Patents by Inventor Masaomi Kuwabara
Masaomi Kuwabara 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: 10656458Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes: a liquid crystal cell that has a liquid crystal layer; first and second linear polarizers arranged on an observer side and a back surface side of the liquid crystal cell; a first retardation layer arranged between the first linear polarizer and the liquid crystal layer; and a second retardation layer arranged between the first retardation layer and the second linear polarizer.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Fujita, Takayuki Natsume, Masaaki Saitoh, Masaomi Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20200089049Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes: a liquid crystal cell that has a liquid crystal layer; first and second linear polarizers arranged on an observer side and a back surface side of the liquid crystal cell; a first retardation layer arranged between the first linear polarizer and the liquid crystal layer; and a second retardation layer arranged between the first retardation layer and the second linear polarizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: KENJI FUJITA, TAKAYUKI NATSUME, MASAAKI SAITOH, MASAOMI KUWABARA
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Publication number: 20190171068Abstract: The liquid crystal display device includes: a first polarizer; a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules; and a second polarizer, the liquid crystal molecules being aligned in a plane parallel to surfaces of the first polarizer and the second polarizer, the first polarizer and the second polarizer being disposed such that their absorption axes are perpendicular to each other, the liquid crystal display device including at least one first retardation layer whose principal refractive indexes satisfy a relationship nx=ny>nz or at least one second retardation layer whose principal refractive indexes satisfy a relationship nx=ny<nz between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal layer or between the second polarizer and the liquid crystal layer, the at least one first retardation layer and the at least one second retardation layer satisfying a predetermined relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: TAKAYUKI NATSUME, YASUNOBU AKEBI, MASAAKI SAITOH, KENJI FUJITA, MASAOMI KUWABARA
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Publication number: 20190087036Abstract: A pen-input surface material has a surface on which an input is to be performed with a pen. The surface has ten-point average roughness (Rzjis) ranging from 0.1 ?m to 6 ?m inclusive, an average space between asperities (RSm) ranging from 30 ?m to 500 ?m inclusive, and skewness (Rsk) of zero or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Masaomi KUWABARA, Takayuki NATSUME, Masaaki SAITOH, Kenji FUJITA, Shinichi MIYAZAKI, Noriyuki HOSHIAI
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Patent number: 8778489Abstract: An optical layered product has a translucent substrate having at least an optically functional layer, containing translucent microparticles, provided directly or via another layer onto one or both sides of the substrate. The standard deviation of area dispersion variability of the translucent microparticles in the optically functional layer is in the range of 0.04 to 0.20.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Tomoegawa Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaomi Kuwabara, Chikara Murata, Kazuya Ohishi, Hideki Moriuchi
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Publication number: 20100246011Abstract: In a composition layering one layer on a transparent substrate, the present invention provides an optical film which can balance anti-glare function, high contrast, color reproducibility, and anti-glittering enough. The optical film in the present invention comprises a transparent substrate, and a resin layer layered on the transparent substrate, the resin layer including transparent resin fine particles and a radiation-curable resin composition, and having a fine rugged structure of an average inclination angle in a range of 0.8° to 3.0° on the top surface of the resin layer; a haze value which is in a range of 40% to 60%; and a transmitted image clarity which is measured by using an optical comb having width of 0.5 mm and is in a range of 5% to 35%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2007Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: TOMOEGAWA CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Ohishi, Chikara Murata, Hideki Moriuchi, Masaomi Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20100003459Abstract: An optical layered film includes a transparent substrate on which a radiation curing resin layer containing translucent resin fine particles is layered, which has an internal haze value (X) and a total haze value (Y) satisfying Y>X, Y?X+11, Y?50 and X?15, and has fine irregularity shapes on the outermost surface of the resin layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: TOMOEGAWA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Ohishi, Chikara Murata, Hideki Moriuchi, Masaomi Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20090233048Abstract: An anti-glare material comprises irregularity shape formed over at least one side. The side comprising the irregularity shape has slope angles satisfying the distribution conditions according to the formulae (1) and (2): A?0.2??(1) and 0.8?B?2.5??(2) wherein A: proportion of slope angles at or greater than 1.6° in relation to the total, B: (proportion of slope angles at or greater than 0.4° and smaller than 1.6° in relation to the total)/(proportion of slope angles less than 0.4° in relation to the total).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2008Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Chikara Murata, Kazuya Ooishi, Masaomi Kuwabara, Hideki Moriuchi
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Publication number: 20090136713Abstract: An optical layered product has a translucent substrate onto which a radiation-curable resin layer containing translucent resin microparticles is layered. The layered product has an internal haze value (X) and a total haze value (Y) satisfying Y>X, Y?X+7, X?15 and X?1, and has microirregularities on the outermost surface of the resin layer, to provide a functional film capable of satisfying antiglaring, contrast enhancement and antidazzling in a balanced manner in a configuration having a translucent substrate on which a single layer is layered.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: Tomoegawa Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chikara Murata, Kazuya Ooishi, Masaomi Kuwabara, Hideki Moriuchi
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Publication number: 20090059408Abstract: An optical layered product comprises a translucent substrate onto which a radiation-curable resin layer containing translucent resin microparticles is layered. The layered product has an internal haze value (X) and a total haze value (Y) satisfying Y>X, Y?X+7, X?15 and X?1, and has microirregularities on the outermost surface of the resin layer, to provide a functional film capable of satisfying antiglaring, contrast enhancement and antidazzling in a balanced manner in a configuration comprising a translucent substrate on which a single layer is layered.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Tomoegawa Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chikara Murata, Kazuya Ooishi, Masaomi Kuwabara, Hideki Moriuchi
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Publication number: 20080241508Abstract: An optical layered product has a translucent substrate having at least an optically functional layer, containing translucent microparticles, provided directly or via another layer onto one or both sides of the substrate. The standard deviation of area dispersion variability of the translucent microparticles in the optically functional layer is in the range of 0.04 to 0.20.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: TOMOEGAWA CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaomi Kuwabara, Chikara Murata, Kazuya Ohishi, Hideki Moriuchi