Patent ID: 6890241
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: B24B

Abstract:
1. A lens processing management system comprising a plurality of types of processing machines for manufacturing a glass lens of predetermined shape from a glass material, and an operation terminal connected with the processing machines through a network and capable of changing settings of the processing machines, said lens processing management system including one or more series each comprising a succession of processing processes for manufacturing the glass lens of predetermined shape from the glass material by the plurality of types of processing machines, wherein the operation terminal comprises inputting means for inputting a quality state of each of the processing processes, processing machine information receiving means for receiving operative condition of the processing machines and the settings of the processing machines transmitted from the processing machines, a database containing data representing the quality state, the operative condition of the processing machines, and the settings of the processing machines, optimum processing machine setting calculating means for calculating, every series unit, optimum processing machine settings for the processing machines from information including the data representing the quality state in the database, and optimum processing machine setting transmitting means for transmitting, to the processing machines, the optimum processing machine settings calculated by the optimum processing machine setting calculating means, said processing machines comprising optimum processing machine setting receiving means for receiving an optimum processing machine setting transmitted by the optimum processing machine setting transmitting means, and lens processing means for processing a lens on the basis of the optimum processing machine setting received by the optimum processing machine setting receiving means.