Patents by Inventor Motoi Nishimura
Motoi 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).
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Patent number: 8431310Abstract: A color particle is disclosed, comprising a color-exhibitive piece which comprises microparticles for structural color and a matrix and is dispersed in a binder resin, wherein the color particle meets the following requirement: 1.5?A/B?5.0 wherein A is a major axis diameter of the color particle and B is a minor axis diameter of the color particle; and an angle of a longitudinal direction of the color-exhibitive piece to a major axis direction of the color particle falls within a range of ±20 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Aya Shirai, Tatsuya Nagase, Motoi Nishimura
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Publication number: 20130089871Abstract: The detection of a non-alcoholic steatohepatitis patient and the accurate discrimination between a normal person and a non-alcoholic steatohepatitis patient can be achieved by measuring alanine-glyoxylate amino transferase in a sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITY, NITTOBO MEDICAL CO., LTD., NITTO BOSEKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumio Nomura, Motoi Nishimura, Katsuhiro Katayama, Iwao Kiyokawa
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Patent number: 8049965Abstract: Provided is a display member containing: an display layer which exhibits a structural color and contains spherical bodies and a matrix; and a reflective interface which reflects a light transmitting through the display layer, wherein the reflective interface is made between the display layer and a reflective interface forming layer which is provided in contact with the display layer; and a refractive index of the spherical bodies na, a refractive index of the matrix nb and a refractive index of the reflective interface forming layer nc satisfy the following Formulas (1) and (2): 0.35<nc/na<1.00,??Formula (1) 0.35<nc/nb<1.00.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Tatsuya Nagase, Motoi Nishimura, Aya Shirai
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Patent number: 7956147Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing hollow particles comprising polymerizing a hydrophobic monomer to form a particulate resin exhibiting a number average molecular weight of from 20,000 to 500,000, dispersing the particulate resin in an aqueous medium to form a resin particle dispersion and adding thereto a hydrophobic cross-linkable monomer in an amount of from 0.1 to 50 parts by mass based on 1 part by mass of the particulate resin to polymerize the cross-linkable monomer to form hollow particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Aya Shirai, Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Tatsuya Nagase, Motoi Nishimura
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Patent number: 7848008Abstract: Disclosed is a structural color display including: (a) a pattern forming member which forms a plurality of cells each lined up in two dimension; and (b) a light transmissive image display sheet comprising a color showing layer which shows a structural color, the light transmissive image display sheet being faced to the pattern forming member, wherein each cell is independently controlled to reflect a light from a light source corresponding to an image pattern to be displayed, provided that the reflected light is made to enter in the image display sheet from a side facing the pattern forming member by a predetermined incident angle corresponding to the cell. The pattern image forming member comprises the element having a plurality of microscopic mirrors arranged in a rectangular array and being individually rotated.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Motoi Nishimura, Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Tatsuya Nagase, Aya Shirai
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Publication number: 20100266946Abstract: A color particle is disclosed, comprising a color-exhibitive piece which comprises microparticles for structural color and a matrix and is dispersed in a binder resin, wherein the color particle meets the following requirement: 1.5?A/B?5.0 wherein A is a major axis diameter of the color particle and B is a minor axis diameter of the color particle; and an angle of a longitudinal direction of the color-exhibitive piece to a major axis direction of the color particle falls within a range of ±20 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Aya SHIRAI, Tatsuya NAGASE, Motoi NISHIMURA
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Patent number: 7800814Abstract: Disclosed is a structural color display including: (a) a pattern forming member which forms a plurality of cells each lined up in two dimension; and (b) a light transmissive image display sheet comprising a color showing layer which shows a structural color, the light transmissive image display sheet being laminated on the pattern forming member, wherein each of the cells is independently controlled to switch to a light reflective state or to a light absorptive state corresponding to an image pattern to be displayed, provided that the light absorptive state is a state in which a light which enters in the cell through the image display sheet is absorbed; and the light reflective state is a state in which a light which enters in the cell through the image display sheet is reflected and the reflected light is made to enter in a region of the image display sheet corresponding to the cell.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Motoi Nishimura, Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Tatsuya Nagase, Aya Shirai
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Publication number: 20100152065Abstract: A method of producing a particle array is disclosed, comprising allowing monodisperse particles to be arrayed in an aqueous medium containing a monomer to form a colloidal crystal exhibiting a structural color and then polymerizing the monomer to form a polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Motoi NISHIMURA, Tatsuya NAGASE, Aya SHIRAI
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Publication number: 20090237800Abstract: Provided is a display member containing: an display layer which exhibits a structural color and contains spherical bodies and a matrix; and a reflective interface which reflects a light transmitting through the display layer, wherein the reflective interface is made between the display layer and a reflective interface forming layer which is provided in contact with the display layer; and a refractive index of the spherical bodies na, a refractive index of the matrix nb and a refractive index of the reflective interface forming layer nc satisfy the following Formulas (1) and (2): 0.35<nc/na<1.00 ??Formula (1) 0.35<nc/nb<1.00.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Mitsutoshi NAKAMURA, Tatsuya NAGASE, Motoi NISHIMURA, Aya SHIRAI
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Publication number: 20090147339Abstract: Disclosed is a structural color display including: (a) a pattern forming member which forms a plurality of cells each lined up in two dimension; and (b) a light transmissive image display sheet comprising a color showing layer which shows a structural color, the light transmissive image display sheet being faced to the pattern forming member, wherein each cell is independently controlled to reflect a light from a light source corresponding to an image pattern to be displayed, provided that the reflected light is made to enter in the image display sheet from a side facing the pattern forming member by a predetermined incident angle corresponding to the cell. The pattern image forming member comprises the element having a plurality of microscopic mirrors arranged in a rectangular array and being individually rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Motoi NISHIMURA, Mitsutoshi NAKAMURA, Tatsuya NAGASE, Aya SHIRAI
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Publication number: 20090145347Abstract: An indication member having an original structural color, is provided with an indication layer to cause a structural color change irreversibly by receiving a stimulus from the outside so as to exhibit another structural color different from the original structural color. The another structural color obtained by the structural color change is not reversed to the original structural color.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Mitsutoshi NAKAMURA, Tatsuya NAGASE, Motoi NISHIMURA, Aya SHIRAI
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Publication number: 20090147347Abstract: Disclosed is a structural color display including: (a) a pattern forming member which forms a plurality of cells each lined up in two dimension; and (b) a light transmissive image display sheet comprising a color showing layer which shows a structural color, the light transmissive image display sheet being laminated on the pattern forming member, wherein each of the cells is independently controlled to switch to a light reflective state or to a light absorptive state corresponding to an image pattern to be displayed, provided that the light absorptive state is a state in which a light which enters in the cell through the image display sheet is absorbed; and the light reflective state is a state in which a light which enters in the cell through the image display sheet is reflected and the reflected light is made to enter in a region of the image display sheet corresponding to the cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Motoi NISHIMURA, Mitsutoshi NAKAMURA, Tatsuya NAGASE, Aya SHIRAI
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Publication number: 20090035687Abstract: Colored particles and their manufacturing method are disclosed. Each of the colored particles composed of a core shell structure comprising a core particle and a colored shell layer formed on a surface of the core particle; and the core particle is composed of a hydrophobic resin; the colored shell layer comprises an active agent structure resin having a hydrophobic part and a hydrophilic part, and a colorant particle; a volume based median particle diameter of the colored particles is 2 to 100 ?m; and a volume based CV value of the colored particles is 1.0 to 15.0%.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Satoshi Uchino, Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Tatsuya Nagase, Motoi Nishimura, Aya Shirai
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Publication number: 20080269447Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing hollow particles comprising polymerizing a hydrophobic monomer to form a particulate resin exhibiting a number average molecular weight of from 20,000 to 500,000, dispersing the particulate resin in an aqueous medium to form a resin particle dispersion and adding thereto a hydrophobic cross-linkable monomer in an amount of from 0.1 to 50 parts by mass based on 1 part by mass of the particulate resin to polymerize the cross-linkable monomer to form hollow particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Aya SHIRAI, Mitsutoshi NAKAMURA, Tatsuya NAGASE, Motoi NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20060073427Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide photographic material exhibiting superior process stability even when processed at a relatively low replenishing rate. The silver halide photographic material comprising on a support at least one silver halide emulsion layer is characterized in that the silver halide emulsion layer contains at least two image-forming couplers represented by the following formula (M-1) or (M-2), in which the difference in number of carbon atoms of the alkyl group contained in the substituent represented by R2 or R3 is at least 2 between the two couplers; and the photographic material is developed with a color developer solution at a replenishing rate of a color developer replenishing solution of 30 to 100 ml per 1 m2, and the color developer replenishing solution containing a color developing agent in an amount of 5.0 to 20 g/L.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2003Publication date: April 6, 2006Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA PHOTO IMAGING, INC.Inventor: Motoi Nishimura
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Patent number: 6750001Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising support having thereon a yellow image forming layer, a magenta image forming layer and a cyan image forming layer, each of which contains light sensitive silver, halide, wherein when the photographic material having been exposed to light for 10−10 to 10−3 sec. per pixel and processed, an effective tone range of a color image obtained in each of the color image forming layers is 0.65 to 0.84.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2002Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Ikeda, Kazuhiro Miyazawa, Hirokazu Sato, Motoi Nishimura
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Publication number: 20030180671Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a yellow image forming layer, a magenta image forming layer and a cyan image forming layer, each of which contains light sensitive silver halide, wherein when the photographic material having been exposed to light for 10−10 to 10−3 sec. per pixel and processed, an effective tone range of a color image obtained in each of the color image forming layers is 0.65 to 0.84.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ikeda, Kazuhiro Miyazawa, Hirokazu Sato, Motoi Nishimura
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Patent number: 5576161Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material improved in color forming properties and light fastness of color image is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a nonlight-sensitive layer, wherein the nonlight-sensitive layer contains a UV absorbent and the silver halide emulsion layer contains a polyhydric alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1995Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Motoi Nishimura, Hirokazu Sato, Hiroshi Kita
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Patent number: 5459014Abstract: A method for forming a color photographic image is disclosed. The method comprises steps ofimagewise exposing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support, and a silver halide emulsion layer and a non-light-sensitive layer each provided on the support,developing the light-sensitive material with a color developer, andbleach-fixing the developed light-sensitive material with a bleach-fixing solution,wherein the silver halide emulsion layer or the non-light-sensitive layer contains a compound represented by the following Formula 1 and the color developer contains a chloride in an amount of not less than 6.times.10.sup.-2 moles per liter; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a tertiary alkyl group; R.sub.2 is a primary or a secondary alkyl group; R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are each an alkyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a phenoxycarbonyl group, an alkoxy group, a phenoxy group or a phenylthio group, the groups represented by R.sub.1, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 or R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1994Date of Patent: October 17, 1995Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Toyoki Nishijima, Motoi Nishimura
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Patent number: H1429Abstract: The present invention offers a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which is excellent in dye image storage stability, which undergoes little change in the photographic performance thereof between initiation and completion of continuous processing, which has excellent color reproducibility and sufficient color developability. The present invention comprises a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye-forming coupler on the support, wherein said silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one compound having an ester group and an oxidation potential of not more than 1800 mV.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1992Date of Patent: April 4, 1995Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Motoi Nishimura, Hirokazu Sato, Katsumasa Yamazaki, Shigeto Hirabayashi