Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Hayashi

Nobuhiro Hayashi 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: 8333841
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a roll-to-roll vacuum deposition apparatus capable of easily and speedily adjusting a pressing force between a printing roller and a backup roller. [Solving Means] In the present invention, by adjusting a pressing force between a printing roller and a backup roller through a relative movement of a mask forming unit including the printing roller and a transfer roller with respect to a vacuum chamber, individual adjustments of the printing roller and the transfer roller are eliminated and an adjustment of a pressing force on a unit basis is realized, thus achieving simplification of a structure, simplification and enhancement in precision of tasks, and a reduction in work time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Hayashi, Tomoharu Fujii, Isao Tada, Atsushi Nakatsuka
  • Publication number: 20120295379
    Abstract: A deposition mask 601 is used to form a thin film 3 in a prescribed pattern on a substrate 10 by deposition. Each of a plurality of improved openings 62A of the deposition mask 601 has a protruding opening portion 64, and is formed so that the opening amount at an end in a lateral direction is larger than that in a central portion in the lateral direction. In a deposition apparatus 50, the deposition mask 601 is held in a fixed relative positional relation with a deposition source 53 by a mask unit 55. In the case of forming the thin film 3 in a stripe pattern on the substrate 10 by the deposition apparatus 50, deposition particles are sequentially deposited on the substrate 10 while relatively moving the substrate 10 along a scanning direction with a gap H being provided between the substrate 10 and the deposition mask 601.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Shinichi Kawato
  • Publication number: 20120183676
    Abstract: The present invention (i) uses a mask unit (80) including: a shadow mask (81) that has an opening (82) and that is smaller in area than a vapor deposition region (210) of a film formation substrate (200) and; a vapor deposition source (85) that has a emission hole (86) for emitting a vapor deposition particle, the emission hole (86) being provided so as to face the shadow mask (81), the shadow mask (81) and the vapor deposition source (85) being fixed in position relative to each other, (ii) adjusts an amount of a void between the shadow mask (81) and the film formation substrate (200), (iii) moves at least a first one of the mask unit (80) and the film formation substrate (200) relative to a second one thereof while uniformly maintaining the amount of the void between the mask unit (80) and the film formation substrate (200), and (iv) sequentially deposit the vapor deposition particle onto the vapor deposition region (210) through the opening (82) of the shadow mask (81).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Shinichi Kawato
  • Publication number: 20120046451
    Abstract: It is intended to clarify a molecule which is available as a target in treating or diagnosing cancer and utilize the molecule in the medical field or the research field. By treating IgSF4, which has been identified as a molecule specifically expressed in lung cancer cells, with an antibody, and ADCC activity is exerted. Based on this finding, an anti-IgSF4 antibody is provided as a means efficacious in treating cancer, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicants: Institute for Antibodies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kurosawa, Yasushi Akahori, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Atsushi Sugioka, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Akihiko Takasaki, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Miwa Morita, Gene Kurosawa, Sari Fujiyama, Susumu Tsutsumi, Keiko Ogawa, Kazuki Matsuda, Chiho Muramatsu, Yoshitaka Iba, Mariko Sumitomo, Masachika Azuma, Yoshinori Ukai, Kazuhiro Morishita
  • Publication number: 20110317259
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a microscope, including: an illumination optical system; a first image creation optical system; a second image creation optical system; an illumination-field-diaphragm focus adjustment section; and a characteristic-quantity computation block, wherein the illumination-field-diaphragm focus adjustment section adjusts the image creation position for the illumination field diaphragm on the basis of the characteristic quantity computed by the characteristic-quantity computation block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro Tanabe, Takashi Yamamoto, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Ryu Narusawa
  • Patent number: 8048992
    Abstract: It is intended to clarify a molecule which is available as a target in treating or diagnosing cancer and utilize the molecule in the medical field or the research field. By treating IgSF4, which has been identified as a molecule specifically expressed in lung cancer cells, with an antibody, and ADCC activity is exerted. Based on this finding, an anti-IgSF4 antibody is provided as a means efficacious in treating cancer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignees: Institute for Antibodies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kurosawa, Yasushi Akahori, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Atsushi Sugioka, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Akihiko Takasaki, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Miwa Morita, Gene Kurosawa, Sari Fujiyama, Susumu Tsustumi, Keiko Ogawa, Kazuki Matsuda, Chiho Muramatsu, Yoshitaka Iba, Mariko Sumitomo, Masachika Azuma, Yoshinori Ukai, Kazuhiro Morishita
  • Publication number: 20110258583
    Abstract: A computer readable computer program product containing a processing execution program, the processing execution program includes: an area display instruction to display, in correlation to data displayed on a screen, a selection area to be operated by a user for selecting the data; a selection status display instruction to display a selection status indication indicating that the data has been selected in the selection area; a processing execution instruction to execute the processing to the data corresponding to the selection area in which the selection status indication is displayed; and an execution status display instruction to display an execution status indication on the processing in place of the selection status indication in the selection area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Hayashi, Hiromi Kuwata, Atsushi Ohhori
  • Publication number: 20110193975
    Abstract: An image inputting apparatus includes: an input unit that inputs an original image file including at least an image data region in which image data is stored and an appended information region; a decision unit that decides whether or not falsification of the original image file is prohibited, based upon the appended information; a file modification unit that modifies the original image file to create a new image file in which the appended information region is expanded; and a store control unit that disallows the file modification unit to create the new image file and stores the original image file just as it is if the decision unit has decided that falsification of the inputted original image file is prohibited, and that makes the file modification unit create the new image file and stores the new image file if the decision unit has decided that falsification of the inputted original image file is not prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Hayashi, Hiromi Kuwata, Hiroyuki Akiya, Shutaro Teramoto, Kazuhira Jinnouchi
  • Publication number: 20110117289
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a deposition apparatus and a deposition method that are capable of reducing an evacuation time in an evacuation system having a large condensing load to improve productivity. [Solving Means] A deposition apparatus that forms a film on a plurality of base materials at the same time, includes a support unit including a support section that rotatably supports the plurality of base materials around a rotation shaft, a vacuum chamber including a cylindrical processing chamber that rotatably accommodates the support unit, deposition sources provided inside the vacuum chamber, a low temperature evacuation section including a low temperature condensation source provided opposed to an upper support member on an upper surface of the vacuum chamber, and auxiliary pumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Hayashi, Yosuke Kobayashi, Takao Saitou, Masayuki Iijima, Isao Tada
  • Publication number: 20110091661
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a multilayer sheet including a resin film, a vapor-deposited metal film and a vapor-deposited polymer film at a low cost and with excellent productivity is provided which comprises: a vacuum chamber which is made to be in a vacuum state by exhaust means; a feeding roller; a take up roller; a first to third rollers, first metal vapor deposition means for forming a first vapor-deposited metal film on one surface of a resin film at a periphery of the first roller; vapor deposition polymerization means for forming a vapor-deposited polymer film on the first vapor-deposited metal film by vapor deposition polymerization at a periphery of the second roller; and second metal vapor deposition means for forming the second vapor-deposited metal film on the other surface of the resin film at a periphery of the third roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicants: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd., ULVAC, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Ito, Masumi Noguchi, Hideaki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ikeda, Makoto Shimomura, Isao Tada, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Hagane Irikura
  • Publication number: 20110052832
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a reflection film formation technology which achieves the simplification of an apparatus structure and the cost reduction thereof. A film forming method of the present invention includes a reflection film formation step (P2) for forming a reflection film having light reflecting properties by vapor deposition onto an object to be film-formed, while introducing air into a film forming region; a polymer film formation step (P3) for forming a water-repelling polymer film on the reflection film; and a hydrophilized treatment step (P5) for performing a hydrophilized treatment by a plasma onto the water-repelling polymer film, while introducing air into the film forming region. According to the present invention, formation of the reflection film and the hydrophilized treatment of the polymer film can be performed without using argon gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Yousuke KOBAYASHI, Nobuhiro HAYASHI, Masayuki IIJIMA, Isao TADA
  • Publication number: 20110052038
    Abstract: A tissue-slice image acquirement and display apparatus includes: an entire-image acquirer that acquires a bright-field image of an entirety of a first slice of a tissue and a dark-field image of an entirety of a second slice of the tissue; a modifier that modifies a profile shape of a slice portion in the dark-field image on the basis of a profile shape of a slice portion in the bright-field image; a magnified-image acquirer that determines a range encompassing the second slice on the basis of the profile shape of the modified slice portion and that acquires, in a dark field, a magnified image of the second slice in the determined range; and a display controller that causes the bright-field image to be displayed and that causes a portion of the magnified image, the portion corresponding to a position selected in the bright-field image, to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: NOBUHIRO HAYASHI, KOICHIRO KISHIMA, TAKASHI YAMAMOTO, NOBUHIRO KIHARA, TAKAMICHI YAMAKOSHI, FUMIYASU SUZUKI, RYU NARUSAWA
  • Publication number: 20110049389
    Abstract: A fluorescent image obtaining device includes a light source that irradiates light such that a fluorescent material marked on a target in a biological sample lies in a non-excited state and a fluorescent material marked on a control with the target lies in an excited state, and an imaging unit that takes an image including the entire biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichiro Kishima, Yu Hirono, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Nobuhiro Kihara, Takashi Yamamoto, Fumiyasu Suzuki, Ryu Narusawa
  • Patent number: 7670433
    Abstract: The problem solved by this Invention is to provide a vacuum evaporation deposition method of the winding type and a vacuum evaporation deposition apparatus of the winding type which can form a metal film on a base film made of single layer plastic film without thermal deformation and with superior productivity. To solve the above problem, there are provided an electron beam irradiator 21 for irradiating an electron beam onto a film material 12 arranged between an unwinding roller 13 and a deposition source 16; an auxiliary roller 18 for guiding the film 12 in contact with the deposited metal layer and arranged between a can roller 14 and a winding roller 15; a DC bias power source 22 for applying a DC voltage between the auxiliary roller 18 and the can roller 14; electricity removing unit 23 for removing electricity from the film 12 and arranged between the can roller 14 and the winding roller 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Hayashi, Shin Yokoi, Isao Tada, Atsushi Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 7658275
    Abstract: A carrier type conveying apparatus capable of solving a problem in a conventional conveying apparatus wherein a conveying carriers (1) stop abnormally, comprising a rear-pushing traveling district (3) having, at its inlet, a rear-pushing drive means (5A) propelling the conveying carriers (1) at a constant speed and, at its outlet, a speed control drive means (5B) for sending out the conveying carriers (1) at the constant speed and a high-speed traveling district (4). The conveying apparatus comprises carrier connection systems (carrier connection means (9), connection engagement means (10), connection release means (11)). When the conveying carriers (1) travel in the high-speed traveling district (4), the connection of the conveying carriers (1) adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction by the carrier connection systems is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7658273
    Abstract: A carriage-type conveyance device using a carriage having a vertically movable object-supporting base that is controlled by a cam rail on the floor side, in which a turntable for changing the direction of the carriage has a low-floor structure. In the carriage-type conveyance device, the object-supporting base that is vertically movable between a lowered position and a lifted position is placed on a conveyance carriage (1), a cam follower roller vertically moving in association with the movement of the object-supporting body is provided at the bottom of the conveyance carriage (1), and a cam device (58) for pushing up the cam follower roller and a work section (3A) in which the object support base is supported at the lifted position are provided in a traveling route of the conveyance carriage (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jiro Nakamura, Nobuhiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20100006030
    Abstract: To provide a take up type vacuum vapor deposition apparatus capable of suppressing generation of a thermally-affected area on a film without lowering productivity. A take-up type vacuum vapor deposition apparatus according to the present invention includes: a payout roller configured to successively pay out a film ; a take-up roller configured to take up the film paid out from the payout roller; a cooling roller disposed between the payout roller and the take-up roller and configured to cool the film by coming into close contact with the film ; an evaporation source that faces the cooling roller and configured to deposit an evaporation material on the film; and an electron beam irradiator disposed between the payout roller and the evaporation source and configured to irradiate the film with an electron beam while the film is traveling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Hayashi, Takayoshi Hirono, Isao Tada, Atsushi Nakatsuka, Kenji Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20090320747
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a roll-to-roll vacuum deposition apparatus capable of easily and speedily adjusting a pressing force between a printing roller and a backup roller. [Solving Means] In the present invention, by adjusting a pressing force between a printing roller and a backup roller through a relative movement of a mask forming unit including the printing roller and a transfer roller with respect to a vacuum chamber, individual adjustments of the printing roller and the transfer roller are eliminated and an adjustment of a pressing force on a unit basis is realized, thus achieving simplification of a structure, simplification and enhancement in precision of tasks, and a reduction in work time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Ulvac, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Hayashi, Tomoharu Fujii, Isao Tada, Atsushi Nakatsuka
  • Publication number: 20090262201
    Abstract: An image transmission apparatus includes: a deletion unit that deletes an image file recorded in a storage medium; an identifying unit that identifies an image file booked for transmission by an external image reception apparatus; a prohibiting unit that prohibits the deletion unit from deleting the image file recorded in the storage medium, which has been identified by the identifying unit; and a transmission control unit that reads the image file recorded in the storage medium, which has been identified by the identifying unit, and transmits the image file to the image reception apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi Kuwata, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Atsushi Ohori
  • Publication number: 20090237513
    Abstract: An image transfer system configured with an image transmission apparatus, an image transfer apparatus and the image saving apparatus. The image transmission apparatus transmits image data recorded in a storage medium to the image transfer apparatus. The image transfer apparatus receives the image data, records the image data into a first storage device and transfers the image data to the image saving apparatus in response to a request issued from the image saving apparatus. The image saving apparatus receives the image data and records the image data into a second storage device. The image saving apparatus includes: the second storage device; a communication unit; a recording control unit for controlling read/write of management information; a request receiving unit from a user; a decision-making unit as to whether or not target image data are recorded; an image requesting unit for the target image data; and an image recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi Kuwata, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Atsushi Ohori