A progressive spectacle lens has a front surface, a rear surface, and a spatially varying refractive index. The progressive spectacle lens can have: (a) a refractive index that changes only in a first and second spatial dimension and is constant in a third spatial dimension, and the distribution of the refractive index in the first spatial dimension and the second spatial dimension is neither punctually nor axially symmetric; (b) a refractive index that changes in a first, a second, and third spatial dimension, and the distribution of the refractive index in the first spatial dimension and the second spatial dimension is neither punctually nor axially symmetric on all planes perpendicular to the third spatial dimension; or (c) a refractive index that changes in a first, second, and third spatial dimension, and the distribution of the refractive index is not punctually or axially symmetric at all.

A measuring method for measuring rotation characteristics of an eyeball of a subject includes: showing display information on a display screen, at a position separated from a reference position, the display screen being shown in front of the eyeball of the subject by a display device that is secured to a head of the subject, the reference position being where a front line of sight of the eyeball of the subject who looks forward straightly, crosses the display screen; changing a direction of a line of sight from the eyeball to the display information by switching the display information to other contents while changing a displayed position of the display information; and judging whether the subject can recognize the contents of the display information at the changed position, to measure the rotation characteristics of the eyeball.

An eye-strain reducing lens is characterized by an x-y-z coordinate system, and includes a distance-vision region, having a negative distance-vision optical power, configured to refract a light ray, directed by a source at a distance-vision region point at a distance-vision x-distance from a center of the coordinate system, to propagate to an eye-center-representative location; and a near-vision region, having a near-vision optical power that matches the distance-vision optical power within 0.5 D, configured to refract a light ray, directed by the source at a near-vision region point at a near-vision x-distance from the center of the coordinate system, to propagate to an x-z location of the eye-center representative location at a corresponding y height; wherein the near-vision x-distance is smaller than the distance-vision x-distance.

A progressive spectacle lens has a front face and a rear face and a uniform substrate with a locally varying refractive index. The front face and/or the rear face of the substrate is formed as a free-form surface and carries only functional coatings, if any. The refractive index varies (a) only in a first spatial dimension and in a second spatial dimension and is constant in a third spatial dimension, a distribution of the refractive being neither point-symmetrical nor axis symmetrical, or (b) in a first spatial dimension and in a second spatial dimension and in a third spatial dimension, a distribution of the refractive index being neither point-symmetrical nor axis symmetrical, or (c) in a first spatial dimension and in a second spatial dimension and in a third spatial dimension, a distribution of the refractive index not being point-symmetrical or axis symmetrical at all.

A progressive addition lens includes a first fitting point, a near vision reference point and a first optical spherical power variation between the first fitting point and the near vision reference point. The lens further includes a second fitting point and a night vision reference point located on a same face of the lens, the night vision reference point being positioned on an eye gaze direction inclined by an upward eye gaze declination angle when the user wears the progressive addition lens mounted in a frame with a downward head declination angle opposite to the upward eye gaze declination angle without moving the frame relatively to the user's face, the progressive addition lens presenting a second optical spherical power variation between the second fitting point and the night vision reference point, the night vision reference point having a lower optical spherical power than the second fitting point.

Various embodiments disclose a quasi progressive lens including a first optical zone capable of providing distance vision, a second optical zone capable of providing near vision and a transition zone connecting the first and second optical zones. Physical dimensions (e.g., length and width) of the transition zone are adjusted to increase the size of the second optical zone in comparison to progressive lenses and to reduce residual cylinder power and aberrations along the convergence path in comparison to bifocal lenses.

A progressive addition lens includes a first fitting point, a near vision reference point and a first optical spherical power variation between the first fitting point and the near vision reference point. The lens further includes a second fitting point and a night vision reference point located on a same face of the lens, the night vision reference point being positioned on an eye gaze direction inclined by an upward eye gaze declination angle when the user wears the progressive addition lens mounted in a frame with a downward head declination angle opposite to the upward eye gaze declination angle without moving the frame relatively to the user's face, the progressive addition lens presenting a second optical spherical power variation between the second fitting point and the night vision reference point, the night vision reference point having a lower optical spherical power than the second fitting point.

A progressive addition lens and the related technology, the progressive addition lens including a near portion for viewing a near distance, a distance portion for viewing a distance farther than the near distance, and an intermediate portion between the near portion and the distance portion and having a progressive refraction function, in which the transmission astigmatism is added to the near portion and the intermediate portion of the distance portion, the near portion, and the intermediate portion, and in the near portion and the intermediate portion to which the transmission astigmatism is added, the progressive addition lens further includes a portion where an amount of horizontal refractive power is greater than an amount of vertical refractive power after subtracting the refractive power for astigmatism correction.

A goggle may include a goggle frame and a lens assembly that may be removably coupled by magnetic materials and a latch mechanism. The latch mechanism may couple the goggle frame to the lens assembly by mechanically engaging latch components. The latch mechanism may couple the goggle frame to the lens assembly by magnetically coupling latch components. Latch components may be included with the lens assembly and the goggle frame. The goggle frame may include an elastomer face gasket. The goggle frame may include outriggers fixedly coupled to the face gasket. The lens assembly may include an elastomer lens frame.

A lens, system for designing, computer program for designing and a method for designing, with a computer, a progressive addition lens including a distance vision region, a near vision region, and an intermediate vision region, wherein a power gradually changes between the distance vision region and the near vision region, and wherein the progressive addition lens is based on prescription data, the method including: determining a transmission astigmatic performance parameter corresponding to a sum of a prescribed astigmatism included in the prescription data and of a predetermined amount of extra astigmatism; determining lens surface data corresponding to the determined transmission performance parameter.