Patents by Inventor Junichi Nakamura
Junichi Nakamura 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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Publication number: 20250054208Abstract: Provided is a processing apparatus capable of obtaining a 2D image from 3D tomographic images, extracting an image for accurate authentication, and extracting an image at a high speed. A processing apparatus includes: means for calculating, from three-dimensional luminance data indicating an authentication target, depth dependence of striped pattern sharpness in a plurality of regions on a plane perpendicular to a depth direction of the target; means for calculating a depth at which the striped pattern sharpness is the greatest in the depth dependence of striped pattern sharpness; rough adjustment means for correcting the calculated depth on the basis of depths of other regions positioned respectively around the plurality of regions; fine adjustment means for selecting a depth closest to the corrected depth and at which the striped pattern sharpness is at an extreme; and means for extracting an image with a luminance on the basis of the selected depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yoshimasa ONO, Shigeru NAKAMURA, Atsufumi SHIBAYAMA, Junichi ABE
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Publication number: 20250045985Abstract: Provided is a processing apparatus capable of obtaining a 2D image from 3D tomographic images, extracting an image for accurate authentication, and extracting an image at a high speed. A processing apparatus includes: means for calculating, from three-dimensional luminance data indicating an authentication target, depth dependence of striped pattern sharpness in a plurality of regions on a plane perpendicular to a depth direction of the target; means for calculating a depth at which the striped pattern sharpness is the greatest in the depth dependence of striped pattern sharpness; rough adjustment means for correcting the calculated depth on the basis of depths of other regions positioned respectively around the plurality of regions; fine adjustment means for selecting a depth closest to the corrected depth and at which the striped pattern sharpness is at an extreme; and means for extracting an image with a luminance on the basis of the selected depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yoshimasa ONO, Shigeru NAKAMURA, Atsufumi SHIBAYAMA, Junichi ABE
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Patent number: 12218259Abstract: A solar cell capable of preventing short-circuiting during signaling connection and a method for manufacturing the solar cell. A solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor layer having a conductivity type different from that of the semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor layer includes a main functional portion which has a first base end portion on one side in a first direction of the semiconductor substrate over an entire length in a second direction and a plurality of first collecting portions extending from the first base end portion toward the other side in the first direction and on which a first electrode pattern is stacked, and an isolation portion which is formed linearly at an end portion on the other side in the first direction of the semiconductor substrate over an entire length in the second direction and on which the first electrode pattern is not stacked.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Shimpei Okamoto, Junichi Nakamura
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Patent number: 12210300Abstract: A developing cartridge includes a casing, a developing roller rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction, a developing memory having an electrical contact surface, an agitator, an agitator gear rotatable about an agitator axis together with the agitator, a holder holding the electrical contact surface, and a plate movable between a first position and a second position in a second direction crossing the first direction relative to the casing. The holder is movable relative to the casing in a third direction crossing the first and second directions between a retracted position and an advancing position. The holder is movable from the retracted position to the advancing position in response to a movement of the plate from the first position to the second position. The plate is positioned farther away from the developing roller than the agitator gear and the holder are in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoya Kamimura, Tomitake Aratachi, Yasuo Fukamachi, Junichi Hashimoto, Saya Minoshima, Nao Itabashi, Kazutoshi Nakamura, Misato Osuka, Junya Sumida, Shinya Kusuda
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Publication number: 20240413063Abstract: A terminal structure includes a first wiring layer, an insulation layer covering the first wiring layer, an opening extending through the insulation layer, via wiring formed in the opening, a second wiring layer electrically connected to the via wiring on the insulation layer, a protective metal layer formed on the second wiring layer, a solder layer formed on the protective metal layer, and an intermetallic compound layer formed between the protective metal layer and the solder layer. The protective metal layer includes a projection projecting further outward from a side surface of the second wiring layer. The intermetallic compound layer covers only the upper surface of the protective metal layer. The solder layer covers only an upper surface of the intermetallic compound layer and exposes the side surfaces of the intermetallic compound layer, the protective metal layer, and the second wiring layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Junichi NAKAMURA, Tomoya KITAMURA, Yoko NAKABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20240405138Abstract: A solar battery module capable of suppressing a large load from being applied on a cut end section of a solar battery cell. This solar battery module has a curved surface shape and comprises flat solar battery cells arranged using a singling method. Each of the solar battery cells is a half-cut cell obtained by cutting a predetermined-sized substrate into two pieces, has a cut end section and a non-cut end section as two end sections facing each other in the arrangement direction of the solar battery cells, and has, as two main surfaces, a convex-side main surface on the convex side of a curved surface of the solar battery module and a concave-side main surface on the concave side of the curved surface of the solar battery module. The solar battery cells adjacent to each other overlap.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 12148844Abstract: A solar battery module having high photoelectric conversion efficiency and superior aesthetic appearance. A solar battery module comprises a plate-shaped front-surface protection material having, on an exterior peripheral part, a light-blocking region that blocks light; a plurality of solar battery strings each having a plurality of solar battery cells that are aligned in one line in a first direction and connected, the plurality of solar battery strings being positioned aligned in a second direction that intersects with the first direction on the back side of the front-surface protection material; a plate-shaped or sheet-shaped back-surface protection material positioned on the back side of the plurality of solar battery strings; and a sealing material filled between the front-surface protection material and the back-surface protection material. The solar battery strings are arranged so that a portion of at least one end of the solar battery cells overlaps with the light-blocking region.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Nakamura, Shimpei Okamoto
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Patent number: 12101894Abstract: A wiring board includes a core layer having a first through hole formed therein, a magnetic resin filled inside the first through hole, a second through hole formed in the magnetic resin, and a plating film covering an inner wall surface of the second through hole. The plating film includes an electroless plating film, and an electrolytic plating film. The electroless plating film makes direct contact with an inner wall surface of the second through hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Junichi Nakamura, Takeshi Takai, Yusuke Karasawa, Yoshihisa Kanbe, Shuhei Momose, Toshiki Shirotori
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Publication number: 20240120358Abstract: A pixel part 20 includes a pixel array 210 in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion parts 2111 to 2114 are arranged, and a lens part array 220 including a plurality of lens parts LNS220 each of which is arranged corresponding to one side of the corresponding photoelectric conversion part 2111 (to 2114) of the pixel array 210, each lens part condensing incident light onto the correspondingly arranged photoelectric conversion part 2111 (to 2114) to cause the light to enter the photoelectric conversion part from the one side of the photoelectric conversion part. The lens part array 220, in which the lens parts LNS 220 are integrally formed with an optical film FLM 220, is bonded to the light incident side of the pixel array 210 to stack in Z direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Saswatee BANERJEE, Junichi NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11884813Abstract: There is provided an epoxy resin composition comprising a (meth)acrylic copolymer (A), an epoxy resin (B), and a curing agent (C), wherein the (meth)acrylic copolymer (A) has a constituent unit derived from a macromonomer (a) and a constituent unit derived from a vinyl monomer (b), and wherein a glass transition temperature (TgB) of a polymer obtained by polymerizing only the vinyl monomer (b) is 25° C. or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Eri Masuda, Junichi Nakamura, Kazuyoshi Odaka, Sora Tomita, Go Otani
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Patent number: 11810985Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solar cell comprising forming a series of transparent electrode layer material films on electroconductive semiconductor layers on the reverse surface side of a substrate; forming metal electrode layers on the transparent electrode layer material films; forming insulation layers covering the entirety of the metal electrode layers except for a first non-insulation region, and insulation layers covering the entirety of the metal electrode layers excluding a second non-insulation region; and forming patterned transparent electrode layers and leaving the insulation layers using an etching technique in which the insulation layers are masks.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi Nakamura
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Patent number: 11767446Abstract: Provided is a coating material composition that enables an efficient repair operation of a coating film after coating, a (meth)acrylic copolymer that is suitable for obtaining the coating material composition, and a coated article and a method for forming a multilayer coating film using the coating material composition. The (meth)acrylic copolymer includes: a constituent unit derived from a macromonomer (a); and a constituent unit derived from a vinyl monomer (b), a hydroxyl value of the (meth)acrylic copolymer is equal to or greater than 120 mgKOH/g and equal to or less than 260 mgKOH/g, and the content of a constituent unit that has a primary hydroxyl group of the (meth)acrylic copolymer is equal to or less than 30 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the constituent unit derived from the macromonomer (a) and the constituent unit derived from the vinyl monomer (b).Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Takuhiro Ishii, Junichi Nakamura, Shinsuke Haraguchi
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Patent number: 11732144Abstract: Provided is an antifouling coating composition, which can form a coating film having good hardness and good physical properties and having a wear degree appropriate for expressing a long-term antifouling effect, has a viscosity not being excessively high, and makes it possible to reduce a content of volatile organic compounds, and a polymer-containing composition which is suitable for obtaining the antifouling coating composition. The polymer-containing composition contains a (meth)acryl-based copolymer (A-1), in which the (meth)acryl-based copolymer (A-1) contains a constitutional unit (U11) or a constitutional unit (U12) having carboxylate forming an ionic bond with a divalent metal atom, and has a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 5,000, and the polymer-containing composition has a coating film hardness (Martens hardness) equal to or higher than 2.5 N/mm2.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Kana Taniguchi, Sho Katsumata, Junichi Nakamura, Nobuaki Kanazawa
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Publication number: 20230209729Abstract: A wiring board includes a core layer having a first through hole formed therein, a magnetic resin filled inside the first through hole, a second through hole formed in the magnetic resin, and a plating film covering an inner wall surface of the second through hole. The plating film includes an electroless plating film, and an electrolytic plating film. The electroless plating film makes direct contact with an inner wall surface of the second through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Junichi NAKAMURA, Takeshi TAKAI, Yusuke KARASAWA, Yoshihisa KANBE, Shuhei MOMOSE, Toshiki SHIROTORI
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Publication number: 20230178665Abstract: A solar cell capable of preventing short-circuiting during signaling connection and a method for manufacturing the solar cell. A solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor layer having a conductivity type different from that of the semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor layer includes a main functional portion which has a first base end portion on one side in a first direction of the semiconductor substrate over an entire length in a second direction and a plurality of first collecting portions extending from the first base end portion toward the other side in the first direction and on which a first electrode pattern is stacked, and an isolation portion which is formed linearly at an end portion on the other side in the first direction of the semiconductor substrate over an entire length in the second direction and on which the first electrode pattern is not stacked.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Shimpei OKAMOTO, Junichi Nakamura
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Patent number: 11643489Abstract: First embodiment of a (meth)acrylic copolymer in the present invention includes following: a (meth)acrylic copolymer having at least one kind of constitutional unit selected from the group consisting of a constitutional unit (A1) having at least one kind of structure (I) selected from the group consisting of structures represented by the following formula (1), formula (2), or formula (3) and a constitutional unit (A2) having a triorganosilyloxycarbonyl group and a constitutional unit (B) derived from a macromonomer (b): (where, X represents —O—, —S—, or —NR14—, R14 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R3 and R5 each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group, and R4 and R6 each represent an alkylene group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms).Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Kana Taniguchi, Sho Katsumata, Junichi Nakamura, Masatoshi Ura, Yoshihiro Kamon, Takafumi Asai
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Patent number: 11632862Abstract: A wiring board includes a core layer having a first through hole formed therein, a magnetic resin filled inside the first through hole, a second through hole formed in the magnetic resin, and a plating film covering an inner wall surface of the second through hole. The plating film includes an electroless plating film, and an electrolytic plating film. The electroless plating film makes direct contact with an inner wall surface of the second through hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Junichi Nakamura, Takeshi Takai, Yusuke Karasawa, Yoshihisa Kanbe, Shuhei Momose, Toshiki Shirotori
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Publication number: 20230088906Abstract: A solar cell comprising a semiconductor substrate, first semiconductor layers, second semiconductor layers, a band-like first base electrode stacked on the first semiconductor layer, a band-like second base electrode stacked on the second semiconductor layer, a first electrode insulation stacked on the first base electrodes, a second electrode insulation stacked on the second base electrodes, an intermediate insulation stacked on a region of the first semiconductor layer in which the first base electrode is not stacked, and a region of the second semiconductor layer in which the second base electrode is not stacked, a first current collector stacked to span the second electrode insulation and the intermediate insulation, and a second current collector stacked to span the first electrode insulation and the intermediate insulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi NAKAMURA, Shimpei OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11499069Abstract: A (meth)acrylic copolymer of the present invention includes a constituent unit (B) derived from a polysiloxane block-containing polymerizable monomer (b) represented by Formula (b1). In Formula (b1), R30 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, a represents an integer of 2 to 5, b represents a number of 0 to 50, c represents an integer of 0 to 18, d represents a number of 1 to 1000, e represents a number of 1 to 80, R31 to R39 each represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a phenyl group, a substituted phenyl group, a phenoxy group, or a substituted phenoxy group.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Kana Taniguchi, Junichi Nakamura, Sho Katsumata
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Patent number: 11469339Abstract: A solar cell module, which is easily coordinated with the color of an exterior member at the installation position, comprises a solar cell; a light receiving side sealing material and a light receiving side protection member laminated and disposed in this order on a light receiving side with reference to the solar cell; and a back-side sealing material and a back-side protection member laminated and arranged in this order on a back side on the opposite side from the light receiving side. A value computed from a measured value of the color of reflected light combining positive reflected light and diffused reflected light which are based on light that has become incident on an object to be measured, and a measured value of the color only of the diffused reflected light based on the light that has become incident on the object to be measured, satisfies a specific condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Kojima, Toru Terashita, Gensuke Koizumi, Junichi Nakamura