Patents by Inventor Atsushi Yasui

Atsushi Yasui 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: 20240101152
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile object control device configured to: recognize a surrounding situation of a mobile object; set, based on the recognized surrounding situation, a risk area in which positions of the surrounding situation are associated with risk values that are indicator values indicating degrees to which the mobile object is to avoid traveling; generate a target trajectory indicating a route along which the mobile object is to travel in future; cause the mobile object to travel along the generated target trajectory; and set at least one observation point in each of three or more provisional trajectories branching at a specific location ahead of the mobile object, and generate the target trajectory based on the risk area and the at least one observation point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kotaro Fujimura, Atsushi Kato, Yuji Yasui
  • Publication number: 20240083417
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile object control device including: a storage medium having computer-readable instructions stored therein; and a processor connected to the storage medium, wherein the processor executes the computer-readable instructions to recognize an object which is located near a mobile object, set a risk which is an index value indicating a degree to which the mobile object should avoid entry on the basis of a position of the object, and generate a target trajectory for the mobile object to travel along so as to pass through a point at which the risk is low, and generating the target trajectory includes setting a plurality of first observation points at intervals in a traveling direction of the mobile object, setting one or more second observation points in each of a left direction and a right direction as seen from the mobile object for each of the plurality of first observation points, and searching for a point at which the risk is low on the basis of the risk at an observation point group including
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Atsushi Kato, Kotaro Fujimura, Yuji Yasui
  • Publication number: 20220186083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a curable adhesive sheet which has an adhesive layer formed from an adhesive composition containing an epoxy resin, a latent curing agent and a gelling agent and in which the latent curing agent has a reaction initiation temperature of 45° C. or higher and 120° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Akiko TANAKA, Ayumi NITTA, Atsushi YASUI
  • Publication number: 20220169002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminate including a two-dimensional material and an adhesive sheet having a base material and an adhesive layer whose adhesive force decreases due to ultraviolet rays or heat, in which an adhesive force A at 25° C. of the adhesive layer before the ultraviolet rays or heat applies, to a silicon wafer is 1.0 N/20 mm to 20.0 N/20 mm when the adhesive layer is subjected to 180° peeling at a tensile speed of 300 mm/min, and a surface roughness of an adhesive surface of the adhesive layer after the ultraviolet rays or heat has been applied is 0.01 ?m to 8.00 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi HONDA, Naofumi KOSAKA, Shotaro MASUDA, Atsushi YASUI, Hiroki AGO, Kenji KAWAHARA, Shun OYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220153921
    Abstract: The invention relates to a resin composition containing an epoxy resin and a latent curing agent in which the epoxy resin contains an aliphatic epoxy resin containing a hydroxyl group and having a water dissolution rate of 65% or more and in which the latent curing agent has a reaction initiation temperature of 45° C. or higher and 120° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Ayumi NITTA, Akiko TANAKA, Atsushi YASUI
  • Publication number: 20210230458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive sheet including an adhesive layer comprising an adhesive composition containing a base polymer and a moisture-curable component, wherein an adhesive surface is peelably covered with a layer having moisture permeability of 5 g/m2·24 hrs or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiko KIRA, Kensuke TANI, Atsushi YASUI
  • Patent number: 10852455
    Abstract: A laminate of optical elements comprises a transparent first optical element, a second optical element, and a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for bonding the first optical element to the second optical element. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprises a base adhesive zone, a transparent refractive index-adjusting zone. The base adhesive zone is made essentially of a transparent base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and formed over a given range from a first principal surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer facing the first optical element, in a thickness direction of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The a transparent, adherent, refractive index-adjusting zone is formed over a given range from a second principal surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer facing the second optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Umemoto, Hirofumi Katami, Hiroyuki Takao, Takahiro Nonaka, Atsushi Yasui, Takami Hikita
  • Publication number: 20200307155
    Abstract: A double-sided pressure-.sensitive-adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film is disclosed having a polarizing film nearest to a viewer-side of an nnage display device, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer A located on the viewer-side of the polarizing film, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer B on a side of the polarizing film that is opposite to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer A. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layers A and B are equipped with separators SA and SB, respectively. The polarizing film is a single-side protected polarizing film having a polarizer of 15 pm or less thickness and having a transparent protective film on only a single side of the polarizer. The pressure-sensitive adesive layer B is located on the transparent protective film side of the single-side protected polarizing film. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer A has a thickiess of 25 ?m or more: and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer B has a thickness of 25 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Yasui, Shou Takarada, Shinya Yamamoto, Ryohei Sawazaki
  • Patent number: 10626304
    Abstract: Provided is a polarizing film laminate comprising: an element substrate; a polarizer; a transparent electroconductive layer patterned so as to function as a touch sensor; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer comprises: a base adhesive zone made of a transparent base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and formed over a given range from the adhesive layer in a thickness direction of the adhesive layer; and a refractive index adjustment zone formed over a given range from the adhesive layer in the thickness direction and comprising the base adhesive material and material infiltrated into the base adhesive material and different from the base adhesive material, the refractive index adjustment zone having an average refractive index greater than a refractive index of the base adhesive material, and wherein the base adhesive material zone of the adhesive layer is located on the side of the element substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Katami, Atsushi Yasui
  • Patent number: 10569505
    Abstract: Provided is a polarizing film laminate comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a polarizing film wherein the adhesive layer comprises: a base adhesive zone made of a transparent base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and formed over a given range from one principal surface of the adhesive layer in a thickness direction of the adhesive layer; and a refractive index adjustment zone formed over a given range from the other principal surface of the adhesive layer in the thickness direction and comprising the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and material infiltrated into the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and different from the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material, the refractive index adjustment zone having an average refractive index greater than a refractive index of the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material, and wherein the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material zone of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is located on the side of the polarizing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Katami, Atsushi Yasui
  • Patent number: 10551540
    Abstract: Provided are a separator-attached adhesive layer structure which comprises a separator having moderate light peelability with respect to an adhesive layer and exhibits excellent processability and durability, and a production method therefor. The production method comprises: a first step of forming a layer of an adhesive composition containing a (meth)acryl-based polymer, a peroxide and a phenolic antioxidant, on a release treatment surface of a separator subjected to a release treatment; and a second step of, after completion of the first step, heating the adhesive composition to cause cross-linking therein so as to be formed as an adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeharu Kitagawa, Yuki Kida, Shinsuke Akizuki, Atsushi Yasui, Yusuke Toyama, Takaaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 10538055
    Abstract: Provided is a polarizing film laminate comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a polarizing film wherein the adhesive layer comprises: a base adhesive zone made of a transparent base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and formed over a given range from one principal surface of the adhesive layer in a thickness direction of the adhesive layer; and a refractive index adjustment zone formed over a given range from the other principal surface of the adhesive layer in the thickness direction and comprising the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and material infiltrated into the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material and different from the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material, the refractive index adjustment zone having an average refractive index greater than a refractive index of the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material, and wherein the base pressure-sensitive adhesive material zone of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is located on the side of the polarizing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Katami, Atsushi Yasui
  • Patent number: 10422935
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached polarizing film of invention includes a polarizing film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the polarizing film, wherein the polarizing film comprises a polarizer and a transparent protective film provided on only one side of the polarizer, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on a side of the polarizer opposite to the side on which the transparent protective film is provided, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is made from a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including a (meth)acryl-based polymer (A), an onium-anion salt (B1), and an alkali metal salt (B2). The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached polarizing film has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer possessing an antistatic function and satisfactory durability even after a humidity test under severe conditions and is less prone to degradation of optical properties even after a humidity test under severe conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Yasui, Yuusuke Toyama, Arata Fujihara, Tomoyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 10369768
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cover element having a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet preliminarily laminated thereto, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in which a refractive index adjustment zone having a refractive index greater than that of a base pressure-sensitive adhesive material thereof is formed over a given range from a surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in a thickness direction thereof, whereby: in a lamination process of a customer which is a supply destination of the cover element, it becomes possible to eliminate a need to distinguish between obverse and reverse sides of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet itself; and, when the cover element is bonded to an optical element through the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, it becomes possible to suppress internal reflection in a laminate formed of these optical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Katami, Atsushi Yasui
  • Publication number: 20190211456
    Abstract: A surface treated steel strip according to the present invention includes: a base steel sheet; a zinc phosphate coating film layer made of needle zinc phosphate crystals which are formed in an island shape on a surface of the base steel sheet; and a lubricating coating film layer covering the surface of the base steel sheet and a part of the zinc phosphate coating film layer, and containing at least a lubricating component, in which an area ratio of the zinc phosphate crystals exposed from a surface of the lubricating coating film layer is 25% to 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi YASUI, Kazuhiro SATO, Norihisa NISHITANI, Yoshihiro KAWANISHI, Keisuke SHIMAYA, Tomoya TESHIGAWARA, Takeshi FUJIWAKI, Hiroki TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10310333
    Abstract: A double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film has a polarizing film nearest to a viewer-side of an image display device among at least one polarizing film, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer A located on the viewer-side, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer B on a side of the polarizing film that is opposite to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer A. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layers A and B are equipped with separators SA and SB, respectively. The polarizing film is a single-side protected polarizing film having a polarizer of 15 ?m or less thickness and having a transparent protective film on only a single side of the polarizer. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer B is located on the polarizer side of the single-side protected polarizing film. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer A has a thickness of 25 ?m or more; and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer B has a thickness of 25 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Yasui, Shou Takarada, Shinya Yamamoto, Ryohei Sawazaki
  • Publication number: 20190154898
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate including: a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached polarizing film including a polarizing film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer or layers provided on one or both sides of the polarizing film; and a transparent conductive member including a transparent conductive layer in which the transparent conductive member is bonded to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached polarizing film in such a manner that the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached polarizing film is in contact with the transparent conductive layer of the transparent conductive member, wherein the polarizing film includes a polarizer and an inorganic layer or layers provided on one or both sides of the polarizer, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on at least one side of the inorganic layer of the polarizing film. Even when placed on a transparent conductive layer, the laminate can prevent degradation of the transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Yasui, Yuusuke Toyama, Shinsuke Akizuki
  • Patent number: 10274659
    Abstract: A polarizing plate including an optical functional film and a polarizing film (polarizer), the polarizing plate being thin and excellent in durability of the polarizing film. The polarizing plate includes an optical functional film, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a polarizing film, and a protective film in the stated order, in which: the polarizing film has a thickness of 15 ?m or less; the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a thickness of 15 ?m or less; the optical functional film has a moisture permeability of 200 g/m2/24 h or less; and the protective film has a moisture permeability of 1,000 g/m2/24 h or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Izaki, Ryohei Sawazaki, Atsushi Yasui, Yuki Kida, Takeharu Kitagawa, Takuya Mori
  • Patent number: 10265927
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transparent electroconductive layer-equipped cover element having a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet preliminarily laminated thereto, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in which a refractive index adjustment zone having a refractive index greater than that of a base pressure-sensitive adhesive material thereof is formed over a given range from a surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in a thickness direction thereof, whereby: in a lamination process of a customer which is a supply destination of the transparent electroconductive layer-equipped cover element, it becomes possible to eliminate a need to distinguish between obverse and reverse sides of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet itself; and, when the transparent electroconductive layer-equipped cover element is bonded to an optical element through the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, it becomes possible to suppress internal reflection in a laminate fo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Katami, Atsushi Yasui
  • Patent number: 10259193
    Abstract: In the case where a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a refractive index adjustment zone is provided in such a manner that two PET separators are laminated to opposite surfaces of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, it is difficult to distinguish between obverse and reverse sides of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet itself. The present invention is directed to solving the above problems and, specifically, to offering a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having a refractive index adjustment zone capable of being easily produced at low cost, in a state in which it is preliminarily laminated with a substrate provided with an electroconductive layer, thereby making it possible to resolve complexity in handling (to easily distinguish between one surface defined by the refractive index adjustment zone and the other surface defined by the remaining zone).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Katami, Toru Umemoto, Hiroyuki Takao, Atsushi Yasui