Patents by Inventor Junichi Baba
Junichi Baba 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: 11917306Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that decreases a width of a bezel, and restricts a decrease in an image quality of an image captured with a camera. The electronic device includes: a displaying unit; and a capture unit arranged on a side opposite a displaying surface of the displaying unit. The capture unit includes: a plurality of photoelectric-conversion units that converts light that has been made to enter through the displaying unit into electricity; and a plurality of polarization elements arranged on a light entering side of at least one photoelectric-conversion unit of the plurality of photoelectric-conversion units.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Masashi Nakata, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Junichi Kanai, Yuichiro Baba
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Patent number: 11505041Abstract: A vehicle light-adjusting window and a vehicle light-adjusting window system capable of clearly projecting a video are provided. A vehicle light-adjusting window includes a transparent plate, a first conductive film, a light-adjusting layer, a second conductive film, and a projection film, which are arranged in this order.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYUSYU NANOTEC OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoki Maekawa, Masahiro Irie, Mitsutaka Sako, Junichi Baba
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Patent number: 11465470Abstract: A vehicle light-adjusting window and a vehicle light-adjusting window system capable of clearly projecting a video are provided. A vehicle light-adjusting window includes a transparent plate, a first conductive film, a light-adjusting layer, a second conductive film, and a projection film, which are arranged in this order.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYUSYU NANOTEC OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoki Maekawa, Masahiro Irie, Mitsutaka Sako, Junichi Baba
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Patent number: 11360358Abstract: A liquid crystal layer as a member of a liquid crystal element is disposed between a first resin film substrate and a second resin film substrate. A first/second conductive film is attached to one side of the first/second resin film substrate. A blade is inserted into the liquid crystal layer. The blade is moved while being inserted in the liquid crystal layer, thus making an incision in the liquid crystal layer. Then, the incision location is widened in the first resin film substrate and in the second resin film substrate, forming an opening in the surface of the liquid crystal layer. This also forms a space inside the liquid crystal layer, allowing the opening to communicate with the space. Part of an electrode is then inserted into the space of the liquid crystal layer and the liquid crystal layer is bonded with part of the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: KYUSHU NANOTEC OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Junichi Baba
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Publication number: 20220100019Abstract: A liquid crystal layer as a member of a liquid crystal element is disposed between a first resin film substrate and a second resin film substrate. A first/second conductive film is attached to one side of the first/second resin film substrate. A blade is inserted into the liquid crystal layer. The blade is moved while being inserted in the liquid crystal layer, thus making an incision in the liquid crystal layer. Then, the incision location is widened in the first resin film substrate and in the second resin film substrate, forming an opening in the surface of the liquid crystal layer. This also forms a space inside the liquid crystal layer, allowing the opening to communicate with the space. Part of an electrode is then inserted into the space of the liquid crystal layer and the liquid crystal layer is bonded with part of the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2019Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: KYUSHU NANOTEC OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Junichi BABA
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Publication number: 20210107339Abstract: A vehicle light-adjusting window and a vehicle light-adjusting window system capable of clearly projecting a video are provided. A vehicle light-adjusting window includes a transparent plate, a first conductive film, a light-adjusting layer, a second conductive film, and a projection film, which are arranged in this order.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYUSYU NANOTEC OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoki MAEKAWA, Masahiro IRIE, Mitsutaka SAKO, Junichi BABA
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Patent number: 10824000Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal layer made of a cured product formed by irradiating a liquid crystal composition disposed between a pair of substrates provided with electrodes with ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus and at least one of the substrates being provided with a liquid crystal alignment film to vertically align liquid crystal, where the liquid crystal composition contains a curable resin, a bifunctional monomer, a compound of the following formula [1-1a], a compound of the following formula [2-1a] and a monomer having at least one polar group selected from a hydroxy group, a carboxy group and a phosphoric acid group, where the liquid crystal alignment film is obtainable from a liquid crystal alignment treating agent containing a polymer having a side chain structure of the following formula [4-1a] or formula [4-2a]Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignees: Nissan Chemical Corporation, Kyusu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Hosaka, Noritoshi Miki, Junichi Baba, Shota Yoshida
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Patent number: 10386681Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, containing: a pair of substrates provided with an electrode and a liquid crystal layer formed by disposing a liquid crystal composition between the pair of substrates and by irradiating and curing the liquid crystal composition with ultraviolet rays using an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus, wherein at least one of the substrates is further provided with a liquid crystal alignment film to vertically align a liquid crystal, the liquid crystal composition contains a liquid crystal, a curable resin, a bifunctional monomer and a monomer having at least one polar group of a hydroxy group, a carboxy group or a phosphoric acid group, and the liquid crystal alignment film is a liquid crystal alignment film obtained from a liquid crystal aligning agent containing a polymer having a specific side chain structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignees: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co. Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Hosaka, Noritoshi Miki, Hiroyuki Omura, Jun Hashimoto, Junichi Baba, Shota Yoshida
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Patent number: 10241359Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, whereby transparency when no voltage is applied and scattering properties when a voltage is applied, are good, adhesion between a liquid crystal layer and a vertical liquid crystal alignment film is high, and its lifespan is long even in a severe environment. The liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer formed by disposing a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal and a polymerizable compound between a pair of substrates provided with electrodes, and irradiating and curing the composition with ultraviolet rays by an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus, and at least one substrate is provided with a liquid crystal alignment film to vertically align a liquid crystal, wherein the ultraviolet irradiation apparatus is an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus capable of controlling the irradiation light intensity and wavelength of the ultraviolet rays to be irradiated and the surface temperature of the pair of the substrates.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignees: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Hosaka, Noritoshi Miki, Hiroyuki Omura, Jun Hashimoto, Junichi Baba, Shota Yoshida
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Publication number: 20190049797Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal display device having a high level of liquid crystal vertical alignment, good optical properties, high adhesion between a liquid crystal layer and a liquid crystal alignment film, and being capable of maintaining these characteristics even in high temperature-high humidity or light-illuminated environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicants: Nissan Chemical Corporation, Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co. Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi HOSAKA, Noritoshi MIKI, Junichi BABA, Shota YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 9909357Abstract: A door (1) includes a tabular main body (2), a liquid crystal device (4) which is disposed in an aperture portion formed in the main body (2), a handheld portion (3A) which is attached to the main body (2), and a touch sensor (3) which is attached to the handheld portion (3A). Because the touch sensor (3) is attached to the handheld portion (3A), when a person's hand touches the handheld portion (3A), the touch sensor (3) senses the person's hand. The liquid crystal device (4) is capable of varying between an invisible state and a visible state reversibly, and is made into a visible state in the case where the touch sensor (3) senses a person's hand.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignees: KYUSHU NANOTEC OPTICS CO., LTD., NISSHO CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Baba, Ariga Takahashi, Haruki Sato
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Publication number: 20170343840Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal display device, whereby transparency when no voltage is applied and scattering properties when a voltage is applied, are good, adhesion between a liquid crystal layer and a vertical liquid crystal alignment film is high, and its lifespan is long even in a severe environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicants: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co. Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi HOSAKA, Noritoshi MIKI, Hiroyuki OMURA, Jun HASHIMOTO, Junichi BABA, Shota YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20170199434Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, containing: a pair of substrates provided with an electrode and a liquid crystal layer formed by disposing a liquid crystal composition between the pair of substrates and by irradiating and curing the liquid crystal composition with ultraviolet rays using an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus, wherein at least one of the substrates is further provided with a liquid crystal alignment film to vertically align a liquid crystal, the liquid crystal composition contains a liquid crystal, a curable resin, a bifunctional monomer and a monomer having at least one polar group of a hydroxy group, a carboxy group or a phosphoric acid group, and the liquid crystal alignment film is a liquid crystal alignment film obtained from a liquid crystal aligning agent containing a polymer having a specific side chain structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicants: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSYU NANOTEC OPTICS CO. LTD.Inventors: Kazuyoshi HOSAKA, Noritoshi MIKI, Hiroyuki OMURA, Jun HASHIMOTO, Junichi BABA, Shota YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20160208545Abstract: A door (1) includes a tabular main body (2), a liquid crystal device (4) which is disposed in an aperture portion formed in the main body (2), a handheld portion (3A) which is attached to the main body (2), and a touch sensor (3) which is attached to the handheld portion (3A). Because the touch sensor (3) is attached to the handheld portion (3A), when a person's hand touches the handheld portion (3A), the touch sensor (3) senses the person's hand. The liquid crystal device (4) is capable of varying between an invisible state and a visible state reversibly, and is made into a visible state in the case where the touch sensor (3) senses a person's hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicants: KYUSHU NANOTEC OPTICS CO., LTD., NISSHO CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi BABA, Ariga TAKAHASHI, Haruki SATO
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Patent number: 8377225Abstract: A membrane separation method is useful in purifying clear water, sewage, etc. and can reliably remove obstruction of an air diffusing apparatus by opening and closing valves, a submerged membrane separation apparatus to be used for the same, and a method for cleaning an air diffusing apparatus. The submerged membrane separation apparatus includes a separation membrane module, an air diffusing apparatus, and a gas supplying apparatus, wherein an air diffusing apparatus is arranged in one treatment tank, two header pipes (A and B) are placed as the gas supplying pipes, the connecting port a and the header pipe A and the connecting port b and the header pipe B for each of the air diffusing apparatuses are respectively connected, on-off valves are arranged in four parts, and the header pipes A and B each have an open end.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Junichi Baba, Toshitsugu Onoe, Makoto Ichinose
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Publication number: 20100218789Abstract: A membrane separation method is useful in purifying clear water, sewage, etc. and can reliably remove obstruction of an air diffusing apparatus with a simple operation of only opening and closing a valve, a submerged membrane separation apparatus to be used for the same, and a method for cleaning an air diffusing apparatus. The submerged membrane separation apparatus includes a separation membrane module, an air diffusing apparatus, and a gas supplying apparatus, wherein an air diffusing apparatus is arranged in one treatment tank, two header pipes (A and B) are placed as the gas supplying pipes, the connecting port a and the header pipe A and the connecting port b and the header pipe B for each of the air diffusing apparatuses are respectively connected, on-off valves are arranged in four parts, and the end of downstream sides of the header pipes A and B are open to the atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Junichi BABA, Toshitsugu ONOE, Makoto ICHINOSE