Patents by Inventor Azusa TAKAI

Azusa TAKAI 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: 11173516
    Abstract: To provide a production method capable of producing an antiglare film-coated substrate having excellent antiglare performance in a short time, an antiglare film-coated substrate having excellent antiglare performance, and an article provided with the substrate. A method for producing an antiglare film-coated substrate 1 comprising a substrate 3 and an antiglare film 5 formed on the substrate 3, characterized by comprising a step of preparing a coating composition comprising at least one of a silica precursor (A) and particles (C), and a liquid medium (B), wherein the liquid medium (B) contains a liquid medium (B1) having a boiling point of at most 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Azusa Takai, Shuji Taneda, Satoshi Mototani, Yoshimi Otani
  • Patent number: 10948633
    Abstract: A translucent structure includes a translucent substrate and an antireflection layer provided on a visible side of the translucent substrate so that reflectivity of the translucent structure based on an SCI method is 3% or less. A visible-side outermost surface of the translucent structure includes a concave and convex structure as follows. The concave and convex structure includes a first convex portion and a second convex portion. The first convex portion has a diameter exceeding 10 ?m and 185 ?m or less in a specific section, and a specific maximum height is 0.2 to 8 ?m. The second convex portion has a diameter exceeding 1 ?m in a specific section, the number thereof is 0.0001 to 1.2 per 1 ?m2, and a specific average height thereof is 0.1 to 8 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takaaki Murakami, Azusa Takai, Toru Ikeda, Yosuke Takeda
  • Patent number: 10843497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plate with a printed layer containing: a bent plate with a bent portion, including a first main surface, a second main surface and an end surface, and a printed layer formed on the first main surface, in which the printed layer has an average value (average OD value) of optical density (OD values) in visible light in a plane being 4 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Minamidate, Toru Ikeda, Yosuke Takeda, Azusa Takai
  • Patent number: 10792955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plate with a printed layer, including a plate having a bent portion, a lower printed layer, and an upper printed layer provided at a portion of the lower printed layer, in which at least a portion of the lower printed layer is provided at a position corresponding to the bent portion on a main surface of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Ito, Azusa Takai
  • Patent number: 10741725
    Abstract: To provide a transparent substrate with excellent appearance and with high visibility when observed from a predetermined direction, and a process for producing it. A transparent substrate comprising a substrate having a curved surface on at least a part of its front surface, and an antiglare layer formed on the center region and the edge region of the curved surface, wherein the absolute value of the difference between the 60° specular glossiness at the center region and the 60° specular glossiness at the edge region is higher than 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Azusa Takai, Satoshi Mototani
  • Patent number: 10723105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a decorative layer-attached transparent plate including: a transparent plate which is formed of a visible light-transmitting material and has two main surfaces; and a decorative layer provided on one of the main surfaces, in which the decorative layer has at least one of a protrusion and a recess at an end portion thereof, in plan view as viewed from the one of the main surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Ito, Azusa Takai
  • Patent number: 10677963
    Abstract: A curved substrate with a film includes a substrate having a first main surface, a second main surface and an end surface, and an antiglare film provided on the first main surface. The substrate has a flat portion and a bent portion. A value obtained by dividing a reflected-image diffusibility index value R of the bent portion by the sum of the reflected-image diffusibility index value R of the bent portion and a reflected-image diffusibility index value R of the flat portion is 0.3 or higher and 0.8 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Azusa Takai, Yusuke Kobayashi, Kazunobu Maeshige, Takaaki Murakami
  • Patent number: 10416354
    Abstract: The translucent structure of the present invention has a haze of higher than 10% and at most 70% and has a concavo-convex structure on its surface. The concavo-convex structure has first convex portions having a diameter of larger than 10 ?m in a cross section at a height of 0.05 ?m+the bearing height of a surface shape, and second convex portions having a diameter of larger than 1 ?m in a cross section at a height of 0.5 ?m+the bearing height. The average diameter of the first convex portions is larger than 10 ?m and at most 185 ?m in a cross section at a height of 0.05 ?m+the bearing height. The maximum height of the first convex portions is from 0.2 to 8 ?m. The number of the second convex portions is from 0.0004 to 1.2 per 1 um2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Azusa Takai, Toru Ikeda, Satoshi Kashiwabara, Yosuke Takeda
  • Publication number: 20190139996
    Abstract: To provide a transparent substrate with excellent appearance and with high visibility when observed from a predetermined direction, and a process for producing it. A transparent substrate comprising a substrate having a curved surface on at least a part of its front surface, and an antiglare layer formed on the center region and the edge region of the curved surface, wherein the absolute value of the difference between the 60° specular glossiness at the center region and the 60° specular glossiness at the edge region is higher than 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Azusa TAKAI, Satoshi MOTOTANI
  • Patent number: 10211237
    Abstract: To provide a transparent substrate with excellent appearance and with high visibility when observed from a predetermined direction, and a process for producing it. A transparent substrate comprising a substrate having a curved surface on at least a part of its front surface, and an antiglare layer formed on the center region and the edge region of the curved surface, wherein the absolute value of the difference between the 60° specular glossiness at the center region and the 60° specular glossiness at the edge region is higher than 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Azusa Takai, Satoshi Mototani
  • Publication number: 20190001637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a decorative layer-attached transparent plate including: a transparent plate which is formed of a visible light-transmitting material and has two main surfaces; and a decorative layer provided on one of the main surfaces, in which the decorative layer has at least one of a protrusion and a recess at an end portion thereof, in plan view as viewed from the one of the main surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun ITO, Azusa TAKAI
  • Publication number: 20180339546
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plate with a printed layer, including a plate having a bent portion, a lower printed layer, and an upper printed layer provided at a portion of the lower printed layer, in which at least a portion of the lower printed layer is provided at a position corresponding to the bent portion on a main surface of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun ITO, Azusa Takai
  • Publication number: 20180185875
    Abstract: A translucent structure includes a translucent substrate and an antireflection layer provided on a visible side of the translucent substrate so that reflectivity of the translucent structure based on an SCI method is 3% or less. A visible-side outermost surface of the translucent structure includes a concave and convex structure as follows. The concave and convex structure includes a first convex portion and a second convex portion. The first convex portion has a diameter exceeding 10 ?m and 185 ?m or less in a specific section, and a specific maximum height is 0.2 to 8 ?m. The second convex portion has a diameter exceeding 1 ?m in a specific section, the number thereof is 0.0001 to 1.2 per 1 ?m2, and a specific average height thereof is 0.1 to 8 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takaaki MURAKAMI, Azusa Takai, Toru Ikeda, Yosuke Takeda
  • Publication number: 20180052254
    Abstract: A curved substrate with a film includes a substrate having a first main surface, a second main surface and an end surface, and an antiglare film provided on the first main surface. The substrate has a flat portion and a bent portion. A value obtained by dividing a reflected-image diffusibility index value R of the bent portion by the sum of the reflected-image diffusibility index value R of the bent portion and a reflected-image diffusibility index value R of the flat portion is 0.3 or higher and 0.8 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Azusa Takai, Yusuke Kobayashi, Kazunobu Maeshige, Takaaki Murakami
  • Publication number: 20180033986
    Abstract: To provide a transparent substrate with excellent appearance and with high visibility when observed from a predetermined direction, and a process for producing it. A transparent substrate comprising a substrate having a curved surface on at least a part of its front surface, and an antiglare layer formed on the center region and the edge region of the curved surface, wherein the absolute value of the difference between the 60° specular glossiness at the center region and the 60° specular glossiness at the edge region is higher than 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Azusa TAKAI, Satoshi MOTOTANI
  • Publication number: 20170341451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plate with a printed layer containing: a bent plate with a bent portion, including a first main surface, a second main surface and an end surface, and a printed layer formed on the first main surface, in which the printed layer has an average value (average OD value) of optical density (OD values) in visible light in a plane being 4 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun MINAMIDATE, Toru IKEDA, Yosuke TAKEDA, Azusa TAKAI
  • Publication number: 20170139082
    Abstract: To provide a translucent structure, which is excellent in the antiglare property, and which has its sparkle sufficiently suppressed. The translucent structure of the present invention has the following concavo-convex structure on its surface. The concavo-convex structure: having first convex portions having a diameter of larger than 10 ?m in a cross section at a height of 0.05 ?m+the bearing height of a surface shape obtained by measuring a region of 101×135 ?m to 111×148 ?m by a laser microscope, and second convex portions having a diameter of larger than 1 ?m in a cross section at a height of 0.5 ?m+the above bearing height of the surface shape; the average diameter of the first convex portions being larger than 10 ?m and at most 185 ?m in a cross section at a height of 0.05 ?m+the above bearing height of the surface shape; the maximum height of the first convex portions being from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Azusa TAKAI, Toru IKEDA, Satoshi KASHIWABARA, Yosuke TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20170021383
    Abstract: To provide a production method capable of producing an antiglare film-coated substrate having excellent antiglare performance in a short time, an antiglare film-coated substrate having excellent antiglare performance, and an article provided with the substrate. A method for producing an antiglare film-coated substrate 1 comprising a substrate 3 and an antiglare film 5 formed on the substrate 3, characterized by comprising a step of preparing a coating composition comprising at least one of a silica precursor (A) and particles (C), and a liquid medium (B), wherein the liquid medium (B) contains a liquid medium (B1) having a boiling point of at most 150° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLSS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Azusa TAKAI, Shuji TANEDA, Satoshi MOTOTANI, Yoshimi OTANI
  • Publication number: 20150315392
    Abstract: To provide a coating liquid for forming an alkali barrier layer which can achieve both suppress of warpage of a glass substrate and alkali barrier properties, and an article which comprises a glass substrate and an alkali barrier layer formed of the coating liquid on the glass substrate. A coating liquid for forming an alkali barrier layer, which comprises at least one matrix precursor (A) selected from the group consisting of an alkoxysilane and its hydrolyzate, scaly silica particles (B) and a liquid medium (C), wherein the proportion of the content (solid content) of the scaly silica particles (B) is from 5 to 90 mass % based on the total amount of the matrix precursor (A) and the scaly silica particles (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshimi OTANI, Satoshi MOTOTANI, Azusa TAKAI