Patents by Inventor Masao Ozeki

Masao Ozeki 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: 20160357294
    Abstract: In a glass substrate for extracting therefrom a plurality of cover glasses to protect a protection object, plural concave portions are provided in a front surface or back surface of the glass substrate. The glass substrate includes plural thin portions formed by providing the plural concave portions and a thick portion connecting to the thin portion, and a haze value of the thin portion is 8% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masao OZEKI, Masahiko TADA, Makoto SANO, Osami TAITO
  • Publication number: 20150030816
    Abstract: The present invention provides a strengthened glass article, containing a glass sheet having: a first main surface; a second main surface that is opposite to the first main surface; and an end surface that connects the first main surface and the second main surface, in which the glass sheet is a strengthened glass sheet which comprises a compressive stress layer on each surface of the first main surface and the second main surface and a tensile stress layer on the end surface, in which the end surface of the strengthened glass sheet has an arithmetic average roughness Ra, satisfying Ra?3 ?m, and the end surface is provided with a protective layer, and in which the protective layer has a maximum thickness T1 and the strengthened glass sheet has a thickness T0, satisfying 50 ?m<T1?2T0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoki UEMURA, Masao Ozeki, Kiyoshi Tamai, Noriko Kishikawa
  • Patent number: 8913202
    Abstract: It is characterized in that there is provided a liquid crystal panel including a pair of transparent substrates having electrodes for liquid crystal display disposed thereon, respectively, the electrodes for liquid crystal display being made of a transparent conductive film and serving as electrodes for liquid crystal display, and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the pair of transparent substrates; and that one of the pair of transparent substrates has an electrode for a projection capacitive sensor disposed on a side thereof with the electrode for liquid crystal display disposed thereon, the electrode for a projection capacitive sensor being made of the same conductive film as the electrode for liquid crystal display and serving as an electrode for a projection capacitive sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Ozeki, Tokihito Sawada, Takashi Yuchi, Kiyoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8717333
    Abstract: An electrostatic capacity type touch panel having on one surface of a transparent substrate, a plurality of columns of column electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of columns of column electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, such column electrodes extending in the first direction and such column electrodes extending in the second direction being eclectically disconnected from each other by an electrically insulating layer provided at least in a part of each intersection region of the column electrodes, and at least one of the two intersecting column electrodes being electrically connected by a bridge wire provided in the intersection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Ozeki, Atsushi Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 8581123
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a plurality of first and second transparent electrodes extending in first and second directions on one side of a transparent substrate. One of a couple of adjacent electrodes of the first electrodes and a couple of adjacent electrodes of the second electrodes at each of crossing portions has no interruption while the adjacent electrodes of the other couple are interrupted. A transparent interlayer insulting film is disposed as an upper layer on the one couple at each of the crossing portions. A metal bridge electrode is an upper layer on the interlayer insulting film to connect between the adjacent electrodes of the other couple. Each of the coupling portions has a greater length than the bridge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Ozeki, Takashi Shimada, Kiyoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120139874
    Abstract: It is characterized in that there is provided a liquid crystal panel including a pair of transparent substrates having electrodes for liquid crystal display disposed thereon, respectively, the electrodes for liquid crystal display being made of a transparent conductive film and serving as electrodes for liquid crystal display, and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the pair of transparent substrates; and that one of the pair of transparent substrates has an electrode for a projection capacitive sensor disposed on a side thereof with the electrode for liquid crystal display disposed thereon, the electrode for a projection capacitive sensor being made of the same conductive film as the electrode for liquid crystal display and serving as an electrode for a projection capacitive sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Masao OZEKI, Tokihito Sawada, Takashi Yuchi, Kiyoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120081333
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a plurality of first and second transparent electrodes extending in first and second directions on one side of a transparent substrate. One of a couple of adjacent electrodes of the first electrodes and a couple of adjacent electrodes of the second electrodes at each of crossing portions has no interruption while the adjacent electrodes of the other couple are interrupted. A transparent interlayer insulting film is disposed as an upper layer on the one couple at each of the crossing portions. A metal bridge electrode is an upper layer on the interlayer insulting film to connect between the adjacent electrodes of the other couple. Each of the coupling portions has a greater length than the bridge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Masao OZEKI, Takashi Shimada, Kiyoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110157086
    Abstract: An electrostatic capacity type touch panel having on one surface of a transparent substrate, a plurality of columns of column electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of columns of column electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, such column electrodes extending in the first direction and such column electrodes extending in the second direction being eclectically disconnected from each other by an electrically insulating layer provided at least in a part of each intersection region of the column electrodes, and at least one of the two intersecting column electrodes being electrically connected by a bridge wire provided in the intersection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Ozeki, Atsushi Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20100295819
    Abstract: A connection structure between electrodes includes a center electrode disposed as a transparent electrode on a transparent substrate; paired side electrodes disposed as transparent electrodes on the transparent substrate so as to place the center electrode therebetween; a bridge wire serving as a wire to connect between the paired side electrodes; and an electrically insulating film disposed between the center electrode and the bridge wire; wherein the bridge wire comprises a metal material; the electrically insulating film is disposed so as to be out of contact with the side electrodes at least within a certain range; and the bridge wire is disposed so as to be brought into direct contact with the transparent substrate in a gap region, the gap region being formed by disposing the electrically insulating film so as to bring out of contact with the side electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Masao OZEKI, Shinju OTANI, Shuji NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 7459189
    Abstract: A liquid crystal/polymer composite is sandwiched between a pair of substrates with electrodes, the polymer forms a plurality of column resins, column resins of which the major axis directions substantially agree with the normal direction of the substrate plane and column resins which are aligned on the tilt coexist, the content of the polymer is at least 10 wt %, the alignment of the liquid crystal substantially agrees with the normal direction and the liquid crystal is in a light transmitting state under application of no voltage, and the alignment of the liquid crystal changes and the liquid crystal is in a light scattering state under application of a voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shinya Tahara, Seiji Kojima, Shunichi Suwa, Masao Ozeki, Satoshi Niiyama
  • Patent number: 7336271
    Abstract: An image display system includes a screen comprising a pair of substrates with transparent electrodes provided thereon, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, the liquid crystal layer containing a cured resin and being capable of exhibiting a light transmissive state and a light scattering state; and an image-projecting unit for projecting an image on the screen; wherein a frame comprising a combination of the light transmissive state and the light scattering state as a minimum repetitive satisfies a certain relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Ozeki, Masanobu Isshiki, Shinya Tahara, Toshihiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070111115
    Abstract: In order to fabricate a light reflective structure for a liquid crystal display, a photosensitive resin layer is formed with use of a thermosetting photosensitive resin, the photosensitive resin layer is exposed through a photomask having a particular pattern by a proximity method, the exposed photosensitive resin layer is developed to form an insolubilized resin layer, and the insolubilized resin layer is subjected to a heat treatment to have surface smoothness improved and to accelerate setting of the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Takasaki, Masao Ozeki, Haruki Mori, Kenichi Fukuoka, Takahiro Okuda
  • Patent number: 7175947
    Abstract: In order to fabricate a light reflective structure for a liquid crystal display, a photosensitive resin layer is formed with use of a thermosetting photosensitive resin, the photosensitive resin layer is exposed through a photomask having a particular pattern by a proximity method, the exposed photosensitive resin layer is developed to form an insolubilized resin layer, and the insolubilized resin layer is subjected to a heat treatment to have surface smoothness improved and to accelerate setting of the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Takasaki, Masao Ozeki, Haruki Mori, Kenichi Fukuoka, Takahiro Okuda
  • Patent number: 7158198
    Abstract: A transparent resist 13 having a certain thickness is provided on a full reflection film 11a at light reflection portions 11, and light reflection portions 12 are formed as holes having a certain depth, when one of the substrates 10 has an inner surface provided with the light reflection portions 11 made of the full reflection film 11a and the light transmission portions 12 formed as openings without the full reflection layer, and a color filter 14 is provided on each paired light reflection portion 11 and light transmission portion 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Optrex Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Ozeki, Ichiro Takasaki, Haruki Mori
  • Patent number: 7079202
    Abstract: A liquid crystal element including a liquid crystal cell that has transparent substrates having electrodes and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, the liquid crystal cell having a retardation value for a linearly polarized light having a wavelength of ? incident and transmitting through the liquid crystal cell, the retardation value changing from R1 to R2 (R1>R2>0) when a first voltage V1 applied between the electrodes is changed to a second voltage V2 (V1?V2). The liquid crystal element also includes a phase plate having a retardation value R for a linearly polarized light having the wavelength of ?, the retardation value R satisfying a relation R+Rv=m×? (m: integer) with a retardation value Rv generated by a third voltage satisfying R1?Rv?R2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Ooi, Masao Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20050243078
    Abstract: An image display system includes a screen comprising a pair of substrates with transparent electrodes provided thereon, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, the liquid crystal layer containing a cured resin and being capable of exhibiting a light transmissive state and a light scattering state; and an image-projecting unit for projecting an image on the screen; wherein a frame comprising a combination of the light transmissive state and the light scattering state as a minimum repetitive satisfies a certain relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Ozeki, Masanobu Isshiki, Shinya Tahara, Toshihiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20050206832
    Abstract: A liquid crystal/polymer composite is sandwiched between a pair of substrates with electrodes, the polymer forms a plurality of column resins, column resins of which the major axis directions substantially agree with the normal direction of the substrate plane and column resins which are aligned on the tilt coexist, the content of the polymer is at least 10 wt %, the alignment of the liquid crystal substantially agrees with the normal direction and the liquid crystal is in a light transmitting state under application of no voltage, and the alignment of the liquid crystal changes and the liquid crystal is in a light scattering state under application of a voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: OPTREX Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Tahara, Seiji Kojima, Shunichi Suwa, Masao Ozeki, Satsoshi Niiyama
  • Publication number: 20050140853
    Abstract: A liquid display device of D-STN mode capable of suppressing a line-shaped ununiformity of brightness in displaying a dark appearance is presented. A displaying cell 1 and a compensation cell 21 are formed so that there is a difference of thickness of at least 0.05 mm between the thickness of a glass substrate 2 at a front side of the displaying cell 1 and the thickness of a glass substrate at a rear side of the compensation cell 21. The displaying cell 1 and the compensation cell 21 are arranged between a first polarizing plate 32 and a second polarizing plate 33. A backlight 31 is of a type emitting light whose half value width with respect to the peak luminance is at least 5 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicants: OPTREX Corporation, OPTREX EUROPE GmbH
    Inventors: Masao Ozeki, Werner Fertig, Christian Lauenstein
  • Patent number: 6906763
    Abstract: A liquid display device of D-STN mode capable of suppressing a line-shaped ununiformity of brightness in displaying a dark appearance is presented. A displaying cell 1 and a compensation cell 21 are formed so that there is a difference of thickness of at least 0.05 mm between the thickness of a glass substrate 2 at a front side of the displaying cell 1 and the thickness of a glass substrate at a rear side of the compensation cell 21. The displaying cell 1 and the compensation cell 21 are arranged between a first polarizing plate 32 and a second polarizing plate 33. A backlight 31 is of a type emitting light whose half value width with respect to the peak luminance is at least 5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignees: OPTREX Corporation, OPTREX EUROPE GmbH
    Inventors: Masao Ozeki, Werner Fertig, Christian Lauenstein
  • Publication number: 20040165126
    Abstract: A multi-layer diffraction type polarizer and a liquid crystal element capable of realizing a stable high extinction ratio is provided. Further, a liquid crystal element is obtained, which can rotate the polarization direction maintaining high linearity of output light when linearly polarized light is incident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Ooi, Masao Ozeki, Masahiro Murakawa