Patents by Inventor Makoto Sutou

Makoto Sutou 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: 10795524
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first electrode formed of first thin metal wires arranged in the transmissive region and a second electrode insulated from the first electrode and formed of second thin metal wires arranged to intersect the first thin metal wire in the transmissive region, in which the second thin metal wires is arranged on the side opposite to the viewing side than the first thin metal wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Nakayama, Makoto Sutou
  • Publication number: 20200089353
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first electrode formed of first thin metal wires arranged in the transmissive region and a second electrode insulated from the first electrode and formed of second thin metal wires arranged to intersect the first thin metal wire in the transmissive region, in which the second thin metal wires is arranged on the side opposite to the viewing side than the first thin metal wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya NAKAYAMA, Makoto SUTOU
  • Patent number: 10540048
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first electrode formed of first thin metal wires arranged in the transmissive region and a second electrode insulated from the first electrode and formed of second thin metal wires arranged to intersect the first thin metal wire in the transmissive region, in which the second thin metal wires is arranged on the side opposite to the viewing side than the first thin metal wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Nakayama, Makoto Sutou
  • Publication number: 20190339798
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first electrode formed of first thin metal wires arranged in the transmissive region and a second electrode insulated from the first electrode and formed of second thin metal wires arranged to intersect the first thin metal wire in the transmissive region, in which the second thin metal wires is arranged on the side opposite to the viewing side than the first thin metal wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya NAKAYAMA, Makoto SUTOU
  • Patent number: 10437093
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film having a transmissive region includes a first electrode formed of a first thin metal wire arranged in the transmissive region; and a second electrode formed of a second thin metal wire arranged on a side opposite to a viewing side from the first electrode so as to intersect the first thin metal wire in the transmissive region, in which the first thin metal wire has a first front surface that is directed to the viewing side and has a line width W1A, and a first back surface that is directed to the side opposite to the viewing side and has a line width W1B, the second thin metal wire has a second front surface that is directed to the viewing side and has a line width W2A, and a second back surface that is directed to the side opposite to the viewing side and has a line width W2B, and the line widths W1A, W1B, W2A, and W2B are in a range of 0.5 to 10 ?m, and the line widths satisfy a relationship of W1B<W2A?W1A<W2B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Nakayama, Makoto Sutou
  • Patent number: 10402028
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a transparent insulating substrate, a first electrode, and a second electrode, in which a first thin metal wire 38 of the first electrode has a first front surface 38A being directed to the viewing side and having a line width W1A, and a first back surface 38B being directed to the side opposite to the viewing side and having a line width W1B, a second thin metal wire 39 of the second electrode has a second front surface 39A being directed to the viewing side and having a line width W2A, and a second back surface 39B being directed to the side opposite to the viewing side and having a line width W2B, the W1A, W1B, W2A, and W2B are 0.5 to 10 ?m, W1A is larger than W1B and W2A is larger than W2B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Nakayama, Makoto Sutou
  • Patent number: 10042497
    Abstract: A sheet-like conductor that is arranged on a display screen includes at least an insulator, a first detection electrode that is placed on a surface of the insulator on an opposite side to the display screen and arranged on a viewing side, and a second detection electrode that is placed on a surface of the insulator on a side close to the display screen and arranged on an opposite side to the viewing side, in which the first detection electrode and the second detection electrode are formed of thin metal wires in a mesh shape, and when a line width of the thin metal wire of the first detection electrode is a line width Wa and a line width of the thin metal wire of the second detection electrode is a line width Wb, the line width Wa and the line width Wb satisfy the following expressions (1) and (2). 0.5 ?m?Wb<Wa?10 ?m??(1) Wa?Wb ?4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Sutou
  • Publication number: 20170371453
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a transparent insulating substrate, a first electrode, and a second electrode, in which a first thin metal wire 38 of the first electrode has a first front surface 38A being directed to the viewing side and having a line width W1A, and a first back surface 38B being directed to the side opposite to the viewing side and having a line width W1B, a second thin metal wire 39 of the second electrode has a second front surface 39A being directed to the viewing side and having a line width W2A, and a second back surface 39B being directed to the side opposite to the viewing side and having a line width W2B, the W1A, W1B, W2A, and W2B are 0.5 to 10 ?m, W1A is larger than W1B and W2A is larger than W2B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya NAKAYAMA, Makoto SUTOU
  • Publication number: 20170363899
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film having a transmissive region includes a first electrode formed of a first thin metal wire arranged in the transmissive region; and a second electrode formed of a second thin metal wire arranged on a side opposite to a viewing side from the first electrode so as to intersect the first thin metal wire in the transmissive region, in which the first thin metal wire has a first front surface that is directed to the viewing side and has a line width W1A, and a first back surface that is directed to the side opposite to the viewing side and has a line width W1B, the second thin metal wire has a second front surface that is directed to the viewing side and has a line width W2A, and a second back surface that is directed to the side opposite to the viewing side and has a line width W2B, and the line widths W1A, W1B, W2A, and W2B are in a range of 0.5 to 10 ?m, and the line widths satisfy a relationship of W1B<W2A?W1A<W2B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya NAKAYAMA, Makoto SUTOU
  • Publication number: 20160370901
    Abstract: A sheet-like conductor that is arranged on a display screen includes at least an insulator, a first detection electrode that is placed on a surface of the insulator on an opposite side to the display screen and arranged on a viewing side, and a second detection electrode that is placed on a surface of the insulator on a side close to the display screen and arranged on an opposite side to the viewing side, in which the first detection electrode and the second detection electrode are formed of thin metal wires in a mesh shape, and when a line width of the thin metal wire of the first detection electrode is a line width Wa and a line width of the thin metal wire of the second detection electrode is a line width Wb, the line width Wa and the line width Wb satisfy the following expressions (1) and (2). 0.5 ?m?Wb<Wa?10 ?m ??(1) Wa?Wb ?4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto SUTOU
  • Patent number: 9389503
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a conductive sheet includes: a step A of forming a silver halide-containing photosensitive layer, which contains silver halide, gelatin, and a polymer different from the gelatin and in which a mass ratio (Y/X) of a mass Y of the polymer to a mass X of the gelatin is equal to or greater than 0.1, on a support; a step B of forming conductive portions containing metal silver by performing exposure and then development treatment on the silver halide-containing photosensitive layer; and a step C of treating the support having the conductive portions with an oxidant which has a standard electrode potential of equal to or greater than +1.5 V and decomposes the gelatin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tsukasa Tokunaga, Shin Tajiri, Makoto Sutou, Toshinari Fujii, Shinichi Nakahira, Kensuke Katagiri, Nozomu Tonoike
  • Publication number: 20150234271
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a conductive sheet includes: a step A of forming a silver halide-containing photosensitive layer, which contains silver halide, gelatin, and a polymer different from the gelatin and in which a mass ratio (Y/X) of a mass Y of the polymer to a mass X of the gelatin is equal to or greater than 0.1, on a support; a step B of forming conductive portions containing metal silver by performing exposure and then development treatment on the silver halide-containing photosensitive layer; and a step C of treating the support having the conductive portions with an oxidant which has a standard electrode potential of equal to or greater than +1.5 V and decomposes the gelatin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tsukasa TOKUNAGA, Shin TAJIRI, Makoto SUTOU, Toshinari FUJII, Shinichi NAKAHIRA, Kensuke KATAGIRI, Nozomu TONOIKE
  • Patent number: 8852728
    Abstract: There are provided a pattern exposure method, a conductive film producing method, and a conductive film, wherein a photosensitive material is subjected to a proximity exposure through a photomask disposed with a proximity gap of 70 to 200 ?m, and thereby is exposed in the mask pattern periodically in the conveying direction to obtain a conductive film. The conductive film has a plurality of conductive portions of first and second conductive thin metal wires and a plurality of opening portions. A side of each thin metal wire has a protrusion extending toward the opening portion from a virtual line representing a designed width of the thin metal wire, and the protruding amount of the protrusion is 1/25 to ? of the designed width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toyomi Matsuda, Makoto Sutou, Tomonori Baba, Daisuke Mitsuhashi
  • Patent number: 8383329
    Abstract: There are provided a pattern exposure method, a conductive film producing method, and a conductive film, wherein a photosensitive material is subjected to a proximity exposure through a photomask disposed with a proximity gap of 70 to 200 ?m, and thereby is exposed in the mask pattern periodically in the conveying direction to obtain a conductive film. The conductive film has a plurality of conductive portions of first and second conductive thin metal wires and a plurality of opening portions. A side of each thin metal wire has a protrusion extending toward the opening portion from a virtual line representing a designed width of the thin metal wire, and the protruding amount of the protrusion is 1/25 to 1/6 of the designed width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toyomi Matsuda, Makoto Sutou, Tomonori Baba, Daisuke Mitsuhashi
  • Publication number: 20100300729
    Abstract: There are provided a pattern exposure method, a conductive film producing method, and a conductive film, wherein a photosensitive material is subjected to a proximity exposure through a photomask disposed with a proximity gap of 70 to 200 ?m, and thereby is exposed in the mask pattern periodically in the conveying direction to obtain a conductive film. The conductive film has a plurality of conductive portions of first and second conductive thin metal wires and a plurality of opening portions. A side of each thin metal wire has a protrusion extending toward the opening portion from a virtual line representing a designed width of the thin metal wire, and the protruding amount of the protrusion is 1/25 to 1/6 of the designed width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toyomi Matsuda, Makoto Sutou, Tomonori Baba, Daisuke Mitsuhashi