Patents by Inventor Yoshihisa Usami

Yoshihisa Usami 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: 10739681
    Abstract: An image exposure device (10) includes an image display device (20) having a pixel (21), a photosensitive recording medium support portion that supports a photosensitive recording medium (40) in which an image of the image display device (20) is recorded in a state in which an exposure surface (40A) of the photosensitive recording medium (40) faces the image display device (20), a collimation portion (50) that is provided between the image display device (20) and the photosensitive recording medium (40) and makes light from the pixel (21) into parallel light, and an absorption layer (60) that is provided between the image display device (20) and the photosensitive recording medium (40) and has a light transmittance for the light from the pixel (21) of 50% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Usami, Shinichiro Sonoda, Hirotoshi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20200238684
    Abstract: An image exposure device includes an image display device having pixels, a photosensitive recording medium support portion that supports a photosensitive recording medium for recording an image of the image display device in a state in which an exposure surface of the photosensitive recording medium faces the image display device, a louver film that is provided between the image display device and the photosensitive recording medium support portion, and in which light transmitting portions that transmit light and light shielding portions that block light are alternately arranged in a first direction, and light transmitting portions that transmit light and light shielding portions that block light are alternately arranged in a second direction, and a protective layer that is provided on the louver film on a side of the photosensitive recording medium support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa USAMI, Shinichiro SONODA, Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200241432
    Abstract: An image exposure device includes an image display device having pixels that emit light having a plurality of wavelengths; a photosensitive recording medium support portion that supports a photosensitive recording medium for recording an image of the image display device; a collimation portion that is disposed between the image display device and the photosensitive recording medium support portion and makes radiation light including the light having a plurality of wavelengths radiated from the pixels into first transmitted light radiated within a range of a first radiation angle narrower than a radiation angle of the radiation light; and a dichroic filter that is disposed between the collimation portion and the photosensitive recording medium support portion, and makes the first transmitted light including the light having a plurality of wavelengths into second transmitted light radiated within a range of a second radiation angle equal to or smaller than the first radiation angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa USAMI, Shinichiro SONODA, Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10714665
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blue light blocking film including a selective reflection layer, in which the selective reflection layer exhibits selective reflection having a center wavelength in a wavelength range of 450 nm to 500 nm, a half-width of the selective reflection is 20 nm to 45 nm, a light transmittance of the selective reflection layer at the center wavelength is 50% or less, and a light transmittance of the selective reflection layer at any wavelength in a wavelength range of more than 500 nm and 780 nm or less is 60% or more. The blue light blocking film of the present invention has high light transmittance in a visible light range, while effectively blocking blue light, and has a reduced yellowish tint. The blue light blocking film of the present invention is used for light sources and the like, and is capable of effectively blocking blue light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeaki Nimura, Shunya Katoh, Yuki Nakazawa, Kazuhiro Oki, Mitsuyoshi Ichihashi, Yoshihisa Usami
  • Publication number: 20200201188
    Abstract: Provided is an image exposure device capable of recording a favorable image and capable of decreasing the size of the device. An image exposure device (10) includes an image display device (12) having pixels (13), a photosensitive recording medium support portion (21) that supports a photosensitive recording medium (14) for recording an image of the image display device (12) in a state in which an exposure surface (14A) of the photosensitive recording medium (14) faces the image display device (12), and a transmitted light control portion (16) that is provided between the image display device (12) and the photosensitive recording medium support portion (21) and is formed by laminating three or more layers of transmission members (100) that have a plurality of openings (102) formed therein and transmit only light incident on the openings (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa USAMI, Shinichiro SONODA, Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200201187
    Abstract: Provided are an image exposure device and an image exposure method capable of suppressing the blurring of an image. An image exposure device 10 includes an image display device 20 having a pixel 21, a photosensitive recording medium support portion that supports a photosensitive recording medium 40 in which an image of the image display device 20 is recorded in a state in which an exposure surface 40A of the photosensitive recording medium 40 faces the image display device 20, a collimation portion 50 that is provided between the image display device 20 and the photosensitive recording medium 40 and makes light from the pixel 21 into parallel light, and an absorption layer 60 that is provided between the image display device 20 and the photosensitive recording medium 40 and has a light transmittance for the light from the pixel 21 of 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa USAMI, Shinichiro SONODA, Hirotoshi YOSHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10651400
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor element having high mobility and to provide a composition for forming an organic semiconductor film with which an organic semiconductor film having high mobility can be formed, a method of manufacturing an organic semiconductor element formed from the composition for forming an organic semiconductor film, and a method of manufacturing an organic semiconductor film. The organic semiconductor element according to the present invention has a semiconductor active layer including a compound that is represented by Formula 1 and has a molecular weight of 3,000 or less. The composition for forming an organic semiconductor film according to the present invention contains a compound that is represented by Formula 1 and has a molecular weight of 3,000 or less, and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: FUJIFILM CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tsuyama, Yoshihisa Usami, Toshihiro Okamoto, Junichi Takeya
  • Patent number: 10635301
    Abstract: A touch pad includes a flat portion and a convex type three-dimensional portion having a hemispherical shape. An outer circumferential surface of the three-dimensional portion constitutes a spherical operation area. A second recognition unit of the touch-pad controller recognizes a gesture operation of at least two fingers to be the same gesture operation as a pinch-in operation in a planar operation area, in a case where movement trajectories of the at least two fingers in the spherical operation area are arc-shaped movement trajectories which are bulged outwardly in a case where the spherical operation area is viewed in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Usami, Naoki Tsukamoto, Yusuke Kitagawa, Yuki Okabe
  • Patent number: 10629818
    Abstract: A compound which, when used for organic semiconductor films in organic thin-film transistors, makes the organic thin-film transistors exhibit a high carrier mobility, a material for an organic thin-film transistor for which the compound is used, a composition for an organic thin-film transistor, an organic thin-film transistor and a method for manufacturing the same, and an organic semiconductor film. The organic thin-film transistor contains a compound represented by General Formula (1) in an organic semiconductor film (organic semiconductor layer) thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Masashi Koyanagi, Hiroaki Tsuyama, Eiji Fukuzaki, Yoshihisa Usami, Tetsuya Watanabe, Takashi Goto, Toshihiro Okamoto, Junichi Takeya
  • Patent number: 10622572
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic thin-film transistor which has an organic semiconductor film produced using a compound having an excellent solubility in organic solvents and has an excellent carrier mobility, a compound, a material for an organic thin-film transistor for which the compound is used, a composition for an organic thin-film transistor, a method for manufacturing an organic thin-film transistor, and an organic semiconductor film. An organic thin-film transistor of the present invention contains a compound which is represented by General Formula (1) or General Formula (2) in an organic semiconductor film (organic semiconductor layer) thereof and has a molecular weight of 3,000 or less. In General Formula (1) and General Formula (2), at least one of R5, . . . , or R8 is a group other than a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Masashi Koyanagi, Hiroaki Tsuyama, Eiji Fukuzaki, Yoshihisa Usami, Tetsuya Watanabe, Takashi Goto, Toshihiro Okamoto, Junichi Takeya
  • Patent number: 10608119
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a film, including: a manufacturing step of forming a film by performing movement, in a state in which a blade surface of a coating blade disposed to be spaced so as to face a substrate surface of a substrate is in contact with a solution for forming a film which is provided between the blade surface and the substrate surface, in a first direction in a plane parallel to the substrate surface, in which the solution is stored in a liquid reservoir between the blade surface and the substrate surface, and at least a portion of an outer peripheral end portion of the coating blade which is in contact with the solution is tilted with respect to the first direction in a plane parallel to the substrate surface. Accordingly, a method of manufacturing a film for forming a high quality film with high productivity is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Seigo Nakamura, Yoshiki Maehara, Yuichiro Itai, Yoshihisa Usami
  • Patent number: 10549311
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing an organic semiconductor film, including a coating member disposed to face a substrate surface while spaced therefrom for forming the film, and forming a liquid reservoir of an organic semiconductor solution between the coating member and the substrate; a supply portion that supplies the solution; and a cover portion that covers at least a crystal growth portion of the solution. The cover portion includes a guide that guides a deposit formed of an evaporated solvent of the solution to a film-unformed region of the organic semiconductor film. While the solution is supplied between the coating member and the substrate surface by the supply portion, the coating member is moved in a first direction parallel to the substrate surface in a state of being in contact with the solution, to form the film with the crystal growth portion as a starting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Seigo Nakamura, Yoshiki Maehara, Yuichiro Itai, Yoshihisa Usami, Junichi Takeya
  • Publication number: 20200028096
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor element in which an organic semiconductor layer contains a compound of Formula (1) and/or a compound of Formula (2) or contains a polymer having a structure of any one of Formulae (9) and (10): in which X1 represents a nitrogen atom or CRa, rings A to D each represent a specific aromatic ring or an aromatic heterocyclic ring; Y1 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, CRb2, or NRc; Ra to Rc each represent hydrogen atoms or substituents; R1 and R2 each represent a to specific substituent; n represents 1 or 2; and * represents a bonding site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Kenji SHIROKANE, Eiji FUKUZAKI, Yukio TANI, Fumiko TAMAKUNI, Yoshihisa USAMI, Tetsuya WATANABE, Toshihiro OKAMOTO, Junichi TAKEYA
  • Publication number: 20200028092
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor element in which an organic semiconductor layer contains a compound of Formula (1), a compound of Formula (2), and/or a compound of Formula (3) or contains a polymer having a structure of any one of formed by Formulae (8) to (10): in which X1 represents a nitrogen atom or CRa, and rings A to B each represent a specific nitrogen-containing ring; Y1 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, CRb2, or NRc; V1 represents NRd, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a selenium atom; Ra to Rd each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R1 represents a specific substituent, and p is an integer of 0 to 2; n represents 1 or 2; and * represents a bonding site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Kenji SHIROKANE, Eiji FUKUZAKI, Yukio TANI, Fumiko TAMAKUNI, Yoshihisa USAMI, Tetsuya WATANABE, Toshihiro OKAMOTO, Junichi TAKEYA
  • Publication number: 20200019254
    Abstract: A touchpad constituting a touch type operation apparatus includes a hemisphere portion and a flat surface portion and is mounted in an automobile. The hemisphere portion is a protruding type region having at least a part of a boundary with an adjacent region defined by a step. A front half portion is set as a second region. A rear half portion and the flat surface portion are set as a first region. During manual driving of the automobile, the first region is set as a non-sensitive region, and the second region is set as a sensitive region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Tsukamoto, Yoshihisa Usami, Yusuke Kitagawa, Yuki Okabe
  • Publication number: 20200019253
    Abstract: A touch panel control unit controls a touch panel including a solid region. A gesture determination unit obtains solid shape information from a solid shape information table, specifies a content of a gesture operation with respect to the touch panel based on the solid shape information, and generates gesture specification information. An AP interface unit transmits the gesture specification information to the AP execution unit and receives response information from the AP execution unit. A display control unit controls display of the touch panel based on the received response information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke KITAGAWA, Yoshihisa USAMI, Naoki TSUKAMOTO, Yuki OKABE
  • Publication number: 20200019252
    Abstract: A touchpad includes a flat surface portion and a protruding solid portion having a hemispherical shape. The operation recognition part recognizes a gesture operation performed on an operation region of the touchpad. An operation validity determination part determines that only a rotating slide operation with respect to a lower periphery of the solid portion is a valid operation even at a time of an operation lock invalidating the gesture operation. In a case where the rotating slide operation is performed at the time of the operation lock, the operation lock is released, and at the same time, a specific function is executed by an AP execution part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki OKABE, Naoki TSUKAMOTO, Yoshihisa USAMI, Yusuke KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200019276
    Abstract: A touchpad includes a flat surface portion and a protruding solid portion having a hemispherical shape. An operation recognition part and an operation validity determination part are implemented in a touchpad control part. The operation recognition part recognizes a gesture operation performed on an operation region of the touchpad. The operation validity determination part determines only a rotating slide operation that is a slide operation with a finger along a lower periphery of the solid portion as a valid operation while an automobile is in a state of manual driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki OKABE, Naoki TSUKAMOTO, Yoshihisa USAMI, Yusuke KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10529927
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic thin film transistor having excellent carrier mobility and excellent atmospheric stability, a novel compound, an organic thin film transistor material, an organic semiconductor film, an organic thin film transistor composition, and a method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor using this. The organic thin film transistor according to the present invention has an organic semiconductor film containing a compound represented by Formula (1) or (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Eiji Fukuzaki, Hiroaki Tsuyama, Masashi Koyanagi, Yoshihisa Usami, Tetsuya Watanabe, Toshihiro Okamoto, Junichi Takeya
  • Patent number: 10509928
    Abstract: An information collection system includes a plurality of radio tags and a reading device. Each of the radio tags stores identification information and includes a sensor, an antenna that receives a carrier wave from the reading device, and a data transmission unit that sends measurement data including the identification information and information obtained by the sensor to the reading device after the carrier wave is received by the antenna. The plurality of radio tags send the identification information and the information obtained by the sensor with different natural periods from the data transmission units. The reading device transmits the carrier wave to each of the radio tags, receives data from each of the radio tags, and obtains the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Usami, Takayoshi Yokoyama, Yuki Owashi, Hiroyuki Matsui, Junichi Takeya