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).

  • Publication number: 20110037061
    Abstract: To provide an aspect of a novel display device using a light emitting element which is composed of a cathode, an EL layer and an anode, and a manufacturing device of the display device. According to the present invention, dual-sided emission display can be performed in one sheet white color light emitting panel 1001 in which, for example, different images can be displayed on a topside screen and backside screen (full color display, monochrome display or area color display). Two polarizing plates 1002, 1003 are formed by shifting the position thereof with an angular deviation of 90 degrees each other so as to prevent outside light from passing through the pane, thereby realizing a black display when not displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroko Abe, Masakazu Murakami, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 7858411
    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: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami, Toru Takayama, Junya Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7834538
    Abstract: To provide an aspect of a novel display device using a light emitting element which is composed of a cathode, an EL layer and an anode, and a manufacturing device of the display device. According to the present invention, dual-sided emission display can be performed in one sheet white color light emitting panel 1001 in which, for example, different images can be displayed on a topside screen and backside screen (full color display, monochrome display or area color display). Two polarizing plates 1002, 1003 are formed by shifting the position thereof with an angular deviation of 90 degrees each other so as to prevent outside light from passing through the pane, thereby realizing a black display when not displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroko Abe, Masakazu Murakami, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 7830542
    Abstract: The printing data processing system searches for reference indication (i.e., link sources) in the received ML source data, and adds the page information for the linked objects to the ML source data. The page number on which the linked object is printed is printed after the printing of each link source term included when a ML source file, such as a home page. Consequently, when a home page is printed, for example, the user can easily arrive at the linked object from the link source in the printed document while the home page layout on the personal computer is kept intact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kawabuchi, Masakazu Murakami, Hiroaki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20100280208
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thietane compound represented by the following general formula (1), (wherein, in the above general formula (1), M represents an element belonging to Group 14 of the Periodic Table in the long form; X1s each independently represent a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom; p represents an integer of equal to or more than 2 and equal to or less than (n?1); and n represents the number of valence of a metal atom M, provided that when n?p is 1, R2 represents an alkyl group having a straight chain or a branched chain of equal to or more than 1 and equal to or less than 3 carbon atoms which may have a substituent; and when n?p is 2 or more, a plurality of R2s each independently represent an alkyl group having a straight chain or a branched chain of equal to or more than 1 and equal to or less than 3 carbon atoms which may have a substituent or a plurality of R2s may be bonded to each other to form a ring containing M in which the alkyl chain forming the ring has equal to or more than 1 and equal to or le
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Murakami, Tomoyuki Ando, Seiichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7820231
    Abstract: The present invention provides an evaporation apparatus, which is one type of film formation apparatus and provides superior uniformity in EL layer film thickness, superior throughput, and improved utilization efficiency of EL materials and an evaporation method. The present invention is characterized in that an evaporation source holder, in which a container that encloses an evaporation material is disposed, is moved at a certain pitch with respect to a substrate during evaporation. Further, a film thickness monitor is integrated with the evaporation source holder for the movement. Furthermore, film thickness can be made uniform by adjusting the moving speed of the evaporation source holder in accordance with values measured by the film thickness monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami
  • Publication number: 20100240862
    Abstract: Disclosed is a metal thietane compound represented by the following general formula (120), (wherein, in the above general formula (120), M is a member selected from the group consisting of Bi, Sb, Ti, Zr and Ta; X1 and X2 are each independently a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom; R1 is a divalent organic group; the bond between M and T shown by a dotted line and a solid line represents a single or double bond; m is an integer of 0 or 1 or more; n is the number of valence of M; and p is an integer of equal to or more than 1 and equal to or less than n, provided that when r is 1, q is 0 and Y is a monovalent inorganic or organic group; when r is 1 and n-p-q is 2 or more, a plurality of Ys contained are each independently selected from monovalent inorganic or organic groups; when r is 1 and n-p-q is 2 or more, a plurality of Ys may be bonded to each other to form a ring containing M; when r is 2, n-p-q is 1 or 2 and Y is a divalent group; when r is 2 and n-p-q is 2, two Ys may form a ring together with two Ms;
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Murakami, Tomoyuki Ando, Hironori Kuboi, Hidetoshi Hayashi, Osamu Kohgo, Seiichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100233358
    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: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami, Ryoji Nomura, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20100230664
    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: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masaaki Hiroki, Masakazu Murakami, Hideaki Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20100195033
    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: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru TAKAYAMA, Junya MARUYAMA, Yumiko OHNO, Masakazu MURAKAMI, Toshiji HAMATANI, Hideaki KUWABARA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 7763320
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami
  • Publication number: 20100157347
    Abstract: A multifunction peripheral that can set appropriate criteria of security levels for another device, and improves usability while lowering a risk of data alteration, information leakage and the like by including a holding part 11 holding therein security criteria set for the image processing functions in one-to-one correspondence; a receiver 12 that receives, from an external terminal, a request for an access that is necessary for executing at least one of the image processing functions; an acquisition part 13 that acquires, from the external terminal, security information that is a security indicator regarding the access from the external terminal; a judgment part 15 that judges whether or not one of the security criteria set for the at least one of the image processing functions is met, based on the acquired security information; an access controller 16 that permits the access if the judgment part 15 judges affirmatively, and prohibits the access or permit the access with a limitation if the judgment part 15
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomonari Yoshimura, Atsushi Ohshima, Masami Yamada, Masakazu Murakami
  • Patent number: 7743364
    Abstract: A work flow management system, a work flow management apparatus and a management method capable of managing the work flow through a plurality of devices are provided. The work flow management system includes a work flow management apparatus, and the desired job history information included in the job history information having the performance information of the job executed by the device in accordance with the work flow information is acquired from the device based on the job ID specifying the job. Even with the work flow through a plurality of devices, therefore, the job history information can be acquired thereby to manage the work flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Nakata, Masakazu Murakami, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Minako Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7742186
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with an attribution information obtaining portion for obtaining application module list information on a function that resides in another image forming apparatus when the image forming apparatus is connected to the other image forming apparatus via a communication line, an unequipped function determining portion for determining whether or not the other image forming apparatus has a predetermined function that resides in the image forming apparatus based on the obtained application module list information of the other image forming apparatus, and a function expansion commanding portion for instructing the other image forming apparatus to perform a function expansion process to provide the other image forming apparatus with the predetermined function when the other image forming apparatus does not have the predetermined function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Murakami, Yoichi Kawabuchi, Yoshikazu Ikenoue
  • Patent number: 7741642
    Abstract: 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. 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: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Toru Takayama, Junya Maruyama, Yumiko Ohno, Masakazu Murakami, Toshiji Hamatani, Hideaki Kuwabara, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7722919
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masakazu Murakami, Ryoji Nomura, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 7707243
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Minako Kobayashi, Masakazu Murakami, Hironobu Nakata, Kazumi Sawayanagi
  • Patent number: 7692186
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masaaki Hiroki, Masakazu Murakami, Hideaki Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 7639385
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Nakata, Masakazu Murakami, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Minako Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20090310170
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a plurality of modules for realizing a plurality of functions. The information processing device reproduces contents information and expects information which is to be inputted based on the functions relating to the reproduced contents information. Further, based on the expected information, the information processing device controls operations of at least some of the plurality of modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Murakami, Atsushi Ohshima, Masami Yamada, Tomonari Yoshimura