Patents by Inventor Masaaki Komatsu

Masaaki Komatsu 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: 6791253
    Abstract: A field-emission display apparatus includes a faceplate on which a phosphor layer is formed, and a means for irradiating electron beam onto the phosphor layer and the phosphor layer is constituted by phosphors formed by mixing main phosphors with small particle phosphors, the averaged particle diameter of which is smaller than ½ of an averaged particle diameter of the main phosphors, enhancing the filing density of the phosphor layer and also enhancing both a lifetime characteristic and a luminescent characteristic of the phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Komatsu, Masatoshi Shiiki, Shin Imamura
  • Patent number: 6762551
    Abstract: A white light source includes an ultraviolet-visible excitation light generation unit capable of generating visible light and ultraviolet light, and a fluorescence generation unit having a phosphor layer and being capable of generating visible light upon excitation by the ultraviolet light and uses, in the phosphor layer, a red light emitting phosphor represented by the following compositional formula: (Ca1−a−bSraEub)S:Mc, wherein a, b and c satisfy the following conditions: 0≦a<1.0, 0≦b<0.1 and 0≦c≦0.1; and M is a dopant element having absorption of excitation energy at about 350 nm to about 500 nm. The dopant element M includes rare earth elements such as Ce, Yb, Gd and Tm. By substituting part of Ca and/or Sr with Zn, the white light source can exhibit further improved performances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Shiiki, Masaaki Komatsu, Choichiro Okazaki, Shin Imamura, Teruki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6753099
    Abstract: The present invention provides a green emitting phosphor which includes an excess of the ordinary SiO2 component included in parent material Y2−2xSiO5 activated by Tb in terms of stoichiometric ratio. The composition of the above phosphor is represented by chemical formula: {(Y1−y−zMyGdz)1−xTbx}2(Si1−bGebO2)1+aO3 where values of x, y, z, a, and b are assigned, subject to 0<x≦1, 0≦y≦1, 0≦z≦1, 0<a≦1, and 0≦b≦1, and M is at least one element selected from a group comprising Sc, In, La, Lu, Yb, Ce, Eu, Sm, Tm, Ho, Er, and Nd. By using this phosphor, phosphors that emit light of higher luminance with less luminance degradation and are suitable for high-quality image display and imaging devices producing high-quality images are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd., Kasei Optonix, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Imamura, Masatoshi Shiiki, Masaaki Komatsu, Hidetsugu Matsukiyo, Yoshihiro Koseki, Takashi Hase, Tsutomu Yamada
  • Patent number: 6696782
    Abstract: Green-emitting phosphor having a composition formula represented by (Y1-x-aGdxMa)3-3yTb3y(Al1-zGaz)5O12, where 0<x≦1, 0≦a<1, 0<x+a≦1, 0<y<1 and 0≦z≦1 and M is at least one of Sc, Yb and La, improves emission color of phosphors of Y3(Al, Ga)5O12:Tb series, and in case that y=0.07, z=0.4 and a=0 in the foregoing composition, color y is increased with increasing Gd concentration, when Gd concentration x is changed, and the emission color becomes clear green.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Imamura, Masatoshi Shiiki, Hiromichi Yamada, Masaaki Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20040007960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a field-emission display having a faceplate formed with a phosphor layer and means irradiating an electron beam onto the phosphor layer in order to improve the characteristic of life of the device. The feature of the present invention is in the structure of a phosphor layer. The phosphor layer is expressed by a general formula: ZnS: M, Al where M is an activator of at least one of Cu, Ag and Au; and Al is a coactivator, in which the concentration of Al is higher than that of M. According to the present invention, the electrification characteristic of the phosphor is improved for lower resistance. The defect concentration of the surface of the phosphor is reduced. The filed-emission display which can realize improvement in the characteristic of life which has not been solved in the prior art can be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Komatsu, Masatoshi Shiiki, Ryo Inoue
  • Publication number: 20030164670
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image-display device using a phosphor which can improve a luminescence efficiency and characteristics of color coordinates by adding a IIA element to a host crystal of a ZnS phosphor to make a compound crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Masaaki Komatsu, Masatoshi Shiiiki, Shin Imamura
  • Publication number: 20030155856
    Abstract: A white light source includes an ultraviolet-visible excitation light generation unit capable of generating visible light and ultraviolet light, and a fluorescence generation unit having a phosphor layer and being capable of generating visible light upon excitation by the ultraviolet light and uses, in the phosphor layer, a red light emitting phosphor represented by the following compositional formula: (Ca1−a−bSraEub)S:Mc, wherein a, b and c satisfy the following conditions: 0≦a<1.0, 0≦b<0.1 and 0≦c≦0.1; and M is a dopant element having absorption of excitation energy at about 350 nm to about 500 nm. The dopant element M includes rare earth elements such as Ce, Yb, Gd and Tm. By substituting part of Ca and/or Sr with Zn, the white light source can exhibit further improved performances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Shiiki, Masaaki Komatsu, Choichiro Okazaki, Shin Imamura, Teruki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20030094889
    Abstract: The present invention provides a green emitting phosphor which includes an excess of the ordinary SiO2 component included in parent material Y2-2xSiO5 activated by Tb in terms of stoichiometric ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Shin Imamura, Masatoshi Shiiki, Masaaki Komatsu, Hidetsugu Matsukiyo, Yoshihiro Koseki, Takashi Hase, Tsutomu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20030071560
    Abstract: A field-emission display apparatus includes a faceplate on which a phosphor layer is formed, and a means for irradiating electron beam onto the phosphor layer and the phosphor layer is constituted by phosphors formed by mixing main phosphors with small particle phosphors, the averaged particle diameter of which is smaller than ½ of an averaged particle diameter of the main phosphors, enhancing the filing density of the phosphor layer and also enhancing both a lifetime characteristic and a luminescent characteristic of the phosphor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Komatsu, Masatoshi Shiiki, Shin Imamura
  • Publication number: 20030069242
    Abstract: 3-Arylphenyl sulfide derivatives represented by general formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Toriyabe, Nobuo Takefuji, Minoru Itou, Tetsuya Hirade, Kiyotoshi Nishiyama, Mitsuharu Asahida, Yasunobu Maeda, Nobuhide Wada, Toyokazu Fujisawa, Hiroyuki Yano, Masaaki Komatsu, Osamu Tada
  • Publication number: 20030015955
    Abstract: The luminance of phosphor is enhanced by forming a phosphor screen of a fluorescence generation unit by phosphor expressed by the following composition formula and a display using a white light the luminescent color of which is improved and which has an excellent characteristic is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Masatoshi Shiiki, Choichiro Okazaki, Teruki Suzuki, Shin Imamura, Masaaki Komatsu, Hiromichi Yamada
  • Patent number: 6509354
    Abstract: 3-Arylphenyl sulfide derivatives represented by general formula (I): (wherein R is a C2-C6 alkyl group, a C2-C6 alkenyl group, a C2-C6 alkynyl group or the like, B0 to B2 and B3 are hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, cyano groups, C1-C4 haloalkyl groups or the like, n is 0, 1 or 2, and Ar is a phenyl ring, a pyridine ring, a thiophene ring, a pyrazole ring or the like), and insecticides and miticides containing the 3-arylphenyl sulfide derivatives as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignees: Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Toriyabe, Nobuo Takefuji, Minoru Itou, Tetsuya Hirade, Kiyotoshi Nishiyama, Mitsuharu Asahida, Yasunobu Maeda, Nobuhide Wada, Toyokazu Fujisawa, Hiroyuki Yano, Masaaki Komatsu, Osamu Tada
  • Publication number: 20020063511
    Abstract: Green-emitting phosphor having a composition formula represented by (Y1-x-aGdxMa)3-3yTb3y(Al1-zGaz)5O12, where 0<x≦1, 0≦a<1, 0<x+a≦1, 0<y<1 and 0≦z≦1 and M is at least one of Sc, Yb and La, improves emission color of phosphors of Y3(Al, Ga)5O12:Tb series, and in case that y=0.07, z=0.4 and a=0 in the foregoing composition, color y is increased with increasing Gd concentration, when Gd concentration x is changed, and the emission color becomes clear green.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Shin Imamura, Masatoshi Shiiki, Hiromichi Yamada, Masaaki Komatsu
  • Patent number: 5415875
    Abstract: An anti-peroxide external preparation for skin comprising: decomposition product of shell membrane: and tocopherol and/or derivatives thereof. It is possible to suppress formation of peroxide and remove it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kakoki, Yoshiyuki Kono, Shinichiro Funatsu, Masaaki Komatsu
  • Patent number: 4405955
    Abstract: In an apparatus for reproducing video signals recorded in successive parallel tracks extending at an angle to the lengthwise direction of a tape and wherein two main reproducing heads having different azimuth angles with respect to each other are arranged to be diametrically opposed and alternately reproduce the video signals from the tracks when the tape is transported lengthwise at a standard speed, and an auxiliary reproducing head having the same azimuth angle as one of the main reproducing heads is circumferentially displaced by (n+0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaimai, Masakazu Sonoda, Masaaki Komatsu, Atsuo Sakai, Toshimitsu Kamai
  • Patent number: 4399473
    Abstract: In an apparatus which reproduces video signals using rotating heads to scan oblique tracks formed on a tape, the tape is intermittently moved and stopped by a tape capstan motor which is driven by a motor drive pulse. The motor drive pulse is generated at predetermined time intervals corresponding to a predetermined number of tracks for slow-motion reproduction of the recorded video signals. Deviations in the amount of tape intermittently advanced, as measured by a predetermined number of tracks, is avoided by varying the pulse-width or amplitude of the motor drive pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1983
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaimai, Masakazu Sonoda, Masaaki Komatsu, Atsuo Sakai, Toshimitsu Kamai
  • Patent number: 4396954
    Abstract: In an apparatus which reproduces video signals from oblique tracks successively formed on a tape, there are provided at least two main rotary heads having different azimuth angles with respect to each other an auxiliary rotary head having the same azimuth angle as that of one of the main rotary heads and which is disposed to substantially scan the same track as that scanned by the one of the main rotary heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1983
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Sonoda, Hiroyuki Kaimai, Masaaki Komatsu