Patents by Inventor Masaru Iwagaki

Masaru Iwagaki 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: 9755166
    Abstract: A luminescent device that has at least an anode layer (32), a cathode layer (36), and an organic EL layer (34) formed on a transparent substrate (30), and has the organic EL layer (34) placed between the anode layer (32) and the cathode layer (36) is disclosed. In this luminescent device, notches (22) are formed at the rim portion of the transparent substrate, and patterning is performed on the transparent substrate (30) so that the organic EL layer (34) avoids the notches (22), and the anode layer (32) and the cathode layer (34) overlap the organic EL layer (34). Part of the anode layer (32) and part of the cathode layer (36) are exposed through the respective notches (22) of the transparent substrate (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Tsukasa Yagi, Masahiro Morikawa, Nobuya Miki
  • Publication number: 20150280152
    Abstract: A luminescent device that has at least an anode layer (32), a cathode layer (36), and an organic EL layer (34) formed on a transparent substrate (30), and has the organic EL layer (34) placed between the anode layer (32) and the cathode layer (36) is disclosed. In this luminescent device, notches (22) are formed at the rim portion of the transparent substrate, and patterning is performed on the transparent substrate (30) so that the organic EL layer (34) avoids the notches (22), and the anode layer (32) and the cathode layer (34) overlap the organic EL layer (34). Part of the anode layer (32) and part of the cathode layer (36) are exposed through the respective notches (22) of the transparent substrate (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Tsukasa Yagi, Masahiro Morikawa, Nobuya Miki
  • Publication number: 20150170604
    Abstract: The problem addressed by the present invention is providing an interior lighting method, which resolves the sense of confinement and sense of oppression in the passenger compartment of a moving body for travelers and achieves a comfortable moving space for travelers, and an organic electroluminescent element panel used in the same. This passenger compartment lighting method is a passenger compartment lighting method by a lighting device provided on a window panel part inside the passenger compartment of the moving body for travelers and is characterized by simulating image information for outside of a window of the moving body for travelers and by making the lighting device emit light on the basis of that image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Kozue Yogata, Tomonari Asai, Satoshi Tomono, Kousuke Yoshii
  • Patent number: 7854864
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an optical film provided with a convexoconcave structure, comprises the steps of: coating a resin solution including a first resin solved by a solvent onto an endless or roll-like mold provided with a convexoconcave structure, and forming a resin solution layer on the mold; laminating a film substrate onto the resin solution layer to make a laminated film before the solvent in the resin solution layer is completely dried, the film substrate including a second resin, which is capable of absorbing the solvent or is soluble by the solvent; and peeling the laminated film from the mold before the solvent in the laminated film is completely dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Sato, Masaru Iwagaki, Hirokazu Sato, Shigeto Ohmori, Kazuhiro Miyazawa, Takashi Murakami, Hirokazu Koyama, Nobuo Kubo, Koji Tasaka, Shigeki Oka
  • Publication number: 20070252293
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an optical film provided with a convexoconcave structure, comprises the steps of: coating a resin solution including a first resin solved by a solvent onto an endless or roll-like mold provided with a convexoconcave structure, and forming a resin solution layer on the mold; laminating a film substrate onto the resin solution layer to make a laminated film before the solvent in the resin solution layer is completely dried, the film substrate including a second resin, which is capable of absorving the solution or is soluble by the solvent; and peeling the laminated film from the mold before the solvent in the laminated film is completely dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.
    Inventors: Akira SATO, Masaru IWAGAKI, Hirokazu SATO, Shigeto OHMORI, Kazuhiro MIYAZAWA, Takashi MURAKAMI, Hirokazu KOYAMA, Nobuo KUBO, Koji TASAKA, Shigeki OKA
  • Publication number: 20050244598
    Abstract: A package of color photographic film exhibiting enhanced storage stability, wherein a strip of film is wound on a spool, and packed in a metallic film magazine which provides light shielding, and then the packed film is hermetically sealed in a moisture proof envelope, not employing a plastic canister. In this package of color photographic film, contained is the color photographic film having a subbing layer between a substrate and a photographic constitution layer, which subbing layer has a specific dry layer thickness and contains gelatin as the main content of a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Masaru Iwagaki
  • Publication number: 20040191706
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material for image capture comprising a transparent substrate having on one surface thereof, a red light-sensitive layer unit, a green light-sensitive layer unit and a blue light-sensitive layer unit, each of the light-sensitive layer unit having at least 2 layers of the same spectral sensitivity but a different light sensitivity, and the specific photographic sensitivity of the light sensitive material is 320 or more,
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: KONIKA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Kuniaki Uezawa
  • Publication number: 20040185391
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material for image capture comprising a transparent substrate having on one surface side thereof, a red light-sensitive layer unit, a green light-sensitive layer unit and a blue light-sensitive layer unit, each light-sensitive layer unit having at least 2 layers of the same spectral sensitivity having a different light sensitivity, and a specific photographic sensitivity of the light sensitive material is 50 or more,
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Tsukasa Ito
  • Patent number: 6707999
    Abstract: A method for accomplishing an electronic image information transmitting service, comprising steps of: selecting by a second party whether or not to receive the electronic image information transmitting service; inputting by a first party with an inputting means information regarding the second party and a selection result by the second party in the selecting step; converting by the first party an image on a developed photographic film or on a developed photographic paper exposed based on the developed photographic film into electronic image information when the second party selects so as to receive the electronic image information transmitting service; accumulating the electronic image information converted by the first party in an accumulating means; and transmitting the electronic image information by a transmitting means through a communicating means to a reception destination designated by the second party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Syoji Matsuzaka
  • Patent number: 6656676
    Abstract: A silver halide color graphic material is disclosed, comprising a support having on one side thereof a red-sensitive layer unit, a green-sensitive layer unit, a blue-sensitive layer unit and a light-insensitive layer, wherein an oil-soluble organic basic compound exhibiting a pKa value of 5.5 to 8.5, and a cationic starch are used in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Makoto Nomiya
  • Publication number: 20030165785
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having on one side thereof a red-sensitive layer unit, a green-sensitive layer unit, a blue-sensitive layer unit and a light-insensitive layer, wherein an oil-soluble organic basic compound exhibiting a pKa value of 5.5 to 8.5, and a cationic starch are used in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Makoto Nomiya
  • Patent number: 6403279
    Abstract: A diffusion transfer photographic product is disclosed, comprising a photosensitive element, an image receiving element and a container having a processing composition, wherein the photosensitive element comprises a support having thereon at least a silver halide emulsion layer containing a silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide grains and at least 50% of total grain projected area is accounted for by silver halide regular crystal grains containing 5 mol % or less chloride and 0.5 mol % or more iodide and exhibiting a proportion of a (100) face per grain of not less than 50%, a variation coefficient of the proportion of a (100) face among grains being not more than 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Iwagaki
  • Publication number: 20010052883
    Abstract: A method for accomplishing an electronic image information transmitting service, comprising steps of: selecting by a second party whether or not to receive the electronic image information transmitting service; inputting by a first party with an inputting means information regarding the second party and a selection result by the second party in the selecting step; converting by the first party an image on a developed photographic film or on a developed photographic paper exposed based on the developed photographic film into electronic image information when the second party selects so as to receive the electronic image information transmitting service; accumulating the electronic image information converted by the first party in an accumulating means; and transmitting the electronic image information by a transmitting means through a communicating means to a reception destination designated by the second party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Applicant: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Syoji Matsuzaka
  • Patent number: 6156489
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light sensitive material comprising a transparent support and provided thereon a light sensitive layer containing a yellow coupler, a magenta coupler and a cyan coupler to form a monochromatic image upon color development after exposure, wherein a relative coupling rate of the magenta coupler with an oxidation product of a color developing agent is higher than that of the yellow or cyan coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Iwasaki, Masaru Iwagaki
  • Patent number: 6027868
    Abstract: Disclosed are a silver halide light-sensitive material for forming a monochrome-image which material is colored in orange, a silver halide light-sensitive material for forming a monochrome-image which material has an identical printing level as at least one of the silver halide color light-sensitive materials provided for a negative-positive type color photographic system, and a photo-taking unit loading and packaging in a photographable state at least one of the monochrome image forming silver halide light-sensitive material. The invention provides a silver halide light-sensitive material for forming a monochrome-image which is suitable for a negative-positive system color photographic processing and is easy for printing onto a photographic paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Toshihiko Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 5998001
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is disclosed, comprising a support having on side thereof a magnetic recording layer and on the other side, photographic component layers including a silver halide emulsion layer, wherein a contact angle between water and a surface of the side having the magnetic recording layer is from 85.degree. to 100.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Kimio Ozawa
  • Patent number: 5721963
    Abstract: A camera including a photographing lens and a finder to provide a viewing image field through which an object can be observed. The field ratio of the viewfinder field to the photographed image field on the film is 87% to 120% and the exposure value of the camera is 11 to 13.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Yoshitaka Yamada
  • Patent number: 5508783
    Abstract: In an apparatus for handling a photographic roll film on order of a customer, the film carries the customer code on its recording layer. The printing device reads the customer code on the recording layer of the film and prints the customer code onto photographic papers and an index-print sheet. The customer codes on the film, the photographic papers, and the index-print sheet are compared to ascertain the customer's identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Toshifumi Iijima
  • Patent number: H1548
    Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material is provided, comprising a tranparent support having a thickness of not more than 120 .mu.m and provided thereon photosensitive layers, wherein at least one of the photosensitive layers contains a silver halide emulsion containing silver halide grains controlled so that sensitivity specks are localized at a specific site of the grains or in the vicinity thereof; and the transparent support is a polyester prepared by polycondensation of an aromatic dibasic acid and a glycol, wherein the polycondensation is conducted in the presence of (i) an aromatic dicarboxylic acid having a metal sulfonate group or an ester thereof, and (ii) a polyalkyleneglycol or (iii) a saturated aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or an ester thereof, each as copolymerizing components, during the course of polymerization reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Iwagaki
  • Patent number: H1593
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is provided, comprising photographic component layers comprising a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a nonlight-sensitive layer, and having an ISO speed of 320 to 800, wherein the total coating weight of silver in the component layers is within a range of 3.0 to 8.0 g/m.sup.2 ; a dry coating thickness is 22 .mu.m or less; and at least one of the component layers contains a dye in the form of a dispersion of solid particles dispersed in a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Inventors: Hideaki Haraga, Masaru Iwagaki