An optical lens to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer having at least one prescribed refractive power Px, the optical lens including two opposite optical faces and a plurality of contiguous optical elements at least part of the optical elements having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye. Over a pupil having at least a 4 mm diameter, one can measure in a plane corresponding to the at least one prescribed refractive power along at least one direction, a Modulation Transfer Function through the optical lens greater than 0.1 between 0 and 20 cyc/deg.

An optical lens intended to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer having at least one prescribed refractive power Px, the optical lens comprising two opposite optical faces and a plurality of contiguous optical elements at least part of the optical elements having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye, wherein: —over a pupil having at least a 4 mm diameter, one can measure in a plane corresponding to the at least one prescribed refractive power along at least one direction, a Modulation Transfer Function through the optical lens greater than 0.1 between 0 and 20 cyc/deg; —a majority of the light rays passing through the optical lens over said pupil pass through at least one of the plurality of optical elements, and —each of the contiguous optical element verifies that Formula (I) with d a characteristic dimension of the contour of said optical element in mm, |P| the absolute value of a characteristic optical power of said optical element expressed in diopter, and K a number greater or equal to 0.9 and smaller than or equal to 1.7.

Eyeglasses are disclosed that include eyeglass frames and a pair of ophthalmic lenses mounted in the frames. The lenses include a dot pattern distributed across each lens, the dot pattern including an array of dots spaced apart by a distance of 1 mm or less, each dot having a maximum dimension of 0.3 mm or less, the dot pattern including a clear aperture free of dots having a maximum dimension of more than 1 mm, the clear aperture being aligned with a viewing axis of a wearer of the pair of eyeglasses.

A method of manufacturing an optical component having micro-structures is described. The method detects a crystallization temperature within a crystallization temperature interval for fully filling the molding material into a mold cavity to rapidly produce the optical element having a micro-structure with a large area.

A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a wearer having a refraction area having a refractive power based on a prescription for said eye of the wearer, an a plurality of at least two optical elements having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye of the wearer, wherein the refraction area comprises a plurality of respectively independent island-shaped areas, the refraction area is formed as the area other than the optical elements and each refraction island shape area is within one optical element.

The present disclosure relates to a method of designing a spherical microstructure mold (604-614) module to be incorporated into a calendering roller (600) for generating a microstructure (108) on a planar surface (104), comprising calculating a first curvature (204) on a cross-sectional planar surface (202) for a first microstructure point of the spherical microstructure mold module, calculating a second curvature (210) of a spherical surface (102) of the spherical microstructure mold module, measuring a radius (214) of the spherical surface (102), the radius (214) being from the center of the spherical surface (102) to the first microstructure point, and determining a location of the microstructure (108) on the planar surface (104), the location being derived from the first curvature (204), the second curvature (210), and the radius (214).

A laminate, including a substrate having a microstructure on a surface thereof; and a coating layer formed on the substrate and encapsulating the microstructure of the substrate. A glass transition temperature T.sub.1 of the substrate is higher than a glass transition temperature T.sub.2 of the coating layer. A method of producing an ophthalmic lens, including deforming the laminate into a shape of the ophthalmic lens by applying heat and/or pressure at a temperature of lower than T.sub.1.

An optical lens device includes an optical substrate layer, an optical thin film, an optical polarization layer and a miniature surface structure. The optical substrate layer has a first surface and a second surface and rays of light passes through the optical substrate layer. The optical polarization layer is provided on a surface of the optical thin film. The miniature surface structure is physically processed to form the optical polarization layer and provides a characteristic of optical polarization in the optical polarization layer. The miniature surface structure of the optical thin film provides an optical polarization effect to the rays of light while passing through it.

The present invention relates to a micro-optic device for use in a micro-optic image presentation system. Specifically, the micro-optic device is formed as a single layer unitary structure arranged to generate various complex imagery effects.

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens to be mounted into a frame, including: a step of acquiring an optical prescription for the future wearer of the ophthalmic lens and an information relative to the ophthalmic lens and/or to the future wearer and/or to the frame; a step of calculating a surfacing instruction of the ophthalmic lens, the surfacing instruction being determined so that the ophthalmic lens once surfaced satisfies the optical prescription; and a step of surfacing during which the at least one optical face of the ophthalmic lens is surfaced according to the surfacing instruction. During the step of calculating, the surfacing instruction is calculated so that the optical face of the ophthalmic lens once surfaced includes a mark that results from the step of surfacing and that forms a code associated with the information.