Patents by Inventor Ryozo Fukuzaki
Ryozo Fukuzaki 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: 11714212Abstract: Optical coatings for curved or non-planar substrates are disclosed. Optical coatings may include AR (antireflection) coatings or absorbing (“black” optical) coatings. The optical coatings may include a nanostructure layer formed on top of a stack of one or more materials. Both the nanostructure layer and the stack may be deposited on a curved or non-planar substrate using plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) to provide conformal coating of the substrate. The nanostructure layer may include a mixture of aluminum hydroxide and aluminum oxide hydroxide that is formed by placing a PEALD-deposited aluminum oxide layer in heated deionized water for a predetermined time period. The materials in the stack may be alternated to provide tuning of the optical properties in the optical coating.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Timothy M. Gustafson, Isamu Konishiike, Ligang Wang, Ryozo Fukuzaki, Andrej Halabica
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Patent number: 11409078Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include camera equipment having a refractive index layer that causes internal reflection close to an image sensor of the camera. In some examples, internal reflection may occur at a boundary formed with the refractive index layer and located between an image sensor and an upper surface of a lens of the camera. The boundary may be formed between the refractive index layer and another material located between the refractive index layer and the image sensor, wherein the refractive index layer has a lower index of refraction than other material between the refractive index layer and the image sensor. The boundary formed with the refractive index layer may cause light to be reflected back toward the image sensor to improve image quality of images captured by the image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Norimichi Shigemitsu, Ryozo Fukuzaki
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Publication number: 20200081224Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include camera equipment having a refractive index layer that causes internal reflection close to an image sensor of the camera. In some examples, internal reflection may occur at a boundary formed with the refractive index layer and located between an image sensor and an upper surface of a lens of the camera. The boundary may be formed between the refractive index layer and another material located between the refractive index layer and the image sensor, wherein the refractive index layer has a lower index of refraction than other material between the refractive index layer and the image sensor. The boundary formed with the refractive index layer may cause light to be reflected back toward the image sensor to improve image quality of images captured by the image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Norimichi Shigemitsu, Ryozo Fukuzaki
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Patent number: 9333791Abstract: A decorative film includes a base film, a colored layer formed of UV curable ink, and an ink-absorbing layer. The ink-absorbing layer is formed between the base film and the colored layer, provided with voids therein, and contains filler made of photorefractive material.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Kaneuchi, Gakuei Shibata, Ryozo Fukuzaki, Hideaki Nakagawa, Yuuki Sugino
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Publication number: 20150064371Abstract: A decorative film includes a base film, a colored layer formed of UV curable ink, and an ink-absorbing layer. The ink-absorbing layer is formed between the base film and the colored layer, provided with voids therein, and contains filler made of photorefractive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Kazuhiko KANEUCHI, Gakuei SHIBATA, Ryozo FUKUZAKI, Hideaki NAKAGAWA, Yuuki SUGINO
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Patent number: 8273811Abstract: A coating material composite, comprising containing: a silane compound represented by the general formula (A); and an epoxy group-containing organic compound containing one or more epoxy groups in each molecule; wherein the silane compound has a content of 60 to 97% by weight relative to a total amount of resin components; and wherein the epoxy group-containing organic compound has a content of 3 to 10% by weight relative to the total amount of resin components; XmR13?mSi—Y—SiR13?mXm??(A) [R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 1 to 6; Y is a divalent organic group containing one or more fluorine atoms; X is a hydrolytic group; and m is an integer of 1 to 3]. The coating formed by such a coating material composite is capable of keeping a higher anticrack property even upon exposure to high-temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Akira Tsujimoto, Ryozo Fukuzaki, Takeyuki Yamaki, Hiroshi Yokogawa
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Patent number: 7964251Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of an in-plane switching mode comprises a pair of polarizing plates which are constituted with a polarizing plate at the output side comprising a polarizer at the output side and a polarizing plate at the incident side comprising a polarizer at the incident side having a transmission axis approximately perpendicular to a transmission axis of the polarizer at the output side and two or more sheets of optically anisotropic members and liquid crystal cells disposed between the pair of polarizing plates. The device exhibits excellent scratch resistance and excellent quality of black depth and uniform and high contrast in viewing at any angles.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2005Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeyuki Yamaki, Hiroshi Yokogawa, Akira Tsujimoto, Ryozo Fukuzaki, Tetsuya Toyoshima, Masanori Yoshihara, Kohei Arakawa
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Patent number: 7854508Abstract: A plastic lens includes: a plastic lens base material; a hard coat layer formed on the plastic lens base material; an organic antireflection film formed on the hard coat layer; and a primer layer between the plastic lens base material and the hard coat layer. The plastic lens base material contains at least a sulfur atom. The hard coat layer contains at least: fine metal oxide particles containing a titanium oxide having a rutile-type crystalline structure; and an organosilicon compound represented by a general formula of R1SiX13. The antireflection film contains a coating composition containing at least: an organosilicon compound represented by a general formula of XmR23?mSi—Y—SiR23?mXm; an epoxy group-containing organic compound containing one or more epoxy group in a molecule; and fine silica particles with average particle size of 1 to 150 nm, the antireflection film having a refractive index lower than that of the hard coat layer by 0.10 or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2006Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mikito Nakajima, Katsuyoshi Takeshita, Yusuke Kutsukake, Jun Kinoshita, Shuji Naito, Koichi Takahama, Hiroshi Yokogawa, Takeyuki Yamaki, Akira Tsujimoto, Ryozo Fukuzaki
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Publication number: 20090043025Abstract: It is aimed at providing a coating material composite capable of having a lower refractive index and keeping higher antiscratching property, antifouling property, chemical resistance, and anticrack property even when the coating material composite is used to form a coating on a malleable substrate such as plastic substrates and exposed to high temperatures upon formation of the coating and after formation of the coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2006Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.Inventors: Akira Tsujimoto, Ryozo Fukuzaki, Takeyuki Yamaki, Hiroshi Yokogawa
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Publication number: 20090040457Abstract: A plastic lens includes: a plastic lens base material; a hard coat layer formed on the plastic lens base material; an organic antireflection film formed on the hard coat layer; and a primer layer between the plastic lens base material and the hard coat layer. The plastic lens base material contains at least a sulfur atom. The hard coat layer contains at least: fine metal oxide particles containing a titanium oxide having a rutile-type crystalline structure; and an organosilicon compound represented by a general formula of R1SiX13. The antireflection film contains a coating composition containing at least: an organosilicon compound represented by a general formula of XmR23-mSi—Y—SiR23-mXm; an epoxy group-containing organic compound containing one or more epoxy group in a molecule; and fine silica particles with average particle size of 1 to 150 nm, the antireflection film having a refractive index lower than that of the hard coat layer by 0.10 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2006Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Mikito Nakajima, Katsuyoshi Takeshita, Yusuke Kutsukake, Jun Kinoshita, Shuji Naito, Koichi Takahama, Hiroshi Yokogawa, Takeyuki Yamaki, Akira Tsujimoto, Ryozo Fukuzaki
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Publication number: 20080316404Abstract: A vertical alignment (VA) mode liquid crystal display unit having at least one biaxial optical anisotropic substance sheet and a liquid crystal cell between a light emission side polarizing polarizer and a light incident side polarizer, wherein (1) nx>ny>nz is satisfied (nx and ny: in-plane principal refractive indexes of the entire biaxial optical anisotropy, and nz: a principal refractive index in the thickness direction), (2) the low refractive index layer comprises an aerogel with a refractive index of up to 1.7, and (3) a multilayered body consisting of the total biaxial optical anisotropic substance sheet and the liquid crystal cell satisfies the formula: |R40?R0|?35 nm where R0: a retardation as measured without imposition of voltage when light with wavelength of 550 nm impinges vertically, and R40: a retardation as measured without imposition of voltage when light with wavelength of 550 nm impinges at an inclination angle of 40 degrees from the normal to the direction of the principal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicants: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Zeon CorporationInventors: Takeyuki Yamaki, Hiroshi Yokogawa, Akira Tsujimoto, Ryozo Fukuzaki, Tetsuya Toyoshima, Masanori Yoshihara, Kohei Arakawa
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Publication number: 20080094326Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of an in-plane switching mode comprises a pair of polarizing plates which are constituted with a polarizing plate at the output side comprising a polarizer at the output side and a polarizing plate at the incident side comprising a polarizer at the incident side having a transmission axis approximately perpendicular to a transmission axis of the polarizer at the output side and two or more sheets of optically anisotropic members and liquid crystal cells disposed between the pair of polarizing plates. In the optically anisotropic member, the sum of the major in-plane refractive indices is twice the sum of the major refractive index in the direction of thickness or smaller. The ratio of retardation of light incident at an angle inclined by 40 degrees with respect to the normal toward the major axis (R40) to the retardation of light incident perpendicularly (R0) is 0.90˜1.10. The device comprises a low refractive index layer which has a refractive index of 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2005Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD., ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeyuki Yamaki, Hiroshi Yokogawa, Akira Tsujimoto, Ryozo Fukuzaki, Tetsuya Toyoshima, Masanori Yoshihara, Kohei Arakawa
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Publication number: 20080075895Abstract: An optical multilayer film for a liquid crystal display comprising a hard coat layer and a low refractive index layer comprising aerogel, which layers are laminated, in this order, directly or with another intervening layer on one surface of a substrate film comprising a transparent resin, wherein the refractive index nH of the hard coat layer and the refractive index nL of the low refractive index layer satisfy the following three formulae [1], [2] and [3], nL?1.37??Formula [1] nH?1.53??Formula [2] (nH)1/2?0.2<nL<(nH)1/2+0.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD., ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeyuki Yamaki, Hiroshi Yokogawa, Akira Tsujimoto, Ryozo Fukuzaki, Atsushi Sone, Tetsuya Toyoshima, Masanori Yoshihara, Kohei Arakawa