EP4284630A1 - Méthode de fabrication d'un verre de lunettes et méthode de contrôle d'outils de fabrication de verres de lunettes - Google Patents

Méthode de fabrication d'un verre de lunettes et méthode de contrôle d'outils de fabrication de verres de lunettes

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EP4284630A1
EP4284630A1 EP22708515.6A EP22708515A EP4284630A1 EP 4284630 A1 EP4284630 A1 EP 4284630A1 EP 22708515 A EP22708515 A EP 22708515A EP 4284630 A1 EP4284630 A1 EP 4284630A1
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spectacle lens
finishing
tool
zone
diffusing
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Dieter Braunger
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Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D11/00—Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
    • B29D11/00009—Production of simple or compound lenses
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D11/00—Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
    • B29D11/00009—Production of simple or compound lenses
    • B29D11/00317—Production of lenses with markings or patterns
    • B29D11/00326—Production of lenses with markings or patterns having particular surface properties, e.g. a micropattern
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D11/00—Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
    • B29D11/00932—Combined cutting and grinding thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02C—SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES
    • G02C7/00—Optical parts
    • G02C7/02—Lenses; Lens systems ; Methods of designing lenses
    • G02C7/022—Ophthalmic lenses having special refractive features achieved by special materials or material structures
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02C—SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES
    • G02C2202/00—Generic optical aspects applicable to one or more of the subgroups of G02C7/00
    • G02C2202/24—Myopia progression prevention

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  • the invention relates to a method of manufacturing spectacle lenses with at least one diffusing zone and at least one clear zone, and in particular to a method of manufacturing single vision spectacle lenses or progressive spectacle lenses suitable for controlling myopia progression.
  • the invention relates to a method of controlling manufacturing tools for manufacturing spectacle lenses as well as to a computer program for controlling manufacturing tools and a non-volatile computer readable storage medium with such a computer program.
  • peripheral retinal image i.e. peripheral vision
  • peripheral vision plays a major role in determining overall eye length, and is an effective stimulus that promotes peripheral and total eye growth that results in axial elongation, an overall increase in eye size and myopia.
  • WO 2005/055891 A1 discloses a method of abating, retarding or eliminating the progression of myopia in an individual by controlling off-axis aberrations through manipulating the curvature of field of a visual image in a predetermined fashion and ultimately altering, reducing or eliminating eye axial elongation.
  • myopia progression may be retarded (and in many cases, halted or reversed) an optical device having a predetermined off-axis aberration-controlled design that abates, retards or eliminates eye growth while simultaneously providing clear central imaging is used.
  • the apertures provided a total field of potentially clear central vision of approximately 24° or 37° (assuming a 14-mm vertex distance and a 3.0-mm entrance pupil located 2.7 mm from the cornea).
  • the fields of full illumination through the 4- and 8-mm apertures i.e. , the projection of the entrance pupil through the aperture45
  • the apertures allowed binocular convergence of the pupillary axes for viewing distances as short as 22 and 10 cm, respectively (interpupillary distance, 22 mm; centers of rotation, 8.4 mm from the cornea).
  • WO 2010/075319 A2 also refers to the importance of peripheral retinal image determining myopic eye growth.
  • the document proposes a therapeutic treatment method for preventing, ameliorating, or reversing eye-length- related disorders, the therapeutic treatment method comprising: identifying, in a patient, an eye-length-related disorder; and inducing artificial blurring of the patient's peripheral vision in order to decrease an average spatial frequency of images input to the retina of the eye past a threshold spatial frequency to inhibit further lengthening of the patient's eye.
  • the document proposes providing the patient with spectacle lenses having a first area including a plurality of first elements selected from the group consisting of: (i) bumps on a surface of the spectacle lens; (ii) depressions on the surface of the spectacle lens; (iii) first translucent inclusions in a spectacle lens material; and (iv) first transparent inclusions in the spectacle lens material, the first transparent inclusions having a refractive index different from that of the spectacle lens material.
  • the elements in general are point-shaped elements having a non-zero point density in a range between 0 and 8 dots per mm 2 .
  • the spectacle lens having a second area providing clear vision. The first area is surrounding the second area.
  • WO 2018/026697 A1 discloses a pair of eyeglasses, comprising: eyeglass frames; and a pair of spectacle lenses mounted in the frames, the spectacle lenses comprising a point pattern distributed across each spectacle lens, the point pattern comprising an array of dots spaced apart by a distance of 1 mm or less, each point having a maximum dimension of 0.3 mm or less.
  • WO 2019/152438 A1 discloses a spectacle lens, comprising: a lens material having two opposing curved surfaces; and a scattering region surrounding a clear aperture, wherein the scattering region has a plurality of spaced apart scattering centers sized and shaped to scatter incident light, the scattering centers being arranged in a pattern that includes an irregular variation in spacing between adjacent scattering centers and/or an irregular variation in scattering centers size.
  • the scattering regions are composed of an array of dots as scattering centers, which reduce the contrast of an object in the wearer’s peripheral vision by scattering light passing through those areas to the wearer’s eye.
  • dots can be provided by forming protrusions and/or recesses on one or both surfaces of each lens in the scattering regions, and/or by forming scattering inclusions in the lens material itself in these regions.
  • WO 2005/055891 A1 and WO 2007/092853 A2 do not specify which kind of diffuser was used. There is only disclosed that the annular diffuser scatters or diffuses light rays from off-axis, peripheral field objects.
  • WO 2010/075319 A2 discloses that, as an alternative to the above mentioned dot-shaped bumps, depressions or inclusions, light scattering may be induced by incorporation of particles smaller than the wavelength of the light transmitted through the lenses or produced by a film or coating applied to the surface of the lens. In another embodiment, diffraction is used to provide a diffuse image. Opaque or semi-opaque light absorbing particles as large or larger than the wavelength of light transmitted through the spectacle lenses are incorporated into the spectacle lenses, applied to the surface of the spectacle lenses, or added as a film or coating.
  • WO 2018/026697 A1, WO 2019/152438 A1 and WO 2020/014613 A1 disclose, as an alternative to the above dot-shaped bumps, depressions or inclusions, an optical diffuser including a film laminated on a surface of each spectacle lens. Diffusers consisting of a roughened surface, holographic diffusers or ground glass diffusers are also described therein. In particular, a commercially available Bangerter Occlusion Foil was used as a diffuser.
  • a diffuser also called a light diffuser or optical diffuser
  • Diffuse light can be easily obtained by reflecting light from a white surface, while more compact diffusers may use translucent material, including ground glass, Teflon, holographs, opal glass, and greyed glass.”
  • DE 34 06 393 A1 describes a diffuser made by applying a negative form to the optical element. https://de. Wikipedia.
  • diffusers being made of a transparent material such as glass with a large number of "imperfections” such as e.g. small air inclusions that serve as scattering centers.
  • WO 2019/152438 A1 which is regarded as closest state of the art, discloses a method of producing an ophthalmic lens including a scattering region surrounding a clear aperture.
  • the method includes focusing a laser beam to a focal point and exposing an ophthalmic lens to the focused laser radiation to form optically scattering features in a pattern on a curved surface of the ophthalmic lens.
  • a material removing process is applied to a lens blank to produce an intermediate lens having the desired surface shape.
  • the intermediate lens then undergoes a finishing process to produce a clear surface, i.e. the finished lens.
  • the scattering features are then produced by exposing the finished lens to a focused laser beam. This means that three processes are necessary to produce the ophthalmic lens with the scattering region, namely a material removing process, a finishing process and a process in which the lens is exposed to a focused laser beam.
  • spectacle lenses comprising a diffusing zone of the type described above, in particular such spectacle lenses that are suitable for controlling myopia progression by means of one or more diffusing zones.
  • the first objective is achieved by a method of manufacturing a spectacle lens, in particular spectacle lenses for controlling myopia progression, as claimed in one of claims 1 to 4.
  • the second objective is achieved by a method of controlling of manufacturing tools for manufacturing a spectacle lens as claimed in one of claims 11, 17 or 19, by a computer program as claimed in one of claims 17, 20 or 23, and by a non-volatile computer readable storage medium as claimed in one of claims 18, 21 or 24.
  • the depending claims define further developments of the invention.
  • a finishing process shall in particular be considered altered if at least one parameter characterizing the finishing process has been amended.
  • the finishing process is a polishing process
  • the time over which the polishing is executed divided by the size of the area to be polished, the contact pressure, by which the polishing tool contacts the surface to be polished, the size of the polishing tool used for polishing the surface, the shape of the polishing tool used for polishing the surface, - the rotation speed of the polishing tool used for polishing the surface, and the torque applied to the polishing tool used for polishing the surface can be considered to be characterizing parameters for the polishing process, and the polishing process can be considered altered if one or more of these parameters have been amended.
  • the term “aperture” applies to a zone of a spectacle lens that is surrounded by (i) a zone comprising diffusing structures such as scattering centers or (ii) a zone comprising structures providing an additional power or a plurality of additional powers.
  • altering a process means altering at least one process parameter of the process.
  • the term “clear zone” applies to a fully transparent zone of a spectacle lens in which no diffusion occurs so that it provides clear vision when a wearer looks through it.
  • the clear zone may allow for achieving, if necessary assisted by accommodation, a focused image on the fovea.
  • Such zones are regarded also as clear zones in the meaning used in the present specification.
  • degree of diffusion shall refer to the extent of diffusion. More diffusion means a higher degree of diffusion, less diffusion a lower degree of diffusion. Diffuser
  • a diffuser (also called a light diffuser or optical diffuser) is an optical element that is made of any material that diffuses or scatters light in some manner to transmit soft light. Diffuse light can be easily obtained by reflecting light from a white surface, while more compact diffusers may use translucent material, including ground glass, Teflon, holographs, opal glass, and greyed glass. Scattering may be achieved by scattering centers which may be point shaped, examples of which are, e.g., disclosed in WO 2010/075319 A2, WO 2018/026697 A1, WO 2019/152438 A1 and WO 2020/014613 A1, respectively. Scattering centers may also be line-shaped. In the following the term “diffusing” comprises as a special case the term “scattering”.
  • the term “diffusing zone” refers to a zone of a spectacle lens acting as a diffuser.
  • final shape refers to the geometric form of a front or a back surface the spectacle lens which is not altered any more in following processes such as a polishing process, a lapping process, a coating process, etc.
  • finishing process shall refer to the process by which the front or the back surface of the spectacle lens is made (more) transparent.
  • the finishing process is a polishing or lapping process.
  • the term “Focal power” is a collective term for the spherical vertex power, which brings a paraxial pencil of parallel light to a single focus (and which is usually considered in the prescription by the “sphere” value or, abbreviated, “sph”, and the cylindrical vertex power of a spectacle lens, which brings a paraxial pencil of parallel light to two separate line foci mutually at right angles (DIN ISO 13666:2019, section 3.10.2) and which is usually considered in the prescription by the “cylinder” value or, abbreviated, “cyl”.
  • the “vertex power” is the reciprocal of the paraxial vertex focal length (DIN ISO 13666:2019, section 3.10.7).
  • a beam is to be considered to be a paraxial pencil of rays if its diameter does not exceed 0.05 mm, in particular 0.01 mm.
  • fovea is used in the present description to denominate the fovea centralis, which is a central pit of the retina with densely packed photoreceptor cells.
  • intermediate spectacle lens shall refer to a spectacle lens after a material removing process by which its front and/or back surface has been brought into its final shape but before performing the finishing process.
  • the intermediate spectacle lens already has the final shape of the spectacle lens but a mat or frosted surface.
  • mat and frosted in the context of the present application are used as synonyms.
  • lens blank usually refers to a piece of optical material with one optically finished surface for the making of a spectacle lens (DIN ISO 13666:2019, section 3.8.1). In case neither side of a lens blank has an optically finished surface the lens blank may be referred to as a “rough blank” (Note 1 to DIN ISO 13666:2019, section 3.8.1).
  • material removing process shall refer to a process used for shaping a spectacle lens by removing small chips of material until its final shape is reached.
  • Typical material removing processes are machining processes such as cutting, milling, grinding, etc. and etching processes such as chemical etching or mechanical etching like, e.g., particle or sand blasting.
  • the term “mat surface” refers to a surface of the spectacle lens that exhibits diffusion that is perceptible by a wearer of the spectacle lens.
  • portion of a surface shall refer to a delimited part of the surface where the area of the part is smaller than the area of the whole surface.
  • sub-portion shall refer to a delimited part of a portion of a surface where the area of the part is smaller than the area of the whole portion.
  • prescription denotes a summary in which the dioptric powers necessary for correcting a diagnosed refractive error are specified in the form of suitable values.
  • the prescription may contain a value “sph” for sphere.
  • the prescription can contain values “cyl” for cylinder and “axis” for axis, and, in the case of prismatic power, the prescription can contain prism and base values.
  • the prescription may contain further values, for example the “add” value in the case of multifocal spectacle lenses, said “add” value specifying the difference between the vertex power in the near portion of the spectacle lens and in the distance portion of the spectacle lens.
  • a value “PD” for the interpupillary distance may also be contained in the prescription.
  • a smoothened surface denotes a surface the surface roughness of which has been reduced.
  • a homogeneously smoothened surface is a surface without zones having distinguishing surface roughness.
  • a spectacle lens with a diffusing zone and a clear zone has a homogeneously smoothened surface if the surface roughness of the diffusing zone is identical to the surface roughness of the clear zone.
  • the surface roughness of a homogeneously smoothened surface of a spectacle lens can be in the range ⁇ 1 nm.
  • a spectacle lens is an ophthalmic lens worn in front of, but not in contact with, the eyeball (DIN ISO 13666:2019, section 3.5.2), where an ophthalmic lens is a lens intended to be used for purposes of measurement, correction and/or protection of the eye, or for changing its appearance (DIN ISO 13666:2019, section 3.5.1).
  • a prescription spectacle lens is a spectacle lens individually formed to comply with a prescription of an individual.
  • surface roughness represents a measure as to how uneven a surface is.
  • the term “transparent surface” is a surface of the spectacle lens that exhibits no diffusion perceptible by a wearer of the spectacle lens. Very often in ophthalimic optics the transparency of a spectacle lens is described in terms of haze. Typical haze values of clear spectacle lenses are in the range of less than 1 %, typically less than 0.8 % and preferably 0.5 % or less.
  • the term “treated differently” means that a portion or a sub-portion is treated in the respective process with process parameters at least one of which differs from the process parameters used when treating another portion or sub-portion of the spectacle lens.
  • optical spectacle lens design is used to denominate the calculated/predetermined or defined optical properties of a spectacle lens, typically for a predetermined specific wearer, taking into consideration a position/arrangement of the spectacle lens relative to a model of an eye of the wearer of the spectacle lens, a position/arrangement of a model of an object to be viewed by the wearer of the spectacle lens for a specific use condition of the spectacle lens as well as a model of the physiological visual properties of the wearer of the spectacle lens.
  • the optical spectacle lens design may comprise a distribution of optical power across an effective area of a spectacle lens as perceived by a predetermined wearer of the spectacle lens for a predetermined as-worn position relative to the wearer’s (model) eye and a predetermined object distance model.
  • the calculation of the distribution of the optical power is based on the distance and orientation of the spectacle lens relative to the model eye, the distance and orientation of the spectacle lens relative to the model object as well as physiological parameters of the spectacle wearer such as the wearer’s visual deficiencies, namely e.g. the wearer’s ametropia, the wearer’s ability to accommodate and the wearer’s pupillary distance.
  • geometric spectacle lens design means the geometry of the spectacle lens providing the calculated optical properties of a spectacle lens described in the forgoing for the spectacle wearer.
  • target optical spectacle lens design means, a draft optical spectacle lens design, the optical properties of which correspond to or are equal to target optical properties.
  • actual optical spectacle lens design means calculated optical properties of a spectacle lens being received as a result of an optimization process/calculation aiming to achieve the target optical spectacle lens design as close as possible.
  • Such an optimization process/calculation in particular for progressive spectacle lenses or customized single vision lenses is e.g. disclosed in Werner Koppen: considerableion und Engineering von Progressivglasern, in Deutsche Optiker Symposium DOZ 10/95, S. 42-46.
  • Such optical or geometric spectacle lens designs may be stored on a computer-readable (e.g. non-transitory and/or electronic and/or optical) data carrier.
  • spectacle lenses manufactured according to the spectacle lens design can be considered physical representations of the spectacle lens design.
  • individual user data or application data of the spectacle wearer are recorded. This includes the acquisition of (physiological) data that can be assigned to the spectacle wearer and the acquisition of usage conditions under which the spectacle wearer will wear the spectacles to be designed.
  • the physiological data of the spectacle wearer may include e.g. the wearer’s ametropia and the wearer’s ability to accommodate, which are determined by means of a refraction measurement and which are regularly included in a prescription in the form of prescription values for sphere, cylinder, axis, prism and base as well as addition. Furthermore, e.g. the pupillary distance and the pupil size were determined under different lighting conditions. The age of the wearer has an influence on the ability to accommodate and pupil size and may therefore also be taken into consideration. The convergence behavior of the eyes results from the pupillary distance for different viewing directions and object distances.
  • the conditions of use include the as-worn position of the spectacle lenses in front of the eye (usually in relation to the eye's pivot point) and the object distances for different viewing directions under which the spectacle wearer should see clearly.
  • the seat of the spectacle lenses in front of the eye can e.g. be determined by recording the corneal vertex distance as well as anterior and lateral inclination. These data are included in an object distance model, for which a ray tracing method can be applied.
  • a draft design for the spectacle lens with a large number of evaluation points is determined on the basis of this recorded data.
  • the draft design includes target optical properties for the spectacle lens at the respective evaluation point.
  • the target properties include e.g. the permissible deviation from the prescribed spherical and astigmatic power, taking into account the addition, distributed over the entire spectacle lens, as specified by the arrangement of the lens in front of the eye and the underlying distance model.
  • the front surface can be selected as a spherical surface and the back surface as a varifocal surface. Both surfaces could also initially be selected as spherical surfaces.
  • the choice of surface geometry for the first draft generally only determines the convergence (speed and success) of the optimization method used. It should be assumed, for example, that the front surface is to retain the spherical shape and the back surface is given the shape of a varifocal surface.
  • the course of main rays is determined through the large number of evaluation points. Possibly, a local wavefront can be established for each of the main rays in a vicinity of the respective main ray.
  • the number of evaluation points is usually in the range between 1000 and 1500.
  • EP 2 115527 B1 suggests a number of over 8000 evaluation points.
  • the refractive index is usually dependent on the wavelength, the dispersion is generally not taken into account and the calculation is carried out for a so-called design wavelength. However, it cannot be ruled out that an optimization process takes different design wavelengths into account, e.g. is described in EP 2383603 B1.
  • the above optical properties of the spectacle lens at the evaluation points are determined by determining an influence of the spectacle lens on the beam path of the main rays and, if necessary, the local wavefronts in the vicinity of the respective evaluation point.
  • the design of the spectacle lens is evaluated depending on the determined optical properties and the individual user data.
  • the back surface geometry and as the case may be the refractive index distribution of the design of the spectacle lens may be modified by minimizing a target function such as e.g. where P m represents the weighting at the evaluation point m, W n the weighting of the optical property n, T n the target value of the optical property n at the respective evaluation point m and An denotes the actual value of the optical property n at the evaluation point m.
  • the local surface geometry of the back surface and as the case may be the local refractive index of the spectacle lens in the respective visual beam path are modified by the evaluation points until a termination criterion is met.
  • zone is used in the context of a spectacle lens or a spectacle lens design to denominate a portion of the spectacle lens which represents an area of the spectacle lens which is smaller than the total area of the spectacle lens.
  • a method of manufacturing a spectacle lens with at least one diffusing zone and at least one a clear zone is provided.
  • the method comprises the following steps:
  • the material removing process which in case of a semi-finished lens blank is applied only to one of the front surface and the back surface, may include at least one of an abrasive process such as cutting, milling, grinding, or any other kind of machining, and an etching process such as chemical etching or a mechanical etching like, e.g., particle or sand blasting, etc.
  • an abrasive process such as cutting, milling, grinding, or any other kind of machining
  • an etching process such as chemical etching or a mechanical etching like, e.g., particle or sand blasting, etc.
  • different ones of the mentioned material removing processes may be applied after each other.
  • the finishing process may, e.g., include at least one of a lapping process or a polishing process. In the finishing process, different ones of the mentioned finishing processes may be applied after each other.
  • the at least one diffusing zone is formed by altering the finishing process for a first portion of the surface that shall become the at least one diffusing zone as compared to the finishing process for a second portion of the surface that shall become the at least one clear zone such that the surface of the first portion becomes a mat surface or remains the mat surface while the surface of the second portion becomes a transparent surface.
  • the method comprises the steps of:
  • the material removing process which in case of a semi-finished lens blank is applied only to one of the front surface and the back surface, may include at least one of an abrasive process such as cutting, milling, grinding, or any other kind of machining, and an etching process such as chemical etching or a mechanical etching like, e.g., particle or sand blasting, etc.
  • an abrasive process such as cutting, milling, grinding, or any other kind of machining
  • an etching process such as chemical etching or a mechanical etching like, e.g., particle or sand blasting, etc.
  • different ones of the mentioned material removing processes may be applied after each other.
  • At least one part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens is converted into a transparent surface by means of a finishing process.
  • the finishing process may, e.g., include at least one of a lapping process or a polishing process. In the finishing process, different ones of the mentioned finishing processes may be applied after each other.
  • at least another part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens is converted into a diffusing surface by means of a finishing process differing from the finishing process converting the at least one part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into the transparent surface.
  • the at least one part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens being converted into the transparent surface shall become the at least one clear zone and the at least another part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens being converted into the diffusing surface shall become the at least one diffusing zone.
  • the method comprises the steps of:
  • the material removing process which in case of a semi-finished lens blank is applied only to one of the front surface and the back surface, may include at least one of an abrasive process such as cutting, milling, grinding, or any other kind of machining, and an etching process such as chemical etching or a mechanical etching like, e.g., particle or sand blasting, etc.
  • an abrasive process such as cutting, milling, grinding, or any other kind of machining
  • an etching process such as chemical etching or a mechanical etching like, e.g., particle or sand blasting, etc.
  • different ones of the mentioned material removing processes may be applied after each other.
  • the finishing process may, e.g., include at least one of a lapping process or a polishing process. In the finishing process, different ones of the mentioned finishing processes may be applied after each other.
  • a second portion of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens is converted into said at least one diffusing zone by means of a finishing process differing from the finishing process converting the first portion of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into the at least one clear zone.
  • the method comprises the steps of:
  • the material removing process which in case of a semi-finished lens blank is applied only to one of the front surface and the back surface, may include at least one of an abrasive process such as cutting, milling, grinding, or any other kind of machining, and an etching process such as chemical etching or a mechanical etching like, e.g., particle or sand blasting, etc.
  • an abrasive process such as cutting, milling, grinding, or any other kind of machining
  • an etching process such as chemical etching or a mechanical etching like, e.g., particle or sand blasting, etc.
  • different ones of the mentioned material removing processes may be applied after each other.
  • the finishing process may, e.g., include at least one of a lapping process or a polishing process. In the finishing process, different ones of the mentioned finishing processes may be applied after each other.
  • the at least one diffusing zone is formed by altering the finishing process for a first portion of the surface that shall become the at least one diffusing zone as compared to the finishing process for a second portion of the surface that shall become the at least one clear zone such that the surface of the first portion remains a mat surface while the surface of the second portion becomes a transparent surface.
  • the finishing process shall be considered altered if at least one parameter characterizing the finishing process has been amended.
  • the invention according to the first to fourth alternatives is based on the finding that a prescription spectacle lens is conventionally manufactured from a semi-finished lens blank by a material removing process that is typically applied to the back surface of the semi-finished lens blank.
  • the material removing process often leads to an intermediate spectacle lens having its final shape but a mat surface, typically a mat back surface in case of using a semi-finished lens blank. Then, in a subsequent finishing process the mat surface is made transparent.
  • both the front surface and the back surface may require finishing to make them transparent.
  • the surface generated by means of the material removing process is a mat surface that diffuses light to some degree. Therefore, the intermediate spectacle lens after the material removing process already has at least one surface that at least partially provides optical properties required in the diffusing zone or at least close to said optical properties being required in the diffusing zone and being of the kind disclosed in Smith et al. “Peripheral Vision Can Influence Eye Growth and Refractive Development in Infant Monkeys”, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, November 2005, Vol. 46, No. 11, p. 3965 - 3972, WO 2005/055891 A1 , WO 2007/092853 A2, WO 2018/026697 A1 , WO 2019/152438 A1 and WO 2020/014613 A1 , respectively.
  • the intermediate spectacle lens prior to the finishing process inevitably has light diffusing properties it is not necessary to finish the entire surface. Instead, only those portions of the surface that shall become the at least one clear zone need to be fully finished while those portions of the intermediate spectacle lens that shall become a diffusing zone may be finished to a lesser degree or even left in the state as they are in the intermediate spectacle lens.
  • Altering the finishing process may be done by amending the parameter value of at least one process parameter of the finishing process when finishing the first portion of the surface as compared to finishing the second portion of the surface.
  • Process parameters of the finishing process may be the duration of the finishing process divided by the size of the area to be finished, the contact pressure, by which a finishing tool like a polishing tool or a lapping tool contacts the surface to be finished, the size of the finishing tool, i.e. the polishing tool or lapping tool, used for finishing the surface, the shape of the finishing tool, i.e. the polishing tool or lapping tool, used for finishing the surface, the rotation speed of the finishing tool, i.e. the polishing tool or lapping tool, used for finishing the surface, and the torque applied to the finishing tool, i.e. the polishing tool or lapping tool, used for finishing the surface.
  • Amending the parameter value of at least one process parameter of the finishing process is a very simple way to generate surface portions with different degrees of diffusing properties.
  • a particularly simple way of altering the finishing process is to amend the value of the duration of the finishing process divided by the area to be finished.
  • the diffusing zone can simply be produced by reducing the value for the duration of the finishing process divided by the area to be finished for the first portion of the surface as compared to the second portion of the surface.
  • the value for the duration of the finishing process divided by the area to be finished may be reduced to zero for the first portion of the surface.
  • the finishing process may comprise at least two steps. Then, altering the finishing process may be done by amending the parameter value of at least one process parameter in at least one of the steps of the finishing process when finishing the portion of the surface that shall become the diffusing zone as compared to finishing the portion of the surface that shall become the clear zone. If the finishing process includes more than one step the alterations of each step of the finishing process may be individually adapted which allows for more fine tuning in the properties of the at least one diffusing zone as compared to the at least one clear zone.
  • the duration of the finishing process divided by the size of the area to be finished may be reduced to zero in a first of the steps for the portion to become the diffusing zone.
  • the first step of the finishing process is only applied to the portion which is to become the clear zone to make this portion transparent.
  • a second step of the finishing process which may be applied with the same values of process parameters to the whole surface, may then be used to reduce the surface roughness of the surface to a given value which provides a desired diffusing effect the diffusing zone.
  • the surface roughness of the portion to become the clear zone has already been reduced to well below the given value in the first step in order to provide full transparency the reduction of the surface roughness, although applied to the whole surface, would not affect this portion.
  • a surface roughness that provides a degree of diffusion desired for the diffusing zone is given, and the material removing process is performed such as to obtain the given surface roughness.
  • This development allows for reducing the amount of finishing necessary for a portion of the surface that shall become the at least one diffusing zone. It might even be possible to fully omit the finishing for a portion of the surface that shall become the at least one diffusing zone, e.g. by reducing the value of the duration of the finishing process for this portion to zero, or by reducing the value of the contact pressure by which a finishing tool contacts this portion to zero.
  • the diffusing zone of the manufactured spectacle lens may include sub zones with different diffusing properties.
  • Such a spectacle lens can be easily manufactured with the inventive method by treating different sub-portions of the portion of the surface that shall become the diffusing zone differently from each other in at least one of the material removing process and the finishing process.
  • the sub-portions may be treated in the material removing process and/or in the finishing process with process parameters which differ in at least one parameter value.
  • a surface roughness that provides a degree of diffusion desired for the diffusing zone may be given and the material removing process may be performed such as to obtain the given surface roughness.
  • the surface of the spectacle lens may be smoothened by applying a coating, which may in particular be a hard coating, to the surface.
  • the coating material typically has a viscosity in the range between 3 and 30 mPa*s and an interfacial tension smaller than 40 mN/m, both at 15 degree Celsius.
  • the inventive method according to the first to fourth alternatives may include a step of providing a lens blank.
  • the lens blank is preferably a semi-finished lens blank so that only the front surface or, typically, only the back surface needs to be treated in the following steps.
  • providing a rough blank which requires treating of the front surface and the back surface would also be conceivable.
  • a method of controlling manufacturing tools for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to the inventive method of manufacturing a spectacle lens with at least one diffusing zone and at least one a clear zone is provided, where the manufacturing tools include a material removing tool and a finishing tool.
  • the method includes the steps of:
  • the lens blank is preferably a semi-finished lens blank so that only the front surface or, typically, the back surface needs to be treated by the material removing tool. However, providing a rough blank which requires treating of the front surface and the back surface would also be possible.
  • an abrasive tool such as a cutting tool, a milling tool, a grinding tool, or any other kind of tool suitable for machining the lens blank may be used.
  • an etching tool such as a tool for chemical etching or a tool for mechanical etching like, e.g., a particle or sand blasting tool, etc. may be used as the material removing tool.
  • a tool for chemical etching or a tool for mechanical etching like e.g., a particle or sand blasting tool, etc.
  • a particle or sand blasting tool e.g., a particle or sand blasting tool, etc.
  • the finishing tool may, e.g., be a lapping tool or a polishing tool. In the finishing process, different ones of the mentioned finishing tools may be successively applied and controlled.
  • the finishing tool is further controlled differently for the first portion of the surface and the second portion of the surface, so that a diffusing zone with a mat surface is formed in at least the first portion of the surface and a clear zone with the transparent surface is formed in at least the second portion of the surface.
  • the method comprising the steps of:
  • the lens blank is preferably a semi-finished lens blank so that only the front surface or, typically, the back surface needs to be treated by the material removing tool. However, providing a rough blank which requires treating of the front surface and the back surface would also be possible.
  • an abrasive tool such as a cutting tool, a milling tool, a grinding tool, or any other kind of tool suitable for machining the lens blank may be used.
  • an etching tool such as a tool for chemical etching or a tool for mechanical etching like, e.g., a particle or sand blasting tool, etc. may be used as the material removing tool.
  • a tool for chemical etching or a tool for mechanical etching like e.g., a particle or sand blasting tool, etc.
  • a particle or sand blasting tool e.g., a particle or sand blasting tool, etc.
  • the finishing tool may, e.g., be a lapping tool or a polishing tool. In the finishing process, different ones of the mentioned finishing tools may be successively applied and controlled.
  • the finishing tool is controlled such so as to convert at least another part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into the diffusing surface by means of a finishing process differing from the finishing process converting the at least one part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into the transparent surface.
  • the at least one part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens being converted into the transparent surface shall become the at least one clear zone and the at least another part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens being converted into the diffusing surface shall become the at least one diffusing zone.
  • the method comprising the steps of:
  • the lens blank is preferably a semi-finished lens blank so that only the front surface or, typically, the back surface needs to be treated by the material removing tool. However, providing a rough blank which requires treating of the front surface and the back surface would also be possible.
  • an abrasive tool such as a cutting tool, a milling tool, a grinding tool, or any other kind of tool suitable for machining the lens blank may be used.
  • an etching tool such as a tool for chemical etching or a tool for mechanical etching like, e.g., a particle or sand blasting tool, etc. may be used as the material removing tool.
  • a tool for chemical etching or a tool for mechanical etching like e.g., a particle or sand blasting tool, etc.
  • a particle or sand blasting tool e.g., a particle or sand blasting tool, etc.
  • the finishing tool may, e.g., be a lapping tool or a polishing tool. In the finishing process, different ones of the mentioned finishing tools may be successively applied and controlled.
  • the finishing tool is controlled so as to convert the second portion of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into said at least one diffusing zone by means of the finishing process differing from the finishing process converting the first portion of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into the at least one clear zone.
  • the first to third alternatives of the inventive method of controlling manufacturing tools for manufacturing a spectacle lens allows for implementing the inventive method of manufacturing a spectacle lens with at least one diffusing zone and at least one a clear zone by controlling manufacturing machines.
  • the inventive method of controlling manufacturing tools for manufacturing a spectacle lens allows for controlling manufacturing tools such that the advantages described with respect to the inventive method of manufacturing a spectacle lens with at least one diffusing zone and at least one a clear zone can be realized.
  • Controlling the finishing tool differently may be done by using different parameter values for at least one process parameter of the finishing process.
  • Process parameters may be the duration of the finishing process divided by the size of the area to be finished, the contact pressure, by which a finishing tool like a polishing tool or a lapping tool contacts the surface to be finished, the size of the finishing tool, i.e. the polishing tool or lapping tool, used for finishing the surface, the shape of the finishing tool, i.e. the polishing tool or lapping tool, used for finishing the surface, the rotation speed of the finishing tool, i.e. the polishing tool or lapping tool, used for finishing the surface, and the torque applied to the finishing tool, i.e. the polishing tool or lapping tool, used for finishing the surface.
  • Amending the parameter value of at least one process parameter of the finishing process is a very simple way to generate surface portions with different degrees of diffusing properties.
  • a particularly simple way of controlling the finishing tool differently is to use different values for the duration of the finishing process divided by the area to be finished as process parameter.
  • the finishing process may comprise at least two steps.
  • controlling the finishing tool differently is done by using different parameter values for at least one process parameter in at least one of the steps. This allows for more fine tuning in the properties of the at least one diffusing zone as compared to the at least one clear zone.
  • a surface roughness that provides a degree of diffusion desired for the diffusing zone is given, and the material removing tool is controlled such as to obtain the given surface roughness.
  • At least one of the material removing tool and the finishing tool is controlled such as to treat different sub-portions of the first portion differently.
  • the diffusing zones include sub zones with different diffusing properties.
  • the sub-portions may be treated by the material removing tool and/or by the finishing tool with process parameters which differ in at least one parameter value.
  • a third aspect of the invention also a computer program for controlling manufacturing tools for manufacturing a spectacle lens with at least one diffusing zone and at least one a clear zone according to the inventive method of manufacturing a spectacle lens with at least one diffusing zone and at least one a clear zone.
  • the manufacturing tools include a material removing tool and a finishing tool.
  • the computer program comprises instructions that, when executed on a computer, prompt the computer to: control the material removing tool so as to form an intermediate spectacle lens with a surface that may be a mat surface from a lens blank, where the intermediate spectacle lens may have a final shape; and control the finishing tool so as to convert at least a part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into a transparent surface.
  • the computer program further comprises instructions that, when executed on a computer, prompt the computer to control the finishing tool differently for the first portion of the surface and the second portion of the surface, so that the diffusing zone with a mat surface is formed in at least the first portion of the surface and the clear zone with the transparent surface is formed in at least the second portion of the surface.
  • the computer program comprises instructions that, when executed on a computer, prompt the computer to: control the material removing tool so as to form the intermediate spectacle lens with a surface that may be a mat surface from the lens blank, where the intermediate spectacle lens may have a final shape; and control the finishing tool so as to convert the at least one part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into the transparent surface.
  • the computer program further comprises instructions that, when executed on a computer, prompt the computer to control the finishing tool so as to convert at least another part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into a diffusing surface by means of a finishing process differing from the finishing process converting the at least one part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into the transparent surface, where the at least one part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens being converted into the transparent surface shall become the at least one clear zone and the at least another part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens being converted into the diffusing surface shall become the at least one diffusing zone.
  • the computer program comprises instructions that, when executed on a computer, prompt the computer to: control the material removing tool so as to form the intermediate spectacle lens with a surface that may be a mat surface from the lens blank, where the intermediate spectacle lens may have a final shape; and control the finishing tool so as to convert the first portion of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into said at least one clear zone.
  • the computer program further comprises instructions that, when executed on a computer, prompt the computer to control the finishing tool so as to convert the second portion of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into said at least one diffusing zone by means of the finishing process differing from the finishing process converting the first portion of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into the at least one clear zone.
  • the fourth aspect of the invention also a non-volatile computer readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon for controlling manufacturing tools for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to the inventive method of manufacturing a spectacle lens with at least one diffusing zone and at least one a clear zone is provided.
  • the manufacturing tools include a material removing tool and a finishing tool.
  • the instructions when executed on a computer, prompt the computer to: control the material removing tool so as to form an intermediate spectacle lens with a surface that may be a mat surface from a lens blank, where the intermediate spectacle lens may have a final shape; and control the finishing tool so as to convert at least a part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into a transparent surface.
  • the storage medium further comprises instructions stored thereon which, when executed on the computer, prompt the computer to control the finishing tool differently for the first portion of the surface and the second portion of the surface, so that the diffusing zone with a mat surface is formed in at least the first portion of the surface and the clear zone with the transparent surface is formed in at least the second portion of the surface.
  • the instructions when executed on a computer, prompting the computer to: control the material removing tool so as to form the intermediate spectacle lens with a surface that may be a mat surface from the lens blank, where the intermediate spectacle lens may have a final shape; and control the finishing tool so as to convert the at least one part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into the transparent surface.
  • the storage medium further comprises instructions stored thereon, which instructions, when executed on the computer, prompt the computer to control the finishing tool so as to convert at least another part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into a diffusing surface by means of a finishing process differing from the finishing process converting the at least one part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into the transparent surface, where the at least one part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens being converted into the transparent surface shall become the at least one clear zone and the at least another part of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens being converted into the diffusing surface shall become the at least one diffusing zone.
  • the instructions when executed on a computer, prompting the computer to: control the material removing tool so as to form the intermediate spectacle lens with a surface that may be a mat surface from the lens blank, where the intermediate spectacle lens may have a final shape; and control the finishing tool so as to convert the first portion of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into said at least one clear zone;
  • the storage medium further comprises instructions stored thereon, which instructions, when executed on the computer, prompt the computer to control the finishing tool so as to convert the second portion of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into said at least one diffusing zone by means of the finishing process differing from the finishing process converting the first portion of the surface of the intermediate spectacle lens into the at least one clear zone.
  • the inventive computer program and the inventive storage medium allow for preparing a computer or a controller to control manufacturing tools for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to the inventive method of controlling manufacturing tools for manufacturing a spectacle lens.
  • Figure 1 schematically shows a single vision spectacle lens with a central clear zone and a peripheral diffusing zone surrounding the central clear zone in a view onto the back surface of the spectacle lens.
  • Figure 2 shows the spectacle lens of figure 1 in a side view.
  • Figure 3 shows a flow chart representing a method of manufacturing the spectacle lens of figures 1 and 2.
  • Figure 4 shows a first polishing step for finishing the back surface of the spectacle lens shown in figures 1 and 2.
  • Figure 5 shows a second polishing step for finishing the spectacle lens shown in figures 1 and 2.
  • Figure 6 shows a spectacle lens similar to that shown in figures 1 and 2 but with a diffusing zone including two sub-zones.
  • a spectacle 11 lens with at least one a clear zone 12 and at least one diffusing zone 13 is shown in figures 1 and 2, where figure 1 shows the spectacle lens 11 in a view onto its back surface 11 b and figure 2 shows the spectacle lens 11 in a side view. Due to the myopic wearer the spectacle lens 11 is designed to provide full far vision correction according to the wearer’s prescription. Therefore, the spectacle lens 11 is a minus lens. Although the spectacle lens 11 shown in figures 1 and 2 is a single vision spectacle lens 11 it may as well be a progressive spectacle lens.
  • the spectacle lens 11 has a front surface 11a which, in the present example, is a spherical surface, and a back surface 11b which is manufactured to a shape according to the prescription.
  • a front surface 11a which, in the present example, is a spherical surface
  • a back surface 11b which is manufactured to a shape according to the prescription.
  • distributing the properties necessary to achieve the power prescribed in the prescription over the front surface and the back surface so that neither of them is spherical is also a possibility.
  • the clear zone of the spectacle lens 11 shown in figures 1 and 2 is fully transparent for providing a clear image of a viewed object to the foveal zone of the retina of a wearer’s eye and a diffusing zone 13 providing scattering optical properties. Therefore, the diffusing zone 13 acts as a scattering zone.
  • the dimension dh of the clear zone 12 in horizontal direction is larger than the dimension d in vertical direction so that the shape of the clear zone 12 is elliptical in the present example.
  • the clear zone 12 may as well be circular instead of elliptical.
  • Shapes and sizes of the clear zone 12 and the diffusing zone 13 may vary depending on specific use conditions. However, a circular or slightly elliptical clear zone surrounded by one or more (concentrically arranged) annular peripheral diffusing zones is preferred as it allows for enlarging the clear zone in reading direction without enlarging it perpendicular to the reading direction. Compared to spectacle lenses with circular clear zones, a spectacle lens with an elliptical clear zone thus increases comfort for the wearer when reading while keeping the negative effect on the spectacle lens’ ability to control myopia progression at a minimum.
  • FIG. 1 An exemplary embodiment of a method of manufacturing a spectacle lens as it is shown in figures 1 and 2 will be described with respect to figures 3 to 5.
  • Figure 3 shows a flow chart representing different steps of the exemplary embodiment while figures 4 and 5 show different polishing steps used throughout the exemplary embodiment.
  • the spectacle lens manufactured in the exemplary embodiment of the method of manufacturing a spectacle lens is a prescription single vision spectacle lens, i.e. a spectacle lens manufactured individually for a wearer based on the wearer prescription data.
  • a semi-finished lens blank is chosen based on the data in the wearer’s prescription.
  • the semi-finished lens blank is chosen from a series of semi-finished lens blanks having finished front surfaces with different spherical curvatures, called base curves in the following. From this series of semi-finished lens blanks, a lens blank with a suitable base curve is chosen based on the data in the wearer’s prescription.
  • step S2 the semi-finished lens blank is provided with a protective coating on its front surface and mounted with its protected front surface to a so-called blocker 18 (see figure 5) which is a holding piece for holding the semi-finished lens blank during the following processing steps so that its back surface is accessible for material removing and polishing steps.
  • a cutting process is performed by which the back surface of the semi finished lens blank is cut into its final shape based on the data in the wearer’s prescription (step S3).
  • the cutting process may optionally include two or more sub-processes which differ in the cutting tool used, or in parameter values used in the cutting process like, for example in the values for the cutting speed, the pressure by which the cutting tool is pressed against the material, etc.
  • the back surface 1 Tb has its final shape but is still a mat surface with a frosted appearance.
  • the back surface 1 b is mat due to a remaining surface roughness after the cutting.
  • the surface roughness is a result of the cutting process used.
  • a predefined surface roughness may be given which corresponds to a desired degree of light diffusion. Then, the size and/or the shape of the cutting tool and/or the values of the parameters used in the cutting process are adapted such that the given surface roughness is present on the back surface 1Tb when the cutting step is completed.
  • the back surface is brought into its final shape by means of the cutting process in the present exemplary embodiment
  • other material removing processes could be used instead.
  • the back surface could be brought into its final shape by means of a milling process, a grinding process or any other kind of machining process.
  • the back surface could be brought into its final shape by an etching process, in particular by a chemical etching process or by a mechanical etching process like particle or sand blasting.
  • combining different ones of material removing processes would make the method more complex than necessary.
  • the worked semi finished lens blank with the back surface 1 b having its final shape can be regarded as an intermediate spectacle lens 11’ in which all lens surfaces 11’a, 1 Tb have their final shapes and in which the back surface 1Tb is mat.
  • the front surface 11’a would be the mat surface and not the back surface 1 Tb.
  • both surfaces 1 Ta, 1 Tb would be mat.
  • step S4 the mat surface 1 Tb is polished in order to convert at least a portion 12’ of the mat surface into a transparent surface (step S4).
  • the polishing process is a two-step process in which, in a first polishing step, those portions 12’ of the back surface which correspond to the clear zone 12 of the spectacle lens 11 to be manufactured is polished with a polishing too 14 having a geometry that allows for polishing small areas of the back surface 11’b, as it is shown in figure 4.
  • the polishing tool 14 shown in figure 4 has a spherical geometry so that only a small area of the polishing tool 14 contacts the back surface 1 Tb of the intermediate spectacle lens 1 .
  • the pressure by which the polishing tool 14 is pressed against the back surface 11 B, the rotational speed of the polishing tool as well as the torque applied to the polishing tool are set such that after a certain duration of the first polishing step those portions 12’ of the intermediate spectacle lens 1 which shall become the clear zone 12 show transparency.
  • the diameter of the spherical polishing tool 14 depends on the dimension of the clear zone 12 to be manufactured. The smaller the clear zone 12 shall be the smaller would be the diameter of the polishing tool 14.
  • the polishing tool 14 could have a conical or an elliptical shape. In general, the shape of the polishing tool needs to be chosen such that it is possible to perform polishing only in those portions of the spectacle lens which are to become the clear zone.
  • a second polishing step of the polishing process is applied to the back surface 1Tb of the intermediate spectacle lens 11 ’ in step S5.
  • This second polishing step is applied to the whole back surface 1 Tb.
  • the surface roughness after the cutting process is so high that the degree of diffusion provided by the rough surface is higher than desired for the diffusing zone 13.
  • This second polishing step is applied to the whole back surface 1 Tb.
  • the second polishing step only affects those portions 13’ which still have a higher surface roughness than the desired surface roughness, i.e. those portions 13’ of the back surface 11’ which are to become the diffusing zone 13.
  • the polishing tool 15 of the second polishing step is therefore a polishing tool providing a large contact area to the back surface 1T of the intermediate spectacle lens 1 T.
  • the parameter values of the second polishing step are set such that the surface roughness of those portions 13’ that have a higher surface roughness than the desired surface roughness, i.e. those portions that are to become the diffusing zone 13, is reduced to the desired surface roughness.
  • the diffusing zone 13 shall have sub-zones 13, 17 with different diffusing properties as is schematically shown in figure 6, further polishing steps could be present in addition to the two polishing steps of the present exemplary embodiment.
  • some sub-portions of the portion to become the diffusing zone could be polished in an additional polishing step that is performed after the first polishing step and before the second polishing step and uses a polishing tool like the tool shown in figure 4 in order to reduce the surface roughness to a limit that lies between full transparency and the surface roughness provided by the last polishing step shown in figure 5. This allows, for example, to produce diffusing zones with diffusing properties increasing or decreasing in radial direction of the spectacle lens.
  • the further polishing steps following the first polishing step and preceding the second polishing step may as well be performed using the same polishing tool 14 as in the first polishing step but with amended parameter values of one or more process parameters.
  • the polishing tool 14 could be used to polish an annular sub-zone 17 of the diffusing zone 13 surrounding the clear zone 12 to a surface roughness which does not provide full transparency but provides less diffusion than other areas of the diffusing zone 13. This could allow for manufacture spectacle lenses in which the diffusion increases in radial direction which might make the spectacle lenses more comfortable for the wearers without reducing the ability to control myopia progression too much.
  • Figure 6 shows a spectacle lens 16 which has a further diffusing zone 17 in addition to the clear zone 12.
  • the further diffusing zone 17, which can be regarded as a sub-zone of the diffusing zone 13, has diffusing properties which lie between full transparency and the diffusing property of the other areas of the diffusing zone 13.
  • Those other areas of the diffusing zone can be regarded as a second sub-zone of the diffusing zone.
  • the entire back surface 11b may be coated as in usual manufacturing processes.
  • a hard coating and/or one or more additional functional coatings such as antireflective coatings, antistatic coatings, hydrophobic coatings, antibacterial coatings, antiviral coatings, oleophobic coatings, dust repelling coatings, etc. may be applied to the back surface.
  • these coatings may be applied to the front surface, too.
  • Examples for the coatings mentioned above and depositing techniques for applying the coatings are, for example, disclosed in EP 2 878 989 A1, WO 2017/108871 A1, EP 3312662 A1, EP 3527385 A1 , EP 3542 956 A1, EP 3543003 A1 and WO 2010/025829 A1.
  • the functional coating layer being directly applied to, i.e. getting in direct contact with, the abrasively worked substrate surface is configured to homogeneously smoothen the abrasively worked substrate surface.
  • the functional coating layer getting in close contact with the abrasively worked substrate surface is the hard coating.
  • an adhesion promoting layer and/or a primer layer is deposited on top of the abrasively worked substrate surface prior to deposition of the hard coating layer. Smoothing the abrasively worked substrate surface requires a viscosity of the functional coating layer material being directly applied to, i.e.
  • the abrasively worked substrate surface in particular a hard lacquer being used for fabricating the prescribed hard coating layer, being in the range between 3 and 30 mPa*s at 15 degree Celsius.
  • the coating layer material should have an interfacial tension smaller than 40 mN/m at 15 degree Celsius.
  • the method described with respect to figure 3 can be performed by means of a suitable computer program which, when run on a computer or a controller, allows for controlling numerically control manufacturing machines, for example the manufacturing machines with the cutting tools and the polishing tools described with respect to steps S3 to S5.
  • the computer program may be stored on a non-volatile computer readable storage medium such as a hard disk, a solid-state-drive, a flash memory, etc.
  • the computer program may be downloadable through a network such as a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN) like the internet. Once loaded into a computer a computer program can be used for controlling the manufacturing machines.
  • LAN local area network
  • WAN wide area network
  • the invention has been illustrated by means of an exemplary embodiment using cutting and polishing processes for material removing and finishing, respectively.
  • various other processes could be used for material removing as well as for finishing.
  • the polishing step or the polishing sub-steps may be replaced by lapping steps ore lapping sub-steps.

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L'invention concerne une méthode de fabrication d'un verre de lunettes (11) comprenant au moins une zone de diffusion (13) et au moins une zone claire (12). La méthode comprend les étapes consistant à : appliquer un procédé d'élimination de matériau à une ébauche de verre de façon à obtenir un verre de lunettes intermédiaire (11') ayant une forme finale et une surface (11'b) ; et convertir au moins une partie de la surface (11'b) du verre de lunettes intermédiaire (11') en une surface transparente au moyen d'un procédé de finition. La ou les zones de diffusion (13) sont formées par la modification du procédé de finition pour une première partie (13') de la surface qui doit devenir la ou les zones de diffusion (13) par comparaison avec le procédé de finition pour une seconde partie (12') de la surface (11'b) qui doit devenir la ou les zones claires (12) de telle sorte que la surface de la première partie (13') devient une surface mate tandis que la surface de la seconde partie (12') devient une surface transparente.
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