Method for determining the optic center of a lens blank

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8854611
APP PUB NO 20130107203A1
SERIAL NO

13660670

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A method comprises providing a lens blank, a precision positioning device, an illumination device, and a vision system, wherein the lens blank includes at least one feature whose position is known relative to a position of an optic center of the lens blank, and wherein the vision system comprises an image sensor and a processor; mounting the lens blank on the precision positioning device; illuminating the lens blank with the illumination device; viewing the lens blank with image sensor of the vision system; determining the position of the at least one feature using the processor; and determining the position of the optic center of the lens blank based on the position of the at least one feature using the processor.

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  • BENZ RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Benz, Patrick H Sarasota, US 54 589
Brauner, Stephen E Bradenton, US 11 355
Larson, Andrew St. Paul, US 26 144

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