Patents by Inventor Seiji Kondo

Seiji Kondo 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: 20140085723
    Abstract: A set of optical film rolls for use in a process including supplying films and bonding the films, in directions relatively perpendicular to one another, to an optical cell, wherein a direction in which each film is bonded to the optical cell is equal to a direction in which each film is supplied, and the films are laminated to one side of the optical cell, the set of optical film rolls includes: a first optical film roll that is a roll of a first long multilayer optical film including a long polarizing film having an absorption axis in its longitudinal direction; and a second optical film roll that is a roll of a second long multilayer optical film including a long linearly polarized light separating film having a reflection axis in its transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Hada, Satoshi Hirata, Seiji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20130344870
    Abstract: Provided is a handover originating base station which transmits data to a handover destination base station, for performing mobile communication terminal handover in a mobile communication system. The handover originating base station is provided with a means for transmitting data whose transmission is not confirmed by a communication terminal, with information which indicates data transmitted just before.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun NAGATA, Naoto ITABA, Seiji KONDO, Sadafuku HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20130269869
    Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing an optical display panel includes a velocity control step includes setting a bonding velocity and a carrier film feed velocity in such a manner that during a period from the start of the bonding of the sheet piece to the end of the bonding, the bonding velocity is higher than the carrier film feed velocity is fed and in such a manner that slack formed in the sheet piece is eliminated between the bonding position and the front end of the peeling unit; and performing control in such a manner that during a period from the start of the bonding to the end of the bonding, the distance (L) is longer than the distance (Ls), while the bonding velocity in the bonding step is higher than the velocity at which the carrier film is fed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirata, Seiji Kondo, Kazuya Hada
  • Patent number: 8541250
    Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing a liquid crystal display device by bonding a polarizing film to a liquid crystal panel with a pressure-sensitive adhesive interposed therebetween, includes a polarizing film supply step including drawing an optical film laminate from the continuous roll placed in a dry environment, cutting at least a polarizing film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive, while leaving a carrier film uncut and feeding the sheet piece and the pressure-sensitive adhesive piece; a liquid crystal panel supply step including feeding the liquid crystal panel in a first humid environment having a relative humidity higher than that of the dry environment; and a bonding step including bonding the sheet piece to the liquid crystal panel with the pressure-sensitive adhesive piece interposed therebetween in a second humid environment having a relative humidity higher than that of the dry environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirata, Seiji Kondo, Takaichi Amano, Tadashi Yokouchi, Akira Kunikawa
  • Patent number: 8541759
    Abstract: The inventive optical analysis technique uses an optical system capable of detecting light from a micro region in a solution, such as an optical system of a confocal microscope or a multiphoton microscope, to detect the light from the light-emitting particle to be observed while moving the position of the micro region in the sample solution (while scanning the inside of the sample solution with the micro region); generates time series light intensity data, computes a characteristic value of the light intensity indicating the presence or absence of the light from a single light-emitting particle in every time section of a predetermined width in the light intensity data; and detects the light-emitting particle crossing the inside of the micro region individually using the characteristic value, thereby enabling the counting of the light-emitting particle(s) or the acquisition of the information on the concentration or number density of the light-emitting particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsushiro Yamaguchi, Seiji Kondo, Tetsuya Tanabe, Kunio Hori
  • Patent number: 8529722
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device that prevents a liquid crystal panel from warping into a shape concave to the viewer side. The method including a bonding step including providing sheet-shaped optical members each including a polarizing plate and an adhesive layer or a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and bonding the sheet-shaped optical members to both surfaces of a rectangular liquid crystal cell with the adhesive layer or a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The bonding step includes continuously pressing the optical member from its end to bond the optical member from its end to bond the optical member to the liquid crystal cell, while applying a tension to the optical member and stacking the liquid crystal cell and the optical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Umemoto, Seiji Kondo
  • Patent number: 8504038
    Abstract: Provided is a handover originating base station which transmits data to a handover destination base station, for performing mobile communication terminal handover in a mobile communication system. The handover originating base station is provided with a means for transmitting data whose transmission is not confirmed by a communication terminal, with information which indicates data transmitted just before.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Nagata, Naoto Itaba, Seiji Kondo, Sadafuku Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8485241
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, includes peeling means that peels off a sheet piece of the polarizing film from a carrier film; take-up means that takes up the carrier film; bonding means that bonds the sheet piece to a panel; and velocity control means for controlling a feed velocity of the take-up means and a feed velocity of the bonding means in such a manner that: Vh(t)>Vs(t) during a period from the start of the process of bonding the sheet piece to the end of the bonding and that slack formed in the sheet piece being subjected to the bonding is eliminated between a front end of the peeling means and a position in which the bonding is performed by the bonding means; and that during a period from the start of the bonding process to the end of the bonding, L>Ls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirata, Seiji Kondo, Kazuya Hada
  • Publication number: 20130163080
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a thin polarizing film having both excellent optical characteristics and excellent in-plane uniformity. The method of producing a thin polarizing film includes stretching a thermoplastic resin substrate in a first direction, followed by formation of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer on the thermoplastic resin substrate to prepare a laminate and shrinking and stretching the laminate in the first direction and a second direction, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Araki, Seiji Kondo, Hiroyuki Morikazu, Takashi Shimizu, Hiroaki Sawada
  • Patent number: 8471220
    Abstract: The inventive optical analysis technique uses an optical system capable of detecting light from a micro region in a solution, such as an optical system of a confocal microscope or a multiphoton microscope, to detect the light from the light-emitting particle to be observed while moving the position of the micro region in the sample solution (while scanning the inside of the sample solution with the micro region); generates time series light intensity data, and after smoothing the time series light intensity data; and detects in the smoothed time series light intensity data the light-emitting particle crossing the inside of the micro region individually, thereby enabling the counting of the light-emitting particle(s) or the acquisition of the information on the concentration or number density of the light-emitting particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsushiro Yamaguchi, Seiji Kondo, Tetsuya Tanabe, Kunio Hori
  • Publication number: 20130135728
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to alleviate streaky display unevenness that occurs in liquid crystal display elements when feeding optical function film from a continuous roll having score lines in the width direction thereof and bonding the optical function film on a liquid crystal panel. A continuous roll comprises an optical film laminate (15) that is in the form of a continuous web wound into a roll and comprises at least an optical function film (10) and a carrier film (13) releasably placed on the optical function film (10). The optical function film (10) is divided into a plurality of cut pieces by score lines (16) formed along a widthwise direction of the optical film laminate (15). It is possible to resolve the problem by making the bending rigidity per unit longitudinal length of the optical function film fall within a specific range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirata, Seiji Umemoto, Seiji Kondo, Takuya Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20130135729
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to alleviate streaky display unevenness that occurs in liquid crystal display elements when feeding optical function film from a continuous roll having score lines in the width direction thereof and bonding the optical function film on a liquid crystal panel. A continuous roll comprises an optical film laminate (15) that is in the form of a continuous web wound into a roll and comprises at least an optical function film (10) and a carrier film (13) releasably placed on the optical function film (10). The optical function film (10) is divided into a plurality of cut pieces by score lines (16) formed along a widthwise direction of the optical film laminate (15). It is possible to resolve the problem by making the bending rigidity per unit longitudinal length of the optical function film fall within a specific range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirata, Seiji Umemoto, Seiji Kondo, Takuya Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20130070194
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method and a system for manufacturing a liquid crystal panel, which allow more successful bonding of an optical film to a liquid crystal cell. A pressing force Fa per unit area applied when the optical film is pressed by the first roller and a pressing force Fb per unit area applied when the liquid crystal cell is pressed by the second roller satisfy the relation Fa>Fb. On the first roller side, the feed may fail to be stabilized due to the influence of tension fluctuations or vibration acting on the first optical film, so that air bubbles may occur. When the second roller side, where such an influence does not occur, contributes more to the feed of the liquid crystal cell, the liquid crystal cell can be successfully fed in the process of bonding the optical film thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Hada, Satoshi Hirata, Seiji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20130048875
    Abstract: The inventive optical analysis technique uses an optical system capable of detecting light from a micro region in a solution, such as an optical system of a confocal microscope or a multiphoton microscope, to detect the light from the light-emitting particle to be observed while moving the position of the micro region in the sample solution (while scanning the inside of the sample solution with the micro region); generates time series light intensity data, and after smoothing the time series light intensity data; and detects in the smoothed time series light intensity data the light-emitting particle crossing the inside of the micro region individually, thereby enabling the counting of the light-emitting particle(s) or the acquisition of the information on the concentration or number density of the light-emitting particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsushiro Yamaguchi, Seiji Kondo, Tetsuya Tanabe, Kunio Hori
  • Publication number: 20120318956
    Abstract: There is provided an optical analysis technique enabling the detection of the condition or characteristic of a particle to be observed contained at a low concentration or number density in a sample solution. The inventive optical analysis technique uses an optical system capable of detecting light from a micro region in a solution, such as an optical system of a confocal microscope or a multiphoton microscope, to detect the light from the light-emitting particle to be observed while moving the position of the micro region in the sample solution (while scanning the inside of the sample solution with the micro region), thereby detecting individually the light-emitting particle crossing the inside of the micro region to enable the counting of the light-emitting particle(s) or the acquisition of the information on the concentration or number density of the light-emitting particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsushiro Yamaguchi, Seiji Kondo, Tetsuya Tanabe, Kunio Hori
  • Publication number: 20120321782
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating an optical film, comprising a treatment step comprising: continuously feeding a film, while holding both transverse end portions of the film; and bringing a lower surface of the film into contact with a surface of a treatment liquid with which a treatment tank is filled, while continuously feeding the film. The method for fabricating a polarizing film in which bringing a liquid into contact with a film and transversely stretching the polymer film by a tenter method or the like can be performed at the same time using a small and simple fabricating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Hada, Satoshi Hirata, Masakazu Mochizuki, Seiji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20120319009
    Abstract: The inventive optical analysis technique uses an optical system capable of detecting light from a micro region in a solution, such as an optical system of a confocal microscope or a multiphoton microscope, to detect the light from the light-emitting particle to be observed while moving the position of the micro region in the sample solution (while scanning the inside of the sample solution with the micro region); generates time series light intensity data, computes a characteristic value of the light intensity indicating the presence or absence of the light from a single light-emitting particle in every time section of a predetermined width in the light intensity data; and detects the light-emitting particle crossing the inside of the micro region individually using the characteristic value, thereby enabling the counting of the light-emitting particle(s) or the acquisition of the information on the concentration or number density of the light-emitting particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsushiro Yamaguchi, Seiji Kondo, Tetsuya Tanabe, Kunio Hori
  • Publication number: 20120312462
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a system for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, which can reduce warping of a liquid crystal panel by bonding optical films alternately to the first and second panel surfaces of the liquid crystal panel, in which the method includes: feeding carrier films from continuous rolls, respectively; and bonding steps including bonding optical films, which are peeled off or being peeled off from the carrier films, to the first and second panel surfaces of a liquid crystal panel, respectively, wherein in the bonding steps, bonding the optical film to the first panel surface of the liquid crystal panel and bonding the optical film to the second panel surface of the liquid crystal panel are performed alternately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirata, Seiji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20120300377
    Abstract: A turnover device of a liquid crystal panel which comprises: a panel holding portion including a base, a panel face supporting portion having plural pairs of panel face touching portions to support both panel faces of a liquid crystal panel, a supporting arm of a panel long edge having a long edge touching portion to support a long edge of the panel, and a supporting arm of a panel short edge having a short edge touching portion to support a short edge of the panel; and a driving portion including a rotation shift to form a right angle with a bisector to divide an angle formed by the long edge touching portion and the short edge touching portion, and an actuator for turnover to rotate and drive the rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirata, Seiji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20120291945
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes carrier film feeding steps including feeding long carrier films from continuous rolls, respectively; peeling steps including folding back each of the carrier films at a front end part placed on a carrier film feed path so that the optical films are peeled off from the carrier films, respectively; and bonding steps including bonding the optical films to the viewer side and back side of a liquid crystal panel, wherein in the bonding steps, the optical films are bonded to the liquid crystal panel in such a manner that the number of times the optical film is bonded to the back side of the liquid crystal panel is greater than the number of times the optical film is bonded to the viewer side of the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Hada, Satoshi Hirata, Seiji Kondo, Seiji Umemoto