Provided are a reticle defect inspection method and system. The reticle defect inspection method includes: a reticle is provided; a reticle defect inspection system is provided, and when the reticle is placed on a station or leaves the station, defect inspection is continuously performed on the reticle to obtain defect information of each defect; a dynamic threshold of each defect is obtained from the defect information of each defect; and whether the dynamic threshold of each defect belongs to a threshold unacceptable by the inspection system is judged, and if so, warning processing is performed.

A plastic lens element includes an optical effective portion and a peripheral portion. The peripheral portion surrounds the optical effective portion and includes a peripheral surface and an optical inspecting structure. The optical inspecting structure is disposed between the optical effective portion and the peripheral surface and includes a first optical inspecting surface and a second optical inspecting surface. The first optical inspecting surface and the second optical inspecting surface are disposed on two sides of the peripheral portion respectively and correspond to each other.

Disclosed is a method for evaluating cosmetic defects of an optical device, including: a first step of acquiring a first set of cosmetic defects of the optical device; a second acquiring step during which a second set of cosmetic defects of the optical device is acquired, the second set of cosmetic defects being different from the first set of cosmetics defects and including at least one cosmetic defect corresponding to a cosmetic defect of the first set of cosmetic defects; a determining step, during which a subset of the first set of cosmetic defects of the optical device is determined based on the comparison of the cosmetic defects of the second set of cosmetic defects and the cosmetic defects of the first set of cosmetic defects; and a determining step, during which a quality factor of the optical device is determined based on the subset of cosmetic defects.

A system for producing a high contrast image of an ophthalmic lens under inspection, comprising: top camera to view ophthalmic lens through lens module; motorized mechanism for positioning top camera at two pre-programmed positions; three illumination modules; said illumination modules focusing light through ophthalmic lens under inspection, thereby producing a high contrast image of features of ophthalmic lens; wherein ophthalmic lens is contained within cuvette with optical power of positive of ten; said cuvette mounted with two optical windows, one of them being vertical and other at an angle; said cuvette having transparent bottom glass suitably designed to position ophthalmic lens under inspection; said cuvette designed to be filled with saline solution; accurately calibrated test object positioned to achieve image of ophthalmic lens overlaid with image of pattern present on test object; additional illumination source comprising laser diode; and second camera to view ophthalmic lens through slanted optical lens module.

A sensor system (100) is equipped with a light emitting element that emits detecting light (L1), a translucent cover (120) that allows passage of the detecting light (L1), and a scanning mechanism that changes an emitting direction of the detecting light (L1) at least in a first direction (D1). A light receiving device (210) is equipped with a plurality of inspection light receiving elements (211a to 211g) arranged at least along the first direction, and adapted to be disposed on an optical path of the detecting light (L1) that has passed through the translucent cover (120). An inspection processor (220) is configured to output a determination result (R) as to whether an abnormality is present in the translucent cover (120) on the basis of a determination as to whether each of the inspection light receiving elements (211a to 211g) has normally received the detecting light (L).

The invention relates to techniques for material testing of optical test pieces, for example of lenses. Angle-variable illumination, using a suitable illumination module, and/or angle-variable detection are carried out in order to create a digital contrast. The digital contrast can be, for example, a digital phase contrast. A defect detection algorithm for automated material testing based on a result image with digital contrast can be used. For example, an artificial neural network can be used.

A method for recognizing misalignments and/or contaminations of optical systems in smart glasses, including at least one laser projector, which is provided for the purpose of outputting at least one light signal forming at least partially an image display of the smart glasses. It is provided that in at least one monitoring step, an at least partial back-reflection of the light signal generated by components of the optical system is detected and examined for deviations from a reference state.

The present disclosure provides an inspection system and method for inspecting an optical surface of a laser scanner, the system including a directional optical source and an optical detector. The method includes moving one of the laser scanner or the inspection system to a position in which a beam axis of the directional optical source extends across but does not intersect the optical surface, between the optical surface of and the optical detector. The method further includes emitting a light beam from the directional optical source, across the optical surface so that light from the light beam is incident on debris disposed on the optical surface. The method further includes collecting the light at the optical detector to form an image that indicates presence of the debris on the optical surface of the laser scanner; and generating feedback to alert a user of the presence of the debris.

A system to inspect Dry Cosmetic contact lenses for defects such as imperfect structures, improper pattern prints, print smears, wrong colour, embedded foreign material or contaminants, wherein the said lens is printed with multilayers of ink on the anterior surface using at least one colourant and a binding polymer comprising: a) a Top camera to capture an image of the cosmetic lens; b) a Top illumination designed using IR wavelength LEDs positioned at an acute angle to the vertical axis and integrated with a lens system to produce a parallel and collimated illumination field; c) a bottom illumination designed using IR wavelength LEDs to illuminate the lens posterior; d) an optically transparent glass plate to accurately locate the lens at a predetermined position and also to diffuse the illumination; e) a contact lens under inspection placed on the transparent glass plate with its anterior surface facing the Camera and Top illumination; f) the Top and Bottom illumination designed using segmented LEDs arrangement, to provide programmable triggering of LED segments for intensity and trigger duration, dynamically.

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.