Patents by Inventor Masakazu Murakami

Masakazu Murakami 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: 7060591
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a method for fabricating a semiconductor device having a peeled layer bonded to a base material with curvature. Particularly, the object is to provide a method for fabricating a display with curvature, more specifically, a light emitting device having an OLED bonded to a base material with curvature. An external force is applied to a support originally having curvature and elasticity, and the support is bonded to a peeled layer formed over a substrate. Then, when the substrate is peeled, the support returns into the original shape by the restoring force, and the peeled layer as well is curved along the shape of the support. Finally, a transfer object originally having curvature is bonded to the peeled layer, and then a device with a desired curvature is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami, Toru Takayama, Junya Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20060112999
    Abstract: An industrial two-layer fabric composed of an upper surface side fabric having an upper surface side warp and an upper surface side weft and a lower surface side fabric having a lower surface side warp and a lower surface side weft, the upper surface side warp and lower surface side warp being arranged vertically and constituting a pair, and the upper surface side fabric and lower surface side fabric being bound with a yarn in a warp direction. The lower surface side fabric is made of a repeating design unit in which one of warp binding yarns constituting a pair to be woven with an upper surface side weft and a lower surface side weft or a lower surface side warp passes under one lower surface side weft and then passes over a plurality of lower surface side wefts; a warp on one adjacent side to the above-described warp has the same design and passes over and under the same lower surface side wefts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nagura, Ikuo Ueda, Masakazu Murakami
  • Publication number: 20060095399
    Abstract: An image forming device includes a box for each user for storing a file, a table management portion for storing a file change in the box together with a time when the change happened as change history information, an inbox change detection portion for detecting a file change in the box of the user when the user logs in that happened before the user logs in this time in accordance with the change history information of the box and a screen display process portion for displaying a result of the detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Murakami, Hironobu Nakata, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Minako Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060085676
    Abstract: An image forming device includes a table for storing link service function information that indicates a function necessary for providing the link service among functions installed in a computer for each link service, a computer status check portion for checking a function of the computer that is available at present, a provision appropriateness determination portion for determining whether or not each link service can be provided at present in accordance with the link service function information and the check result, and a screen display process portion for displaying identification information of the link service that is determined to be able to be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Minako Kobayashi, Masakazu Murakami, Hironobu Nakata, Kazumi Sawayanagi
  • Publication number: 20060082805
    Abstract: An image processor for executing an image-related process includes a portion for storing first usage situation information that indicates a usage situation of the image processor, a portion for obtaining second usage situation information that indicates a usage situation of a second image processor for executing the image-related process, a portion for determining a second image processor that can execute the image-related process more suitably than the image processor in accordance with the first usage situation information and the second usage situation information when an execution instruction of the image-related process is given by a user, a portion for controlling so that the execution of the image-related process is suspended in the image processor if it is determined that there is a second image processor that can execute the image-related process of the execution instruction more suitably than the image processor and that the image-related process is executed in the image processor if it is not deter
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Minako Kobayashi, Hironobu Nakata, Masakazu Murakami, Kazumi Sawayanagi
  • Publication number: 20060077425
    Abstract: An image forming device includes a user job history database for storing execution condition information that indicates an execution condition of the job in relationship with user identification information for distinguishing a user who made the instruction for each executed job, a device structure detection portion for detecting a change in a state of the image processor, a notification target determination portion for determining a notification target user who is a user to be notified of the change in accordance with the execution condition information and the user identification information stored in the user job history database, and a new function notification portion for notifying the change to the determined notification target user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Nakata, Masakazu Murakami, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Minako Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060077417
    Abstract: An image forming device executes a job of a process about an image in accordance with an instruction given by a user. The image forming device includes a job execution history table for storing cause information that indicates a cause for which a job could not be executed normally and user ID information of the user who instructed the job, a notification object determination portion for determining the job that could not be executed normally due to the cause in accordance with the cause information stored in the job execution history table, and an error cause removal notification portion for notifying the user indicated in the user ID information corresponding to the determined job that the cause for which the job could not be executed normally has been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies,Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Nakata, Masakazu Murakami, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Minako Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050233488
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a light emitting device in which the number of display panels manufactured from one substrate is increased and display panel is mass produced is provided. One feature of the invention is that the shipping is performed not by separating the substrate over which a plurality of light emitting regions is formed and attaching the FPC to the each piece thereof but before separating, namely in the incomplete state (that can be also referred to as semi end products). However, the invention has a structure in which the inspection can be partly carried out before the shipping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: Semicondutor Energy
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami
  • Patent number: 6953735
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a method for fabricating a semiconductor device having a peeled layer bonded to a base material with curvature. Particularly, the object is to provide a method for fabricating a display with curvature, more specifically, a light emitting device having an OLED bonded to a base material with curvature. An external force is applied to a support originally having curvature and elasticity, and the support is bonded to a peeled layer formed over a substrate. Then, when the substrate is peeled, the support returns into the original shape by the restoring force, and the peeled layer as well is curved along the shape of the support. Finally, a transfer object originally having curvature is bonded to the peeled layer, and then a device with a desired curvature is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami, Toru Takayama, Junya Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20050164470
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a method for fabricating a semiconductor device having a peeled layer bonded to a base material with curvature. Particularly, the object is to provide a method for fabricating a display with curvature, more specifically, a light emitting device having an OLED bonded to a base material with curvature. An external force is applied to a support originally having curvature and elasticity, and the support is bonded to a peeled layer formed over a substrate. Then, when the substrate is peeled, the support returns into the original shape by the restoring force, and the peeled layer as well is curved along the shape of the support. Finally, a transfer object originally having curvature is bonded to the peeled layer, and then a device with a desired curvature is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami, Toru Takayama, Junya Maruyama
  • Patent number: 6919215
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a light emitting device in which the number of display panels manufactured from one substrate is increased and display panel is mass produced is provided. One feature of the invention is that the shipping is performed not by separating the substrate over which a plurality of light emitting regions is formed and attaching the FPC to the each piece thereof but before separating, namely in the incomplete state (that can be also referred to as semi end products). However, the invention has a structure in which the inspection can be partly carried out before the shipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami
  • Publication number: 20050106322
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a film formation apparatus capable of forming an EL layer with a high purity and a high density, and a cleaning method. The invention is a formation of an EL layer with a high density by heating a substrate 10 by a heating means for heating a substrate, decreasing the pressure of a film formation chamber with a pressure decreasing means (a vacuum pump such as a turbo-molecular pump, a dry pump, or a cryopump) connected to the film formation chamber to 5×10?3 Torr (0.665 Pa) or lower, preferably 1×10?3 Torr (0.133 Pa) or lower, and carrying out film formation by depositing organic compound materials from deposition sources. In the film formation chamber, cleaning of deposition masks is carried out by plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami
  • Publication number: 20050101064
    Abstract: The present invention is a fabrication method of a light-emitting device characterized by ejecting a solution containing a luminescent material toward an anode or a cathode under a reduced pressure and characterized in that in a duration before the solution is arrived at the anode or the cathode, the solvent in the solution is volatilized, the remaining part of the luminescent material is deposited on the anode or the cathode, and thereby formed a light-emitting layer. By the present invention, a baking process for thickness reduction is not required after applying the solution. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a fabrication method with high throughput although the method is low in cost and simple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami, Ryoji Nomura, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20050070039
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a light emitting device in which the number of display panels manufactured from one substrate is increased and display panel is mass produced is provided. One feature of the invention is that the shipping is performed not by separating the substrate over which a plurality of light emitting regions is formed and attaching the FPC to the each piece thereof but before separating, namely in the incomplete state (that can be also referred to as semi end products). However, the invention has a structure in which the inspection can be partly carried out before the shipping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami
  • Publication number: 20050060564
    Abstract: A processing device is provided in which unauthorized processing is prevented from being preformed at the time of executing a program or others. The processing device includes a processing portion for executing processing, a program memory portion for memorizing a program that makes the processing portion execute processing, a judge portion for judging whether or not the program is permitted to start, and a control portion for controlling the processing portion so that processing is executed in accordance with the program when the judge portion determines that the program is permitted to start, and for controlling the processing portion so that processing based on the program is not executed when the judge portion determines that the program is not permitted to start.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Masakazu Murakami, Hironobu Nakata, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Minako Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050052127
    Abstract: According to the invention, an insulating or semi-insulating barrier layer which has a thickness where a tunnel current can flow through is provided between a hole injection electrode and an organic compound layer with hole transport characteristics (a hole injection layer or a hole transport layer). Specifically, a thin insulating or semi-insulating barrier layer which contains silicon or silicon oxide; silicon or silicon oxide and a light transmitting conductive oxide material; or silicon or silicon oxide, a light transmitting conductive oxide material, and carbon may be provided between a light transmitting conductive oxide film formed of a light transmitting conductive oxide material, such as ITO and a hole injection layer containing an organic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Junichiro Sakata, Masakazu Murakami, Koji Moriya, Yoshiaki Oikawa, Taketomi Asami, Hisashi Ohtani
  • Publication number: 20050053720
    Abstract: The present invention provides an active matrix substrate which can be fabricated at a lower cost and a light emitting device having a large display area fabricated by a vapor deposition system which makes a film with uniform thickness for a large substrate. According to the invention, an organic light-emitting device can be fabricated by performing vapor deposition toward a large substrate provided with a pixel portion (and a driver circuit) including an n-channel TFT having a amorphous silicon film, semi-amorphous semiconductor film or an organic semiconductor film as an active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Keitaro Imai, Shinji Maekawa, Makoto Furuno, Osamu Nakamura, Masakazu Murakami
  • Publication number: 20050046887
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus composed in a hierarchical architecture of a hardware resource, a first control program over the hardware resource, a second control program and an application program over the first control program. The first control program includes a first API for receiving a first request relating to image processing from the second control program and a second request relating to image processing from the application program, and controls, on receiving either of the first and second requests, the hardware resource to perform image processing based on the received request. The second control program includes a second API publicly released in advance for receiving a third request relating to image processing from an external source, converts the received third request to a command supported by the first API, and passes the command as the first request to the first control program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Shibata, Masakazu Murakami
  • Publication number: 20050012105
    Abstract: To provide a light emitting device high in reliability with a pixel portion having high definition with a large screen. According to a light emitting device of the present invention, on an insulator (24) provided between pixel electrodes, an auxiliary electrode (21) made of a metal film is formed, whereby a conductive layer (20) made of a transparent conductive film in contact with the auxiliary electrode can be made low in resistance and thin. Also, the auxiliary electrode (21) is used to achieve connection with an electrode on a lower layer, whereby the electrode can be led out with the transparent conductive film formed on an EL layer. Further, a protective film (32) made of a film containing hydrogen and a silicon nitride film which are laminated is formed, whereby high reliability can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masaaki Hiroki, Masakazu Murakami, Hideaki Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20040232459
    Abstract: (OBJECT) The object is to provide a lightened semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof by pasting a layer to be peeled to various base materials. (MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM) In the present invention, a layer to be peeled is formed on a substrate, then a seal substrate provided with an etching stopper film is pasted with a binding material on the layer to be peeled, followed by removing only the seal substrate by etching or polishing. The remaining etching stopper film is functioned as a blocking film. In addition, a magnet sheet may be pasted as a pasting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Takayama, Junya Maruyama, Yumiko Ohno, Masakazu Murakami, Toshiji Hamatani, Hideaki Kuwabara, Shunpei Yamazaki