Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Asakura

Tetsuya Asakura 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: 8877286
    Abstract: The method for producing an optical film includes a step of preparing a first coating liquid containing a certain amount of light-transmitting particles, a resin, and a solvent, a second coating liquid containing an amount less than the certain amount of light-transmitting particles, a resin, and a solvent, or not containing the light-transmitting particles but containing a resin and a solvent; a step of coating the second coating liquid and the first coating liquid in this order from the support side on a traveling band-shaped support in the form of a multilayer to form a second coating film and a first coating film; a step of transferring the light-transmitting particles in the first coating film to the side of the second coating film while drying the first coating film and the second coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuniyasu, Yoshiki Sugai, Tetsuya Asakura
  • Patent number: 8691351
    Abstract: An antireflection film includes, in a following order, a transparent substrate film; a medium refractive index layer; a high refractive index layer; and a low refractive index layer, wherein the medium refractive index layer is (A) a medium refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.60 to 1.64 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness of 55.0 to 65.0 nm, the high refractive index layer is (B) a high refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.70 to 1.74 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness of 105.0 to 115.0 nm, and the low refractive index layer is (C) a low refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.32 to 1.37 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness of 85.0 to 95.0 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Asakura, Takato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8557332
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical film is provided and includes: simultaneously coating at least two coating solutions over a transparent support, the at least two coating solutions each containing a solvent and a solute; and drying the solvent in each of the at least two coating solutions to provide at least two coating layers. When the at least two coating layers are 1, 2, . . . n?1 and n layers in sequence from the outermost surface of the at least two coating layers toward the transparent support, n being an integer of 2 or more, the main component of the solute in the n-th layer is insoluble or sparingly soluble in the main component of the solvent in the (n?1)-th layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Watanabe, Katsumi Inoue, Takato Suzuki, Tetsuya Asakura, Hiroyuki Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 8318301
    Abstract: Provided is an antireflection film including, in the following order: a transparent support; at least one antiglare layer or diffusive layer containing a transparent resin and light-transmissive resin particles; and a low-refractivity layer having a refractive index lower than that of any of the transparent support and the antiglare layer or diffusive layer, wherein the transparent resin is formed by curing a mixture containing (A) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having at least two (meth)acryloyl groups, and (B) a modified polyfunctional (meth)acrylate modified through addition of any of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or caprolactone, and the light-transmissive resin particles contain (C) high-crosslinking light-transmissive particles which are so high-crosslinking as to have a residual monomer content of at most 2.0% and which have a compression strength of from 39 to 98 N/mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shuntaro Ibuki, Tetsuya Asakura, Katsumi Inoue
  • Patent number: 8313201
    Abstract: An optical film, is provided, the optical film including: a support; and at least one antiglare layer having a surface that has asperities, wherein the at least one antiglare layer contains at least one kind of light transmitting particles including first light transmitting particles in an amount of 0.01 to 1 mass % based on a total solid content in the antiglare layer, the first light transmitting particles have an average particle size that is 0.1 to 4.0 ?m greater than an average thickness of the antiglare layer, and a region ?(0.5) in which slope angles ? of the asperities of the surface of the antiglare layer lie within a range of 0°<?<0.5° constitutes 40% to 98% of the surface of the antiglare layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki Wakizaka, Takato Suzuki, Tetsuya Asakura
  • Publication number: 20120237673
    Abstract: The method for producing an optical film includes a step of preparing a first coating liquid containing a certain amount of light-transmitting particles, a resin, and a solvent, a second coating liquid containing an amount less than the certain amount of light-transmitting particles, a resin, and a solvent, or not containing the light-transmitting particles but containing a resin and a solvent; a step of coating the second coating liquid and the first coating liquid in this order from the support side on a traveling band-shaped support in the form of a multilayer to form a second coating film and a first coating film; a step of transferring the light-transmitting particles in the first coating film to the side of the second coating film while drying the first coating film and the second coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Satoshi KUNIYASU, Yoshiki SUGAI, Tetsuya ASAKURA
  • Patent number: 8263219
    Abstract: Provided is an optical film including a transparent support; and an antiglare layer that comprises a light-transmitting resin and at least two kinds of light-transmitting particles, wherein the antiglare layer has a thickness of from 10 ?m to 15 ?m, each kind of the at least two kinds of light transmitting particles has an average particle size of from 7 ?m to 15 ?m, each kind of the at least two kinds of light transmitting particles has a refractive index different from a refractive index of the light-transmitting resin by from 0.001 to 0.050 in absolute value, and a total amount of the at least two kinds of light-transmitting particles are from 15 to 40 mass % based on all solid contents in the antiglare layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Asakura, Masaaki Suzuki, Katsumi Inoue, Ryuji Saneto
  • Patent number: 8256908
    Abstract: An antiglare film is provided, the antiglare film including: a support; and an antiglare layer including a surface that has asperities, wherein the antiglare layer contains at least first light-transmitting particles and second light-transmitting particles, the first light-transmitting particles have an average particle size that is 0.01 to 2.5 ?m greater than an average thickness of the antiglare layer, the second light-transmitting particles have an average particle size that is at least 0.1 ?m smaller than the average thickness of the antiglare layer, the first light-transmitting particles are contained in an amount of 0.1 to 2 mass % based on a total solid content in the antiglare layer, the second light-transmitting particles are contained in an amount of 2 to 30 mass % based on the total solid content in the antiglare layer, and the second light-transmitting particles include organic polymer-containing particles each of which has a core particle/shell layer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Inoue, Takato Suzuki, Daiki Wakizaka, Tetsuya Asakura
  • Patent number: 8240859
    Abstract: An antiglare film is provided and includes: a transparent support; and an antiglare layer containing a binder and a light-transmitting fine particle. The light-transmitting fine particle has an average particle diameter of 3 to 15 ?m, the antiglare layer has an average thickness smaller than the average particle diameter of the light-transmitting fine particle by 0.1 to 2.0 ?m, the antiglare layer contains the light-transmitting fine particle in an amount of 1.0 to 3.0 weight % based on all solid contents of the antiglare layer. The antiglare layer has a surface having a ?(1) of 60 to 98.5%, wherein the ?(1) is a ratio of a surface region of 0°???1° in the surface when ? represents a tilt angle of an irregularity on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Asakura, Daiki Wakizaka
  • Publication number: 20120194907
    Abstract: An antiglare film is provided and includes: a transparent support; and an antiglare layer formed from a composition comprising a curable resin compound (A) and light-transmitting particles (B). A value obtained by dividing the thickness by an average particle diameter of the light-transmitting particle (B) is from 1.1 to 3.0. The antiglare film has a total haze value of 0.5% to 5.0% and an internal haze value of 1.5% or less. The light-transmitting particles (B) have a specific upper distribution ratio in the antiglare layer of 45% to 99%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki SUZUKI, Jyunko IBARAKI, Yoshiki SUGAI, Tetsuya ASAKURA, Satoshi KUNIYASU
  • Patent number: 8220940
    Abstract: An antiglare film is provided, the antiglare film including: a transparent support; and an antiglare layer, wherein the antiglare layer contains a light-transmitting resin particle, a light-transmitting resin and a copolymerization product having an amine value of 1 to 30 mgKOH/g, and the average particle diameter of the light-transmitting resin particle is from 6 to 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Asakura, Shinya Kato, Masaaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8208197
    Abstract: An optical film includes a filmy support that includes a polymer having all alicyclic structure; an ultraviolet absorbing layer; and a hardcoat layer, wherein the ultraviolet absorbing layer has a beam transmittance of 5% or less in a wavelength region of 200 to 340 nm and includes at least one ultraviolet absorbent selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide fine particle and a polymer particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Asakura, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Naohiro Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 8182102
    Abstract: Provided is a transparent support including a light-transmitting particle having an average particle diameter of 6 to 20 ?m, wherein the transparent support has a thickness of from 20 to 200 ?m, the light-transmitting particle is contained in a ratio of 0.5 to 20 mass % based on entire solid content in the transparent support, and the transparent support has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 0.05 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Asakura, Takato Suzuki, Jun Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8080587
    Abstract: An oil-in-water type emulsion coating composition having an aqueous phase and an oil phase, the oil-in-water type emulsion coating composition containing: an active energy ray-curable polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having three or more (meth)acryloyl groups within a molecule; and an organic solvent, in the oil phase, the organic solvent having a solubility of 30 g or less in 100 g of water and having a property capable of swelling or dissolving a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Takato Suzuki, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Tetsuya Asakura, Jun Watanabe, Masafumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8066390
    Abstract: An antiglare film includes: a transparent support; and an antiglare layer containing a light-transmitting particle and a light-transmitting resin, wherein the light-transmitting particle has a structure including a core particle and a shell layer, each of the core particle and the shell layer contains an organic polymer, the shell layer has a thickness of from 10 to 2,000 nm, the core particle has a refractive index of from 1.54 to 1.65, and the shell layer has a refractive index of from 1.46 to 1.53.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Asakura, Tokuju Oikawa, Ryuji Saneto
  • Patent number: 8047662
    Abstract: An antiglare film includes a transparent support; and an antiglare layer containing a binder and a fine particle, wherein the antiglare layer has an average thickness smaller than an average particle diameter of the fine particle, and the antiglare layer has a surface roughness skewness (Rsk) of from 0.5 to 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Takato Suzuki, Shinya Kato, Tetsuya Asakura
  • Publication number: 20110256312
    Abstract: An optical film, which comprises: a transparent support; and an optical layer on or above the transparent support, wherein the optical layer contains a thickening agent which shows a viscosity of 10 mPa·sec or more when added to 2-butanone in a content of 3% by mass, and the optical layer has a thickness of 5 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takato SUZUKI, Tetsuya ASAKURA, Jun WATANABE
  • Patent number: 7848021
    Abstract: An optical film is provided and includes: a transparent support; and a light diffusion layer containing light-transmitting particles and a binder. The light diffusion layer has an average thickness of from 7.5 to 30 ?m, and the average thickness of the light diffusion layer is from 1.4 to 3.5 times as large as an average particle diameter of the light-transmitting particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Asakura, Katsumi Inoue, Shoji Yasuda
  • Patent number: 7813038
    Abstract: A light-scattering film is provided and includes a transparent support having thereon at least a light-scattering layer. When substantially parallel light is incident on a surface of the film at an incident angle of 5°, the reflectance for an angle ? in the light-receiving part measured in a plane containing the film normal line and the incident direction is R(?), the value obtained by normalizing R(?) by the reflectance of regular reflection is Rrel(?), and the value calculated from the maximum variation |dRrel(?)/d?|max for the angle ? is a scattering coefficient A (formula 1), the reflection coefficient B (formula 2) calculated from the scattering coefficient A and the 5° specular reflectance Rs is from 2.0 to 5.0. Scattering coefficient A=1/(10×|dRrel(?)/d?|max)??(Formula 1) Reflection coefficient B=2.2×log 10(Rs)?7.5×log 10(A)+5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Inoue, Jun Watanabe, Tetsuya Asakura, Daiki Wakizaka, Hideyasu Ishibashi, Isao Ikuhara
  • Patent number: 7803449
    Abstract: An optical film comprising a transparent support and a layer having internal scattering properties, wherein the optical film has an image sharpness, as measured in an optical comb width of 0.5 mm in conformity to JIS K7105, of from 30.0% to 99.9%, a haze value as caused by surface scattering of less than 3%, and a haze value as caused by internal scattering of from 15 to 40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Inoue, Tetsuya Asakura