Eyewear Lens with Mirror Pattern Having Variable Opacity

Abstract

The present invention relates to dichromic mirrored patterns on fashion eyewear that exhibits variable opacity on the exterior of a photochromic lens in response to changing lighting conditions wherein the pattern can go from virtually transparent to opaque. The dichromic mirror pattern(s) can be coated in multi-color pattern sections and can be coated so that some pattern sections ave variable opacity and other pattern sections have a fixed high opacity. The effect can also be produced on an optical film to be applied to many optical surfaces.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A patterned dichromic mirror coating on a photochromic eyewear lens that has variable opacity comprising:
 a stock photochromic eyewear lens;   said photochromic eyewear lens containing a coated pattern of dichromic mirror forming an image on the lens surface;   said image having variable opacity in response to ambient UV light; and   said image being virtually transparent when viewed through the lens concave surface.   
     
     
         2 . The photochromic eyewear lens according to  claim 1  wherein said lens can be made of various optical materials such as polycarbonate, acrylic or glass. 
     
     
         3 . The photochromic eyewear lens according to  claim 1  wherein said lens can have any transition color such as blue, violet, green, gray, and brown. 
     
     
         4 . The photochromic eyewear lens according to  claim 1  wherein said lens can have a non-prescription magnification of 1× or have any prescription correction for many eye conditions such as near sightedness, far sightedness, and astigmatism. 
     
     
         5 . The coated pattern of dichromic mirror according to  claim 1  wherein said coated pattern of dichromic mirror will produce at least one of various reflective color schemes such as blue, red, orange, violet, green, silver, and gold. 
     
     
         6 . The image formed by the coated pattern of dichromic mirror according to  claim 1  wherein all elements of said coated pattern of dichromic mirror will reflect the same unique color scheme. 
     
     
         7 . The image formed by the coated pattern of dichromic mirror according to  claim 1  wherein some elements of said coated pattern of dichromic mirror will reflect the same unique color scheme and other elements of said dichromic mirror pattern will reflect at least one alternate color scheme forming a multi-color image. 
     
     
         8 . The image formed by the coated pattern of dichromic mirror according to  claim 1  wherein some elements of said coated pattern of dichromic mirror will have variable opacity sensitive to ambient UV light and other elements of said dichromic mirror pattern will have fixed opacity independent of ambient UV light. 
     
     
         9 . The photochromic eyewear lens containing a coated pattern of dichromic mirror according to  claim 1  wherein a pair of photochromic lens containing a coated pattern of dichromic mirror are cut and fitted into a frame to create fashion eyewear. 
     
     
         10 . The image having variable opacity according to  claim 1  varies from not seeing the transparent dichromic mirror at all in low ambient light conditions to a fully opaque reflective dichromic mirror in bright ambient light conditions. 
     
     
         11 . A patterned dichromic mirror coating on an optical film that has variable opacity comprising:
 an optical film with photochromic coating on one surface;   said optical film further containing a coated pattern of dichromic mirror forming an image on the film's outer surface;   said image having variable opacity in response to ambient UV light; and   said image being virtually transparent when viewed though the film's inner surface.   
     
     
         12 . The photochromic coating according to  claim 11  wherein said lens can have any transition color such as blue, violet, green, gray, and brown. 
     
     
         13 . The coated pattern of dichromic mirror according to  claim 11  wherein said coated pattern of dichromic mirror will produce at least one of various reflective color schemes such as blue, red, orange, violet, green, silver, and gold. 
     
     
         14 . The image formed by the coated pattern of dichromic mirror according to  claim 11  wherein all elements of said coated pattern of dichromic mirror will reflect the same unique color scheme. 
     
     
         15 . The image formed by the coated pattern of dichromic mirror according to  claim 11  wherein some elements of said coated pattern of dichromic mirror will reflect the same unique color scheme and other elements of said dichromic mirror pattern will reflect at least one alternate color scheme forming a multi-color image. 
     
     
         16 . The image formed by the coated pattern of dichromic mirror according to  claim 11  wherein some elements of said coated pattern of dichromic mirror will have variable opacity sensitive to ambient UV light and other elements of said dichromic mirror pattern will have fixed opacity independent of ambient UV light. 
     
     
         17 . The photochromic optical film containing a coated pattern of dichromic mirror according to  claim 11  wherein the photochromic optical film containing a coated pattern of dichromic mirror can be laminated to pair of eyewear lenses that are cut and fitted into a frame to create fashion eyewear. 
     
     
         18 . The photochromic optical film containing a coated pattern of dichromic mirror according to  claim 11  wherein the photochromic optical film containing a coated pattern of dichromic mirror can be laminated or adhered with optical adhesive to an optical surface.