Patents by Inventor Takao Someya
Takao Someya 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: 20220015228Abstract: A substrate that is stretchable and that at least has a wiring region; wiring at least positioned in the wiring region on a first surface side of the substrate, the wiring having a meandering shape section that includes peaks and valleys aligned along a first direction that is one of planar directions of the first surface of the substrate; and a stretching control mechanism that controls extension and contraction of the substrate. The stretching control mechanism at least includes stretching control parts that are positioned in the wiring region of the substrate and that are aligned along the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicants: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Naoko OKIMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA, Takao SOMEYA
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Publication number: 20210326623Abstract: A detection device according to an aspect includes: a sensor base; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are provided in a detection area of the sensor base and are configured to receive light incident thereon and output signals corresponding to the received light; a plurality of switching elements provided in the respective photoelectric conversion elements; a plurality of gate lines that are coupled to the switching elements and extend in a first direction; a first light source configured to emit first light having a first maximum emission wavelength; and a second light source configured to emit second light having a second maximum emission wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Hirofumi KATO, Takanori TSUNASHIMA, Makoto UCHIDA, Takashi NAKAMURA, Akio TAKIMOTO, Takao SOMEYA, Tomoyuki YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20210328162Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a flexible electronic element substrate comprising a polyimide layer that has both low ultraviolet transmittance and high visible light transmittance and that is capable of suppressing ultraviolet degradation without any reduction in the performance of an electronic element. In order to solve this problem, the flexible electronic element substrate comprises a polyimide layer that satisfies all of (1) through (3) below: (1) maximum transmittance at a wavelength of 400±5 nm is 70% or higher at a thickness of 5 ?m; (2) the b* value in an L*a*b* color system is 5 or less at a thickness of 5 ?m; and (3) transmittance of light at a wavelength of 350 nm is 10% or less at a thickness of 5 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicants: RIKEN, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Kenjiro FUKUDA, Hiroki KIMURA, Takao SOMEYA, Kenichi FUKUKAWA, Masaki OKAZAKI, Tatsuhiro URAKAMI
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Patent number: 11109479Abstract: A substrate that is stretchable and that at least has a wiring region; wiring at least positioned in the wiring region on a first surface side of the substrate, the wiring having a meandering shape section that includes peaks and valleys aligned along a first direction that is one of planar directions of the first surface of the substrate; and a stretching control mechanism that controls extension and contraction of the substrate. The stretching control mechanism at least includes stretching control parts that are positioned in the wiring region of the substrate and that are aligned along the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignees: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Naoko Okimoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Takao Someya
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Patent number: 11107601Abstract: The invention provides an elastic conductor which is excellent in stretchability and hardly causes a decrease in conductivity even when stretched. The elastic conductor includes an elastomer and two types of conductive particles, wherein the two types of conductive particles are flake-like particles and nanoparticles, and the conductive particles are dispersed throughout the elastomer.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Naoji Matsuhisa, Takao Someya, Daishi Inoue
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Patent number: 11051764Abstract: A blood flow disorder detection device includes: a sensor sheet including a flexible substrate and a plurality of sensors provided on the flexible substrate; and an analyzer that analyzes outputs of the plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors measure different types of blood flow information of a living tissue, the blood flow information being obtained by attaching the sensor sheet to the living tissue. The analyzer detects a blood flow disorder in the living tissue by analyzing the different types of blood flow information from the plurality of sensors.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignees: PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD., KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Sekino, Yoko Tomioka, Yusuke Inoue, Takao Someya, Shinri Sakai, Shintaro Enomoto
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Patent number: 10991764Abstract: A photodetector array of a stacked film comprises, a plurality of first electrodes formed on a substrate and extending in parallel in a first direction, a plurality of second electrodes extending in parallel in a second direction crossing the first electrodes, a first organic thin film diode and a second organic thin film diode disposed between each of the first electrodes and each of the second electrodes, and an intermediate connection electrode layer serving as a common anode or a common cathode. The intermediate connection electrode layer connects the first organic thin film diode and the second organic thin film diode by backward-diode connection. At least either the first electrodes or the second electrodes are transparent with light passing therethrough, the first organic thin film diode is a photoresponsive organic diode, and the second organic thin film diode is an organic rectifier diode.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: SIGNTLE INC.Inventors: Peter Zalar, Naoji Matsuhisa, Takao Someya
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Patent number: 10966316Abstract: A wiring film is provided between a cloth and an electronic component, wherein the wiring film has a wiring layer including an extensible film and wirings provided along the extensible film inside or on an outer surface of the extensible film and at least a part of the wirings is exposed from a first surface of the wiring layer that faces the electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Masao Nakajima, Ichiro Amimori, Osamu Sawanobori, Takao Someya
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Publication number: 20210029824Abstract: This fiber net includes a fiber net having an electrode part, in which a fiber constituting the electrode part includes a core material, a relaxation layer which covers at least a part of a surface of the core material and contains a material having a higher Young's modulus than a material forming the core material, and a conductive layer which covers a surface of the relaxation layer on a side opposite to the core material side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Takao SOMEYA, Sunghoon LEE
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Publication number: 20200323453Abstract: An electronic functional member according to the present embodiment includes a substrate; a fiber mesh comprising a fibrous resin composition that extends onto and is connected to the substrate; and a patterned conductive coating portion that coats one surface of a portion of the fiber mesh and that also extends onto the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Sung Won Lee, Takao Someya, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Shinri Sakai
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Publication number: 20200281074Abstract: A substrate that is stretchable and that at least has a wiring region; wiring at least positioned in the wiring region on a first surface side of the substrate, the wiring having a meandering shape section that includes peaks and valleys aligned along a first direction that is one of planar directions of the first surface of the substrate; and a stretching control mechanism that controls extension and contraction of the substrate. The stretching control mechanism at least includes stretching control parts that are positioned in the wiring region of the substrate and that are aligned along the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicants: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Naoko OKIMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA, Takao SOMEYA
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Publication number: 20200281073Abstract: A substrate that is stretchable; wiring positioned on a first surface side of the substrate, the wiring having a meandering shape section including peaks and valleys aligned along a first direction that is one of planar directions of the first surface of the substrate; and a stretching control mechanism that controls extension and contraction of the substrate. The substrate has a component region and a wiring region adjacent to the component region. The component region includes a component-fixing region overlapping an electronic component mounted on the wiring board when viewed along the normal direction of the first surface of the substrate and a component-surrounding region positioned around the component-fixing region. The stretching control mechanism is positioned in the component-surrounding region and at least includes a stretching control part that spreads to the border between the component-surrounding region and the component-fixing region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicants: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Naoko OKIMOTO, Kenichi OGAWA, Takao SOMEYA
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Publication number: 20200260573Abstract: This wiring board comprises: a substrate having a first elastic modulus and including a first surface and a second surface positioned on the opposite side of the first surface; wiring positioned on the first surface side of the substrate and connected to an electrode of an electronic component mounted on the wiring board; and a reinforcing member having a second elastic modulus greater than the first elastic modulus and at least including a first reinforcing part that is positioned on the first surface side of the substrate or on the second surface side of the substrate and that at least partially overlaps the electronic component mounted on the wiring board when viewed along the normal direction of the first surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicants: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Kenichi OGAWA, Takao SOMEYA
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Patent number: 10588525Abstract: Provided is a multi-point probe which is formed of a tubular laminate which is configured by winding an electronic contact sheet including a sheet-shaped insulating base material, a plurality of electronic contacts which are arranged to be separated from each other in a column shape on the sheet-shaped insulating base material, and a plurality of wirings which are connected to each of the electronic contacts on the sheet-shaped insulating base material from a first end towards a second end and laminating the electronic contact sheet to have multiple layers, in which the electronic contacts are not covered with the sheet-shaped insulating base material and are exposed, and the wiringsther than a wiring on the uppermost layer are laminated so that at least some parts thereof are covered with the sheet-shaped insulating base material.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Takao Someya, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Shinri Sakai
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Publication number: 20200082957Abstract: The invention provides an elastic conductor which is excellent in stretchability and hardly causes a decrease in conductivity even when stretched. The elastic conductor includes an elastomer and two types of conductive particles, wherein the two types of conductive particles are flake-like particles and nanoparticles, and the conductive particles are dispersed throughout the elastomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2017Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Naoji Matsuhisa, Takao Someya, Daishi Inoue
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Patent number: 10548219Abstract: The present invention provides a stress relaxation substrate for relaxing stress generated due to differences in the hardness of a circuit substrate and a cloth body. This stress relaxation substrate is disposed between a cloth body and a circuit board having a wiring, wherein the stress relaxation substrate includes a stress relaxation layer harder than the cloth body, and softer than the circuit board, an adhesive layer provided on one surface of the stress relaxation layer, and a conductive portion provided on the stress relaxation layer to be formed between a first surface and a second surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Masao Nakajima, Ichiro Amimori, Osamu Sawanobori, Takao Someya
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Publication number: 20190378880Abstract: There is provide a photodetector array of a stacked film, which comprises a plurality of first electrodes formed on a substrate and extending in parallel in a first direction, a plurality of second electrodes extending in parallel in a second direction crossing the first electrodes, a first organic thin film diode and a second organic thin film diode disposed between each of the first electrodes and each of the second electrodes, and an intermediate connection electrode layer serving as a common anode or a common cathode. The intermediate connection electrode layer connects the first organic thin film diode and the second organic thin film diode by backward-diode connection. At least either the first electrodes or the second electrodes are transparent with light passing therethrough, the first organic thin film diode is a photoresponsive organic diode, and the second organic thin film diode is an organic rectifier diode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: SIGNTLE INC.Inventors: Peter ZALAR, Naoji MATSUHISA, Takao SOMEYA
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Publication number: 20190363206Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a first base material layer that is elastic; a first electrode layer provided on the first base material layer; a semiconductor layer provided on the first electrode layer; a second electrode layer provided on the semiconductor layer; and a second base material layer that is elastic and provided on the second electrode layer, wherein a neutral plane is positioned between a center of the first electrode layer and a center of the second electrode layer in the thickness direction, n indicates the number of layers in the semiconductor device, Ei indicates an elastic modulus of an i-th layer from the one surface of the semiconductor device, among the layers of the semiconductor device, and ti and tj respectively indicate thicknesses of the i-th layer and a j-th layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Kenjiro FUKUDA, Takao SOMEYA
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Patent number: 10444249Abstract: Provided is a compound including a repeating unit (A) having a carboxyl group on a side chain thereof and a repeating unit (B) having a carboxylate group having an ester residue exhibiting an aggregation-induced emission capability on a side chain thereof and the compound is useful as a polyvalent metal ion sensor such as calcium ions that is capable of reversible sensing and of being integrated into a device.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Takanori Fukushima, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Hanako Hasebe, Takao Someya, Tsuyoshi Sekitani
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Patent number: 10413242Abstract: There is provided a biocompatible electrode structure which is capable of being connected to an electronic circuit, and in which a conductive nanomaterial is dispersed into a polymeric medium in which a density of the conductive nanomaterial on an opposite side of a connection surface to the electronic circuit, in the polymeric medium is lower than that on the side of the connection surface to the electronic circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Takao Someya, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Remi Takano