Patents by Inventor Toshihide Kimura

Toshihide Kimura 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).

  • Publication number: 20180070041
    Abstract: A solid-state image sensor is provided. The solid-state image sensor comprises a pixel region including a photoelectric conversion unit formed in a substrate. A first silicon nitride layer is arranged to cover at least part of the photoelectric conversion unit, and a concentration of chlorine contained in the first silicon nitride layer falls within a range of 1 atomic % to 3 atomic %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Katsunori Hirota, Toshihide Kimura, Hideaki Ishino
  • Patent number: 8575835
    Abstract: Among end portions of a plurality of organic compound layers patterned by photolithography, an end portion in an area that is not located between luminescent elements and that is located in an area covered with a second electrode is formed to have a smaller inclination angle than that of an end portion located between the luminescent elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihide Kimura, Tomoyuki Hiroki, Manabu Otsuka, Nobuhiko Sato
  • Patent number: 8530254
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence device includes forming a first organic electroluminescence layer at least on a first lower electrode, forming a first protective layer on the first organic electroluminescence layer, processing the first organic electroluminescence layer and the first protective layer, forming a second organic electroluminescence layer at least on a second lower electrode, forming a second protective layer on the second organic electroluminescence layer, and processing the second organic electroluminescence layer and the second protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihide Kimura, Tomoyuki Hiroki, Taro Endo, Itaru Takaya, Koichi Ishige, Nobuhiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20130057142
    Abstract: Among end portions of a plurality of organic compound layers patterned by photolithography, an end portion in an area that is not located between luminescent elements and that is located in an area covered with a second electrode is formed to have a smaller inclination angle than that of an end portion located between the luminescent elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihide Kimura, Tomoyuki Hiroki, Manabu Otsuka, Nobuhiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20120252151
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence device includes forming a first organic electroluminescence layer at least on a first lower electrode, forming a first protective layer on the first organic electroluminescence layer, processing the first organic electroluminescence layer and the first protective layer, forming a second organic electroluminescence layer at least on a second lower electrode, forming a second protective layer on the second organic electroluminescence layer, and processing the second organic electroluminescence layer and the second protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihide Kimura, Tomoyuki Hiroki, Taro Endo, Itaru Takaya, Koichi Ishige, Nobuhiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20120252143
    Abstract: To solve a problem that, in a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device using a step of releasing a layer formed on a release layer by dissolving the release layer, released film flakes are not dissolved in a removing liquid for dissolving the release layer, and thus may drift in the removing liquid and may adhere to a surface of a substrate after patterning to cause defective patterning, provided is a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device, including forming the release layer continuously over multiple light emitting portions to cause the size of the released film flakes to be large. This may reduce the possibility that the released film flakes adhere to the surface of the substrate and may facilitate, even when the released film flakes once adhere to the surface of the substrate, removal of the released film flakes later, thereby suppressing defective patterning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu Otsuka, Toshihide Kimura, Tomoyuki Hiroki, Taro Endo, Itaru Takaya, Koichi Ishige, Nobuhiko Sato
  • Patent number: 8063558
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting device having little apparent deterioration of a durable luminance. The organic light-emitting device includes a hole transport layer and a light-emitting layer which are located in a predetermined order between a reflection electrode for reflecting light and an electrode for transmitting light, the hole transport layer being in contact with the reflection electrode and made of an organic compound, and the light-emitting layer being made of an organic compound, wherein an optical film thickness L of the hole transport layer is set in a range of 0.25?×(2n ?1.7) to 0.25?×(2n?1.3), where ? indicates an emission wavelength and n indicates a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Itaru Takaya, Toshihide Kimura
  • Publication number: 20110114981
    Abstract: In a light emitting display apparatus, excellent color reproducibility and high luminance for an emission color having a low color purity and low emission efficiency are realized. An electroluminescent layer whose color purity and emission efficiency are to be improved is stacked as a first layer on a substrate, and is interposed between a reflective electrode layer and a semi-reflective electrode, and then light extracted from the electroluminescent layer is intensified by interference between a reflective surface in the reflective electrode layer and a reflective surface in the semi-reflective electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Higaki, Hiroyuki Kitayama, Toshinori Hasegawa, Manabu Furugori, Toshihide Kimura
  • Patent number: 7820478
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting device which can emit light with high luminance and high efficiency, and is excellent in durability. The light-emitting device includes an organic compound layer containing a phenanthroline compound represented by the general formula [I] and a carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinori Hasegawa, Koichi Suzuki, Maki Okajima, Toshihide Kimura
  • Patent number: 7750340
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting device which can emit light with high luminance and high efficiency, and is excellent in durability. The light-emitting device includes an organic compound layer containing a phenanthroline compound represented by the general formula [I] and a carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinori Hasegawa, Koichi Suzuki, Maki Okajima, Toshihide Kimura
  • Publication number: 20100041171
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting device which can emit light with high luminance and high efficiency, and is excellent in durability. The light-emitting device includes an organic compound layer containing a phenanthroline compound represented by the general formula [I] and a carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshinori Hasegawa, Koichi Suzuki, Maki Okajima, Toshihide Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090115315
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting device having little apparent deterioration of a durable luminance. The organic light-emitting device includes a hole transport layer and a light-emitting layer which are located in a predetermined order between a reflection electrode for reflecting light and an electrode for transmitting light, the hole transport layer being in contact with the reflection electrode and made of an organic compound, and the light-emitting layer being made of an organic compound, wherein an optical film thickness L of the hole transport layer is set in a range of 0.25?×(2n?1.7) to 0.25?×(2n?1.3), where ? indicates an emission wavelength and n indicates a positive integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Itaru Takaya, Toshihide Kimura
  • Publication number: 20060182878
    Abstract: To provide a method of producing an electronic device which can improve the durability of the device without reducing the initial performance of the device. The method of the present invention is a method of producing an electronic device including: a first organic layer formation step of forming a first organic layer on a first electrode, and a second organic layer formation step of forming a second organic layer on the first organic layer, wherein the method further includes a heating step of heating the first electrode before the first organic layer formation step, and wherein the first organic layer formation step includes a first organic layer vapor-deposition step of forming the first organic layer on the heated first electrode by vapor-deposition and a cooling step of cooling the first organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Itaru Takaya, Toshihide Kimura
  • Publication number: 20060017050
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting device which can emit light with high luminance and high efficiency, and is excellent in durability. The light-emitting device includes an organic compound layer containing a phenanthroline compound represented by the general formula [I] and a carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshinori Hasegawa, Koichi Suzuki, Maki Okajima, Toshihide Kimura
  • Patent number: 4407248
    Abstract: An electronically controlled carburetor for an internal combustion engine for a vehicle has a variable venturi for varying the venturi cross-section and concurrently varying the amount of air metered into the venturi in response to the engine demands an air flow sensor for sensing the displacement of the variable venturi and producing related electrical signals in response to changes in air flow through the venturi, a main fuel nozzle for discharging metered fuel into the venturi, a fuel flow sensor for sensing pressure differential of fuel across a main fuel jet communicating with the main fuel nozzle and for producing related electrical signals in response to changes in fuel flow through the main fuel jet, an air bleed controlling actuator for controlling the amount of air to be bled into the main fuel nozzle, and a control circuit responsive to the output signals from the air flow sensor and the fuel flow sensor for driving the air bleed controlling actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuzo Takeuchi, Toshihide Kimura, Shigetaka Takada