A method and system for identifying a given geometrical feature of an optical component or semi-finished ophthalmic lens blank, where an optical component is made of an organic material that can emit light at an emission wavelength λ.sub.e when being lighten at an illumination wavelength λ.sub.i different from the emission wavelength λ.sub.e, a surface of the optical component is illuminated with an incident light beam including at least light at the illumination wavelength but devoid from light at the emission wavelength, light emitted at the emission wavelength by the illuminated surface is collected to build an image of the surface, and the surface image is processed to apply metrics to compare the image with reference data specific to the given geometrical feature.

An automatic leveling system includes a platform, a leveling device provided on the platform, a loading tray provided on the leveling device, three reflecting devices provided on the loading tray, an image acquisition device provided above the loading tray, a height positioning device provided on an end of the image acquisition device facing the loading tray, a light source configured to emit light, and a controller coupled to the image acquisition device. The height positioning device processes light emitted by the light source into three paths of light to the three reflecting devices. The three reflecting devices reflect the three paths of light. The image acquisition device acquires the three paths of reflected light into a light signal. The controller detects deflection values of the loading tray according to the light signal and controls the leveling device to level the loading tray.

A method, a device, and a computer program for determining at least one optical parameter of a spectacle lens, and a method for manufacturing the spectacle lens using the at least one optical parameter are disclosed. The optical parameter denotes a value for a property of the spectacle lens which is adjusted during manufacture of the spectacle lens to achieve an intended correction of ametropia of at least one eye of a user of the spectacle lens. The method includes: a) capturing at least one image of a user wearing the spectacle lens; and b) determining at least one optical parameter of the spectacle lens by image processing the at least one image, wherein the at least one image contains an eye portion including at least one eye and/or a face portion adjacent to at least one eye of a user of the spectacle lens.

A camera-testing box for testing optical properties of an image-capturing device includes a box body, a light source, a photographic film, a mask, and a base. The light source is disposed inside the light-free box body. The photographic film is disposed on a side of the light source inside the box body. The mask is disposed on a side of the photographic film away from or facing the light source, and the mask includes a transparent area and a shielding area to reduce flare-causing light reflected by screws and other extraneous objects in the camera-testing box. The base is disposed inside the box body, and on a side of the mask away from the light source. The base supports the to-be-tested image-capturing device.

The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for wavefront reconstruction based on rotationally symmetric extended structured light illumination. The apparatus includes a laser device, a neutral density filter, a microscope objective, a pinhole, a collimating lens, a beam splitter prism, a spatial light modulator, a lens to be measured, and an image acquisition device that are sequentially arranged. The method permits modulation of incident parallel light into phase grating-like structured light by using a spatial light modulator. Based on the characteristic of non-infinitely small pixel unit of the spatial light modulator, changing the modulation pattern of the spatial light modulator may result in different forms of structured light. Not only the object to be measured but also the real structured light wavefront can be recovered by acquiring diffraction spots at the focal plane and simultaneously updating the object plane and the structured light plane using an algorithm

A system for testing a spectral response speed of a tunable filter is disclosed, which includes a collimating light source, a beam splitting element, a focusing lens, and an image recording device of light spot position arranged successively. The tunable filter is disposed between the collimating light source and the beam splitting element and configured to be continuously tuned within a certain wavelength range during testing. The beam splitting element is used to form light beams of different wavelength bands passing through the tunable filter into diffracted beams or refracted beams corresponding to different wavelength bands. The focusing lens is used to perform focusing. The image recording device of light spot position is used to record change information about positions where the diffracted beams or refracted beams corresponding to different wavelength bands are imaged.

A manual inspection system and method to inspect for defects in Contact lenses comprising; an image acquisition system with at least two high resolution cameras; Top illumination light head used for acquiring Bright field images; a Backlit illumination module to acquire Dark field images; at least another back lit illumination module to acquire a different type of Bright field images; an interchangeable mechanism to change measurement gauges suitable for a particular product; a rotating wheel embedded with multiple optical filters to cater to different imaging requirements; a first camera to capture the full view of the contact lens at a beam splitter; a second camera suitably mounted on a swivel arm to capture a higher resolution image of a selected defective area as viewed on a projection screen; a glass template or measurement gauge mounted at a suitable position to achieve overlaid images of the lens and the gauge on a projection screen for taking measurements; a flexible template measurement gauge as an optional overlay, to replace the glass template, suitably mounted on the projection screen for easy measurement of defects and geometry of the contact lens; an XYZ table to position the contact lens; creating a database on the computer that tabulates geometrical information and detailed defect information along with their respective positional information; and subsequently analyzing the database images to arrive at corrective actions to the manufacturing process to improve the quality and yields in the contact lens.

A method, a device, and a computer program for determining at least one optical parameter of a spectacle lens, and a method for manufacturing the spectacle lens using the at least one optical parameter are disclosed. The optical parameter denotes a value for a property of the spectacle lens which is adjusted during manufacture of the spectacle lens to achieve an intended correction of ametropia of at least one eye of a user of the spectacle lens. The method includes: a) capturing at least one image of a user wearing the spectacle lens; and b) determining at least one optical parameter of the spectacle lens by image processing the at least one image, wherein the at least one image contains an eye portion including at least one eye and/or a face portion adjacent to at least one eye of a user of the spectacle lens.

An inspection device includes an objective lens that transmits inspection light reflected from a sample during inspection and measurement light from a point light source during aberration measurement, a first pupil relay lens that transmits the inspection light and the measurement light, a second pupil relay lens in which an intermediate imaging plane is formed between the second pupil relay lens and the first pupil relay lens, a diffraction grating disposed between the first pupil relay lens and the intermediate imaging plane and that diffracts the measurement light, a point diffraction interferometry plate disposed within a depth of focus of the intermediate imaging plane and that selectively transmits the diffracted light, a first detector that detects an image of the sample, and a second detector that detects a fringe image of the measurement light.

A method, a computer program product, and a system for determining an optical parameter of an optical lens, as well as a related method for producing the optical lens by adjusting the optical parameter are disclosed. The method includes: a) capturing an image picturing the optical lens by using a camera; and b) determining an optical parameter of the optical lens by processing the image, wherein the camera generates a signal related to a position of a focus, and the optical parameter of the optical lens is determined by using the signal related to the position of focus.

The method and the system allow determining the optical parameter of the optical lens in a direct fashion by applying the signal related to the position of the focus as generated by the camera as a measured value for the optical parameter of the optical lens.