Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Otaki

Nobuyuki Otaki 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: 20200301342
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a data analyzing part, and a data generating part. The data analyzing part is configured to refer to original image data for generating a printed material utilizing a first consumable material absorbing a larger amount of visible light than invisible light and a second consumable material absorbing a larger amount of invisible light than visible light, and to a correction data table indicating whether invisible light is absorbed for each density value regarding the first consumable material, and specify a pixel having a density value of the first consumable material and absorbing invisible light in the original image data. The data generating part is configured to correct the density value of the first consumable material in the specified pixel to a density value of a third consumable material not absorbing invisible light, to generate corrected image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki OTAKI, Yukihiro FUKUNAGA, Tatsuroh AKABANE
  • Patent number: 8795789
    Abstract: A coating agent (60) comprising an ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite (62) to be applied on a water pressure transfer film (20) contains no organic solvent, but contains at least photo-polymerization pre-polymer, photo-polymerization monomer and photo-polymerization initiator and having a viscosity of 10 to 100 CPS (25° C.) and an ink solubility of 10 or more at an SP value. This can positively and effectively perform the operation of recovering the adhesion of the dried print pattern of the water pressure transfer film and also imparting the ultraviolet ray hardenability to the print pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Taica Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Otaki, Wataru Ikeda, Tomomi Kiyotaki
  • Publication number: 20120263884
    Abstract: A coating agent (60) comprising an ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite (62) to be applied on a water pressure transfer film (20) contains no organic solvent, but contains at least photo-polymerization pre-polymer, photo-polymerization monomer and photo-polymerization initiator and having a viscosity of 10 to 100 CPS (25° C.) and an ink solubility of 10 or more at an SP value. This can positively and effectively perform the operation of recovering the adhesion of the dried print pattern of the water pressure transfer film and also imparting the ultraviolet ray hardenability to the print pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicants: CUBIC CO., LTD., TAICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: NOBUYUKI OTAKI, WATARU IKEDA, TOMOMI KIYOTAKI
  • Patent number: 8178187
    Abstract: A decorative layer is formed by applying an ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite on a print pattern of a transfer film and transferring the print pattern on a surface of an article under water pressure in the state where the print pattern is activated by the ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite to recover the adhesion thereof, but the ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite is wholly united with the print pattern and hardened by an ultraviolet ray and the decorative layer has a glossy variation and/or touch feeling in accordance with a combination of the ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite united and hardened with the print pattern and a composition of the print pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Taica Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Ikeda, Nobuyuki Otaki, Tomomi Kiyotaki
  • Patent number: 7951255
    Abstract: In order to impart, concurrently with the transfer of a decorative layer, a surface protection function able to mechanically and chemically protect the decorative layer to be hydraulic-transferred of an article, a solventless type ultraviolet-curing resin composition is applied onto the dried printed pattern of a transfer film, an article is pushed into water along with the transfer film, with the printed pattern activated by a non-solvent activating component in the ultraviolet (uv)-curing resin composition and its adhesion force reproduced, and a ultraviolet ray is applied to the article to which the printed pattern, now impregnated and completely integrated with the uv-curing resin composition, has been transferred to thereby cure the uv-curing resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Taica Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Ikeda, Nobuyuki Otaki, Tomomi Kiyotaki
  • Publication number: 20080199664
    Abstract: A coating agent (60) comprising an ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite (62) to be applied on a water pressure transfer film (20) contains no organic solvent, but contains at least photo-polymerization pre-polymer, photo-polymerization monomer and photo-polymerization initiator and having a viscosity of 10 to 100 CPS (25° C.) and an ink solubility of 10 or more at an SP value. This can positively and effectively perform the operation of recovering the adhesion of the dried print pattern of the water pressure transfer film and also imparting the ultraviolet ray hardenability to the print pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicants: TAICA CORPORATION, CUBIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Otaki, Wataru Ikeda, Tomomi Kiyotaki
  • Publication number: 20070154685
    Abstract: A decorative layer is formed by applying an ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite on a print pattern of a transfer film and transferring the print pattern on a surface of an article under water pressure in the state where the print pattern is activated by the ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite to recover the adhesion thereof, but the ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite is wholly united with the print pattern and hardened by an ultraviolet ray and the decorative layer has a glossy variation and/or touch feeling in accordance with a combination of the ultraviolet ray hardening resin composite united and hardened with the print pattern and a composition of the print pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: TAICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru Ikeda, Nobuyuki Otaki, Tomomi Kiyotaki
  • Publication number: 20070051458
    Abstract: In order to impart, concurrently with the transfer of a decorative layer, a surface protection function able to mechanically and chemically protect the decorative layer to be hydraulic-transferred of an article, a solventless type ultraviolet-curing resin composition is applied onto the dried printed pattern of a transfer film, an article is pushed into water along with the transfer film, with the printed pattern activated by a non-solvent activating component in the ultraviolet (uv)-curing resin composition and its adhesion force reproduced, and a ultraviolet ray is applied to the article to which the printed pattern, now impregnated and completely integrated with the uv-curing resin composition, has been transferred to thereby cure the uv-curing resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Wataru Ikeda, Nobuyuki Otaki, Tomomi Kiyotaki
  • Publication number: 20030121598
    Abstract: A pattern-transferring film having a print pattern provided on an upper surface thereof is floated on a liquid surface within a transferring bath and an objective body is immersed into a liquid within the transferring bath together with the pattern transferring film under a liquid pressure so as to transfer the print pattern onto the objective body. The print pattern is obtained by being printed by using an optional printing ink or inks of blue, yellow, red black and white inks or an ink or inks prepared by blending the printing inks. The liquid pressure pattern-transferring ink or inks comprise at least a resin ingredient and a color pigment. The resin ingredient of each of the color inks is composed of a fluoropolymer resin and the color pigment of each of the color inks is an inorganic pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Otaki, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Misao Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 6554940
    Abstract: A pattern-transferring film having a print pattern provided on an upper surface thereof is floated on a liquid surface within a transferring bath and an objective body is immersed into a liquid within the transferring bath together with the pattern transferring film under a liquid pressure so as to transfer the print pattern onto the objective body. The print pattern is obtained by being printed by using an optional printing ink or inks of blue, yellow, red black and white inks or an ink or inks prepared by blending the printing inks. The liquid pressure pattern-transferring ink or inks comprise at least a resin ingredient and a color pigment. The resin ingredient of each of the color inks is composed of a fluoropolymer resin and the color pigment of each of the color inks is an inorganic pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Cubic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Otaki, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Misao Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 6551392
    Abstract: A pattern-transferring film having a print pattern provided on an upper surface thereof is floated on a liquid surface within a transferring bath and an objective body is immersed into a liquid within the transferring bath together with the pattern transferring film under a liquid pressure so as to transfer the print pattern onto the objective body. An ink set of at least blue, yellow and red inks is used for printing the pattern on the pattern-transferring film. Each of the printing inks comprises at least a resin ingredient and a pigment including color pigments. The color pigment for the blue ink is a phthalocyanine blue, the color pigment for the yellow ink is an isoindolinone yellow and the color pigment for the red ink is a quinacridone red. The ink set may include one or both of a white ink and a black ink. The color pigment for the white ink is a titanium white and the color pigment for the black ink is a carbon black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Cubic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Otaki, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Misao Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 6497779
    Abstract: A transfer film (1) having a print pattern is floated on a liquid surface (12A) within a transfer bath and a transfer objective body (2) is immersed into a liquid (12) within the transfer bath together with the transfer film (1) whereby the print pattern on the transfer film (1) is transferred onto the surface of the transfer objective body (2) using a liquid pressure. The surface portion of the transfer objective body (2) on which the print pattern should be transferred is immersed under the liquid surface (12A) while the surface portion of the transfer objective body follows the transfer film (1) so as to be developed thereon in a plane manner by rolling the surface portion of the transfer objective body (2) on the transfer film (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Cubic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Suzuki, Makoto Suzuki, Nobuyuki Otaki, Tomomi Kiyotaki
  • Patent number: 6437023
    Abstract: A pattern transferring film having a print pattern provided on an upper surface thereof is floated on a liquid surface within a transferring bath and an objective body to which a pattern is to be transferred is immersed into a liquid within the transferring bath together with the pattern transferring film under a liquid pressure so as to transfer the print pattern onto the objective body. A liquid pressure pattern-transferring printing ink comprises a resin ingredient having an alkyd resin as a fundamental component, a plasticizer and a pigment. The resin ingredient is composed of a short-oil alkyd resin of 2 to 15 weight % having a cellulose acetate butyrate of 3 to 20 weight % added thereto. The plasticizer for the printing ink is used which has a content of 2 to 4 weight % when the ink is of black and having a content of 0.01 to 2 weight % when the ink is of color other than black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Cubic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Otaki, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Misao Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20010003611
    Abstract: A pattern-transferring film having a print pattern provided on an upper surface thereof is floated on a liquid surface within a transferring bath and an objective body is immersed into a liquid within the transferring bath together with the pattern transferring film under a liquid pressure so as to transfer the print pattern onto the objective body. The print pattern is obtained by being printed by using an optional printing ink or inks of blue, yellow, red black and white inks or an ink or inks prepared by blending the printing inks. The liquid pressure pattern-transferring ink or inks comprise at least a resin ingredient and a color pigment. The resin ingredient of each of the color inks is composed of a fluoropolymer resin and the color pigment of each of the color inks is an inorganic pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: June 14, 2001
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Otaki, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Misao Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 5728463
    Abstract: A material for use as a stationary phase for chromatography comprising a solid material the surface of which is coated with pyrophosphate and/or metaphosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Senya Inoue, Nobuyuki Otaki
  • Patent number: 5205928
    Abstract: Microspherical sintered bodies of hydroxyapatite are prepared according to a new specific process wherein a suspension having hydroxyapatite microparticles dispersed in water or an organic solvent or a mixture of water and an organic solvent compatible therewith is atomized into a heating zone maintained above 500.degree. C. whereby spherical agglomerates of hydroxyapatite microparticles formed by drying and solidification of microdroplets of the suspension are sintered while the agglomerates are suspended in the heating zone. Microspherical sintered bodies of hydroxyapatite thus obtained, which may be modified by an optical heat treatment to adjust the surface area of the sintered body and growth of crystals therein, are useful in various fields of industry, for example, as a sorption agent in chromatographic separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Senya Inoue, Akira Ono, Nobuyuki Otaki
  • Patent number: 5108956
    Abstract: Microspherical sintered bodies of hydroxyapatite are prepared according to a new specific process wherein a suspension having hydroxyapatite microparticles dispersed in water or an organic solvent or a mixture of water and an organic solvent compatible therewith is atomized into a heating zone maintained above 500.degree. C. whereby spherical agglomerates of hydroxyapatite microparticles formed by drying and solidification of microdroplets of the suspension are sintered while the agglomerates are suspended in the heating zone. Microspherical sintered bodies of hydroxyapatite thus obtained, which may be modified by an optical heat treatment to adjust the surface area of the sintered body and growth of crystals therein, are useful in various fields of industry, for example, as a sorption agent in chromatographic separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Senya Inoue, Akira Ono, Nobuyuki Otaki