Patents by Inventor Atsushi Sugawara

Atsushi Sugawara 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: 20240073544
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes an image sensor that captures a subject image formed via a lens and outputs an image; and at least one processor or circuit configured to function as: a detection unit configured to detect flicker from the image output from the image sensor; and a control unit configured, in a case where, in an image capture time period in which images of a subject are being captured for flicker detection by the image sensor, the lens is driven in accordance with a drive operation that causes a change in an amount of light received by the image sensor, to adjust drive of the lens in the image capture time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Atsushi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11912688
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by chemical formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Tohoku University
    Inventors: Akira Sugawara, Atsushi Yokoyama, Susumu Suzuki, Yoshiharu Iwabuchi, Takayuki Doi
  • Patent number: 11906928
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing alumina particles having a volume average particle diameter of more than 5 nm and 80 nm or less and silica particles having a volume average particle diameter of 10 nm or more and 90 nm or less, and in the toner particle, a Net intensity NA of a total of an alkali metal element and an alkaline earth metal element, measured by fluorescence X-ray analysis, is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.30 kcps or less, and a ratio (Ws/Wa) of a content Ws of the silica particles to a content Wa of the alumina particles is more than 0.5 and less than 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Shintaro Anno, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Patent number: 11838647
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes an image sensor that captures a subject image formed via a lens and outputs an image; and at least one processor or circuit configured to function as: a detection unit configured to detect flicker from the image output from the image sensor; and a control unit configured, in a case where, in an image capture time period in which images of a subject are being captured for flicker detection by the image sensor, the lens is driven in accordance with a drive operation that causes a change in an amount of light received by the image sensor, to adjust drive of the lens in the image capture time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11829103
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin, wherein a Net intensity NNa of a Na element and a Net intensity NCl of a Cl element, the Net intensities NNa and NCl being determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis, satisfy 2.5?NCl/NNa?260.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke Noguchi, Atsushi Sugawara, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Shintaro Anno, Satoshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20230374333
    Abstract: A coating composition can be applied with excellent high-speed coating properties and surface smoothness in a paint, an ink, and an adhesive which mainly contain polymers, or is a coating liquid for a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and the like of a lithium-ion secondary battery. The coating composition contains a filler, a binder, a thickener, and a solvent, wherein an aspect ratio of the filler is 2 or more, the binder is at least one selected from a diene rubber and a (meth)acrylate polymer, a viscosity of the coating composition is 1.0×106 Pa·s or less as measured at a shear rate of 0.01/s, and the following thixotropy index (TI) is 1.1×106 or more: [thixotropy index (TI)]=[viscosity of the coating composition as measured at a shear rate of 0.01/s]/[viscosity of the coating composition as measured at a shear rate of 10000/s].
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi SUGAWARA, Jun KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20230374334
    Abstract: Provided is a composition capable of forming an easy-drying coating on an application surface in a paint, an ink, and an adhesive which mainly contain polymers, or a coating liquid for a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and the like of a lithium-ion secondary battery. The coating composition containing a filler, a binder, a thickener, and a solvent, wherein the binder is at least one selected from a diene rubber and a (meth)acrylate polymer; a viscosity of the coating composition is 1.0×106 Pa·s or less as measured at a shear rate of 0.01/s; and the following thixotropy index (TI) is 1.1×106 or more: [thixotropy index (TI)]=[viscosity of the coating composition as measured at a shear rate of 0.01/s]/[viscosity of the coating composition as measured at a shear rate of 10000/s].
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi SUGAWARA, Jun KONISHI
  • Patent number: 11809130
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin; the Mg element in an amount such that in an x-ray fluorescence analysis of the toner, the net intensity of the peak for the Mg element is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less; and at least one external additive including particles of at least one compound represented by formula (1), MTiO3??(1) where M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shintaro Anno, Atsushi Sugawara, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20230352798
    Abstract: Provided is a composition that can form a coating film having excellent surface smoothness and high heat deformation resistance in a coating liquid for a paint mainly containing a polymer, an ink, an adhesive, and an anode, a cathode, or a separator of a lithium ion battery, for example. A coating liquid composition includes a filler, a solvent, a dispersant, and a thickener. When the coating liquid composition is applied to a substrate to form a coating film having a thickness of 0.5 to 20 ?m, the coating film has a shrinkage rate of 15.0% or less after heating at 170° C. for 15 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Jun KONISHI, Atsushi SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20230348735
    Abstract: Provided is a coating liquid composition that is less likely to deform even when heat is applied to a coating liquid for a paint mainly containing a polymer, an ink, an adhesive, and an anode, a cathode, or a separator of a lithium ion battery, for example. The coating liquid composition includes a filler, a solvent, a dispersant, and a thickener. When the coating liquid composition is applied to a substrate to form a coating film having a thickness of 0.5 to 20 ?m, the coating film has a shrinkage rate of 20.0% or less when heating at 200° C. for 15 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Jun KONISHI, Atsushi SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20230305409
    Abstract: A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes preparing a dispersion that contains first resin particles; forming first aggregated particles at a pH of less than 7.0 by adding an aggregating agent to the dispersion so as to aggregate the first resin particles; forming second aggregated particles by adding second resin particles to the dispersion that has undergone the forming of the first aggregated particles so as to aggregate the second resin particles onto the first aggregated particles; adjusting a pH of the dispersion that has undergone the forming of the second aggregated particles to 7.0 or more so as to prepare a dispersion of aggregated particles in which aggregation of the resin particles has been terminated; adding an anionic surfactant to the dispersion having a pH adjusted to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugawara, Shinya Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11733618
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin, a crystalline polyester resin, and C.I. Pigment Red 57:1, wherein a Net intensity NMg of an Mg element, the Net intensity NMg of being determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis, is 0.10 kcps or more and 0.40 kcps or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Satoshi Miura, Shintaro Anno, Daisuke Noguchi, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11698593
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development contains toner particles containing a binder resin. The binder resin includes an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin. In the toner particles, a Net intensity of elemental Mg measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.40 to 1.20 inclusive, and a Net intensity of elemental Cl measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.02 to 0.60 inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara, Shintaro Anno, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Patent number: 11693330
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin; the Mg element in an amount such that the net intensity of x-ray fluorescence from the Mg element in the toner is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less; and external additives including particles of at least one compound represented by formula (1) and particles of a metal salt of a fatty acid, MTiO3??(1) where M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shintaro Anno, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Patent number: 11677911
    Abstract: A display apparatus according to the present invention is to be fixed on a head of a user, and includes: an image sensor configured to be capable of changing focal distance; a display configured to display, as a display range, a part of an image which is captured by the image sensor; an orientation detector configured to detect an orientation of the display apparatus; and at least one memory and at least one processor which function as a control unit configured to control a position of the display range based on a change of the orientation detected by the orientation detector, and the focal distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hanayama, Yusuke Toriumi, Takuya Sakamaki, Atsushi Sugawara, Kaori Tomura, Yosuke Fukai
  • Patent number: 11675284
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin; the Mg element in an amount such that the net intensity of x-ray fluorescence from the Mg element in the toner is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less; and at least one external additive including particles of a metal salt of a fatty acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shintaro Anno, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Patent number: 11678062
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a sensor configured to capture a subject; and a control unit configured to perform exposure control for when capturing a subject using the sensor by adjusting at least an accumulation period, a diameter of an aperture of a diaphragm, and an image capturing sensitivity, wherein the control unit, in a case of capturing a subject to obtain an image for detection, which is an image for detecting a flicker by using the sensor, performs exposure control by prioritizing increasing an image capturing sensitivity and opening the aperture of the diaphragm rather than increasing an accumulation period of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20230098553
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin, a release agent, a divalent metal, and a trivalent metal, in which the release agent has a domain diameter of 0.5 ?m or greater and 1.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi SUGAWARA, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Kazutsuna SASAKI, Takashi INUKAI
  • Publication number: 20230098900
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin and a release agent. In sections of the toner particles in which the sections of the toner particles have an area St in total and, among sections of domains of the release agent, sections of domains having long diameters of 10 nm or more and 500 nm or less have a total area Sa and sections of domains having long diameters of 1500 nm or more and 3000 nm or less have a total area Sb, an area fraction Sa/St is 2% or more and an area fraction Sb/St is 20% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kazutsuna SASAKI, Atsushi Sugawara, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Takashi Inukai
  • Patent number: 11586120
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin, a release agent, and a coloring agent, and a cross-sectional image of the toner particles meets requirements (1) and (2): requirement (1), an average of ten or more domains, per toner particle, of the release agent have an area of 0.5% or more and 5.0% or less of the area of the toner particle; requirement (2), in a Voronoi tessellation generated from the centroids of the domains of the coloring agent, the mean area of the Voronoi cells is 0.020 ?m2 or more and 0.060 ?m2 or less, and the standard deviation of the areas of the Voronoi cells is 0.010 ?m2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Daisuke Noguchi, Atsushi Sugawara, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Hiroshi Nakazawa