Patents by Inventor Masaki Nishimura

Masaki Nishimura 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: 20180376404
    Abstract: A restriction control apparatus configured to perform restriction control of communication of a user apparatus in a mobile communication system includes an information obtaining unit configured to obtain, from a user information management apparatus in the mobile communication system, group identification information indicating a group to which the user apparatus belongs, and a restriction determination unit configured, when receiving a communication request from the user apparatus, to determine whether the group to which the user apparatus belongs is a control target or not based on the group identification information and group identification information of a control target determined by the restriction control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Keisuke Suzuki, Reika Higa, Keisuke Sasada, Dirk Staehle, Srisakul Thakolsri
  • Patent number: 10158099
    Abstract: Organic light-emitting device manufacturing method performed by using a manufacturing apparatus placed where light from outside is blocked and a lighting device emitting light constituted of light components with wavelengths of 500 nm or longer is placed. The manufacturing apparatus includes a main body having an ejector ejecting ink containing organic light-emitting material and a light-transmissive tube forming at least part of a transport path connecting a tank containing the ink and the ejector. The method includes: removing the ink inside the transport path when a total exposure amount ET (lux×hours) satisfies ET??×17500 where ? is a constant satisfying ??1. ET is a product of E denoting light amount (lux) from the lighting device to which the tube is exposed and T denoting time amount (hours) over which the tube is exposed to the light from the lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: JOLED INC., SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nanno, Masaki Nishimura, Masashi Komatsu, Sadamu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180294428
    Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix pattern over the substrate, a first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer disposed to extend in a column or row direction in at least one of gaps between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes over the substrate, a second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer that contains aluminum as a main constituent and is disposed to be superposed on the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer, a plurality of light emitting layers disposed on the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode layer disposed continuously to cover the first current feeding auxiliary electrode layer and the second current feeding auxiliary electrode layer as well as an upper side of the plurality of light emitting layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIMURA, Hiroyuki AJIKI, Shuhei YADA, Yasuharu SHINOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180248154
    Abstract: An organic EL element includes an anode, a light emitting layer, a functional layer, a cathode, and a low refractive index layer. The light emitting layer is disposed above the anode. The functional layer is disposed on and in contact with the light emitting layer and includes a first metal. The cathode is disposed on and in contact with the functional layer and is made of a light transmissive metal oxide. The low refractive index layer is disposed on and in contact with the cathode. Refractive index of the low refractive index layer is smaller than refractive index of the cathode, film thickness of the functional layer is from 15 nm to 35 nm, and a distance between an anode-side surface of the light emitting layer and an interface between the cathode and the low refractive index layer is 110 nm or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Shirahase, Hiroyuki Ajiki, Jun Hashimoto, Masaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9991323
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) element emitting blue light from a light emitting surface and including: a first electrode; an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode and/or closer to the light emitting surface than the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer and/or closer to the light emitting surface than the organic light-emitting layer. In the organic EL element emitting blue light, the organic light-emitting layer contains an organic light-emitting material emitting, through photoluminescence, blue light that has a CIE y coordinate no greater than 0.13 such that a luminance drop due to film shape is suppressed to 10% or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: JOLED INC., Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yokota, Masaki Nishimura, Hiroyuki Ajiki
  • Publication number: 20180097050
    Abstract: An organic EL element includes a planarized layer arranged on a substrate, an insulation layer which is arranged on the planarized layer with the region corresponding to a subpixel of the planarized layer left exposed at least partly, a pixel electrode which has an opening that defines the region corresponding to the subpixel and which is arranged on a bank arranged on the insulation layer and on the exposed part of the planarized layer, a transparent conductive layer arranged on the pixel electrode, an emission layer arranged in the opening and above at least the transparent conductive layer, and a counter electrode arranged above the emission layer. The insulation layer is interposed between a bottom of the bank and the planarized layer. An upper surface of the planarized layer is coated with at least one of the pixel electrode and the insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YOKOTA, Hideyuki SHIRAHASE, Takahiro KOMATSU, Masaki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180090716
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element includes an anode, a light-emitting layer disposed over the anode, a functional layer disposed on the light-emitting layer in contact with the light-emitting layer and including a first metal, a light-transmitting conductive layer disposed on the functional layer in contact with the functional layer and composed of a metallic oxide, and a cathode disposed on the light-transmitting conductive layer in contact with the light-transmitting conductive layer and composed of a metal. The functional layer has a film thickness of 15 to 35 nm. A surface of the anode on the light-emitting layer side and an interface between the cathode and the light-transmitting conductive layer are spaced from each other by not less than 150 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Hideyuki SHIRAHASE, Hiroyuki AJIKI, Jun HASHIMOTO, Masaki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180007534
    Abstract: A mobility management switching center is for communicating with user equipment of a communication system that supports LTE or 3G, the mobility management switching center including a receiver that receives a session management signal from the user equipment; and a transmitter that transmits, when the session management signal is received, a restriction signal for instructing not to transmit a new session management signal to the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Srisakul Thakolsri, Daisuke Fujishima, Motohiro Abe, Masaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9832755
    Abstract: An RNC includes: a first call request reception unit configured to receive from an exchange a first call request to only an already located wireless cell; a presumably located wireless cell derivation unit configured to derive a presumably located wireless cell in which a target communication terminal device is presumably located; a first call making unit configured to make a call to the already located wireless cell and the presumably located wireless cell; a call response signal transmission unit configured to transmit a response signal to the call, to the exchange; a second call request reception unit configured to receive from the exchange a second call request to a wireless cell different from the already located wireless cell, in a case where the response signal to the first call request has not been transmitted; and a second call making unit configured to make the call to the different wireless cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Shinsuke Sawamukai, Yuukichi Saito, Kazufumi Yunoki, Yoshihiko Omori, Hisayuki Aso, Keisuke Suzuki, Keisuke Sasada, Reika Higa
  • Patent number: 9821326
    Abstract: A pulse shower device including a water dispersion plate and an impeller is provided. The water dispersion plate includes an inner surface and an outer surface, and a plurality of shower holes that are provided from the water surface to the outer surface. The impeller includes shower hole blocking portions that are formed over a predetermined circumferential length along the inner surface in a downstream portion of the inner surface of the water dispersion plate, and or the plurality of shower holes; shower hole opening portions that open toward the inner surface; a plurality of vanes; an inner peripheral portion; and an outer peripheral portion. The impeller is provided on an upstream portion of the inner surface of the water dispersion plate, and rotates around an axis due to a water stream hitting the vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Lixil Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Komaki, Masaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20170237036
    Abstract: A problem to be solved of the invention is to provide a package of a liquid composition for an organic electroluminescent device including a phosphorescent material and a solvent with extended storage lifetime, which may be produced with high working efficiency. A solving means of the problem is a package of a liquid composition for an organic electroluminescent device having a liquid composition for an organic electroluminescent device including a phosphorescent material and a solvent, and a container that contains the liquid composition for an organic electroluminescent device, wherein the package of a liquid composition for an organic electroluminescent device has a transmittance of light, that is a wavelength component of from 500 nm to 780 nm, from outside of the package to inside of the container of 15% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro UEOKA, Hidenobu KAKIMOTO, Masashi KOMATSU, Masaki NISHIMURA, Hirotaka NANNO
  • Publication number: 20170229680
    Abstract: Organic light-emitting device manufacturing method performed by using a manufacturing apparatus placed where light from outside is blocked and a lighting device emitting light constituted of light components with wavelengths of 500 nm or longer is placed. The manufacturing apparatus includes a main body having an ejector ejecting ink containing organic light-emitting material and a light-transmissive tube forming at least part of a transport path connecting a tank containing the ink and the ejector. The method includes: removing the ink inside the transport path when a total exposure amount ET (lux×hours) satisfies ET??×17500 where a is a constant satisfying ??1. ET is a product of E denoting light amount (lux) from the lighting device to which the tube is exposed and T denoting time amount (hours) over which the tube is exposed to the light from the lighting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: JOLED INC., SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirotaka NANNO, Masaki NISHIMURA, Masashi KOMATSU, Sadamu YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9722006
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes at least an underlayer, a partition wall, and an organic film. The underlayer is disposed above a substrate. The partition wall covers a first part and surrounds a second part of the surface of the underlayer. The organic film includes organic material, is disposed in a recess formed by the partition wall surrounding the second part, and is in contact with the surface of the underlayer and a surface of the partition wall. The surface of the underlayer has a protruding portion that protrudes in an upward direction. The protruding portion is composed of a top surface and an inclined surface surrounding the top surface. The first part includes least the top surface and a portion of the inclined surface, and an inner edge of the partition wall is in contact with the inclined surface or a level portion of the surface of the underlayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Hideaki Matsushima, Yumeji Takashige
  • Patent number: 9698420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Li-Ni composite oxide particles that exhibit a high initial discharge capacity and are excellent in thermal stability when used as a positive electrode active substance for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and a process for producing the Li-Nicomposite oxide particles. The Li-Ni composite oxide particles of the present invention have a composition of LixNi1?y?a?bCoyM1aM2bO2 wherein x, y, a and b represent 1.00?x?1.10; 0<y?0.25; 0<a?0.25; and 0?b?0.10, respectively; M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al and Mn; and M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr and Mg, in which a product of a metal occupancy (%) of lithium sites of the Li-Ni composite oxide as determined by Rietveld analysis of X-ray diffraction thereof and a crystallite size (nm) of the Li-Ni composite oxide as determined by the Rietveld analysis is not less than 700 and not more than 1400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: TODA KOGYO CORP.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Ishizaki, Kazuhiko Kikuya, Takahiko Sugihara, Teruaki Santoki, Takamitsu Harada, Masaki Nishimura, Yuji Mishima, Hideaki Sadamura
  • Patent number: 9649360
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease involving abnormal accumulation of amyloid ? protein comprising ILEI, or a vector into which a polynucleotide encoding ILEI is inserted; a method for screening a compound for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease involving abnormal accumulation of amyloid ? protein; and a method for treating and/or preventing a disease involving abnormal accumulation of amyloid ? protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Shiga University of Medical Science
    Inventor: Masaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20170117347
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device including: a substrate; an anode above the substrate; wiring above the substrate, spaced away from the anode in a direction parallel to a main surface of the substrate; a light-emitting layer above the anode, containing an organic light-emitting material; an intermediate layer on the light-emitting layer and the wiring, continuous over the light-emitting layer and the wiring and containing a fluoride of a first metal which is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal; an organic functional layer on the intermediate layer, continuous over the light-emitting layer and the wiring and made of an organic material having an electron transporting property or an electron injection property and doped with a second metal having a property of cleaving a bond between the first metal and fluorine in the fluoride; and a cathode on the organic functional layer, continuous over the light-emitting layer and the wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki YAMANE, Masaki NISHIMURA, Jun HASHIMOTO, Noriyuki MATSUSUE, Kazuhiro YONEDA, Minh Hiep HOANG
  • Patent number: 9559327
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes: an anode; a wiring that is disposed side-by-side with and spaced from the anode; a light-emitting layer that is disposed above the anode, and includes an organic light-emitting material; an intermediate layer that is disposed above the light-emitting layer and the wiring; an organic functional layer that is disposed above the intermediate layer, and has an electron injection property or an electron transport property; a cathode that is disposed above the organic functional layer. The intermediate layer includes: a fluoride of a first metal, the first metal being an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal; and a second metal that has a property of cleaving a bond between the first metal and fluorine in the fluoride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoneda, Minhhiep Hoang, Noriyuki Matsusue, Jun Hashimoto, Masaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20170006522
    Abstract: A restriction control apparatus configured to perform restriction control of communication of a user apparatus in a mobile communication system includes an information obtaining unit configured to obtain, from a user information management apparatus in the mobile communication system, group identification information indicating a group to which the user apparatus belongs, and a restriction determination unit configured, when receiving a communication request from the user apparatus, to determine whether the group to which the user apparatus belongs is a control target or not based on the group identification information and group identification information of a control target determined by the restriction control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Keisuke Suzuki, Reika Higa, Keisuke Sasada, Dirk Staehle, Srisakul Thakolsri
  • Publication number: 20160329388
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) element emitting blue light from a light emitting surface and including: a first electrode; an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode and/or closer to the light emitting surface than the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer and/or closer to the light emitting surface than the organic light-emitting layer. In the organic EL element emitting blue light, the organic light-emitting layer contains an organic light-emitting material emitting, through photoluminescence, blue light that has a CIE y coordinate no greater than 0.13 such that a luminance drop due to film shape is suppressed to 10% or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicants: JOLED INC., Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YOKOTA, Masaki NISHIMURA, Hiroyuki AJIKI
  • Publication number: 20160226014
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes: an anode; a wiring that is disposed side-by-side with and spaced from the anode; a light-emitting layer that is disposed above the anode, and includes an organic light-emitting material; an intermediate layer that is disposed above the light-emitting layer and the wiring; an organic functional layer that is disposed above the intermediate layer, and has an electron injection property or an electron transport property; a cathode that is disposed above the organic functional layer. The intermediate layer includes: a fluoride of a first metal, the first metal being an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal; and a second metal that has a property of cleaving a bond between the first metal and fluorine in the fluoride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YONEDA, Minhhiep HOANG, Noriyuki MATSUSUE, Jun HASHIMOTO, Masaki NISHIMURA