Patents by Inventor Hiroki Usui

Hiroki Usui 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).

  • Patent number: 11954850
    Abstract: A medical information processing system according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry and a display. On the basis of one of the type of at least one abnormality detection algorithm to which a medical image related to an examined subject is to be input and information relevant to an abnormality detected by inputting the medical image to the abnormality detection algorithm, the processing circuitry judges whether or not urgency is present in a disorder related to the abnormality. When it is determined that the urgency is present, the display displays, in an examination list of examination orders, assessment information related to assessing the abnormality and urgency information indicating the urgency so as to be positioned adjacent to any of the examination orders related to the abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Terai, Hiroki Saito, Kenichi Usui, Yosuke Okubo, Hirobumi Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10161055
    Abstract: A method of forming a wiring pattern includes: a) forming a metal underlayer including a first underlying wiring layer which is in contact with an electrode, a second underlying wiring layer which is not in contact with the electrode, and an underlying connection layer which connects the first underlying wiring layer to the second underlying wiring layer; b) forming a metal plating layer on the metal underlayer through electroplating; and c) removing a metal connection portion through etching. The metal connection portion is the underlying connection layer covered with the metal plating layer. The etching includes bringing a solid electrolyte material that contains a solution into which metal of the metal connection portion is dissolved, into contact with the metal connection portion and applying a voltage between the metal connection portion and the solid electrolyte material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Sato, Motoki Hiraoka, Hiroshi Yanagimoto, Hiroki Usui
  • Patent number: 10151042
    Abstract: A coating forming device for forming a metal coating on a surface of a substrate includes: an anode; a power supply; and a solid electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the substrate and contains metal ions. The solid electrolyte membrane includes: a contact surface that is a region contacting a coating-forming region where the metal coating is formed; and a concave portion recessed relative to the contact surface such that, when the contact surface contacts the coating-forming region, the solid electrolyte membrane is not in contact with a portion of the surface of the substrate excluding the coating-forming region. The metal ions are reduced to form the metal coating on the coating-forming region by the power supply applying a voltage between the anode and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Usui, Hiroshi Yanagimoto, Motoki Hiraoka, Yuki Sato
  • Patent number: 10096431
    Abstract: The dye-sensitized solar cell element includes at least one dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC), a first current extracting portion and a second current extracting portion for extracting current from the at least one DSC. The DSC comprises a first electrode having a transparent substrate and a transparent conductive layer provided on the surface of the substrate, a second electrode facing the first electrode and having a metal substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer provided on the first electrode, and an annular sealing portion bonding the first electrode with the second electrode. The first current extracting portion is included in the conductive film of one DSC of the at least one DSC, the second current extracting portion is connected with the metal substrate of the second electrode of one DSC of the at least one DSC, and the first and second current extracting portions are disposed next to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Naoshi Yamada, Katsuyoshi Endoh, Hiroki Usui
  • Patent number: 10056196
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element module 200 includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements 100 and 100, each including a first electrode 10 and a second electrode 20 facing each other, and a conductive member 9 electrically connecting the photoelectric conversion elements 100 to each other. Each of the photoelectric conversion elements 100 is arranged in a planar shape so that a direction from each first electrode 10 to each second electrode 20 is the same. The conductive member 9 is connected to a surface of the first electrode 10 which is opposite to the second electrode 20 in at least one photoelectric conversion element 100 and is connected to a surface of the second electrode 20 which is facing the first electrode 10 in at least one different photoelectric conversion element 100, at a position at which the second electrode 20 does not overlap the first electrode 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Usui
  • Patent number: 9947483
    Abstract: A dye-sensitized solar cell element has at least one dye-sensitized solar cell, the dye-sensitized solar cell is equipped with a conductive substrate having a transparent substrate and a transparent conductive layer provided on one surface of the transparent substrate, a counter substrate facing the conductive substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer provided on the conductive substrate or the counter substrate, and an annular sealing portion bonding the conductive substrate and the counter substrate. The transparent conductive layer has a main body portion disposed on an inner side of the sealing portion, a groove is formed in the transparent conductive layer, and at least a part of the groove has a first groove formed along an external shape of the sealing portion, and an insulating material also continuously covers an edge portion of the main body portion as well as enters into at least a part of the first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Katsuyoshi Endoh, Hiroki Usui, Ong-on Topon
  • Publication number: 20160289840
    Abstract: A method of forming a wiring pattern includes: a) forming a metal underlayer including a first underlying wiring layer which is in contact with an electrode, a second underlying wiring layer which is not in contact with the electrode, and an underlying connection layer which connects the first underlying wiring layer to the second underlying wiring layer; b) forming a metal plating layer on the metal underlayer through electroplating; and c) removing a metal connection portion through etching. The metal connection portion is the underlying connection layer covered with the metal plating layer. The etching includes bringing a solid electrolyte material that contains a solution into which metal of the metal connection portion is dissolved, into contact with the metal connection portion and applying a voltage between the metal connection portion and the solid electrolyte material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki SATO, Motoki HIRAOKA, Hiroshi YANAGIMOTO, Hiroki USUI
  • Publication number: 20160265128
    Abstract: A coating forming device for forming a metal coating on a surface of a substrate includes: an anode; a power supply; and a solid electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the substrate and contains metal ions. The solid electrolyte membrane includes: a contact surface that is a region contacting a coating-forming region where the metal coating is formed; and a concave portion recessed relative to the contact surface such that, when the contact surface contacts the coating-forming region, the solid electrolyte membrane is not in contact with a portion of the surface of the substrate excluding the coating-forming region. The metal ions are reduced to form the metal coating on the coating-forming region by the power supply applying a voltage between the anode and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki USUI, Hiroshi YANAGIMOTO, Motoki HIRAOKA, Yuki SATO
  • Patent number: 9355788
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dye-sensitized solar cell which includes a conductive substrate, a counter substrate facing the conductive substrate, an electrolyte disposed between the conductive substrate and the counter substrate, and an annular sealing portion surrounding the electrolyte together with the conductive substrate and the counter substrate and connecting the conductive substrate and the counter substrate. The sealing portion has an inorganic sealing portion fixed to the conductive substrate and a resin sealing portion fixed to the counter substrate. The inorganic sealing portion has a main body portion provided on the conductive substrate and a protruding portion extending from the main body portion toward a side opposite to the conductive substrate, and the resin sealing portion has an adhesive portion adhering the main body portion to the counter substrate and adhered to a side surface along an extending direction of the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Usui
  • Publication number: 20150372248
    Abstract: Provided is a dye-sensitized solar cell element including: a dye-sensitized solar cell; and a back sheet facing the solar cell, the solar cell including a conductive substrate, a current collector disposed on the conductive substrate, a counter substrate facing the conductive substrate, a power generation layer disposed on the conductive substrate, an electrolyte disposed between the conductive substrate and the counter substrate, and an annular sealing portion enclosing the power generation layer and the electrolyte together with the conductive substrate and the counter substrate and joining the conductive substrate and the counter substrate, and the solar cell element further including: an adhesive part adhering the back sheet and the conductive substrate in an annular region surrounding the solar cell, in which the current collector is provided only at an outer side of the sealing portion and only at the inner side of an outer peripheral surface of the adhesive part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi OKADA, Takeshi YAMAGUCHI, Nobuo TANABE, Ong-on TOPON, Hiroki USUI, Katsuyoshi ENDO
  • Patent number: 9153387
    Abstract: The photoelectric conversion element of the present invention includes: a pair of electrodes facing one another; a oxide semiconductor layer provided on one of the pair of electrodes; an electrolyte disposed between the electrodes; and a sealing part that connects the electrodes, and surrounds and seals the oxide semiconductor layer and the electrolyte. At least a portion of the sealing part comprises an inorganic sealing part formed of an inorganic material and on a surface of at least one of the electrodes and a resin sealing part that is connected to the inorganic sealing part along the direction connecting the electrodes and comprises a material including a resin. A region on a surface of the inorganic sealing part on a side closer to the electrolyte than a region connected to the resin sealing part is covered with a protective resin layer that is resistant to the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Usui, Hiroshi Matsui, Kenichi Okada
  • Publication number: 20150243447
    Abstract: A dye-sensitized solar cell element has at least one dye-sensitized solar cell, the dye-sensitized solar cell is equipped with a conductive substrate having a transparent substrate and a transparent conductive layer provided on one surface of the transparent substrate, a counter substrate facing the conductive substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer provided on the conductive substrate or the counter substrate, and an annular sealing portion bonding the conductive substrate and the counter substrate. The transparent conductive layer has a main body portion disposed on an inner side of the sealing portion, a groove is formed in the transparent conductive layer, and at least a part of the groove has a first groove formed along an external shape of the sealing portion, and an insulating material also continuously covers an edge portion of the main body portion as well as enters into at least a part of the first groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIKURA, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Katsuyoshi Endoh, Hiroki Usui, Ong-on Topon
  • Publication number: 20150243448
    Abstract: The dye-sensitized solar cell element includes at least one dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC), a first current extracting portion and a second current extracting portion for extracting current from the at least one DSC. The DSC comprises a first electrode having a transparent substrate and a transparent conductive layer provided on the surface of the substrate, a second electrode facing the first electrode and having a metal substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer provided on the first electrode, and an annular sealing portion bonding the first electrode with the second electrode. The first current extracting portion is included in the conductive film of one DSC of the at least one DSC, the second current extracting portion is connected with the metal substrate of the second electrode of one DSC of the at least one DSC, and the first and second current extracting portions are disposed next to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Naoshi Yamada, Katsuyoshi Endoh, Hiroki Usui
  • Patent number: 9087938
    Abstract: The present invention is a production method of an electrode for a dye-sensitized solar cell, comprising: a first step of providing current collector wiring on an electrically conductive substrate; and a second step of producing an electrode for a dye-sensitized solar cell by sequentially forming a plurality of thermoplastic wiring protective layers on the current collector wiring so that softening points of the thermoplastic wiring protective layers become lower as the thermoplastic wiring protective layers move away from the current collector wiring, and by heat-treating the second and subsequent thermoplastic wiring protective layers from the current collector wiring at a heat treatment temperature lower than a softening point of the thermoplastic wiring protective layer formed immediately prior thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Usui, Hiroshi Matsui
  • Publication number: 20150075618
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dye-sensitized solar cell which includes a conductive substrate, a counter substrate facing the conductive substrate, an electrolyte disposed between the conductive substrate and the counter substrate, and an annular sealing portion surrounding the electrolyte together with the conductive substrate and the counter substrate and connecting the conductive substrate and the counter substrate. The sealing portion has an inorganic sealing portion fixed to the conductive substrate and a resin sealing portion fixed to the counter substrate. The inorganic sealing portion has a main body portion provided on the conductive substrate and a protruding portion extending from the main body portion toward a side opposite to the conductive substrate, and the resin sealing portion has an adhesive portion adhering the main body portion to the counter substrate and adhered to a side surface along an extending direction of the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki USUI
  • Patent number: 8957307
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element module 1 comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements 10 each having a first electrode 15 and a second electrode 25 that oppose each other, and a conductive member 30 electrically connecting the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements 10 to each other; the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements 10 are arranged in planar form such that directions from the first electrodes 15 toward the second electrodes 25 are the same; the first electrode 15 and second electrode 25 have extended portions 15a, 25a respectively which extend to outside a region encompassed by an outer periphery of a sealing member 17; and in adjacent photoelectric conversion elements 10A and 10B, the conductive member 30 connects the extended portion 15a of one of the photoelectric conversion elements 10A and the extended portion 25a of the other photoelectric conversion element 10B; and the extended portion 25a has flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kitamura, Hiroki Usui
  • Patent number: 8790551
    Abstract: An electrolyte composition containing an ionic liquid and conductive particles, an electrolyte composition containing an ionic liquid and oxide semiconductor particles and optionally containing conductive particles, and an electrolyte composition containing an ionic liquid and insulating particles are provided. Furthermore, a photoelectric conversion element comprising: a working electrode, the working electrode comprising an electrode substrate and an oxide semiconductor porous film formed on the electrode substrate and sensitized with a dye; a counter electrode disposed opposing the working electrode; and an electrolyte layer made of these electrolyte compositions is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Usui, Nobuo Tanabe, Hiroshi Matsui, Tetsuya Ezure, Shozo Yanagida
  • Patent number: 8785765
    Abstract: An electrolyte composition containing an ionic liquid and conductive particles, an electrolyte composition containing an ionic liquid and oxide semiconductor particles and optionally containing conductive particles, and an electrolyte composition containing an ionic liquid and insulating particles are provided. Furthermore, a photoelectric conversion element comprising: a working electrode, the working electrode comprising an electrode substrate and an oxide semiconductor porous film formed on the electrode substrate and sensitized with a dye; a counter electrode disposed opposing the working electrode; and an electrolyte layer made of these electrolyte compositions is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Usui, Nobuo Tanabe, Hiroshi Matsui, Tetsuya Ezure, Shozo Yanagida
  • Patent number: 8268661
    Abstract: The present invention is a sealing laminated sheet for an electronic device in which a first sheet and a second sheet 5 are laminated, wherein the first sheet contains an acid-modified polyolefin-based thermoplastic resin, the second sheet 5 has a melting point higher than that of the first sheet, and a peel strength at 25° C. of the second sheet 5 relative to the first sheet is 0.5 to 10.0 N/15 mm. According to the present invention, the production yield of an electronic device can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Doi, Kenichi Okada, Hiroki Usui
  • Publication number: 20120006406
    Abstract: The photoelectric conversion element of the present invention includes: a pair of electrodes facing one another; a oxide semiconductor layer provided on one of the pair of electrodes; an electrolyte disposed between the electrodes; and a sealing part that connects the electrodes, and surrounds and seals the oxide semiconductor layer and the electrolyte. At least a portion of the sealing part comprises an inorganic sealing part formed of an inorganic material and on a surface of at least one of the electrodes and a resin sealing part that is connected to the inorganic sealing part along the direction connecting the electrodes and comprises a material including a resin. A region on a surface of the inorganic sealing part on a side closer to the electrolyte than a region connected to the resin sealing part is covered with a protective resin layer that is resistant to the electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki USUI, Hiroshi MATSUI, Kenichi OKADA