Patents by Inventor Keiji Nishimoto
Keiji Nishimoto 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).
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Publication number: 20230408732Abstract: An optical product comprising a base member and an optical multilayer film formed directly on or indirectly above a film formation surface of the base member. The optical multilayer film reflects light on a short wavelength side and suppresses reflection of light on a longer wavelength side than the light on the short wavelength side, and has a first layer to an eighth layer counted from the base member side, the first layer is a first Al layer, the second layer is a first low-refractive-index layer, the third layer is a first high-refractive-index layer, the fourth layer is a second low-refractive-index layer, the fifth layer is a second Al layer, the sixth layer is a third low-refractive-index layer, the seventh layer is a second high-refractive-index layer, and the eighth layer is a fourth low-refractive-index layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicants: TOKAI OPTICAL CO. LTD., National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research SystemInventors: Akira OKUMURA, Keiji Nishimoto, Chiaki Inoue
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Publication number: 20230384491Abstract: An optical product includes a base, and an optical film formed on a film-formation surface thereof. The optical film has an Al2O3 layer made of Al2O3 and disposed on the base side, and an SiO2 layer made of SiO2 and having a minutely uneven structure. The method for manufacturing the optical product includes forming, on the base, an Al-based manufacture intermediate film made of aluminium, an aluminium alloy, or an aluminium compound, and immersing the base having the Al-based manufacture intermediate film in an aqueous solution of silica. The silica in the aqueous solution has a concentration of not greater than 10 mg/l.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiji NISHIMOTO, Chiaki INOUE
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Publication number: 20230305191Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical thin film having a first thin film portion and a second thin film portion, on a film formation surface of a base member directly or via an intermediate film. The method comprising forming the first thin film portion on a first film formation portion of the film formation surface; forming a washing-time removal film on the first thin film portion, the washing-time removal film having at least one of a fluff-like structure, a pyramid group-like structure and a pinholder-like structure, and being at least one of aluminum and an aluminum compound; forming the second thin film portion on a second film formation portion of the film formation surface, and on the first film formation portion on which the first thin film portion and the washing-time removal film have been formed; and removing the washing-time removal film and the second thin film portion by washing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiji NISHIMOTO, Chiaki INOUE
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Patent number: 11402666Abstract: A spectacle lens including a lens base material and a multilayer film provided on each surface of an eyeball-side surface and an object-side surface of the lens base material, in which a normal incidence mean reflectance Reye in a wavelength range of 430 to 450 nm measured on the eyeball-side surface of the spectacle lens and a normal incidence mean reflectance Robject in a wavelength range of 430 to 450 nm measured on the object-side surface of the spectacle lens each are more than 0%, and Reye is greater than Robject.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventors: Eisaku Iwasaki, Yoichi Ogo, Keiji Nishimoto, Kenji Takashiba, Naomi Ogawa
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Patent number: 10690944Abstract: Provided a spectacle lens including a lens base material and a multilayer film provided on each surface of an eyeball-side surface and an object-side surface of the lens base material, in which a mean reflectance RB(object) in a wavelength range of 430 to 450 nm measured on the object-side surface of the spectacle lens is equal to or more than 1.00%, and a mean reflectance RUV(eye) in a wavelength range of 280 to 380 nm measured on the eyeball-side surface of the spectacle lens is less than or equal to 15.00%.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventors: Yoichi Ogo, Keiji Nishimoto, Naomi Ogawa
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Patent number: 10393925Abstract: Provided are a spectacle lens having a tin oxide layer on a lens base material, wherein the tin oxide layer has a composition gradient in which an oxygen content rate as anatomic percentage increases from the lens base material side to the other side, and spectacles provided with the spectacle lens.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventor: Keiji Nishimoto
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Publication number: 20180017716Abstract: Provided are a spectacle lens having a tin oxide layer on a lens base material, wherein the tin oxide layer has a composition gradient in which an oxygen content rate as anatomic percentage increases from the lens base material side to the other side, and spectacles provided with the spectacle lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventor: Keiji NISHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20170299896Abstract: Provided a spectacle lens including a lens base material and a multilayer film provided on each surface of an eyeball-side surface and an object-side surface of the lens base material, in which a mean reflectance RB(object) in a wavelength range of 430 to 450 nm measured on the object-side surface of the spectacle lens is equal to or more than 1.00%, and a mean reflectance RUV(eye) in a wavelength range of 280 to 380 nm measured on the eyeball-side surface of the spectacle lens is less than or equal to 15.00%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventors: Yoichi OGO, Keiji NISHIMOTO, Naomi OGAWA
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Publication number: 20170242273Abstract: A spectacle lens including a lens base material and a multilayer film provided on each surface of an eyeball-side surface and an object-side surface of the lens base material, in which a normal incidence mean reflectance Reye in a wavelength range of 430 to 450 nm measured on the eyeball-side surface of the spectacle lens and a normal incidence mean reflectance Robject in a wavelength range of 430 to 450 nm measured on the object-side surface of the spectacle lens each are more than 0%, and Reye is greater than Robject.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventors: Eisaku IWASAKI, Yoichi OGO, Keiji NISHIMOTO, Kenji TAKASHIBA, Naomi OGAWA
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Publication number: 20160209678Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a spectacle lens where at least one of an object-side surface and an eyeball-side surface has, in a lower region positioned downward from a fitting point or an optical center during use, reflection characteristics satisfying that: (1) a normal incidence average reflectance in a wavelength region of 400 to 500 nm is within a range of 1.0 to 15%; and (2) the normal incidence average reflectance is greater than a normal incidence average reflectance in the wavelength region of 400 to 500 nm in an upper region positioned upward from the lower region during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventor: Keiji NISHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20160209679Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a spectacle lens including coating films, having a characteristic of reflecting light in a specific wavelength region, on both of an object-side surface and an eyeball-side surface of a lens base material, where one or both of the films on the surfaces have a reflectance gradient where a reflectance of the light decreases successively or gradually from a portion positioned downward to a portion positioned upward during use or from the portion positioned upward to the portion positioned downward during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventor: Keiji NISHIMOTO
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Patent number: 8789944Abstract: An optical article comprising: an optical base material; and a translucent layer that contains TiOx (0<x?2), the translucent layer is formed on the optical base material either directly or via some other layer, and the translucent layer has an argon concentration higher on a surface side of the translucent layer than on an optical base material side of the translucent layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Hoya Lens Manufacturing Philippines Inc.Inventors: Keiji Nishimoto, Takashi Noguchi, Hiroyuki Seki
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Patent number: 8215766Abstract: A method for producing an optical article. A first layer that is light-transmissive is formed on an optical substrate directly or with an additional layer in between. A silicide material, light-transmissive thin film is formed on the surface of the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2009Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Keiji Nishimoto, Takashi Noguchi, Hiroyuki Seki
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Publication number: 20120154916Abstract: An optical article includes an antireflection coating that is configured from alternately laminated n+1 low-refractive-index layers and n high-refractive-index layers (where n is an integer of 2 or more) . At least one of the n high-refractive-index layers is a first-type layer formed by vapor deposition using only a first deposition source that includes zirconium oxide as the main component. The remaining layers) in the n high-refractive-index layers is a second-type layer (s) formed by vapor deposition using only a second deposition source that includes titanium oxide as the main component. The n+1 low-refractive-index layers are third-type layers formed by vapor deposition using only a third deposition source that includes silicon oxide as the main component. The proportion of the total thickness of the second-type layer (s) in the total thickness of the n high-refractive-index layers is from 15% to 90%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Keiji NISHIMOTO, Hiroyuki SEKI
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Patent number: 8128225Abstract: A process for producing an optical article having an antireflection layer formed directly or via another layer on an optical base material, includes: forming a primary layer contained in the antireflection layer; and forming a light transmissive conductive layer containing a metal containing germanium as a main component and/or a compound of germanium and a transition metal on a surface of the primary layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Keiji Nishimoto, Takashi Noguchi, Hiroyuki Seki
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Publication number: 20120026456Abstract: An optical article comprising: an optical base material; and a translucent layer that contains TiOx (0<x?2), the translucent layer is formed on the optical base material either directly or via some other layer, and the translucent layer has an argon concentration higher on a surface side of the translucent layer than on an optical base material side of the translucent layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Keiji NISHIMOTO, Takashi NOGUCHI, Hiroyuki SEKI
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Publication number: 20120019913Abstract: A lens manufacturing method comprising:forming a first layer directly or via a second layer on an optical base; and forming a light-transmissive thin film on a surface of the first layer in a physical vapor deposition process, the light-transmissive thin film including a portion made of TiOx (0<X?2) containing Ti-CO3, wherein forming the light-transmissive thin film in the physical vapor deposition process includes ionizing a gas containing at least one substance containing carbon and irradiating TiOx (0<X?2) with the ionized gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Keiji NISHIMOTO, Takashi NOGUCHI, Hiroyuki SEKI
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Publication number: 20110117345Abstract: An optical article includes: an optical base material; a primer layer formed on the optical base material; a binder layer; and a hardcoat layer formed on the primer layer via the binder layer, the primer layer having a thickness of at least 700 nm, the binder layer having a lower refractive index than the refractive index of the primer layer and the refractive index of the hardcoat layer, and the binder layer having a thickness of at least 35 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Keiji NISHIMOTO, Mitsuhiro TODA, Naoki UCHIDA
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Patent number: 7906731Abstract: A lighting device includes a heatsink 70, a socket 10 and an LED module 60. The LED module 60 has a light emitting unit 62 in a central part of a top side of a metal base substrate 63 composed of an insulating plate and a metal plate. The LED module 60 is warped such that the central part protrudes on a heatsink 70 side, which is the side opposite to the light emitting unit 62 side. The LED module 60 is mounted on the heatsink 70 in a state of the surrounds of the light emitting unit 62 being pressed according to pressing units 14T, 14L, and 14D of the socket 10. Pressing the surrounds of the light emitting unit 62 against the heatsink 70 ensures that a central part of the warping of the LED module 60 contacts the heatsink 70.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Matsui, Hideo Nagai, Keiji Nishimoto, Toshifumi Ogata
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Patent number: 7902568Abstract: A light-emitting module (2) includes a mounting board (1) with a conductor pattern and a plurality of light-emitting elements (15) mounted on the conductor pattern via wires (21). The extending direction of each of the wires (21) toward the conductor pattern is oriented irregularly when viewed perpendicularly to the mounting board (1). This can prevent the shadows of the wires (21) from overlapping, and thus can suppress the luminance nonuniformity.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2006Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Makoto Morikawa, Takaari Uemoto, Keiji Nishimoto, Satoshi Shida, Yasuharu Ueno, Hiroyuki Naito