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Abstract

A method for providing eyewear to a customer includes touchlessly scanning eyewear selected by a customer with a laser tracer having a laser-camera assembly, producing from the laser-camera scan an electronic 3D representation of at least a portion of the eyewear, electronically transmitting the 3D representation to an eyewear part manufacturer, and, based upon the 3D representation received, manufacturing a finished eyewear product having the eyeglass prescription of the customer. An eyewear scanning system as the laser tracer employs the method by holding the eyewear within a housing. A scanner subassembly has the laser-camera assembly with the camera positioned at a fixed angle to the laser and sighted toward the eyewear. A scanner movement assembly moves the scanner subassembly with respect to the eyewear. A computer is programmed to conduct a scan of the eyewear with the laser and the camera and to produce the three-dimensional representation.

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