Patents by Inventor Manabu Ito
Manabu 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).
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Patent number: 10984915Abstract: A medical/care support method is provided, which enables medical or care workers having different special fields such as physicians and nurses to share the medical or care information of each patient or care-needing person while protecting the privacy of the patient or care-needing person, and to support the provision of better-quality medical or care service to the patient or care-needing person based on the medical or care information shared. A patient ID, a disease ID, and a medical facility ID are associated and stored, thereby generating a group G11. A patient P1 designated by patient group registration participates in the group G11 after the patient's approval of an invitation request. Medical workers M1 and M2 and patient-related persons R1, R2, and R4 participate in the group G11 as supporters in response to respective invitation requests.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: EMBRACE CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Ito, Yasuko Sagasaki, Yoshihiro Ogura
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Patent number: 10705274Abstract: An optically anisotropic layer including a polymer and a compound having a mesogen skeleton, wherein the polymer has a property such that a film of the polymer that is formed by a coating method using a solution of the polymer satisfies nz(P)>nx(P)?ny(P), wherein nx(P) is a refractive index in a direction which, among in-plane directions of the film, gives a maximum refractive index, ny(P) is a refractive index in a direction which is perpendicular to the direction of nx(P) among the in-plane directions of the film, and nz(P) a refractive index in a thickness direction of the film, and the compound having a mesogen skeleton shows an in-plane retardation with reverse wavelength distribution under specific conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: ZEON COPORATIONInventor: Manabu Ito
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Patent number: 10647920Abstract: A liquid crystal composition including: a polymerizable liquid crystal compound capable of expressing birefringence with inverse wavelength dispersion; and a (meth)acrylate compound containing two or more (meth)acryloyl groups per one molecule, wherein: an amount of the (meth)acrylate compound is 8 parts by weight or less, the amount being relative to 100 parts by weight of a sum total of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound and the (meth)acrylate compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Shunpei Nakajima, Akira Ikeda, Masakazu Saito, Manabu Ito
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Publication number: 20190371720Abstract: Apparatuses and methods using a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate are described. An example apparatus includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a circuit formed in the first surface; a first electrode through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface; and a first insulative film around the first electrode. The first electrode includes: a first portion formed in the substrate; and a second portion continuous to the first portion and protruding from the second surface. The first insulative film is formed between the first portion of the first electrode in the substrate and extending to a side surface of the second portion of the first electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Toshiyuki Maenosono, Yuta Kikuchi, Manabu Ito, Yoshihiro Saeki
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Patent number: 10418311Abstract: Apparatuses and methods using a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate are described. An example apparatus includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a circuit formed in the first surface; a first electrode through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface; and a first insulative film around the first electrode. The first electrode includes: a first portion formed in the substrate; and a second portion continuous to the first portion and protruding from the second surface. The first insulative film is formed between the first portion of the first electrode in the substrate and extending to a side surface of the second portion of the first electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Toshiyuki Maenosono, Yuta Kikuchi, Manabu Ito, Yoshihiro Saeki
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Publication number: 20190225884Abstract: A liquid crystal composition including: a polymerizable liquid crystal compound capable of expressing birefringence with inverse wavelength dispersion; and a (meth)acrylate compound containing two or more (meth)acryloyl groups per one molecule, wherein: an amount of the (meth)acrylate compound is 8 parts by weight or less, the amount being relative to 100 parts by weight of a sum total of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound and the (meth)acrylate compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Shunpei NAKAJIMA, Akira IKEDA, Masakazu SAITO, Manabu ITO
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Publication number: 20190113667Abstract: An optically anisotropic layer including a polymer and a compound having a mesogen skeleton, wherein the polymer has a property such that a film of the polymer that is formed by a coating method using a solution of the polymer satisfies nz(P)>nx(P)?ny(P), wherein nx(P) is a refractive index in a direction which, among in-plane directions of the film, gives a maximum refractive index, ny(P) is a refractive index in a direction which is perpendicular to the direction of nx(P) among the in-plane directions of the film, and nz(P) a refractive index in a thickness direction of the film, and the compound having a mesogen skeleton shows an in-plane retardation with reverse wavelength distribution under specific conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: ZEON CORPORATIONInventor: Manabu ITO
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Publication number: 20190071604Abstract: A liquid crystal cured film includes a liquid crystal cured layer formed of a cured product of a liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound capable of expressing birefringence with reverse wavelength distribution, the polymerizable liquid crystal compound containing an ethylenically unsaturated bond and an aromatic ring. The film satisfies 1.00<X(S)/X(A), where X(S) represents a peak ratio X of one surface of the liquid crystal cured layer; X(A) is a peak ratio X of the other surface of the liquid crystal cured layer; the peak ratio X is a ratio represented by X=I(1)/I(2); I(1) is a peak strength derived from in-plane deformation vibration of the ethylenically unsaturated bond in measurement of infrared total reflection-absorption spectrum; and I(2) is a peak strength derived from stretching vibration of an unsaturated bond of the aromatic ring in measurement of infrared total reflection-absorption spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Shunpei NAKAJIMA, Akira IKEDA, Manabu ITO
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Publication number: 20180370184Abstract: An optically anisotropic layer obtained by curing a liquid crystal composition containing a photopolymerizable liquid crystal compound, wherein a ratio of the photopolymerizable liquid crystal compound in the optically anisotropic layer is 25% by weight or less, and absorption values of the optically anisotropic layer satisfy specific relationship, the values being at local maximum absorption wavelengths for polarized light parallel to an orientation direction of the optically anisotropic layer and at local maximum absorption wavelengths for polarized light perpendicular to the orientation direction of the optically anisotropic layer within each of a first wavelength range of 230 nm or more and less than 300 nm and a second wavelength range of 300 nm or more and 400 nm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu ITO, Kazuhiro OSATO
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Publication number: 20180286795Abstract: Apparatuses and methods using a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate are described. An example apparatus includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a circuit formed in the first surface; a first electrode through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface; and a first insulative film around the first electrode. The first electrode includes: a first portion formed in the substrate; and a second portion continuous to the first portion and protruding from the second surface. The first insulative film is formed between the first portion of the first electrode in the substrate and extending to a side surface of the second portion of the first electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Toshiyuki Maenosono, Yuta Kikuchi, Manabu Ito, Yoshihiro Saeki
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Patent number: 9964512Abstract: An exhaust gas analyzing system makes it possible to determine appropriate maintenance timing of sampling pumps in the system, including sampling pumps and provided in a main flow path in order to sample exhaust gas sent from an introduction port, analysis parts provided on the upstream side or downstream side of the sampling pumps and in the main flow path, flow meters provided on the upstream side or downstream side of the analysis parts in the main flow path, and pump abnormality determination parts and for determining abnormality of the sampling pumps by comparing pump flow rates obtained by the flow meters to a predetermined abnormal flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Miyai, Manabu Ito, Masahiro Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20180039005Abstract: An optical film transfer body including a substrate film, and an optically anisotropic layer that is formed on the substrate film by curing a composition containing a photopolymerizable liquid crystal compound, wherein the optically anisotropic layer contains 25% by weight or less of the photopolymerizable liquid crystal compound; an optical film including, in this order, an adherend, an adhesive layer, and an optically anisotropic layer, wherein the adhesive layer is a layer formed by curing a photocurable adhesive, the optically anisotropic layer is a layer formed by curing a composition containing a photopolymerizable liquid crystal compound, and the optically anisotropic layer contains 25% by weight or less of the photopolymerizable liquid crystal compound; as well as a method for producing an optical film and an organic electroluminescent display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: ZEON CORPORATIONInventor: Manabu ITO
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Patent number: 9589997Abstract: Since the gate electrode (1) and the capacitor electrode (2) are made into a double layer structure, the first layers (1a, 2a) in contact with the substrate (0) are made of ITO, and the second layers (1b, 2b) in contact with the gate insulating layer (3) are made of an metallic oxide layer, it becomes possible to form the gate electrode (1) and the capacitor electrode (2) having high optical transparency and high conductivity. Therefore, it becomes possible to improve the optical transparency of a thin film transistor and to improve the display performance of an image displaying apparatus for which the thin film transistor is used by using the above-described gate electrode (1) and the above-described capacitor electrode (2).Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chihiro Imamura, Manabu Ito
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Patent number: 9547191Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an embodiment includes a first light-emitting device that emits short-wavelength light of a wavelength 360 nm to 420 nm and a second light-emitting device that emits visible light. Electrodes of the liquid crystal display includes a light-guiding electrode that drives a liquid crystal contained in the liquid crystal layer to emit the short-wavelength light and a pixel electrode that drives the liquid crystal contained in the liquid crystal layer to emit the visible light. The photoreceptors are each a phototransistor including a transparent channel layer containing two metallic oxides or more from gallium, indium, zinc, hafnium, tin, and yttrium. The photoreceptors include a first photoreceptor overlaps with the blue filter in the plan view and a second photoreceptor overlaps with the green filter, the red filter, or the black matrix in the plan view.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Hibayashi, Koichi Minato, Kenzo Fukuyoshi, Manabu Ito
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Patent number: 9468877Abstract: An exhaust gas analyzing apparatus provided a first filter flow path with a first filter, a second filter flow path provided with a second filter, an exhaust gas analyzing part for analyzing exhaust gas passing through the first filter or the second filter, a flow path switching mechanism for switching between the first filter flow path and the second filter flow path. A pulse purge mechanism is provided for supplying purge gas to the filters, in the filter flow paths, in a pulsed manner, and in the case where a pressure difference between an upstream side and a downstream side of the filter provided in one filter flow path where the exhaust gas flows becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, the one filter flow path is switched to the other one, and purge gas is supplied to the filter provided in the one filter flow path in the pulsed manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Horiba, Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Miyai, Tomoshi Yoshimura, Manabu Ito
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Publication number: 20160117464Abstract: A medical/care support method is provided, which enables medical or care workers having different special fields such as physicians and nurses to share the medical or care information of each patient or care-needing person while protecting the privacy of the patient or care-needing person, and to support the provision of better-quality medical or care service to the patient or care-needing person based on the medical or care information shared. A patient ID, a disease ID, and a medical facility ID are associated and stored, thereby generating a group G11. A patient P1 designated by patient group registration participates in the group G11 after the patient's approval of an invitation request. Medical workers M1 and M2 and patient-related persons R1, R2, and R4 participate in the group G11 as supporters in response to respective invitation requests.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: Embrace Co., Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Ito, Yasuko Sagasaki, Yoshihiro Ogura
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Patent number: 8848124Abstract: According to the first aspect of the present invention, a drain electrode and a pixel electrode are electrically connected to each other on a protective film formed on a semiconductor active layer, and thereby it is possible to easily connect the drain electrode and the pixel electrode to each other and to improve a yield.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noriaki Ikeda, Chihiro Imamura, Manabu Ito
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Publication number: 20140267955Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an embodiment includes a first light-emitting device that emits short-wavelength light of a wavelength 360 nm to 420 nm and a second light-emitting device that emits visible light. Electrodes of the liquid crystal display includes a light-guiding electrode that drives a liquid crystal contained in the liquid crystal layer to emit the short-wavelength light and a pixel electrode that drives the liquid crystal contained in the liquid crystal layer to emit the visible light. The photoreceptors are each a phototransistor including a transparent channel layer containing two metallic oxides or more from gallium, indium, zinc, hafnium, tin, and yttrium. The photoreceptors include a first photoreceptor overlaps with the blue filter in the plan view and a second photoreceptor overlaps with the green filter, the red filter, or the black matrix in the plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Hibayashi, Koichi Minato, Kenzo Fukuyoshi, Manabu Ito
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Publication number: 20140246675Abstract: Since the gate electrode (1) and the capacitor electrode (2) are made into a double layer structure, the first layers (1a, 2a) in contact with the substrate (0) are made of ITO, and the second layers (1b, 2b) in contact with the gate insulating layer (3) are made of an metallic oxide layer, it becomes possible to form the gate electrode (1) and the capacitor electrode (2) having high optical transparency and high conductivity. Therefore, it becomes possible to improve the optical transparency of a thin film transistor and to improve the display performance of an image displaying apparatus for which the thin film transistor is used by using the above-described gate electrode (1) and the above-described capacitor electrode (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chihiro Imamura, Manabu Ito
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Patent number: 8749314Abstract: A crystal unit and a thermistor with negative resistance-temperature characteristics are housed in a thermostatic oven heated by a heater. A transistor driving the heater is controlled by an output of a differential amplifier, the thermistor is placed between a power supply voltage and an inverting input of the amplifier, and a first resistor used to adjust the temperature of a zero temperature coefficient point of the crystal unit is installed between the inverting input and a ground point. A second resistor is installed between the power supply voltage and a non-inverting input of the amplifier and a third resistor is installed between the non-inverting input and ground point. One of the second and third resistors is a resistor assembly made up of a plurality of resistance elements and one of these resistance elements is provided with positive resistance-temperature characteristics and adapted to detect ambient temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Ito, Hiroyuki Mitome