and can cause the wearer a strong discomfort.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is to accurately determine the position of the drilling holes to be made on the target correction lens for assembly to the branches and the nasal bridge of the eyeglass frame without a circle selected by the wearer.

• acquérir une image de la lentille de référence, avec en particulier une image de son contour référent et une image de son trou de perçage référent dans un plan d'acquisition ;
• acquérir au moins une caractéristique du galbe de la lentille de référence ;
• déterminer, dans le plan d'acquisition, la distance en projection référente entre le projeté d'un point d'ancrage référent de la lentille de référence associé au contour référent et le projeté d'un point de perçage référent du trou de perçage référent ;
• calculer la distance tridimensionnelle référente entre le point d'ancrage référent de la lentille de référence et le point de perçage référent du trou de perçage référent en fonction de ladite caractéristique du galbe de la lentille de référence et de la distance en projection référente déterminée ;
• déterminer la position d'un point de perçage cible du trou de perçage cible de la lentille de correction cible par rapport au contour cible, en fonction de la distance tridimensionnelle référente calculée.

More particularly, it is proposed according to the invention a method for determining the position of a target drilling hole to be made on a target correction lens having a target contour provided after trimming, from a reference lens which has a reference contour and at least one referent drilling hole, comprising the following steps:

• acquiring an image of the reference lens, with in particular an image of its referent contour and an image of its reference drilling hole in an acquisition plane;
• acquiring at least one characteristic of the curve of the reference lens;
• determining, in the acquisition plane, the reference projection distance between the projection of a reference anchor point of the reference lens associated with the reference contour and the projection of a reference drilling point of the reference drilling hole;
• calculating the reference three-dimensional distance between the reference anchor point of the reference lens and the reference drilling point of the reference drilling hole as a function of said characteristic of the curve of the reference lens and the determined reference projection distance;
• determining the position of a target drilling point of the target drilling hole of the target correction lens relative to the target contour, according to the calculated three-dimensional reference distance.

When drilling the target correction lens, for example on the side of the front face of the lens, the drill pierces the lens at a previously marked target drilling point. In the state of the art, this target drilling point is marked so that, if the projected images of the reference and correction lenses are superimposed in projection in the acquisition and centering planes so as to coincide their respective reference and target contours, the image of the target piercing point of the target correction lens is merged with the image of the reference piercing point of the reference lens.

The plaintiff however noticed that the real distances (in space and not in projection) separating the slices of the lenses from their Drill holes differ from one lens to another. She was able to identify that this error is largely due to the difference in curves (or curvatures) of the reference and correction lenses.

There is therefore an error in the report on the target correction lens of the distance acquired on the reference lens. Because of this error, the target drill hole made on the target correction lens is in practice offset from the ideal position at which it should be located. As a result, the drilling holes of the target correction lens may be too far from the edge of this lens, so that the legs or bridge of the frame can not catch in these holes. This error can also also be the cause of a centering error of the target correction lenses facing the eyes of the wearer, because the proper positioning of the drill holes determines that of the optical reference of the lens facing the eyes of the user. carrier.

With the method according to the invention, from the reference lens curve, the actual three-dimensional distance separating the wafer (or any other point identified) from the reference lens of the reference point of the drilling hole is determined. Knowing this distance, it is possible to transfer it to the corresponding optical face of the target correction lens, so that the actual three-dimensional distance between the wafer of the correction lens and its target piercing hole is identical to that determined on the reference lens. This distance no longer depends on the projection plane in which the image of the reference lens is acquired. The bridge and the branches of the frame can thus be assembled with the correction lenses without any difficulty and at the desired position, which then allows to correctly position the lenses opposite the pupils of the eyes of the wearer so that they exercise the best the optical functions for which they were designed.

The drill points reference and target drill holes of the reference lens and the target correction lens "match" in the sense that they are of the same nature with respect to the piercing hole concerned: for example, if the point The reference hole of the reference drilling hole is chosen to be the center of the mouthpiece on the front face of this reference drilling hole, the reference point of the target drilling hole is also coincident with the center of its mouth on the front face.

It is understood however that the reference points of the drilling holes of the reference and correction lenses are not "homologous" because of the difference in the curves of the lenses. Indeed, if we acquire the images reference and correction lenses and superimposed, the images of these two reference points are not confused, and this because of the fix provided by the invention.

More generally, it will be considered later that two points are "homologous" if, on the one hand, they belong to the corresponding optical faces of the target correction lens and of the reference lens, and if, on the other hand, when the images of the reference lens and the correction lens are superimposed in the same plane by matching all or part of their contours, the images of these two points are also superimposed.

Note also that projections anchor points and piercing points in the acquisition plane are made in the same and only direction of projection perpendicular to a general plane of the lens or parallel to the axis of illumination or image capture.

According to a first advantageous characteristic of the invention, in order to determine the position of the target piercing point of the target pierce hole, a target anchor point of the target correction lens homologous to the reference anchor point of the objective lens is identified. reference and calculates the position of the target drilling point according to this target anchor point and the reference three-dimensional distance.

The referent anchor point and the referent pierce point belong to the same reference face of the reference lens, and the target anchor point and the target pierce point belong to the same target face of the target correction lens, said reference face and said corresponding target face.

To calculate the position of the target piercing point, the target three-dimensional distance from said target anchor point is transferred to the target correction lens substantially in a deflection direction connecting the target anchor point to the target piercing point. .

The target anchor point of the target correction lens is homologous to the reference anchor point of the reference lens in the previously defined sense. Thus, if the reference anchor point of the reference lens is disposed on the contour of this lens, the target anchor point of the target correction lens is positioned on the same point of the contour after the correction lens has been trimmed. (these contours are identical). In the same way, if the reference anchor point of the reference lens is disposed in the center of another of the referent boreholes associated with a target target already determined, the target anchor point of the Target correction is the center of this target hole. The anchor points of the lens Target correction and the reference lens are therefore not necessarily homologous.

There are various types of drills and different types of methods for positioning according to the invention a drill bit opposite the piercing point of the correction lens. One of these methods is to come tangent with the drill bit the edge of the correction lens previously cut out, and then move the drill in a direction parallel to the plane tangent to the area to be pierced from the front face of the correction lens. This displacement, if it is performed by a distance corresponding to the previously calculated distance, then makes it possible correctly to position the drill vis-à-vis the desired drilling point so that the mount can be precisely assembled with this lens.

According to another embodiment of the invention, in order to calculate the position of the target drilling point of the target drilling hole, at least one characteristic of the curve of the target correction lens is determined and the target projection distance is calculated in a centering plane similar to the acquisition plane, between the projected target drilling point of the target drilling hole of the target correction lens and the projection of the target anchor point of this target correction lens, depending on the reference three-dimensional distance and the curve characteristic of the target correction lens.

The anchor points of the reference and correction lenses are homologous in the sense explained above.

The image of the reference lens is acquired in a given acquisition plan. Moreover, the image of the correction lens is acquired, in view of its centering, in a given centering plane. These planes are similar in that they are substantially inclined in the same way with respect to the lenses, so that the contour of the image of the reference lens is identical to that of the image of the correction lens. Typically, these acquisition and centering planes are substantially parallel to the mean planes of the reference or target correction lens, or to the average planes of the contours of these lenses. It is thus possible to consider in the same virtual plane confusing these acquisition and centering plans, the images of the reference and correction lenses.

At this stage, it is known the reference three-dimensional distance to separate, in space, a target anchor point of the correction lens of a reference point of the target drilling hole. However, generally, the grinders and drills locate the position of their drill bit in a plane corresponding to the aforementioned centering plane. It is therefore necessary to determine the distance between the projections of these two points in the centering plane, in order to then simply and accurately position the drill bit relative to the correction lens.

Preferably, to determine said characteristic of the curve of the target correction lens, is identified on one of the optical faces of the target correction lens near an approximate point of the target drilling point of the target drilling hole, said optical face is palpated of the target correction lens at at least three points located in the vicinity (typically less than 10 millimeters) of the approximate point, and an angle of inclination of said optical face of the correction lens at the approximate point with respect to centering plane, this angle then constituting said characteristic of the desired curve.

The approximate point is a point on the correction lens that is judged to be near or calculated to be close to the piercing point of the target hole. This approximate point may for example be the homologous point of the reference point of the reference drilling hole of the reference lens.

The relative positions of three probed points make it possible to approximate the shape of the palpated optical face of the lens, in the area of the approximate point. The shape of the optical face of the lens does not have large variations in this area, it is approximated that this shape is identical to the shape of the lens in the vicinity of the area where it will be pierced. This probing thus makes it possible in particular to deduce the inclination of the axis according to which the correction lens will have to be pierced so that the target piercing hole opens out orthogonally to the palpated optical face of the lens.

This inclination further provides a value of the curve of the correction lens which makes it possible to determine the position of the projected reference point of the target drilling hole in the centering plane.

In a variant, in order to determine said characteristic of the curve of the correction lens, the overall curvature of one of the optical faces of the target correction lens is acquired, one of the optical faces of the target correction lens is identified by approached point near the target drilling point of the target drilling hole, and an angle of inclination of said optical face of the target correction lens at the approached point is calculated as a function of said overall curvature and the position of the approached point. relative to the centering plane, this angle then constituting said characteristic of the desired curve.

The front optical face of a lens is generally approximately circumscribed to a sphere whose radius of curvature is generally provided to the optician by the lens manufacturer. Thus, the radius of curvature of this sphere and the position of the point approaching the piercing point makes it possible to determine an approximation of the inclination of the axis through which the lens will be pierced. Here again, this angle also makes it possible to determine the position of the projected reference point of the target drilling hole in the centering plane.

• on identifie le point d'ancrage référent de la lentille de référence comme le point dont le projeté dans le plan d'acquisition est situé à l'intersection, d'une part, d'une ligne de contour projetée résultant de la projection de l'une des arêtes avant et arrière du bord de la lentille de référence ou d'une moyenne de ces arêtes, et, d'autre part, d'une ligne d'ancrage référente passant par le projeté du point de perçage référent du trou de perçage référent ; cette ligne d'ancrage référente peut en particulier être celle qui passe par le projeté d'un centre géométrique, tel que le centre boxing, de la lentille de référence ou qui est parallèle à la ligne d'horizon de la lentille de référence ;
• on identifie le point d'ancrage cible de la lentille de correction cible comme le point dont le projeté, dans un plan de centrage analogue au plan d'acquisition, présente une position homologue de celle du projeté du point d'ancrage référent de la lentille de référence dans le plan d'acquisition ;
• pour déterminer la position du point de perçage cible on considère que le projeté de ce point dans un plan de centrage analogue au plan d'acquisition appartient à une ligne d'ancrage cible homologue de la ligne d'ancrage référente ;
• la lentille de référence comportant deux trous de perçage référents adjacents conçus pour maintenir une même branche ou un même pontet nasal d'une montre, dont un premier trou de perçage référent et un second trou de perçage référent, la lentille de correction présentant deux trous de perçage cibles à réaliser, dont un premier trou de perçage cible qui correspond au premier trou de perçage référent de la lentille de référence et dont la position est déjà identifiée et un second trou de perçage cible, le point d'ancrage référent de la lentille de référence est, pour la détermination du second trou de perçage cible, constitué par le point de perçage référent du premier trou de perçage référent ;
• le point d'ancrage cible de la lentille de correction cible est constitué par le point de perçage cible du premier trou de perçage cible.

Other advantageous and non-limiting features of the method according to the invention are the following:

• the reference anchor point of the reference lens is identified as the point whose projection in the acquisition plane is situated at the intersection, on the one hand, of a projected contour line resulting from the projection of the reference lens. one of the front and rear edges of the edge of the reference lens or an average of these edges, and, on the other hand, a reference anchor line passing through the projected reference drilling point of the hole of referent drilling; this reference anchor line may in particular be that which passes through the projected geometric center, such as the boxing center, of the reference lens or which is parallel to the horizon line of the reference lens;
• the target anchor point of the target correction lens is identified as the point whose projected, in a centering plane similar to the acquisition plane, has a position homologous to that of the projected reference anchor point of the lens reference in the acquisition plan;
• to determine the position of the target piercing point, it is considered that the projection of this point in a centering plane similar to the acquisition plane belongs to a target anchor line homologous to the reference anchor line;
• the reference lens having two adjacent referent drill holes designed to hold a same branch or nasal bridge of a watch, including a first reference drill hole and a second reference drill hole, the correction lens having two target drilling to be performed, including a first target drilling hole that corresponds to the first referent drilling hole of the reference lens and whose position is already identified and a second target drilling hole, the reference anchor point of the target lens; reference is, for the determination of the second target drilling hole, constituted by the reference drilling point of the first reference drilling hole;
• the target anchor point of the target correction lens is the target pierce point of the first target pierce hole.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF AN EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT

The description which follows, with reference to the accompanying drawings, given by way of non-limiting example, will make it clear what the invention consists of and how it can be achieved.

• la figure 1 est une vue schématique en coupe axiale d'un dispositif d'acquisition de la position de trous de perçage d'une lentille de référence ;
• la figure 2 est une vue mixte, avec une partie supérieure montrant en coupe axiale le trou de perçage de la lentille de référence de la figure 1, et une partie inférieure montrant, dans un plan d'acquisition, l'image d'ensemble en ombre projetée de ce trou de perçage, dont certains points sont utilisés pour le calcul de la position de ce trou de perçage ;
• la figure 3 est une vue mixte, avec une partie inférieure montrant en coupe une portion de la lentille de référence de la figure 1, et une partie supérieure montrant en coupe une portion d'une lentille de correction percée selon le procédé conforme à l'invention ;
• les figures 4 et 6 sont deux vues similaires de l'image de la lentille de référence de la figure 1 projetée dans le plan d'acquisition, illustrant deux définitions de la ligne d'ancrage référence ;
• les figures 5 et 7 sont deux vues en plan de face de la lentille de correction cible de la figure 4 avant usinage ; et
• la figure 8 est une vue mixte, avec une partie inférieure montrant en coupe une portion d'une autre lentille de référence pourvue de deux trous de perçage adjacents, et une partie supérieure montrant en coupe une portion d'une autre lentille de correction cible percée selon le procédé conforme à l'invention.
• la figure 9 est une vue schématique en coupe axiale d'une variante de réalisation du dispositif d'acquisition de la figure 1.

In the accompanying drawings:

• the figure 1 is a diagrammatic view in axial section of a device for acquiring the position of the drilling holes of a reference lens;
• the figure 2 is a mixed view, with an upper part showing in axial section the drilling hole of the reference lens of the figure 1 , and a lower part showing, in an acquisition plane, the projected shadow overall image of this drilling hole, some points of which are used for calculating the position of this drilling hole;
• the figure 3 is a mixed view, with a lower part showing in section a portion of the reference lens of the figure 1 and an upper portion showing in section a portion of a correction lens pierced according to the method according to the invention;
• the Figures 4 and 6 are two similar views of the image of the reference lens of the figure 1 projected in the acquisition plan, illustrating two definitions of the reference anchor line;
• the Figures 5 and 7 are two front plane views of the target correction lens of the figure 4 before machining; and
• the figure 8 is a mixed view, with a lower portion showing in section a portion of another reference lens provided with two adjacent piercing holes, and an upper portion showing in section a portion of another target correction lens pierced by the method according to the invention.
• the figure 9 is a schematic view in axial section of an alternative embodiment of the device for acquiring the figure 1 .

The objective of the method according to the invention is to determine the position of a target drilling hole to be made on a correction lens according to the position, which is proposed to acquire, a drilling hole referent of a reference lens.

The method thus comprises a first step of acquiring the position of the reference drilling holes of the reference lens.

Image acquisition device

On the figure 1 , there is shown an exemplary device for acquiring the position of the reference drilling holes of a reference eyeglass lens, allowing the implementation of the method according to the invention. This acquisition device comprises lighting means 51, 52, a support 55 for accommodating a reference lens 100 (typically consisting of a presentation lens used to present the frame) and capture means 53 of a global image of this lens.

The lighting means 51, 52 comprise a collimation lens 52 of axis A52 and a light source 51 placed at the focus of the collimation lens 52. After passing through the collimation lens 52, the light rays are thus directed in parallel. to the axis A52 of the collimation lens 52. The illumination direction D51 is thus parallel to the direction of the axis A52.

The capture means 53 comprise a camera 53 provided with a lens having an optical axis A53. The device for acquiring the position of the reference drilling holes comprises an optical axis defined as the axis A52 of the collimation lens 52 and the axis A53 of the objective of the acquisition means 53. The capture direction image by the acquisition means 53 is here confused with the direction of illumination D51. The directions of illumination or image capture are, of course, returned or not.

The support 55 of the reference lens 100 is designed such that the reference lens 100 extends in a general plane transverse to the direction of illumination D51. The lens 100 is then illuminated in front.

The reference lens 100 has an edge 120 which has a front edge 121 and a rear edge 122. The edge 120 is cylindrical with an axis parallel to the direction of illumination and image capture and therefore here perpendicular to the acquisition plan. The edge 120 could, however, be of different shape, in particular conical or similar, so that its projection on the acquisition plane would no longer be wired and the projections of its edges 121, 122 would no longer be confused but distinct. In the illustrated example, we are interested in the front face of the reference lens 100 and therefore in the front edge 121. We can of course, in a similar way, be interested in the rear face or a virtual surface average.

The general plane of the lens typically consists of a middle or medial plane of one and / or the other of the surfaces of the lens, or a middle or medial plane of one and / or the other of the edges 121, 122 of its edge 120.

The support 55 of the lens 100 is here in the form of a transparent glass plate perpendicular to the illumination direction D 51, so that neither the front face 98 nor the rear face 99 of the reference lens 100 are visually hidden by the support 55.

This reference lens 100 here comprises two referent drilling holes, a first reference drilling hole 110 located on the side of the temporal zone and another drilling hole (not visible on the figure 1 ) located on the side of the nasal area of the lens. The remainder of the description details only the acquisition of the reference drilling hole 110, but this description applies also to the acquisition of the other hole of drilling. Alternatively, if this lens had a greater number of drill holes, the following description would also apply to the additional drill holes.

As shown on the upper part of the figure 2 , the reference drilling hole 110 comprises, on the one hand, a front mouth 111 which opens on the front face 98 of the lens 100 and, on the other hand, a rear mouth 112 which opens on the rear face 99 of the lens 100. The center C2 of the reference drilling hole 110 itself is also defined, which is also the average of the positions of the centers C1, C3 of the front mouthpieces 111 and rear 112. The point C1 of the front mouth 111 of the drilling hole referent 110 will be considered here as a reference drilling point.

The image capturing means 53 ( figure 1 ) further communicate with an electronic and computer processing system 54. As explained hereinafter, the processing system 54 is adapted to derive from the acquired image the position of the center C1 of the mouth 111 of the referencing borehole 110. on the front face 98. Of course, alternatively, the processing system 54 may also be designed to deduce from the acquired image, the position of the center of the mouth 112 of the reference drilling hole 110 on the rear face 99, or any another point attached to this piercing hole defines as the referent piercing point.

According to a first embodiment represented on the figures 1 and 2 , the drilling hole position acquisition device is designed such that the camera 53 sees the lens in projected vision. In this embodiment, the lighting means 51, 52 and the camera 53 are distributed on either side of the support of the lens.

As shown on the figure 1 , a frosted glass plate 50 is disposed between the camera 53 and the support 55 of the lens. The frosted glass plate 50 is centered on the axis A52 of the collimating lens 52 and extends in the plane transverse to this axis A52. The frosted glass plate 50 makes it possible to form the shadow of the assembly of the reference lens 100 and in particular the shadow of the reference drilling hole 110 of the lens. The front face of this frosted glass plate 50 then forms an acquisition plane P1 of the image of the reference lens 100. This acquisition plane is parallel to the general plane of the reference lens 100.

Preliminary image processing

With reference to the figure 4 and by convention, the processing system 54 determines, from the image of the contour of the reference lens 100, a virtual rectangular frame 107, each of whose four edges passes through a single point of the projected image of the contour of the reference lens 100. The considered contour of the reference lens 100 typically consists of one of the front 121 and rear 122 edges of the edge 120 of the reference lens 100, or an average of these two edges, in correspondence with the definition adopted for the reference drilling point. In the example illustrated, we consider the image M121 of the leading edge 121 of the edge 120 of the reference lens 100 (which is confused with the image of the front edge of the lens, but which could be distinct as previously discussed).

Two edges of the frame 108, 109 (the longest edges) are, under the conditions of the worn, horizontal and thus form lines of horizon. The processing system calculates the intersection of the diagonals of this frame 107 which constitutes the projected image of a geometric center of the contour of the reference lens 100 called boxing center CB.

The processing system 54 also operates a treatment of the shadow image (or projection) of the reference drilling hole 110 of the reference lens 100. This image represented on the lower part of the figure 2 shows an overall figure 90 of the reference drilling hole 110.

The overall figure 90 of the reference drilling hole 110 comprises two rings 40, 41, of substantially oval shape, which intersect each other. The first ring 40 is the projected shadow of the mouth 111 on the front face of the reference drilling hole 110, and the second ring 41 is the projected shadow of the mouth 112 on the rear face. The portion constituted by the superposition of the two rings 40, 41 is clear. Indeed, this portion is the result of the projection of a portion of the reference drilling hole which is crossed by the light rays without meeting the material of the lens. Conversely, the non-superposed portions of the two rings are dark because of the reflection or diffusion of these rays by the side wall of the piercing hole.

We define, with reference to figures 2 and 4 , several points of the drilling hole 110 of the reference lens 100 as well as the corresponding projected points of the overall projection figure 90 of the reference drilling hole 110. The point 102 of the reference drilling hole 110 results from the intersection between, on the one hand, a cutting plane P3 and, on the other hand, the portion of the contour of the mouth 111 in the front face 98 of the reference hole 110 of the reference lens 100, located outwards of this lens. Similarly, the point 101 is defined as the point of intersection of the sectional plane P3 of the reference lens 100 with the portion of the contour of the mouth 111 on the front face 98 of the reference lens, located towards the inside of this lens. Points 105 and 104 are defined as the points of intersection of the section plane P3 with the portion of the mouth 99 on the rear face 99 of the reference lens, located respectively outwardly and inwardly of this lens.

• étant sensiblement perpendiculaire au plan général de la lentille de référence 100 ou, ce qui revient quasiment au même, parallèle à la direction d'éclairage ou de capture d'image D51, et
• passant par le centre C2 du trou de perçage référent 110. Ce plan de coupe P3 est le plan qui passe par le centre C2 du trou de perçage référent 110 et par le centre boxing CB de la lentille de référence 100.

Several definitions of the cutting plane are possible. In the example illustrated by the Figures 4 and 5 . The P3 cutting plane is the plane of the figures 2 and 3 . It is defined as:

• being substantially perpendicular to the general plane of the reference lens 100 or, which is almost the same, parallel to the direction of illumination or image capture D51, and
• passing through the center C2 of the referent drilling hole 110. This cutting plane P3 is the plane passing through the center C2 of the reference drilling hole 110 and the boxing center CB of the reference lens 100.

Another example of definition of the cutting plane is considered below.

The processing system 54 operates from the image acquired in projection. For this purpose, as shown on the lower part of the figure 2 , we define a reference anchor line D3 which is the straight line passing through the centers of the two rings 40, 41 and which is identified as such by the processing system 54. This reference anchor line D3 corresponds to the trace in the acquisition plane P1 of the previously defined cutting plane P3.

The points M1 and M2 are then identified by the processing system 54 as points of intersection of the reference anchor line D3 with respectively the right (inner) and left (outer) parts of the ring 40 as represented on the figure 2 . These points M1 and M2 are the image points of the points 101 and 102. Similarly, the points M4 and M5 are identified by the processing system 54 as intersection points of the line D3 with the right (interior) parts respectively. and left (outer) second ring 41. These points M4 and M5 are the image points of the points 104 and 105. Note XM1, XM2, XM4, XM5 the positions of the points M1, M2, M4, M5 on the right D3.

The processing system 54 identifies the point MO1 which is situated at the intersection of the reference anchor line D3 with the contour image M121 of the reference lens 100. This point MO1 is the projection of a point of reference. reference anchor O1 which is located at the intersection of the section plane P3 and the front edge 121 of the reference lens 100. The line D3 thus forms a linear guide whose origin is the MO1 point.

Alternatively, as shown in figure 6 , it is possible to substitute for the reference anchor line D3 defined above, a reference anchor line D4 which passes through the projected MC2 of the center C2 of the reference drilling hole 110 and which is horizontal in range condition, that is to say parallel to the horizon lines 108, 109 of the frame 107.

• étant sensiblement perpendiculaire au plan général de la lentille de référence 100,
• parallèle à la ligne d'horizon de la lentille de référence et
• passant par le centre C2 du trou de perçage référent 110.

This line D4 corresponds to the trace in the acquisition plane P1 of a section plane P4 defined as:

• being substantially perpendicular to the general plane of the reference lens 100,
• parallel to the horizon line of the reference lens and
• passing through the center C2 of the reference drilling hole 110.

The processing system then identifies the reference anchor point 04 of the reference lens 100 as the point whose projected MO4 is located at the intersection of a reference anchor line D4 and the contour image M121 of the reference lens 100.

Determination of distance in reference projection R1

The point MC1 is the image point of the center C1, projected in the acquisition plane P1, whose position XMC1 on the line D3 is to be calculated. The position XMC1 of the center C1 then makes it possible to determine the distance R1 separating the point MC1 from the origin MO1 of the linear mark. This distance R1 is called reference projection distance.

According to a first method, it is intended to determine the position XM90 of the center M90 of the overall figure 90 of the reference drilling hole 110 and to deduce the position of the image MC1 from the center C1 of the mouthpiece 111 in FIG. front face 98 of this drilling hole.

The processing system 54 includes a user interface and a display screen (not shown) which displays the overall image 90 of the referencing borehole 110. The processing system 54 is also designed to enable display on the display. 60. This ring has dimensions that can be modified by the operator. The processing system 54 is also designed such that this registration ring 60 is movable by the operator on the display screen. The displacement of the registration ring 60 as well as the adjustments of its dimensions can be obtained using control tools integrated in the user interface of the processing system 54.

The operator sizes and centers the registration ring 60 on the overall image 90 of the reference drilling hole 110. For the centering of the registration ring 60 in the overall figure 90, the operator can, for example as illustrated by the figure 2 overlay the registration ring 60 in the overall figure 90 so that the registration ring 60 passes through the media segments M1M4 and M2M5. The optician may alternatively provide for adjusting the position and the dimension of the registration ring 60 to make it pass through the points M1 and M5 bordering the clear part of the overall figure 90. It can further adjust the position and the dimension of the registration ring 60 to make it pass through the points M2 and M4 bordering the dark part of the overall figure 90.

Once the ring centered on the image of the shadow of the drilling hole, the processing system 54 automatically detects and stores the position of the center M60 of the registration ring 60. The position of the center M60 is associated by the processing system 54 at position XM90 of center M90 of FIG.

Alternatively, it can be provided that the operator points on the screen, with a tool integrated in the user interface such as a mouse or a stylus, the center M60 of the registration ring 60 which is then stored.

The processing system 54 calculates the position XMC1, on the line D3, of the image MC1 of the center C1 of the front mouth of the reference drilling hole 110 from the position of the center M90 of said overall figure 90 and as a function of the inclination angle ALPHA100 of the reference drilling hole 110 and the thickness E of the lens. The angle of inclination ALPHA100 is the angle formed between the average direction of illumination D51 and the axis A110 of the reference drilling hole. The angle ALPHA100 and the thickness E of the lens can be measured by probing the lens, for example, or can be entered manually by the operator using an on-screen input interface provided for this purpose. . The considered thickness of the lens may be the local thickness of the lens around the reference drill hole or the average thickness of the lens.

The calculation of the position XMC1 of the center C1, and therefore of the distance R1, is as follows: $$\mathrm{XMC}\mathrm{1}\mathrm{=}\mathrm{XM}\mathrm{90}\mathrm{-}\mathrm{E}\mathrm{/}\mathrm{2.}\sin \left(\mathrm{ALPHA}\mathrm{100}\right)\mathrm{.}$$

The processing system 54 then associates said calculated position with the desired position of the center C1 of the mouth of the reference drilling hole 110 opening on the front face 98 of the lens 100.

The system also calculates the value of the diameter D of the hole 110. This calculation depends on the method of superposition of the registration ring 60 in the overall figure 90 used. In the case where the registration ring 60 is superimposed on the overall figure 90 so that the registration ring 60 passes through the middle of the segments M1M4 and M2M5, the diameter D is: $$\mathrm{D}=\mathrm{DA}/\cos \left(\mathrm{ALPHA}100\right),$$

DA being the diameter of the registration ring 60.

According to a variant of this acquisition method, the detection of the center M60 of the registration ring 60 is performed automatically by the processing system 54, which is then designed to superimpose (with appropriate centering and sizing) automatically the register ring 60 on the overall image 90 of the reference drilling hole 110 and thus deduce the position and the diameter of the center M60 of this ring.

It is also possible to acquire, according to other variants, the distance R1 taking into account the prismatic deviations induced by the reference lens 100 (the image of the point 102 is deflected by the reference lens 100) or from only easily recognizable positions of points M1 and M2. Such variants of methods for acquiring the distance R1 are more precisely set out in the French patent application. FR 06/11124 .

It is also possible to calculate the angle ALPHA100 from the positions XM1 and XM4 of the points M1 and M4 with the following equation, in the measurement configuration previously defined in projected vision ( figure 2 ): $$\mathrm{ALPHA}100=\arcsin \left(\mathrm{abs}\left(\mathrm{XM}1-\mathrm{XM}4\right)/\mathrm{E}\right)=\arcsin \left(\mathrm{abs}\left(\mathrm{XM}5-\mathrm{XM}3\right)/\mathrm{E}\right)\mathrm{.}$$

The thickness E of the lens can be measured for example by probing or be fixed at an average value of about 2 millimeters.

In summary, at this stage of implementation of the method according to the invention, the distance R1 separating the projected MO1 from the reference anchor point O1 of the reference lens 100 and the projected MC1 from the center C1 of the mouth opposite before the reference drilling hole 110 is known. The ALPHA100 angle of inclination of the drilling axis A110 of the reference drilling hole 110 with respect to the illumination axis D51 is also known.

Calculation of the reference three-dimensional distance R2.

As illustrated on the lower part of the figure 3 , the processing system 54 then proceeds to calculate a reference three-dimensional distance R2 separating, in space and not in projection, the reference anchor point O1 of the reference lens 100 and the center C1 of the mouthpiece on the front face of the reference drilling hole 110. Because of the curve of the reference lens 100, the distances R1 and R2 are indeed different.

The reference anchor point O1, the center C1 of the mouthpiece on the front face of the reference drilling hole 110 and their respective projections in the acquisition plane P1 are coplanar (in the radial plane P3 corresponding to the section plane of the lower part of the figure 3 ).

The axis A110 of the reference drilling hole 110 being orthogonal to the plane tangent to the front face of the reference lens at point C1, the angle ALPHA100 previously determined allows to approximate the distance R2 by means of the following calculation: $$\mathrm{R}\mathrm{2}=\mathrm{R}1/\cos \left(\mathrm{ALPHA}100\right)\mathrm{.}$$

This reference three-dimensional distance R2 is then that which, when it is carried over any target correction lens having a curve identical to or different from the curve of the reference lens 100, makes it possible to determine the position at which it will be necessary to pierce the correction lens so that the bridge or branch of the selected frame can hang easily on this correction lens.

This reference three-dimensional distance R2 must, however, be reported following the curvature of the front face of the correction lens concerned. It is therefore necessary to take into account the curve of the correction lens 200.

Determination of the position of the target piercing point C10

As shown on the upper part of the figure 3 , the processing system 54 then proceeds to the identification of a target piercing point C10 on the front face 198 of the correction lens 200 to which the correction lens 200 will have to be pierced. This target piercing point C10 corresponds here to the center of the mouth on the front face of the target drilling hole 210 to be made on the correction lens 200.

Prior to identifying the position of this target piercing point C10, the optician centers the correction lens 200. This centering consists of determining the position that the correction lens will occupy on the frame selected by the wearer. , in order to be properly centered facing the pupil of the eye of the wearer to properly perform the optical function for which it was designed. This operation therefore consists in correctly positioning on the correction lens 200 the final contour according to which it will have to be cut off. The geometry of this final contour is known, since this final contour is identical to the acquired contour of the reference lens 100.

Specifically for this centering, the optician initially equips the wearer of a frame of reference glasses identical to the frame chosen by the wearer and provided with reference lenses, then he determines on each reference lens the position of the point. pupillary disposed opposite the pupil of the corresponding eye of the wearer. More specifically, it measures or conventionally acquires two parameters related to the morphology of the wearer, namely the interpupillary half-gaps defined as the distances between each of the wearer's pupils and the center of the nose, as well as the heights of his pupils by relation to the contour. The knowledge of these parameters allows him to locate the position of the contour of the reference lens relative to the pupillary point of the wearer.

Then, in a second step, the optician disposes the correction lens 200 in a lighting and image acquisition device such as for example that previously described and shown in FIG. figure 1 . It thus acquires the image of the correction lens 200 not cut out in a centering plane corresponding to the acquisition plane P1. As shown in figure 5 this correction lens 200 is provided with erasable visible marks 202, 203 which appear on the acquired image. Here, the correction lens 200 has in particular a visible mark 203 which corresponds to the optical centering point of the correction lens to be positioned facing the pupil of the eye of the wearer. Knowing the position of the pupillary point relative to the final contour 201, the optician virtually superimposes the pupillary point on the optical centering point 203 of the correction lens 200 and thus positions the final contour 201 on the correction lens 200. this positioning by orienting the final contour 201 with respect to the correction lens 200 as a function of the optical prescriptions of the wearer (in particular according to the prescribed cylinder axis). It thus determines on the correction lens 200 the position of the final contour 201 according to which the lens will have to be cut off.

The processing system 54 can therefore memorize and display on the screen 50 the image of the correction lens 200 uncut as well as, superimposed on this image, the image of the final contour 201.

At this stage, it will be said from one point of the correction lens 200 that it is the homologue of a point of the reference lens 100 if, on the one hand, these two points are arranged on the front optical faces or the corresponding backs of the two lenses, and if, on the other hand, when the image of the contour of the reference lens 100 and the image of the final contour of the correction lens 200 are virtually superimposed, the images of these two lenses points are confused.

• passant par le projeté dans le plan de centrage d'un centre optique 203 ou d'un centre géométrique (tel que le centre boxing) du contour final souhaité après détourage 221 de la lentille de correction cible 200 et
• passant par la projection MO2 du point O2 homologue du point O1 de la lentille de référence 100.

As illustrated by figure 5 , the processing system 54 defines, in projection on the centering plane similar to the acquisition plane, and therefore here substantially parallel to the mean plane of the lens, a target anchor line D5 homologous to the line D3 associated with the lens 100. This target anchor line D5 is defined, in the example illustrated by the Figures 4 and 5 , as being the right:

• passing through the projected in the centering plane of an optical center 203 or a geometric center (such as the boxing center) of the desired final contour after trimming 221 of the target correction lens 200 and
• passing through the MO2 projection of the O2 point homologous to the point O1 of the reference lens 100.

The point O2 is in this case located on the front face of the target correction lens 200 and on its final contour 201.

• parallèle à la ligne d'horizon 202, 203 de la lentille de correction cible 200 et
• passant par la projection MO2 du point O2 homologue du point O1 de la lentille de référence 100.

In a variant illustrated by the Figures 6 and 7 , as indicated previously, the reference anchor line is defined as the line which is parallel to the horizon line 108 or 109 of the reference lens 100 and which passes through the projection MO2 of the homologous O2 point O1 of the lens of reference 100. In this case the processing system 54 defines, in projection on the centering plane, a target anchor line D6 homologous to the line D4 associated with the reference lens 100. This target anchor line D6 is defined , in the example illustrated by the Figures 6 and 7 , as being the right:

• parallel to the horizon line 202, 203 of the target correction lens 200 and
• passing through the MO2 projection of the O2 point homologous to the point O1 of the reference lens 100.

The position of the target anchor point O2 of the target correction lens 200 is then known.

The curves of the reference lenses 100 and correction 200 are not identical, the point C10 is not the homologue of the point C1 in the previously defined sense.

According to a first method, to calculate the position of the target piercing point C10, a characteristic of the overall shape of the target correction lens 200 is determined.

There are various ways to determine the characteristic of the curve of the target correction lens 200.

The angle ALPHA200 of the axis A210, in which the target correction lens 200 is to be pierced, can typically be defined with respect to the illumination direction D51 (this angle is characteristic of the curve of the target correction lens 200 at piercing point C10). This angle then constitutes said characteristic of the desired curve.

For this purpose, knowing that the curvature of the target correction lens 200 is continuous and approximately constant in a local area of the front face of this lens, a first method for determining this angle ALPHA200 is to feel the front face 198 of the lens. target correction lens 200 in a local area estimated to be close to the position the point of C10 drilling to position. More precisely, this method consists first of all in defining an approximate point C11 a priori located near the piercing point C10. This approximate point C11 is here chosen as being the homologous point of the point C1 of the reference lens 100. Then, the front face of the correction lens 200 is probed at three distinct points located less than 10 millimeters from the point approached C11. The processing system 54 can thus determine the orientation of the plane tangent to the front face of the correction lens 200 at the approximate point C11. The orientation of this plane with respect to the acquisition plane P1 is substantially identical to the orientation that would present the plane tangent to the front face of the correction lens 200 at the piercing point C10 with respect to this same acquisition plane. P1. The angle of inclination of this tangent plane with respect to the acquisition plane P1 corresponds to the angle ALPHA200 which can thus be calculated with precision.

According to a second method of calculating the angle ALPHA200, the overall curvature of one of the optical faces 198, 199, in this case the front face 198, of the target correction lens 200 is identified on the face an approximate point C11 adjacent to the target piercing point C10 of the target pierce hole 210, and an inclination angle ALPHA200 of the optical face 198 is calculated as a function of said overall curvature and the position of the approximate point C11. , 199 of the target correction lens 200 at the approximate point C11 with respect to the centering plane similar to the acquisition plane P1. The processing system 54 identifies the approximate point C11 for example as the point whose projectile MC11 in the centering plane has a position homologous to that of the projected MC1 of the reference drilling point C1 of the reference drilling hole 110 in the plane of P1 acquisition.

Alternatively, the angle ALPHA200 can be determined otherwise. For example, the optician can measure it manually on the lens and then enter it using an on-screen input interface 50 provided for this purpose.

In another variant, the angle ALPHA200 can also be calculated by the treatment system 54 from the calculated position of the approximate point C11 and the base of the lens which is generally supplied to the optician by the lens manufacturer and that the optician will have taken care to enter using the on-screen input interface. In this case, the angle ALPHA 200 is calculated using the following relation: $$\mathrm{ALPHA}\mathrm{200}\mathrm{=}\left(\mathrm{R}\mathrm{.}\mathrm{B}\mathrm{/}\left(\mathrm{not}\mathrm{-}\mathrm{1}\right)\right)\mathrm{,}$$

Where R is the distance, projected in the acquisition plane P1, from the center C10 to the geometric center of the contour of the correction lens (obtained by image processing), B being the base of the lens, and n being the index of the lens. The base of the lens can be entered manually by the operator using an on-screen input interface, or obtained, for example, by a spherometer.

In any event, the processing system 54 can then calculate, by means of a trigonometric relationship, the target projection distance R3 to be separated in the centering plane similar to the acquisition plane P1 from the projected point MC10. for the target three-dimensional distance R2 separating the target anchor point O2 from the target piercing point C10 to be equal to the distance R2. This calculation is as follows: $$\mathrm{R}3=\mathrm{R}2.\cos \left(\mathrm{ALPHA}200\right)\mathrm{.}$$

Knowing the position of the target anchor point 02 and the target projection distance R3 between this target anchor point 02 and the piercing point C10, the projection of the latter in the centering plane is perfectly located.

As a variant, the processing system can calculate the three-dimensional position of the target piercing point C10 by transferring the reference three-dimensional distance R2 from the target anchor point 02 to the target correction lens 200. This transfer is carried out substantially according to the local inclination of the relevant face (here, the front face) of the target correction lens 200, that is to say substantially in a transfer direction connecting the target anchor point 02 to the target piercing point C10, as illustrated by the figure 3 .

Since the orientation of the axis A210 of the target drilling hole 210 is also known, a conventional grinder or drill with a drill bit may drill the target drill hole 210 in the correction lens so that lens is perfectly mountable on the frame without circle selected by the future carrier.

If it is desired to pierce the target correction lens 200 from its rear face 199, the method is identical to that described above, with the difference that it is necessary to define the anchoring points O1 and O2 and the points of reference C1 and drilling C10 as belonging to the rear face 199 of the correction lens 200.

Determining the position of a second drilling hole associated with the previous

Some eyeglass frames differ from the one previously studied in that they require, for fixing a branch or a bridge on a lens, two drilling holes. In this case, as shown in the lower part of the figure 8 , the reference lens 100 has four holes of referent drilling, including two referent drilling holes 110, 150 located on the side of its temporal area and two other drilling holes (not shown) located on the side of its nasal area. Similarly, the correction lens shown on the upper part of the figure 8 is intended to be pierced with two target drilling holes 210, 250 on the side of its temporal area and two other drilling holes (not shown) on the side of its nasal area.

The method for determining the position of the two target drilling holes 210, 250 of the correction lens 200 is similar to that previously discussed for a lens having two piercing holes.

The processing system 54 determines, on the reference lens 100, on the one hand, the distance R1 separating, in the acquisition plane P1, the projected MO1 from the reference anchor point O1 and the projected MC1 from the center C1 by front face of the mouth of the first reference drilling hole 110, and, secondly, the distance R4 separating, in the acquisition plane P1, the projected MC1 from the center in front of the mouth of the first hole of reference drilling 110 and projected MC5 from the center on the front face of the mouth of the second reference drilling hole 150.

The method for determining the distance R1 is strictly identical to that previously described with the same references for a lens with two holes drilled isolated from each other. The method for determining the distance R4 differs therefrom in that the reference anchor point from which the distance R4 is measured corresponds to the projected MC1 of the center C1 of the first reference drilling hole 110. The technique is otherwise identical and will not be described in more detail. It also makes it possible to acquire the angle ALPHA150 between the lighting direction D51 and the axis A150 of the second referent drilling hole 150. As a variant, the calculation of this angle can be avoided by making the approximation that the angles ALPHA100 and ALPHA150 are equal.

The processing system 54 then proceeds to calculate, on the one hand, the distance R2 separating the reference anchor point O1 from the reference lens 100 and the center C1 of the mouthpiece on the front face of the first reference drilling hole. 110, and, on the other hand, the distance R5 separating the centers C1 and C5 from the mouths on the front face of the first and second referential drilling holes 110, 150.

The method for determining the distance R1 is strictly identical to that previously described with the same references. Since the axis A150 of the reference borehole 150 is orthogonal to the plane tangent to the front face of the reference lens at point C5, the previously determined angle ALPHA150 makes it possible to approximate the distance R5 by means of the following calculation: $$\mathrm{R}5=\mathrm{R}4/\cos \left(\mathrm{ALPHA}150\right)\mathrm{.}$$

As shown on the upper part of the figure 8 , the processing system 54 proceeds to identify, on the front face 198 of the target correction lens 200, the target piercing points C10, C15 to which it will be necessary to pierce the correction lens 200.

The identification of the piercing point C10 is here also carried out according to a method identical to that described for a lens with two piercing holes.

The identification of the piercing point C15 is carried out by taking the piercing point C10 as the target anchor point of the target correction lens 200. The objective of this identification is to determine in the acquisition plane P1 the position of the projected MC15 of the drilling point C15.

The angular position of the piercing point C15 and its projected MC15 around the axis A52 of the correction lens 200 are known since they both belong to the radial plane P4 considered. It remains to determine the distance R6 separating, in the acquisition plane P1, the projectile MC10 from the drilling point C10 and the projected MC15 from the drilling point C15.

For this purpose, it is necessary to define, with respect to the lighting direction D51, the angle ALPHA250 of the axis A250 according to which the lens must be pierced by the second target hole 250. The determination of this angle can be carried out by a similar way to one of those presented to determine the angle ALPHA200. Alternatively, it is also possible to make the approximation that, since the two target piercing points 210, 250 are adjacent, the angles ALPHA200 and ALPHA250 are equal.

The processing system 54 then calculates, by means of a trigonometric relationship, the distance R6 to be separated in the acquisition plane P1 from the projected MC15 from the drilling point C15 and the projected MC10 from the piercing point C10, so that the distance in the space between the piercing point C10 and the piercing point C15 is equal to the distance R5. This calculation is as follows: $$\mathrm{R}6=\mathrm{R}5\mathrm{.}\cos \left(\mathrm{ALPHA}250\right)\mathrm{.}$$

Knowing the angular position of the piercing points C10, C15 around the axis A52 of the correction lens 200, as well as the distances R3 and R6, the piercing points C10 and C15 are perfectly located in the acquisition plane P1. Since the orientations of the axes A210 and A250 of the target drill holes 210, 250 are also known, a conventional grinder or drill with a drill bit can drill the target drill holes 210, 250 into the correction lens 200. so that this lens is perfectly mountable on the frame without circle selected by the future carrier.

Embodiment variant of the image acquisition device

According to another embodiment illustrated by the figure 9 , the reference lens 100 is seen by the camera 53 in direct vision. The camera 53 is arranged such that the optical axis of its objective is parallel to the direction of illumination and the optical center of its objective is located at the focus 51 of the collimation lens 52. A set of backlighting , composed of a matrix of light sources such as LEDs 56 and a diffusion plate 57, is arranged on the side of the support plate 55 opposite to the lens 100.

The camera 53 then sees directly, that is to say without intermediate projection screen, the reference lens 100 on the front face.

As before, the lens of the camera acquires the image of the lens in an acquisition plane orthogonal to the image capture direction A52. This acquisition plan is not identifiable here on the structure of the device. It corresponds here to the image plane P2 of the collimation lens 52. It is indeed in this image plane P2 that a clear image of the reference lens 100 seen by the collimating lens 52 is formed.

The various embodiments previously described implemented in projected vision for calculating the position of the mouthpiece on the front or rear face of the drilling hole can be implemented in direct vision.

More generally, the exact position XMC1 of the center of the mouth on the front face is easily obtained since there is no deviation of light rays by the lens.

The base of the lens can be entered manually by the operator using an on-screen input interface, or obtained, for example, by a spherometer.

Claims (14)

1. A method of determining the position of a target drill hole (210; 250) to be drilled in a target corrective lens (200) having an expected target outline (220) after shaping, the position being determined from a reference lens (100) that presents a reference outline (120) and at least one reference drill hole (110; 150), the method comprising the following steps:

   - acquiring an image of the reference lens (100) in an acquisition plane (P1; P2), in particular including an image of its reference outline (120) and an image of its reference drill hole (110; 150);

   - deducing therefrom the position relative to the target outline (220) of a target drilling point (C10; C15) for the target drill hole (210; 250) of the target corrective lens (200);
   the method being characterized in that it further comprises the following steps:

   - acquiring at least one characteristic (ALPHA100; ALPHA150) of the curvature of the reference lens (100);

   - determining, in the acquisition plane (P1; P2), the reference distance in projection (R1; R4) between the projection (MO1; MC1) of a reference anchor point (O1; C1) of the reference lens (100), this reference anchor point being associated with the reference outline (120), and the projection (MC1; MC5) of a reference drilling point (C1; C5) of the reference drill hole (110; 150);

   - calculating the three-dimensional reference distance (R2; R5) between the reference anchor point (O1; C1) of the reference lens (100) and the reference drilling point (C1; C5) of the reference drill hole (110; 150) as a function of said characteristic (ALPHA100; ALPHA150) of the curvature of the reference lens (100) and of the determined reference distance in projection (R1; R4); and

   - determining the position of the target drilling point (C10; C15) for the target drill hole (210; 250) of the target corrective lens (200) as a function of the calculated three-dimensional reference distance (R2; R5).
2. A method according to the preceding claim, wherein, in order to determine the position of the target drilling point (C10; C15) for the target drill hole (210; 250), a target anchor point (O2; C10) of the target corrective lens (200) homologous to the reference anchor point (O1; C1) of the reference lens (100) is identified, and the position of the target drilling point (C10 ; C15) is calculated as a function of the target anchor point (O2; C10) and of the three-dimensional reference distance (R2; R5).
3. A method according to the preceding claim, wherein the reference anchor point (O1; C1) and the reference drilling point (C1; C5) belong to a single reference face of the reference lens (100), and the target anchor point (O2; C10) and the target drilling point (C10; C15) belong to a single target face of the target corrective lens (200), said reference face and said target face corresponding to each other.
4. A method according to any one of claims 2 and 3, wherein, in order to calculate the position of the target drilling point (C10; C15), the three-dimensional reference distance (R2; R5) is transferred onto the target corrective lens (200), starting from said target anchor point (O2; C10), substantially along a transfer direction linking the target anchor point (O2; C10) to the target drilling point (C10; C15).
5. A method according to any one of claims 2 and 3, wherein, in order to calculate the position of the target drilling point (C10; C15), at least one characteristic (ALPHA200; ALPHA250) of the curvature of the target corrective lens (200) is determined and the target distance in projection (R3; R6) is calculated, in a centering plane that is analogous with the acquisition plane (P1; P2), between the projection (MC10; MC15) of the target drilling point (C10; C15) for the target drill hole (210; 250) of the target corrective lens (200) and the projection (MO2; MC10) of the target anchor point (O2; C10) of the target corrective lens (200), as a function of the three-dimensional reference distance (R2; R5) and of the characteristics (ALPHA200; ALPHA250) of the curvature of the target corrective lens (200).
6. A method according to the preceding claim, wherein, in order to determine said characteristic (ALPHA200; ALPHA250) of the curvature of the target corrective lens (200), an approximate point (C11) near to the target drilling point (C10; C15) of the target drill hole (210; 250) is identified on one of the optical faces (198, 199) of the target corrective lens (200), said optical face (198, 199) of the target corrective lens (200) is sensed by feeling at at least three points situated in the neighborhood of the approximate point (C11), and therefrom there is deduced an angle of inclination (ALPHA200; ALPHA250), relative to the centering plane (P1), of said optical face (198, 199) of the corrective lens (200) at said approximate point (C11), said angle thus constituting said looked-for characteristic of the curvature.
7. A method according to claim 5, wherein, in order to determine said characteristic (ALPHA200; ALPHA250) of the curvature of the target corrective lens (200), the overall curvature of one of the optical faces (198, 199) of the target corrective lens (200) is acquired, an approximate point (C11) near to the target drilling point (C10; C15) of the target drill hole (210; 250) is identified on one of the optical faces (198, 199) of the target corrective lens (200), and an angle of inclination (ALPHA200; ALPHA250) relative to the centering plane (P1) is calculated for said optical face (198, 199) of the target corrective lens (200) at the approximate point (C11) as a function of said overall curvature and of the position of the approximate point (C11), said angle thus constituting said looked-for characteristic of the curvature.
8. A method according to the preceding claim, wherein, for the image of the target corrective lens (200) being acquired in the centering plane (P1), the approximate point (C11) is identified as the point having its projection (MC11) in the centering plane (P1) presenting a position that is homologous to the position of the projection (MC1; MC5) of the reference drilling point (C1; C5) of the reference drill hole (110; 150) in the acquisition plane (P1).
9. A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the reference anchor point (O1) of the reference lens (100) is identified as the point having its projection (MO1) in the acquisition plane situated at the intersection between, firstly, a projected outline (M121) resulting from the projection of one of the front and rear edges (121, 122) of the edge face (120) of the reference lens (100) or of an average of these edges, and, secondly, a reference anchor line (D3, D4) passing through the projection (MC1) of the reference drilling point (C1) of the reference drill hole (110).
10. A method according to the preceding claim, wherein said reference anchor line (D3) passes through the projection (CB) of a geometrical center (CB) of the reference lens (100) or is parallel to the horizon lines (108, 109) of the reference lens (100).
11. A method according to any one of claims 9 and 10 as dependent on claim 2, wherein the target anchor point (O2) of the target corrective lens (200) is identified as the point, that has its projection (MO2) in a centering plane analogous to the acquisition plane (P1; P2), that presents a position homologous to the position of the projection (MO1) of the reference anchor point (O1) of the reference lens (100) in the acquisition plane (P1).
12. A method according to any one of claims 9 and 11 as dependent on claim 2, wherein, in order to determine the position of the target drilling point (C10; C15), it is considered that the projection (MC10; MC15) of said point in a centering plane that is analogous to the acquisition plane (P1; P2) belongs to a target anchor line (D5; D6) homologous to the reference anchor line (D3; D4).
13. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein, for a reference lens (100) including two adjacent reference drill holes (110, 150) designed to hold a single temple or a single nose bridge of a frame, namely a first reference drill hole (110) and a second reference drill hole (150), and for a target corrective lens (200) presenting two target holes (210, 250) to be drilled, namely a first target drill hole (210) corresponding to the first reference drill hole (110) of the reference lens (100) and of position that is already identified, and a second target drill hole (250), the reference anchor point of the reference lens (100) for determining the second target drill hole (250) is constituted by the reference drilling point (C1) of the first reference drill hole (110).
14. A method according to the preceding claim as dependent on claim 2, wherein the target anchor point of the target corrective lens (200) is constituted by the target drilling point (C10) of the first target drill hole (210).

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