Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Nagahama

Tsutomu Nagahama 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: 20090310219
    Abstract: An anti-glare film is provided and includes micro concave/convex portions on a surface. An average interval between the micro concave and convex portions is equal to 300 ?m or less. A differentiation with respect to angle d{Log(I(?))}/d? of a logarithm intensity of reflection Log(I(?)) in a direction of a deviation angle ? from a direction of specular reflection has an extreme value. A differentiation d{Log(P(?)}/d? of a histogram P(?) to an inclination angle ? of the micro concave/convex portions has an extreme value. In the anti-glare film 1, a value C(2.0) of transmitted image clarity measured by using an optical comb of a comb width of 2 mm in accordance with JIS-K7105 is equal to 30% or more, and a ratio C(0.125)/C(2.0) of the value C(2.0) measured by using the optical comb of the comb width of 2 mm and a value C(0.125) measured by using an optical comb having a comb width of 0.125 mm is equal to 0.1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nagahama, Yumi Haga, Hitoshi Watanabe, Shinichi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 7626761
    Abstract: A fly's-eye lens sheet having a light-shielding layer includes a fly's-eye lens sheet body provided with fly's-eye lenses on one principal surface thereof, the light-shielding layer provided on the other principal surface of the fly's-eye lens sheet body, and a photosensitive adhesive layer disposed between the fly's-eye lens sheet body and the light-shielding layer, the photosensitive adhesive layer having adhesive and non-adhesive patterns, wherein the light-shielding layer includes a light-shielding portion disposed on the adhesive pattern and transmitting portions disposed on the non-adhesive pattern for transmitting light transmitted through the fly's-eye lenses, the transmitting portions are located at positions corresponding to light-collecting parts of the fly's-eye lenses, and the light-shielding portion contains carbon particles, the content of the carbon particles being 45% to 65% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yumi Haga, Yukio Miyaki, Hiroyuki Kiso, Tsutomu Nagahama, Shinichi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20090290220
    Abstract: An anti-glare film has a plurality of diffuser elements, and has specified optical properties. The ratio of I(?+1)/I(?) is more than 0.1 to 0.6, where I(?) is an intensity of a light reflected toward an arbitrary angle ? of 10° or less from a specular reflection direction of an incident light upon the surface at an angle of 5° to 30° from the surface normal, and I(?+1) is an intensity of a reflected light deviated from the arbitrary angle ? by 1° in a wide-angle direction. The gain of a light reflected in the direction at 20° or more from the specular reflection direction of the incident light is 0.02 or less, in which the gain is obtained by normalizing a reflected light intensity using a specular reflection intensity of a standard diffuse plate as 1. The diffuser elements have an average space therebetween of 50 to 300 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nagahama, Yumi Haga, Hitoshi Watanabe, Shinichi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 7567383
    Abstract: An anti-glare film has a plurality of diffuser elements, and has specified optical properties. The ratio of I(?+1)/I(?) is more than 0.1 to 0.6, where I(?) is an intensity of a light reflected toward an arbitrary angle ? of 10° or less from a specular reflection direction of an incident light upon the surface at an angle of 5° to 30° from the surface normal, and I(?+1) is an intensity of a reflected light deviated from the arbitrary angle ? by 1° in a wide-angle direction. The gain of a light reflected in the direction at 20° or more from the specular reflection direction of the incident light is 0.02 or less, in which the gain is obtained by normalizing a reflected light intensity using a specular reflection intensity of a standard diffuse plate as 1. The diffuser elements have an average space therebetween of 50 to 300 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nagahama, Yumi Haga, Hitoshi Watanabe, Shinichi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 7480097
    Abstract: A light diffusion sheet, a method of producing a light diffusion sheet, and a screen using the light diffusion sheet, are provided. The method of producing a light diffusion sheet includes transferring an uneven form of a surface of a mold to form a light diffusion layer having an uneven surface; and repeating the transferring step twice or more to stack two layers or more of the light diffusion layers on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nagahama, Hiroyuki Kiso, Yukio Miyaki
  • Publication number: 20090015927
    Abstract: An antiglare film includes a base material and an antiglare layer which is disposed on at least one surface of the base material and which contains fine particles and a resin, wherein the fine particles constitute aggregates mainly in in-plane directions, and gradual unevenness is disposed on the surface of the antiglare layer through aggregation of the fine particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Matsumura, Yumi Haga, Tsutomu Nagahama, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20080286527
    Abstract: An anti-glare film, a method for manufacturing the anti-glare film, and a display device provided with the anti-glare film are provided. The anti-glare film includes fine irregularities formed on a surface of the anti-glare film, and wherein arithmetic mean roughness Ra of a roughness curve of the surface is 0.05 to 0.5 micrometers, and root mean square slope R?q is 0.003 to 0.05 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumi Haga, Shinichi Matsumura, Hitoshi Watanabe, Tsutomu Nagahama
  • Publication number: 20080206458
    Abstract: A method for producing an anti-glare film includes applying a coating composition including at least a resin, a solvent, and fine particles to a substrate; drying the coating composition applied to the substrate so that a Benard cell structure is formed in the surface of the coating layer due to convection caused during volatilization of the solvent; and curing the resin contained in the coating composition having formed therein a Benard cell structure to form an anti-glare layer having fine irregularities with a moderate surface waviness. The anti-glare layer has a degree of white muddiness of 1.7 or less, as measured by quantitatively determining a diffuse reflection component of the diffused light incident upon the surface of the anti-glare layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Watanabe, Yumi Haga, Tsutomu Nagahama, Shinichi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20080192353
    Abstract: An anti-glare film has a plurality of diffuser elements, and has specified optical properties. The ratio of I(?+1)/I(?) is more than 0.1 to 0.6, where I(?) is an intensity of a light reflected toward an arbitrary angle ? of 10° or less from a specular reflection direction of an incident light upon the surface at an angle of 5° to 30° from the surface normal, and I(?+1) is an intensity of a reflected light deviated from the arbitrary angle ? by 1° in a wide-angle direction. The gain of a light reflected in the direction at 20° or more from the specular reflection direction of the incident light is 0.02 or less, in which the gain is obtained by normalizing a reflected light intensity using a specular reflection intensity of a standard diffuse plate as 1. The diffuser elements have an average space therebetween of 50 to 300 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nagahama, Yumi Haga, Hitoshi Watanabe, Shinichi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20080151556
    Abstract: A method of producing a mold for use in duplicating a light diffusion sheet is provided. The method includes a step of conducting sand blasting for blasting abrasive material from a blast gun to a surface of a mold base material to form unevenness in the surface of the mold base material, wherein the abrasive material is blasted to the surface of the mold base material at a blast angle of less than 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kiso, Takao Kudo, Hirokazu Odagiri, Tsutomu Nagahama
  • Patent number: 7375883
    Abstract: A lens sheet, transmission screen, and a rear projection display are provided. The lens sheet includes fly-eye lens elements periodically arranged on one side of a transparent base, wherein the lens elements are composed of a UV-curing type resin, and the storage elastic modulus at a reference temperature of 25° C. and a frequency of 1031 6 Hz, in a master curve obtained from measurement of dynamic viscoelasticity of the resin, ranges from 1×107 Pa to 1×109 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Miyaki, Hiroyuki Kiso, Yumi Haga, Tsutomu Nagahama
  • Patent number: 7359118
    Abstract: A method of producing a mold for use in duplicating a light diffusion sheet is provided. The method includes a step of conducting sandblasting for blasting abrasive material from a blast gun to a surface of a mold base material to form unevenness in the surface of the mold base material, wherein the abrasive material is blasted to the surface of the mold base material at a blast angle of less than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kiso, Takao Kudo, Hirokazu Odagiri, Tsutomu Nagahama
  • Publication number: 20070121207
    Abstract: A lens sheet, transmission screen, and a rear projection display are provided. The lens sheet includes fly-eye lens elements periodically arranged on one side of a transparent base, wherein the lens elements are composed of a UV-curing type resin, and the storage elastic modulus at a reference temperature of 25° C. and a frequency of 1031 6 Hz, in a master curve obtained from measurement of dynamic viscoelasticity of the resin, ranges from 1×107 Pa to 1×109 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Miyaki, Hiroyuki Kiso, Yumi Haga, Tsutomu Nagahama
  • Publication number: 20070015068
    Abstract: A method for producing a transmissive screen which includes a lens sheet having a lens formed on one side and a light shielding layer formed on the other side, the light shielding layer having openings formed in regions at which light is condensed by the lens is provided. The method includes: forming the light shielding layer on the other side of the lens sheet; and forming the openings in the regions at which light is condensed by the lens by radiating laser light from the one side of the lens sheet. In the forming of the openings, a degree of beam collimation of the laser light to the lens sheet is adjusted after an energy density of the laser light is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nagahama, Hiroyuki Kiso, Yumi Haga, Yukio Miyaki
  • Publication number: 20060285214
    Abstract: A fly's-eye lens sheet having a light-shielding layer includes a fly's-eye lens sheet body provided with fly's-eye lenses on one principal surface thereof, the light-shielding layer provided on the other principal surface of the fly's-eye lens sheet body, and a photosensitive adhesive layer disposed between the fly's-eye lens sheet body and the light-shielding layer, the photosensitive adhesive layer having adhesive and non-adhesive patterns, wherein the light-shielding layer includes a light-shielding portion disposed on the adhesive pattern and transmitting portions disposed on the non-adhesive pattern for transmitting light transmitted through the fly's-eye lenses, the transmitting portions are located at positions corresponding to light-collecting parts of the fly's-eye lenses, and the light-shielding portion contains carbon particles, the content of the carbon particles being 45% to 65% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yumi Haga, Yukio Miyaki, Hiroyuki Kiso, Tsutomu Nagahama, Shinichi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20060050188
    Abstract: A light-diffusing film and screen including same are provided. The light-diffusing film having anisotropy in the diffusion angle includes a translucent support, and a translucent resin layer having irregularities on the surface thereof and being provided on the translucent support. In the light-diffusing film, the maximal value of the loss tangent (tan ?) determined from a dynamic viscoelasticity of the light-diffusing film lies in a temperature range of 0° C. to 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Yukio Miyaki, Hiroyuki Kiso, Tsutomu Nagahama
  • Publication number: 20060040204
    Abstract: A light diffusion sheet, a method of producing a light diffusion sheet, and a screen using the light diffusion sheet, are provided. The method of producing a light diffusion sheet includes transferring an uneven form of a surface of a mold to form a light diffusion layer having an uneven surface; and repeating the transferring step twice or more to stack two layers or more of the light diffusion layers on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nagahama, Hiroyuki Kiso, Yukio Miyaki
  • Publication number: 20050184412
    Abstract: A method of producing a mold for use in duplicating a light diffusion sheet is provided. The method includes a step of conducting sandblasting for blasting abrasive material from a blast gun to a surface of a mold base material to form unevenness in the surface of the mold base material, wherein the abrasive material is blasted to the surface of the mold base material at a blast angle of less than 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kiso, Takao Kudo, Hirokazu Odagiri, Tsutomu Nagahama
  • Publication number: 20020196654
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprising; (A) a transistor, (B) a capacitor member formed above said transistor through an insulating interlayer, said capacitor member comprising a lower electrode, a capacitor layer formed of a high-dielectric-constant material or a ferroelectric material and an upper electrode, (C) a contact plug formed in said insulating interlayer, for electrically connecting the lower electrode formed on the insulating interlayer with the transistor, and (D) a diffusion barrier layer formed between the lower electrode and the contact plug, said semiconductor memory device further comprising (E) an adhesion layer formed at least between the lower electrode and the diffusion barrier layer, and said adhesion layer consisting of an alloy that contains a noble metal element as a main component, and contains, as a component, a metal element that differs from any one of the noble metal element, an alkali element and an alkaline earth metal element and that contains no oxygen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Mitarai, Tsutomu Nagahama, Kenji Katori
  • Patent number: 4297722
    Abstract: A transistor device which is suitable for a high-frequency and high-power transistor is disclosed. The transistor device comprises a first ceramic plate and a second ceramic plate mounted on the first ceramic plate. The first ceramic plate is provided with a transistor chip element and also emitter, base and collector leads which are formed thereon, each of these leads being connected to a corresponding emitter, base and collector area of the transistor chip element, respectively. The second ceramic plate is provided with emitter, base and collector guide leads formed thereon. These emitter, base and collector guide leads have emitter, base and collector lead terminals, respectively. The emitter, base and collector leads of the first ceramic plate are electrically connected with the corresponding emitter, base and collector guide leads of the second ceramic plate, respectively, by means of respective longitudinal conductive paths formed along and on the side surface of the second ceramic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nagahama, Michio Ishihara