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).

  • Publication number: 20230408732
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: TOKAI OPTICAL CO. LTD., National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System
    Inventors: Akira OKUMURA, Keiji Nishimoto, Chiaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230384491
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji NISHIMOTO, Chiaki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230305191
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji NISHIMOTO, Chiaki INOUE
  • Patent number: 11402666
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Eisaku Iwasaki, Yoichi Ogo, Keiji Nishimoto, Kenji Takashiba, Naomi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10690944
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Ogo, Keiji Nishimoto, Naomi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10393925
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventor: Keiji Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20180017716
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventor: Keiji NISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170299896
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi OGO, Keiji NISHIMOTO, Naomi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170242273
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Eisaku IWASAKI, Yoichi OGO, Keiji NISHIMOTO, Kenji TAKASHIBA, Naomi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160209678
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiji NISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160209679
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiji NISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8789944
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Hoya Lens Manufacturing Philippines Inc.
    Inventors: Keiji Nishimoto, Takashi Noguchi, Hiroyuki Seki
  • Patent number: 8215766
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Nishimoto, Takashi Noguchi, Hiroyuki Seki
  • Publication number: 20120154916
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji NISHIMOTO, Hiroyuki SEKI
  • Patent number: 8128225
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Nishimoto, Takashi Noguchi, Hiroyuki Seki
  • Publication number: 20120026456
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji NISHIMOTO, Takashi NOGUCHI, Hiroyuki SEKI
  • Publication number: 20120019913
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji NISHIMOTO, Takashi NOGUCHI, Hiroyuki SEKI
  • Publication number: 20110117345
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji NISHIMOTO, Mitsuhiro TODA, Naoki UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 7906731
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Matsui, Hideo Nagai, Keiji Nishimoto, Toshifumi Ogata
  • Patent number: 7902568
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Morikawa, Takaari Uemoto, Keiji Nishimoto, Satoshi Shida, Yasuharu Ueno, Hiroyuki Naito