Patents Assigned to Tokai Optical Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11966102
    Abstract: A spectacle lens includes an optical multilayer film formed on at least one surface of a base. The spectacle lens is formed such that, in a reflectance distribution in a visible region, maximal values appear in a range of wavelengths that are not less than 440 nm and not greater than 460 nm and in a range of wavelengths that are not less than 620 nm and not greater than 640 nm. A blue light ray cutting rate calculated by using a calculation formula described in Japanese Industrial Standards “JIS T7333 Appendix C” is not less than 7% (preferably not less than 8%) in the spectacle lens. A YI value is not greater than 6 in the spectacle lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Tokai Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11945802
    Abstract: Provided is an additive for imparting ultraviolet absorbency, or an additive for imparting a high refractive index, which has satisfactory compatibility with a resin serving as a matrix and can maintain high transparency even if added in high concentrations. Also provided is an additive with which the function of imparting both ultraviolet absorbency and a high refractive index can be realized by means of one kind of additive. This additive is represented by the following Formula (I): wherein at least one of R1a to R9a is a monovalent sulfur-containing group represented by the following Formula (i-1) or Formula (i-2): wherein R10a to R12a each represent a divalent hydrocarbon group or the like; and R13a represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: MIYOSHI OIL & FAT CO., LTD., TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kawai, Kotaro Kaneko, Nobuhiro Kaneko, Yuichi Shishino, Kuniyoshi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20240019608
    Abstract: A plastic lens 1 for spectacles includes: a plastic base 2; and a dielectric multilayer film 4 formed on a film formation surface M of the base 2. The dielectric multilayer film 4 includes one or more low refractive index dielectric layers 6, one or more high refractive index dielectric layers 8, and an antibacterial layer 10. The antibacterial layer 10 is a dielectric layer containing metal ion-carrying zeolite, and is disposed closer to an air side than all of the low refractive index dielectric layers 6 and all of the high refractive index dielectric layers 8 are. A physical film thickness of the antibacterial layer 10 is less than 50 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke SUZUKI, Hirotoshi TAKAHASHI
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230258843
    Abstract: A plastic optical product 1 includes optical multilayer films 6 formed via intermediate films 4 on both surfaces of a plastic base 2. In each optical multilayer film 6, SiO2 layers 10 made of SiO2 and ZrO2 layers 12 made of ZrO2 alternate such that a total number of the SiO2 layers 10 and the ZrO2 layers 12 is eight and a layer closest to the base 2 is the ZrO2 layer. The optical multilayer film 6 has a physical film thickness of not less than 480 nm and not greater than 530 nm. A total of physical film thicknesses of all the SiO2 layers 10 is not less than 350 nm and not greater than 440 nm. The ZrO2 layer 12 that is a first layer L1 closest to the base 2 has a physical film thickness of not less than 5 nm and not greater than 12 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotoshi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230244003
    Abstract: A plastic optical product 1 includes optical multilayer films 6 formed via intermediate films 4 on both surfaces of a plastic base 2. In each optical multilayer film 6, SiO2 layers 10 made of SiO2 and ZrO2 layers 12 made of ZrO2 alternate such that a total number of the SiO2 layers 10 and the ZrO2 layers 12 is seven and a layer closest to the base 2 is the SiO2 layer. The SiO2 layer 10 disposed at a third layer L3 counting from the base 2 has a physical film thickness of not less than 210 nm and not greater than 270 nm. The ZrO2 layer 12 disposed at a second layer L2 counting from the base 2 has a physical film thickness of not less than 7 nm and not greater than 12 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotoshi TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11709292
    Abstract: An optical plastic product has an optical multilayer film formed on one or both surfaces of a base made of plastic, directly or via an intermediate film, wherein the optical multilayer film includes a tensile-stress high-refractive-index layer having tensile stress as internal stress and made of a high refractive index material, and a low refractive index layer made of a low refractive index material, and the tensile-stress high-refractive-index layer is disposed with a physical film thickness of not greater than 10 nm, in a first layer as counted from the base side in the optical multilayer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Tokai Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11668957
    Abstract: The optical product includes an optical multilayer film which is disposed on one surface or both surfaces of a base directly or via an intermediate film. The optical multilayer film is obtained by alternately disposing an SiO2 layer and a ZrO2 layer, forming nine layers in total, such that a first layer counting from the base is the SiO2 layer. The optical thickness of the SiO2 layer as the first layer is not greater than 0.120×?/4 when a design wavelength is ? (500 nm), the optical thickness of the ZrO2 layer as a second layer is not less than 0.400×?/4, the optical thickness of the SiO2 layer as a third layer is not less than 0.230×?/4, and the optical thickness of the SiO2 layer as a seventh layer is not less than 0.450×?/4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230029334
    Abstract: An optical multilayer film of a light-shielding member includes light absorbing layers that absorb visible light and dielectric layers that are made of a dielectric such that a total number of the layers is 4 or more. A surface-side light absorption thickness which is a total of physical film thicknesses of the light absorbing layers disposed between the outermost layer and a next outermost layer is not less than 6 nm and not greater than 17 nm. A base-side light absorption thickness which is a total of physical film thicknesses of the light absorbing layers disposed between the next outermost layer and the base is not less than 60 nm. A specific proportion, regarding a specific surface layer thickness which is a total of the physical film thicknesses of layers from a base-side maximum-thickness light absorbing layer to the outermost layer, is not less than 0.34.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro YOSHIDA, Shunsuke TORII
  • Publication number: 20220413272
    Abstract: A delay mirror 1 includes a base 2, and an optical multilayer film 4 formed on a surface R of the base 2. The value of a group delay in a first wavelength band according to the optical multilayer film 4 is different from the value of the group delay in the second wavelength band according to the optical multilayer film 4, and the value of a group delay dispersion in the first wavelength band according to the optical multilayer film 4 and the value of the group delay dispersion in the second wavelength band according to the optical multilayer film 4 are each not less than ?100 fs2 and not greater than 100 fs2. Further, the delay mirror system includes a delay mirror movement mechanism which moves the delay mirror 1 such that the number of times of reflection is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Muneo SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20220365369
    Abstract: A performance evaluation method for a spectacle lens comprising calculating a change rate of a first component and a change rate of a second component with a computer to calculate at least one of a distortion evaluation value and a shaking evaluation value, the first component being a component in a first direction of a prism refractive index, the second component being a component in a second direction of the prism refractive index, the distortion evaluation value being a value for evaluating a distortion regarding a spectacle lens, the shaking evaluation value being a value for evaluating a shaking regarding the spectacle lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke OTA, Hitoshi MIURA
  • Publication number: 20220281851
    Abstract: Provided is an additive for imparting ultraviolet absorbency, or an additive for imparting a high refractive index, which has satisfactory compatibility with a resin serving as a matrix and can maintain high transparency even if added in high concentrations. Also provided is an additive with which the function of imparting both ultraviolet absorbency and a high refractive index can be realized by means of one kind of additive. This additive is represented by the following Formula (I): wherein at least one of R1a to R9a is a monovalent sulfur-containing group represented by the following Formula (i-1) or Formula (i-2): wherein R10a to R12a each represent a divalent hydrocarbon group or the like; and R13a represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicants: Miyoshi Oil & Fat Co., Ltd., Tokai Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji KAWAI, Kotaro KANEKO, Nobuhiro KANEKO, Yuichi SHISHINO, Kuniyoshi OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11422287
    Abstract: A plastic spectacle lens includes at least a plastic base. In the plastic spectacle lens, a difference between a highest transmittance and a lowest transmittance for light in a range of wavelengths of not less than 400 nm and not greater than 780 nm, is not greater than 10 points, and an internal transmittance of the base for light in a range (visible range) of wavelengths of not less than 380 nm and not greater than 780 nm is not less than 80% over the entirety of the range of the wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Tokai Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Imai, Hiroshi Ueno, Hirotoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11401400
    Abstract: To provide a plastic lens which can absorb light with a wavelength of 400 to 420 nm with sufficiently high efficiency but is reduced in the absorption of light with a wavelength of around 420 nm or longer, is less affected by harmful light, suppresses yellow coloration and therefore has excellent appearance, suppresses yellowish discoloration over time, and has excellent heat resistance, light resistance, and also optical performance, particularly an excellent Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD., MIYOSHI OIL & FAT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Shishino, Shingo Ono, Koji Kawai, Kotaro Kaneko, Nobuhiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11370780
    Abstract: Provided is an additive for imparting ultraviolet absorbency, or an additive for imparting a high refractive index, which has satisfactory compatibility with a resin serving as a matrix and can maintain high transparency even if added in high concentrations. Also provided is an additive with which the function of imparting both ultraviolet absorbency and a high refractive index can be realized by means of one kind of additive. This additive is represented by the following Formula (I): wherein at least one of R1a to R9a is a monovalent sulfur-containing group represented by the following Formula (i-1) or Formula (i-2): R10amSH??(i-1) R11anSR12a—SpR13a??(i-2) wherein R10a to R12a each represent a divalent hydrocarbon group or the like; and R13a represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: MIYOSHI OIL & FAT CO., LTD., TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kawai, Kotaro Kaneko, Nobuhiro Kaneko, Yuichi Shishino, Kuniyoshi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20220091315
    Abstract: Provided are a ND filter and a spectacle ND filter that have a base made of plastic and that have excellent durability. The ND filter has a base made of plastic, and a light absorbing film having a plurality of layers is provided on at least one surface of the base. The light absorbing film includes one or more NiOx layers made of NiOx, x being not less than 0 and not greater than 1, and includes a sandwich structure portion which is provided on an opposite side of at least one of the NiOx layers from the base and in which a reverse stress layer is sandwiched between silica compound layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryosuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220066237
    Abstract: [Object] Provided are a plastic lens and spectacles having a high HEV cut rate represented as 100?(average transmittance in a wavelength range of not less than 400 nm and not greater than 420 nm). [Solution] A plastic lens according to the present invention includes a plastic lens base material obtained as a result of curing of a polymerizable compound having mixed therein a benzotriazole compound represented by general formula (1) below. Spectacles according to the present invention is produced by using the above-described plastic lens as a plastic spectacle lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi UENO
  • Patent number: 11186568
    Abstract: Provided is an additive for imparting ultraviolet absorbency, or an additive for imparting a high refractive index, which has satisfactory compatibility with a resin serving as a matrix and can maintain high transparency even if added in high concentrations. Also provided is an additive with which the function of imparting both ultraviolet absorbency and a high refractive index can be realized by means of one kind of additive. This additive is represented by the following Formula (I): wherein at least one of R1a to R9a is a monovalent sulfur-containing group represented by the following Formula (i-1) or Formula (i-2): R10amSH??(i-1) R11anSR12a—SpR13a??(i-2) wherein R10a to R12a each represent a divalent hydrocarbon group or the like; and R13a represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: MIYOSHI OIL & FAT CO., LTD., TOKAI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kawai, Kotaro Kaneko, Nobuhiro Kaneko, Yuichi Shishino, Kuniyoshi Okamoto