Patents by Inventor Daiki Wakizaka

Daiki Wakizaka 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: 20120207992
    Abstract: A production method of an antireflection film comprises, in order, a step of applying a coating composition obtained by mixing the following components (A) to (D) on a base material to form a coating film, a step of drying the coating film to volatilize the solvent therefrom, and a step of curing the coating film to form a cured layer, wherein a multilayer structure having different refractive indexes is formed from the coating composition: (A) a compound having at least one structure selected from a fluorine-containing hydrocarbon structure and a polysiloxane structure and at least one basic functional group, (B) an inorganic fine particle, (C) a curable binder containing no fluorine atom in the molecule, and (D) a solvent, provided that the mass ratio of [component (A)+component (B)]/[component (C)] is from 1/199 to 60/40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki AKUTAGAWA, Hiroyuki YONEYAMA, Daiki WAKIZAKA
  • Publication number: 20120207990
    Abstract: A production method of an antireflection film comprises, in order, a step of applying a coating composition obtained by mixing the following components (A) to (D) on a base material to form a coating film, a step of drying the coating film to volatilize the solvent therefrom, and a step of curing the coating film to form a cured layer, wherein a multilayer structure having different refractive indexes is formed from the coating composition: (A) a compound having at least one structure selected from a fluorine-containing hydrocarbon structure and a polysiloxane structure and at least one isocyanate group; (B) an inorganic fine particle; (C) a curable binder containing no fluorine atom in the molecule; and (D) a solvent; provided that the mass ratio of [component (A)+component (B)]/[component (C)] is from 1/199 to 60/40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki AKUTAGAWA, Hiroyuki YONEYAMA, Daiki WAKIZAKA
  • Patent number: 8240859
    Abstract: An antiglare film is provided and includes: a transparent support; and an antiglare layer containing a binder and a light-transmitting fine particle. The light-transmitting fine particle has an average particle diameter of 3 to 15 ?m, the antiglare layer has an average thickness smaller than the average particle diameter of the light-transmitting fine particle by 0.1 to 2.0 ?m, the antiglare layer contains the light-transmitting fine particle in an amount of 1.0 to 3.0 weight % based on all solid contents of the antiglare layer. The antiglare layer has a surface having a ?(1) of 60 to 98.5%, wherein the ?(1) is a ratio of a surface region of 0°???1° in the surface when ? represents a tilt angle of an irregularity on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Asakura, Daiki Wakizaka
  • Patent number: 8187704
    Abstract: An optical film, includes: a transparent support; and at least one low refractive index layer, wherein the at least one low refractive index layer is a layer formed from a coating composition containing: (A) an inorganic fine particle; (B) a fluorine-containing copolymer; and (C) a polyfunctional fluorine-containing acrylate, and the polyfunctional fluorine-containing acrylate (C) is represented by the following structural formula: wherein Rf represents a (p+q)-valent perfluoro saturated hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 1 to 20, which may have an ether bond; p represents an integer of 2 to 10; q represents an integer of 0 to 8, provided that (p+q) represents an integer of 2 to 10; r represents an integer of 0 to 100; and R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki Wakizaka, Taiji Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20120077047
    Abstract: A antistatic hard coat layer-forming composition having the following (a), (b), (c) and (d): (a) an ion-conducting compound, (b) a polyethylene oxide compound having one or more photopolymerizable groups, having no hydroxyl group, and having a —(CH2CH2O)k— structure (wherein k represents a number of 1 to 50), (c) a compound having an unsaturated double bond, and (d) a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Asahi, Daiki Wakizaka, Takayasu Yamazaki, Kenichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20120075706
    Abstract: An optical film having a transparent support having thereon at least a hardcoat layer and an antistatic layer in this order, wherein the hardcoat layer and the antistatic layer are formed by simultaneously coating compositions for forming respective layers, the antistatic layer comprises at least (A) an electrically conductive organic compound and (B) a polyfunctional monomer having three or more polymerizable groups, a content of an inorganic oxide fine particle in the antistatic layer is less than 10 weight % based on an entire solid content of the antistatic layer, and a common logarithmic value (LogSR) of surface resistivity SR (?/sq) on the antistatic layer side with respect to the transparent support is 13 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki Wakizaka, Takayasu Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20120077046
    Abstract: A composition for forming a hardcoat layer, contains: at least one antifouling agent selected from a fluorine-containing compound having a polymerizable unsaturated group and a polysiloxane compound having a weight average molecular weight of 15,000 or more and a polymerizable unsaturated group; dimethyl carbonate; a compound having an unsaturated double bond; and a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Asahi, Kenichi Fukuda, Daiki Wakizaka
  • Publication number: 20110049435
    Abstract: An optical film includes a transparent support and at least one antistatic layer formed from a composition containing an electrically conductive polymer, a polyfunctional monomer having two or more polymerizable groups, at least one compound selected from a compound represented by the formula (1) as defined herein, a compound represented by the formula (2) as defined herein and a trivalent phosphorus compound, and a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki Wakizaka, Takayasu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7813038
    Abstract: A light-scattering film is provided and includes a transparent support having thereon at least a light-scattering layer. When substantially parallel light is incident on a surface of the film at an incident angle of 5°, the reflectance for an angle ? in the light-receiving part measured in a plane containing the film normal line and the incident direction is R(?), the value obtained by normalizing R(?) by the reflectance of regular reflection is Rrel(?), and the value calculated from the maximum variation |dRrel(?)/d?|max for the angle ? is a scattering coefficient A (formula 1), the reflection coefficient B (formula 2) calculated from the scattering coefficient A and the 5° specular reflectance Rs is from 2.0 to 5.0. Scattering coefficient A=1/(10×|dRrel(?)/d?|max)??(Formula 1) Reflection coefficient B=2.2×log 10(Rs)?7.5×log 10(A)+5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Inoue, Jun Watanabe, Tetsuya Asakura, Daiki Wakizaka, Hideyasu Ishibashi, Isao Ikuhara
  • Publication number: 20100246014
    Abstract: An antireflective film includes: a transparent substrate film; and at least one low refractive index layer, the low refractive index layer is formed with a composition containing: a fluorine-containing antifouling agent having a weight average molecular weight of less than 10,000 and a structure represented by the following formula (F); a polyfunctional monomer having a polymerizable unsaturated group; and (C) an inorganic particle, and a content of the fluorine-containing antifouling agent is 1% by weight or more and less than 25% by weight based on a total solid content of the coating composition: (Rf)-[(W)-(RA)n]m??Formula (F) wherein, Rf represents a (per)fluoroalkyl group or a (per)fluoropolyether group, W represents a connecting group, RA represents a functional group having a polymerizable unsaturated group, n represents an integer of from 1 to 3, and m represents an integer of from 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Miho ASAHI, Hiroyuki YONEYAMA, Daiki WAKIZAKA
  • Publication number: 20100079868
    Abstract: An antiglare film is provided and includes: a transparent support; and an antiglare layer containing a binder and a light-transmitting fine particle. The light-transmitting fine particle has an average particle diameter of 3 to 15 ?m, the antiglare layer has an average thickness smaller than the average particle diameter of the light-transmitting fine particle by 0.1 to 2.0 ?m, the antiglare layer contains the light-transmitting fine particle in an amount of 1.0 to 3.0 weight % based on all solid contents of the antiglare layer. The antiglare layer has a surface having a ?(1) of 60 to 98.5%, wherein the ?(1) is a ratio of a surface region of 0°???1° in the surface when ? represents a tilt angle of an irregularity on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Tetsuya ASAKURA, Daiki WAKIZAKA
  • Publication number: 20100079869
    Abstract: An antiglare film is provided, the antiglare film including: a support; and an antiglare layer including a surface that has asperities, wherein the antiglare layer contains at least first light-transmitting particles and second light-transmitting particles, the first light-transmitting particles have an average particle size that is 0.01 to 2.5 ?m greater than an average thickness of the antiglare layer, the second light-transmitting particles have an average particle size that is at least 0.1 ?m smaller than the average thickness of the antiglare layer, the first light-transmitting particles are contained in an amount of 0.1 to 2 mass % based on a total solid content in the antiglare layer, the second light-transmitting particles are contained in an amount of 2 to 30 mass % based on the total solid content in the antiglare layer, and the second light-transmitting particles include organic polymer-containing particles each of which has a core particle/shell layer structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Katsumi INOUE, Takato Suzuki, Daiki Wakizaka, Tetsuya Asakura
  • Publication number: 20100079867
    Abstract: An optical film, is provided, the optical film including: a support; and at least one antiglare layer having a surface that has asperities, wherein the at least one antiglare layer contains at least one kind of light transmitting particles including first light transmitting particles in an amount of 0.01 to 1 mass % based on a total solid content in the antiglare layer, the first light transmitting particles have an average particle size that is 0.1 to 4.0 ?m greater than an average thickness of the antiglare layer, and a region ?(0.5) in which slope angles ? of the asperities of the surface of the antiglare layer lie within a range of 0°<?<0.5° constitutes 40% to 98% of the surface of the antiglare layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Daiki WAKIZAKA, Takato Suzuki, Tetsuya Asakura
  • Publication number: 20100021694
    Abstract: An antireflective film is provided, the antireflective film including: a transparent support; and at least one low refractive index layer, wherein the low refractive index layer is formed from a composition containing at least following (A) to (C): (A) a fluorine-containing antifouling agent having at least one polymerizable unsaturated group; (B) a fluorine-containing copolymer having at least one polymerizable unsaturated group; and (C) inorganic fine particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Daiki WAKIZAKA, Miho Asahi, Takato Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090213462
    Abstract: An optical film, includes: a transparent support; and at least one low refractive index layer on or above the transparent support, wherein the low refractive index layer is formed from a low refractive index layer forming composition containing (A) a hydrophobic polyrotaxane compound, (B) a fluorine-containing copolymer and an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Daiki WAKIZAKA, Kenichi FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20090091835
    Abstract: An optical film includes, in the following order, a support; an antiglare layer having an uneven surface; a high refractive index layer; and a low refractive index layer, wherein an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of the optical film is: 0.03 ?m<Ra<0.4 ?m, an average distance of unevenness (Sm) of the optical film is: 80 ?m<Sm<700 ?m, a region of 0°<?<0.5° (? (0.5)) of the optical film, where ? is a tilting angle of the unevenness, accounts for 40% or more, and an integral reflectance of the optical film is 1.5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Daiki WAKIZAKA, Takato Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090087617
    Abstract: An antireflection film includes: a transparent support that contains first fine particles; and a hardcoat layer on or above the transparent support, wherein the transparent support has irregularities formed by the first fine particles having an average primary particle diameter of 3 to 12 ?m, and a thickness of the hardcoat layer is from 3 to 15 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takato SUZUKI, Daiki Wakizaka
  • Publication number: 20090081447
    Abstract: An optical film, includes: a transparent support; and at least one low refractive index layer, wherein the at least one low refractive index layer is a layer formed from a coating composition containing: (A) an inorganic fine particle; (B) a fluorine-containing copolymer; and (C) a polyfunctional fluorine-containing acrylate, and the polyfunctional fluorine-containing acrylate (C) is represented by the following structural formula: wherein Rf represents a (p+q)-valent perfluoro saturated hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 1 to 20, which may have an ether bond; p represents an integer of 2 to 10; q represents an integer of 0 to 8, provided that (p+q) represents an integer of 2 to 10; r represents an integer of 0 to 100; and R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Daiki WAKIZAKA, Taiji Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20070243370
    Abstract: An optical film including a support and a layer provided by applying a coating composition as an outermost layer, wherein the coating composition contains a fluorine-containing compound having a fluorine content of 40% by weight or more, and a particle having a particle size of from 5 to 120 nm, and the outermost layer has a refractive index of from 1.20 to 1.38.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki Wakizaka, Hiroyuki Yoneyama
  • Publication number: 20070229804
    Abstract: A light-scattering film is provided and includes a transparent support having thereon at least a light-scattering layer. When substantially parallel light is incident on a surface of the film at an incident angle of 5°, the reflectance for an angle ? in the light-receiving part measured in a plane containing the film normal line and the incident direction is R(?), the value obtained by normalizing R(?) by the reflectance of regular reflection is Rrel(?), and the value calculated from the maximum variation |dRrel(?)/d?|max for the angle ? is a scattering coefficient A (formula 1), the reflection coefficient B (formula 2) calculated from the scattering coefficient A and the 5° specular reflectance Rs is from 2.0 to 5.0. Scattering coefficient A=1/(10×|dRrel(?)/d?|max)??(Formula 1) Reflection coefficient B=2.2×log 10(Rs)?7.5×log 10(A)+5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Inoue, Jun Watanabe, Tetsuya Asakura, Daiki Wakizaka, Hideyasu Ishibashi, Isao Ikuhara