Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Inada

Hiroshi Inada 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: 20200052028
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging device that is inconspicuous from the outside, can easily apply design, and can obtain a clear image, and a laminate. The imaging device includes: an imaging unit that includes an image pickup element; and a transflective film that is disposed on a side of the imaging unit where light is incident into the image pickup element and reflects a part of the incident light, in which the transflective film includes at least one of a cholesteric liquid crystal layer or a multi-layer polymer film, when seen from a direction perpendicular to a surface of the image pickup element where light is incident, a peripheral region surrounding the imaging unit satisfies L*?50 in a CIE-Lab (D50) color space, and when seen from the direction perpendicular to the surface of the image pickup element where light is incident, the transflective film is disposed to cover at least the imaging unit and the peripheral region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi INADA, Rie TAKASAGO, Shigeaki NIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200033522
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate, from which a decorative sheet having metallic gloss and depth of color or the like is obtained, and a decorative sheet and a molded article which use the laminate. The object is achieved by a laminate including a colored transmission layer, a reflection layer has wavelength selectivity in reflection, and an absorption layer in this order, in which the absorption layer absorbs light transmitted through the colored transmission layer, and the reflection layer has a region reflecting the light transmitted through the colored transmission layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rie TAKASAGO, Hiroshi INADA, Mitsuyoshi ICHIHASHI
  • Patent number: 10534238
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a transmission decorative film having transparency and capable of applying different visual effects on observation surfaces. The transmission decorative film includes: a linear polarization plate; a first ?/4 plate laminated on one main surface of the linear polarization plate; a first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer laminated on the first ?/4 plate; a second ?/4 plate laminated on the other main surface of the linear polarization plate; and a second cholesteric liquid crystalline layer laminated on the second ?/4 plate, in which the first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer and the second cholesteric liquid crystalline layer respectively have wavelength selective reflectivity and reflect light which is right circularly polarized light or left circularly polarized light at a selective reflection wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inada, Shigeaki Nimura, Mitsuyoshi Ichihashi, Rie Takasago
  • Publication number: 20190361160
    Abstract: To provide a decorative film capable of applying a visual effect of making a pattern not visually recognizable, in a case where it is seen from the front, and making it visually recognizable, in a case where it is obliquely seen. a circular polarization plate including a linear polarization plate, and a laminate of a uniaxial retardation layer or a biaxial retardation layer; and a circularly polarized light reflection layer which reflects circularly polarized light having a revolution direction opposite to that of light transmitted through the circular polarization plate in a vertical direction from the linear polarization plate side are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeaki NIMURA, Hiroshi INADA, Mitsuyoshi ICHIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190280148
    Abstract: A semiconductor light receiving device includes a supporting base having an n-type semiconductor region; and a photodiode structure disposed on the supporting base. The photodiode structure includes a barrier structure enabling an electron barrier, a light absorbing layer including III-V compound semiconductor, and a p-type semiconductor region. The III-V compound semiconductor of the light absorbing layer has a bandgap allowing the light absorbing layer to be sensitive to infrared light. The barrier structure includes a first spacer layer, a first barrier layer, and a second spacer layer, and the p-type semiconductor region, the light absorbing layer, the first spacer layer, the first barrier layer, the second spacer layer, and the n-type semiconductor region are sequentially arranged along a direction of a first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sundararajan BALASEKARAN, Hiroshi INADA
  • Patent number: 10396222
    Abstract: An infrared light-receiving device includes an optical absorption layer disposed on a principal surface of a substrate and an optical filter disposed on the optical absorption layer, the optical filter including first, second, and third semiconductor regions that are arranged in that order in a direction from the optical absorption layer to the optical filter, each of the first, second, and third semiconductor regions including an n-type InGaAs layer. The optical absorption layer includes a type-II superlattice structure. The first semiconductor region contains an n-type impurity with a concentration of 2.0×1019 cm?3 or more. The third semiconductor region contains an n-type impurity with a concentration of 3.0×1018 cm?3 or less and 8.0×1017 cm?3 or more. The second semiconductor region contains an n-type impurity with a concentration between the impurity concentration of the first semiconductor region and the impurity concentration of the third semiconductor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sundararajan Balasekaran, Hiroshi Inada
  • Publication number: 20190243045
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a transmission decorative film capable of applying different visual effects on observation surfaces and a method of manufacturing the same. Provided is a transmission decorative film of the present invention including: a circular polarization plate; and a circular polarization reflection layer disposed on the circular polarization plate, in which the circular polarization reflection layer includes at least one or more first cholesteric liquid crystalline layers that reflect any one of left circularly polarized light or right circularly polarized light, the first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer includes two or more reflection regions having different selective reflection wavelengths, and the circular polarization plate transmits circularly polarized light having a revolution direction opposite to a revolution direction of the circularly polarized light reflected by the first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi INADA, Mitsuyoshi ICHIHASHI, Shigeaki NIMURA, Rie TAKASAGO
  • Publication number: 20190243044
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a transmission decorative laminate including a cholesteric liquid crystalline layer and capable of applying different visual effects on observation surfaces, and a method of manufacturing the same. Another object of the present invention is to provide a glass base material with a transmission decorative laminate. Provided is a transmission decorative laminate including: a colored transparent base material; and a cholesteric liquid crystalline layer disposed on the base material, in which the cholesteric liquid crystalline layer includes two or more reflection regions having different selective reflection wavelengths, and the base material absorbs light at wavelengths which are the same as selective reflection wavelengths of two or more reflection regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rie TAKASAGO, Hiroshi INADA, Masaru YOSHIKAWA, Mitsuyoshi ICHIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190243043
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a transmission decorative film having transparency and capable of applying different visual effects on observation surfaces. The transmission decorative film includes: a linear polarization plate; a first ?/4 plate laminated on one main surface of the linear polarization plate; a first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer laminated on the first ?/4 plate; a second ?/4 plate laminated on the other main surface of the linear polarization plate; and a second cholesteric liquid crystalline layer laminated on the second ?/4 plate, in which the first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer and the second cholesteric liquid crystalline layer respectively have wavelength selective reflectivity and reflect light which is right circularly polarized light or left circularly polarized light at a selective reflection wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi INADA, Shigeaki NIMURA, Mitsuyoshi ICHIHASHI, Rie TAKASAGO
  • Publication number: 20190226659
    Abstract: The present invention provides a viewing system capable of providing varying visual effects with a simpler configuration. In addition, the present invention also provides a display device, a stage installation, and a polymerizable liquid crystal composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rie TAKASAGO, Hiroshi INADA, Masaru YOSHIKAWA, Mitsuyoshi ICHIHASHI
  • Patent number: 10338290
    Abstract: A cellulose ester film contains a compound having a structural unit denoted by —NR—(C?O)— in which R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, a surface having knoop hardness of greater than or equal to 210 N/mm2 is provided, and loss tangent tan ? at 25° C. is greater than or equal to 0.03.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasukazu Kuwayama, Hiroshi Inada, Aiko Yoshida, Yoshitaka Maeda, Yusuke Ino, Shuuji Kanayama, Nobutaka Fukagawa
  • Patent number: 10319778
    Abstract: A light receiving element includes: a semiconductor layer including a first layer, a light absorbing layer, a second layer, and a third layer, the semiconductor layer having a plurality of mesas, a terrace, and a groove; a first electrode provided on the mesas and electrically connected to the third layer; a first bump provided on the first electrode and electrically connected to the first electrode; a second electrode provided on a portion extending from the terrace to an inner side of the groove and electrically connected to the first layer; and a second bump larger than the first bump, is provided on the terrace, and is electrically connected to the second electrode, wherein the mesas and the terrace include the semiconductor layer, the groove extends to the first layer, and the second electrode is in contact with the first layer on an inner side of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kimura, Hiroshi Inada
  • Publication number: 20190072819
    Abstract: A half mirror includes a circularly polarized light reflecting layer including a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, a barrier layer, a bonding layer, and a front panel. The barrier layer, which is, for example, a layer formed by curing a composition containing a urethane (meth)acrylate monomer, is disposed between the bonding layer and the circularly polarized light reflecting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro ANZAI, Hiroshi INADA, Wataru MAJIMA, Takao TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180370099
    Abstract: A transfer sheet includes a cured liquid crystal composition layer, a block layer including a (meth)acrylic polymer, and a thermoplastic welded layer in this order, the thermoplastic welded layer and the block layer are in direct contact with each other, and the thermoplastic welded layer includes a thermoplastic resin and an ultraviolet curable resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki SAIKI, Akihiro ANZAI, Shunya KATOH, Hiroshi INADA, Kazuhiro OKI
  • Patent number: 10160846
    Abstract: The inventions are an optical film containing cellulose acylate and a compound having a structure denoted by General Formula (A) described below, and a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device employing the optical film. L represents n-valent connecting group, n represents an integer of greater than or equal to 2, and A represents a heterocyclic group denoted by General Formula (I). R1, R3, and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group. Here, any one of R1, R3, and R5 is bonded to L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Noro, Yutaka Nozoe, Hiroshi Inada, Naoya Shimoju, Aiko Yoshida, Yu Naito, Yasukazu Kuwayama
  • Publication number: 20180342545
    Abstract: A light receiving element includes: a semiconductor layer including a first layer, a light absorbing layer, a second layer, and a third layer, the semiconductor layer having a plurality of mesas, a terrace, and a groove; a first electrode provided on the mesas and electrically connected to the third layer; a first bump provided on the first electrode and electrically connected to the first electrode; a second electrode provided on a portion extending from the terrace to an inner side of the groove and electrically connected to the first layer; and a second bump larger than the first bump, is provided on the terrace, and is electrically connected to the second electrode, wherein the mesas and the terrace include the semiconductor layer, the groove extends to the first layer, and the second electrode is in contact with the first layer on an inner side of the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kimura, Hiroshi Inada
  • Patent number: 10129613
    Abstract: An optical switch includes a first optical absorbing layer sensitive to a first light and having a first superlattice structure and a first bandgap; a second optical absorbing layer sensitive to a second light and having a second bandgap smaller than that of the first bandgap; and a barrier layer having a second superlattice structure. The first optical absorbing layer, the second optical absorbing layer, and the barrier layer are arranged in a direction of an axis to form an arrangement with a first band-offset in a conduction band of the first optical absorbing layer, a second band-offset in a conduction band of the barrier layer, and a well in a conduction band of the second optical absorbing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sundararajan Balasekaran, Hiroshi Inada
  • Publication number: 20180315873
    Abstract: An infrared light-receiving device includes an optical absorption layer disposed on a principal surface of a substrate and an optical filter disposed on the optical absorption layer, the optical filter including first, second, and third semiconductor regions that are arranged in that order in a direction from the optical absorption layer to the optical filter, each of the first, second, and third semiconductor regions including an n-type InGaAs layer. The optical absorption layer includes a type-II superlattice structure. The first semiconductor region contains an n-type impurity with a concentration of 2.0×1019 cm?3 or more. The third semiconductor region contains an n-type impurity with a concentration of 3.0×1018 cm?3 or less and 8.0×1017 cm?3 or more. The second semiconductor region contains an n-type impurity with a concentration between the impurity concentration of the first semiconductor region and the impurity concentration of the second semiconductor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sundararajan BALASEKARAN, Hiroshi Inada
  • Publication number: 20180315872
    Abstract: An infrared detecting semiconductor device comprises: an optical absorbing layer of type-II disposed between first conductivity-type and second conductivity-type semiconductor layers; and an optical filtering film of n-type InGaAs having an n-type dopant concentration larger than 8×1017 cm?3. The optical filtering film includes first to third semiconductor regions, which are sequentially arranged in a direction of a first axis on the optical filtering film. The first semiconductor region has an n-type dopant concentration of 2.0×1019 cm?3 or more. The third semiconductor region has a n-type concentration of 3.0×1018 cm?3 or less. The second semiconductor region has an n-type dopant profile monotonically changing from a first dopant concentration at a boundary between the first and second semiconductor regions to a second dopant concentration at a boundary between the second and third semiconductor regions. The first dopant concentration is greater than the second dopant concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sundararajan Balasekaran, Hiroshi Inada
  • Patent number: 10113040
    Abstract: The polymer film comprises a carbonyl bond-containing polymer and a compound having ?h of equal to or higher than 11.0 and ?? of equal to or lower than 1.50, wherein the ?h is a value of hydrogen-bonding capacity calculated by Hoy method and the ?? is a value calculated by equation 1: ??=|x?13.3|??Equation 1 wherein, in equation 1, ? represents an interatomic distance in the polymer film between atoms most distant from each other among molecules in the compound, excluding a hydrogen atom, calculated by molecular dynamics calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasukazu Kuwayama, Nobutaka Fukagawa, Hiroshi Inada, Masaki Noro, Yoshitaka Maeda, Naozumi Shiraiwa, Yu Naito