Patents by Inventor Ken Yoshimura

Ken Yoshimura 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: 20250007993
    Abstract: A motivation to perform a specific action can be given to a first user who is a target to be watched, before the first user performs the specific action. A content management server (20) transmits a content to a first information terminal (30) used by the first user. The content management server (20) stores therein a first content as a reinforcer that increases a will of the first user to perform the specific action at a stage of a preparation action before the specific action, receives preparation action information about the preparation action before the specific action, from the first information terminal (30), and transmits the first content to the first information terminal (30) in response to reception of the preparation action information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: NITTERRA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken YOSHIMURA, Naohiro IWATA, Etsuya IKEDA, Chikao IZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20240414223
    Abstract: A motivation that easily increases a will to perform a specific action is given before a user performs the specific action. A content management server (20) includes a storage unit, a reception unit, and a transmission unit. The storage unit stores therein a first content that provides at least either a menu of a specific action or an effect of the specific action as information. The reception unit receives preparation action information about a preparation action before the specific action, from a first information terminal (30). The transmission unit transmits the first content to the first information terminal (30) in response to reception of the preparation action information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: NITERRA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi YAMADA, Yoshinobu KOBA, Toshiki KON, Ken YOSHIMURA, Naohiro IWATA, Etsuya IKEDA, Chikao IZUTANI, Yutaka TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 10777746
    Abstract: Compound comprising structural units represented by formula (1) and formula (2): wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 are the same or mutually different and represent a nitrogen atom or ?CH—; Y1 and Y2 are the same or mutually different and represent a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, a selenium atom, —N(R1)— or —CR2?CR3—; R1, R2 and R3 are the same or mutually different and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an amino group, a cyano group or a monovalent organic group; W1 and W3 are the same or mutually different and represent a halogen atom, a cyano group or a monovalent organic group; W2 and W4 are the same or mutually different and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group or a monovalent organic group. The structural unit represented by formula (1) and the structural unit represented by formula (2) are not the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Ken Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 10290809
    Abstract: The present invention provides a macromolecular compound by which the short-circuit current density and the photoelectric conversion efficiency are enhanced when the macromolecular compound is used in an organic layer contained in a photovoltaic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ken Yoshimura, Kenichiro Ohya
  • Patent number: 9601695
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device that contains a polymer compound having a structural unit represented by formula (1) having high photoelectric conversion efficiency: wherein, X1 and X2 are the same or different and represent a nitrogen atom or ?CH—; Y1 represents a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, a selenium atom, —N(R1)— or —CR2?CR3—; R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; W1 represents a cyano group, a monovalent organic group having a fluorine atom or a halogen atom; W2 represents a cyano group, a monovalent organic group having a fluorine atom, a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ken Yoshimura, Kenichiro Ohya
  • Publication number: 20160372675
    Abstract: The present invention provides a macromolecular compound by which the short-circuit current density and the photoelectric conversion efficiency are enhanced when the macromolecular compound is used in an organic layer contained in a photovoltaic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ken YOSHIMURA, Kenichiro OHYA
  • Patent number: 9512149
    Abstract: A reactive compound represented by the following formula (I): in the formula (I), Z represents a divalent group. A plurality of Y may be the same or different, and represent a monovalent boronate residue having at least one hydroxyl group, Ar1 and Ar2 may be the same or different, and represent a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a trivalent heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichiro Ohya, Ken Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20160329495
    Abstract: Compound comprising structural units represented by formula (1) and formula (2): wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 are the same or mutually different and represent a nitrogen atom or ?CH—; Y1 and Y2 are the same or mutually different and represent a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, a selenium atom, —N(R1)— or —CR2?CR3—; R1, R2 and R3 are the same or mutually different and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an amino group, a cyano group or a monovalent organic group; W1 and W3 are the same or mutually different and represent a halogen atom, a cyano group or a monovalent organic group; W2 and W4 are the same or mutually different and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group or a monovalent organic group. The structural unit represented by formula (1) and the structural unit represented by formula (2) are not the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Ken YOSHIMURA
  • Patent number: 9472763
    Abstract: The present invention provides a macromolecular compound by which the short-circuit current density and the photoelectric conversion efficiency are enhanced when the macromolecular compound is used in an organic layer contained in a photovoltaic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ken Yoshimura, Kenichiro Ohya
  • Patent number: 9412950
    Abstract: A polymer compound comprising a repeating unit represented by the formula (A) and a repeating unit represented by the formula (B) manifests large absorbance of light having long wavelength, and can be used in an organic photoelectric conversion device and an organic thin film transistor. [in the formula (A) and the formula (B), R represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group optionally substituted by a fluorine atom, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a group represented by the formula (2a) or a group represented by the formula (2b). A plurality of R may be the same or mutually different. Ar1 and Ar2 represent an optionally substituted tri-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 60 carbon atoms or a trivalent heterocyclic group having 4 to 60 carbon atoms.].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasunori Uetani, Ken Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 9396831
    Abstract: A polymer compound comprising a constituent unit represented by the formula (1), the formula (2), the formula (3) or the formula (4) can be utilized for producing an organic film solar battery showing high open end voltage: (in the formulae (1) to (4), Ar1 represents a tri-valent aromatic carbocyclic group or a tri-valent aromatic heterocyclic group. Ar2 represents a tetra-valent aromatic carbocyclic group or a tetra-valent aromatic heterocyclic group. Z represents —O—, —S—, —C(C?O)—, —S(?O)—, —SO2—, —Si(R)2—, —N(R)—, —B(R)—, —P(R)— or —P(?O)(R)—. R represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a mono-valent group.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichiro Ohya, Ken Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20160152639
    Abstract: A polymer compound including a structural unit represented by formula (I) or a structural unit represented by formula (III) and a structural unit represented by formula (II) has high photoelectric conversion efficiency when used in an organic photoelectric conversion device. wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and represent trivalent heterocyclic group; Z represents a divalent group; Y represents a divalent heterocyclic group; wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and represent trivalent heterocyclic group; Z represents a divalent group; Y represents a divalent heterocyclic group; two Ar1s may be the same or different; two Ar2s may be the same or different; and two Z?s may be the same or different. -D-??(II) wherein D represents an arylene group or a heteroarylene group having a fused ring, provided that a divalent heterocyclic group represented by Y is different from a group represented by D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichiro OHYA, Ken YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160136616
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a honeycomb catalyst that includes titanium oxide, vanadium oxide, and tungsten oxide, and exhibits sufficient NOx conversion ability although it contains a small amount of vanadium oxide. The honeycomb catalyst of the present invention contains: titanium oxide; vanadium oxide; and tungsten oxide, the honeycomb catalyst containing the vanadium oxide in an amount of 0.3 to 5.0 wt %, a peak attributable to a vanadium atom being spaced by an interatomic distance of 2.4 to 2.5 ? from a tungsten atom in a radial distribution function, the intensity of the peak being 0.05 ? or more in the radial distribution function per 1 wt % of the amount of the vanadium oxide in the honeycomb catalyst, the radial distribution function being obtained by Fourier transformation of an extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectrum in a K-absorption edge of the tungsten in the honeycomb catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken YOSHIMURA, Lu YANG
  • Patent number: 9290510
    Abstract: A polymer compound including a structural unit represented by formula (I) or a structural unit represented by formula (III) and a structural unit represented by formula (II) has high photoelectric conversion efficiency when used in an organic photoelectric conversion device. wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and represent trivalent heterocyclic group; Z represents a divalent group; Y represents a divalent heterocyclic group; wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and represent trivalent heterocyclic group; Z represents a divalent group; Y represents a divalent heterocyclic group; two Ar1s may be the same or different; two Ar2s may be the same or different; and two Z's may be the same or different. -D-??(II) wherein D represents an arylene group or a heteroarylene group having a fused ring, provided that a divalent heterocyclic group represented by Y is different from a group represented by D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichiro Ohya, Ken Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20160079540
    Abstract: By using a polymer compound comprising a constituent unit represented by the formula (1) and a constituent unit represented by the formula (2) in an organic layer of an organic photoelectric conversion device, photoelectric conversion efficiency can be enhanced. wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; Y1 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —N(R3)—; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; ring Z1 and ring Z2 represent each independently an optionally substituted aromatic carbocyclic ring or an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring; wherein R2 is different from R1 and represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; Y2 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —N(R3)—; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; ring Z3 and ring Z4 represent each independently an optionally substituted aromatic carbocyclic ring or an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ken YOSHIMURA, Kenichiro OHYA, Takehito KATO
  • Patent number: 9269905
    Abstract: A polymer compound, is provided in which at least a part of repeating units has a group containing a carbon cluster structure. The polymer compound preferably one or more, more preferably two or more, units selected from an arylene unit, a heteroarylene unit and an aromatic amine unit, as repeating units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shin-Ya Tanaka, Motoaki Usui, Haruki Otsuka, Ken Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20150353583
    Abstract: A reactive compound represented by the following formula (I): [In the formula (I), Z represents a divalent group. A plurality of Y may be the same or different, and represent a monovalent boronate residue having at least one hydroxyl group, Ar1 and Ar2 may be the same or different, and represent a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a trivalent heterocyclic group.].
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichiro OHYA, Ken YOSHIMURA
  • Patent number: 9209404
    Abstract: The present invention provides a macromolecular compound by which the short-circuit current density and the photoelectric conversion efficiency are enhanced when the macromolecular compound is used in an organic layer contained in a photovoltaic device. Specifically, the present invention provides a macromolecular compound having a structural unit represented by Formula (1): wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are the same as or different from each other and represent a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a trivalent heterocyclic group; X1 and X2 are the same as or different from each other and represent —O—, —S—, —C(?O)—, —S(?O)—, —SO2—, —C(R50)(R51)—, —Si (R3)(R4)—, —N(R5)—, —B(R6)—, —P(R7)—, or —P(?O)(R8)—; wherein the macromolecular compound has a light absorbing terminal wavelength of 700 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ken Yoshimura, Kenichiro Ohya
  • Publication number: 20150144200
    Abstract: A composition comprising a first compound, a second compound and a third compound, wherein the first compound is a polymer compound having a constitutional unit represented by the formula (1), the second compound is a polymer compound having a constitutional unit represented by the formula (2) and the third compound is a compound different from the first compound and the second compound: wherein R1, R2, Y1, Z1 and ring Z2 are as defined herein, wherein R3, R4, Y2, Z3 and Z4 are as defined herein. An organic photoelectric conversion device having a first electrode and a second electrode, having an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and comprising the above-described composition in the active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kai Iketaki, Ken Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 9006714
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photovoltaic cell having a large short-circuit current density and a large photoelectric conversion efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ken Yoshimura, Kenichiro Ohya, Takehito Kato