Patents by Inventor Masao Nakajima

Masao Nakajima 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: 11735334
    Abstract: Provided are a stretchable wire tape for a textile that can maintain high levels in all of stretchability, electrical conductivity, durability, an insulating property, and design and can also have a reduced production cost, wearable devices, and a method for producing textiles having wires. The stretchable wire tape for the textile includes a stretchable electrically conductive wire, and stretchable insulating films each including a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, the stretchable insulating films being bonded to opposite sides of the stretchable electrically conductive wire on their first faces. Since the stretchable insulating films are bonded to the opposite sides of the stretchable electrically conductive wire via bonding layers, durability and an insulating property can be secured while stretchability and electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive wire can be maintained, and design can also be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: XENOMA INC.
    Inventors: Masao Nakajima, Naomi Ohto
  • Publication number: 20230084567
    Abstract: After a glass sheet (G) having a scribe line (S) formed thereon is placed on a placement table (10) and positioned so that the scribe line (S) is positioned in a bending stress applying portion (15) of the placement table (10), when the glass sheet (G) is split along the scribe line (S) by applying a bending stress to a formation region of the scribe line (S) by the bending stress applying portion (15), the glass sheet (G) is positioned by laying a resin sheet (9) under the glass sheet (G) on the placement table (10) and aligning one side (G1) of the glass sheet (G) extending in a direction along the scribe line (S) with marks (Ma to Nd) projected onto a protruding portion (9a) of the resin sheet (9) by laser markers (16a to 16d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Taisei MATSUBUSHI, Masao NAKAJIMA, Hiroshi TAKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220412776
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrostatic capacitance detection circuit including a sense pin to which a sense electrode is to be connected, a ground pin to be grounded, a reference pin to be connected to a node where parasitic capacitance is to be formed between the node and the sense electrode, and a capacitance detection circuit connected to the sense pin, the ground pin, and the reference pin and configured to detect electrostatic capacitance formed by the sense electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Masao Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11518703
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glass sheet includes a start point forming step of forming a scribe line on a preset cutting portion of a glass sheet, a setting step of causing, through use of a support member having a groove-shaped recess, the support member to support the glass sheet having the scribe line formed thereon from one surface side so that the preset cutting portion is arranged on the recess, and a cutting step of generating a negative pressure in the recess to bend the preset cutting portion on the recess so that the one surface side protrudes, to thereby cut the glass sheet along the preset cutting portion with the scribe line as the start point. At the time of performing the cutting step, the entire recess is covered with a cover member from another surface side of the glass sheet through intermediation of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takimoto, Taisei Matsubushi, Masao Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20220355550
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a three dimensional shaped object includes: a manufacturing unit that manufactures a three dimensional shaped object in which a plurality of solidified layers are built up together by repeating to manufacture a solidified layer, which is layered, by performing solidification processing upon a material that is positioned in a region set according to a shape of the three dimensional shaped object that is to be manufactured, to supply a new material upon an upper portion of the solidified layer that has been manufactured, to perform the solidification processing upon the new material and thus to manufacture a new solidified layer; and an inspecting unit that inspects the solidified layer that has already been built up, while the plurality of solidified layers are being built up together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroo TSUMURAYA, Masao NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210206686
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glass sheet includes a start point forming step of forming a scribe line on a preset cutting portion of a glass sheet, a setting step of causing, through use of a support member having a groove-shaped recess, the support member to support the glass sheet having the scribe line formed thereon from one surface side so that the preset cutting portion is arranged on the recess, and a cutting step of generating a negative pressure in the recess to bend the preset cutting portion on the recess so that the one surface side protrudes, to thereby cut the glass sheet along the preset cutting portion with the scribe line as the start point. At the time of performing the cutting step, the entire recess is covered with a cover member from another surface side of the glass sheet through intermediation of the glass sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKIMOTO, Taisei MATSUBUSHI, Masao NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10966316
    Abstract: A wiring film is provided between a cloth and an electronic component, wherein the wiring film has a wiring layer including an extensible film and wirings provided along the extensible film inside or on an outer surface of the extensible film and at least a part of the wirings is exposed from a first surface of the wiring layer that faces the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Masao Nakajima, Ichiro Amimori, Osamu Sawanobori, Takao Someya
  • Publication number: 20200157713
    Abstract: Provided are a stretchable wire tape for a textile that can maintain high levels in all of stretchability, electrical conductivity, durability, an insulating property, and design and can also have a reduced production cost, wearable devices, and a method for producing textiles having wires. The stretchable wire tape for the textile includes a stretchable electrically conductive wire, and stretchable insulating films each including a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, the stretchable insulating films being bonded to opposite sides of the stretchable electrically conductive wire on their first faces. Since the stretchable insulating films are bonded to the opposite sides of the stretchable electrically conductive wire via bonding layers, durability and an insulating property can be secured while stretchability and electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive wire can be maintained, and design can also be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Masao NAKAJIMA, Naomi OHTO
  • Publication number: 20200128188
    Abstract: An image-capturing device includes: a first image-capturing unit and a second image-capturing unit, each of the first image-capturing unit and the second image-capturing unit having a plurality of lenses and a plurality of light-receiving units, each lens having a plurality of light-receiving units, the first image-capturing unit and the second image-capturing unit each outputting signals upon receiving light from a subject having transmitted through an image-capturing optical system via the plurality of lenses in the light-receiving units; and a generation unit that generates images of the subject at a plurality of positions in an optical axis direction of the image-capturing optical system, based on a signal outputted from the first image-capturing unit and a signal outputted from the second image-capturing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki IWASAKI, Ikuya SAITO, Masao NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10548219
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stress relaxation substrate for relaxing stress generated due to differences in the hardness of a circuit substrate and a cloth body. This stress relaxation substrate is disposed between a cloth body and a circuit board having a wiring, wherein the stress relaxation substrate includes a stress relaxation layer harder than the cloth body, and softer than the circuit board, an adhesive layer provided on one surface of the stress relaxation layer, and a conductive portion provided on the stress relaxation layer to be formed between a first surface and a second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Masao Nakajima, Ichiro Amimori, Osamu Sawanobori, Takao Someya
  • Publication number: 20190364983
    Abstract: A wearable device includes sensors, at least one of which being provided on the front side and the back side 1b respectively, and a single controller that controls the sensors. The boundary between the front side and the back side includes first seamed portions and second seamless portions. Some of the wires are disposed on the front side and the back side across the second seamless portions on the boundary between the front side and the back side so as to electrically couple the sensors provided on the front side and the back side 1b to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Masao NAKAJIMA, Ichiro AMIMORI
  • Patent number: 10398377
    Abstract: A connector substrate includes a base material, n first input terminals of m groups (m and n are an integer equal to or greater than 2) which are provided on the base material, n first output terminals which are provided on the base material, first wiring patterns which are disposed on or inside the base material and connect the first input terminals and the first output terminals, m second input terminals which are provided on the base material, m second output terminals which are provided on the base material, and second wiring patterns which are disposed on or inside the base material and connect the second input terminals and the second output terminals, in which a first end of each connector wiring constituting the first wiring pattern is connected to one of the n first input terminals constituting each group, and a second end is connected to one of the first output terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Ichiro Amimori, Masao Nakajima, Takao Someya
  • Patent number: 10308034
    Abstract: A liquid container for accommodating a liquid includes: a plurality of detection electrodes mounted on the liquid container and connected to a detection circuit installed outside the liquid container, wherein the plurality of detection electrodes detects a tilt of the liquid container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Usui, Yukihiro Iwamoto, Masaya Hirakawa, Masao Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20190107688
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a plurality of microlenses arranged in a two-dimensional shape; and an image sensor having a plurality of pixel groups each containing a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixel groups receiving light that has passed through each of the plurality of microlenses, wherein at least a part of the plurality of microlenses each limits a part of an incident light by an opening pattern formed at a microlense.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masao NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190075652
    Abstract: A wiring film is provided between a cloth and an electronic component, wherein the wiring film has a wiring layer including an extensible film and wirings provided along the extensible film inside or on an outer surface of the extensible film and at least a part of the wirings is exposed from a first surface of the wiring layer that faces the electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Masao Nakajima, Ichiro Amimori, Osamu Sawanobori, Takao Someya
  • Publication number: 20180332702
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stress relaxation substrate for relaxing stress generated due to differences in the hardness of a circuit substrate and a cloth body. This stress relaxation substrate is disposed between a cloth body and a circuit board having a wiring, wherein the stress relaxation substrate includes a stress relaxation layer harder than the cloth body, and softer than the circuit board, an adhesive layer provided on one surface of the stress relaxation layer, and a conductive portion provided on the stress relaxation layer to be formed between a first surface and a second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Masao NAKAJIMA, Ichiro AMIMORI, Osamu SAWANOBORI, Takao SOMEYA
  • Publication number: 20180299316
    Abstract: A first electrode is provided to a side wall of a container, and has a width that increases according to an increase in the depth. A second electrode is provided to the side wall of the container, and has a width that reduces according to an increase in the depth. A capacitance sensor measures a first electrostatic capacitance Cs formed by the first electrode and a second electrostatic capacitance Cs formed by the second electrode. A calculation processing unit generates water level data S2 that represents the water level, based on the measurement values S1 that represent the respective first and second capacitances Cs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hirotoshi USUI, Masao NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180278859
    Abstract: An image sensor includes: a first image-capturing unit that includes a plurality of first photoelectric conversion units that perform photoelectric conversion for light at a part of wavelength in incident light and at each of which light at another wavelength in the incident light is transmitted; a plurality of lenses at which the light having been transmitted through the first image-capturing unit enters; and a second image-capturing unit that includes a plurality of second photoelectric conversion units, disposed in correspondence to each of the plurality of lenses, that performs photoelectric conversion for incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki SUGA, Toru IWANE, Masao NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180242912
    Abstract: A connector substrate includes a base material, n first input terminals of m groups (m and n are an integer equal to or greater than 2) which are provided on the base material, n first output terminals which are provided on the base material, first wiring patterns which are disposed on or inside the base material and connect the first input terminals and the first output terminals, m second input terminals which are provided on the base material, m second output terminals which are provided on the base material, and second wiring patterns which are disposed on or inside the base material and connect the second input terminals and the second output terminals, in which a first end of each connector wiring constituting the first wiring pattern is connected to one of the n first input terminals constituting each group, and a second end is connected to one of the first output terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Ichiro AMIMORI, Masao NAKAJIMA, Takao SOMEYA
  • Publication number: 20180095275
    Abstract: An image-capturing device includes: a micro-lens array in which a plurality of micro-lenses are arranged in a two dimensional configuration; an image sensor that comprises a plurality of pixel groups each comprising a plurality of pixels, and that receives light with each of the pixel groups that has passed through a respective micro-lens of the micro-lens array; and a drive unit that changes a positional relationship of the image sensor and the micro-lens array to prevent blurring of an image captured by the pixel groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masao NAKAJIMA