Patents by Inventor Kyoji Takeichi

Kyoji Takeichi 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).

  • Patent number: 12115622
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens peripheral edge processing system includes a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices and a robot arm. The plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices 1 perform mutually different steps out of a plurality of steps for processing the eyeglass lens, and include mutually different housings. The robot arm includes an arm unit and a holding unit. The arm unit has a plurality of joint portions. The holding unit is disposed in the arm unit to hold and release an object. The robot arm rotates the arm unit via the joint portion to move the object held by the holding unit. The robot arm rotates the arm unit to move the eyeglass lens between the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoji Takeichi, Tadamasa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11992972
    Abstract: A spectacle lens processing device includes a drilling tool and a processor. The processor acquires a position of a hole formed in a lens and a pantoscopic angle. The pantoscopic angle is an angle in a vertical plane between a visual axis of a user and an optical axis of the lens when the user wears spectacles in which the lens after processing is mounted and faces forward. The processor determines, based on the acquired pantoscopic angle, a relative angle between the drilling tool and the lens when the hole is formed in the lens in the position of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kanda, Kyoji Takeichi, Hirohisa Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20240075577
    Abstract: A processor of a control apparatus, which controls an eyeglasses lens machining apparatus, performs a check operation execution step (S14, S17, S19, and S21 to S23) and a result output step (S24), based on a state management program. In the check operation execution step, the processor causes the eyeglasses lens machining apparatus to execute a check operation for checking a state of the eyeglasses lens machining apparatus. In the result output step, the processor outputs information indicating a result of the executed check operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kyoji TAKEICHI, Takamitsu ISOGAI
  • Patent number: 11639848
    Abstract: An eyeglass frame shape measurement device includes an optical measurement unit, a probe unit, a holding unit that holds the optical measurement unit and the probe unit, a changing portion that integrally moves the optical measurement unit and the probe unit with respect to an eyeglass frame to change a measurement position with respect to a groove of a rim of the eyeglass frame, and a controller that controls an operation of the eyeglass frame shape measurement device. The controller controls an operation of the changing portion to measure the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame, acquires a cross-sectional shape of the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame based on a detection result detected by the optical measurement unit, and acquires a shape of the rim of the eyeglass frame based on a detection result detected by the probe unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro Takii, Kyoji Takeichi, Yuya Nakako, Takaaki Matsui, Mattia Minozzi, Nicola Codogno, Federico Carraro
  • Patent number: 11226196
    Abstract: An eyeglass frame shape measurement device measures a shape of an eyeglass frame. The eyeglass frame shape measurement device includes a light projecting optical system that has a light source and emits measurement light from the light source toward a groove of a rim of an eyeglass frame, a light receiving optical system that has a detector and causes the detector to receive reflected light of the measurement light emitted toward the groove in the rim of the eyeglass frame by the light projecting optical system and reflected by the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame, an acquisition section that acquires a cross-sectional shape of the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame on the basis of the reflected light received by the detector, and a luminance control section that controls a luminance level of the reflected light to be received by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro Takii, Kunihito Mizukoshi, Tomoya Ishii, Kyoji Takeichi
  • Patent number: 11022430
    Abstract: An eyeglass frame shape measurement device measures a shape of an eyeglass frame. The eyeglass frame shape measurement device includes a light projecting optical system that has a light source and emits a measurement light flux from the light source toward a groove of a rim of an eyeglass frame, a light receiving optical system that has a detector and causes the detector to receive a reflected light flux of the measurement light flux emitted toward the groove and reflected by the groove, an acquiring means section that acquires a cross-sectional shape of the groove based on the reflected light flux received by the detector, a change section that change a light receiving position of the reflected light flux, and a control section that control the change section to change the light receiving position of the reflected light flux so that the detector receives the reflected light flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoji Takeichi, Michihiro Takii, Takaaki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20210101246
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens peripheral edge processing system includes a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices and a robot arm. The plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices 1 perform mutually different steps out of a plurality of steps for processing the eyeglass lens, and include mutually different housings. The robot arm includes an arm unit and a holding unit. The arm unit has a plurality of joint portions. The holding unit is disposed in the arm unit to hold and release an object. The robot arm rotates the arm unit via the joint portion to move the object held by the holding unit. The robot arm rotates the arm unit to move the eyeglass lens between the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoji TAKEICHI, Tadamasa YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210095953
    Abstract: An eyeglass frame shape measurement device includes an optical measurement unit, a probe unit, a holding unit that holds the optical measurement unit and the probe unit, a changing portion that integrally moves the optical measurement unit and the probe unit with respect to an eyeglass frame to change a measurement position with respect to a groove of a rim of the eyeglass frame, and a controller that controls an operation of the eyeglass frame shape measurement device. The controller controls an operation of the changing portion to measure the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame, acquires a cross-sectional shape of the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame based on a detection result detected by the optical measurement unit, and acquires a shape of the rim of the eyeglass frame based on a detection result detected by the probe unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Kyoji TAKEICHI, Yuya NAKAKO, Takaaki MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20200191560
    Abstract: An eyeglass frame shape measurement device measures a shape of an eyeglass frame. The eyeglass frame shape measurement device includes a light projecting optical system that has a light source and emits a measurement light flux from the light source toward a groove of a rim of an eyeglass frame, a light receiving optical system that has a detector and causes the detector to receive a reflected light flux of the measurement light flux emitted toward the groove and reflected by the groove, an acquiring means section that acquires a cross-sectional shape of the groove based on the reflected light flux received by the detector, a change section that change a light receiving position of the reflected light flux, and a control section that control the change section to change the light receiving position of the reflected light flux so that the detector receives the reflected light flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoji TAKEICHI, Michihiro TAKII, Takaaki MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20200158496
    Abstract: An eyeglass frame shape measurement device measures a shape of an eyeglass frame. The eyeglass frame shape measurement device includes a light projecting optical system that has a light source and emits measurement light from the light source toward a groove of a rim of an eyeglass frame, a light receiving optical system that has a detector and causes the detector to receive reflected light of the measurement light emitted toward the groove in the rim of the eyeglass frame by the light projecting optical system and reflected by the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame, an acquisition section that acquires a cross-sectional shape of the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame on the basis of the reflected light received by the detector, and a luminance control section that controls a luminance level of the reflected light to be received by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Kunihito MIZUKOSHI, Tomoya ISHII, Kyoji TAKEICHI
  • Patent number: 10627799
    Abstract: A terminal device for assisting operation of a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses which are used for performing different processes in manufacturing eyeglasses includes: a communicating device configured to communicate with the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses; a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the terminal device to execute: a setting instruction for setting, according to a process, a specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus from the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses as an eyeglass manufacturing apparatus of which the operation is assisted; and a controlling instruction for controlling the communicating device to send an operating signal input in the terminal device to the specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus set by the setting instruction or controlling the communicating device to receive an input signal input in the specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus set by the setting instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Koike, Kyoji Takeichi
  • Patent number: 10459423
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a processing tool configured to process a periphery of a lens; a movement portion configured to change a relative position between the lens and the processing tool; a positional data acquiring portion configured to acquire positional data related to a corner portion of an edge of the lens before the lens is finished and after the lens is roughed; a processing control data acquiring portion configured to acquire corner portion processing control data for removing a chip adhering to the lens through roughing, based on the positional data acquired by the positional data acquiring portion; and a processing control portion configured to control the movement portion based on the corner portion processing control data so as to remove the chip adhering to the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyoji Takeichi
  • Publication number: 20190118498
    Abstract: A spectacle lens processing device includes a drilling tool and a processor. The processor acquires a position of a hole formed in a lens and a pantoscopic angle. The pantoscopic angle is an angle in a vertical plane between a visual axis of a user and an optical axis of the lens when the user wears spectacles in which the lens after processing is mounted and faces forward. The processor determines, based on the acquired pantoscopic angle, a relative angle between the drilling tool and the lens when the hole is formed in the lens in the position of the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji KANDA, Kyoji TAKEICHI, Hirohisa MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 10046434
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens periphery processing apparatus for processing an eyeglass lens includes: a lens shuck shaft holding the eyeglass lens; a data input unit inputting target lens shape data and layout data of an optical center of the lens with respect to the target lens shape; left and right lens selecting unit inputting a selection signal as to whether the lens held by the lens chuck shaft is a right lens or a left lens; a lens shape detecting unit detecting the lens shape; a confirming unit confirming whether the lens held by the lens chuck shaft is the correct one of the right lens and the left lens based on the detecting result of the lens shape detecting unit, the layout data and the selection signal; and a notifying unit notifying the confirming result of the confirming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Natsume, Kyoji Takeichi
  • Publication number: 20170277161
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a processing tool configured to process a periphery of a lens; a movement portion configured to change a relative position between the lens and the processing tool; a positional data acquiring portion configured to acquire positional data related to a corner portion of an edge of the lens before the lens is finished and after the lens is roughed; a processing control data acquiring portion configured to acquire corner portion processing control data for removing a chip adhering to the lens through roughing, based on the positional data acquired by the positional data acquiring portion; and a processing control portion configured to control the movement portion based on the corner portion processing control data so as to remove the chip adhering to the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyoji TAKEICHI
  • Publication number: 20170090451
    Abstract: A terminal device for assisting operation of a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses which are used for performing different processes in manufacturing eyeglasses includes: a communicating device configured to communicate with the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses; a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the terminal device to execute: a setting instruction for setting, according to a process, a specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus from the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses as an eyeglass manufacturing apparatus of which the operation is assisted; and a controlling instruction for controlling the communicating device to send an operating signal input in the terminal device to the specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus set by the setting instruction or controlling the communicating device to receive an input signal input in the specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus set by the setting instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji KOIKE, Kyoji TAKEICHI
  • Patent number: 9561572
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens processing apparatus configured to form, on a peripheral edge of a lens, a bevel or a groove for fitting the lens to a frame of an eyeglass, includes: a data calculating unit for calculating data of the bevel or the groove to be formed on the peripheral edge of the lens based on frame shape data of the frame or demonstration lens shape data which is shape data of a demonstration lens having the bevel or the groove fitted to the shape of the frame; and a correction unit for approximating a front-side foot width, which is a width between a position of the bevel or the groove to be formed on the lens and a position of a front edge of the lens, to a target value by correcting the data of the bevel or the groove calculated by the data calculating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyoji Takeichi
  • Patent number: 9421658
    Abstract: A system includes: a cup attaching unit configured to attach a cup to a surface of an eyeglass lens; a processing apparatus main body that includes a housing in which a lens processing mechanism with a processing tool configured to process the eyeglass lens held by a lens chuck shaft is arranged; a display which is arranged at the housing and is configured to display an operation step; a signal input unit configured to input a switching signal to switch a screen of the display from a screen for a current operation step to a screen for a next operation step; and a controller configured to control the display to switch displaying the screen of the display from the screen for the current operation step to the screen of the next operation step based on the switching signal input by the signal input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Shibata, Katsuhiro Natsume, Yoshiaki Kamiya, Kyoji Takeichi
  • Publication number: 20140287660
    Abstract: A system includes: a cup attaching unit configured to attach a cup to a surface of an eyeglass lens; a processing apparatus main body that includes a housing in which a lens processing mechanism with a processing tool configured to process the eyeglass lens held by a lens chuck shaft is arranged; a display which is arranged at the housing and is configured to display an operation step; a signal input unit configured to input a switching signal to switch a screen of the display from a screen for a current operation step to a screen for a next operation step; and a controller configured to control the display to switch displaying the screen of the display from the screen for the current operation step to the screen of the next operation step based on the switching signal input by the signal input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji SHIBATA, Katsuhiro NATSUME, Yoshiaki KAMIYA, Kyoji TAKEICHI
  • Publication number: 20140199916
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens processing apparatus configured to form, on a peripheral edge of a lens, a bevel or a groove for fitting the lens to a frame of an eyeglass, includes: a data calculating unit for calculating data of the bevel or the groove to be formed on the peripheral edge of the lens based on frame shape data of the frame or demonstration lens shape data which is shape data of a demonstration lens having the bevel or the groove fitted to the shape of the frame; and a correction unit for approximating a front-side foot width, which is a width between a position of the bevel or the groove to be formed on the lens and a position of a front edge of the lens, to a target value by correcting the data of the bevel or the groove calculated by the data calculating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyoji TAKEICHI