Patents by Inventor Takao Sato

Takao Sato 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).

  • Patent number: 10159642
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a functional polymer gel which is able to be practically used as an ocular lens having excellent transparency and mechanical strength by uniformly dispersing organic nanotubes in a polymer gel without the formation of agglomerates of the organic nanotubes in the case where the organic nanotubes are complexed into the polymer gel; and a method for producing this functional polymer gel. The above-mentioned purpose is achieved by: a functional polymer gel which is characterized by containing organic nanotubes and having a light transmittance of 80% or more; and a method for producing this functional polymer gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: SEED CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yoshiko Yamazaki, Takao Sato, Wuxiao Ding, Mitsutoshi Masuda, Momoyo Wada
  • Patent number: 10061505
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes an operation screen display unit that displays a specific operation screen containing an operation key for causing the in-vehicle device to perform a specific action, an operation key moving unit that moves the operation key in a predetermined direction, a camera and a movement recognition unit that detect a movement of part of a body of a user or a movement of an operation member held by the user, and an operation selection unit that, when a movement direction of the operation key matches a direction of the detected movement of the user, selects the operation key moved by the operation key moving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Sato, Shizuo Kanbayashi, Fumiaki Hoki, Rintaro Kuroda, Takashi Jogataki, Naoki Saegusa, Haruhiko Nakatsuji, Hai Lin
  • Publication number: 20180081142
    Abstract: An imaging module includes: an object lens; an image-sensing device; a holder that holds the object lens and the image-sensing device, the holder having a butt-contact portion with which the object lens is able to be brought into contact from an object side; and an aperture stop arranged closer to the object than the butt-contact portion, wherein an area that is to be light-shielded by an outer-periphery of the aperture stop is larger than an internal diameter of the butt-contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicants: Fujikura Ltd., SEIKOH GIKEN Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Sato, Takahiro Shimono, Tomomi Hirao, Ryo Iijima, Ryosuke Niwaki
  • Publication number: 20180081143
    Abstract: An imaging module includes: an object lens; an image-sensing device having side surfaces and a corner of the side surfaces, the corner protruding in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis; and a holder that holds the object lens and the image-sensing device, the holder having a slit that penetrates from an inner face side to an outer face side of the holder, wherein the corner of the image-sensing device is disposed at the slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicants: Fujikura Ltd., SEIKOH GIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Shimono, Takao Sato, Yoshinari Yamada, Shinsuke Morii, Toshinori Kondo
  • Patent number: 9679668
    Abstract: A spent fuel storage rack that accommodates and stores spent fuels in a large number of cells formed in a grid pattern includes a flat rectangular plate-shaped base forming the bottom of the rack, columnar members extending upward from the four corners of the base, and at least a pair of upper and lower grid-shaped frame plates disposed above the base and fixed to and supported by the columnar members. Each of the cells is formed by assembling metal plates to which boron is added to a density greater than 1% into a polygonal tube, and the cells are arranged contiguously at fixed intervals in the grid-shaped frame plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshimasa Mukai, Takao Sato, Hidenobu Hasegawa, Kaoru Takagi, Tetsuro Takeshita
  • Patent number: 9671634
    Abstract: A display device substrate includes a transparent substrate arranged in parallel with a face on which an image is displayed and a light-shielding film partially formed on the transparent substrate for shielding light. The light-shielding film has, at a portion of the transparent substrate along an edge thereof on at least one side, a low light-shielding portion having a lower light-shielding capability. The low light-shielding portion is formed with a smaller thickness than that of the other portion in the light-shielding film. With this configuration, even when, in a gang printing display panel in which a plurality of display panels each having the display device substrate are arranged, the light-shielding films of the display panels adjacent to each other are formed continuously, cutting can be performed more easily at a position to be cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Takao Sato, Saori Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20170154097
    Abstract: An information managing device detects target management information to manage the target management information held by each of a plurality of information holding servers connected to the information managing device via a network, and generates link information for accessing the detected target management information via the network. Next, the information managing device obtains accompanying information accompanying to the target management information from each of the plurality of information holding servers, and classifies the accompanying information in accordance with the predefined layer structure. Subsequently, the link information is displayed on a display in association with the classified accompanying information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Takao SATO
  • Publication number: 20170112761
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a functional polymer gel which is able to be practically used as an ocular lens having excellent transparency and mechanical strength by uniformly dispersing organic nanotubes in a polymer gel without the formation of agglomerates of the organic nanotubes in the case where the organic nanotubes are complexed into the polymer gel; and a method for producing this functional polymer gel. The above-mentioned purpose is achieved by: a functional polymer gel which is characterized by containing organic nanotubes and having a light transmittance of 80% or more; and a method for producing this functional polymer gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: SEED CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yoshiko YAMAZAKI, Takao SATO, Wuxiao DING, Mitsutoshi MASUDA, Momoyo WADA
  • Publication number: 20170043017
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polymer gel that can increase drug content ratio and reduce undesirable influence on gel strength and shape stability after the drug release, compared with the conventional techniques. The purpose can be achieved by an anionic drug-containing medical device comprising: (1) an anionic drug; and (2) a copolymer which contains, as constituents, a cationic monomer comprising a condensation product of an alkyl quaternary ammonium compound having a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group and (meth)acrylic acid or a salt of the condensation product and a monomer capable of copolymerizing with the condensation product or the salt of the condensation product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicants: SEED CO., LTD., SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruka OBATA, Kiyoshi SHOJI, Yoshiko YAMAZAKI, Toru MATSUNAGA, Takao SATO, Wakiko ASAYAMA, Shinichi YASUEDA
  • Patent number: 9486362
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a ring-shaped device superior in the wearing comfort and intraocular stability while being worn on the eye. Provided is a ring-shaped device to be worn on the scleral surface, which is characterized in that it has an opening to expose the cornea and an intermediate portion between an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion has a maximum thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., SEED Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Shikamura, Takao Sato, Toru Matsunaga, Yoshiko Yamazaki, Tsutomu Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9417476
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate which is light transmissive and has a display region and a periphery region surrounding the display region. A light shielding portion is formed in at least the periphery region of the first substrate and has a light passing portion in the periphery region. A first scale mark portion is formed on the first substrate so as to be arranged inside the light passing portion. A second substrate overlaps the first substrate and a second scale mark portion is formed on the second substrate and forms a pair with the first scale mark portion. A sealing member seals the first and second substrates in the periphery region between the display region and the light passing portion. A dam portion is formed on the first substrate between the display region and the light passing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Sato, Saori Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9329408
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hydrogel contact lens which has improved and long-lasting wettability in the surface and inner structures, while exhibiting excellent contamination resistance, shape stability and mechanical strength. Also disclosed is a method for producing the hydrogel contact lens. The wettable hydrogel contact lens is characterized by containing an ionic hydrophilic polymer which is a compound having a hydroxy group and an anionic group. The method for producing a hydrogel contact lens is characterized in that a constituent component of the hydrogel contact lens is a copolymer containing at least a cationic monomer and an anionic monomer, and in that the method comprises a step wherein counter ions of the monomers form ionic bonds and a step wherein an ionic hydrophilic polymer, which is a compound having a hydroxy group and an anionic group, is contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: SEED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Matsunaga, Yoko Fujishiro, Takao Sato
  • Publication number: 20160079222
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a chip package including plurality of stacked semiconductor chips, a sealing layer covering at least an upper surface of the chip package, a plurality of first conductive elements disposed on the chip package and exposed on an upper surface of the sealing layer, and a plurality of second conductive elements, each being disposed on one of the exposed surfaces of the first conductive elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Takao SATO
  • Patent number: 9280023
    Abstract: The drain lines are such that one drain line is formed for every two pixels adjacent to each other within the same pixel row, the gate lines are formed of a first gate line connected to one of the two pixels connected to the same drain line within the same pixel row and a second gate line connected to the other pixel, the pixel electrode is formed of a first linear electrode inclined in a plus direction from the first direction, and a second linear electrode inclined in a minus direction from the first direction, in a region in which the pixel electrode is superimposed over the common electrode, and each pixel has the first and second gate lines and thin film transistor formed in a region between the region of the first linear electrode and the region of the second linear electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY INC., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takao Sato
  • Patent number: 9274366
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate which is light transmissive and has a display region and a periphery region surrounding the display region. A light shielding portion is formed in at least the periphery region of the first substrate and has a light passing portion in the periphery region. A first scale mark portion is formed on the first substrate so as to be arranged inside the light passing portion. A second substrate overlaps the first substrate and a second scale mark portion is formed on the second substrate and forms a pair with the first scale mark portion. A sealing member seals the first and second substrates in the periphery region between the display region and the light passing portion. A dam portion is formed on the first substrate between the display region and the light passing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Sato, Saori Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20160026036
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate which is light transmissive and has a display region and a periphery region surrounding the display region. A light shielding portion is formed in at least the periphery region of the first substrate and has a light passing portion in the periphery region. A first scale mark portion is formed on the first substrate so as to be arranged inside the light passing portion. A second substrate overlaps the first substrate and a second scale mark portion is formed on the second substrate and forms a pair with the first scale mark portion. A sealing member seals the first and second substrates in the periphery region between the display region and the light passing portion. A dam portion is formed on the first substrate between the display region and the light passing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Takao SATO, Saori Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20150293399
    Abstract: A display device substrate includes a transparent substrate arranged in parallel with a face on which an image is displayed and a light-shielding film partially formed on the transparent substrate for shielding light. The light-shielding film has, at a portion of the transparent substrate along an edge thereof on at least one side, a low light-shielding portion having a lower light-shielding capability. The low light-shielding portion is formed with a smaller thickness than that of the other portion in the light-shielding film. With this configuration, even when, in a gang printing display panel in which a plurality of display panels each having the display device substrate are arranged, the light-shielding films of the display panels adjacent to each other are formed continuously, cutting can be performed more easily at a position to be cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Takao SATO, Saori Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9153566
    Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes forming grooves in a surface of a semiconductor substrate, stacking a plurality of semiconductor chips in each area of the semiconductor substrate surrounded by the grooves to form stacked bodies, forming a first sealing resin layer that covers spaces between the plurality of semiconductor chips and lateral sides of the stacked bodies, separating the semiconductor substrate to singulate the stacked bodies, mounting the stacked bodies on a wiring substrate, forming a second sealing resin layer that seals the stacked bodies on the wiring substrate, separating the wiring substrate to singulate a portion of the wiring substrate with a single stacked body thereon, and grinding a portion of the semiconductor substrate in a thickness direction from a side of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the stacked bodies, after forming the first sealing resin layer and before singulating the wiring substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Takao Sato
  • Publication number: 20150262878
    Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes forming grooves in a surface of a semiconductor substrate, stacking a plurality of semiconductor chips in each area of the semiconductor substrate surrounded by the grooves to form stacked bodies, forming a first sealing resin layer that covers spaces between the plurality of semiconductor chips and lateral sides of the stacked bodies, separating the semiconductor substrate to singulate the stacked bodies, mounting the stacked bodies on a wiring substrate, forming a second sealing resin layer that seals the stacked bodies on the wiring substrate, separating the wiring substrate to singulate a portion of the wiring substrate with a single stacked body thereon, and grinding a portion of the semiconductor substrate in a thickness direction from a side of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the stacked bodies, after forming the first sealing resin layer and before singulating the wiring substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Takao SATO
  • Patent number: D783175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIMORI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Hosokawa, Tomoko Wada, Takao Sato, Yasuto Ishikawa