Patents by Inventor Michio Arai

Michio Arai 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: 11807024
    Abstract: Provided is an image recording method including applying an ink containing water, a resin X, and a colorant onto a resin base material A which has a specific distortion rate and to which a tension is applied, to obtain an image, heating the image to a temperature Td and drying the image, and cooling the image to a temperature Tr, in which ?total calculated by Equation (1) is 40 kgf/cm2 or less. E(Td) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at the temperature Td, ?(Td) represents an expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions, E(T) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at a temperature T of the image in the cooling, ?r(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin X at the temperature T, and ?s(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyato, Michio Arai, Yusuke Fujii, Kenji Shirokane
  • Publication number: 20230217789
    Abstract: Provided is an optical laminate with excellent durability and an image display device formed of the optical laminate. The optical laminate includes a pressure sensitive adhesive layer 1, a specific laminate including a resin layer and a light absorption anisotropic layer which are adjacent to each other, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer 2 in order, in which the light absorption anisotropic layer contains a dichroic substance, the pressure sensitive adhesive layer 1 is adjacent to the resin layer of the specific laminate, and a storage elastic modulus Ep of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer 1 and a storage elastic modulus Ea and a moist heat strain ?a of the resin layer satisfy Expression (1-1) ¼ (3 × Ep/Ea)? > ?a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki KOITO, Michio ARAI, Shun INOUE, Hiroshi MATSUYAMA, Yoshiaki TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20220143999
    Abstract: Provided is an image recording method including applying an ink containing water, a resin X, and a colorant onto a resin base material A which has a specific distortion rate and to which a tension is applied, to obtain an image, heating the image to a temperature Td and drying the image, and cooling the image to a temperature Tr, in which ?total calculated by Equation (1) is 40 kgf/cm2 or less. E(Td) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at the temperature Td, ?(Td) represents an expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions, E(T) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at a temperature T of the image in the cooling, ?r(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin X at the temperature T, and ?s(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyato, Michio Arai, Yusuke Fujii, Kenji Shirokane
  • Publication number: 20220143998
    Abstract: Provided is an image recording method including applying a pretreatment liquid containing water and a resin X and an ink containing water and a colorant onto a resin base material A which has a specific distortion rate and to which a tension is applied, to obtain an image, heating the image to a temperature Td and drying the image, and cooling the image to a temperature Tr, in which ?total calculated by Equation (1) is 40 kgf/cm2 or less. E(Td) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at the temperature Td, ?(Td) represents an expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions, E(T) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at a temperature T of the image in the cooling, ?r(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin X at the temperature T, and ?s(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi MIYATO, Michio ARAI, Yusuke FUJII, Kenji SHIROKANE
  • Patent number: 10761329
    Abstract: An image projection device includes: a projection unit that projects an image light beam forming an image onto a pupil of an eyeball of a user to project the image onto a retina of the eyeball; a detection unit that detects a direction in which the pupil has moved relative to a face of the user and a speed of movement of the pupil; and a control unit that performs different controls of the image when the pupil has moved at different speeds in a same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: QD LASER, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Suzuki, Michio Arai
  • Patent number: 10634904
    Abstract: An image projection device includes: a projection unit that irradiates a pupil 40 of an eyeball 36 of a user with an image light beam 34a forming an image to project the image onto a retina 38 of the eyeball; a detection unit that detects a direction 52 in which the pupil has moved relative to a face of the user; and a control unit that controls the projection unit based on a detected direction in which the pupil has moved so that the pupil is irradiated with the image light beam and the image is moved in a direction opposite to the direction in which the pupil has moved with respect to a position on which the image has been projected before a move of the pupil in a coordinate system visually recognized by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: QD LASER, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Suzuki, Michio Arai
  • Patent number: 10444519
    Abstract: An image projection device includes: one light source unit emitting an image light beam, which forms an image, of visible light and a checking light beam of visible light; an optical system projecting the image light beam emitted from emitted from the one light source unit onto a first surface region of an eye of a user to project the image light beam onto a retina of the user, and projecting the checking light beam emitted from the one light source unit onto a second surface region, which is distant from the first surface region, of the eye of the user; a light detector detecting a reflected light that is the checking light beam reflected by the eye of the user; and a controller controlling at least one of the one light source unit and the optical stem based on a detection result of the reflected light by the light detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: QD LASER, INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Arakawa, Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Suzuki, Michio Arai
  • Patent number: 10278446
    Abstract: A shield for a helmet includes a shield having a sun visor rotatably and axially supported at a position different from a rotation center of the shield. The sun visor rotates within a range from a first position where the sun visor, like a bill of a hat, lies above a front opening part and projects forward to a second position where the sun visor lies outside facing the shield in an overlapping manner, and the sun visor is retained in the first position. The sun visor is operated and moved forward and away from the shield to rotate from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventor: Michio Arai
  • Publication number: 20180373024
    Abstract: An image projection device includes: a projection unit that irradiates a pupil 40 of an eyeball 36 of a user with an image light beam 34a forming an image to project the image onto a retina 38 of the eyeball; a detection unit that detects a direction 52 in which the pupil has moved relative to a face of the user; and a control unit that controls the projection unit based on a detected direction in which the pupil has moved so that the pupil is irradiated with the image light beam and the image is moved in a direction opposite to the direction in which the pupil has moved with respect to a position on which the image has been projected before a move of the pupil in a coordinate system visually recognized by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: QD LASER, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Makoto SUZUKI, Michio ARAI
  • Publication number: 20180373041
    Abstract: An image projection device includes: a projection unit that projects an image light beam forming an image onto a pupil of an eyeball of a user to project the image onto a retina of the eyeball; a detection unit that detects a direction in which the pupil has moved relative to a face of the user and a speed of movement of the pupil; and a control unit that performs different controls of the image when the pupil has moved at different speeds in a same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: QD LASER, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Makoto SUZUKI, Michio ARAI
  • Publication number: 20180164595
    Abstract: An image projection device includes: one light source unit emitting an image light beam, which forms an image, of visible light and a checking light beam of visible light; an optical system projecting the image light beam emitted from the one light source unit onto a first surface region of an eye of a user to project the image light beam onto a retina of the user, and projecting the checking light beam emitted from the one light source unit onto a second surface region, which is distant from the first surface region, of the eye of the user; a light detector detecting a reflected light that is the checking light beam reflected by the eye of the user; and a controller controlling at least one of the one light source unit and the optical system based on a detection result of the reflected light by the light detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: QD LASER, INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yasuhiko ARAKAWA, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Makoto SUZUKI, Michio ARAI
  • Publication number: 20170254938
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a polarizer maintaining an excellent degree of polarization and having high transmittance and excellent durability, and a polarizing plate and an image display device using the same. This polarizer has a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin and iodine included in the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, in which the thickness of the polarizer is 2 to 20 ?m, the degree of orientation of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is 0.11 or more and 0.16 or less, the iodine content is more than 0.50 g/m2 and 1.0 g/m2 or less, and the product of the degree of orientation of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin and the iodine content is 0.08 g/m2 or more and 0.11 g/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro OHNO, Ryo SATAKE, Michio ARAI, Yuko TERAO
  • Patent number: 9743700
    Abstract: A helmet for use by a driver of a vehicle or vessel includes a chin guard extending from side to side over the front open part of a helmet shell molded to an open-face shape, and supported about an axis passing through the right to left side of the helmet shell so as to swivel up and down, the chin guard including a surface layer member formed from a flexible material so as to be deformable by deflection into a shape conforming to different widths of different helmet shells, and a core member formed from a rigid material and mounted inside of the surface layer member to inhibit the surface layer member from deflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: Michio Arai
  • Patent number: 9370217
    Abstract: A ventilation duct comprises a left duct part and a right duct part which are arranged respectively on the left and right of a shell, and a central duct part which is arranged between the left and right duct parts. The left and right duct parts are held by limiting the movement thereof in the front/rear direction and the left/right direction of the shell, and in a direction away from the shell, by engaging support members, which are set at the arrangement positions of the left and right duct parts on an outer surface of the shell, and by the central duct part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Inventor: Michio Arai
  • Publication number: 20150135411
    Abstract: A ventilation duct comprises a left duct part and a right duct part which are arranged respectively on the left and right of a shell, and a central duct part which is arranged between the left and right duct parts. The left and right duct parts are held by limiting the movement thereof in the front/rear direction and the left/right direction of the shell, and in a direction away from the shell, by engaging support members, which are set at the arrangement positions of the left and right duct parts on an outer surface of the shell, and by the central duct part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: MICHIO ARAI
  • Publication number: 20150113713
    Abstract: A shield for a helmet includes a shield having a sun visor rotatably and axially supported at a position different from a rotation center of the shield. The sun visor rotates within a range from a first position where the sun visor, like a bill of a hat, lies above a front opening part and projects forward to a second position where the sun visor lies outside facing the shield in an overlapping manner, and the sun visor is retained in the first position. The sun visor is operated and moved forward and away from the shield to rotate from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Michio Arai
  • Publication number: 20150059069
    Abstract: A shield support structure of a helmet, wherein a first guide part and a second guide part are provided to be arranged with a support mechanism extending from a shell to a shield, wherein the support mechanism is provided at a side part of a shell to rotatably support the shield in an open and close direction, and the support mechanism guides open and close operation achieved by rotation of the shield from a fully-closed state to a fully-opened state, wherein the first guide part includes an immovable guide part provided at the shell and a guide rail part provided at the shield so as to engage with the immovable guide part, and the second guide part includes a movable guide part provided at the shield and a support rail part provided at the shell to engage with the movable guide part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Michio Arai
  • Publication number: 20140000015
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to prevent a microphone from misalignment or drop caused by wind and shake during driving, and careless touch on the MIC with a hand a shoulder. There is the mounting device mounting a microphone around the mouth of a wearer of an open-face helmet, the mounting device having deformation function for the wearer and formed with foamed synthetic resin materials generating repulsive resilience against deforming stress to cover from around the mouth to the left side part of a helmet shell configuring the outmost layer of the open-face helmet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: Michio ARAI
  • Publication number: 20130340148
    Abstract: The objects of the present invention are to improve the effectiveness in strength of a chin guard and to form the chin guard in a shape conforming to the size of a helmet shell in state of a full-face helmet. In order to achieve such objects, there is provided a chin guard configuring the outmost layer of a helmet, crossing from side to side over the front open part of a helmet shell molded to an open-face shape, and supported about an axis passing through the right to left side of the helmet shell so as to swivel up and down, chin guard including a surface layer member formed from a flexible material to be deformable by deflection in a shape conforming to a different size of the helmet shell and a core member formed from a rigid material and mounted inside of the surface layer member, wherein the core member inhibits the surface layer member from deflection to adjust the surface layer member in a shape conforming to the size of the helmet shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Michio ARAI
  • Patent number: 8584264
    Abstract: A cheek pad for mounting on an inside of a helmet shell includes an attaching member and a cushion member, the attaching member including a base member mounted in contact with the shell and a form-maintaining member disposed at an inner lower section of the base member in a space provided with respect to the cushion member for simultaneously keeping a surface of the cushion member in a profile corresponding to the cheek and chin of a wearer when the helmet is worn by a wearer and, following displacement that causes the space to contract, is restored so as to return to an original location under normal circumstances, and kept there. Elastic members are positioned in the space between the base member and the form-maintaining member to help restore the space to an original configuration subsequent to contraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventor: Michio Arai