Patents by Inventor Ryota Arai

Ryota Arai 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: 11950503
    Abstract: An organic material represented by General Formula (1): where, in General Formula (1), R1 is an alkyl group having 6 carbon atoms or more but 20 carbon atoms or less; n is an integer of from 1 through 3; X1 to X4 are each a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; and Z is a compound represented by General Formula (2), (3), or (4) below: where, in General Formulae (2) to (4), R2, R3, and R4 are each an alkyl group having 6 carbon atoms or more but 20 carbon atoms or less; and Y is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Arai, Takuma Yasuda, Seiichi Furukawa, Narumi Sato
  • Patent number: 11832461
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion module includes photoelectric conversion elements electrically coupled. The photoelectric conversion elements each sequentially include first electrode, photoelectric conversion layer, and second electrode. The photoelectric conversion module includes first photoelectric conversion element, second photoelectric conversion element, coupling portion to couple the first and second photoelectric conversion elements in series, first partition portion, and second partition portion. The first electrode or the second electrode forming the first photoelectric conversion element includes a contact region in contact with the coupling portion. A value of X/(Y?X) is 0.3 or greater, where X denotes a length of the contact region and Y denotes a predetermined length in the coupling direction around the contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya Ito, Ryota Arai, Tomoya Hirano
  • Publication number: 20230377383
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes: a data extraction unit that extracts data from a data frame conforming to a predetermined communication protocol; a vehicle information generation unit that generates vehicle information based on the data extracted by the data extraction unit; a vehicle information storage unit that stores the vehicle information generated by the vehicle information generation unit; and a vehicle information provision unit that provides the vehicle information stored by the vehicle information storage unit to one of the applications as a request source that requests the vehicle information to be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Takanari MAKITA, Daishi MIYATA, Takuya HASEGAWA, Ryo MIZUNO, Ryota ARAI, Takashi HOSOI
  • Publication number: 20230353663
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes: a data frame reception unit that receives a data frame of a first communication protocol from a first communication bus conforming to the first communication protocol; a reception time protocol conversion unit that protocol-converts the data frame of the first communication protocol received by the data frame reception unit into a data frame of a second communication protocol; a protocol data unit extraction unit that extracts a protocol data unit of the first communication protocol from the data frame of the second communication protocol protocol-converted by the reception time protocol conversion unit; and a protocol data unit provision unit provides the protocol data unit of the first communication protocol extracted by the protocol data unit extraction unit to an application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Toshinori TSUBOI, Ryota ARAI, Takashi HOSOI
  • Publication number: 20230232642
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a base, a first electrode on or above the base, an electron-transporting layer on or above the first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer on or above the electron-transporting layer, a hole-transporting layer on or above the photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode on or above the hole-transporting layer. The photoelectric conversion element has a penetration portion penetrating the electron-transporting layer and the photoelectric conversion layer. The photoelectric conversion element includes, in the penetration portion, a material of the hole-transporting layer and a material of the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Takaya ITO, Ryota ARAI, Tomoya HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20230102880
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode in sequence. The photoelectric conversion device includes a sealing member on a non-facing surface side of one electrode selected from the first electrode and the second electrode, the non-facing surface side not facing the photoelectric conversion layer. The sealing member includes an insulating layer, a metal layer, and a base in sequence from the one electrode. In an end of the sealing member in a surface direction, a length of the insulating layer in the surface direction is equal to or longer than a length of the metal layer in the surface direction, and the length of the metal layer in the surface direction is longer than a length of the base in the surface direction by 0.1 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoya HIRANO, Ryota ARAI, Takaya ITO, Nozomu TAMOTO, Masato TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230007232
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that performs processing on a content. An information processing device is provided with an estimation unit that estimates sounding coordinates at which a sound image is generated on the basis of a video stream and an audio stream, a video output control unit that controls an output of the video stream, and an audio output control unit that controls an output of the audio stream so as to generate the sound image at the sounding coordinates. A discrimination unit that discriminates a gazing point of a user who views video and audio is further provided, in which the estimation unit estimates the sounding coordinates at which the sound image of the object gazed by the user is generated on the basis of a discrimination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: AKIRA YOSHIDA, RYOTA ARAI
  • Publication number: 20220173165
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion module includes photoelectric conversion elements electrically coupled. The photoelectric conversion elements each sequentially include first electrode, photoelectric conversion layer, and second electrode. The photoelectric conversion module includes first photoelectric conversion element, second photoelectric conversion element, coupling portion to couple the first and second photoelectric conversion elements in series, first partition portion, and second partition portion. The first electrode or the second electrode forming the first photoelectric conversion element includes a contact region in contact with the coupling portion. A value of X/(Y?X) is 0.3 or greater, where X denotes a length of the contact region and Y denotes a predetermined length in the coupling direction around the contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Takaya ITO, Ryota ARAI, Tomoya HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20220173263
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion module includes photoelectric conversion elements electrically coupled. The photoelectric conversion elements each sequentially include first electrode, photoelectric conversion layer, and second electrode. The photoelectric conversion module includes first photoelectric conversion element, second photoelectric conversion element, and coupling portion to couple the first and second photoelectric conversion elements in series. The first electrode or the second electrode forming the first photoelectric conversion element includes a contact region in contact with the coupling portion, and a contactless region in contactless with the coupling portion and at a side of the first photoelectric conversion element relative to the coupling portion. The length of the contactless region in a coupling direction in which the first and second photoelectric conversion elements are coupled to each other is 30 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Ryota ARAI, Takaya ITO, Tomoya HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20220102650
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a substrate, a first electrode, an electron-transporting layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, a hole-transporting layer, and a second electrode. The first electrode, the electron-transporting layer, the photoelectric conversion layer, the hole-transporting layer, and the second electrode are disposed on or above the substrate. The photoelectric conversion layer includes an organic material represented by General Formula (1) below, and a N-type semiconductor material. In the General Formula (1), R1 and R2 are each independently an alkyl group having 6 or more but 22 or less carbon atoms, n is each independently an integer of from 1 through 3, X is each independently a halogen atom, and m is each independently 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryota Arai
  • Publication number: 20220029116
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element including a substrate, and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed on or above the substrate, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes an organic material (A) represented by General Formula (1), an electron-donating material (B) having a repeating unit structure and having an energy level of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) being 5.0 eV or greater, and an electron-accepting material (C), wherein a mass ratio (A+B):C is from 1.0:1.0 through 3.0:1.0, where, in General Formula (1), R1 is each independently an alkyl group having from 2 through 8 carbon atoms; n is each independently an integer of from 1 through 2; X1 and X2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; and A is represented by General Formula (2), General Formula (3), or General Formula (4) and R2 to R4 are each independently an alkyl group having from 8 through 22 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: Ryota ARAI
  • Publication number: 20210296603
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element is provided which includes a first electrode, an electron transport layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, a hole transport layer, a second electrode, and an insulating layer each overlying a substrate. The first electrode includes a transparent conductive thin-film layer (a), a metal thin-film layer, and a transparent conductive thin-film layer (b). The electron transport layer contains metal oxide particles. The photoelectric conversion layer contains two or more organic materials. The photoelectric conversion element satisfies the following relation: 7.0?T/D?40.0 where D represents an average particle diameter of the metal oxide particles and T represents an average thickness of the photoelectric conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ryota ARAI, Takahiro IDE
  • Patent number: 11069485
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including: a first electrode; a hole blocking layer; an electron transport layer; a hole transport layer; and a second electrode, wherein the hole blocking layer includes a metal oxide including a titanium atom and a niobium atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naomichi Kanei, Yuuji Tanaka, Ryota Arai, Tamotsu Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20210149726
    Abstract: A scheduling device includes at least one storage and at least one processor. The at least one storage stores information regarding jobs in execution. The at least one processor is configured to accept a job, select, when an execution resource for the accepted job is not secured, at least one job with a lower priority than the accepted job from the jobs in execution as a stop candidate based on the information regarding the jobs in execution, and issue a stop instruction to the stop candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Preferred Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryota ARAI, Shingo OMURA, Taisuke TANIWAKI
  • Publication number: 20210043846
    Abstract: An organic material represented by General Formula (1): where, in General Formula (1), R1 is an alkyl group having 6 carbon atoms or more but 20 carbon atoms or less; n is an integer of from 1 through 3; X1 to X4 are each a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; and Z is a compound represented by General Formula (2), (3), or (4) below: where, in General Formulae (2) to (4), R2, R3, and R4 are each an alkyl group having 6 carbon atoms or more but 20 carbon atoms or less; and Y is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ryota ARAI, Takuma YASUDA, Seiichi FURUKAWA, Narumi SATO
  • Publication number: 20200303133
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including: a first electrode; a hole blocking layer; an electron transport layer; a hole transport layer; and a second electrode, wherein the hole blocking layer includes a metal oxide including a titanium atom and a niobium atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Naomichi KANEI, Yuuji TANAKA, Ryota ARAI, Tamotsu HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 10763050
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including: a first electrode; a hole blocking layer; an electron transport layer; a hole transport layer; and a second electrode, wherein the hole transport layer contains a compound represented by general formula (1) below, where in the formula, R1 represents a methoxy group or an ethoxy group, R2 represents a hydrogen group or a methyl group, R3 represents a hydrogen group, a methyl group, or a methoxy group, R4 represents a methoxy group, and X represents —CH2—, —CH2CH2—, —O—, or —C(CH2)5—.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuji Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Matsuyama, Ryota Arai, Tokushige Kino, Shigeyo Suzuki, Naomichi Kanei
  • Patent number: 10727001
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including: a first electrode; a hole blocking layer; an electron transport layer; a hole transport layer; and a second electrode, wherein the hole blocking layer includes a metal oxide including a titanium atom and a niobium atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naomichi Kanei, Yuuji Tanaka, Ryota Arai, Tamotsu Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 10686134
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element is provided. The photoelectric conversion element includes a conductive film, an electron transport layer overlying the conductive film, a photoelectric conversion layer overlying the electron transport layer, a hole transport layer overlying the photoelectric conversion layer, and an electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer includes a first material and a second material, each having specific chemical formulae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Arai, Yuuji Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Matsuyama, Tokushige Kino, Naomichi Kanei
  • Patent number: 10651390
    Abstract: A tertiary amine compound is provided. The tertiary amine compound is represented by the following general formula (1): where each of Ar1 and Ar2 independently represents a benzene ring having an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, an unsubstituted benzene ring, a naphthalene ring having an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, or an unsubstituted naphthalene ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Matsuyama, Yuuji Tanaka, Ryota Arai, Tokushige Kino, Naomichi Kanei, Tamotsu Horiuchi