Patents by Inventor Aiko Yoshida

Aiko Yoshida 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: 10040754
    Abstract: A cellulose acylate film, which includes a compound denoted by general formula (I) below, the equivalent U of which, calculated as a value obtained by dividing the molecular weight of the compound by the number of divalent linking groups denoted by —O—C(?O)—NH— contained per molecule, is less than or equal to 515, wherein, in general formula (I), each of L11 and L21 independently denotes an optionally substituted alkylene group; each of L12 and L22 independently denotes a single bond, any one of or any combination of —O—, —NR1—, —S— and —C(?O)—; R1 denotes a hydrogen atom or a substituent; each of n1 and n2 independently denotes an integer of 0 to 20, with at least either n1 or n2 being an integer of greater than or equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inada, Naozumi Shiraiwa, Yingjie Xu, Aiko Yoshida, Masaki Noro, Yasukazu Kuwayama, Nobutaka Fukagawa
  • Patent number: 10031264
    Abstract: A polarizing plate of the present invention includes polarizing plate protective film(s) on one or both sides of a polarizer, wherein the polarizing plate protective film contains a compound represented by general formula (I) or (II) described below, the polarizer contains iodine, and the content of the iodine within the polarizer is 4.0 wt % or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka Fukagawa, Naoki Sano, Mayumi Nojiri, Aiko Yoshida, Naoya Shimoju
  • Patent number: 10014568
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate a mobile communication device and techniques to suppress deterioration of antenna characteristics. The mobile device includes metallic members that are disposed around, or in portions of a casing of the mobile device. The metallic member is grounded directly to a ground plane of the mobile device at a first predetermined position. The grounded metallic member forms a stub line that cancels a flow of electric current though the metallic member. Furthermore, the metallic member is also connected to the ground plane, at a second predetermined location, via a resonant circuit. The mobile device is capable of adjusting a phase of the antenna current flowing through the device, when the mobile device is being operated by a user, and thus suppresses deterioration of antenna characteristics in certain desired frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Aiko Yoshida, Masato Tanaka, Hideaki Shoji
  • Patent number: 9917357
    Abstract: Discussed herein is an antenna system that comprises a feed element and a radiating element that are formed on a dielectric substrate positioned above a circuit board which includes a feed circuit and a ground layer. Specifically, the feed element is disposed within an outer periphery defined by the radiating element. A capacitive coupling is formed between the feed element and the radiating element. With the aforesaid configuration, the antenna system is less affected by the circuit board and interference from other elements that are mounted on the circuit board. Further, manufacturing costs are reduced as compared to the case where the feed element and the radiating element are respectively formed on a front and rear surface of a resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Tanaka, Hideaki Shoji, Aiko Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9876271
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate a mobile communication device and techniques to suppress deterioration of antenna characteristics. The mobile device includes metallic members that are disposed around, or in portions of a casing of the mobile device. The metallic member is grounded directly to a ground plane of the mobile device at a first predetermined position. The grounded metallic member forms a stub line that cancels a flow of electric current though the metallic member. Furthermore, the metallic member is also connected to the ground plane, at a second predetermined location, via a resonant circuit. The mobile device is capable of adjusting a phase of the antenna current flowing through the device, when the mobile device is being operated by a user, and thus suppresses deterioration of antenna characteristics in certain desired frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Aiko Yoshida, Masato Tanaka, Hideaki Shoji
  • Patent number: 9817156
    Abstract: A polarizing plate protective film contains a compound represented by general formula (I). In general formula (I), X is a group containing a boronic acid ester structure, and a plurality of Xs may be identical or different; L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, and a plurality of Ls may be identical or different; n represents an integer of 2 or more; when n is 2, Z represents a single bond or a divalent group, and when n is 3 or more, Z represents a group having a valence of n, provided that L and Z are not simultaneously single bonds when n is 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Aiko Yoshida, Naoya Shimoju, Naoki Sano, Mayumi Nojiri, Nobutaka Fukagawa
  • Patent number: 9812760
    Abstract: An antenna-equipped connector comprising a plug having separate conductive portions and configured to be received by an audio output jack of an electronic device, a jack configured to connect to the conductive portions of the plug via respective of at least two conductive lines, an antenna connection node that branches from a branching point on one of the at least two conductive lines, and an antenna connected to the antenna connection node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Aiko Yoshida, Masato Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170226317
    Abstract: A polarizing plate protective film which prevents deterioration of polarization performance in a high temperature, high humidity environment, and a polarizing plate and display device using the film including a compound represented by the following General Formula (I). (X-L?nz??General Formula (I) X represents a formyl group, a boronic acid group, or a group represented by the following General Formula (I-B) or a group represented by the following General Formula (I-C), where L represents a single bond or divalent linking group, and n represents an integer equal to or greater than 2. When n is 2, Z represents a single bond or a divalent group, and when n?3, Z represents an n-valent group. RA and RB represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or an acyl group. RA and RB may be bonded to each other to form a ring. * represents a bond to be bonded to L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka FUKAGAWA, Naoki SANO, Mayumi NOJIRI, Aiko YOSHIDA, Naoya SHIMOJU
  • Patent number: 9718933
    Abstract: The invention is an optical film at least containing cellulose acylate and a compound having a structure denoted by General Formula (I) described below, and a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device employing the optical film. R1 and R3 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, or an aryl group, and R5a and R5b represent an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group. R1, R3, R5a, and R5b may have a substituent group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Noro, Hiroshi Inada, Yoshinori Kanazawa, Aiko Yoshida, Yasukazu Kuwayama
  • Patent number: 9678249
    Abstract: A polarizing plate protective film contains a compound represented by general formula (II-1) or (II-2). In general formulas (II-1) and (II-2), X represents a 6-membered cyclic acetal group; n represents an integer of 2 or more; and a plurality of Xs may be identical or different. In general formula (II-1), Z2 represents a linking group having a valence of n; R1 represents a substituent, when there are a plurality of R1s, at least two of the plurality of R1s may be taken together to form a ring, R1s in different benzene rings may be taken together to form a single bond; m represents an integer of 0-4; and the plurality of R1s may be identical or different. In general formula (II-2), Z3 represents an alkylene group having a valence of n, provided that Z3 does not have a ring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Aiko Yoshida, Naoya Shimoju, Naoki Sano, Nobutaka Fukagawa
  • Patent number: 9656969
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer film containing at least one of a compound represented by formula (1) of hydrates, solvates, or salts thereof. Y is a methine group or nitrogen atom. Qa, Qb, and Qc are a single bond or a divalent linking group. Ra, Rb, and Rc, are hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, aryl group, cyano group, halogen group, or heterocyclic group. X2 is a single bond or a divalent linking group. X1 is a single bond or a predetermined divalent linking group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Aiko Yamamoto, Satoshi Tanaka, Teruki Niori, Masato Nagura, Masaki Noro, Aiko Yoshida, Nobutaka Fukagawa, Yasukazu Kuwayama
  • Patent number: 9644083
    Abstract: A cellulose acylate film, containing: at least two or more of chelating agents having different pKa values from one another, wherein the chelating agents comprise: a chelating agent A having at least one functional group whose acid dissociation constant pKa, measured at 25° C. in a mixed solvent having a mixing ratio of tetrahydrofuran 60 ml/water 40 ml, is 6 or less; and a chelating agent B having at least one functional group of a conjugate acid whose pKa, measured at the same condition, is 7 or more; and a cellulose acylate, and wherein the number of bright spots of the cellulose acylate film is equal to or less than 500/cm2; a polarizing plate protective film, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobutaka Fukagawa, Yu Naito, Mayumi Nojiri, Hiroyuki Hagio, Aiko Yoshida, Hideyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 9618788
    Abstract: An optical film, containing a cellulose acylate, and at least one compound represented by any of formulas (I) to (III): wherein, in formulas (I) to (III), R1 and R2 each independently represent a halogen atom, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, hydroxy, hydroxyamino, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, or arylthio group (however, R1 and R2 do not represent an amino, alkylamino, or arylamino group at the same time); R3 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, acyl, alkyl- or aryl-sulfonyl, alkyl- or aryl-sulfinyl, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, alkoxycarbonyl, or aryloxycarbonyl group; R7 represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylamino, arylamino, alkoxy, aryloxy, or heterocyclic group; R8 represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group; and R1 to R8 each may be further substituted with a substituent; and a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Naito, Nobutaka Fukagawa, Aiko Yoshida, Hideyuki Nishikawa, Masaki Noro
  • Patent number: 9551813
    Abstract: An optical film including cellulose acylate and a compound represented by General Formula (I) described below, a polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal display device; R1 and R3 represent hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl groups having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, alkenyl groups having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or aromatic groups having 6 to 20 carbon atoms. R5 represents a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group represented by -L5-Ar5 (L5 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and Ar5 represents an aromatic group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms). Here, the total of ring structures present in R1, R3, and R5 is one or two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aiko Yoshida, Yutaka Nozoe, Yoshinori Kanazawa, Yasukazu Kuwayama, Yu Naito
  • Publication number: 20160370523
    Abstract: A polarizing plate composition, a polarizing plate protective film, a polarizer, a polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal display device contain a compound represented by the following Formula (I). In Formula (I), R represents a specific substituent, and each of EWG1 and EWG2 represents an electron-withdrawing group. EWG1 and EWG2 may form a ring by being bonded to each other. Here, there is no such case where EWG1 and EWG2 become the following group by being bonded to each other and form a ring by being bonded to a carbon atom substituted with R. Each of Rx and Ry represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent. * represents a position of bonding to a carbon atom substituted with R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya SHIMOJU, Aiko YOSHIDA, Mayumi NOJIRI, Yu NAITO
  • Publication number: 20160369115
    Abstract: Provided are a polarizing plate composition, a polarizing plate protective film, a polarizer, a polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal display device, which contain a compound represented by the following Formula (I), and a compound. In Formula (I), each of R1 and R2 represents a substituent. X represents an electron-withdrawing group, and Y represents a substituent having a heteroatom or a carbon atom as an atom bonded to a carbon atom substituted with —OR1. Y and X may form a ring by being bonded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya SHIMOJU, Aiko YOSHIDA, Mayumi NOJIRI
  • Publication number: 20160370522
    Abstract: A cellulose ester film contains a compound having a structural unit denoted by —NR—(C?O)— in which R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, a surface having knoop hardness of greater than or equal to 210 N/mm2 is provided, and loss tangent tan ? at 25° C. is greater than or equal to 0.03.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasukazu KUWAYAMA, Hiroshi INADA, Aiko YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka MAEDA, Yusuke INO, Shuuji KANAYAMA, Nobutaka FUKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9507067
    Abstract: A polarizing plate includes at least: a polarizer layer containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based film dyed with iodine; and one or more other layers except for the polarizer layer, in which the polarizer layer contains a compound which has polyiodide ion I5? reduction capability in iodide compound- and iodine-containing solutions, and at least one of the one or more other layers contain a compound which has polyiodide ion I5? formation capability in an iodide compound-containing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayumi Nojiri, Nobutaka Fukagawa, Yu Naito, Naoya Shimoju, Aiko Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9465150
    Abstract: A protective film for polarizing plate contains a resin, an ultraviolet absorbing agent A having an absorption maximum in a wavelength range of from 350 to 400 nm and an ultraviolet absorbing agent B having an absorption maximum in a wavelength range of from 270 to 330 nm, and a content of the ultraviolet absorbing agent A is from 0.1 to 5% by weight relative to the resin, a content of the ultraviolet absorbing agent B is from 0.1 to 5% by weight relative to the resin, and the protective film fulfills the requirements (a) to (d) as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobutaka Fukagawa, Naoyoshi Yamada, Aiko Yoshida, Yukie Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20160291210
    Abstract: A polarizing plate of the present invention includes polarizing plate protective film(s) on one or both sides of a polarizer, wherein the polarizing plate protective film contains a compound represented by general formula (I) or (II) described below, the polarizer contains iodine, and the content of the iodine within the polarizer is 4.0 wt % or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka FUKAGAWA, Naoki SANO, Mayumi NOJIRI, Aiko YOSHIDA, Naoya SHIMOJU