The present invention relates to a method for providing a model assessing a quantitative expected global quality level of an ophtalmic lens, said lens having given lens and environment parameters, and being produced by a digital lens manufacturing process. A method for real-time in-line quality audit of the freeform production line is provided, by means of a process quality score, built as the result of the normalization of the computed global quality level based on the expected value of manufactured lenses obtained by normal production.

A method for superposing a first ophthalmic lens having a first face and a second ophthalmic lens having a second face in order to build an optical assembly delimited by the first and second faces. The method includes detecting respective positions in space and shapes of the first and second ophthalmic lenses, by using at least one sensor, detecting a first reference point on the first ophthalmic lens and a second reference point on the second ophthalmic lens, based on these respective positions in space and shapes, and modifying the respective positions so as to superpose the first and second reference points.

A method for producing a light pane for an illuminant, in particular for a luminaire or a headlight of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of: providing a translucent base body of the light pane, reading out or receiving a printing pattern from or of a data source, (6), wherein the printing pattern specifies a printing region of the base body (4) to be provided with an opaque color layer, controlling a printing device according to the printing pattern, so that the color layer is applied in the printing region.

Various embodiments provide methods for fabricating a couplable electro-optical device. An example method comprises fabricating a pillar on a substrate by forming a lens spacer portion about an electro-optical component fabricated on the substrate; and adhering unshaped lens material to an exposed surface of the pillar. The exposed surface of the pillar is disposed opposite the substrate. The example method further comprises maintaining the unshaped lens material at a reflow temperature for a reflow time to allow the lens material to reflow into a formed lens shape, and curing the lens material to form an integrated lens having the formed lens shape secured to the lens spacer portion and formed about the electro-optical component on the substrate.

An automated bonding sequence system and method for customizing a bonding sequence is provided. The method includes the steps of detecting that a first substrate is in close proximity with the a second substrate, during an optical bonding operation, wherein at least the first substrate includes an amount of adhesive for optically bonding to the second substrate, stopping an automated process of optically bonding of the optical bonding operation, in response to the detecting, recording operator feedback control signals, the operator feedback control signals being received from a controller being operated by an operator to contact the first substrate and the second substrate, analyzing the operator feedback control signals to determine a bonding sequence for automatically optically bonding the first substrate and the second substrate, and resuming, by the processor, the automated process of the optical bonding operation.

The present invention relates to a method and a lens detection station for detecting the presence or absence of an ophthalmic lens capable of absorbing UV-light, in particular a contact lens, in a receptacle. The method comprises the steps of: irradiating at least a portion of said receptacle where said ophthalmic lens is supposedly accommodated with UV-light, said receptacle having an absorbance for said UV-light which is significantly different from that of the ophthalmic lens, detecting UV-light coming from said irradiated portion of said receptacle where said ophthalmic lens is supposedly accommodated, analyzing said detected UV-light, and from said analysis of said detected UV-light determining the presence or absence of a said ophthalmic lens.

According to various embodiments, a method for manufacturing a lens may be provided. The method may include: determining a NURBS (non-uniform rational basis spline) representation of a provisional lens geometry; simulating ray trajectories in a lens with the provisional lens geometry based on the NURBS representation; determining a final lens geometry based on the simulated ray trajectories; and producing a lens with the final lens geometry.

A real-time calculation system capable of computing the industrial optical performance and yields of a prescription laboratory is disclosed. The system uses statistical analysis to determine the compensation factors that can be applied to given products, Semi-Finish, materials, or lens designs to increase the lab yields. Using a monitoring and configuration system, the user tracks the evolution of the laboratory's performance and identifies areas in which yields are impacted. The user defines how the calculation system will optimize the laboratory's performance, such as by defining how the compensation factors will be calculated and applied.

The invention relates to a method and a device for producing at least one microstructure (5) on an axial end (1a) of an optical fiber (1). The method comprises the following steps: providing (S10) the optical fiber (1); wetting (S20) the axial end (1a) of the optical fiber (1) with photoresist (2); orienting (S30) the optical fiber (1) and a writing beam of a 3D printer with respect to one another; forming (S40) the at least one microstructure (5) by exposing the photoresist (2) to light with the aid of the 3D printer.

To achieve molding insert is properly mounted to the tooling plate of the injection molding machine, a sensor head comprising confocal sensors is used. The sensor heads are placed on the tooling plate at the respective position to determine whether the desired mold insert has been mounted to that position and whether the desired mold insert has been precisely and accurately mounted to the tooling plate.