Method of manufacturing optical elements

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9156196
APP PUB NO 20120007262A1
SERIAL NO

13257866

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Provided is a method for manufacturing optical elements, the method including the following processes: a process to determine the wave-front aberration for a lens fabricated using a reference die, and then choose the integer multiple of a predetermined constant that is closest to the difference between a lens design value and the wave-front aberration for the lens fabricated using the reference die; and a process to determine the amount of aberration correction that cancels out the aforementioned integer multiple aberration, change the lens design so that either the low-order spherical aberration or the low-order astigmatism therefor becomes equal to the aberration correction, and fabricate a correction die from either a first or a second die, with the shape of the molding surface thereof changed on the basis of the changed design value. Then the die design value is decided upon, yielding a final die.

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KONICA MINOLTA OPTO INCTOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ogawa, Youichi Sakai, JP 12 79
Sakata, Tadafumi Kobe, JP 8 23
Tada, Kazunari Hachioji, JP 28 29

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