Patents by Inventor Shusaku Kon

Shusaku Kon 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: 20240000324
    Abstract: A biological condition diagnosis system includes, at least: an obtainer, a receiver, a preprocessor, a processor, and a diagnoser, for biological data. The obtainer obtains the biological data by a reflective photoelectric plethysmography sensor. The preprocessor optimally preprocesses the obtained biological data. The processor extracts a feature point from the preprocessed data. The diagnoser diagnoses a biological condition using machine learning, based on the extracted biological data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Shusaku KON, Ryo KAKABAYASHI, Kosuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20220104718
    Abstract: Disclosed is a reflective photoplethysmogram sensor comprising: a planar light emitting element and a planar light receiving element. The light emitting element and the light receiving element do not face each other in an up/down direction. The minimum distance h (mm) between at least a pair of the light emitting element and the light receiving element satisfies the following expression (1) (t×03.7)2?h?(t×1.3)2 ??Expression (1) where the minimum distance between the light emitting element and the light receiving element is h (mm), and a thickness of skin (epidermis+dermis) of a human body is t (mm), and the thickness is within the range 0.1 to 4 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shusaku KON, Ryo NAKABAYASHI, Kosuke ANDO
  • Publication number: 20190288227
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electro-luminescence emission device wherein a color adjustment layer causes the chroma C* of transmitted light from the organic electro-luminescence emission device when not emitting light to be less than that of transmitted light from an organic electro-luminescence emission device not having a color adjustment layer when not emitting light, thus allowing the chroma of the transmitted light at non-emitting time to approach 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeru KOJIMA, Shusaku KON, Takaaki KUROKI, Takeshi HAKII, Koujirou SEKINE, Kou OSAWA
  • Patent number: 10305063
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a transparent organic electroluminescence element in which durability is excellent, a transparent lead-out electrode of low resistance is provided, and there is no uncomfortable feeling in visibility of the entire element. The transparent organic electroluminescence element according to the present invention is a transparent organic electroluminescence element including: at least an organic electroluminescence element portion and a lead-out electrode portion, in which two-sided light emission is capable of being performed, wherein a total light transmittance (%) of the lead-out electrode portion in a visible light range is in a range of 90% to 110%, with respect to a total light transmittance (%) of the organic electroluminescence element portion in a visible light range at the time of non-light emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kuroki, Takatoshi Suematsu, Shigeru Kojima, Shusaku Kon
  • Publication number: 20190006614
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a transparent organic electroluminescence element in which durability is excellent, a transparent lead-out electrode of low resistance is provided, and there is no uncomfortable feeling in visibility of the entire element. The transparent organic electroluminescence element according to the present invention is a transparent organic electroluminescence element including: at least an organic electroluminescence element portion and a lead-out electrode portion, in which two-sided light emission is capable of being performed, wherein a total light transmittance (%) of the lead-out electrode portion in a visible light range is in a range of 90% to 110%, with respect to a total light transmittance (%) of the organic electroluminescence element portion in a visible light range at the time of non-light emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Takaaki KUROKI, Takatoshi SUEMATSU, Shigeru KOJIMA, Shusaku KON
  • Publication number: 20180269430
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL device having a high light transmittance and a small difference in light transmittance between a light emitting region and a non-light emitting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Shigeru KOJIMA, Shusaku KON, Takatoshi SUEMATSU, Takaaki KUROKI
  • Publication number: 20180175315
    Abstract: An organic EL element includes a gas barrier film including: a resin base material; a light scattering layer provided on the resin base material; a smoothing layer provided on the light scattering layer; and a gas barrier layer provided on the smoothing layer, wherein the arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of the surface of the gas barrier layer is from 0 nm to 3 nm, and the average of the diameters in the planar direction of the convexities formed on the surface of the gas barrier layer is 50 nm or larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Shusaku KON, Takaaki KUROKI, Yasunobu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9960382
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescence element that can provide uniform light emission over the entire surface and also can reduce the risk of short circuit and leakage. An organic electroluminescence element 10 according to the present invention includes a substrate 1, a first electrode 2, a second electrode 5, an organic layer 4 including a light-emitting layer, and an auxiliary wiring layer 3. The first electrode 2, the organic layer 4, and the second electrode 5 are laminated on one surface of the substrate 1 in this order. The organic layer 4 is connected electrically to both the electrodes. The auxiliary wiring layer 3 is arranged at a position where the auxiliary wiring layer 3 is not in contact with the organic layer 4. The auxiliary wiring layer 3 is connected electrically to the second electrode 5 and is not in contact with the first electrode 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: NEC LIGHTING, LTD.
    Inventor: Shusaku Kon
  • Patent number: 9912851
    Abstract: Provided is an image-capturing device that reduces the effect of direct incident light on an image-capturing element and allows a high contrast image to be obtained. An image-capturing device includes: an image-capturing element; a light emitting element; and an image data correction unit, wherein the light emitting element irradiates a subject with light, the image-capturing element senses the light reflected by the subject and generates an image data, and the image data correction unit corrects the image data by subtracting incident light directly entered into the image-capturing element from the light emitting element without being reflected by the subject from the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: NEC LIGHTING, LTD.
    Inventor: Shusaku Kon
  • Publication number: 20160255258
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image-capturing device that reduces the effect of direct incident light on an image-capturing element and allows a high contrast image to be obtained. The present invention provides an image-capturing device including: an image-capturing element 11; a light emitting element 13; and an image data correction unit, wherein the light emitting element 13 irradiates a subject 14 with light, the image-capturing element 11 senses the light 16 reflected by the subject 14 and generates an image data, and the image data correction unit corrects the image data by subtracting incident light 15 directly entered into the image-capturing element 11 from the light emitting element 13 without being reflected by the subject 14 from the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Shusaku Kon
  • Publication number: 20160126490
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescence element that can provide uniform light emission over the entire surface and also can reduce the risk of short circuit and leakage. An organic electroluminescence element 10 according to the present invention includes a substrate 1, a first electrode 2, a second electrode 5, an organic layer 4 including a light-emitting layer, and an auxiliary wiring layer 3. The first electrode 2, the organic layer 4, and the second electrode 5 are laminated on one surface of the substrate 1 in this order. The organic layer 4 is connected electrically to both the electrodes. The auxiliary wiring layer 3 is arranged at a position where the auxiliary wiring layer 3 is not in contact with the organic layer 4. The auxiliary wiring layer 3 is connected electrically to the second electrode 5 and is not in contact with the first electrode 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Shusaku KON
  • Publication number: 20130201655
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprises a light emitting element disposed within a space surrounded by a reflective surface of a reflector disposed on a board. A lower portion of the reflector is placed within a recess formed in the board, and a side wall of the recess is interposed between the lower end of the reflective surface of the reflector and the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshinori UEJI, Shusaku KON
  • Patent number: 8475007
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprises a light emitting element disposed within a space surrounded by a reflective surface of a reflector disposed on a board. A lower portion of the reflector is placed within a recess formed in the board, and a side wall of the recess is interposed between the lower end of the reflective surface of the reflector and the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Lighting, Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ueji, Shusaku Kon
  • Patent number: 8421334
    Abstract: A surface light-emitting element radiates light emitted to a side of a surface light-emitting device. The surface light-emitting device includes: a polygonal transparent substrate, and a light-emitting element disposed on one face of the transparent substrate. The light-emitting element is a laminated body including a transparent electrode which is positively charged and functions as an anode, a negative electrode which becomes negatively charged and functions as a cathode opposite the transparent electrode, and a light-emitting layer between the transparent electrode and a negative electrode. Lengths of respective sides and a thickness of the transparent substrate have a relationship that if b denotes the thickness of transparent substrate, dividing the lengths of the respective sides by 4b results in values ranging from 0.5 (inclusive) to 10 (inclusive).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Lighting, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shusaku Kon
  • Patent number: 8115377
    Abstract: A translucent material substrate is shaped such that high luminous efficiency can be obtained in an organic EL light source in which light is emitted from a translucent material substrate to the atmosphere. The organic EL light source includes a luminescent layer composed of an organic luminescent element, a transparent electrode and a counter electrode, and a translucent material substrate. The translucent material substrate has a truncated quadrangular pyramidal shape having a surface in abutment with the luminescent layer as the bottom face of the shape. The bottom face is formed in the shape of a square in which the length of one side is “b”, and the top face opposite the bottom face is formed in the shape of a square in which the length of one side with respect to the same extending direction as that of the “b”-length side is “a”. In addition, the shape of the translucent material substrate has thickness “c”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Lighting, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shusaku Kon
  • Publication number: 20110031873
    Abstract: A surface light-emitting element and a surface light-emitting device using the surface light-emitting element are provided, the surface light-emitting element being capable of radiating light emitted from the surface light-emitting element to the side of the surface light-emitting device. The surface light-emitting device according to the present invention includes: polygonal transparent substrate 1; and light-emitting element 7 disposed on one face of transparent substrate 1, light-emitting element 7 being a laminated body including transparent electrode 2 which is positively charged and function as an anode, a negative electrode 6 which become negatively charged and function as a cathode opposite transparent electrode 2, and light-emitting layer 4 sandwiched between transparent electrode 2 and negative electrode 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventor: SHUSAKU KON
  • Publication number: 20110025198
    Abstract: A translucent material substrate is shaped such that high luminous efficiency can be obtained in an organic EL light source in which light is emitted from a translucent material substrate to the atmosphere. The organic EL light source includes a luminescent layer composed of an organic luminescent element, a transparent electrode and a counter electrode, and a translucent material substrate. The translucent material substrate has a truncated quadrangular pyramidal shape having a surface in abutment with the luminescent layer as the bottom face of the shape. The bottom face is formed in the shape of a square in which the length of one side is “b”, and the top face opposite the bottom face is formed in the shape of a square in which the length of one side with respect to the same extending direction as that of the “b”-length side is “a”. In addition, the shape of the translucent material substrate has thickness “c”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventor: SHUSAKU KON
  • Publication number: 20090303728
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprises a light emitting element disposed within a space surrounded by a reflective surface of a reflector disposed on a board. A lower portion of the reflector is placed within a recess formed in the board, and a side wall of the recess is interposed between the lower end of the reflective surface of the reflector and the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: NEC LIGHTING, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori UEJI, Shusaku KON
  • Publication number: 20090273000
    Abstract: A light emitting device according to the present invention comprises board 2 having electrode 3b formed on the surface thereof, light emitting element 1 mounted on the surface of board 2, wire 4 for electrically connecting light emitting element 1 with electrode 3b, and reflector 11b formed on the surface of electrode 3b. Reflector 11b covers a connection between wire 4 and electrode 3b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: NEC LIGHTING, LTD.
    Inventor: Shusaku Kon
  • Publication number: 20090190326
    Abstract: The present invention aims to realize a technique to make precise chromaticity changes over a wide range in an LED illumination apparatus based on a white LED light, and comprises a first LED; a package for accommodating said first LED; a transparent medium for filling said package, said transparent medium containing a fluorophore which generates a white light when said first LED emits light; and a plurality of LEDs, wherein said first LED and the plurality of LEDs respectively have different dominant wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: NEC LIGHTING, LTD.
    Inventor: SHUSAKU KON