EP2926950A1 - Système de finition de lentille, dispositif de gestion de taille finie, procédé de gestion de taille finie et procédé de fabrication de verre de lunettes - Google Patents

Système de finition de lentille, dispositif de gestion de taille finie, procédé de gestion de taille finie et procédé de fabrication de verre de lunettes Download PDF

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EP2926950A1
EP2926950A1 EP13853659.4A EP13853659A EP2926950A1 EP 2926950 A1 EP2926950 A1 EP 2926950A1 EP 13853659 A EP13853659 A EP 13853659A EP 2926950 A1 EP2926950 A1 EP 2926950A1
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Takahiro SUZUE
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B9/00—Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs; Accessories therefor
    • B24B9/02—Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of materials specific to articles to be ground
    • B24B9/06—Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of materials specific to articles to be ground of non-metallic inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain
    • B24B9/08—Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of materials specific to articles to be ground of non-metallic inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain of glass
    • B24B9/14—Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of materials specific to articles to be ground of non-metallic inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain of glass of optical work, e.g. lenses, prisms
    • B24B9/148—Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of materials specific to articles to be ground of non-metallic inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain of glass of optical work, e.g. lenses, prisms electrically, e.g. numerically, controlled
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B27/00—Other grinding machines or devices
    • B24B27/0023—Other grinding machines or devices grinding machines with a plurality of working posts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B27/00—Other grinding machines or devices
    • B24B27/0076—Other grinding machines or devices grinding machines comprising two or more grinding tools
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B49/00—Measuring or gauging equipment for controlling the feed movement of the grinding tool or work; Arrangements of indicating or measuring equipment, e.g. for indicating the start of the grinding operation
    • B24B49/02—Measuring or gauging equipment for controlling the feed movement of the grinding tool or work; Arrangements of indicating or measuring equipment, e.g. for indicating the start of the grinding operation according to the instantaneous size and required size of the workpiece acted upon, the measuring or gauging being continuous or intermittent

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  • the present invention relates to a lens edging system for edging a spectacle lens, an edging size management device, an edging size management method, and a method of manufacturing a spectacle lens.
  • edgers for edging a spectacle lens perform edging to a plurality of types of lens materials using a plurality of types of edging tools selectively according to the lens material to be edged.
  • size adjustment for edging (called simply size adjustment hereafter) is performed by such edgers as pre-processing before actually edging the lens materials.
  • Such a size adjustment is performed to various lens materials to be edged and various tools used for edging the lens materials respectively at a predetermined stage, of introducing such a device or exchanging tools, so that the error between the real size of a spectacle lens after edging and a desired size is suppressed within an allowable range (prescribed allowable value or less for framing a spectacle lens into a spectacle frame without problem).
  • the axis distance between the rotation axis of the lens material and the rotation axis of the edging tool is adjusted as the size adjustment for edging, for example (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a lens edging system capable of simplifying the labor of performing size adjustment for each edger in the case that there are a plurality of edgers, a lens size management device, an edging size management method, and a method of producing a spectacle lens.
  • a lens edging system including:
  • an edger of the same model as the edger other than at least one of the plurality of edgers is configured to adjust an edging size of at least one type of the lens material which is previously defined as a reference so that an error between a desired size and a real size of a spectacle lens after edging is suppressed within an allowable range
  • the correction unit is configured to correct the edging parameter when performing edging to the lens material other than at least one type of the lens material defined as a reference.
  • an edging size management device used in connection with a plurality of edgers that perform edging to a spectacle lens, including:
  • an edging size management method of managing an edging size for a plurality of edgers that perform edging to a spectacle lens comprising:
  • a method of manufacturing a spectacle lens wherein a spectacle lens is formed by edging using the edger, with an edging size managed by the edging size management method of claim 4.
  • the labor of performing size adjustment for each edger can be simplified in the case that there are a plurality of edgers.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a schematic structure of an entire lens edging system according to an embodiment.
  • the lens edging system is used for edging a spectacle lens and, for example, is constructed in a spectacle lens edging center. More specifically, the lens edging system includes a plurality of edgers 10 disposed in a spectacle lens edging center, a three-dimensional circumferential measuring device 20, a management device 30, and a communication line 40 connecting these devices.
  • the plurality of edgers 10 are respectively configured to edge a spectacle lens. Different models may coexist in the plurality of edgers 10.
  • the three-dimensional circumferential length measuring device 20 is configured to measure the circumferential length of each spectacle lens after edging.
  • the management device 30 functions as a size management device used in connection with the plurality of edgers 10 and includes a server device 31 and a client device 32 in this embodiment. While these server device 31 and client device 32 both have a function as a computer, they are different in that the server device 31 controls and manages the operation of the entire system, whereas the client server 32 controls and manages the operation of each of the edgers 10.
  • a plurality of client devices 32 may be provided in view of the number of the edgers 10 present in the system and the number of the edgers 10 that can be managed by the client device 32.
  • the server device 31 and the client device 32 are provided separately, these devices may be provided integrally as one device.
  • edgers 10 in the lens edging system will be described more specifically.
  • the edger 10 is configured to edge a spectacle lens. Edging is performed to an uncut lens having a predetermined shape. By this edging, the outer edge of an uncut lens is processed into a shape that can be fitted into a spectacle frame.
  • the edger 10 performs such edging using a plurality of types of edging tools selectively.
  • Thw edging tool called here is a cutting/grinding tool used for the circumferential edge of the uncut lens, specifically, there are beveling tools, flattening tools, beveling/polishing tools, flattening/polishing tools, etc.
  • edgers 10 are required to edge a plurality of types of lens materials.
  • edging properties there is sometimes a difference in edging properties between the lens materials to be edged (e.g. easy or difficult to cut) depending on the type.
  • several edging modes are prepared for the edger 10, so that edging conditions at a device side (such as a tool driving speed) can be varied by switching the edging modes.
  • the edger 10 is configured to respond to size adjustment performed as a pre-processing of the edging. Therefore, the edger 10 has a function as an adjustment unit 11.
  • the adjustment unit 11 has a function of responding to adjustment of the size.
  • the size adjustment is performed by an operator of the edger 10 or a maintenance technician, etc. at a predetermined stage of introducing the device or exchanging tools, to suppress the error between the real size of a spectacle lens after edging and a desired size within an allowable range.
  • the size adjustment for example a predetermined lens is actually edged, and its real size after edging is measured. Then, in order to suppress the error between the real size and a desired size within an allowable range, an edging condition for canceling the error is previously set for the edger 10.
  • a correction value is previously set at the edger 10 side, for correcting an edging parameter such as the axis distance between the lens rotation axis and the edging tool rotation axis and the edging tool diameter (offset).
  • an edging parameter such as the axis distance between the lens rotation axis and the edging tool rotation axis and the edging tool diameter (offset).
  • Such a size adjustment may be performed using a publicly-known technique (see, for example, Patent Document 1), and as a specific example, the size adjustment is performed as follows; the operator, etc., inputs the correction value into an operation panel of the edger 10 (not shown) for correcting the edging parameter.
  • the edger 10 is also configured to respond to correction of the edging parameter as the processing for edging. Therefore, the edger 10 has a function as a correction unit 12.
  • the correction unit 12 has a function of responding to the correction of the edging parameter.
  • the edging parameter is corrected to cancel the error between the real size and the desired size of the spectacle lens after edging so as to be set in an allowable range.
  • the edging parameter is corrected before performing edging by the edger 10, namely, the edging parameter is corrected in an operation stage of the edger 10. In this point, correction of the edging parameter is different from the size adjustment performed in a preparation stage of the edger 10 as the pre-processing of the edging.
  • correcting the edging parameter is not performed by the operator of the edger 10 etc., unlike the edging size adjustment but performed based on the information from the client device 32 connected to the edger 10. Specifically, when the edger 10 is notified of the correction value for canceling the error from the client device 32, an edging amount reflecting this correction value is determined, and thereafter edging is performed.
  • This function as the correction unit 12 can be realized by setting a control program of the edger 10 to control so that the correction value from the client device 32 is received (refers to the client device 32 for the correction value in some cases), and the edger 10 is driven based on this correction value.
  • the edger 10 is configured using a publicly-known technique in the point other than the abovementioned point, and therefore explanation therefore is omitted here.
  • the management device 30 that functions as an edging size management device will be described more specifically.
  • the management device 30 includes the server device 31 and the client device 32, which will be sequentially described hereinafter.
  • the server device 31 is composed of a computer that manages and controls an overall operation of the lens edging system, and uniformly manages the information regarding the edging performed in the lens edging system. Specifically, the server device 31 is connected to a terminal device not shown installed in a spectacle shop via a wide-area network such as the Internet and receives an order from this terminal device. When the order is received, the server device 31 manages the information regarding the job in accordance with the order, and manages the results of measuring the circumferential length of a lens after edging obtained by the three-dimensional circumferential measuring device 20, in association with the information regarding the job.
  • the server device 31 includes a database part 33 and is configured to store and hold each kind of information in the database part 33.
  • the database part 33 functions as a memory unit that stores and holds the edging characteristics of the edger 10.
  • Information regarding the edging characteristics of the edger 10 is used to specify the edging characteristics of each of the edgers 10 when edging a lens material using an edging tool. Specifically, for example, there is on the information regarding edging characteristics, or the information for specifying a dimension of the real size after edging with respect to an externally indicated edging size, namely, information for specifying the error between a desired size and the real size after edging.
  • FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a specific example of the information regarding the edging characteristic stored and held in the database part 33 according to this embodiment.
  • the information regarding the edging characteristic is stored and held in association with the type of the lens material to be edged by the edger 10 and the type of the edging tool used by the edger 10.
  • the information regarding the edging characteristic is stored and held in the database part 33 for each type of edging tool, e.g. beveling tool (see FIG. 2 (a) ), flattening tool (see FIG. 2 (b) ), beveling/polishing tool (see FIG. 2 (c) ), flattening/polishing tool (see FIG. 2 (d) ), etc. and for each type of lens material to be edged, e.g. Material A to Material I.
  • each type of the lens material has each corresponding edging mode (e.g. Mode A to Mode D) of the edger 10 used for edging the lens material.
  • a specific content of the information regarding the edging characteristic includes a correlated value of a theoretical lens circumferential length value obtained by realizing an outer shape (outline) as a previously set reference (called “reference shape” hereafter), an actual lens circumferential value obtained by edging a specific power lens (such as zero power lens (Plano), and S+4.00 lens and S-7.00 lens) into a reference shape respectively, an average value of an actual measured circumferential length of a plurality of lenses, and a value obtained by converting a difference in the circumferential length between the circumferential length reference value and the average value of the actual measured circumferential lengths, to a value in a lens radial direction (called a "radius converted value of the circumferential difference").
  • a device side correction value and a parameter correction value can be given, in addition to the abovementioned information.
  • These device side correction value and parameter correction value are both used to suppress the error between the real size of a lens after edging and a desired size within an allowable range.
  • the device side correction value and the parameter correction value are different from each other in the point that the device side correction value is set and used at the edger 10 side, and meanwhile the parameter correction value is used by notifying the edger 10 of this value from the client device 32.
  • they are different from each other in the point that the device side correction value is used for size adjustment, whereas the parameter correction value is used for correcting the edging parameter.
  • the information regarding the edging characteristic as described above is stored and held in the database part 33 individually for each model of the edgers 10 when the edgers 10 of a plurality of models coexist in the system.
  • Such information regarding the edging characteristic in the database part 33 is obtained by actually edging the specific power lens by at least one of the plurality of edgers 10 in the system.
  • the number of the at least one of the edgers 10 that performs actual edging may be one when there is only one model in the system, although when a plurality of models coexist in the system, the number must be the same as that of the models or larger.
  • the client device 32 includes a computer that controls and manages the operation of each edger 10 in the system under the management and control by the server device 31. Specifically, the client device 32 receives information regarding a job managed by the server device 31 from the server device 31 and notifies the edger 10 of this information to execute the job (i.e. edging of a spectacle lens), thereby controlling the job processing operation performed by the edger 10. Also, the client device 32, prior to the job processing, acquires information regarding edging characteristics obtained by at least one edger 10 in the system, sends the acquired information to the server device 31, and requests the server device 31 to store and hold the information.
  • the server device 31 includes a computer that controls and manages the operation of each edger 10 in the system under the management and control by the server device 31. Specifically, the client device 32 receives information regarding a job managed by the server device 31 from the server device 31 and notifies the edger 10 of this information to execute the job (i.e. edging of a spectacle lens), thereby controlling the job processing operation performed by
  • the client device 32 includes a control program part 34 and a correction management program part 35.
  • the control program part 34 is configured to manage and control the job executed by the edgers 10. Namely, the control program part 34 has the functions of receiving information regarding the job from the server device 31, notifying the edger 10 of the information to execute the job (job execution instruction), etc. These functions may be realized by using a publicly-known technique, and therefore detailed explanation therefore is omitted here.
  • the correction management program part 35 which is not included in conventional systems, is configured to notify the edger 10 of correcting the edging parameter when the job is executed by the edger 10, based on the information stored and held in the database part 33 of the server device 31. To perform such processing, the correction management program part 35 has a function as an acquisition unit 36 and a management unit 37.
  • the acquisition unit 36 has a function of acquiring information regarding the edging characteristic obtained by at least one edger 10 in the system and sending the acquired information to the server device 31 so that the information is stored and held in the database part 33 of the server device 31.
  • the information regarding the edging characteristic may be acquired using the publicly-known technique.
  • the information regarding the edging characteristics is obtained by using a display device such as a display of the client device 32 and an input device such as a keyboard, so that display GUI (Graphical User Interface) screen is displayed to prompt input of the information, and each kind of information is imputed by the operator, etc., from the input device.
  • GUI Graphic User Interface
  • the client device 32 acquires the information regarding the edging characteristic from the edger 10, by receiving each kind of information inputted by the operator, etc., using the operation panel, etc., of at least one edger 10.
  • the management unit 37 has a function of managing the edger 10 to correct the edging parameter when the control program part 34 gives an instruction of executing the job to the edger 10, and the edger 10 executes the job according to this instruction.
  • the management of edging parameter correction is performed using a size management table for each edger 10. Namely, the management unit 37 creates a size management table for each edger 10 and, using the created size management table, notifies the edger 10 of the correction value managed by the size management table, so that the edging parameter is corrected individually for each edger 10.
  • FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a specific example of the size management table managed by the management unit 37 of the correction management program part 35 of this embodiment.
  • the size management table is created for each edger 10 to manage (store and hold) the type of lens material to be edged by the edger 10 (Material A, Material B, ...), the type of edging tool used by the edger 10 (beveling tool, flattening tool, ...), and correction values H11, H12, ...in association with one another, wherein the correction values H11, H12... are required for correcting the edging parameter by combining the above types respectively.
  • the "parameter correction value” is read from the database part 33 and then stored and held in the section of the correction values H11, H12, ...in the size management table.
  • the correction management program part 35 having the function as the acquisition unit 36 and the management unit 37 is realized by a software program run by the client device 32, which is a computer.
  • the correction management program part 35 as a software program is installed on the client device 32 and is used.
  • the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and as long as the client device 32 is accessible, the correction management program part 35 may exist in the server device 31 or other client device 32 in the system.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a specific example of the procedure of the size management according to this embodiment.
  • the size adjustment is performed by the edger 10 (Step 101; the step is abbreviated as simply "S” hereafter).
  • the edging size adjustment is performed by an operator etc. using a function of the edger 10 as the adjustment unit 11.
  • an unedged plano lens of a predetermined lens material e.g. Material A
  • a predetermined lens material e.g. Material A
  • a circular shape in plan view with a circumferential length as a reference value can be considered as the reference shape of a desired size. This is because by having the circular shape in plan view, measurement of the real size described later can be easy. Further, the plano lens is selected to be edged, because an influence of a lens curve can be eliminated, thereby making it easy to perform outline edging and real size measurement with high precision.
  • the outline edging is performed to the plano lens, using each type of edging tool by the first edger 10. Therefore, the plano lens after outline edging is obtained by the number of all types of the edging tools used by the first edger 10.
  • the real size of the circumferential length of the plano lens after edging is measured.
  • This size measurement may be performed using the three-dimensional circumferential length measuring device 20 in the system, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the measurement may be performed by an operator etc. using vernier calipers or any other measuring device.
  • the operator etc. compares a desired size (circumferential length reference value) with the real size and performs the size adjustment to the first edger so that the error is suppressed within an allowable range.
  • the error between the desired size and the real size is calculated by the radius converted value for example, and thereafter by operating the operation panel of the first edger 10 by the operator, etc., the correction value of the edging parameter (such as a tool diameter of the edging tool) is previously set at the edger 10 side, for each type of the edging tool, so that the calculated error is canceled.
  • Such processing may be performed using the function (publicly-known function) specific to the first edger 10.
  • the first edger 10 can perform outline edging to the plano lens made of at least predefined lens material so that the error between the desired size and the real size is suppressed in an allowable range, even if any type of the edging tool is used. In other words, the edging characteristic described later can be properly grasped.
  • the edging characteristic of this edger 10 is grasped (S102).
  • the edging characteristic is grasped by actually performing edging to the specific power lens so that the outer shape is a reference shape of a desired size, and measuring the real size of the spectacle lens after edging.
  • the reference shape of a desired size is the same as the case of the abovementioned plano lens. It can be considered that the real size is also measured using the three-dimensional measuring device 20 in the system, similarly to the case of the abovementioned plano lens.
  • the present invention is not limited thereto, and the measurement may be performed using vernier calipers or any other measuring device.
  • an unedged specific power lens (such as zero power lens (Plano), S+4.00 lens, S-7.00 lens) is prepared, and
  • each specific power lens is actually edged into the reference shape of a desired size by the first edger 10, and the lens circumferential length after edging (i.e. the real size of each specific power lens after edging) is measured.
  • the difference between the circumferential length and the reference value of the circumferential length i.e. the error between a desired size and the real size
  • the edging characteristic of the first edger 10 can be specified. Namely, in the case of the plano lens, the outline edging can be performed so as to suppress the error between the desired size and the real size in an allowable range.
  • the specific power lens is selected to be edged, what kind of error is generated or whether the error is suppressed in the allowable range, can be grasped as the edging characteristic of the specific power lens.
  • the edging characteristic is grasped for all types of lens materials to be edged by this edger 10, and for all types of edging tools used by this edger 10. Accordingly, by grasping the edging characteristics of all types of lenses, an influence of the difference between types of the lens material or the difference between edging tools can be recognized. Namely, how the edging characteristics of the first edger 10 is influenced by the above difference can be recognized.
  • the edging characteristic is grasped for the first edger 10, which is at least one edger 10 in the system.
  • “at least one” suggests the possibility that the edging characteristic is grasped for each of the plurality of edgers 10 of the same model.
  • the edging characteristic is grasped for each of the plurality of edgers 10, high precision and high reliability can be expected for the result of grasp.
  • the edging characteristic is preferably grasped by the first edger 10 only, in consideration of the labor of grasping the edging characteristic.
  • the size adjustment is performed to the first edger 10 by the operator, etc., as needed, using the device side correction value (for example, see FIG. 2 ).
  • the size adjustment here is performed to each type of the edging tool, with the predefined lens material (such as material A) as a reference.
  • This lens material will be hereinafter referred to as "reference glass material.”
  • difference of the circumferential length (called circumferential difference hereafter) of the specific power lens made of the reference glass material is measured, then the obtained value is converted to a radius converted value, and this value is grasped by the operator, etc.
  • the edging tool is a beveling tool (for example, see FIG.
  • the radius converted value of the circumferential difference is "0.00" regarding the reference glass material
  • the edging tool is a beveling/polishing tool (for example, see FIG. 2 (c) )
  • the radius converted value of the circumferential difference is "0.01" regarding the reference glass material.
  • the grasped radius converted value of the circumferential difference is previously set by an operation of the operator, etc., at the edger 10 side, for each type of the edging tool, as the device side correction value of the edger 10, by using the function of the first edger 10 as the adjustment unit 11.
  • the device-side correction value set at the edger 10 is called a "machine offset value" hereafter.”
  • the machine offset value is set to "0.00" or non-setting state (for example, see FIG. 2 (a) )
  • the machine offset value is set to "0.01" (for example, see FIG. 2 (c) ).
  • the edger 10 can have a plurality of edging modes (such as mode A to mode D)
  • a value in common with all edging modes is set.
  • Such processing may be performed using the function (publicly-known function) specific to the first edger 10.
  • the first edger 10 can perform outline edging to the lens made of at least the reference glass material, so as to suppress the error between the desired size and the real size within an allowable range, even if any kind of the edging tool is used.
  • edging characteristics can be uniform (standardized) even in a case of using any type of the edging tool.
  • the client device 32 acquires information regarding the edging characteristic of the first edger 10 so that the acquired information is stored and held in the database part 33 of the server device 31 (S104).
  • the acquisition unit 36 of the correction management program part 35 displays the GUI screen to prompt the input of the information so that the operator, etc., can input each kind of information.
  • the input of each kind of information is performed using the input device of the client device 32.
  • the input of each kind of information may also be performed using the operation panel etc. of the first edger 10, which is connected to the client device 32.
  • the information inputted here is the information obtained in the abovementioned step (S102), which is the information regarding the edging characteristic of the first edger 10. More specifically, it is the information regarding each item shown in FIG. 2 .
  • input of the reference value of the circumferential length and the actually measured circumferential length is essential.
  • the other item may be acquired by inputting it in the GUI screen similarly to a required input item, or may be acquired by the acquisition unit 36 by calculating from the input content of the required input item.
  • the information regarding the edging characteristic shown in FIG. 2 is stored and held in the database part 33 of the server device 31. Storing and holding in the database part 33 is performed in association with the information for identifying the model of the first edger 10 (Namely, individually for each model of the edger 10).
  • edger 10 of the same model as the first edger 10 is newly introduced to the lens edging system.
  • the newly introduced edger 10 is called as second and subsequent edger 10 hereafter.
  • the size adjustment performed to the second and subsequent edger 10 is different from the size adjustment performed to the first edger 10 in the following point.
  • the size adjustment for appropriately grasping the edging characteristic is not required. Therefore, regarding the second and subsequent edger 10, the pre-size adjustment using the plano lens like the case performed by the first edger 10, is not performed, and instead, the size adjustment using the specific power lens made of the reference glass material is performed.
  • each of the second and subsequent edger 10 performs edging to an unedged zero power lens (Plano) made of the glass material, so that the outer shape is the reference shape of a desired size (namely, the size in which the circumferential length has the reference value). Then, the real size of the circumferential length of the zero power lens after edging is measured.
  • the measurement may be performed using the three-dimensional circumferential length measuring device 20.
  • the present invention is not limited thereto, and for example, the measurement may be performed by the operator etc. using vernier calipers or any other measuring device.
  • Such edging and measurement are performed by each of the second and subsequent edger 10, for each edging tool used by each edger 10. Accordingly, the measurement result can be obtained regarding the power zero lens after outline edging and the real size, by the number of all types of the edging tools used by the second and subsequent edger 10.
  • the operator etc. compares the desired size (reference value of the circumferential length) and the real size, calculates the error between the desired size and the real size using the radius converted value, and operates the operation panel of the second and subsequent edger 10 so that the correction value is previously set for each type of the edging tool, which is the value of correcting the edging parameter (such as tool diameter of the edging tool) at the edger 10 side as the machine offset value, so as to cancel the calculated error.
  • Such processing may be performed using the function (publicly-known function) specific to the second and subsequent edgers 10.
  • the outline edging can be performed by the second and subsequent edger 10 made of at least the reference glass material, so that the error between the desired size and the real size is suppressed within the allowable range, even when any type of edging tool is used.
  • the edging characteristic can be uniform (standardized) when edging to at least the reference glass material, even if any type of edging tool is used.
  • the client device 32 creates a size management table (for example, see FIG. 3 ), for each edger 10, regarding the edger 10 that exists in the edging system, namely, first, second and subsequent edger 10 (S106).
  • the management unit 37 of the correction management program part 35 recognizes the type of the lens material (material A, material B, ...) to be edged by the edger 10, and the type of the edging tool (beveling tool, flattening tool, ...) used by the edger 10, for each edger 10 under management. Although these types are recognized for each edger 10, the same recognition result is obtained when the edger 10 is the same model.
  • a framework pattern is created for managing (storing and holding) these types in a table form in association with correction values H11, H12, ... for correcting the edging parameter.
  • the table is thus created as a size management table for each edger 10. Creation of the table, and acquisition of the information required for creating the table, may be performed using the publicly-known technique, and the method itself is not particularly limited.
  • a value (an initial value) is stored in each section of the correction values H11, H12, ... in the size management table (S107).
  • the management unit 37 of the correction management program part 35 accesses the database part 33 of the server device 31 to read "a parameter correction value" out of the information regarding the acquired edging characteristics of the first edger 10.
  • the "parameter correction value” is associated with each type of lens material and each type of edging tool.
  • the management unit 37 of the correction management program part 35 stores the obtained "parameter correction value” in the corresponding section of the correction values H11, H12, ... in the size management table, in association with the type of the lens material and the type of the edging tool.
  • the size management table is completed, in which the "parameter correction value” is stored, out of the information regarding the acquired edging characteristic of the first edger 10, as correction values H11, H12 ... for correcting the edging parameter.
  • correction values H11, H12 ... can be managed (stored and held) for each type of the lens material, and further for each type of the edging tool. Accordingly, when the correction value is managed by the edger 10 side, considerably various types of correction values for each type of the lens material and for each type of the edging tool can be uniformly managed, unlike the case that the edger 10 can respond to only a single correction value or only the correction value for each edging mode (such as mode A to mode D). Namely, the management of the correction value of the edging parameter that cannot be realized by a conventional technical knowledge, can be realized.
  • the size management table thus completed is provided for each edger 10, the content of the table is the same for the edger 10 of the same model, at least at the point when the size management table is completed. Namely, the "parameter correction value" acquired for the first edger 10, is stored in both of the size management table for the first edger 10, and the size management table for the second and subsequent edger 10.
  • correction values H11, H12, ... in the size management table may be suitably updated according to an operation state of each edger 10.
  • the following case can be considered: the real size of the circumferential length of the lens after edging is measured at a predetermined stage after operation of the edger 10, and based on the measurement result, correction values H11, H12, ... may be changed to new correction values so that the error between the desired size and the real size is suppressed within an allowable range.
  • the real size of the lens after edging is not under an influence of the operation state of the edger 10 (for example, an influence of a progress of wear of the edging tool).
  • the preparatory stage of the lens edging system of this embodiment is completed. Namely, after the abovementioned steps (S101 to S107), the lens edging system of this embodiment is advanced to the operation stage of performing edging to the spectacle lens.
  • the server device 31 monitors presence or absence of an order (i.e. presence or absence of a job) for the spectacle lens.
  • an order i.e. presence or absence of a job
  • each type of information required for executing the job is managed in the database part 33, and a job number unique to the job is barcoded and outputted.
  • the barcoded job number is attached to an uncut lens to be edged under this job, and sent to the first edger 10 or any one of the second and subsequent edger 10 that performs the edging.
  • the first edger 10 or any one of the second and subsequent edgers 10 that performs the edging is simply called the edger 10.
  • the edger 10 When the barcoded uncut lens is sent, the edger 10 reads the barcode with a barcode reader of the edger 10 to recognize the job number and notifies the client device 32 of this job number. Based on this job number, the client device 32 requests the server device 31 to notify the client device 32 of the information regarding the job specified by this job number. Then, when the requested notification (each kind of information) is received from the server device 31, the client device 32 notifies the edger 10 which is a request source, of each kind of information.
  • Each kind of information to notify the edger 10 includes job identification data (such as a job number), lens data (such as a product code to specify a lens material, a lens power, a lens thickness, a front surface shape curve value, a rear surface shape curve value, the kind of antireflection film, and the kind of lens color), edged shape data (such as spectacle lens frame's three- and two-dimensional edging shapes, a theoretical circumferential length, distinction between a left eye and a right eye, and a frame/pattern, etc.), edging condition data (such as the kind of lens material and the kind of edging tool, etc.).
  • job identification data such as a job number
  • lens data such as a product code to specify a lens material, a lens power, a lens thickness, a front surface shape curve value, a rear surface shape curve value, the kind of antireflection film, and the kind of lens color
  • edged shape data such as spectacle lens frame's three- and two-dimensional edging shapes, a
  • the correction management program part 35 has a function as the management unit 37, to access the information stored in the size management table for the selected edger 10, and read from the size management table the correction value of the edging parameter (namely, corresponding "parameter correction value") in association with the type of the lens material and the type of the edging tool according to the job executed by the edger 10, and notify the edger 10 of the selected "parameter correction value" read from the size management table (S108).
  • the edger 10 is notified of the "parameter correction value" read from the size management table, from the client device 32 as the information, in addition to each kind of information such as lens data, edged shape data, and edging condition data, etc., to execute the job by the edger 10.
  • the edger 10 when e the edger 10 is notified of the abovementioned each kind of information from the client device 32 to execute the job, the edger 10 starts execution of the edging job based on the notification, namely, the based on the content of each kind of information.
  • the edger 10 has a function as the correction unit 12 to receive the notification of the "parameter correction value", and determine an edging amount reflecting the received "parameter correction value”. Namely, based on the received "parameter correction value", the edging parameter specified by the each kind of information from the client device 32, specifically the edging tool diameter (offset amount), is corrected using the "parameter correction value" (S109a, S109b, S109c).
  • the abovementioned correction by the correction unit 12 is performed based on the size management table managed by the client device 32.
  • the size management table is capable of collectively managing an extremely wide variety of correction values for each type of lens material and each type of edging tool. Accordingly, by correcting the edging parameter by the correction unit 12, each of the all types of lens materials to be edged by the edger 10, can be appropriately corrected, irrespective of the edging mode which can be set in the edger 10. Also, each of the all types of edging tools that can be used by the edger 10, can be appropriately corrected.
  • the edger 10 After the edging parameter is corrected by the correction unit 12, the edger 10 performs edging to a spectacle lens using the edging parameter after the correction, with a size after correction (S110a, S110b, S110c).
  • the second and subsequent edger 10 corrects the edging parameter based on the "parameter correction value" acquired by the first edger 10, namely, based on the information regarding the edging characteristic of the device other than its own device.
  • the size adjustment is performed prior to the edging reflecting the result of correcting the edging parameter (S105a, S105b), so that the edging characteristic is uniform (standardized).
  • the size management is performed through the abovementioned procedure, when edging is performed to the spectacle lens by the edger 10.
  • the server device 31 receives an order from a spectacle shop
  • the uncut lens with barcoded job number is sent to one of the edgers 10 as a job execution body. Then, based on the results of reading the barcode by the edger 10, the edger 10 is notified of each kind of information required for executing the job, from the client device 32.
  • the edger 10 is notified of the correction value of the edging parameter together, from the client device 32. Namely, the edger 10 is notified of the correction value of the edging parameter (e.g. a correction value converted to a radius value) for each job (each order from the spectacle shop).
  • the correction value of the edging parameter e.g. a correction value converted to a radius value
  • the uncut lens which is made of the lens material ordered from the spectacle shop
  • edging is started by the edger 10 to form the circumferential edge of the set uncut lens into the edged shape suited to the order from the spectacle shop.
  • an amount for edging the uncut lens by the edger 10 is the amount reflecting the notification from the client device 32, namely, reflecting the correction value.
  • the edger 10 performs edging to the spectacle lens, while correcting the edging parameter for each job (for each order from the spectacle shop), under management of the edging size by the sever device 31 and the client device 32.
  • the spectacle lens after edging is taken out from the edger 10, and the client device 32 is notified of the end of the edging from the edger 10, and the server device 31 is also notified accordingly from the client device 32.
  • the spectacle lens is manufactured according to the order from the spectacle shop, in the lens edging system of this embodiment.
  • the information regarding the edging characteristic is grasped by the first edger 10 as at least one of the edgers 10 in the lens edging system, and the information regarding the edging characteristic is stored and held in the database part 33, and based on the stored and held information, the correction management program part 35 creates the size management table for each edger 10.
  • the edging parameter (specifically tool diameter of the edging tool for example) for the edging is corrected based on the information regarding the content managed by the size management table, namely, the edging characteristic grasped by the first edger, for not only the first edger 10 but also the second and subsequent edger 10. Therefore, according to the lens edging system of this embodiment, even when the edging is performed by either one of the first edger 10 and the second and subsequent edger 10, the error between the desired size and the real size of the spectacle lens after the edging is suppressed within an allowable range by correcting the edging parameter.
  • the edging parameter is corrected based on the information regarding the edging characteristic grasped by the first edger 10, not only for the first edger 10 but also for the second and subsequent edger 10. Namely, in the case of the same model, the edging parameter is corrected for the second and subsequent edger 10 as well, by using the information as it is for the edging characteristic of the first edger 10. Accordingly, regarding the second and subsequent edger 10, the size adjustment for each edging tool may be performed, to at least the lens made of the reference glass material, when the lens is introduced in the lens edging system, and there is no necessity for performing the size adjustment individually for all types of the lens material to be edged by the edger 10.
  • the edging characteristic of the second and subsequent edger 10 is not required to be grasped unlike the case with the first edger 10. Therefore, even when the lens edging system including a plurality of edgers is constructed, the labor of the size adjustment in the second and subsequent edger 10 can be considerably simplified.
  • the second and subsequent edger 10 performs size adjustment for each type of the edging tool, so that the error is suppressed in the allowable range, between the desired size and the real size of the spectacle lens after edging made of the reference glass material (namely, at least one type of the lens material previously defined as a reference), and corrects the edging parameter based on the edging characteristic of the first edger 10 when edging is performed to the lens material other than the reference glass material.
  • the second and subsequent edger 10 performs size adjustment to the lens made of the reference glass material, so that the edging characteristics are uniform (standardized) corresponding to mainly the first edger 10.
  • the "parameter correction value" for the first edger 10 is not simply applied to the second and subsequent edger, but a technical concept is realized so that the difference of the edging characteristics between each kind of lens materials, is applied to the second and subsequent edger 10 based on a relation with the edging characteristic of the reference glass material.
  • the edging parameter is corrected using the size management table managed by the correction management program part 35 for any one of the first edger 10 and the second and subsequent edger 10. Accordingly, unlike the case that the correction values is managed for each edging mode (e.g. Mode A to Mode D) at each edger 10 side, an extremely wide variety of correction values for each type of lens material and for each type of edging tool used by each edger 10 can be managed collectively. This is because although the number of the edging mode in which the edger 10 can be set, is naturally limited in terms of a memory storage capacity of storing information in this edger 10, a larger information memory storage capacity can be used compared with the edger 10, by setting the edging mode at the management program part 35 of the client device 32.
  • the number of the edging mode in which the edger 10 can be set is naturally limited in terms of a memory storage capacity of storing information in this edger 10, a larger information memory storage capacity can be used compared with the edger 10, by setting the edging mode at the management program part 35
  • the correction management program part 35 that manages the correction of the edging parameter by each edger 10 is disposed in the client device 32
  • the correction management program part 35 may be disposed in any location in the lens edging system and may be disposed in another device (e.g. the server device 31).
  • each edger 10 shows an example of managing the edging parameter by the correction management program part 35, using the size management table for each edger 10, the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto.
  • the operation state of the edger 10 can be prevented from being influenced by the result of edging.
  • each edger 10 can be notified of the "parameter correction value" required for correcting the edging parameter, even if there is no size management table, by reading the stored and held information from the database part 33 every time correcting the edging parameter.
  • the specific method is not particularly limited. Namely, the transfer of each kind of information may be performed mainly by the client device 32 to each edger 10 or may be performed mainly by each edger 10 in such a manner as requesting the information from the client device 32 as needed, or reading the information from the size management table, etc., of the client device 32.
  • the above-described embodiment shows an example of executing the job by each edger 10, each edger 10, the server device 31, and the client device 32 installed in the edging center, according to the order from a terminal device installed at the spectacle shop.
  • the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto.
  • the edging job can be executed according to the order from the terminal device installed not in the spectacle shop but in the edging center.

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