Patents by Inventor Yoshiko Ishimaru

Yoshiko Ishimaru 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: 20240151879
    Abstract: An optical film comprises: a transparent substrate having an ultraviolet blocking rate of 85% or more according to JIS L 1925; one or more functional layers formed on a first surface side of the transparent substrate; and a colored layer that is formed on a second surface side of the transparent substrate that is configured by one or more layers containing a colored material. The colored layer contains a first colorant that has a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 470 nm or more and 530 nm or less, an absorption spectrum thereof having a half-width of 15 nm or more and 45 nm or less, and a second colorant that has a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 560 nm or more and 620 nm or less, an absorption spectrum thereof having a half-width of 15 nm or more and 55 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Kai FUTAMATA, Yoshiko ISHIMARU, Shinya ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240151878
    Abstract: An optical film includes a transparent substrate, one or more colored layers that contain a colorant and are provided on the transparent substrate, and one or more functional layers that are provided on a side opposite to that on which the transparent substrate is disposed, with the one or more colored layers interposed therebetween. The one or more colored layers contain a first color material in which a maximum absorption wavelength is in a range of 470 nm or more and 530 nm or less and a half-width of an absorption spectrum thereof is 15 nm or more and 45 nm or less, and a second color material in which a maximum absorption wavelength is in a range of 560 nm or more and 620 nm or less and a half-width of an absorption spectrum thereof is 15 nm or more and 55 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Kai FUTAMATA, Yoshiko Ishimaru, Shinya Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20240004113
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet includes a colored adhesive layer of one or more layers comprising a first colorant with the maximum absorption wavelength in the range of 470 nm or more and 530 nm or less and the half width of absorption spectrum is 15 nm or more and 45 nm or less, a second colorant with the maximum absorption wavelength in the range of 560 nm or more and 620 nm or less and the half width of absorption spectrum thereof is 15 nm or more and 55 nm or less, and a third colorant with the wavelength range of 400 nm or more and 780 nm or less, the wavelength with a lowest transmittance is in the range of 650 nm or more and 780 nm or less; and a UV absorbing adhesive layer on the surface of the colored adhesive layer with a UV shielding rate of 85%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Shinya ISHIKAWA, Yoshiko ISHIMARU, Kai FUTAMATA
  • Publication number: 20230422568
    Abstract: An optical film includes a transparent substrate, a colored layer including one or more layers that contain a first colorant material with a maximum absorption wavelength of 470 nm or more and 530 nm or less and a half width of an absorption spectrum of 15 nm or more and 45 nm or less, a second colorant material with a maximum absorption wavelength of 560 nm or more and 620 nm or less and a half width of an absorption spectrum of 15 nm or more and 55 nm or less, and a third colorant material with a wavelength range of 400 nm to 780 nm, a wavelength with a transmittance in a range of 650 nm or more and 780 nm or less, and one or more functional layers facing a surface of the colored layer opposite the transparent substrate, with an ultraviolet absorption layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Shinya ISHIKAWA, Yoshiko ISHIMARU, Kai FUTAMATA
  • Publication number: 20230422567
    Abstract: An optical film includes a transparent substrate in which an ultraviolet shielding rate is 85% or more, and a colored layer containing a colorant. The colored layer includes one or more layers containing a first colorant material in which a maximum absorption wavelength is 470 nm or more and 530 nm or less and a half width of an absorption spectrum thereof is 15 nm or more and 45 nm or less, a second colorant material in which a maximum absorption wavelength is 560 nm or more and 620 nm or less and a half width of an absorption spectrum thereof is 15 nm or more and 55 nm or less, and a third colorant material in which a wavelength in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 780 nm at which a transmittance is lowest is in a range of 650 nm or more and 780 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Shinya ISHIKAWA, Yoshiko ISHIMARU, Kai FUTAMATA
  • Publication number: 20230375762
    Abstract: Provided are an optical film that can reduce reflectance, increase luminance, reduce thickness, and improve color reproducibility a display device, and a display device using the same. An optical film characterized by comprising a transparent substrate, a colored layer laminated on one surface side of the transparent substrate and containing a dye, and a functional layer laminated on the other surface side of the transparent substrate, wherein the dye contains a first coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength of 470 to 530 nm and a half width of the absorption spectrum of 15 to 45 nm, and a second coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength of 560 to 620 nm and a half width of the absorption spectrum of 15 to 55 nm, and the transparent substrate has an ultraviolet shielding rate of 85% or more according to JIS L 1925.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiko ISHIMARU, Sohei KADOTA, Koichi MINATO, Ryota OZAKI, Rui INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230367051
    Abstract: Provided are an optical film that can reduce reflectance, increase luminance, and reduce thickness of a display device, a display device using the optical film, and a composition for forming ultraviolet absorbing layer used for producing the optical film. An optical film characterized in that having a transparent substrate, a colored layer laminated on one side of the transparent substrate and containing a dye, and a functional layer laminated on the colored layer, in which the dye contains a first coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength within the range of 470 to 530 nm, and a second coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength in the range of 560 to 620 nm, and the functional layer includes an ultraviolet absorbing layer having an ultraviolet shielding rate of 85% or more, and the pencil hardness of the surface under a load of 500 g is H or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yuri YOKOYAMA, Yoshiko ISHIMARU, Koichi MINATO, Rui INOUE, Keisuke OGATA
  • Publication number: 20230357603
    Abstract: Provided are an adhesive sheet that can reduce reflectance, increase luminance and reduce thickness of a display device, a display device using the adhesive sheet, and a composition for forming adhesive layer used for producing the adhesive sheet. An adhesive sheet comprising a first adhesive layer containing an adhesive and a dye, and an ultraviolet absorbing layer laminated on one surface side of the first adhesive layer, wherein the dye contains a first coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength in the range of 470 to 530 nm and a half width of the absorption spectrum of 15 to 45 nm, and a second coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength in the range of 560 to 620 nm and a half width of the absorption spectrum of 15 to 55 nm, and the ultraviolet absorbing layer has an ultraviolet shielding rate of 85% or more according to JIS L 1925.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yuri YOKOYAMA, Yoshiko ISHIMARU, Koichi MINATO, Rui INOUE, Keisuke OGATA
  • Publication number: 20230358932
    Abstract: An optical film includes a transparent substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, a colored layer formed to face the first surface of the substrate, and an optical function layer. A colorant in the colored layer contains at least one of a first coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 470 to 530 nm and an absorption spectral half width of 15 to 45 nm, a second coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 560 to 620 nm and an absorption spectral half width of 15 to 55 nm, and a third coloring material having the lowest transmittance in a wavelength range of 400 to 800 nm is in a range of 650 to 800 nm. A transmittance in one of the absorption wavelength bands of the colorant is 1% or more and less than 50%, and ?E * ab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiko ISHIMARU, Kai FUTAMATA
  • Publication number: 20230358930
    Abstract: An optical film includes a substrate, an optical function layer, and a colored layer. The substrate has an ultraviolet shielding rate of 85% or higher according to JIS L 1925. The optical function layer is formed on a first surface side of the substrate. The colored layer is formed on a second surface side. A difference ?E*ab between chromaticities before and after a lightfastness test is 5 or less. A first coloring material includes a maximum absorption wavelength of 470 to 530 nm and an absorption spectrum half width of 15 to 45 nm. A second coloring material includes a maximum absorption wavelength of 560 to 620 nm and an absorption spectrum half width of 15 to 55 nm. A third coloring material has a wavelength having the lowest transmittance in a wavelength range of 400 to 800 nm is in a range of 650 to 800 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiko ISHIMARU, Kai FUTAMATA
  • Publication number: 20230358931
    Abstract: The optical sheet includes: a first adhesive layer containing an adhesive and a colorant, the first adhesive layer having opposite first and second surfaces; and an ultraviolet shielding layer arranged to face the first surface. The colorant contains at least one of a first coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 470 to 530 nm and an absorption spectral half width of 15 to 45 nm, a second coloring material having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 560 to 620 nm and an absorption spectral half width of 15 to 55 nm, and a third coloring material in which a wavelength having the lowest transmittance in a wavelength range of 400 to 800 nm is in a range of 650 to 800 nm. The ultraviolet shielding layer has an ultraviolet shielding rate of 85% or more. ?E * ab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiko ISHIMARU, Shinya ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220381973
    Abstract: An optical device includes a concave-convex structure layer having a concavo-convex structure on a surface thereof, the concavo-convex structure formed of a plurality of convexities or a plurality of concavities which are arranged with a sub-wavelength period, a high refractive index layer made of a material having a refractive index higher than that of the concavo-convex structure layer and located on the concavo-convex structure while having a surface conforming to the concavo-convex structure, and a low refractive index layer made of a material having a refractive index lower than that of the high refractive index layer and located on the high refractive index layer. The high refractive layer includes first grating high refractive index portions located at a bottom of the concavo-convex structure to form a first sub-wavelength grating, and second grating high refractive index portions located at a top of the concavo-convex structure to form a second sub-wavelength grating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Yukari ODA, Masashi KAWASHITA, Yoshiko ISHIMARU, Azusa YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20210382215
    Abstract: A wavelength selection filter includes a first high refractive index section with a thickness T1, a second high refractive index section with a thickness T2, a high refractive index layer with a refractive index n1, a projection-depression structure layer with a refractive index n2, a filling layer with a refractive index n3, a first high refractive index section with an area ratio R1, and a second high refractive index section with an area ratio R2. With n1>n2, n1>n3, and R1+R2>1, the value of T1×{n1×R1+n2×(1?R1)} is a first parameter, the value of T2×{n1×R2+n3×(1?R2)} is a second parameter, and the ratio of the second parameter to the first parameter is 0.7 or more and 1.3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi KAWASHITA, Yukari ODA, Yuki YASU, Yoshiko ISHIMARU
  • Patent number: 8269921
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which includes a backlight device provided with an LED, and a color filter having colored layers of plural colors including a green layer, wherein the green layer of the color filter contains brominated zinc phthalocyanine green pigment and a dielectric loss tangent of the green layer at a driving frequency of a liquid crystal display device is confined to not more than 0.02.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohkuma, Atsuko Kamada, Yoshiko Ishimaru, Kenji Muneuchi, Hidesato Hagiwara, Takashi Yamauchi, Noriko Asahi
  • Patent number: 8130342
    Abstract: Disclosed a liquid crystal display device including a backlight device including a white-emitting LED device which emits a white light arising from a color mixture created through a combination of a blue-emitting LED, a red-emitting phosphor and a green-emitting phosphor, and a color filter equipping color pixels exhibiting plural colors including a red pixel and formed on a transparent substrate, wherein the white-emitting LED device is enabled to exhibit an emission spectrum having a first peak wavelength falling within a range of 440-470 nm, a second peak wavelength falling within a range of 510-550 nm and a third peak wavelength falling within a range of 630-670 nm, and a red display chromaticity of the liquid crystal display device is confined within a region bounded by lines connecting four points (0.620, 0.280), (0.620, 0.300), (0.680, 0.315) and (0.680, 0.280) based on an xy chromaticity coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignees: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiko Ishimaru, Hidesato Hagiwara, Yoshinori Murazaki, Suguru Takashima, Masafumi Harada
  • Publication number: 20100296024
    Abstract: Disclosed a liquid crystal display device including a backlight device including a white-emitting LED device which emits a white light arising from a color mixture created through a combination of a blue-emitting LED, a red-emitting phosphor and a green-emitting phosphor, and a color filter equipping color pixels exhibiting plural colors including a red pixel and formed on a transparent substrate, wherein the white-emitting LED device is enabled to exhibit an emission spectrum having a first peak wavelength falling within a range of 440-470 nm, a second peak wavelength falling within a range of 510-550 nm and a third peak wavelength falling within a range of 630-670 nm, and a red display chromaticity of the liquid crystal display device is confined within a region bounded by lines connecting four points (0.620, 0.280), (0.620, 0.300), (0.680, 0.315) and (0.680, 0.280) based on an xy chromaticity coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicants: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD., NICHIA CORPORATION,
    Inventors: Yoshiko Ishimaru, Hidesato Hagiwara, Yoshinori Murazaki, Suguru Takashima, Masafumi Harada
  • Publication number: 20100271569
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which includes a backlight device provided with an LED, and a color filter having colored layers of plural colors including a green layer, wherein the green layer of the color filter contains brominated zinc phthalocyanine green pigment and a dielectric loss tangent of the green layer at a driving frequency of a liquid crystal display device is confined to not more than 0.02.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohkuma, Atsuko Kamada, Yoshiko Ishimaru, Kenji Muneuchi, Hidesato Hagiwara, Takashi Yamauchi, Noriko Asahi