Patents by Inventor Nobuko Kato
Nobuko Kato 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: 7351447Abstract: A method of producing an anti-reflection film includes forming a first layer on a transparent substrate, forming a second layer on the first layer, and forming the third layer on the second layer. When an optical admittance Y at a surface of the second layer is represented by, Y = H E = ( x + iy ) where i is the imaginary number unit, thicknesses and reflective indexes of the substrate, first layer, second layer, and third layer are selected so that x and y satisfy the following formula, 0.9x{(n2?n02)/2n0}2<{x?(n2+n02)/2n0}2+y2<1.1x{(n2?n02)/2n0}2 where n is a refractive index of the third layer and n0 is a refractive index of an outer region at an outside of the anti-reflection film.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2004Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Mitsuhiro Nishida, Yukihiro Kusano, Nobuko Kato
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Patent number: 7241511Abstract: A rubber based composite material having a rubber composition and, adhered thereto, a reinforcing material having a coating film containing a metal or a metal compound capable of reacting with sulfur formed on the surface of the material, characterized in that the oxygen content in the coating film increases toward the reinforcing material in the thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Kenji Sato, Shinichiro Sugi, Nobuko Kato, Kenichi Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20060024485Abstract: A rubber based composite material having a rubber composition and, adhered thereto, a reinforcing material having a coating film containing a metal or a metal compound capable of reacting with sulfur formed on the surface of the material, characterized in that the oxygen content in the coating film increases toward the reinforcing material in the thickness direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2003Publication date: February 2, 2006Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Sato, Shinichiro Sugi, Nobuko Kato, Kenichi Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20050233131Abstract: An antireflective film includes a base film, a hard coat layer provided on the base film, a layer having a relatively high refractive index and provided on the hard coat layer, and an outermost layer having a low refractive index and provided on the layer having the relatively high refractive index. In the antireflective film, the layer disposed adjacent to the outermost layer has a light-absorbing property. The layer disposed adjacent to the outermost layer includes carbon black, titanium black, fine metal particles, or an organic dye. The attenuation coefficient k at light having a wavelength of 550 nm of the layer disposed adjacent to the outermost layer is represented by 0.1<k<5.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2005Publication date: October 20, 2005Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nishida, Shingo Ohno, Masato Yoshikawa, Nobuko Kato
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Patent number: 6899957Abstract: An antireflection film is formed of an organic film, and a hard-coating layer, a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer laminated in this order on the organic film. The high refractive index layer is formed of metal oxide particles of ITO with electrical conductivity and TiO2 with high refractive index, and synthetic resin. A volume percentage of the TiO2 particles to a total volume of the TiO2 and ITO particles in the high refractive index layer is 1 to 60%, and a volume percentage of the metal oxide particles to a total volume of the metal oxide particles and the synthetic resin is 20% or more.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2001Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Mitsuhiro Nishida, Shingo Ohno, Masato Yoshikawa, Nobuko Kato
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Patent number: 6884495Abstract: An antireflection film is formed of an organic film, a hard hard coating layer on the organic film, a first layer coated on the hard coating layer, and a second layer having an index of refraction lower than that of the first layer and coated on the first layer. The first layer is formed of a synthetic resin having pores therein and metallic oxide particles contained in the synthetic resin. The metallic oxide is at least on selected from the group consisting of ZrO1, TiO2, NbO, ITO, ATO, SbO2, In2O3, SnO2 and ZnO. The synthetic resin is ultraviolet ray curable resin or electron beam curable resin. The second layer partly enters the pores of the first layer to firmly bond to the first layer through the pores.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2001Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Mitsuhiro Nishida, Shingo Ohno, Masato Yoshikawa, Nobuko Kato
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Publication number: 20040180138Abstract: A method of producing an anti-reflection film includes forming a first layer on a transparent substrate, forming a second layer on the first layer, and forming the third layer on the second layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2004Publication date: September 16, 2004Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuhiro Nishida, Yukihiro Kusano, Nobuko Kato
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Patent number: 6632319Abstract: A process for producing a rubber-based composite material including steps of laminating a rubber compound onto a substrate, with a bonding layer of metal or metal compound interposed therebetween, and subsequently vulcanizing the rubber compound, characterized in that vulcanization is carried out by controlling the composition of the rubber compound and the amount of metal in the bonding layer such that the following equation is established: x−19≧y≧0.2x−12 wherein x is the amount (atom %) of metal in the bonding layer, and y is the slope (kgf·cm/min) of the vulcanization curve of the rubber compound. The rubber based composite material retains good bond strength even when used in such a way that its bond interface is in contact with water. In addition, it has good adhesion to a substrate treated by conversion treatment.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1998Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Masato Yoshikawa, Nobuko Kato
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Publication number: 20030104187Abstract: An anti-reflection film having quite a low reflectivity comprises a transparent substrate and first to N-th layers formed thereon, wherein, when the optical admittance of the interface between the N-th layer and (N-1)-th layer is represented by (x+iy), x and y satisfy the following inequality: 0.9×[(n2−n02)/2n0]2<[x−(n2+n02)/2n0]2+y2<1.1−[(n2−n02)/2n0]2 wherein n0 is the refractive index of the region outside the outermost layer (such as air or adhesive), and n is the refractive index of the outermost layer (the N-th layer).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuhiro Nishida, Yukihiro Kusano, Nobuko Kato
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Publication number: 20020127408Abstract: An antireflection film has an organic film 1, a hard-coating layer 2, an electrically conductive high refractive index layer 3 and a low refractive index layer 4, in which the layers 2, 3 and 4 are laminated on the organic film 1, in this order. The high refractive index layer 3 includes particles composed of two or more types of metal oxide, in which at least one of two or more types of the metal oxide is electrically conductive metal oxide. The high refractive index layer 3 has an exceedingly high refractive index. The low refractive index layer 4 may have a relatively high refractive index.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2001Publication date: September 12, 2002Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuhiro Nishida, Shingo Ohno, Masato Yoshikawa, Nobuko Kato
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Publication number: 20010053438Abstract: An antireflection film, which has excellent properties of preventing reflection and pollution, excellent marring resistance and chemical resistance and a low cost, comprises an organic film 4, a hard coating layer 3 formed on the organic film 4, a layer 2 having high index of refraction formed on the hard coating layer 3, and a surface layer 1 made of organic resin having excellent marring resistance and chemical resistance formed on the layer 2. Each of layers 1 through 3 is made of synthetic resin like acrylic resin. The high index of refraction of the layer 2 is brought by minute particles of metallic oxides having high indices of refraction included in the layer 2. Antistatic properties are given to either the layer 2 having high index of refraction or the hard coating layer 3 by doping electrically conductive minute particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2001Publication date: December 20, 2001Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nishida, Shingo Ohno, Masato Yoshikawa, Nobuko Kato
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Patent number: 6193835Abstract: A process for producing a rubber-based composite material including steps of laminating a rubber compound onto a substrate, with a bonding layer of metal or metal compound interposed therebetween, and subsequently vulcanizing the rubber compound, characterized in that a prime-coating film is interposed between the substrate and the bonding film of metal or metal compound. The rubber-based composite material retains good bond strength even when used in such a way that its bond interface is in contact with water. In addition, it has good adhesion to the substrate treated by conversion treatment.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1998Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Masato Yoshikawa, Nobuko Kato
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Patent number: 6046403Abstract: Disclosed is a solar battery module including: a solar battery cell; and a surface material laminated to cover a surface of said cell; wherein a photocatalyst layer is formed on said surface material. With this module, it is possible to prevent contamination to the surface material of a solar battery module and prevent loss of sunlight irradiation energy to the solar battery, and hence to maintain an electric generation power for a long time.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1998Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Masato Yoshikawa, Tomoko Noguchi, Nobuko Kato
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Patent number: 6013153Abstract: A process for surface treatment of a vulcanized rubber is disclosed, said process comprising: generating a nonequilibrium low-temperature plasma under atmospheric pressure between a cathode and an insulating dielectric which is interposed between the cathode and an anode while introducing a gas for generating plasma to a plasma-generating region between the cathode and the insulating dielectric, placing the vulcanized rubber in air and outside the plasma-generating region so that a surface of the vulcanized rubber faces the plasma-generating region, and directing the gas from the plasma-generating region toward the surface of the vulcanized rubber so that the gas impinges against the rubber surface for effecting surface treatment.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1998Date of Patent: January 11, 2000Assignees: Bridgestone Corporation, Hideomi KoinumaInventors: Hideomi Koinuma, Yukihiro Kusano, Masato Yoshikawa, Nobuko Kato, Kazuo Naito
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Patent number: 5999185Abstract: A virtual reality data presentation system capable of improving naturalness of the system operation and data presentation. In the system, 3D model is presented according to 3D model data; input data for manipulating objects in the presented 3D model is entered; and a presentation of the 3D model is controlled according to the 3D model data, the entered input data, and control data specifying reactions of the objects in the presented 3D model with respect to the entered input data. In addition, in the system, real object data are obtained from actual objects represented by the objects in the 3D model; and a presentation of the presented 3D model is controlled to selectively present selected ones of the objects in the 3D model in terms of the obtained real object data.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1993Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Nobuko Kato, Akio Okazaki, Miwako Doi, Kenichi Mori, Mika Fukui, Katsuyuki Murata
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Patent number: 5855728Abstract: A cleaning method for realizing uniform ashing of residues at a high efficiency by uniformly injecting neutral active species directly toward the surfaces of vulcanization residues left on a vulcanization mold is described. The method includes setting a ring-shaped cavity in face-to-face reaction with the inner surfaces of a ring-shaped vulcanization mold in a vacuum treating vessel, transmitting a microwave in the cavity, and emitting the microwave via a number of coupling slots formed in the outer side of the cavity toward the inner surfaces of the vulcanization mold whereupon a reaction gas is injected in the space of the treating vessel between the inner surfaces of the vulcanization mold and the cavity, so that a plasma including a major proportion of neutral active species generated from the reaction gas and the emitted microwave, and the elastomer residue is ashed by means of at least one gas selected from the plasma gas and a neutral active species-containing gas.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1997Date of Patent: January 5, 1999Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Shinji Saitoh, Shingo Ohno, Nobuko Kato, Kazuo Naito, Yasuhiro Horiike
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Patent number: 5754189Abstract: A display apparatus displays behavior of a human model in an environment model. In the apparatus, a memory stores environment model data, human model data and patrolling path data in the environment model. A display displays the behavior of the human model in the environment model and special part of the environment model. The behavior includes the human model walking along the patrolling path. The special part includes a simulation result corresponding to an user operation. A change section changes the behavior of the human model and the selected portion of the environment model through the display means according to the user designation.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1995Date of Patent: May 19, 1998Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Miwako Doi, Naoko Umeki, Nobuko Kato
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Patent number: 5670987Abstract: A manipulation target such as a lever or button is displayed in a three-dimensional virtual space using three-dimensional computer graphics. The positions of a thumb and an index finger are detected. A manipulation instruction is interpreted, using interpretation rules described on the basis of a relationship between the detected positions and the thumb and the index finger and the three-dimensional coordinates of a display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1996Date of Patent: September 23, 1997Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Miwako Doi, Nobuko Kato, Naoko Umeki
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Patent number: 5590268Abstract: An evaluation system which can quantitatively evaluate a virtually produced workspace by adequately providing conditions of an operator and the workspace. The system calculates a motion of the operator on the basis of the input conditions of the operator and the workspace, and a task sequence in the workspace, and displays data for evaluation of the calculated motion of the operator.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1994Date of Patent: December 31, 1996Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Miwako Doi, Mika Fukui, Ikiko Nishida, Nobuko Kato