Patents by Inventor Atsuko Morita

Atsuko Morita 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: 8697592
    Abstract: Disclosed are a glass substrate for an information recording medium, having excellent scratch resistance and a light weight and having high fracture toughness, the glass substrate having a fragility index value, measured in water, of 12 ?m?1/2 or less or having a fragility index value, measured in an atmosphere having a dew point of ?5° C. or lower, of 7 ?m?1/2 or less, or the glass substrate comprising, by mol %, 40 to 75% of SiO2, 2 to 45% of B2O3 and/or Al2O3 and 0 to 40% of R?2O in which R? is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K), wherein the total content of SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3 and R?2O is at least 90 mol %, and a magnetic information recording medium comprising a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Ikenishi, Atsuko Morita, Xuelu Zou
  • Publication number: 20130040169
    Abstract: Disclosed are a glass substrate for an information recording medium, having excellent scratch resistance and a light weight and having high fracture toughness, the glass substrate having a fragility index value, measured in water, of 12 ?m?1/2 or less or having a fragility index value, measured in an atmosphere having a dew point of ?5° C. or lower, of 7 ?m?1/2 or less, or the glass substrate comprising, by mol %, 40 to 75% of SiO2, 2 to 45% of B2O3 and/or Al2O3 and 0 to 40% of R?2O in which R? is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K), wherein the total content of SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3 and R?2O is at least 90 mol %, and a magnetic information recording medium comprising a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikio Ikenishi, Atsuko Morita, Xuelu Zou
  • Patent number: 8222170
    Abstract: Disclosed are a glass substrate for an information recording medium, having excellent scratch resistance and a light weight and having high fracture toughness, the glass substrate having a fragility index value, measured in water, of 12 ?m?1/2 or less or having a fragility index value, measured in an atmosphere having a dew point of ?5° C. or lower, of 7 ?m?1/2 or less, or the glass substrate comprising, by mol %, 40 to 75% of SiO2, 2 to 45% of B2O3 and/or Al2O3 and 0 to 40% of R?2O in which R? is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K), wherein the total content of SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3 and R?2O is at least 90 mol %, and a magnetic information recording medium comprising a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Ikenishi, Atsuko Morita, Xuelu Zou
  • Publication number: 20100160141
    Abstract: Disclosed are a glass substrate for an information recording medium, having excellent scratch resistance and a light weight and having high fracture toughness, the glass substrate having a fragility index value, measured in water, of 12 ?m?1/2 or less or having a fragility index value, measured in an atmosphere having a dew point of ?5° C. or lower, of 7 ?m?1/2 or less, or the glass substrate comprising, by mol %, 40 to 75% of SiO2, 2 to 45% of B2O3 and/or Al2O3 and 0 to 40% of R?2O in which R? is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K), wherein the total content of SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3 and R?2O is at least 90 mol %, and a magnetic information recording medium comprising a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikio Ikenishi, Atsuko Morita, Xuelu Zou
  • Publication number: 20090220824
    Abstract: Disclosed are a glass substrate for an information recording medium, having excellent scratch resistance and a light weight and having high fracture toughness, the glass substrate having a fragility index value, measured in water, of 12 ?m?1/2 or less or having a fragility index value, measured in an atmosphere having a dew point of ?5° C. or lower, of 7 ?m?1/2 or less, or the glass substrate comprising, by mol %, 40 to 75% of SiO2, 2 to 45% of B2O3 and/or Al2O3 and 0 to 40% of R?2O in which R? is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K), wherein the total content of SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3 and R?2O is at least 90 mol %, and a magnetic information recording medium comprising a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikio Ikenishi, Atsuko Morita, Xuelu Zou
  • Patent number: 7468821
    Abstract: An image determination apparatus, an image reading apparatus, and an image determining method include a device for cutting a color/monochrome region based on a color saturation value obtained by a predetermined derivation method based on image data, and a device for detecting image errors located in large boundaries of brightness variations including color distortions based on correlations between color saturation and color. When errors are included in the image data acquired by, for example, a color image scanner due to primary color errors at random locations (in particular, color bleeding that occurs as a color distortion in monochrome achromatic color areas), it is possible to extract characteristics from the image data and detect locations in images where color distortions and color bleeding occur without using especially complicated and special compositions to detect where these errors occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: NISCA Corporation
    Inventors: Sumihisa Hashiguchi, Keitarou Kawai, Norimasa Hikosaka, Atsuko Morita, Mineo Kubota, Mitsuo Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20060205584
    Abstract: Disclosed are a glass substrate for an information recording medium, having excellent scratch resistance and a light weight and having high fracture toughness, the glass substrate having a fragility index value, measured in water, of 12 ?m?1/2 or less or having a fragility index value, measured in an atmosphere having a dew point of ?5° C. or lower, of 7 ?m?1/2 or less, or the glass substrate comprising, by mol %, 40 to 75% of SiO2, 2 to 45% of B2O3 and/or Al2O3 and 0 to 40% of R?2O in which R? is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K), wherein the total content of SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3 and R?2O is at least 90 mol %, and a magnetic information recording medium comprising a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION,
    Inventors: Mikio Ikenishi, Atsuko Morita, Xuelu Zou
  • Patent number: 7090937
    Abstract: Disclosed are a glass substrate for an information recording medium, having excellent scratch resistance and a light weight and having high fracture toughness, the glass substrate having a fragility index value, measured in water, of 12 ?m?1/2 or less or having a fragility index value, measured in an atmosphere having a dew point of ?5° C. or lower, of 7 ?m?1/2 or less, or the glass substrate comprising, by mol %, 40 to 75% of SiO2, 2 to 45% of B2O3 and/or Al2O3 and 0 to 40% of R?2O in which R? is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K), wherein the total content of SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3 and R?2O is at least 90 mol %, and a magnetic information recording medium comprising a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Ikenishi, Atsuko Morita, Xuelu Zou
  • Patent number: 6818576
    Abstract: Disclosed are a glass substrate for an information recording medium, having excellent scratch resistance and a light weight and having high fracture toughness, the glass substrate having a fragility index value, measured in water, of 12 &mgr;m−1/2 or less or having a fragility index value, measured in an atmosphere having a dew point of −5° C. or lower, of 7 &mgr;m−1/2 or less, or the glass substrate comprising, by mol %, 40 to 75% of SiO2, 2 to 45% of B2O3 and/or Al2O3 and 0 to 40% of R′2O in which R′ is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K), wherein the total content of SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3 and R′2O is at least 90 mol %, and a magnetic information recording medium comprising a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Ikenishi, Atsuko Morita, Xuelu Zou
  • Publication number: 20040180239
    Abstract: Disclosed are a glass substrate for an information recording medium, having excellent scratch resistance and a light weight and having high fracture toughness, the glass substrate having a fragility index value, measured in water, of 12 &mgr;m−1/2 or less or having a fragility index value, measured in an atmosphere having a dew point of −5° C. or lower, of 7 &mgr;m−1/2 or less, or the glass substrate comprising, by mol %, 40 to 75% of SiO2, 2 to 45% of B2O3 and/or Al2O3 and 0 to 40% of R′2O in which R′ is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K), wherein the total content of SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3 and R′2O is at least 90 mol %, and a magnetic information recording medium comprising a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Ikenishi, Atsuko Morita, Xuelu Zou
  • Publication number: 20030109370
    Abstract: Disclosed are a glass substrate for an information recording medium, having excellent scratch resistance and a light weight and having high fracture toughness, the glass substrate having a fragility index value, measured in water, of 12 &mgr;m−½ or less or having a fragility index value, measured in an atmosphere having a dew point of −5° C. or lower, of 7 &mgr;m−½ or less, or the glass substrate comprising, by mol %, 40 to 75% of SiO2, 2 to 45% of B2O3 and/or Al2O3 and 0 to 40% of R′2O in which R′ is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K), wherein the total content of SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3 and R′2O is at least 90 mol %, and a magnetic information recording medium comprising a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Mikio Ikenishi, Atsuko Morita, Xuelu Zou
  • Publication number: 20030072044
    Abstract: An image determination apparatus, an image reading apparatus, and an image determining method include a device for cutting a color/monochrome region based on a color saturation value obtained by a predetermined derivation method based on image data, and a device for detecting image errors located in large boundaries of brightness variations including color distortions based on correlations between color saturation and color. When errors are included in the image data acquired by, for example, a color image scanner due to primary color errors at random locations (in particular, color bleeding that occurs as a color distortion in monochrome achromatic color areas), it is possible to extract characteristics from the image data and detect locations in images where color distortions and color bleeding occur without using especially complicated and special compositions to detect where these errors occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Sumihisa Hashiguchi, Keitarou Kawai, Norimasa Hikosaka, Atsuko Morita, Mineo Kubota, Mitsuo Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: D349873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Shibata, Atsuko Morita