Patents by Inventor Ayumu Ito

Ayumu Ito 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: 20100245763
    Abstract: A progressive power lens that prevents degradation in optical characteristics invited by deviation of a pantoscopic angle from the standard value. The lens includes an outer refractive surface and an inner refractive surface, at least one of which is a progressive surface. Because the amount and direction of aberrations generated in distance and near portions are different, correction is given to either or both of the surface powers of the outer and inner surfaces of the lens such that the distance and near portions are differently corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, SEIKO OPTICAL PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihide SHINOHARA, Tadashi Kaga, Ayumu Ito, Moriyasu Shirayanagi
  • Patent number: 7717559
    Abstract: A method for designing a spectacle lens that includes an optical convex surface on an object side of the spectacle lens and an optical concave surface on an eye side of the spectacle lens and is mounted in a spectacle frame in a manner tilting with respect to a forward sight line, the optical convex surface being spherical, the optical concave surface being optically curved according to a prescription, the method including: defining a design reference point at an intersection of the optical concave surface and the forward sight line; and determining an angle formed by a tangent line at the design reference point and a perpendicular plane perpendicular to the forward sight line as a lens tilt angle ? with which the spectacle lens is mounted in the spectacle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumu Ito, Tadashi Kaga
  • Patent number: 7527376
    Abstract: A method of correcting the effects of a bend angle of 200 degrees or larger of spectacle frames, and astigmatism correcting characteristics in such spectacle frames. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a design method for a spectacle lens mounted in a spectacle frame having a bend angle of 200 degrees or larger including an astigmatic power adding step, on the object side refractive surface or eyeball side refractive surface of the spectacle lens, for canceling astigmatic aberration caused by the bend angle of the spectacle frame, at a design reference point of the spectacle lens, and a step setting prismatic power by tilting the refractive surface, which is on an object side or an eyeball side, of the spectacle lens for canceling prismatic power caused by the bend angle of the spectacle frame, at the design reference point of the spectacle lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Kamishita, Ayumu Ito, Tadashi Kaga
  • Publication number: 20090086162
    Abstract: A method for designing a spectacle lens that includes an optical convex surface on an object side of the spectacle lens and an optical concave surface on an eye side of the spectacle lens and is mounted in a spectacle frame in a manner tilting with respect to a forward sight line, the optical convex surface being spherical, the optical concave surface being optically curved according to a prescription, the method including: defining a design reference point at an intersection of the optical concave surface and the forward sight line; and determining an angle formed by a tangent line at the design reference point and a perpendicular plane perpendicular to the forward sight line as a lens tilt angle ? with which the spectacle lens is mounted in the spectacle frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumu ITO, Tadashi KAGA
  • Publication number: 20080052194
    Abstract: A lens order system, includes: a server unit, including: a data recognizer that recognizes lens design detail data relating to design details of a lens; an image storage that stores object image data relating to an image of an object; an image recognizer that recognizes the object image data based on the lens design detail data; and an order reception section that recognizes order data relating to an order for a designed lens and generates order reception data, and a terminal unit connected with the server unit in a data transmittable manner, the terminal unit including: a data acquiring section that acquires the lens design detail data; a lens design section that designs the lens based on the lens design detail data; an image processor that superposes lens image data relating to an image of the designed lens designed by the lens design section on the object image data sent from the server unit and generates processed image data in which a superposing portion of the object image data and the lens image data i
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Shinohara, Tadashi Kaga, Ayumu Ito
  • Publication number: 20080033836
    Abstract: A lens order system, includes: a server unit including: a data recognizer that recognizes lens design detail data on setting details of a lens; an image data recognizer that recognizes image data on an image; a lens design section that designs the lens based on the lens design detail data; an image processor that creates processed image data in which lens image data on an image of the designed lens is superposed on the image data and a superposing portion of the image data and the lens image data is image-processed to show a vision of the image data through the designed lens; and an order reception section that recognizes order data on an order of the designed lens and generates order reception data; and a terminal unit connected with the server unit in a data transmittable manner, the terminal unit including: a data acquiring section that acquires the lens design detail data; a display controller that recognizes and displays on a display the processed image data sent from the server unit; and an order sectio
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Shinohara, Tadashi Kaga, Ayumu Ito
  • Publication number: 20080024719
    Abstract: A method of correcting the effects of a bend angle of 200 degrees or larger of spectacle frames, and astigmatism correcting characteristics in such spectacle frames. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a design method for a spectacle lens mounted in a spectacle frame having a bend angle of 200 degrees or larger including an astigmatic power adding step, on the object side refractive surface or eyeball side refractive surface of the spectacle lens, for canceling astigmatic aberration caused by the bend angle of the spectacle frame, at a design reference point of the spectacle lens, and a step setting prismatic power by tilting the refractive surface, which is on an object side or an eyeball side, of the spectacle lens for canceling prismatic power caused by the bend angle of the spectacle frame, at the design reference point of the spectacle lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru KAMISHITA, Ayumu ITO, Tadashi KAGA
  • Patent number: 7267436
    Abstract: A mark (10A) is formed by focused laser beam inside a spectacle lens (L1). The mark is formed approximately parallel to an optical axis of the spectacle lens (L1). An optical reference position (L0) of a spectacle lens (L2) is aligned with a reference position (T) of marking apparatus (3) for alignment, and the spectacle lens (L2) is attached to a holder (11) of the marking apparatus (3). Then, positioning is carried out based on the optical reference position (L0) of the spectacle lens (L2). Subsequently, the spectacle lens (L2) is shifted to a marking start position for conducting marking. The optical reference position (L0) can be aligned with the reference position (T) of the marking apparatus (3) by adjusting the position of the spectacle lens (L2) based on a pair of concealed marks formed on the spectacle lens (L2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumu Ito, Daisuke Sawaki
  • Patent number: 7167771
    Abstract: To provide a spectacle lens manufacturing system and a method of manufacturing a spectacle lens, as well as a program and a recording medium therefor, that can meet various demands for marking and by which customers can confirm the outer appearance or the like of the spectacle lens. In a spectacle lens manufacturing system, after acquiring mark information and lens information with a terminal, these mark information and lens information are output to a calculation server, and a determination unit of the calculation server determines whether or not marking is possible. If the determination unit determines that it is possible to mark, it is judged whether or not a spectacle lens is manufactured based on a simulation image of the spectacle lens displayed on an image display unit of the terminal, and if it is determined to manufacture the spectacle lens, a processing information-generating unit of the calculation server generates processing information for the spectacle lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Ayumu Ito
  • Publication number: 20050073650
    Abstract: To provide a spectacle lens manufacturing system and a method of manufacturing a spectacle lens, as well as a program and a recording medium therefor, that can meet various demands for marking and by which customers can confirm the outer appearance or the like of the spectacle lens. In a spectacle lens manufacturing system, after acquiring mark information and lens information with a terminal, these mark information and lens information are output to a calculation server, and a determination unit of the calculation server determines whether or not marking is possible. If the determination unit determines that it is possible to mark, it is judged whether or not a spectacle lens is manufactured based on a simulation image of the spectacle lens displayed on an image display unit of the terminal, and if it is determined to manufacture the spectacle lens, a processing information-generating unit of the calculation server generates processing information for the spectacle lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventor: Ayumu Ito
  • Publication number: 20050046792
    Abstract: A mark (10A) is formed by focused laser beam inside a spectacle lens (L1). The mark is formed approximately parallel to an optical axis of the spectacle lens (L1). An optical reference position (L0) of a spectacle lens (L2) is aligned with a reference position (T) of marking apparatus (3) for alignment, and the spectacle lens (L2) is attached to a holder (11) of the marking apparatus (3). Then, positioning is carried out based on the optical reference position (L0) of the spectacle lens (L2). Subsequently, the spectacle lens (L2) is shifted to a marking start position for conducting marking. The optical reference position (L0) can be aligned with the reference position (T) of the marking apparatus (3) by adjusting the position of the spectacle lens (L2) based on a pair of concealed marks formed on the spectacle lens (L2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Ayumu Ito, Daisuke Sawaki