Patents by Inventor Seiichiro Mori
Seiichiro Mori 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: 10394395Abstract: Detection column wires and detection row wires are configured of thin wires made of a conductive material having light reflectivity, such as a metal or alloy including silver and aluminum. A predetermined plural number of detection column wires are electrically connected to form a plurality of column-direction bundle wires. A predetermined plural number of detection row wires are electrically connected to form a plurality of row-direction bundle wires. A reflected-light distribution pattern is further provided. When viewed in a direction vertical to the surface of the touch screen, the reflected-light distribution pattern includes a curved portion, and the normal lines of the curved portion head for all directions.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takahiro Nishioka, Naoki Nakagawa, Masafumi Agari, Takeshi Ono, Seiichiro Mori
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Publication number: 20190258340Abstract: A display device according to the present invention includes a touch panel, a dielectric sheet, a frame, and a display panel. The touch panel has a touch sensor portion in the middle and a first electrode in an inner peripheral portion. Further, the dielectric sheet is closely adhered the back surface of the touch panel in its front surface. The frame has an opening in the central portion thereof and a second electrode in a marginal portion that is closely adhered the back surface of the dielectric sheet. The display panel has a display surface to display a screen image and the display surface is closely adhered the back surface of the dielectric sheet in the opening of the frame. The first electrode and the second electrode constitute a pressure-sensitive sensor that has a function to detect a pressing force when an operation element touches the front surface of the touch panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masafumi AGARI, Tae ORITA, Takeshi ONO, Toshiaki FUJINO, Kozo ISHIDA, Seiichiro MORI
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Publication number: 20190220115Abstract: A touch panel includes a touch sensor panel including a touch sensor capable of detecting a change in electrostatic capacitance formed between the touch sensor panel and a pointer, a pressure sensor capable of detecting a pressure on a touch surface of the touch sensor panel as a change in electrostatic capacitance, and a shield layer. The shield layer is disposed between the touch surface and the pressure sensor so as to be overlapped with at least a part of the pressure sensor as viewed from the touch surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Seiichiro MORI, Masafumi AGARI
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Patent number: 10259149Abstract: A structure with a substrate, and a fine-unevenness-structure layer provided to at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the fine-unevenness-structure layer is disposed at a surface of the structure, the indentation elastic modulus of the structure is 1-1300 MPa, and the ratio (??) of the rate of change of the coefficient of kinetic friction of the surface of the structure is 0.15-1.05, wherein ??=??f/??s: ??s represents the rate of change of the coefficient of kinetic friction of the surface of the structure at an initial-abrasion stage of a reciprocating abrasion test; and ??f represents the rate of change of the coefficient of kinetic friction of the surface of the structure immediately prior to the end of the reciprocating abrasion test. This structure exhibits excellent scratch resistance without compromising on the optical performance thereof, such as the antireflection performance.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Seiichiro Mori, Kousuke Fujiyama, Go Otani, Yusuke Nakai, Tetsuya Jigami
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Patent number: 10254896Abstract: A display includes a touch sensor panel, a panel controller, a case, and a signal generation circuit. The touch sensor panel includes a touch sensor. The panel controller measures a capacitance of the touch sensor. The case accommodates the display, in which at least the touch sensor panel and the panel controller are disposed. The signal generation circuit is capable of applying an AC signal to a ground of the panel controller. The case is electrically connected to the ground of the panel controller. When the signal generation circuit applies the AD signal to the ground, the panel controller measures the capacitance of the touch sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Seiichiro Mori, Yusuke Shimasaki, Kageyasu Miyahara, Yuichi Okano
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Patent number: 10209826Abstract: A touch screen includes a first shield wiring surrounding a plurality of sensor wirings and a plurality of lead wirings, and capacitors. The distance between the first shield wiring and the outermost lead wiring which is the outermost wiring, out of the plurality of lead wirings, is larger than the intervals between the plurality of lead wirings. The capacitors are constituted by first and second electrodes including extending portions which extend in the extending direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takeshi Ono, Tatsuya Nakamura, Seiichiro Mori
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Publication number: 20190042039Abstract: A light-shielding portion is provided on an inner surface of a first substrate and has an opening pattern. A color material portion is provided on the inner surface of the first substrate. A second substrate faces the inner surface of the first substrate. Inner sensor electrodes are provided between the inner surface of the first substrate and the second substrate, and are included in the light-shielding portion in a plan view. Outer sensor electrodes are made of metal and are provided on an observation surface of the first substrate. The projection of the outer sensor electrode onto the inner surface of the first substrate through the optical path corresponding to the viewing angle is included in the light-shielding portion in a plan view. Each of the outer sensor electrodes includes a region extending along one direction parallel to a lateral direction of the display panel with a touch sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tae ORITA, Takeshi ONO, Masafumi AGARI, Seiichiro MORI, Tatsuya NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 10146370Abstract: In a touch panel device, an output control unit controls a process of outputting touch information acquired by a sensing unit and a touch detection unit of a touch sensor panel to host equipment, where the information indicates presence or absence and a coordinate of a touch of an indicator to the touch sensor panel. A state sensing unit senses an operation state of the sensing unit or the touch detection unit. A state restoration unit restores the sensing unit or the touch detection unit in the abnormal state to a normal state, based on a detection result of the state sensing unit. Upon detecting an abnormal state in the state sensing unit, an output control unit stops an output of the touch information to the host equipment for a fixed period of time.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Seiichiro Mori, Kageyasu Miyahara, Yuichi Okano, Yusuke Shimasaki
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Publication number: 20180224962Abstract: A touch sensor panel includes a plurality of sensors. A protective plate protects the touch sensor panel. A transparent adhesive material attaches the touch sensor panel and the protective plate. A moisture-proof sealing member has water vapor permeability that is lower than water vapor permeability of the transparent adhesive material. A flexible wiring board connects the plurality of sensors to an external circuit. The transparent adhesive material has a region that is out of contact with the protective plate or the touch sensor panel, and at least a part of the region is covered by the moisture-proof sealing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Seiichiro Mori
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Patent number: 10037104Abstract: A touch panel device includes an abnormal state determining part that determines if there is an abnormal state based on second difference information extracted by a second difference information extracting part and a second baseline stored in a second baseline storage, and a controller that, if the abnormal state determining part determines that there is an abnormal state, controls to update a first baseline stored in a first baseline storage and the second baseline stored in the second baseline storage.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kageyasu Miyahara, Seiichiro Mori
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Publication number: 20180113563Abstract: A touch panel apparatus includes: a data determination part determining whether a measurement value of a capacitance for each of a plurality of drive pulses measured by a sensing part is normal or abnormal; and a coordinate detection part outputting a touch coordinate position of a touch performed by an indication body in accordance with the measurement value of the capacitance which is determined to be normal by the data determination part, wherein the drive part changes a frequency of a drive pulse in the plurality of drive pulses corresponding to the measurement value of the capacitance which is determined to be abnormal by the data determination part, and outputs, in a subsequent scan, a plurality of drive pulses including a drive pulse whose frequency has been changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yusuke SHIMASAKI, Seiichiro MORI
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Publication number: 20180011537Abstract: A plurality of excitation electrodes, each disposed along a row direction, are provided on a back side of a transparent substrate, and a plurality of detection electrodes, each disposed along a column direction, a plurality of tactile sensation generation row electrodes, each disposed along the row direction, and a plurality of tactile sensation generation column electrodes, each disposed along the column direction, are provided on the front side of the transparent substrate. The front side of the transparent substrate is defined as an operation screen. The excitation electrodes and the tactile sensation generation row electrodes are formed independently of each other, and the detection electrodes and the tactile sensation generation column electrodes are formed independently of each other. In the configuration, the excitation electrodes among the electrodes are situated furthest from the operation screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masafumi AGARI, Naoki NAKAGAWA, Tae ORITA, Takeshi ONO, Seiichiro MORI
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Publication number: 20170357375Abstract: A display includes a touch sensor panel, a panel controller, a case, and a signal generation circuit. The touch sensor panel includes a touch sensor. The panel controller measures a capacitance of the touch sensor. The case accommodates the display, in which at least the touch sensor panel and the panel controller are disposed. The signal generation circuit is capable of applying an AC signal to a ground of the panel controller. The case is electrically connected to the ground of the panel controller. When the signal generation circuit applies the AD signal to the ground, the panel controller measures the capacitance of the touch sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Seiichiro MORI, Yusuke SHIMASAKI, Kageyasu MIYAHARA, Yuichi OKANO
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Publication number: 20170228099Abstract: A touch panel device includes an abnormal state determining part that determines if there is an abnormal state based on second difference information extracted by a second difference information extracting part and a second baseline stored in a second baseline storage, and a controller that, if the abnormal state determining part determines that there is an abnormal state, controls to update a first baseline stored in a first baseline storage and the second baseline stored in the second baseline storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kageyasu MIYAHARA, Seiichiro MORI
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Patent number: 9718910Abstract: Provided is an article having high scratch resistance and satisfactory fingerprint wipeability. Disclosed is an article having a microrelief structure containing a cured product of a resin composition on the surface, in which the indentation elastic modulus (X) [MPa] and the creep deformation ratio (Y) [%] of the cured product satisfy the following formulas (1) and (2): 80?X?560??(1) Y?(0.00022X?0.01)×100??(2).Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Go Otani, Seiichiro Mori, Masashi Ikawa, Yusuke Nakai, Keiko Yasukawa, Shinji Makino
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Patent number: 9683997Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of a monoclonal antibody which has binding activity to many high-risk types of HPV, etc. The present invention also provides a simple and high-throughput method for measuring cross-neutralizing antibody titers, which is used for assay of cross-neutralizing antibody against HPV in serum samples from subjects, etc. The method of the present invention for measuring cross-neutralizing antibody titers comprises the steps of: preparing a monoclonal antibody against a peptide having a specific amino acid sequence common to high-risk types of HPV; and assaying cross-neutralizing antibody using this monoclonal antibody.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Japan Health Sciences FoundationInventors: Seiichiro Mori, Tadahito Kanda
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Publication number: 20170139509Abstract: Detection column wires and detection row wires are configured of thin wires made of a conductive material having light reflectivity, such as a metal or alloy including silver and aluminum. A predetermined plural number of detection column wires are electrically connected to form a plurality of column-direction bundle wires. A predetermined plural number of detection row wires are electrically connected to form a plurality of row-direction bundle wires. A reflected-light distribution pattern is further provided. When viewed in a direction vertical to the surface of the touch screen, the reflected-light distribution pattern includes a curved portion, and the normal lines of the curved portion head for all directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takahiro NISHIOKA, Naoki NAKAGAWA, Masafumi AGARI, Takeshi ONO, Seiichiro MORI
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Patent number: 9645695Abstract: Detection column wires and detection row wires are formed by fine wires made of a light-reflective conductive material. The detection column wires are divided into a plurality of column-direction wire bundles each including a predetermined number of detection column wires electrically connected to one another. The detection row wires are divided into a plurality of row-direction wire bundles each including a predetermined number of detection row wires electrically connected to one another. Reflected light distribution patterns are further provided. The reflected light distribution patterns each include a curved portion that is curved when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a surface of a touch screen, are arranged so that normals to the curved portion are directed towards all directions, and are dispersed so that regions, of curved portions, in which normals are perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of pixels are not aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tae Orita, Naoki Nakagawa, Takeshi Ono, Masafumi Agari, Seiichiro Mori, Takashi Miyayama, Takuji Imamura, Tatsuya Nakamura
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Patent number: 9603239Abstract: Detection column wires and detection row wires are configured of thin wires made of a conductive material having light reflectivity, such as a metal or alloy including silver and aluminum. A predetermined plural number of detection column wires are electrically connected to form a plurality of column-direction bundle wires. A predetermined plural number of detection row wires are electrically connected to form a plurality of row-direction bundle wires. A reflected-light distribution pattern is further provided. When viewed in a direction vertical to the surface of the touch screen, the reflected-light distribution pattern includes a curved portion, and the normal lines of the curved portion head for all directions.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takahiro Nishioka, Naoki Nakagawa, Masafumi Agari, Takeshi Ono, Seiichiro Mori
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Publication number: 20170075461Abstract: A display panel includes: a display functional portion formed of a display functional layer sandwiched between transparent substrates facing each other; and a touch screen portion that includes lower wiring and upper wiring made of a conductive metal material, that includes an interlayer insulating film located between the lower wiring and the upper wiring, and that includes a protective film covering the lower wiring, the upper wiring, and the interlayer insulating film. The lower wiring of the touch screen portion is formed on a surface on an observer side of the transparent substrate on the observer side.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tae ORITA, Naoki NAKAGAWA, Takeshi ONO, Masafumi AGARI, Seiichiro MORI, Takashi MIYAYAMA, Takuji IMAMURA