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).
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Publication number: 20250007993Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: NITTERRA CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken YOSHIMURA, Naohiro IWATA, Etsuya IKEDA, Chikao IZUTANI
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Publication number: 20240414223Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: NITERRA CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidetoshi YAMADA, Yoshinobu KOBA, Toshiki KON, Ken YOSHIMURA, Naohiro IWATA, Etsuya IKEDA, Chikao IZUTANI, Yutaka TAKAGI
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Patent number: 10777746Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 19, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Ken Yoshimura
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Patent number: 10290809Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Ken Yoshimura, Kenichiro Ohya
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Patent number: 9601695Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Ken Yoshimura, Kenichiro Ohya
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Publication number: 20160372675Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Ken YOSHIMURA, Kenichiro OHYA
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Patent number: 9512149Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kenichiro Ohya, Ken Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20160329495Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Ken YOSHIMURA
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Patent number: 9472763Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Ken Yoshimura, Kenichiro Ohya
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Patent number: 9412950Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yasunori Uetani, Ken Yoshimura
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Patent number: 9396831Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kenichiro Ohya, Ken Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20160152639Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2016Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kenichiro OHYA, Ken YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20160136616Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken YOSHIMURA, Lu YANG
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Patent number: 9290510Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kenichiro Ohya, Ken Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20160079540Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Ken YOSHIMURA, Kenichiro OHYA, Takehito KATO
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Patent number: 9269905Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Shin-Ya Tanaka, Motoaki Usui, Haruki Otsuka, Ken Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20150353583Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kenichiro OHYA, Ken YOSHIMURA
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Patent number: 9209404Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Ken Yoshimura, Kenichiro Ohya
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Publication number: 20150144200Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kai Iketaki, Ken Yoshimura
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Patent number: 9006714Abstract: The present invention provides a photovoltaic cell having a large short-circuit current density and a large photoelectric conversion efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Ken Yoshimura, Kenichiro Ohya, Takehito Kato