Patents by Inventor Hirokazu OKAZAKI
Hirokazu OKAZAKI 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).
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Patent number: 11865576Abstract: A laminate containing a metallic base layer and a transparent colored layer formed on the metallic base layer, wherein, when X=[(C*45)2+(C*75)2)]1/2, and Y=[(L*15)2+(C*15)2)]1/2+[(L*25)2+(C*25)2)]1/2, X is 64 or more, and Y is 191 or more; and the measured value of graininess (HG value) is 45 or less, with the proviso that C*15, C*25, C*45, and C*75 represent chroma calculated from spectral reflectances of light illuminated at an incident angle of 45 degrees with respect to the laminate and received at respective angles of 15 degrees, 25 degrees, 45 degrees, and 75 degrees deviated from the specular reflection light, and that L*15 and L*25 represent lightness calculated from spectral reflectances of light illuminated at an incident angle of 45 degrees with respect to the laminate and received at respective angles of 15 degrees and 25 degrees deviated from the specular reflection light.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ikumi Ono, Nobuhiko Narita, Hirokazu Okazaki
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Patent number: 11806746Abstract: Provided is a multilayer coating film comprising an effect base coating film and a colored base coating film formed on the effect base coating film, wherein when X=[(C*45)2+(C*75)2]1/2 and Y=[(L*15)2+(C*15)2]1/2+[(L*25)2+(C*25)2]1/2, X is 80 or more and Y is 145 or more (wherein C*15, C*25, C*45, and C*75 represent chroma values calculated from spectral reflectances of light illuminated at an incident angle of 45 degrees and received at light-receiving angles of 15 degrees, 25 degrees, 45 degrees, and 75 degrees deviated from specular reflection light to the side closer to the incident light; and L*15 and L*25 represent lightness values when light illuminated at an incident angle of 45 degrees is received at light-receiving angles of 15 degrees and 25 degrees deviated from specular reflection light to the side closer to the incident light).Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Okazaki, Nobuhiko Narita
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Patent number: 11776304Abstract: A biological pattern information processing device includes: a detection result obtaining unit that obtains unique region information that is detected based on biological pattern information representing a biological pattern, the unique region information representing a unique region included in the biological pattern; and a display control unit that causes the unique region to be displayed using a display attribute, based on the obtained unique region information, the display attribute being different from that for a region of the biological pattern other than the unique region.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Koui Norimatsu, Masanori Mizoguchi, Hirokazu Okazaki, Kan Satou, Yoshinori Suzuki
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Patent number: 11565281Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer coating film comprising the steps of: (1) applying a base paint (X) to a substrate to form a base coating film, (2) applying an effect pigment dispersion (Y) to the base coating film formed in step (1) to form an effect coating film, (3) applying a clear paint (Z) to the effect coating film formed in step (2) to form a clear coating film, and (4) heating the uncured base coating film, the uncured effect coating film, and the uncured clear coating film formed in steps (1) to (3) to thereby simultaneously cure these three coating films; wherein the effect pigment dispersion (Y) contains water, a black pigment (A), a vapor deposition metal flake pigment (B), and a rheology control agent (C).Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiko Narita, Hirokazu Okazaki, Tatsuo Kuramochi, Yuya Hirai, Takakazu Yamane, Keiichi Okamoto, Kouji Teramoto, Ryuji Nonaka
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Patent number: 11548029Abstract: Provided is a method for forming a multilayer coating film including the following steps (1) to (4): (1) applying a base paint (X) to a substrate to form a base coating film; (2) applying a specific effect pigment dispersion (Y) to the base coating film formed in step (1) to form an effect coating film with a specific dry film thickness; (3) applying a clear paint (Z) to the effect coating film formed in step (2) to form a clear coating film; and (4) heating the uncured base coating film, the uncured effect coating film, and the uncured clear coating film formed in steps (1) to (3) to simultaneously cure these three coating films.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuo Kuramochi, Hirokazu Okazaki, Nobuhiko Narita, Ryuji Nonaka, Keiichi Okamoto, Kouji Teramoto, Takakazu Yamane
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Patent number: 11459463Abstract: Provided is a method for forming a multilayer coating film, comprising simultaneously curing an uncured base coating film, an uncured effect coating film, and an uncured clear coating film. In this method, an effect pigment dispersion (Y) contains water, a rheology control agent (A), and a flake-effect pigment (B), and has a solids content of 0.5 to 10 mass %; the flake-effect pigment (B) is an interference pigment in which a transparent or translucent base material is coated with a metal oxide; and the flake-effect pigment (B) is contained in an amount of 30 to 90 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total solids content in the effect pigment dispersion (Y).Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Itoh, Hirokazu Okazaki, Hisashi Isaka
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Patent number: 11407210Abstract: A laminate containing a metallic base layer and a transparent colored layer formed on the metallic base layer. The metallic base layer contains an aluminum pigment, a light-scattering component, a surface adjusting agent, and a rheology control agent, the aluminum pigment being present in an amount of 15 to 70 parts by mass, on a solids basis; and the light-scattering component being present in an amount of 5 to 55 parts by mass, on a solids basis, based on 100 parts by mass of the metallic base layer. The transparent colored layer contains a resin component, a curing agent, and a color pigment, the color pigment being present in an amount of 0.5 to 10 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the resin solids content of the transparent colored layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ikumi Ono, Nobuhiko Narita, Hirokazu Okazaki
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Publication number: 20220168777Abstract: Provided is a multilayer coating film comprising an effect base coating film and a colored base coating film formed on the effect base coating film, wherein when X=[(C*45)2+(C*75)2]1/2 and Y=[(L*15)2+(C*15)2]1/2+[(L*25)2+(C*25)2]1/2, X is 80 or more and Y is 145 or more (wherein C*15, C*25, C*45, and C*75 represent chroma values calculated from spectral reflectances of light illuminated at an incident angle of 45 degrees and received at light-receiving angles of 15 degrees, 25 degrees, 45 degrees, and 75 degrees deviated from specular reflection light to the side closer to the incident light; and L*15 and L*25 represent lightness values when light illuminated at an incident angle of 45 degrees is received at light-receiving angles of 15 degrees and 25 degrees deviated from specular reflection light to the side closer to the incident light).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu OKAZAKI, Nobuhiko NARITA
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Publication number: 20220161294Abstract: Provided is a multilayer coating film comprising a colored base coating film and an effect base coating film formed on the colored base coating film, wherein the hue angle h in the L*C*h color space diagram is within the range of 30° to 70°, and when the following formulas hold: X=[(C*45)2+(C*75) 2]1/2, and Y=[(L*15)2+(C*15)2]1/2+[(L*25)2+(C*25)2]1/2, X is 80 or more and Y is 140 or more; provided that C*15, C*25, C*45, and C*75 represent the chroma of the multilayer coating film when light is illuminated at an angle of 45 degrees and received at angles of 15 degrees, 25 degrees, 45 degrees, and 75 degrees deviated from the specular reflection light in the incident light direction, and L*15 and L*25 similarly represent the lightness of the multilayer coating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu OKAZAKI, Nobuhiko NARITA
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Patent number: 11285509Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer coating film, the method including the following steps (1) to (3): (1) applying a colored paint (X) to a substrate to form a colored coating film whose lightness L* value in the L*a*b* color space is 5 or less, (2) applying an effect pigment dispersion (Y) to the colored coating film formed in step (1) to form an effect coating film, and (3) applying a clear paint (Z) to the effect coating film formed in step (2) to form a clear coating film, wherein the effect pigment dispersion (Y) contains water, a rheology control agent (A), and a flake-effect pigment (B), the flake-effect pigment (B) being an effect pigment in which a transparent or translucent base material is coated with a metal oxide, and the effect pigment dispersion (Y) having a solids content of 0.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Okazaki, Tatsuo Kuramochi, Kenji Sakai, Nobuhiko Narita
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Patent number: 11185885Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer coating film comprising the steps of: applying, to a substrate, an effect pigment dispersion that comprises water, a surface adjusting agent, a flake-effect pigment, and a rheology control agent, and that has a solids content within the range of 0.5 to 10 mass % to form an effect pigment-containing coating film; and applying a colored transparent paint to the effect pigment-containing coating film to form a colored transparent coating film having a total light transmittance at a wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm of 20 to 70%.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ikumi Ono, Nobuhiko Narita, Hirokazu Okazaki
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Patent number: 11071999Abstract: The present invention relates to an effect pigment dispersion comprising water, a rheology control agent (A), and a flake-effect pigment (B), the flake-effect pigment (B) being an interference pigment in which a transparent or translucent substrate is coated with a metal oxide, and the solids content of the effect pigment dispersion being 0.1 to 15 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Okazaki, Masayuki Itoh, Tatsuo Kuramochi
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Publication number: 20210178428Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer coating film comprising the steps of: applying, to a substrate, an effect pigment dispersion that comprises water, a surface adjusting agent, a flake-effect pigment, and a rheology control agent, and that has a solids content within the range of 0.5 to 10 mass % to form an effect pigment-containing coating, film; and applying a colored transparent paint to the effect pigment-containing coating film to form a colored transparent coating film having a total light transmittance at a wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm of 20 to 70%.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ikumi ONO, Nobuhiko NARITA, Hirokazu OKAZAKI
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Publication number: 20210170446Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer coating film includes forming a base coating film, a photoluminescent coating film, and forming a clear coating in this order, wherein the photoluminescent coating film uses a photoluminescent pigment dispersion containing a scaly photoluminescent pigment having a thickness T of 1 to 65 nm, wherein when all photoluminescent pigment present in the multilayer coating film is projected onto the surface of the multilayer coating film, the area occupancy ratio R indicating how much of the surface of the multilayer coating film is occupied by the parts in which the photoluminescent pigment is projected, is 0.1 to 50 percent; and the T and R satisfy “T (nm)×R (%)?2000”. The obtained multilayer coating film can manifest excellent photoluminescence.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Hirokazu OKAZAKI, Nobuhiko NARITA
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Publication number: 20210133414Abstract: A biological pattern information processing device includes: a detection result obtaining unit that obtains unique region information that is detected based on biological pattern information representing a biological pattern, the unique region information representing a unique region included in the biological pattern; and a display control unit that causes the unique region to be displayed using a display attribute, based on the obtained unique region information, the display attribute being different from that for a region of the biological pattern other than the unique region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Koui NORIMATSU, Masanori MIZOGUCHI, Hirokazu OKAZAKI, Kan SATOU, Yoshinori SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20210086228Abstract: A laminate containing a metallic base layer and a transparent colored layer formed on the metallic base layer, wherein, when X=[(C*45)2+(C*75)2)]1/2, and Y=[(L*15)2+(C*15)2)]1/2+[(L*25)2+(C*25)2)]1/2, X is 64 or more, and Y is 191 or more; and the measured value of graininess (HG value) is 45 or less, with the proviso that C*15, C*25, C*45, and C*75 represent chroma calculated from spectral reflectances of light illuminated at an incident angle of 45 degrees with respect to the laminate and received at respective angles of 15 degrees, 25 degrees, 45 degrees, and 75 degrees deviated from the specular reflection light, and that L*15 and L*25 represent lightness calculated from spectral reflectances of light illuminated at an incident angle of 45 degrees with respect to the laminate and received at respective angles of 15 degrees and 25 degrees deviated from the specular reflection light.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ikumi ONO, Nobuhiko NARITA, Hirokazu OKAZAKI
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Publication number: 20210078313Abstract: A laminate containing a metallic base layer and a transparent colored layer formed on the metallic base layer. The metallic base layer contains an aluminum pigment, a light-scattering component, a surface adjusting agent, and a rheology control agent, the aluminum pigment being present in an amount of 15 to 70 parts by mass, on a solids basis; and the light-scattering component being present in an amount of 5 to 55 parts by mass, on a solids basis, based on 100 parts by mass of the metallic base layer. The transparent colored layer contains a resin component, a curing agent, and a color pigment, the color pigment being present in an amount of 0.5 to 10 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the resin solids content of the transparent colored layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ikumi ONO, Nobuhiko NARITA, Hirokazu OKAZAKI
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Patent number: 10915728Abstract: A biological pattern information processing device includes: a detection result obtaining unit that obtains unique region information that is detected based on biological pattern information representing a biological pattern, the unique region information representing a unique region included in the biological pattern; and a display control unit that causes the unique region to be displayed using a display attribute, based on the obtained unique region information, the display attribute being different from that for a region of the biological pattern other than the unique region.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Koui Norimatsu, Masanori Mizoguchi, Hirokazu Okazaki, Kan Satou, Yoshinori Suzuki
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Patent number: 10898923Abstract: The present invention relates to an effect pigment dispersion comprising water, a flake aluminum pigment, and a cellulose-based rheology control agent, wherein the effect pigment dispersion contains 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of solids based on 100 parts by mass of all components thereof, the viscosity measured using a Brookfield type viscometer is 400 to 10000 mPa·sec at a rotational speed of 6 revolutions per minute, and the solids content of the flake aluminum pigment is 30 to 200 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of components other than the flake aluminum pigment in the total solids content.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Itoh, Nobuhiko Narita, Tatsuo Kuramochi, Hisashi Isaka, Hirokazu Okazaki
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Publication number: 20200398308Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer coating film, the method including the following steps (1) to (3): (1) applying a colored paint (X) to a substrate to form a colored coating film whose lightness L* value in the L*a*b* color space is 5 or less, (2) applying an effect pigment dispersion (Y) to the colored coating film formed in step (1) to form an effect coating film, and (3) applying a clear paint (Z) to the effect coating film formed in step (2) to form a clear coating film, wherein the effect pigment dispersion (Y) contains water, a rheology control agent (A), and a flake-effect pigment (B), the flake-effect pigment (B) being an effect pigment in which a transparent or translucent base material is coated with a metal oxide, and the effect pigment dispersion (Y) having a solids content of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu OKAZAKI, Tatsuo KURAMOCHI, Kenji SAKAI, Nobuhiko NARITA