Patents by Inventor Akihiro Senoo

Akihiro Senoo 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: 20060017376
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light emitting device having a long-life optical output. The organic light emitting device according to the present invention is provided with an emission layer including at least a host material, a light emitting material, and another material, wherein the another material has a smaller ionization potential than and almost the same hole mobility as or a greater hole mobility than an ionization potential and a hole mobility of a compound which forms an emission layer-side-interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Okinaka, Akihito Saitoh, Naoki Yamada, Masataka Yashima, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20050244670
    Abstract: A novel monoamino compound is provided. Using the monoamino compound, an organic luminescence device is provided, which exhibits a luminescence hue with extremely high purity, and having an optical output of a high luminance with a high efficiency and a long life time. The monoamino compound is represented by the following general formula [1].
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Mizuho Hiraoka, Akihiro Senoo, Hiroshi Tanabe, Naoki Yamada, Chika Negishi
  • Publication number: 20050236977
    Abstract: A novel substituted fluorene compound is provided which is represented by the general formula [I]:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Yamada, Akihito Saitoh, Keiji Okinaka, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo
  • Publication number: 20050236974
    Abstract: A new condensed polycyclic compound represented by general formula [I]: wherein R1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, a substituted amino or a group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, heterocyclic, each having no substituent or a substituent; and Ar1 to Ar5 are the same or different and are each independently a condensed polycyclic aromatic group or a condensed polycyclic heterocyclic group, each having no substituent or a substituent is used for an organic light-emitting device that is extremely efficient in a light output with high luminance and is extremely durable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Suzuki, Tatsundo Kawai, akihiro Senoo, Naoki Yamada, Akihito Saitoh, Maki Okajima
  • Patent number: 6916555
    Abstract: In an organic luminescence device formed of one or plural layers of organic films between an anode and a cathode, at least one layer is any one of a luminescence layer, an electron injection layer and an electron-transporting layer and is formed of at least a spiro compound of formula (I-a) or (I-b) having a carbon atom or a silicon atom as a spiro atom and having four ring structures including at least one nitrogen atom-containing ring structure. By the use of the spiro compound of the formula (I-a) or (I-b), the resultant organic luminescence device produces a high-luminance fluorescent luminescence at a low voltage for a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20050106414
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oligofluorenylene compound represented by the general formula below, which enables production of an organic light-emitting device that exhibits an extremely pure luminescent hue and has a light emission of high efficiency, high brightness, and long lifetime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Mizuho Hiraoka, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Hiroshi Tanabe, Naoki Yamada, Chika Negishi, Maki Okajima
  • Publication number: 20050099115
    Abstract: There is disclosed a substituted anthryl derivative is represented by the following general formula (1). The use of the substituted anthryl derivative allows the production of an organic electroluminescence device showing an extremely pure luminescence hue, and an optical output with high luminous efficiency, high luminance, and long life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno, Keiji Okinaka, Koichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20050048318
    Abstract: An organic luminescence device having an anode and a cathode and at least one organic luminescence function layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. At least one organic luminescence function layer described above includes a layer of a fused polynuclear compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently denote hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group or cyano group; and Ar1 and Ar2 independently denote a substituted or unsubstituted fused polynuclear aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted fused polynuclear heterocyclic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Hiroshi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 6858325
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device is formed of a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer interposed between the electrodes. The organic compound layer is composed of an organic compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein X is a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, each of at least two groups among Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, and Ar4 is a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl group, and the remainder represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Senoo, Yomishi Toshida, Kazunori Ueno, Seiji Mashimo
  • Publication number: 20050025997
    Abstract: A luminescent device having a pair of electrodes and a luminescent layer disposed between the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Senoo, Yuichi Hashimoto, Kazunori Ueno, Seiji Mashimo, Shinichi Urakawa
  • Publication number: 20040263067
    Abstract: An anthryl derivative group substituted compound having a specific chemical structure is provided. This compound is used for producing an organic luminescent device which can emit luminescent hues with a very high purity and effect light emission with a high luminescence efficiency and a long lifetime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno, Keiji Okinaka
  • Publication number: 20040265632
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device having a high-efficiency optical output with high luminance and long life, which includes at least: a pair of electrodes comprising an anode and a cathode; and one or more organic-compound-containing layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and in which among the organic-compound-containing layers, at least one layer having a light-emitting region contains a first compound represented by the following general formula [1] and a second compound having a band gap larger than a band gap of the first compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Okinaka, Akihito Saitoh, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno
  • Patent number: 6833200
    Abstract: A luminescent device having a pair of electrodes and a luminescent layer disposed between the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Senoo, Yuichi Hashimoto, Kazunori Ueno, Seiji Mashimo, Shinichi Urakawa
  • Publication number: 20040253389
    Abstract: A fluorene compound represented by the following general formula [I]: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Koichi Suzuki, Mizuho Hiraoka, Akihiro Senoo, Naoki Yamada, Chika Negishi, Akihito Saitoh, Daisaku Tanaka, Ryoji Yashiro
  • Patent number: 6830829
    Abstract: An organic luminescence device is constituted by a pair of an anode and a cathode, and at least one organic luminescence function layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. At least one organic luminescence function layer described above includes a layer of a fused polynuclear compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently denote hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group or cyano group; and Ar1 and Ar2 independently denote a substituted or unsubstituted fused polynuclear aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted fused polynuclear heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Hiroshi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 6740430
    Abstract: An organic luminescence device is constituted by an organic luminescence lamination structure comprising a pair of an anode and a cathode, and at least one organic compound layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, a hermetic sealing housing enclosing therein the organic luminescence lamination structure and blocking external air, and a drying agent disposed within the hermetic sealing housing. The drying agent comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1): R—NCO  (1), wherein R denotes a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted styryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted acyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group. The drying agent comprises the compound of the formula (1) in a polymerized form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunori Ueno, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Hiroshi Tanabe, Seiji Mashimo
  • Publication number: 20030235713
    Abstract: In an organic luminescence device formed of one or plural layers of organic films between an anode and a cathode, at least one layer is any one of a luminescence layer, an electron injection layer and an electron-transporting layer and is formed of at least a spiro compound of formula (I-a) or (I-b) having a carbon atom or a silicon atom as a spiro atom and having four ring structures including at least one nitrogen atom-containing ring structure. By the use of the spiro compound of the formula (I-a) or (I-b), the resultant organic luminescence device produces a high-luminance fluorescent luminescence at a low voltage for a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno
  • Patent number: 6661445
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus performs exposure of a photosensitive body by an array of light emitting devices to form an image as a latent image thereon. The array of light emitting devices incorporate micro-optical cavities. The micro-optical cavities limit wavelengths of light emitted from the array of light emitting devices, so that the wavelength at a peak of emitted light is in a half width region of sensitivity versus wavelength of the photosensitive body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Mashimo, Noboru Koumura, Yukio Nagase, Yuichi Hashimoto, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno
  • Patent number: 6652997
    Abstract: An organic luminescence device is constituted by an anode and a cathode and at least one organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The above-mentioned at least one organic layer includes a layer of a fused polynuclear compound represented by the following formula (I): In the above formula (I), X1, X2 and X3 may preferably be an oxygen atom or C(CN)2. The device using the fused polynuclear compound of formula (I) exhibits a high luminance luminescence characteristic for a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Suzuki, Mizuho Hiraoka, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20030216591
    Abstract: A silicon compound having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Kazunori Ueno, Yomishi Toshida, Yuichi Hashimoto, Akihiro Senoo, Seiji Mashimo