Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Oda

Kazuhiko Oda 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: 12117444
    Abstract: Detection rapidly and with high detection intensity is accomplished while blackening is inhibited during silver enhancement to detect an analyte in a specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro Oda, Katsuyoshi Takahashi, Mika Sugata, I-Nung Huang, Kazuhiko Arakawa, Yuichiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240096241
    Abstract: A display apparatus (100) includes a shelf tag attachment member (102) being fixed to a front end surface of a product shelf S, and a shelf tag (101) having a display surface (103). The shelf tag (101) is attached to the shelf tag attachment member (102) via a rotation axis A, and is rotatable in a predetermined direction in which the display surface (103) is turned upward. A lower end of the shelf tag (101) is located below a lower surface LS of the product shelf S and a lower end of the shelf tag attachment member (102) in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sugegaya, Akihiko Onita, Shunsuke Tsuda, Benny Goh, Hiromitsu Nakano, Kunihiro Akaba, Kazuhiko Oda
  • Patent number: 11176532
    Abstract: This electronic device has: a device body 10 that has a power switch 12; and a cover 20. The cover 20 has a cover body 21 that can be slid and removed, a switch window 24, a switch door 22, and a sliding member 23 that can slide from a first position located below to a second position located above. The device body 10 has a projection 10p. The sliding member 23 has a claw 23f. The lower end 22L of the switch door 22 comes into contact with the upper end 23U of the sliding member 23 when the door is closed, whereas contact with the upper end 23U ceases when the door is opened. A side surface 23fs of the claw 23f of the sliding member 23 comes into contact with a side surface 10ps of the projection 10p of the device body 10 when the sliding member 23 is at the first position, whereas contact with the side surface 10ps ceases when the sliding member is at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Oda
  • Publication number: 20210073773
    Abstract: This electronic device has: a device body 10 that has a power switch 12; and a cover 20. The cover 20 has a cover body 21 that can be slid and removed, a switch window 24, a switch door 22, and a sliding member 23 that can slide from a first position located below to a second position located above. The device body 10 has a projection 10p. The sliding member 23 has a claw 23f. The lower end 22L of the switch door 22 comes into contact with the upper end 23U of the sliding member 23 when the door is closed, whereas contact with the upper end 23U ceases when the door is opened. A side surface 23fs of the claw 23f of the sliding member 23 comes into contact with a side surface 10ps of the projection 10p of the device body 10 when the sliding member 23 is at the first position, whereas contact with the side surface 10ps ceases when the sliding member is at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko ODA
  • Patent number: 7817402
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor 1 having dielectric layers 2 and internal electrode layers 3 formed using a conductor paste, wherein the conductor paste contains a conductive material, the conductive material is comprised of a first ingredient and second ingredient, the first ingredient includes metal elements having Ni as a main ingredient, and the second ingredient includes a metal element dissolving in the first ingredient and having a melting point of 1490° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Miura, Kazuhiko Oda, Tetsuji Maruno
  • Patent number: 7632427
    Abstract: A conductive paste used for forming internal electrodes of a multilayer ceramic electronic device, used in combination with ceramic green sheets, each containing a butyral resin and having a thickness of 5 ?m or less, and including a conductive powder and an organic vehicle, a solvent in said organic vehicle having terpineol acetate as its main ingredient, whereby there is little change in viscosity along with time and no occurrence of sheet attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Oda, Tetsuji Maruno, Shuichi Miura, Makoto Takahashi, Tatsuya Kojima
  • Publication number: 20090269576
    Abstract: In an optical thin film of the present invention, a hydrogenated carbon film containing at least carbon and hydrogen as major components is formed on a substrate, and at least one protective layer including one of an oxide film, a nitride film, an oxynitride film, a fluoride film, and a film containing hydrogen and carbon as major components is superposed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Oda, Takashi Matsuura, Yoshihiro Akahane, Toshihiko Ushiro, Takahiro Imai
  • Publication number: 20090159840
    Abstract: To provide a hydrogen-containing carbonaceous membrane having a novel property. For example, the hydrogen-containing carbonaceous membrane may be effectively prevented from delamination from a substrate. A hydrogen-containing carbonaceous membrane includes carbon and hydrogen. The membrane has a hydrogen content of more than 50 atomic percent and less than 65 atomic percent and a density of more than 1.3 g/cm3 and less than 1.5 g/cm3. Another hydrogen-containing carbonaceous membrane has a hydrogen content of more than 0 atomic percent and less than 50 atomic percent and a density of more than 1.4 g/cm3 and less than 1.9 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Oda, Takashi Matsuura, Toshihiko Ushiro
  • Publication number: 20090115011
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photodiode regions arranged in an array, a non-transparent border region existing around each photodiode region, and a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses arranged in an array corresponding to the plurality of photodiode regions; wherein each microlens functions to converge incident light advancing straight toward the non-transparent border region around the corresponding photodiode region into that photodiode region, and the microlens array is formed using a transparent diamond-like carbon (DLC) film, the DLC film including a region where its refractive index is modulated corresponding to each microlens, and a light-converging effect being caused when light flux passes through the region where the refractive index was modulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ushiro, Kazuhiko Oda, Takashi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20090110891
    Abstract: An optical device includes a transparent thin film containing silicon, oxygen, carbon and hydrogen as main components, wherein the film includes local regions of a relatively high refractive index and local regions of a relatively low refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Akahane, Kazuhiko Oda, Takashi Matsuura, Toshihiko Ushiro, Takahiro Imai
  • Patent number: 7511784
    Abstract: A hologram color filter diffraction-separates an incident lightwave using a hologram to project thus separated lightwaves having different-wavelengths at intended positions with a specified spatial period. The hologram color filter comprises a light-transmitting substrate (21) and a light-transmitting diamond-like-carbon (DLC) film (22) formed on the substrate. In the DLC film, a relatively-low-refractive-index belt-shaped region (n1, 22a) and a relatively-high-refractive-index belt-shaped region (n2, 22b) are placed alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ushiro, Kazuhiko Oda, Soichiro Okubo, Takashi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20090010135
    Abstract: To provide an optical information-recording medium that can easily record information at high density and has excellent durability at low cost. The optical information-recording medium includes a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer (2) deposited on a substrate (1), in which information is recorded on the optical information-recording medium by irradiating recording spot regions selected from a plurality of recording spot regions with an energy beam (5) to increase the refractive index of the DLC layer (2) in the irradiated recording spot regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ushiro, Kazuhiko Oda, Takashi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20080309997
    Abstract: The present invention provides a holographic screen having high durability and high diffraction efficiency due to a modulated refractive index structure having a large refractive index change ?n. The holographic screen includes a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer (22). The DLC layer has a modulated refractive index structure including a plurality of regions with a relatively high refractive index (n1) and a plurality of regions with a relatively low refractive index (n2) such that light projected from a projector onto the screen is deflected in the direction toward a observer and light coming from an object behind the screen is allowed to pass through the screen to travel toward the observer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ushiro, Kazuhiko Oda, Takashi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 7466491
    Abstract: The present invention provides a DLC film that functions as an optical element and that can easily be miniaturized or integrated, and a method for forming the DLC film. A DLC film that has a refractive index varying continuously in at least one width direction from the center O of the DLC film. More specifically, a DLC film in which the refractive index decreases continuously in at least one width direction from the center O of the DLC film, and thereby the DLC film functions as a convex lens. A DLC film in which the refractive index increases continuously in at least one width direction from the center of the DLC film, and thereby the DLC film functions as a concave lens. A DLC film that has a refractive index varying continuously in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuura, Kazuhiko Oda, Toshihiko Ushiro
  • Patent number: 7435360
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of conductive paste comprising arranging process (S20 to S23) of ceramics particles, arranging process (S10 to S14) of wetted metal particles, forming process (S30) of slurry wherein metal particles and ceramics particles are mixed and dispersion treatment process (S32) by applying collision to the slurry. The arranging process of wetted metal particles comprises, a process (S12) of adding solvent, compatible with organic component in conductive paste and incompatible with water, to undried water washed metal particles, a process (S18) of adding surfactant, a process (S14) of separating water from the metal particles and a process (S15) of adding acetone or the other second solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Oda, Tetsuji Maruno, Akira Sasaki, Kouji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7416786
    Abstract: An amorphous carbon film is provided with a density of 2.8-3.3 g/cm3. It would be preferable for the film to have: a spin density of 1×1018-1×1021 spins/cm3; a carbon concentration of at least 99.5 atomic percentage; a hydrogen concentration of no more than 0.5 atomic percentage; an inert gas element concentration of no more than 0.5 atomic percentage; and a Knoop hardness of 3000-7000. A mixed layer with a thickness of at least 0.5 nm and no more than 10 nm is formed from a parent material and at least material selected from: B, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W. An amorphous carbon film is disposed on the mixed layer or a metallic intermediate layer formed on the mixed layer, thereby increasing adhesion. This amorphous carbon film is formed with solid carbon using sputtering, cathode-arc ion plating, or laser abrasion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Oda, Yoshiharu Utsumi, Hisanori Ohara
  • Patent number: 7413699
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic element having improved the continuity of inner electrode layers while suppressing the decrease in adhesion between its dielectric layers and inner electrode layers and the deterioration in functions of the inner electrode layers, and a method of making the same are provided. In the method of making a ceramic capacitor (10) in accordance with the present invention, an electrode paste (22) is applied to a surface (20a) of a green sheet (20) and fired, so as to form a dielectric layer (12) laminated with an electrode layer (14). Since the electrode paste (22) is doped with a BaTiO3 powder, the adhesion between the dielectric layer (22) and inner electrode layer (14) after firing is significantly restrained from lowering, and the sintering start temperature of the electrode paste (22) is close to that of the green sheet (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Miura, Tetsuji Maruno, Kazuhiko Oda, Akira Sasaki, Kouji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20080165399
    Abstract: A hologram color filter diffraction-separates an incident lightwave using a hologram to project thus separated lightwaves having different-wavelengths at intended positions with a specified spatial period. The hologram color filter comprises a light-transmitting substrate (21) and a light-transmitting diamond-like-carbon (DLC) film (22) formed on the substrate. In the DLC film, a relatively-low-refractive-index belt-shaped region (n1, 22a) and a relatively-high-refractive-index belt-shaped region (n2, 22b) are placed alternately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ushiro, Kazuhiko Oda, Soichiro Okubo, Takashi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20080094716
    Abstract: A transmission-type display panel according to the present invention includes a plurality of transparency control regions arranged in an array, a non-transparent border region existing around each of the transparency control regions, and a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses arranged in an array so as to correspond to the plurality of transparency control regions. Each of the microlenses serves to converge incident light, which is about to advance straight to the non-transparent border region, into corresponding one of the transparency control regions. The microlens array is formed by use of a transparent diamond-like carbon (DLC) film. The DLC film includes a region having its refractive index modulated corresponding to each of the microlenses, and produces a light convergence effect when light flux passes through the region having its refractive index modulated. By applying the microlens array in the DLC film to a transmission-type display panel (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ushiro, Kazuhiko Oda, Takashi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20070285747
    Abstract: The present invention provides a durable hologram sheet whose thickness can easily be reduced and a method for manufacturing the hologram sheet, a hologram label, and a hologram card and a method for manufacturing the hologram card. A hologram sheet includes a sheet 1 and a translucent DLC film 2 formed on the sheet 1. The DLC film 2 includes a local region having a higher refractive index (high-refractive-index regions 2a) and a local region having a lower refractive index (low-refractive-index regions 2b). Furthermore, a print layer may be formed on at least part of a main face of the sheet 1 facing the DLC film or on at least part of a main face of the hologram sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuura, Kazuhiko Oda, Toshihiko Ushiro