Patents by Inventor Akira Shimojo

Akira Shimojo 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: 20210318556
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens and technologies relating to the ophthalmic lens including an intermediate portion that includes a portion in which a power is strengthened and thereafter weakened when the lens is viewed in an X direction from the center toward the periphery, and includes a portion A? in which the power is strengthened and thereafter weakened when the lens is viewed in an X? direction from the center toward the periphery, the X? direction being exactly opposite to the X direction, the power being strengthened in the portion A and the portion A? to be stronger than a far-vision power of a far-vision portion or a near-vision power of a near-vision portion that is arranged in a ring shape along an outer edge of the intermediate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira SHIMOJO, Kazuo NAKAZAWA
  • Patent number: 7819523
    Abstract: To provide an ocular lens capable of securing a stable image in a distance portion and a near portion, and suppressing a generation of blurring or ghosting of the image. A progressive multifocal far and near contact lens is provided, having a distance portion for aiding a far vision, a near portion for aiding a near vision, and an intermediate portion in which power is progressively changed between the distance portion and the near portion, and a power distribution of a lens optical region along a direction of a vertical axis N of the lens optical region is set according to a predetermined function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Hoya Healthcare Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Shimojo
  • Publication number: 20090303433
    Abstract: To provide an ocular lens capable of securing a stable image in a distance portion and a near portion, and suppressing a generation of blurring or ghosting of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: HOYA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Shimojo