Patents by Inventor Kenichi Tonouchi
Kenichi Tonouchi 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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Patent number: 10747025Abstract: A polarizing lens including a polarizing polyvinyl alcohol film arranged between two pieces of a lens base material, where the polarizing polyvinyl alcohol film includes a hydrophobic region having higher hydrophobicity than other regions at least at a partial region of an outer periphery part including an edge surface thereof and the hydrophobic region is exposed at least at a part of an edge surface of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Ogaya, Masaki Ihara, Akinori Yamamoto, Toshihiko Shimizu, Kenichi Tonouchi
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Publication number: 20190278109Abstract: A method for manufacturing a polarizing lens that includes a polarizing polyvinyl alcohol film arranged between two pieces of a lens base material. The method includes subjecting the polarizing lens to edging processing to prepare a polarizing lens where the polarizing polyvinyl alcohol film is exposed at least at a part of an edge surface of the lens, and applying hydrophobization treatment to the polarizing polyvinyl alcohol film exposed at the edge surface of the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventors: Daisuke OGAYA, Masaki IHARA, Akinori YAMAMOTO, Toshihiko SHIMIZU, Kenichi TONOUCHI
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Patent number: 10363712Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polarizing plastic lens, which comprises a reversing step of reversing a convex surface shape into a concave surface shape by pressing a polarizing film that has been curved surface processed, a casting mold assembling step of assembling a casting mold having a cavity within which the reversed polarizing film is positioned with the reversed polarizing film, an upper mold, a lower mold, and a sealing member that maintains a spacing between the upper mold and the lower mold, and a polymerizing and curing step of casting a curable composition into the cavity, and polymerizing and curing the curable composition that has been cast to provide a polarizing plastic lens within which a polarizing film is positioned.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: EHS LENS PHILIPPINES, INC.Inventors: Masaki Ihara, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoshinobu Ito, Toshihiko Shimizu, Kenichi Tonouchi
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Patent number: 10099439Abstract: Method of manufacturing polarizing plastic lens, including an upper mold positioning step of positioning an upper mold so that a nonmolding surface faces up and a molding surface faces down, an adhesive column forming step of discharging a thixotropic curable adhesive from a nozzle beneath the upper mold to form adhesive columns on the molding surface of the upper mold, a step of bonding the upper mold and a polarizing film, an adhesive column curing step of subjecting the adhesive columns to a curing treatment, a casting mold assembling step of assembling a casting mold having a cavity within which the polarizing film has been positioned with the upper mold to which the polarizing film has been bonded, a lower mold positioned opposite the upper mold so as to sandwich the polarizing film, and a sealing member maintaining a spacing between the upper mold and lower mold, and a polymerizing and curing step of casting a curable composition into the cavity, and polymerizing and curing the curable composition thatType: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: EHS LENS PHILIPPINES, INC.Inventors: Masaki Ihara, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoshinobu Ito, Toshihiko Shimizu, Kenichi Tonouchi
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Patent number: 9782941Abstract: There is provided a polarized plastic lens for spectacles configured to be thin having almost the same thickness as the thickness of a normal plastic lens for spectacles, and a method for manufacturing the polarized plastic lens for spectacles, the plastic lens including a first lens base material having an object-side surface; a second lens base material having an eyeball-side surface; and a polarized film provided between the first lens base material and the second lens base material so that a minimum value of a distance between the polarized film and the object-side surface is 0.3 mm or more and 0.7 mm or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: EHS LENS PHILIPPINES INC.Inventors: Akinori Yamamoto, Masaki Ihara, Daisuke Ogaya, Kenichi Tonouchi
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Patent number: 9638938Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polarizing lens, including conducting curved surface processing to change a shape of a polarizing film into a shape of a curved surface, conducting heat treatment by heating polarizing film that has been processed into a curved surface to a heating temperature of equal to or higher than 105° C. but less than 150° C., assembling an upper mold, a lower mold, and a seal member to provide a casting mold having a cavity within which the polarizing film following heating treatment is positioned, upper and lower molds being positioned opposite each other to sandwich the polarizing film at a space therebetween, and seal member sealing space between the upper and lower molds, casting a curable composition into the cavity, curing curable composition to provide a polarizing lens within which a polarizing film is positioned, and separating polarizing lens thus provided from casting mold.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: EHS LENS PHILIPPINES, INC.Inventors: Daisuke Ogaya, Toshihiko Shimizu, Kenichi Tonouchi, Akinori Yamamoto, Masaki Ihara
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Patent number: 9609588Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a wireless communication device, a display, a logon process module, and a display control module. The logon process module is configured to cause the display to display a logon screen, in a logon process of identifying a user account which uses an operating system. The display control module is configured to cause the display to display, together with the logon screen, a state of an access point detected by the wireless communication device.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenichi Tonouchi, Yoshinori Honda, Takeshi Tajima, Susumu Kasuga
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Publication number: 20160349538Abstract: A polarizing lens including a polarizing polyvinyl alcohol film arranged between two pieces of a lens base material, where the polarizing polyvinyl alcohol film includes a hydrophobic region having higher hydrophobicity than other regions at least at a partial region of an outer periphery part including an edge surface thereof and the hydrophobic region is exposed at least at a part of an edge surface of the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventors: Daisuke OGAYA, Masaki IHARA, Akinori YAMAMOTO, Toshihiko SHIMIZU, Kenichi TONOUCHI
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Publication number: 20160176131Abstract: Method of manufacturing polarizing plastic lens, including an upper mold positioning step of positioning an upper mold so that a nonmolding surface faces up and a molding surface faces down, an adhesive column forming step of discharging a thixotropic curable adhesive from a nozzle beneath the upper mold to form adhesive columns on the molding surface of the upper mold, a step of bonding the upper mold and a polarizing film, an adhesive column curing step of subjecting the adhesive columns to a curing treatment, a casting mold assembling step of assembling a casting mold having a cavity within which the polarizing film has been positioned with the upper mold to which the polarizing film has been bonded, a lower mold positioned opposite the upper mold so as to sandwich the polarizing film, and a sealing member maintaining a spacing between the upper mold and lower mold, and a polymerizing and curing step of casting a curable composition into the cavity, and polymerizing and curing the curable composition thatType: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2013Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Masaki IHARA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Yoshinobu ITO, Toshihiko SHIMIZU, Kenichi TONOUCHI
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Publication number: 20160144582Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polarizing plastic lens, which comprises a reversing step of reversing a convex surface shape into a concave surface shape by pressing a polarizing film that has been curved surface processed, a casting mold assembling step of assembling a casting mold having a cavity within which the reversed polarizing film is positioned with the reversed polarizing film, an upper mold, a lower mold, and a sealing member that maintains a spacing between the upper mold and the lower mold, and a polymerizing and curing step of casting a curable composition into the cavity, and polymerizing and curing the curable composition that has been cast to provide a polarizing plastic lens within which a polarizing film is positioned.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2013Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Masaki IHARA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Yoshinobu ITO, Toshihiko SHIMIZU, Kenichi TONOUCHI
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Publication number: 20150158259Abstract: There is provided a polarized plastic lens for spectacles configured to be thin having almost the same thickness as the thickness of a normal plastic lens for spectacles, and a method for manufacturing the polarized plastic lens for spectacles, the plastic lens including a first lens base material having an object-side surface; a second lens base material having an eyeball-side surface; and a polarized film provided between the first lens base material and the second lens base material so that a minimum value of a distance between the polarized film and the object-side surface is 0.3 mm or more and 0.7 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Akinori Yamamoto, Masaki Ihara, Daisuke Ogaya, Kenichi Tonouchi
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Publication number: 20140293217Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polarizing lens, including conducting curved surface processing to change a shape of a polarizing film into a shape of a curved surface, conducting heat treatment by heating polarizing film that has been processed into a curved surface to a heating temperature of equal to or higher than 105° C. but less than 150° C., assembling an upper mold, a lower mold, and a seal member to provide a casting mold having a cavity within which the polarizing film following heating treatment is positioned, upper and lower molds being positioned opposite each other to sandwich the polarizing film at a space therebetween, and seal member sealing space between the upper and lower molds, casting a curable composition into the cavity, curing curable composition to provide a polarizing lens within which a polarizing film is positioned, and separating polarizing lens thus provided from casting mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2013Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: HOYA LENS MANUFACTURING PHILIPPINES INC.Inventors: Daisuke Ogaya, Toshihiko Shimizu, Kenichi Tonouchi, Akinori Yamamoto, Masaki Ihara
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Publication number: 20130232569Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a wireless communication device, a display, a logon process module, and a display control module. The logon process module is configured to cause the display to display a logon screen, in a logon process of identifying a user account which uses an operating system. The display control module is configured to cause the display to display, together with the logon screen, a state of an access point detected by the wireless communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: KENICHI TONOUCHI, YOSHINORI HONDA, TAKESHI TAJIMA, SUSUMU KASUGA
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Publication number: 20120233688Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a wireless communication device, a display, a logon process module, and a display control module. The logon process module is configured to cause the display to display a logon screen, in a logon process of identifying a user account which uses an operating system. The display control module is configured to cause the display to display, together with the logon screen, an access point list indicative of an access point detected by the wireless communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: KENICHI TONOUCHI, YOSHINORI HONDA, TAKESHI TAJIMA, SUSUMU KASUGA
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Patent number: 7412237Abstract: When a personal computer which implements an information processing apparatus according to this invention discovers communicable access points, the personal computer acquires pieces of information of the discovered access points. These pieces of information include, for example, the network name, communication speed, security level, communication channel, and radio field strength. A communication profile to be used by the personal computer is determined on the basis of these pieces of information, communication profiles set for the access points, and the priority of a communication profile to be used by the personal computer. A connection process between the personal computer and a wireless relay apparatus is automatically performed using the determined communication profile.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2004Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kei Takahashi, Ryo Hatano, Kenichi Tonouchi, Kenichi Kaneko
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Publication number: 20080101265Abstract: An information processor comprising: a management unit that manages attribute information respectively corresponding to a plurality of communication tasks for performing a communication through at least one of a plurality of communication modules; and a control unit that dynamically controls allocation of the plurality of communication tasks to the plurality of communication modules in accordance with the attribute information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kenichi TONOUCHI, Yoshinori HONDA
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Publication number: 20080003556Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an association process performing unit and a password verification unit. The association process performing unit performs an association process to share a unique key between a host device and the electronic apparatus through a wired-connection between the host device and the electronic apparatus. The password verification unit performs a password verification process to determine whether a password stored in the electronic apparatus and a password transmitted from the host device through the wired-connection coincide with each other before the association process is performed, and permits the association process to be performed when both the passwords coincide with each other and inhibits the association process from being performed when both the passwords do not coincide with each other and inhibits the association process from being performed when the both passwords do not coincide with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2007Publication date: January 3, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kei Takahashi, Kenichi Tonouchi
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Publication number: 20070179752Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus which performs a wireless communication based on a wireless universal serial bus (USB), includes a monitoring unit configured to monitor a wireless connection situation to and from a partner being in progress of data transfer, and a data protecting unit configured to execute data protection processing to protect the data transmitted and received to and from the partner when the monitoring unit detects a situation in which a wireless connection to the partner is potentially and abnormally disconnected during the data transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2007Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: Kenichi Tonouchi, Kei Takahashi
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Publication number: 20060264227Abstract: When a personal computer which implements an information processing apparatus according to this invention discovers communicable access points, the personal computer acquires pieces of information of the discovered access points. These pieces of information include, for example, the network name, communication speed, security level, communication channel, and radio field strength. A communication profile to be used by the personal computer is determined on the basis of these pieces of information, communication profiles set for the access points, and the priority of a communication profile to be used by the personal computer. A connection process between the personal computer and a wireless relay apparatus is automatically performed using the determined communication profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2004Publication date: November 23, 2006Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kei Takahashi, Ryo Hatano, Kenichi Tonouchi, Tanichi Kaneko
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Publication number: 20050263207Abstract: Liquid sending portions (7a, 7b) of an intermittent fixed displacement pump (6) intermittently sucking and discharging a fixed amount of fluid are parallelly arranged, plastic raw material liquid is discharged from the liquid sending portions (7a, 7b) with the timing of suction and discharge of the liquid sending portions being shifted from each other, plastic raw material liquid discharged from each other, plastic raw material liquid discharged from each of the liquid sending portions (7a, 7b) is joined, and the plastic raw material liquid joined is poured in a casting/polymerizing die (4). Plastic raw material liquid can be stably sent even if its viscosity becomes higher, air bubbles are prevented from being produced in raw material pouring, and an excellent production yield is achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: December 1, 2005Inventors: Isao Karasawa, Kenichi Tonouchi