Patents by Inventor Hiroyasu Ueta

Hiroyasu Ueta 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: 20210087744
    Abstract: A dyeing method in which a transparent resin body having a surface applied with a dye is heated to fix the dye to the transparent resin body comprises a heating step of irradiating a laser beam having a wavelength less likely to be absorbed by the dye toward the transparent resin body applied with the dye on the surface while relatively scanning the laser beam with respect to the transparent resin body to heat a to-be-dyed region of the transparent resin body to fix the dye, wherein the laser beam is irradiation to heat by changing a laser beam irradiating condition with respect to a portion of the transparent resin body to be heated so that a heating temperature on the transparent resin body by irradiation of the laser beam is substantially equal throughout an entire area of the to-be-dyed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicants: NIDEK CO., LTD., SHIZUOKA PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Minoru INUZUKA, Hiroyasu UETA, Hiroyasu ATSUMI
  • Patent number: 10889935
    Abstract: A dyeing method in which a transparent resin body having a surface applied with a dye is heated to fix the dye to the transparent resin body comprises a heating step of irradiating a laser beam having a wavelength less likely to be absorbed by the dye toward the transparent resin body applied with the dye on the surface while relatively scanning the laser beam with respect to the transparent resin body to heat a to-be-dyed region of the transparent resin body to fix the dye, wherein the laser beam is irradiation to heat by changing a laser beam irradiating condition with respect to a portion of the transparent resin body to be heated so that a heating temperature on the transparent resin body by irradiation of the laser beam is substantially equal throughout an entire area of the to-be-dyed region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: NIDEK CO., LTD., SHIZUOKA PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Minoru Inuzuka, Hiroyasu Ueta, Hiroyasu Atsumi
  • Publication number: 20180127918
    Abstract: A dyeing method in which a transparent resin body having a surface applied with a dye is heated to fix the dye to the transparent resin body comprises a heating step of irradiating a laser beam having a wavelength less likely to be absorbed by the dye toward the transparent resin body applied with the dye on the surface while relatively scanning the laser beam with respect to the transparent resin body to heat a to-be-dyed region of the transparent resin body to fix the dye, wherein the laser beam is irradiation to heat by changing a laser beam irradiating condition with respect to a portion of the transparent resin body to be heated so that a heating temperature on the transparent resin body by irradiation of the laser beam is substantially equal throughout an entire area of the to-be-dyed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicants: NIDEK CO., LTD., SHIZUOKA PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Minoru INUZUKA, Hiroyasu UETA, Hiroyasu ATSUMI
  • Patent number: 9534344
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dyeing method using a laser beam. The method can dye transparent resins such as plastic lens well. Also disclosed is a dyeing apparatus. The dyeing method comprises heating a plastic lens having a dye-coated surface to fix the dye on the surface of the plastic lens. The method comprises the step of applying a laser beam with a wavelength, which is less likely to be absorbed in the dye but it absorbed in the plastic lens, onto the surface of the plastic lens through the dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: NIDEK CO., LTD., SHIZUOKA PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Minoru Inuzuka, Hiroyasu Ueta
  • Patent number: 9415463
    Abstract: This invention provides a laser marking method that can form a very minute mark of a predetermined shape, such as a letter or pattern, with clarity and high solidity, on the surface of a substrate. The laser marking method of the invention comprises the steps of (1) depositing a coloring material on the surface of a substrate of thermoplastic material to form a thin film of the coloring material, and (2) applying a laser beam to the thin film of the coloring material in conformity with a predetermined marking shape to cause the portions of the substrate irradiated with the laser beam to soften and to cause the thus softened portions to mix with the coloring material, thereby developing the predetermined marking shape on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: Shizuoka Prefecture, Shikibo Ltd., Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ueta, Minoru Inuzuka, Yutaka Tsujimoto
  • Publication number: 20120311797
    Abstract: A dyeing method in which a transparent resin body having a surface applied with a dye is heated to fix the dye to the transparent resin body comprises a heating step of irradiating a laser beam having a wavelength less likely to be absorbed by the dye toward the transparent resin body applied with the dye on the surface while relatively scanning the laser beam with respect to the transparent resin body to heat a to-be-dyed region of the transparent resin body to fix the dye, wherein the laser beam is irradiation to heat by changing a laser beam irradiating condition with respect to a portion of the transparent resin body to be heated so that a heating temperature on the transparent resin body by irradiation of the laser beam is substantially equal throughout an entire area of the to-be-dyed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: SHIZUOKA PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT, NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru INUZUKA, Hiroyasu UETA, Hiroyasu ATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20120013699
    Abstract: This invention provides a laser marking method that can form a very minute mark of a predetermined shape, such as a letter or pattern, with clarity and high solidity, on the surface of a substrate. The laser marking method of the invention comprises the steps of (1) depositing a coloring material on the surface of a substrate of thermoplastic material to form a thin film of the coloring material, and (2) applying a laser beam to the thin film of the coloring material in conformity with a predetermined marking shape to cause the portions of the substrate irradiated with the laser beam to soften and to cause the thus softened portions to mix with the coloring material, thereby developing the predetermined marking shape on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicants: SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE, NIDEK CO., LTD., SHIKIBO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ueta, Minoru Inuzuka, Yutaka Tsujimoto
  • Publication number: 20110018175
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dyeing method using a laser beam. The method can dye transparent resins such as plastic lens well. Also disclosed is a dyeing apparatus. The dyeing method comprises heating a plastic lens having a dye-coated surface to fix the dye on the surface of the plastic lens. The method comprises the step of applying a laser beam with a wavelength, which is less likely to be absorbed in the dye but it absorbed in the plastic lens, onto the surface of the plastic lens through the dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicants: NIDEK CO., LTD., SHIZUOKA PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Minoru Inuzuka, Hiroyasu Ueta