Patents by Inventor Hirokatu Obayashi

Hirokatu Obayashi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5347762
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing lens peripheries which allow lenses to be properly fitted in a frame, i.e., which processes lenses with high dimensional accuracy. For this purpose, the lens periphery processing apparatus and method are designed to comprise an input device for inputting the configuration of lens frame portions of the eyeglasses frame which is a result of three-dimensional measurement, a calculation device for deriving peripheral lengths of the lens frame portions from the three-dimensional lens frame portion configuration inputted by the input device, a tapered edge curve determining device for determining a curve value defined by the locus of the tapered edge of each lens, and a computing device for computing the locus of the tapered edge of each lens which substantially coincides with the peripheral length of the associated lens frame portion which is obtained by the calculation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Shibata, Masahiko Kobayashi, Yukinobu Ban, Hirokatu Obayashi
  • Patent number: RE35898
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing lens peripheries which allow lenses to be properly fitted in a frame, i.e., which processes lenses with high dimensional accuracy. For this purpose, the lens periphery processing apparatus and method are designed to comprise an input device for inputting the configuration of lens frame portions of the eyeglasses frame which is a result of three-dimensional measurement, a calculation device for deriving peripheral lengths of the lens frame portions from the three-dimensional lens frame portion configuration inputted by the input device, a tapered edge curve determining device for determining a curve .?.value.!. defined by the locus of the tapered edge of each lens, and a computing device for computing the locus of the tapered edge of each lens which substantially coincides with the peripheral length of the associated lens frame portion which is obtained by the calculation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Shibata, Masahiko Kobayashi, Yukinobu Ban, Hirokatu Obayashi