Patents by Inventor Masahiko Kubo

Masahiko Kubo 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: 20250116928
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate coating resist composition containing a polymer (A) having a specific structure as defined herein and a photoacid generator (B) having a specific structure as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: MASAHIKO KUBO, TETSUMASA TAKAICHI
  • Publication number: 20250097370
    Abstract: A color conversion apparatus includes a processor configured to: in conversion of a signal value in a first color space to a signal value in a second color space, the signal value in the first color space representing an image, the signal value in the second color space including YMCK signals and at least one spot color signal, the YMCK signals corresponding to amounts, to be used, of color materials of YMCK colors, the at least one spot color signal corresponding to an amount, to be used, of color material of a spot color, the spot color being other than YMCK colors, set at least one spot-color conversion ratio in accordance with a property of an image that is to be printed by using the signal value in the second color space, the at least one spot-color conversion ratio being a ratio for converting the signal value in the first color space to the at least one spot color signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Mami YOKOHASHI, Toshihiro IWAFUCHI, Masahiko KUBO, Kaoru YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20250097369
    Abstract: A color conversion apparatus includes a processor configured to: generate a first color-conversion table describing a correspondence between an input value in a first color space and a colorimetric value in the first color space, the first color space being independent of a printer, the colorimetric value being a result of color measurement of a printed image obtained by the printer printing a signal value in a second color space, the second color space being dependent of the printer, the signal value in the second color space being a conversion result of the input value; and convert an input signal value in the first color space to a signal value in the second color space by using the first color-conversion table and a second color-conversion table, the second color-conversion table being predetermined in accordance with the printer and being used to convert a signal value in the first color space to a signal value in the second color space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Kaoru YAMAUCHI, Masahiko Kubo, Toshihiro Iwafuchi, Mami Yokohashi
  • Publication number: 20250044737
    Abstract: A light guide plate may be configured for image display. Such a light guide plate may include: a first resin base; and a hologram layer, wherein the first resin base may have an MC value of 0.120 or less, the MC value being obtained by evaluation using shadow contrast by Expression (1): MC = L ? max - L ? min L ? max + L ? min . ( 1 ) wherein Lmax is a maximum value of brightness from a brightness distribution, Lmin is a minimum value of the brightness from the brightness distribution, and MC is an MC value that objectively represents a magnitude of a dip in low brightness portions in the brightness distribution. The first resin base may be manufactured by performing cutting and polishing processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya FUNAYAMA, Tatsushi BABA, Masahiko ONO, Yoshio WAKAYAMA, Shuichi KUBO
  • Patent number: 12212258
    Abstract: To provide a controller for rotary electric machine and an electric power steering apparatus which can increases decreases an increase amount of the current of d-axis in the negative direction appropriately, and can perform the weakening magnetic flux appropriately, irrespective of increase and decrease in the rotational angle speed, without using the information on the inductance and the interlinkage flux of the rotor. A controller for rotary electric machine, in a case where the current command value of q-axis is a positive value, changes the current command value of d-axis, based on a deviation between an offset q-axis current command value obtained by subtracting the q-axis offset value of the positive value from the current command value of q-axis, and the current detection value of q-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Kitagawa, Tatsuya Mori, Masahiko Orii, Kenta Kubo, Kenta Sawada
  • Publication number: 20240337979
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an applying unit that applies a crimping toner having pressure-responsiveness onto at least a portion of a surface of a recording medium to form a net-dot structure having 300 or more of screen lines, a heating unit that heats the crimping toner applied to the recording medium, and a pressurizing unit that pressurizes, in a thickness direction, a stacked body in which the recording medium is folded with the heated crimping toner interposed or a stacked body in which the recording medium and another medium are stacked with the heated crimping toner interposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiko KUBO, Tomokazu KURITA, Takeharu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20240336081
    Abstract: A plate data forming device includes: a processor configured to: form plate data of a pressure-bondable toner that indicate at least one of an amount of the pressure-bondable toner, which is formed on a printing medium, or a region, in which the pressure-bondable toner is formed on the printing medium, on the basis of a pressure-bondable toner formation condition indicating a condition for forming the pressure-bondable toner on the printing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomokazu KURITA, Masahiko KUBO, Takeharu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20240337970
    Abstract: A pressure-bonding device that pressure-bonds pressure-bondable toner surfaces to each other which are surfaces of a printing medium on which pressure-bondable toners are formed includes: a pair of rollers that applies a pressure to pressure-bondable surfaces, on which the pressure-bondable toner surfaces of the printing medium face each other, by sandwiching the printing medium in a nip portion; and a heating control mechanism that heats the nip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomokazu KURITA, Masahiko KUBO, Takeharu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20240337978
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium by using a color toner, an applying unit that applies a crimping toner having pressure-responsiveness onto at least a portion of a surface of the recording medium on which the image is formed, a heating unit that heats the crimping toner applied to the recording medium, and a pressurizing unit that pressurizes, in a thickness direction, a stacked body in which the recording medium is folded with the heated crimping toner interposed or a stacked body in which the recording medium and another medium are stacked with the heated crimping toner interposed, in which a volume average particle diameter of the crimping toner is more than a volume average particle diameter of the color toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiko KUBO, Tomokazu KURITA, Takeharu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20240314255
    Abstract: A color processing system includes one or plural processors configured to: acquire toner information indicating whether or not both a first condition, in which a special color toner to be added to a base color toner is a fluorescent toner, and a second condition, which is related to a printing order of the base color toner and the special color toner with respect to a recording medium on which an image is formed, are satisfied; and generate a color gamut, which is composed of the base color toner and the special color toner, by using a vertex of an outline of the color gamut corresponding to the toner information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Mami YOKOHASHI, Kaoru YAMAUCHI, Toshihiro IWAFUCHI, Masahiko KUBO
  • Patent number: 11785168
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive an image; and in response to inputting a magenta component resulting from CMYK conversion of the received image, output the image having undergone color conversion performed by using a profile in which at least one of the magenta component and a pink component that leads to fluorescent color forming is output, in which in an area having an input magenta amount lower than a predetermined threshold, the magenta component is not output and only the pink component is output, the input magenta amount serving as an amount of the magenta component resulting from the CMYK conversion, and in which in an area having the input magenta amount higher than or equal to the threshold, the magenta component and the pink component are output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kaoru Yamauchi, Masahiko Kubo
  • Publication number: 20230314937
    Abstract: A method for using a composition comprising a carboxylic acid ester (A) having a certain structure to reduce standing wave in a lithography process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Masahiko KUBO
  • Publication number: 20230044689
    Abstract: A terminal block attachable to a control device includes a main body including a wiring connection part to which wiring is connected, a first rotation mechanism unit arranged at a first end in a first direction of the main body, and a second rotation mechanism unit arranged at a second end in the first direction of the main body. The first rotation mechanism unit and the second rotation mechanism unit are configured that the main body is rotatable about an imaginary straight line extending along the first direction with respect to the control device. The wiring connection part is arranged at an end of the main body in a radial direction with respect to the imaginary straight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Tomonori WATANABE, Kohei TANINO, Masahiko KUBO, Masaaki NAGANO
  • Patent number: 11553109
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: store a first color patch used in using metallic toner and a second color patch used in using CMYK toner other than the metallic toner without using the metallic toner; receive a first colorimetric value obtained by measuring color of the first color patch and a second colorimetric value obtained by measuring color of the second color patch; calculate a third colorimetric value on a basis of the first colorimetric value obtained by measuring the color of the first color patch and the second colorimetric value obtained by measuring the color of the second color patch, and generate a profile to be used to convert an input color value into an output color value, the profile being generated on a basis of the third colorimetric value; and calculate the third colorimetric value that ranges from the first colorimetric value to the second colorimetric value in response to a total amount of CMYK toner being lower than or equal to a threshold, the total
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ayako Watanabe, Masahiko Kubo
  • Publication number: 20220377205
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive an image; and in response to inputting a magenta component resulting from CMYK conversion of the received image, output the image having undergone color conversion performed by using a profile in which at least one of the magenta component and a pink component that leads to fluorescent color forming is output, in which in an area having an input magenta amount lower than a predetermined threshold, the magenta component is not output and only the pink component is output, the input magenta amount serving as an amount of the magenta component resulting from the CMYK conversion, and in which in an area having the input magenta amount higher than or equal to the threshold, the magenta component and the pink component are output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Kaoru YAMAUCHI, Masahiko KUBO
  • Publication number: 20220377204
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: store a first color patch used in using metallic toner and a second color patch used in using CMYK toner other than the metallic toner without using the metallic toner; receive a first colorimetric value obtained by measuring color of the first color patch and a second colorimetric value obtained by measuring color of the second color patch; calculate a third colorimetric value on a basis of the first colorimetric value obtained by measuring the color of the first color patch and the second colorimetric value obtained by measuring the color of the second color patch, and generate a profile to be used to convert an input color value into an output color value, the profile being generated on a basis of the third colorimetric value; and calculate the third colorimetric value that ranges from the first colorimetric value to the second colorimetric value in response to a total amount of CMYK toner being lower than or equal to a threshold, the total
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Ayako WATANABE, Masahiko KUBO
  • Patent number: 11480891
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes plural image forming units and a controller. The plural image forming units are configured to form images of colors using colorants, respectively. The controller is configured to perform control such that the plural images formed by the plural image forming units are output as one image onto a recording medium. At least two of the image forming units are configured to form images using colorants of special colors, respectively and are arranged in succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kaori Iwaki, Yosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Yamauchi, Toshifumi Takahira, Masahiko Kubo
  • Publication number: 20220252977
    Abstract: An object is to provide a resist composition which can form fine resist patterns and keep them. Another object is to provide a resist layer with good sensitivity and/or resolution. And another object is to provide a negative tone lift off resist composition that removability of resist patterns made from the composition is good. [Solution] The present invention provides a negative tone lift off resist composition comprising an alkali soluble resin and a photo acid generator. And the present invention provides a method for manufacturing metal film patterns on a substrate. The present invention provides a method for a manufacturing a device comprising metal film patterns manufacturing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Tomotsugu YANO, Masahiko KUBO, Tomohide KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210286287
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes plural image forming units and a controller. The plural image forming units are configured to form images of colors using colorants, respectively. The controller is configured to perform control such that the plural images formed by the plural image forming units are output as one image onto a recording medium. At least two of the image forming units are configured to form images using colorants of special colors, respectively and are arranged in succession.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Kaori Iwaki, Yosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Yamauchi, Toshifumi Takahira, Masahiko Kubo
  • Patent number: 11059995
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a film forming composition curable at low temperature and a film forming method using the same. [Means for Solution] A film forming composition comprising a polysilazane, an organic solvent and aspecific additive, and a film forming method comprising applying it on a substrate and curing. The specific additive is selected from the group consisting of (A) guanidines substituted by a hydrocarbylgroup, (B) crown ether amines containing oxygen and nitrogen as a member thereof, (C) cycloalkanes having an amino-substituted polycyclic structure, (D) oximes substituted by a hydrocarbyl group, and (E) imidazolines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Go Noya, Masahiko Kubo, Noboru Satake, Yoshio Nojima, Yuki Ozaki, Toshiya Okamura