Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Nishimura

Yoshihiro Nishimura 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: 20140144775
    Abstract: Disclosed is an MgO target for sputtering, which can accelerate a film formation rate even when MgO is used as a target for sputtering in the formation of an MgO film. The MgO target for sputtering, which includes MgO and an electroconductive material as main components, and in which the electroconductive material is capable of imparting orientation to a MgO film when the MgO film containing the electroconductive material is formed by a DC sputtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicants: NIPPON TUNGSTEN CO., LTD., UBE MATERIALS INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Sano, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takayuki Watanabe, Yuuzou Katou, Akira Ueki, Shinzo Mitomi, Masanobu Takasu, Yusuke Hara, Takaaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140136132
    Abstract: Provided are an analysis apparatus and an analysis method which are capable of recognizing a local state change of an internal structure of a secondary battery. The analysis apparatus includes: an observation cell that houses a secondary battery; a charging and discharging controller that controls charging and discharging of the secondary battery; an image pickup device that captures color images of the secondary battery at a predetermined time interval; and a charging and discharging data detection unit that acquires charging and discharging data on the secondary battery during charging and discharging. Color image signals output from the image pickup device and charging and discharging data signals output from the charging and discharging data detection unit are supplied to a signal processing device. The signal processing device outputs a unit that temporally links time-series color image signals and time-series charging and discharging data signals, and designated analysis data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Lasertec Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MAEKAWA, Yoshihiro NISHIMURA, Seiji MORISHITA, Hisahiro YAMAOKA, Takumi HIRAKAWA, Makoto YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20130329297
    Abstract: The claimed invention provides an antireflection film including a light-transmitting substrate, a hard coat layer, and a low-refractive-index layer, the hard coat layer and the low-refractive-index layer being formed on the light-transmitting substrate, the low-refractive-index layer including a (meth)acrylic resin, hollow silica particles, reactive silica particles, and two kinds of antifouling agents, the hollow silica particles having an average particle size of 40 to 80 nm and a blending ratio to the (meth)acrylic resin, represented by a ratio: Amount of hollow silica particles/Amount of (meth)acrylic resin, of 0.9 to 1.4, the amount of the reactive silica particles being 5 to 60 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the (meth) acrylic resin, the antifouling agents including an antifouling agent that contains a fluorine compound and an antifouling agent that contains a fluoro-silicone compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mariko Hayashi, Tomoyuki Horio, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Yuya Inomata, Hiroshi Nakamura, Mayu Youki
  • Publication number: 20130281152
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes: a telephone communication speaker and a control module. The telephone communication speaker includes: a first speaker which releases sound waves corresponding to sounds to be output and vibration waves generated by vibrations of one surface of a housing according to vibrations corresponding to the sounds to be output, thereby to transfer the sounds to a user; and a second speaker which releases sound waves corresponding to sounds to be output. In case of execution of a function to output sounds from the telephone communication speaker, when a predetermined trigger action is not made, the control module executes first control in which the first speaker outputs sounds but the second speaker does not output sounds, and when the trigger action is made, the control module executes second control in which at least the second speaker outputs sounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20130271832
    Abstract: The claimed invention provides an antistatic hard coat film that is extremely excellent in white muddiness resistance and antistatic properties and sufficiently prevents an interference fringe pattern. The claimed invention provides an antistatic hard coat film including a triacetyl cellulose substrate and a hard coat layer formed on the triacetyl cellulose substrate, the hard coat layer including an antistatic agent, a (meth)acrylate resin, and a polymer of a (meth)acrylate monomer, the triacetyl cellulose substrate including a permeation layer formed by permeation of the (meth)acrylate monomer from the hard coat layer side of the interface toward the opposite side of the hard coat layer, the antistatic hard coat film satisfying Formulas (1), (2), and (3): 3 ?m?T?18 ?m??Formula (1) 0.3T?t?0.9T??Formula (2) 2 ?m?T?t?11 ?m??Formula (3) where T denotes the total thickness (?m) of the permeation layer and the hard coat layer, and t denotes the thickness (?m) of the permeation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Mayu Youki, Tomoyuki Horio, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Mariko Hayashi, Yuya Inomata, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8547130
    Abstract: A method for detecting a foreign particle trapped between substrates of a liquid crystal display panel, by which a potential short caused by the particle can be made into a short with reliability, and thus it is possible to make a display defect manifest itself that is caused by the particle. The method is for detecting the presence of a foreign particle trapped between flexible substrates (21, 26) of a liquid crystal display panel (20), between the substrates liquid crystals filled, and the method includes making the panel pass between supporting rollers (3) arranged to support one surface of the panel, and a pressing roller (4) disposed at a position opposed to a space between the supporting units and arranged to press the other surface of the panel, bending the panel, and displacing the substrates with respect to each other in their surface directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sumi, Manabu Hashimoto, Masashi Inoue, Yoshihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8493660
    Abstract: An optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate and an antiglare layer provided on the light-transmitting substrate. The antiglare layer has a surface roughness on the outermost surface. In the optical layered body, a mean spacing of tops of local peak of profile S is 0.045 mm or more and 0.10 mm or less determined by the procedure disclosed in the specification. The optical layered body can attain properties such as an antiglare property, scintillation prevention and black color reproducibility such as gloss blackness simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Furui, Yukimitsu Iwata, Takashi Kodama, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Koichi Mikami
  • Patent number: 8485673
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical layered body which can attain properties such as an antiglare property, scintillation prevention and black color reproducibility such as gloss blackness simultaneously, and a production apparatus of the optical body are provided. The method includes forming an antiglare layer having a surface roughness on the light-transmitting substrate, wherein with respect to the surface roughness, when denoting a mean spacing of profile irregularities of the surface of the optical layered body by Sm, a mean inclination angle of profile irregularities by ?a, and mean roughness of the surface roughness by Rz, Sm is 50 ?m or more and less than 100 ?m, ?a is 0.1° or more and 1.0° or less, and Rz is more than 0.2 ?m and 1.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Furui, Yukimitsu Iwata, Takashi Kodama, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Koichi Mikami
  • Publication number: 20130056349
    Abstract: Provided are a sputtering target including a target main body 10 that has MgO as a main component and a thickness of 3 mm or smaller, and a method of manufacturing a magnetic memory using the sputtering target which improves an MR ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Eiji KITAGAWA, Tadaomi DAIBOU, Kenji NOMA, Tadashi KAI, Koji YAMAKAWA, Toshihiko NAGASE, Katsuya NISHIYAMA, Koji UEDA, Daisuke WATANABE, Hiroaki YODA, Satoru SANO, Yoshihiro NISHIMURA, Takayuki WATANABE, Yuzo KATO, Akira UEKI
  • Patent number: 8304071
    Abstract: An optical laminate produced by a process for producing an anti-dazzling laminate comprising a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material. The process includes providing the light transparent base material and forming the anti-dazzling layer having a concavoconvex shape on the light transparent base material, wherein the concavoconvex shape of the anti-dazzling layer satisfies the following requirements: Sm is not less than 100 ?m and not more than 600 ?m, ?a is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 ?m and not more than 1 ?m, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes or profile irregularities in the anti-dazzling layer; ?a represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities; and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Iwata, Koichi Mikami, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20120232437
    Abstract: A PGC-1 expression-modulating device (1) according to the present invention includes an ultrasonic wave transmitting section (14) that irradiates a subject living body with ultrasonic waves. This configuration modulates PGC-1 expression in a living body and promotes angiogenesis in which VEGF is involved. This enables promoting angiogenesis in a living body and treating ischemic disease without an excessive burden on a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicants: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, NIPPON SIGMAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihito Higashi, Hiroshi Kubo, Kiyoshi Sumida, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Nobuo Niimi
  • Patent number: 8241737
    Abstract: An optical laminate is provided which has anti-dazzling properties and can realize excellent glare preventive properties and black reproducibility (gradation rendering of black at low brightness). The optical laminate includes a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer or a light diffusion layer provided on the light transparent base material, wherein the outermost surface of the anti-dazzling layer or light diffusion layer has a concavoconvex surface. The anti-dazzling layer satisfies the requirements that Sm is not less than 100 ?m and not more than 600 ?m, ?a is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 ?m and not more than 1 ?m, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes in the anti-dazzling layer, ?a represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes, and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Iwata, Koichi Mikami, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Patent number: 8187699
    Abstract: An optical laminate is provided which has anti-dazzling properties and can realize excellent glare preventive properties and black reproducibility (gradation rendering of black at low brightness). The optical laminate includes a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer or a light diffusion layer provided on the light transparent base material, wherein the outermost surface of the anti-dazzling layer or light diffusion layer has a concavoconvex surface. The anti-dazzling layer satisfies the requirements that Sm is not less than 100 ?m and not more than 600 ?m, ?a is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 ?m and not more than 1 ?m, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes in the anti-dazzling layer, ?a represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes, and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Iwata, Koichi Mikami, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Patent number: 8163393
    Abstract: An anti-dazzling laminate which is an optical laminate comprising a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material. The outermost surface of the anti-dazzling layer has a concavoconvex shape, and the optical laminate satisfies the following requirements: Ha is more than 0% and less than 8%, Hi is more than 0% and not more than 6%, and Hi/Ha is not less than 0.013 and less than 0.8, wherein Ha represents the whole haze value of the optical laminate; and Hi represents the internal haze value of the optical laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Iwata, Gen Furui, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Patent number: 8163372
    Abstract: Disclosed is an anti-dazzling laminate which has anti-dazzling properties and can realize excellent glare preventive properties and black color reproducibility (gradation rendering of black color at low brightness). The anti-dazzling laminate is an optical laminate comprises a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material, wherein the outermost surface of the anti-dazzling layer has a concavoconvex shape, and the optical laminate satisfies the following requirements: Ha is more than 0% and less than 90%, Hi is more than 0% and less than 90%, and Hi/Ha is not less than 0.8 and less than 1.0, wherein Ha represents the whole haze value of the optical laminate; and Hi represents the internal haze value of the optical laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Furui, Yukimitsu Iwata, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20120002397
    Abstract: An optical laminate is provided which has anti-dazzling properties and can realize excellent glare preventive properties and black reproducibility (gradation rendering of black at low brightness). The optical laminate includes a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer or a light diffusion layer provided on the light transparent base material, wherein the outermost surface of the anti-dazzling layer or light diffusion layer has a concavoconvex surface. The anti-dazzling layer satisfies the requirements that Sm is not less than 100 ?m and not more than 600 ?m, ?a is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 ?m and not more than 1 ?m, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes in the anti-dazzling layer, ?a represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes, and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu IWATA, Koichi Mikami, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Patent number: 7982380
    Abstract: A front filter for a plasma display that is mainly used as a TV display. The front filter has an anti-glare function which is capable of effectively preventing reflection concurrently with achieving black color reproduction, and a functional layer for imparting a function required of an image display device such as a light absorbing function and/or an adhesion function. This front filter has an anti-glare layer having a concavo-convex shape on an outermost surface thereof, a polyester film and a functional layer. The anti-glare layer is disposed on the observer-side surface of the front filter; at least one functional layer is disposed on the display device side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Kamiyama, Nobuo Naitou, Yukimitsu Iwata, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Shinnichi Katou, Akiko Gotou
  • Patent number: 7968177
    Abstract: An anti-dazzling laminate formed from an optical laminate having a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material. The optical laminate is produced by providing the light transparent base material and forming the anti-dazzling layer having a concavoconvex shape on the light transparent base material, wherein the concavoconvex shape of the anti-dazzling layer satisfies the following requirements: Sm is not less than 100 ?m and not more than 600 ?m, ?a is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 ?m and not more than 1 ?m, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes (or profile irregularities) in the anti-dazzling layer; ?a represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes (or profile irregularities); and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes (or profile irregularities).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Iwata, Koichi Mikami, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Patent number: 7931953
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-dazzling laminate which has anti-dazzling properties and can realize excellent glare preventive properties and black color reproducibility, such as gradation rendering of black color at low brightness. The optical laminate comprises a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material. The outermost surface of the anti-dazzling layer has a concavoconvex surface, and the average spacing S determined by calculation based on data obtained by measuring a roughness curve of a concavoconvex shape of the anti-dazzling layer is not less than 0.04 mm and not more than 0.30 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Iwata, Koichi Mikami, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20110025363
    Abstract: A method for detecting a foreign particle trapped between substrates of a liquid crystal display panel, by which a potential short caused by the particle can be made into a short with reliability, and thus it is possible to make a display defect manifest itself that is caused by the particle. The method is for detecting the presence of a foreign particle trapped between flexible substrates (21, 26) of a liquid crystal display panel (20), between the substrates liquid crystals filled, and the method includes making the panel pass between supporting rollers (3) arranged to support one surface of the panel, and a pressing roller (4) disposed at a position opposed to a space between the supporting units and arranged to press the other surface of the panel, bending the panel, and displacing the substrates with respect to each other in their surface directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sumi, Manabu Hashimoto, Masashi Inoue, Yoshihiro Nishimura