Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Onouchi

Tatsuya Onouchi 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).

  • Method for forming functional spectral filter
    Patent number: 8131518
    Abstract: To provide a functional spectral filter through which, it is possible for an observer wearing the functional spectral filter to change his or her color sensitivity (ease of color distinction), and which is for designing a color scheme easy to be distinguished for a color deficient observer by using the filter. A functional spectral filter including a multilayer is formed in accordance with a thin film design (an optimization method) determined by use of a color vision theory so as to make color sensitivity into a desired pattern. With respect to combinations that two colors among a plurality of specified colors are combined, color differences in the respective combinations are made close to a color difference given in advance. Alternatively, with respect to specified combinations, the color differences are made small or the color differences are made large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignees: National University Corporation Toyohashi University of Technology, Itoh Optical Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Nakauchi, Tatsuya Onouchi, Hirohisa Katou, Hirofumi Oda, Yuuji Saitou, Kanae Miyazawa
  • Method for Forming Functional Spectral Filter
    Publication number: 20100179790
    Abstract: To provide a functional spectral filter through which, it is possible for an observer wearing the functional spectral filter to change his or her color sensitivity (ease of color distinction), and which is for designing a color scheme easy to be distinguished for a color deficient observer by using the filter. A functional spectral filter including a multilayer is formed in accordance with a thin film design (an optimization method) determined by use of a color vision theory so as to make color sensitivity into a desired pattern. With respect to combinations that two colors among a plurality of specified colors are combined, color differences in the respective combinations are made close to a color difference given in advance. Alternatively, with respect to specified combinations, the color differences are made small or the color differences are made large.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: ITOH OPTICAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Nakauchi, Tatsuya Onouchi, Hirohisa Katou, Hirofumi Oda, Yuuji Saitou, Kanae Miyazawa