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).

  • Patent number: 10413247
    Abstract: A signal detection device includes: multiple electrodes that are arranged to come into contact with a subject that generates a signal; an electrode signal selection unit that alternatively selects one signal from signals on the multiple electrodes based on a selection signal; an amplification unit that amplifies the signal that is selected by the electrode signal selection unit; and a flexible substrate on which the multiple electrodes, the selection unit, and the amplification unit are formed, in which the amplification unit is formed on the substrate to form a laminated structure together with the multiple electrodes and the selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fuketa, Makoto Takamiya, Takayasu Sakurai, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Takao Someya
  • Patent number: 10398377
    Abstract: A connector substrate includes a base material, n first input terminals of m groups (m and n are an integer equal to or greater than 2) which are provided on the base material, n first output terminals which are provided on the base material, first wiring patterns which are disposed on or inside the base material and connect the first input terminals and the first output terminals, m second input terminals which are provided on the base material, m second output terminals which are provided on the base material, and second wiring patterns which are disposed on or inside the base material and connect the second input terminals and the second output terminals, in which a first end of each connector wiring constituting the first wiring pattern is connected to one of the n first input terminals constituting each group, and a second end is connected to one of the first output terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Ichiro Amimori, Masao Nakajima, Takao Someya
  • Patent number: 10401240
    Abstract: In order to provide a highly flexible and more highly sensitive ultrathin sheet for a pressure sensor, a pressure sensor, and a method for producing the sheet for a pressure sensor, a pressure sensor sheet (10) of the present invention is provided with a first electrode sheet (1a), a second electrode sheet (1b), and a flocculent pressure-sensitive conductive layer (3) composed of tangled conductive fibers (2) which is disposed between the first electrode sheet (1a) and the second electrode sheet (1b) and undergoes a change in resistance value when compressed, wherein the conductive fibers (2) extend along a direction parallel to the two electrode sheets and are stacked in a perpendicular direction, and the conductive fibers that constitute the pressure-sensitive conductive layer have spaces provided therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Sung Won Lee, Takao Someya, Tsuyoshi Sekitani
  • Patent number: 10376174
    Abstract: In order to provide an electrode equipped with an insulating wall having excellent patterning properties as well as excellent biocompatibility, there is provided an electrode including, on a substrate, an electrode element; and an insulating wall formed around the electrode element, constituted of a polysiloxane compound (component A) having, per molecule, two or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, a styrenic vinyl group, a vinyl ester group, a maleic acid ester group and a maleimide group, and formed from a polymer obtained by reaction of the functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takao Someya, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Kazunori Kuribara, Ryuta Tamiya, Masataka Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10305052
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a Janus-type triptycene derivative which is capable of forming a self-assembled film which does not depend on the material quality of a substrate; a self-assembled film using said Janus-type triptycene derivative; a structure having said film on a surface thereof; a method for manufacturing said film; and an electronic device using said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Takanori Fukushima, Yoshiaki Shoji, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Takao Someya
  • Patent number: 10302506
    Abstract: In order to provide a resin composition for temperature sensors that includes a polymer and exhibits high flexibility, higher sensitivity and high cyclic repeatability, a temperature sensor element, a temperature sensor, and a method for producing a temperature sensor, the resin composition (10) for temperature sensors is configured to have conductive particles (2) dispersed in an acrylic polymer (1) obtained by copolymerizing a first acrylic monomer represented by a general formula CH2CHCOOX1 and a second acrylic monomer represented by a general formula CH2CHCOOX2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Yuki Terakawa, Tomoyuki Yokota, Takao Someya, Jonathan T. Reeder
  • Patent number: 10295367
    Abstract: A signal detection device according to an aspect of the invention includes a laminated structure of a first circuit layer (201) in which a plurality of electrodes brought into contact with a subject is formed, a second circuit layer (202) in which a plurality of amplifiers having an input portion capacitively coupled to the plurality of electrodes, respectively, is formed, and a third circuit layer (203) in which a plurality of transistors for reading outputs of the plurality of amplifiers is formed, an insulation layer which seals the second circuit layer is formed between the plurality of electrodes formed in the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer, and the plurality of electrodes and the input portions of the plurality of amplifiers are capacitively coupled to each other via the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Takao Someya
  • Publication number: 20190075652
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Masao Nakajima, Ichiro Amimori, Osamu Sawanobori, Takao Someya
  • Patent number: 10176903
    Abstract: A stretchable conductor of the present invention includes: a mixture which is configured of a stretchable portion made of an elastomer, and at least one type of conductive particles dispersed in the stretchable portion; and a conducting portion in which the conductive particles are aggregated in a higher concentration at one or a plurality of positions on an interface of the mixture than that at positions located in an inner portion of the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Takao Someya, Naoji Matsuhisa
  • Publication number: 20180332702
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Masao NAKAJIMA, Ichiro AMIMORI, Osamu SAWANOBORI, Takao SOMEYA
  • Publication number: 20180242912
    Abstract: A connector substrate includes a base material, n first input terminals of m groups (m and n are an integer equal to or greater than 2) which are provided on the base material, n first output terminals which are provided on the base material, first wiring patterns which are disposed on or inside the base material and connect the first input terminals and the first output terminals, m second input terminals which are provided on the base material, m second output terminals which are provided on the base material, and second wiring patterns which are disposed on or inside the base material and connect the second input terminals and the second output terminals, in which a first end of each connector wiring constituting the first wiring pattern is connected to one of the n first input terminals constituting each group, and a second end is connected to one of the first output terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Ichiro AMIMORI, Masao NAKAJIMA, Takao SOMEYA
  • Publication number: 20180160987
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Masaki Sekino, Yoko Tomioka, Yusuke Inoue, Takao Someya, Shinri Sakai, Shintaro Enomoto
  • Patent number: 9825232
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-performance, highly homogeneous, highly stable electronic device by forming an extremely uniform interface between an insulator and an organic semiconductor, as well as an electronic apparatus using the same. The present invention relates to an electronic device which contains, as a component, an organic thin film in which a geometric two-dimensional arrangement is formed regularly by interdigitating skeletal structures of a positive three-pronged shape of triptycene and by adding a first molecule extending out of one plane of a two-dimensional molecular structure of the triptycene skeletal structure. The invention also relates to an electronic apparatus and the like which contains the electronic device in the interior of the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Takanori Fukushima, Yoshiaki Shoji, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Takao Someya
  • Publication number: 20170279058
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a Janus-type triptycene derivative which is capable of forming a self-assembled film which does not depend on the material quality of a substrate; a self-assembled film using said Janus-type triptycene derivative; a structure having said film on a surface thereof; a method for manufacturing said film; and an electronic device using said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Takanori Fukushima, Yoshiaki Shoji, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Takao Someya
  • Publication number: 20170176262
    Abstract: In order to provide a resin composition for temperature sensors that includes a polymer and exhibits high flexibility, higher sensitivity and high cyclic repeatability, a temperature sensor element, a temperature sensor, and a method for producing a temperature sensor, the resin composition (10) for temperature sensors is configured to have conductive particles (2) dispersed in an acrylic polymer (1) obtained by copolymerizing a first acrylic monomer represented by a general formula CH2CHCOOX1 and a second acrylic monomer represented by a general formula CH2CHCOOX2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi SEKITANI, Yuki TERAKAWA, Tomoyuki YOKOTA, Takao SOMEYA, Jonathan T. REEDER
  • Publication number: 20170169914
    Abstract: A stretchable conductor of the present invention includes: a mixture which is configured of a stretchable portion made of an elastomer, and at least one type of conductive particles dispersed in the stretchable portion; and a conducting portion in which the conductive particles are aggregated in a higher concentration at one or a plurality of positions on an interface of the mixture than that at positions located in an inner portion of the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi SEKITANI, Takao SOMEYA, Naoji MATSUHISA
  • Publication number: 20170167928
    Abstract: In order to provide a highly flexible and more highly sensitive ultrathin sheet for a pressure sensor, a pressure sensor, and a method for producing the sheet for a pressure sensor, a pressure sensor sheet (10) of the present invention is provided with a first electrode sheet (1a), a second electrode sheet (1b), and a flocculent pressure-sensitive conductive layer (3) composed of tangled conductive fibers (2) which is disposed between the first electrode sheet (1a) and the second electrode sheet (1b) and undergoes a change in resistance value when compressed, wherein the conductive fibers (2) extend along a direction parallel to the two electrode sheets and are stacked in a perpendicular direction, and the conductive fibers that constitute the pressure-sensitive conductive layer have spaces provided therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Sung Won LEE, Takao SOMEYA, Tsuyoshi SEKITANI
  • Patent number: 9668224
    Abstract: A radio base station apparatus including a function for determining a transmission power, including: a neighbor cell detection unit configured to detect a neighbor cell that interferes with a target cell that the radio base station apparatus can form; a received power measurement unit configured to measure, for each neighbor cell detected by the neighbor cell detection unit, a received power from the neighbor cell; and a transmission power determination unit configured to calculate, for each band part that overlaps with a transmission band of the radio base station apparatus in transmission bands of each neighbor cell, a sum of received powers for neighbor cells having transmission bands each including the band part, and to determine an interference amount in the target cell based on the sum of received powers so as to determine the transmission power by using the interference amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takao Someya, Atsushi Fukuda, Hiroyuki Hosono, Shogo Yabuki
  • Patent number: 9503920
    Abstract: A base station has a first wireless communication unit that communicates with mobile stations for offering a first radio communication service to the mobile stations, and a second wireless communication unit that communicates with mobile stations for offering a second radio communication service that is different from the first radio communication service to the mobile stations. At the base station, a communication service continuation restrictor is provided that restricts operation of the base station as to whether or not, when it is detected that either one of the first or the second radio communication service is not executable, another radio communication service should be continued. Whether or not the other communication service should be continued can be set at the communication service continuation restrictor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takao Someya, Fumiki Hasegawa, Takefumi Yamada, Hiroki Zukawa, Yutaka Fuke, Toshirou Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20160331261
    Abstract: In order to provide an electrode equipped with an insulating wall having excellent patterning properties as well as excellent biocompatibility, there is provided an electrode including, on a substrate, an electrode element; and an insulating wall formed around the electrode element, constituted of a polysiloxane compound (component A) having, per molecule, two or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, a styrenic vinyl group, a vinyl ester group, a maleic acid ester group and a maleimide group, and formed from a polymer obtained by reaction of the functional groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicants: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takao SOMEYA, Tsuyoshi SEKITANI, Kazunori KURIBARA, Ryuta TAMIYA, Masataka NAKAMURA