Patents by Inventor Yasushi Endo

Yasushi Endo 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: 20220385866
    Abstract: A driving controller provides a first driving signal having a first driving frequency to a first actuator, provides a second driving signal having a second driving frequency to a second actuator, derives a first average phase delay time by averaging a first phase delay time of an output signal of a first angle detection sensor with respect to the first driving signal in a plurality of cycles, derives a second average phase delay time by averaging a second phase delay time of an output signal of a second angle detection sensor with respect to the second driving signal in a plurality of cycles, generates a first reference signal based on the first driving signal and the first average phase delay time, and generates a second reference signal based on the second driving signal and the second average phase delay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA, Shinichiro SONODA, Yoshikazu HISHINUMA, Nobuya TANAKA, Yasushi ENDO
  • Patent number: 10514793
    Abstract: A touch sensor panel has a touch sensor portion which is provided on a substrate and includes a detection portion and a peripheral wiring portion, an antenna, a transmission line portion connected to the antenna, and a control board connected to the touch sensor portion and the transmission line portion. The transmission wiring portion has a signal wire which is provided on one surface of the substrate and connected to the antenna and two ground wires which are provided on the other surface of the substrate across a disposition region corresponding to a region, in which the signal wire is provided, and electrically connected to each other at least at an end on the antenna side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Tada, Akihiro Hashimoto, Yasushi Endo
  • Publication number: 20180059846
    Abstract: A touch sensor panel has a touch sensor portion provided on a substrate, an antenna which is provided on the substrate or near the substrate and transmits and receives a linearly polarized wave, and at least one L-shaped parasitic element provided on the substrate. The touch sensor portion includes a detection portion and a peripheral wiring portion. The L-shaped parasitic element includes two sides intersecting at right angle and is disposed in an appropriate position with respect to the antenna by presetting a length of each of the sides according to a frequency of the linearly polarized wave that the antenna transmits and receives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TADA, Akihiro HASHIMOTO, Yasushi ENDO
  • Publication number: 20180059845
    Abstract: A touch sensor panel has a touch sensor portion which is provided on a substrate and includes a detection portion and a peripheral wiring portion, an antenna, a transmission line portion connected to the antenna, and a control board connected to the touch sensor portion and the transmission line portion. The transmission wiring portion has a signal wire which is provided on one surface of the substrate and connected to the antenna and two ground wires which are provided on the other surface of the substrate across a disposition region corresponding to a region, in which the signal wire is provided, and electrically connected to each other at least at an end on the antenna side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TADA, Akihiro HASHIMOTO, Yasushi ENDO
  • Publication number: 20170371452
    Abstract: A touch sensor has one substrate having a plurality of regions that are at least a planar region and a side surface region which is continuous to the planar region and is bent with respect to the planar region, a touch sensor portion provided in the planar region of the substrate, and an antenna provided in a region other than the planar region of the substrate. The substrate is constituted of a flexible transparent substrate. The touch sensor portion includes a detection portion and a peripheral wire portion, and at least the detection portion is constituted of a thin metal wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi ENDO, Nobuyuki TADA
  • Patent number: 9727196
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a plurality of first terminal parts for electrically connecting with a control circuit and disposed corresponding to a plurality of first electrode parts, and first terminal wiring parts for electrically connecting the plurality of first electrode parts and the corresponding first terminal parts. Each of the first terminal wiring parts has, in at least a portion thereof falling in a circle with a radius of 10 mm centering around a boundary part between the first terminal wiring parts and the corresponding first terminal parts, a portion having a line width of 5 ?m to 100 ?m inclusive, the wiring resistance value of the first terminal wiring parts connected to the first terminal parts being 100 ohms to 10 kohms inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Tada, Yasushi Endo, Akihiro Hashimoto, Tadashi Kuriki
  • Patent number: 9491858
    Abstract: This wiring board is provided with: a plurality of metal wires disposed upon an insulating substrate; and a transparent adhesive agent layer which is disposed upon the metal wires, and which is in direct contact with the metal wires. The metal wires include: a first metal wire which has a pulse signal supplied thereto; and a second metal wire which has a fixed electric potential applied thereto. The pulse signal has a reference level identical to the fixed electric potential, and has a pulse train in which a plurality of pulses having a pulse width of not more than 3 msec are arranged, the integral time of the pulses in a period of 600 seconds being less than 60 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Endo, Nobuyuki Tada, Kenji Naoi, Tomohito Asai, Hideo Ikeda, Michihiro Shibata
  • Patent number: 9459748
    Abstract: A capacitance type touch panel includes: an insulating layer; a plurality of electrode portions; a plurality of lead-out wiring portions; a transparent resin layer; and a substrate disposed on the transparent resin layer, wherein at least on the surface of the peripheral edge of the transparent resin layer exposed between the insulating layer and the substrate and on the exposed surface of the lead-out wiring portions, a sealing layer is disposed, and the sealing layer has a moisture vapor transmittance equal to or less than 20 g/m2/24 h/atm (25° C., 90% RH, 25 ?m), and has a thickness equal to or greater than 1.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Hashimoto, Yuki Matsunami, Nobuyuki Tada, Yasushi Endo, Kentaro Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20160124550
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a plurality of first terminal parts for electrically connecting with a control circuit and disposed corresponding to a plurality of first electrode parts, and first terminal wiring parts for electrically connecting the plurality of first electrode parts and the corresponding first terminal parts. Each of the first terminal wiring parts has, in at least a portion thereof falling in a circle with a radius of 10 mm centering around a boundary part between the first terminal wiring parts and the corresponding first terminal parts, a portion having a line width of 5 ?m to 100 ?m inclusive, the wiring resistance value of the first terminal wiring parts connected to the first terminal parts being 100 ohms to 10 kohms inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Tada, Yasushi Endo, Akihiro Hashimoto, Tadashi Kuriki
  • Publication number: 20160014894
    Abstract: This wiring board is provided with: a plurality of metal wires disposed upon an insulating substrate; and a transparent adhesive agent layer which is disposed upon the metal wires, and which is in direct contact with the metal wires. The metal wires include: a first metal wire which has a pulse signal supplied thereto; and a second metal wire which has a fixed electric potential applied thereto. The pulse signal has a reference level identical to the fixed electric potential, and has a pulse train in which a plurality of pulses having a pulse width of not more than 3 msec are arranged, the integral time of the pulses in a period of 600 seconds being less than 60 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: YASUSHI ENDO, NOBUYUKI TADA, KENJI NAOI, TOMOHITO ASAI, HIDEO IKEDA, MICHIHIRO SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20150169111
    Abstract: A capacitance type touch panel includes: an insulating layer; a plurality of electrode portions; a plurality of lead-out wiring portions; a transparent resin layer; and a substrate disposed on the transparent resin layer, wherein at least on the surface of the peripheral edge of the transparent resin layer exposed between the insulating layer and the substrate and on the exposed surface of the lead-out wiring portions, a sealing layer is disposed, and the sealing layer has a moisture vapor transmittance equal to or less than 20 g/m2/24 h/atm (25° C., 90% RH, 25 ?m), and has a thickness equal to or greater than 1.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro HASHIMOTO, Yuki MATSUNAMI, Nobuyuki TADA, Yasushi ENDO, Kentaro OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150109231
    Abstract: In a conductive film for touch panel, a first electrode pattern is formed on the main surface at one side of an insulating layer, a second electrode pattern is formed on the main surface at the other side of the insulating layer, an adhesive insulating layer is disposed on at least one of the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern, an acid value of an adhesive insulating material contained in the adhesive insulating layer is equal to or greater than 10 mg KOH/g and equal to or less than 100 mg KOH/g, either or both of the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern contain silver, and a rate of change in mutual capacitance (%) between the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern before and after performing an environmental test is 0% to 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki SHIRAI, Yasuhiro OKAMOTO, Nobuyuki TADA, Yasushi ENDO, Toshiaki HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8279554
    Abstract: The magnetic signal reproduction system comprises a magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder and a binder on a nonmagnetic support; and a reproduction head, wherein a number of protrusions equal to or greater than 10 nm in height on the magnetic layer surface, as measured by an atomic force microscope, ranges from 50 to 2500/10,000 ?m2, a quantity of lubricant on the magnetic layer surface, denoted as a surface lubricant index, ranges from 0.5 to 5.0, a surface abrasive occupancy of the magnetic layer ranges from 2 to 20 percent, and the reproduction head is a magnetoresistive magnetic head comprising a spin-valve layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Noguchi, Osamu Shimizu, Yasushi Endo
  • Publication number: 20120134053
    Abstract: The magnetic signal reproduction system comprises a magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder and a binder on a nonmagnetic support; and a reproduction head, wherein a number of protrusions equal to or greater than 10 nm in height on the magnetic layer surface, as measured by an atomic force microscope, ranges from 50 to 2500/10,000 ?m2, a quantity of lubricant on the magnetic layer surface, denoted as a surface lubricant index, ranges from 0.5 to 5.0, a surface abrasive occupancy of the magnetic layer ranges from 2 to 20 percent, and the reproduction head is a magnetoresistive magnetic head comprising a spin-valve layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi NOGUCHI, Osamu SHIMIZU, Yasushi ENDO
  • Patent number: 8164857
    Abstract: The magnetic signal reproduction system comprises a magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder and a binder on a nonmagnetic support; and a reproduction head, wherein a number of protrusions equal to or greater than 10 nm in height on the magnetic layer surface, as measured by an atomic force microscope, ranges from 50 to 2500/10,000 ?m2, a quantity of lubricant on the magnetic layer surface, denoted as a surface lubricant index, ranges from 0.5 to 5.0, a surface abrasive occupancy of the magnetic layer ranges from 2 to 20 percent, and the reproduction head is a magnetoresistive magnetic head comprising a spin-valve layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Noguchi, Osamu Shimizu, Yasushi Endo
  • Publication number: 20090027812
    Abstract: The magnetic signal reproduction system comprises a magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder and a binder on a nonmagnetic support and a reproduction head, wherein a number of protrusions equal to or greater than 10 nm in height on the magnetic layer surface, as measured by an atomic force microscope, ranges from 50 to 2500/10,000 ?m2, a quantity of lubricant on the magnetic layer surface, denoted as a surface lubricant index, ranges from 0.5 to 5.0, a surface abrasive occupancy of the magnetic layer ranges from 2 to 20 percent, the reproduction head is a magnetoresistive magnetic head comprising a spin-valve layer, the spin-valve layer comprises a magnetization free layer, a magnetization pinned layer and an antiferromagnetic layer, and the antiferromagnetic layer is comprised of alloy comprising iridium and manganese, and the reproduction head comes in sliding contact with the magnetic recording medium during signal reproduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Noguchi, Yasushi Endo, Osamu Shimizu, Makoto Yoshida, Kazuhiko Maejima, Mitsuyoshi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20080297950
    Abstract: The magnetic signal reproduction system comprises a magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder and a binder on a nonmagnetic support; and a reproduction head, wherein a number of protrusions equal to or greater than 10 nm in height on the magnetic layer surface, as measured by an atomic force microscope, ranges from 50 to 2500/10,000 ?m2, a quantity of lubricant on the magnetic layer surface, denoted as a surface lubricant index, ranges from 0.5 to 5.0, a surface abrasive occupancy of the magnetic layer ranges from 2 to 20 percent, and the reproduction head is a magnetoresistive magnetic head comprising a spin-valve layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi NOGUCHI, Osamu SHIMIZU, Yasushi ENDO
  • Publication number: 20060215319
    Abstract: The recording disk cartridge with recording disk media and a cartridge case for housing the media comprises a center core for supporting the media; a base frame surrounding a radial directional outside of the media; a lower plate disposed below the media and configuring a lower wall of the case; an upper plate disposed above the media and configuring an upper wall of the case; a rotary shutter opening/closing a side opening; and a swing shutter disposed between the media and the lower plate, swinging according to the rotational movement of the rotary shutter, and opening/closing the chucked center hole, wherein the core comprises a separation support portion supporting the media in a state of separating the media from upper and lower ends of the support portion, pushed up when the swing shutter is closed, and supported at the upper/lower ends by the upper plate and the swing shutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Yasushi Endo, Kengo Oishi
  • Publication number: 20060215321
    Abstract: The recording disk cartridge with recording disk media and a cartridge case for housing the media is equipped with a base frame that surrounds a radial directional outside of the media, configures a sidewall of the case, and has a side opening that makes the media front outside; a lower plate that is disposed below the media and configures a lower wall of the case; an upper plate that is disposed above the media and configures an upper wall of the case; a rotary shutter that opens and closes the side opening; and a swing shutter that is disposed between the media and the lower plate, swings according to the rotational movement of the rotary shutter, and opens and closes the chucked center hole, wherein the rotary shutter comprises a reinforcement plate only at a lower side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Yasushi Endo, Kengo Oishi
  • Publication number: 20060198053
    Abstract: The recording disk cartridge of the invention with recording disk media and a cartridge case for housing the media is further equipped with a base frame that surrounds a radial directional outside of the media, configures a sidewall of the case, and has a side opening that makes the media front outside; a lower plate that is disposed below the media and configures a lower wall of the case, wherein a chucked center-hole is formed to couple a spindle of a disk drive with the media; an upper plate that is disposed above the media and configures an upper wall of the case; a rotary shutter that opens and closes the side opening by rotating within the case; and a swing shutter that is disposed between the media and the lower plate, swings according to the rotational movement of the rotary shutter, and opens and closes the chucked center hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Kengo Oishi, Yasushi Endo