Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Ohtaki

Hiroyuki Ohtaki 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: 6432498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a volume hologram laminate with low generation of spotty hologram flaws in the volume hologram layer even when kept under pressurized conditions during storage, and to a volume hologram laminate-fabricating label. The volume hologram laminate 1 of the invention has a first adhesive layer 3, a volume hologram layer 5, a second adhesive layer 4 and a surface protective film 6 formed in that order on a substrate 1, wherein the volume hologram layer is a hologram recording in a recording material comprising a matrix polymer and a photopolymerizable compound, having a glass transition point of 30° C.-70° C. and a dynamic storage elastic modulus of 5×105 Pa-5×107 Pa at 50° C. when measured at 6.28 rad/s, and the second adhesive layer has a dynamic storage elastic modulus of no greater than 5×104 Pa or at least 2.5×105 Pa at 50° C. when measured at 6.28 rad/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ohtaki, Kenji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20020018253
    Abstract: In the multilayer volume hologram 1 of the invention, the adhesive layer 5, volume hologram 6 and surface protective film 7 are laminated on the application member 2 in this order, and the breaking strength of the hologram layer should be larger than the peel strength between the surface protective film and the volume hologram layer and smaller than the peel strength with which the hologram layer is peeled off the application member and the breaking strength of the surface protective film. This multilayer volume hologram provides a more improved protection for the volume hologram. A portrait replacement or falsification of an information area ensures that the volume hologram layer can break down. Thus, more reliable counterfeit-proofness is achievable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Toshine, Hirotada Ohkawa, Hiroyuki Ohtaki, Kenji Ueda, Fumiko Noujima
  • Publication number: 20020015896
    Abstract: The present invention provides a volume hologram laminate by which a desirable reproduced wavelength is controlled and set optionally. The laminate has a first adhesive layer 3, a volume hologram layer 5, a second adhesive layer 4 and a surface protecting film 6 formed on a substrate 2 in the described order, wherein a substance for shifting a recorded wavelength to the volume hologram layer is contained in the first and/or the second adhesive layer(s) and a reproduced wavelength of hologram recorded in the volume hologram layer is controlled with shifting the substance between the layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: HIROYUKI OHTAKI, KENJI UEDA
  • Publication number: 20020015897
    Abstract: The invention provides a hologram transfer foil comprising a substrate and a transfer layer laminated thereon, said transfer layer comprising a surface protective layer, a thermoplastic resin layer, a hologram layer and a heat seal layer in this order. The hologram transfer foil is applied on the heat seal layet side to an application member. In this case, a peel force between the substrate and the surface protective layer is smaller than that between adjacent layers in other layers. This hologram transfer foil enables a hologram image, etc. to be reconstructed in an uninterrupted manner, and is improved in terms of transferability and productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Toshine, Hiroyuki Ohtaki, Kenji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20010046630
    Abstract: The invention provides a hologram transfer foil 1 comprising, in order from top to bottom, a substrate 7, a volume hologram layer 2 releasably stacked on substrate 7 and comprising a volume hologram in a cured resin layer, a first heat seal layer 3 and a second heat seal layer 4. In use, the hologram transfer foil 1 is applied on the second heat seal layer 4 side over an application member. The adhesion force of volume hologram layer 2 to the application member is larger than a material fracture force for the volume hologram layer or the application member, so that the hologram transfer layer can be applied by thermo-compression to the application member. This hologram transfer foil is useful for illegal copying of the hologram layer because when the volume hologram is forcibly peeled from the application, a material fracture of the volume hologram layer or application member occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Tetsuya Toshine, Hiroyuki Ohtaki, Kenji Ueda
  • Patent number: 6066378
    Abstract: A multilayered volume hologram structure of the invention comprises a substrate 2 for a certificate or the like, and an adhesive layer 5, a volume hologram layer 5 and a surface protective film 7 laminated on the substrate in the described order. When a multilayer structure consisting of the volume hologram layer 5 and surface protective layer 5 is forcibly released from the substrate for the purpose of making a photograph replacement or falsifying a personal information area, the volume hologram image can break down certainly, thereby ensuring prevention of falsification. A multilayered volume hologram structure-making label is useful for making a multilayered volume hologram structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Morii, Satoru Hamada, Hiroyuki Ohtaki, Kenji Ueda, Shingo Nishikawa