Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Oba

Tatsuya Oba 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: 10754189
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a backlight film that uses a wavelength conversion film used for a liquid crystal display or the like, has satisfactory durability, and is able to emit light without color unevenness. The object is achieved by including a wavelength conversion film having a wavelength conversion layer and a gas barrier film that sandwich the wavelength conversion layer; and at least one reflective layer provided on one main surface of the wavelength conversion film and causing a film thickness distribution of the reflective layer to be ±5% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuniyasu, Tatsuya Oba
  • Publication number: 20200223183
    Abstract: A decorative member includes: a transparent resin layer provided on a rear surface thereof with a general portion, a stepped portion recessed or protrudingly provided with respect to the general portion, and an inclination portion provided between the stepped portion and the general portion; and a decorative layer provided on the rear surface, wherein: an inclination angle of the inclination portion with respect to a normal line of the general portion is equal to or more than 25° and is equal to or less than 40°; a width of the inclination portion is large beyond 0.38 mm and is equal to or less than 1 mm; and the decorative layer includes: a first layer that covers the stepped portion of the rear surface; and a second layer that covers a part of the rear surface, which is not covered by at least the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Koji OKUMURA, Hideto MAEDA, Tatsuya OBA, Daiichiro KAWASHIMA, Mitsuo YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10693224
    Abstract: A radio-wave transmitting cover is configured to be arranged in the path of the radio wave of a radio-wave radar device. The thickness of the cover is set to a reference thickness at a reference position where the incident angle of the radio wave from the radio-wave radar device is 0°. The reference thickness is set to a value obtained by multiplying half of the wavelength of the radio wave by an integer. In the area around the reference position, the thickness of the cover is gradually changed such that the greater the distance from the reference position, the greater becomes the difference by which the thickness of the cover is larger than the reference thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiya Tokunaga, Hideto Maeda, Kenji Isobe, Koji Okumura, Kimihiro Iimura, Tatsuya Oba
  • Patent number: 10651530
    Abstract: A decorative component for a vehicle includes a decorative body portion having millimeter wave transmittance and a heating sheet. The decorative body portion is configured to decorate the vehicle by being attached to part of a vehicle on a leading side in a transmitting direction of millimeter waves from a millimeter wave radar device. The heating sheet includes a plastic sheet and a wire-shaped heater provided on the plastic sheet. At least a main portion of the heating sheet is provided integrally with the decorative body portion. The thickness in the front-rear direction is set uniform in at least a transmittance area of millimeter waves in the decorative body portion and the heating sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Okumura, Hideto Maeda, Tetsuo Yasuda, Seiya Tokunaga, Tatsuya Oba
  • Patent number: 10619092
    Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion film-forming composition which forms a wavelength conversion film by being applied to a substrate to form a coating film and curing the coating film, the wavelength conversion film-forming composition including at least quantum dots, a volatile component, and a binder that is soluble in the volatile component and/or a binder precursor that is soluble in or compatible with the volatile component, in which the wavelength conversion film-forming composition is gellable in the presence of the volatile component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kamo, Tatsuya Oba
  • Patent number: 10605433
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion member, is provided with a wavelength conversion layer that includes quantum dots and is interposed between two barrier layers. The wavelength conversion member includes a light scattering layer that is provided between the barrier layers and the wavelength conversion layer, in which one of the barrier layers closest to the light scattering layer is formed of an inorganic component, the light scattering layer includes a binder, which is formed of either a compound having a hydrogen bonding functional group and a polymerizable group in a molecule or an organic metal coupling agent, and scattering particles having a diameter R of 0.2 to 5 ?m, a thickness d of the light scattering layer is 0.2 to 4 ?m, a thickness D of the wavelength conversion layer is 10 to 100 ?m, and a ratio of d to D is 0.2% to 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Naoyoshi Yamada, Tatsuya Oba
  • Publication number: 20200032137
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent display device that further suppresses reflection of external light when viewed in an oblique direction; a phase difference film; and a circularly polarizing plate. This display device has an organic electroluminescent display panel, and a circularly polarizing plate arranged on the display panel, in which the circularly polarizing plate has a polarizer and a phase difference film, the phase difference film has, from a side of the polarizer, a negative A-plate, and a positive A-plate, the in-plane retardation of the negative A-plate at a wavelength of 550 nm is more than 50 nm and less than 90 nm, and the in-plane retardation of the positive A-plate at a wavelength of 550 nm is 100 to 200 nm, and the angle formed by the in-plane slow axis of the negative A-plate and the in-plane slow axis of the positive A-plate is 45°±10°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko WATANO, Tatsuya OBA, Hirofumi TOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10530045
    Abstract: A radio wave transmissive cover includes a cover body having a transparent first cover layer, a colored second cover layer, and a base material layer. The second cover layer is formed on the back surface of the first cover layer. The base material layer is formed on the back surface of the second cover layer. An opening is provided between the outer circumference and the center of the cover body. The opening extends through at least the base material layer and the second cover layer in the thickness direction, and the opening is open on the back surface of the base material layer. The base material layer and the second cover layer are joined together through a recess-protrusion relationship, thereby forming a sealing portion around the opening. The sealing portion seals the gap between the base material layer and the second cover layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Suzuki, Hideto Maeda, Tatsuya Oba
  • Patent number: 10513655
    Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion member including: a wavelength conversion layer including at least one kind of quantum dots that are excited by excitation light to emit fluorescence and are dispersed in an organic matrix; and a barrier layer that is provided adjacent to at least one main surface of the wavelength conversion layer and includes silicon nitride and/or silicon oxynitride as a major component, in which the organic matrix is obtained by curing a curable composition including at least an alicyclic epoxy compound and includes a chemical structure A which is bonded to silicon nitride and/or silicon oxynitride as a major component of the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Satake, Makoto Kamo, Naoyoshi Yamada, Tatsuya Oba
  • Patent number: 10480751
    Abstract: The wavelength conversion laminated film includes a laminate which has a wavelength conversion layer containing a phosphor and a gas barrier layer laminated on both the main surfaces of the wavelength conversion layer and an end face sealing layer which covers at least end faces of the wavelength conversion layer among end faces of the laminate, in which the end face sealing layer includes, from the side of the end faces of the laminate, a first metal layer coming into contact with the end faces, a resin layer, and a second metal layer in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuniyasu, Tatsuya Oba, Masayuki Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20190345357
    Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion film that suppresses the deterioration of quantum dots by oxygen and is capable of suppressing a decrease in brightness. The wavelength conversion film has a wavelength conversion layer and a base material that supports the wavelength conversion layer, the wavelength conversion layer has a binder and cured substance particles of a (meth)acrylate compound including wavelength conversion particles, and, in the wavelength conversion layer, 90% or more of the cured substance particles of the (meth)acrylate compound are present in a region 5 ?m or more apart from main surfaces in a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi KUNIYASU, Tatsuya OBA
  • Publication number: 20190348578
    Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion film that suppresses a deterioration of quantum dots by oxygen and is capable of suppressing a decrease in brightness. The wavelength conversion film includes a wavelength conversion layer and auxiliary layers sandwiching the wavelength conversion layer, in which the wavelength conversion layer has polyvinyl alcohol and cured substance particles of a (meth)acrylate compound including wavelength conversion particles, and an oxygen permeability of the auxiliary layer is 1.0×100 to 1.0×10?2 cc/(m2·day·atm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi KUNIYASU, Tatsuya OBA
  • Publication number: 20190302497
    Abstract: An object is to provide: a wavelength conversion film in which deterioration of wavelength conversion particles caused by oxygen can be prevented and optical characteristics are also excellent; and a method of manufacturing the wavelength conversion film. The object is achieved with the wavelength conversion film including: a wavelength conversion layer; and a substrate that supports the wavelength conversion layer, in which the wavelength conversion layer includes a polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification degree in a range of 86 to 97 mol % and cured product particles of a (meth)acrylate compound including wavelength conversion particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi KUNIYASU, Tatsuya OBA
  • Publication number: 20190292446
    Abstract: An object is to provide: a thin wavelength conversion film in which a phosphor can be uniformly dispersed and deterioration of the phosphor caused by oxygen can also be prevented; and a backlight unit including the wavelength conversion film. The object is achieved with the wavelength conversion film including a wavelength conversion layer and a substrate, in which the wavelength conversion layer includes a binder and particles including a phosphor, an oxygen permeability coefficient of the binder is 0.01 (cc·mm)/(m2·day·atm) or lower, an oxygen permeability coefficient of the matrix is 10 to 1000 (cc·mm)/(m2·day·atm), and a content of the particles in the wavelength conversion layer is 0.01 to 5 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oba, Satoshi Kuniyasu
  • Publication number: 20190258098
    Abstract: A phosphor-containing film suppresses deterioration of a phosphor and generation of luminescent spots and the reduction in luminance, and a backlight unit. The phosphor-containing film includes: a phosphor-containing layer having a resin layer which has oxygen impermeability and discrete concave portions, and fluorescent regions arranged in the concave portions, and a first substrate film laminated on one surface of the phosphor-containing layer and a second substrate film laminated on the opposing surface, in which the fluorescent regions contain the phosphor that deteriorates through a reaction with oxygen, and a binder, the first substrate film includes a support film and an inorganic layer provided on a surface of the support film on a side facing the phosphor-containing layer, the resin layer has a modulus of elasticity of 0.5 to 10 GPa, and a thickness of the bottom of the concave portion of the resin layer is 0.1 to 20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya OBA, Hirofumi TOYAMA, Kenichi KAKISHITA
  • Publication number: 20190251897
    Abstract: Provided are a backlight unit and a light absorbing material-containing film which contains quantum dots or the like and is capable of suppressing in-plane luminance unevenness and chromaticity unevenness; and a backlight unit. The light absorbing material-containing film includes a light absorbing material-containing layer with a resin layer in which one or more concave portions discretely disposed are formed and a plurality of light absorption regions containing light absorbing bodies and disposed in the concave portions formed in the resin layer; a first substrate film laminated on one main surface of the light absorbing material-containing layer; and a second substrate film laminated on the other main surface of the light absorbing material-containing layer, where the light absorption region contains at least one phosphor that serves as the light absorbing body, and a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi TOYAMA, Tatsuya OBA, Takashi YONEMOTO
  • Patent number: 10366876
    Abstract: Provided are a phosphor-containing capable of suppressing deterioration of phosphors and can be manufactured with high efficiency and a backlight unit. Specifically, provided is a phosphor-containing film, including a first substrate film; and a phosphor-containing layer at which a plurality of regions containing phosphors, which, if exposed to oxygen, deteriorate by reacting with the oxygen, are discretely disposed on the first substrate film, and at which a resin layer having an impermeability to oxygen is disposed between the discretely disposed regions containing phosphors, in which a width S of the resin layer between the regions containing phosphors is 0.01?S<0.5 mm, and wherein a ratio of a volume Vp of the regions containing phosphors, to a sum of the volume Vp and a volume Vb of the resin layer in the phosphor-containing layer, is 0.1?Vp/(Vp+Vb)<0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Oku, Kenichi Kakishita, Tatsuya Oba
  • Publication number: 20190194530
    Abstract: A phosphor-containing film contains a phosphor such as a quantum dot and is capable of suppressing deterioration of phosphor even where the film is formed into a laminated structure; and a backlight unit including the phosphor-containing film as a wavelength converting member. The film includes: a phosphor-containing layer in which a plurality of fluorescent regions, each of which contains a phosphor that deteriorates through reaction with oxygen when exposed to oxygen, are discretely arranged and a resin layer having impermeability to oxygen is arranged among the plurality of the discretely arranged fluorescent regions; and a first substrate film and a second substrate film, which are respectively laminated on both main surfaces of the phosphor-containing layer, in which the resin layer has a Knoop hardness of 115 N/mm2 to 285 N/mm2, a creep recovery rate of 22% or less, and an elastic recovery rate of 60% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Megumi SEKIGUCHI, Tatsuya OBA, Kenichi KAKISHITA, Masayuki KUSUMOTO, Natsuru CHIKUSHI
  • Publication number: 20190194531
    Abstract: A phosphor-containing film capable of suppressing deterioration of phosphor and capable of suppressing generation of luminescent spots and the reduction in luminance due to a defect of the resin layer. The film includes: a phosphor-containing layer having a resin layer which has impermeability to oxygen and is provided with a plurality of discretely arranged concave portions, and a plurality of fluorescent regions, each of which is arranged in the concave portion of the resin layer and contains a phosphor that deteriorates through a reaction with oxygen when exposed to oxygen; and a first substrate film and a second substrate film, which are respectively laminated on one main surface and the other main surface of the phosphor-containing layer, in which the fluorescent regions contain a binder and quantum dots serving as the phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya OBA, Natsuru CHIKUSHI, Kenichi KAKISHITA, Masayuki KUSUMOTO, Ryo SATAKE, Megumi SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190146274
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a backlight film that uses a wavelength conversion film used for a liquid crystal display or the like, has satisfactory durability, and is able to emit light without color unevenness. The object is achieved by including a wavelength conversion film having a wavelength conversion layer and a gas barrier film that sandwich the wavelength conversion layer; and at least one reflective layer provided on one main surface of the wavelength conversion film and causing a film thickness distribution of the reflective layer to be ±5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi KUNIYASU, Tatsuya OBA