US 11,755,002 B2
Method and system for processing optical lenses
Gunter Schneider, Marburg (DE); and Stephan Huttenhuis, Niederweimar (DE)
Assigned to SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG, Fronhausen (DE)
Appl. No. 16/304,068
Filed by SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG, Fronhausen (DE)
PCT Filed May 19, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/025139
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 21, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/202502, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 30, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2016 006 239.8 (DE), filed on May 25, 2016; and application No. 10 2016 007 837.5 (DE), filed on Jun. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0265683 A1, Aug. 29, 2019
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); B24B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/41865 (2013.01) [B29D 11/00423 (2013.01); B24B 13/0037 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32361 (2013.01)] 42 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing optical lenses, comprising
processing the lenses selectively by at least one of different processing apparatuses and processing lines with multiple processing apparatuses corresponding to an assignment,
determining when lenses produced are adversely affected by the need for maintenance of at least one of the individual lenses processing apparatuses, and
carrying out a central management of instructions for maintenance of all of the individual processing apparatuses at a first location that is remote from the processing apparatuses, and outputting or indicating the respective instructions for remote implementation at a second location where the respective processing apparatus is located,
wherein said instructions comprise at least one of written guidance, drawing depictions, animations or movies which guide a user/technician through how the maintenance is to be carried out and
wherein, when said determining step detects a need for servicing of at least one of the individual lenses processing apparatuses, a system control or control center automatically schedules servicing and causes affected processing apparatuses or production lines to no longer be used for further processing tasks or to be used only for processing tasks with lower quality requirements than required for the affected lenses.