Patents by Inventor Satoru Shiobara
Satoru Shiobara 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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Publication number: 20150364716Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting device, including: a substrate; and a lower electrode, an organic compound layer including an emission layer, and an upper electrode sequentially provided on the substrate, in which: the organic compound layer covers the lower electrode; the upper electrode covers the organic compound layer; the upper electrode is electrically connected to a wiring connecting portion provided in the substrate; and when an angle formed between a tilt of a section of an end in at least a partial region of the organic compound layer and a surface of the substrate is represented by ?1, the following formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: tan(?1)=d1/d2??(1) tan(?1)?0.2??(2) in the formula (1), d1 represents a thickness of the organic compound layer and d2 represents a taper width of the section of the end of the organic compound layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Satoru Shiobara, Kiyofumi Sakaguchi, Yojiro Matsuda, Nobutaka Mizuno
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Publication number: 20150362855Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting device, including: a lower electrode; an upper electrode and a substrate having an electrode pad portion, in which when an angle formed by a slant in section of a film end in a region between the lower electrode and the electrode pad portion and a surface of the substrate is given as ?1, Formula (1) and Formula (2) are satisfied; and when an angle formed by a slant in section of a film end in at least a part of other regions than the region between the lower electrode and the electrode pad portion and the surface of the substrate is given as ?3, Formula (3) and Formula (4) are satisfied. tan(?1)=d1/d2??(1) tan(?1)<0.2??(2) tan(?3)=d3/d4??(3) tan(?3)?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Nobutaka Mizuno, Kiyofumi Sakaguchi, Satoru Shiobara, Yojiro Matsuda
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Patent number: 9155160Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display device including an organic electroluminescence element, which has element characteristics comparable to those in the case of a vacuum in-situ process, while utilizing a patterning approach based on photolithography. The method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display device includes: an organic compound layer-forming step of forming an organic compound layer at least on a first electrode; a release layer-forming step of forming a release layer on the organic compound layer; a release layer-processing step of processing the release layer; and an organic compound layer-processing step of removing the organic compound layer in a region not covered with the release layer processed in the release layer-processing step, and at least the lowermost layer out of the release layer is a deposited film formed of a material soluble in a polar solvent.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Taro Endo, Nobuhiko Sato, Itaru Takaya, Tomoyuki Hiroki, Koichi Ishige, Satoru Shiobara, Jun Kamatani, Yosuke Nishide
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Publication number: 20150270493Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting element having stable performance in the air. The organic light emitting element includes: an anode; a cathode; and an emission layer placed between the anode and the cathode, in which: the organic light emitting element further includes a first organic compound layer placed between the cathode and the emission layer, and a second organic compound layer placed between the emission layer and the first organic compound layer, and contacted with the first organic compound layer; the first organic compound layer contains a first organic compound; the second organic compound layer contains a second organic compound; and the first organic compound includes a viologen compound represented by the following general formula [1] and the second organic compound includes an organic compound different from the viologen compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Yosuke Nishide, Jun Kamatani, Hiroki Ohrui, Yojiro Matsuda, Masanori Muratsubaki, Satoru Shiobara, Tetsuo Takahashi, Haruna Iida
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Publication number: 20150185428Abstract: Provided is a binder fiber for an optical fiber unit including a flat sea-island color composite fiber, in which the flat sea-island color composite fiber satisfies the following (1) to (3): (1) a sea component of the flat sea-island color composite fiber has a melting start temperature of 100° C. or higher and a melting peak temperature of 120° C. to 150° C.; (2) the flat sea-island color composite fiber has a width of 0.5 to 3.0 mm and a thickness of 0.15 mm or less; and (3) the flat sea-island color composite fiber has a thermal shrinkage rate of 1.0% or lower after being heated at 100° C. for 3 hours. With the binder fiber, the color developing properties are improved, the shape retaining properties of optical fiber cores are maintained, the optical fiber cores are not compressed, and there is no adhesion with another adjacent binder fiber or the optical fiber cores.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Naosuke Tani, Yasushi Kato, Naoki Okada, Satoru Shiobara, Masashi Ohno
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Publication number: 20150139593Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes an optical fiber core wire; a pair of tension members extending parallel to each other in an extension direction of the optical fiber core wire, sandwiching the optical fiber core wire; and a rectangular jacket covering the optical fiber core wire and the pair of tension members, and in a cross-section orthogonal to the extension direction, having a major axis in a facing direction of the tension members and a minor axis in a direction orthogonal to the facing direction, wherein each of the tension members is glass fiber reinforced plastic having a diameter in a range of 0.7 mm or more and 1 mm or less, and the jacket has a friction coefficient of 0.3 or less, the major axis of 4 mm or less, and the minor axis of 2.8 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Satoru Shiobara, Naoki Okada, Takao Fukute
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Patent number: 8969861Abstract: The method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display device includes the steps of: forming an organic compound layer on a first electrode; forming a sacrificial layer soluble in a polar solvent on the organic compound layer; forming an intermediate layer formed of a water-soluble polymer on the sacrificial layer; patterning the sacrificial layer, the intermediate layer, and the organic compound layer; removing the intermediate layer and a layer formed thereon; and removing the sacrificial layer, in which the step of removing the sacrificial layer includes a step of performing a contacting step of bringing the sacrificial layer and the polar solvent into contact with each other a plurality of times.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoru Shiobara, Manabu Otsuka
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Publication number: 20140197394Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting device including a display region provided with an organic light-emitting device provided on a substrate, where the organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode provided on the substrate; a hole injection layer provided on the first electrode; an organic compound layer including a light-emitting layer, which is provided on the hole injection layer; and a second electrode provided on the organic compound layer, the hole injection layer is a layer including an organic compound having an electron-withdrawing substituent, and the organic compound layer coats an end of the hole injection layer, which is provided outside the display region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Manabu Otsuka, Satoru Shiobara
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Patent number: 8778727Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display device including: an organic compound layer-forming step of forming an organic compound layer on a first electrode; a release layer-forming step of forming a release layer on the organic compound layer; a first processing step for the release layer of patterning the release layer; an organic compound layer-processing step of removing the organic compound layer in a region not covered with the release layer processed in the first processing step for the release layer; and a second processing step for the release layer of removing a part of the release layer, in which the release layer is a deposited film formed of a charge-transportable organic compound and is dissolved by a solvent containing an organic solvent miscible with water.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoru Shiobara, Jun Kamatani, Yosuke Nishide, Taro Endo, Tomoyuki Hiroki, Nobuhiko Sato
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Patent number: 8648527Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus using an organic EL device in which blur in a display image to be a problem for the display apparatus is reduced while propagating light propagating through a high-refractive-index transparent layer is efficiently extracted outside. The display apparatus has a configuration in which a high-refractive-index transparent layer is provided on a light exit side of the organic EL device, a light extraction structure is provided on the high-refractive-index transparent layer so as to surround each of subpixels, a visible light absorbing member is arranged between pixels adjacent to each other, and the visible light absorbing member is not arranged in a region between subpixels adjacent to each other within a pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoru Shiobara, Takayuki Sumida, Koji Ishizuya
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Patent number: 8642999Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting device having a high emission efficiency and a long lifetime. The organic light-emitting device (10) includes an anode (2), a cathode (6), and a stack body including at least a light-emitting layer (4) and interposed between the anode (2) and the cathode (6), in which the light-emitting layer (4) includes an oligomer material and a polymer material.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunsuke Shioya, Satoru Shiobara
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Publication number: 20140001452Abstract: The method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display device includes the steps of: forming an organic compound layer on a first electrode; forming a sacrificial layer soluble in a polar solvent on the organic compound layer; forming an intermediate layer formed of a water-soluble polymer on the sacrificial layer; patterning the sacrificial layer, the intermediate layer, and the organic compound layer; removing the intermediate layer and a layer formed thereon; and removing the sacrificial layer, in which the step of removing the sacrificial layer includes a step of performing a contacting step of bringing the sacrificial layer and the polar solvent into contact with each other a plurality of times.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Satoru Shiobara, Manabu Otsuka
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Patent number: 8513038Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescent device includes a step of forming a masking layer and an intermediate layer on a first organic compound layer such that the masking layer and the intermediate layer have a predetermined pattern, a step of patterning the first organic compound layer using the masking layer and the intermediate layer, a step of forming a second organic compound layer, and a step of removing the intermediate layer and the second organic compound layer formed thereon in such a manner that the intermediate layer is contacted with a dissolving liquid for dissolving the intermediate layer. In the method, the first and second organic compound layers are protected by covering the first and second organic compound layers with a sacrificial layer until the patterning of the first and second organic compound layers is completed.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Moriyama, Nozomu Izumi, Taro Endo, Tomoyuki Hiroki, Satoru Shiobara, Nobuhiko Sato
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Patent number: 8478095Abstract: This optical fiber cable is provided with a covering resin including an outermost layer. The outermost layer is formed by a resin composition including: (a) a base resin prepared by adding at least one copolymer selected from an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and an ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer to a high density polyethylene; (b) 25 to 90 parts by weight of a phosphate salt with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base resin; and (c) 0.75 to 15 parts by weight of either a silicone dispersed polyethylene or a silicone grafted polyethylene with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base resin.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Daiki Takeda, Naoki Okada, Satoru Shiobara, Tadayoshi Sayama, Shimei Tanaka, Katsuyoshi Endoh, Keiichiro Sugimoto, Shinichi Niwa
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Patent number: 8412013Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes an elongated optical element portion having an optical fiber, a pair of tensile strength members and an outer jacket. The optical fiber is composed of one or more plastic coated optical fibers, tight-buffered optical fibers or optical ribbon fibers. The pair of tensile strength members is arranged in parallel at both sides of the optical fiber in a width direction of the optical fiber. The outer jacket covers outer circumferences of the optical fiber and the pair of tensile strength members. A frictional coefficient of the outer jacket is equal to or less than 0.20. Shore D hardness of the outer jacket is equal to or more than 60.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Satoru Shiobara, Shimei Tanaka, Tadayoshi Sayama, Daiki Takeda, Masashi Ohno, Naoki Okada, Keiichiro Sugimoto, Shinichi Niwa
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Publication number: 20130076236Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including an organic EL device in which blur in a displayed image to be a problem for the display apparatus is reduced. The display apparatus includes a plurality of subpixels for emitting light having different emission colors in a pixel, and each of the plurality of subpixels includes an organic EL device. A transparent layer having a refractive index higher than that of an organic compound layer of the organic EL device is provided on the organic EL device, and further, a light extraction structure surrounding each of the subpixels is provided on the transparent layer. A distance between the subpixels closest to each other included in two adjacent pixels is set to be at least a sum of waveguide lengths of light emitted from the respective subpixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Sumida, Satoru Shiobara, Koji Ishizuya
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Publication number: 20120274807Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display device including: an organic compound layer-forming step of forming an organic compound layer on a first electrode; a release layer-forming step of forming a release layer on the organic compound layer; a first processing step for the release layer of patterning the release layer; an organic compound layer-processing step of removing the organic compound layer in a region not covered with the release layer processed in the first processing step for the release layer; and a second processing step for the release layer of removing a part of the release layer, in which the release layer is a deposited film formed of a charge-transportable organic compound and is dissolved by a solvent containing an organic solvent miscible with water.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoru Shiobara, Jun Kamatani, Yosuke Nishide, Taro Endo, Tomoyuki Hiroki, Nobuhiko Sato
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Publication number: 20120274239Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display device including an organic electroluminescence element, which has element characteristics comparable to those in the case of a vacuum in-situ process, while utilizing a patterning approach based on photolithography. The method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display device includes: an organic compound layer-forming step of forming an organic compound layer at least on a first electrode; a release layer-forming step of forming a release layer on the organic compound layer; a release layer-processing step of processing the release layer; and an organic compound layer-processing step of removing the organic compound layer in a region not covered with the release layer processed in the release layer-processing step, and at least the lowermost layer out of the release layer is a deposited film formed of a material soluble in a polar solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taro Endo, Nobuhiko Sato, Itaru Takaya, Tomoyuki Hiroki, Koichi Ishige, Satoru Shiobara, Jun Kamatani, Yosuke Nishide
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Publication number: 20120268042Abstract: Each pixel in a display apparatus includes a plurality of sub-pixels configured to emit light with different luminescent colors. Each of the sub-pixels includes an organic EL element. A high-refractive-index transparent layer having a refractive index higher than that of an organic compound layer in the organic EL element is provided on a light emitting side of the organic EL element. A light extraction structure is provided on a light emitting side of the high-refractive-index transparent layer. The light extraction structure is provided on the pixel, and a visible-light absorbing member is provided in an interpixel region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoru Shiobara, Takayuki Sumida
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Publication number: 20120256562Abstract: Each pixel in a display apparatus includes a plurality of sub-pixels configured to emit light with different luminescent colors. Each of the sub-pixels includes an organic EL element. A high-refractive-index transparent layer having a refractive index higher than that of an organic compound layer in the organic EL element is provided on a light emitting side of the organic EL element. A light extraction structure is provided on a light emitting side of the high-refractive-index transparent layer. The light extraction structure is provided on the sub-pixels, and is not in an interpixel region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoru Shiobara, Takayuki Sumida