Patents by Inventor Hiroki Maeda

Hiroki Maeda 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: 20070128763
    Abstract: This invention is directed to the provision of a method for organic semiconductor layer formation that can easily form a uniform thin film, by coating, which has good charge mobility and a high level of alignment. The method for organic semiconductor layer formation is characterized by comprising the steps of: forming a coating film in a mixed liquid crystal state using a mixture, which can exhibit a thermotropic mixed liquid crystal phase, prepared by mixing an organic semiconductor material with a solvent; and either cooling the coating film to a temperature at which the coating film does not exhibit any mixed liquid crystal state, or removing the solvent while cooling the coating film, to form an organic semiconductor layer comprising a smectic liquid crystal phase or a crystal phase of the organic semiconductor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Tomino, Shigeru Sugawara, Hiroki Maeda, Masanao Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20070128764
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of a novel liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material that is highly stable under an film forming environment and, at the same time, can easily form a film, for example, by coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Tomino, Shigeru Sugawara, Hiroki Maeda, Masanao Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20070045614
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor material characterized by having a structure represented by chemical formula 1, the planarity of a main chain A1-X-A2 being disintegrated by steric hindrance between B1 and X and steric hindrance between B2 and X, the organic semiconductor material having a number average molecular weight of about 2,000 to about 200,000: wherein A1, A2, B1, B2 and X each have a skeleton structure comprising L 6 ? electron rings, M 8 ? electron rings, N 10 ? electron rings, O 12 ? electron rings, P 14 ? electron rings, Q 16 ? electron rings, R 18 ? electron rings, S 20 ? electron rings, T 22 ? electron rings, U 24 ? electron rings, and V 26 ? electron rings, wherein L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V are each an integer of 0 (zero) to 6 and L+M+N+O+P+Q+R+S+T+U+V=1 to 6; and B1 and B2 have an alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Sugawara, Hiroki Maeda, Ken Tomino, Masanao Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20070045613
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of a liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material, which is highly stable under a film forming environment and, at the same time, can easily form a film, for example, by coating. The liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material comprises: a thiophene skeleton comprising 3 to 6 thiophenes linearly connected to each other; and an identical alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms located on both sides of the thiophene skeleton, wherein acetylene skeletons each have been introduced into between the thiophene skeleton and the alkyl group, or acetylene skeletons have been introduced symmetrically into the thiophene skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Tomino, Shigeru Sugawara, Hiroki Maeda, Masanao Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 7151909
    Abstract: A broadcast information receiving apparatus, comprising: a broadcast service receiving section for receiving a plurality of broadcast services from a broadcast information source; and an information transmission section for transmitting information, wherein the broadcast service receiving section includes a general service reception controlling section used for reception of the plurality of general broadcast services, and a specific service reception controlling section used for reception of a specific broadcast service, and the information transmitted by the information transmission section includes at least one of information about the use status of the general service reception controlling section and information about the use status of the specific service reception controlling section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Dentsu, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishi, Fumiyuki Kato, Ryuhei Akiyama, Hiroki Maeda
  • Patent number: 7135702
    Abstract: The main object is to provide a manufacturing method of organic semiconductor, an organic semiconductor device structure manufactured by the manufacturing method and an organic semiconductor device, those having uniform and high carrier transport property over a relatively large area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Hanna, Hiroaki Iino, Hiroki Maeda
  • Patent number: 7102154
    Abstract: There are provided an organic semiconductor structure comprising an organic semiconductor layer, which is large in size and homogeneous and has high charge transfer characteristics, a process for producing the same, and an organic semiconductor device. The organic semiconductor structure has, in at least a part thereof, an organic semiconductor layer comprising an aligned liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material. The liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material comprises an organic compound having a core comprising L 6 ? electron rings, M 8 ? electron rings, N 10 ? electron rings, O 12 ? electron rings, P 14 ? electron rings, Q 16 ? electron rings, R 18 ? electron rings, S 20 ? electron rings, T 22 ? electron rings, U 24 ? electron rings, and V 26 ? electron rings, wherein L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V are each an integer of 0 (zero) to 6 and L+M+N+O+P+Q+R+S+T+U+V=1 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co. LTD
    Inventors: Jun-Ichi Hanna, Hiroki Maeda, Masanori Akada
  • Publication number: 20060188820
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprises a multi-functional epoxy resin and a cation polymerization initiator represented by general formula (1) shown below: (in the formura (1), X1 and X2 indicate a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group which may contain an oxygen atom or a halogen atom, or an alkoxy group to which a substituent may bond, and they may be identical to or different from one another. Y indicates a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group which may contain an oxygen atom or a halogen atom, or an alkoxy group to which a substituent may bond). The photosensitive resin composition is used as a pattern formation composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventor: Hiroki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20060166396
    Abstract: There are provided an organic semiconductor structure comprising an organic semiconductor layer, which is large in size and homogeneous and has high charge transfer characteristics, a process for producing the same, and an organic semiconductor device. The organic semiconductor structure has, in at least a part thereof, an organic semiconductor layer comprising an aligned liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material. The liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material comprises an organic compound having a core comprising L 6? electron rings, M 8? electron rings, N 10? electron rings, O 12? electron rings, P 14? electron rings, Q 16? electron rings, R 18? electron rings, S 20? electron rings, T 22? electron rings, U 24? electron rings, and V 26? electron rings, wherein L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V are each an integer of 0 (zero) to 6 and L+M+N+0+P+Q+R+S+T+U+V=1 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-ichi Hanna, Hiroki Maeda, Masanori Akada
  • Publication number: 20060113526
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an organic semiconductor device wherein an organic semiconductor layer being, a structural component of an organic semiconductor device is formed continuously with uniform performance over a sufficiently large area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Junichi Hanna, Hiroaki Iino, Hiroki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20060076554
    Abstract: The object is to provide an organic semiconductor material, enabling to exhibit liquid crystal phase at wide temperature range including at least ordinary temperature and to exhibit high charge carrier mobility, and an organic semiconductor structure and organic semiconductor device formed from the organic semiconductor material. To achieve the object, the present invention provides an organic semiconductor material comprising a quaterthiophene skeleton shown in a following chemical formula 1, wherein R1 in the chemical formula 1 is an alkyl group of C1 to C20 or a hydrogen, and R2 is an alkyl group of C1 to C20 or a hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroki Maeda, Ken Tomino, Shigeru Sugawara, Masahiro Funahashi, Junichi Hanna
  • Publication number: 20060060840
    Abstract: The main object is to provide a manufacturing method of organic semiconductor, an organic semiconductor device structure manufactured by the manufacturing method and an organic semiconductor device, those having uniform and high carrier transport property over a relatively large area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Junichi Hanna, Hiroaki Iino, Hiroki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20060054884
    Abstract: The main object of the invention is to provide an organic semiconductor material whose material designing is easy, and is capable to secure satisfying purity, so that it can be easily used industrially. And further, also to provide an organic semiconductor structure and an organic semiconductor device using the organic semiconductor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroki Maeda, Ken Tomino, Shigeru Sugawara, Junichi Hanna
  • Publication number: 20060054883
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic semiconductor device comprising an organic semiconductor layer having good charge carrier transport property, wherein a carrier injection to the organic semiconductor layer is easy. The above problem is solved by an organic semiconductor device comprising a first electrode and a second electrode facing to each other, and an organic semiconductor layer provided in between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein a charge carrier injection promoting layer is formed in between the organic semiconductor layer and at least one electrode of the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Junichi Hanna, Hiroki Maeda, Akihiko Nakasa, Hidehiro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20050224755
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material that can effectively develop electron conductive properties which a liquid crystal system inherently has. The liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material has both an isotropic phase and a smectic liquid crystal phase and comprises an electronically conductive liquid crystal material, wherein the concentration of an impurity in the liquid crystal material is controlled to a lower value than the critical concentration at which the electron conductivity of the liquid crystal material disappears or is significantly reduced rendering ion conduction dominant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Hanna, Hiroki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20050192869
    Abstract: A recipe providing system and a recipe providing method for presenting a suitable recipe that matches to a user request on specific foodstuff basis and/or specific cooking process basis. A recipe element storing unit stores a recipe element data related to recipes. The recipe elements are hierarchized according to cooking process of one recipe and each of the recipe element has link information to a finished-dish for which the recipe element is used. A recipe generating means retrieves/extracts recipe element data from the recipe element storing unit in accordance with user's recipe request, and generates a recipe. A recipe sending means sends the recipe generated by the recipe generating means to users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicants: DENTSU, INC., TSUJI ACADEMY, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Maeda, Tatsuo Inoue, Kazuaki Hiraga
  • Publication number: 20050156161
    Abstract: There are provided an organic semiconductor structure comprising an organic semiconductor layer, which is large in size and homogeneous and has high charge transfer characteristics, a process for producing the same, and an organic semiconductor device. The organic semiconductor structure has, in at least a part thereof, an organic semiconductor layer comprising an aligned liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material. The liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material comprises an organic compound having a core comprising L 6 ? electron rings, M 8 ? electron rings, N 10 ? electron rings, O 12 ? electron rings, P 14 ? electron rings, Q 16 ? electron rings, R 18 ? electron rings, S 20 ? electron rings, T 22 ? electron rings, U 24 ? electron rings, and V 26 ? electron rings, wherein L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V are each an integer of 0 (zero) to 6 and L+M+N+O+P+Q+R+S+T+U+V=1 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Jun-Ichi Hanna, Hiroki Maeda, Masanori Akada
  • Publication number: 20050127354
    Abstract: There are provided an organic semiconductor material, which can constitute an organic semiconductor layer having homogeneous and a high level of charge transfer characteristics over a large area, and an organic semiconductor structure and an organic semiconductor device utilizing the organic semiconductor material. The organic semiconductor material comprises a polymeric compound and a monomeric compound, the polymeric compound having, in a part of its side chain, a core structure comprising a predetermined ? electron ring, the monomeric compound having a core structure comprising a predetermined ? electron ring, the monomeric compound having, in at least one of its both ends, a terminal group capable of developing liquid crystallinity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Ichi Hanna, Teppei Shimakawa, Masanori Akada, Hiroki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20050025994
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element comprising a light emitting layer having a good charge transfer characteristic, capable of easily injecting the charge into the light emitting layer, and a method for producing an organic electroluminescent element with a stable quality. The object can be solved by an organic EL element provided with a substrate plate having a first electrode, a substrate plate having a second electrode, and a light emitting layer comprising a liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material and a light emitting material and disposed between the substrate plates, wherein an organic thin layer having a dipole moment for reducing a charge injection barrier between the electrodes and the light emitting layer is formed between the first electrode and the light emitting layer and/or between the second electrode and the light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Junichi Hanna, Akihiko Nakasa, Hiroki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20040245497
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystalline material, suitable for use as an organic semiconductor material, in which, even when the charge transport distance is long, the charge transport capability is satisfactory, the charge mobility is high, and the dependence of the charge transport properties upon field strength is small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Jun-Ichi Hanna, Hiroaki Iino, Hiroki Maeda