Patents by Inventor Akifumi Hashimoto

Akifumi Hashimoto 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: 20240145660
    Abstract: The display structure includes a film-like substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements, and a plurality of main wires. Each of the light-emitting elements includes an anode terminal and a cathode terminal. The plurality of main wires include a plurality of anode wires and a plurality of cathode wires. The plurality of anode wires are electrically connected to the anode terminal, in parallel to one another, and the plurality of cathode wires are electrically connected to the cathode terminal, in parallel to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Akifumi HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11294521
    Abstract: In a touch sensor, a wiring board has signal line portions electrically connected to a first sensor terminal of a first sensor board at a first end; a ground portion electrically insulated from the signal line portions; and an insulating layer covering the ground portion. The insulating layer has a plurality of through holes for passing through the insulating layer in a thickness direction of the wiring board and exposing the ground portion therethrough. The plurality of through holes are arranged at intervals. A line segment connecting two through holes of the plurality of through holes intersects the plurality of signal line portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Niwa, Kenji Shibata, Akifumi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20210048923
    Abstract: In a touch sensor, a wiring board has signal line portions electrically connected to a first sensor terminal of a first sensor board at a first end; a ground portion electrically insulated from the signal line portions; and an insulating layer covering the ground portion. The insulating layer has a plurality of through holes for passing through the insulating layer in a thickness direction of the wiring board and exposing the ground portion therethrough. The plurality of through holes are arranged at intervals. A line segment connecting two through holes of the plurality of through holes intersects the plurality of signal line portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hiromitsu NIWA, Kenji SHIBATA, Akifumi HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10085385
    Abstract: A plant cultivation apparatus of the present disclosure includes a first light source unit configured to include a first laser diode radiating a first light beam, and a first scanning mechanism scanning the first light beam and forming a first radiation region, a second light source unit configured to include a second laser diode radiating a second light beam, and a second scanning mechanism scanning the second light beam and forming a second radiation region, and a signal processor configured to control the first light source unit and the second light source unit. A wavelength of the first light beam is the same as a wavelength of the second light beam. The signal processor forms a multiple radiation region by causing the first radiation region and the second radiation region to overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yajima, Akifumi Hashimoto, Kenji Kawano, Masahiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20160192599
    Abstract: A plant cultivation apparatus of the present disclosure includes a first light source unit configured to include a first laser diode radiating a first light beam, and a first scanning mechanism scanning the first light beam and forming a first radiation region, a second light source unit configured to include a second laser diode radiating a second light beam, and a second scanning mechanism scanning the second light beam and forming a second radiation region, and a signal processor configured to control the first light source unit and the second light source unit. A wavelength of the first light beam is the same as a wavelength of the second light beam. The signal processor forms a multiple radiation region by causing the first radiation region and the second radiation region to overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Masatoshi YAJIMA, Akifumi HASHIMOTO, Kenji KAWANO, Masahiro YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9354459
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device in which one pixel is divided into a plurality of sub-pixels, power consumption is reduced. A liquid crystal display device in which a pixel formation portion forming one pixel includes a first sub-pixel portion and a second sub-pixel portion is provided with a charge sharing circuit (50) for short-circuiting a CS bus line (CSL1) provided for the first sub-pixel portion and a CS bus line (CSL2) provided for the second sub-pixel portion to each other based on a short-circuit control signal (CTL). A CS voltage generating circuit (40) generates CS signals (CS1 and CS2) whose potentials change every predetermined period. The charge sharing circuit (50) short-circuits the CS bus line (CSL1) and the CS bus line (CSL2) to each other at timing at which the potentials of the CS signals (CS1 and CS2) change, based on the short-circuit control signal (CTL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakamizo, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Takamitsu Suzuki, Akifumi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9202436
    Abstract: A display device 10 according to the present invention includes a plurality of pixels 40 each including a plurality of sub pixels 42, a plurality of auxiliary capacitance lines 36 forming an auxiliary capacitance 56 with the sub pixels 42, and an auxiliary capacitance driver 34 configured to supply an auxiliary capacitance drive signal to the auxiliary capacitance lines 36 and to apply a voltage to the auxiliary capacitance. In the display device 10, the auxiliary capacitance driver 34 includes a plurality of connection terminals 64 each connected to each of the auxiliary capacitance lines 36.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakamizo, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Takamitsu Suzuki, Akifumi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140146265
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device in which one pixel is divided into a plurality of sub-pixels, power consumption is reduced. A liquid crystal display device in which a pixel formation portion forming one pixel includes a first sub-pixel portion and a second sub-pixel portion is provided with a charge sharing circuit (50) for short-circuiting a CS bus line (CSL1) provided for the first sub-pixel portion and a CS bus line (CSL2) provided for the second sub-pixel portion to each other based on a short-circuit control signal (CTL). A CS voltage generating circuit (40) generates CS signals (CS1 and CS2) whose potentials change every predetermined period. The charge sharing circuit (50) short-circuits the CS bus line (CSL1) and the CS bus line (CSL2) to each other at timing at which the potentials of the CS signals (CS1 and CS2) change, based on the short-circuit control signal (CTL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakamizo, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Takamitsu Suzuki, Akifumi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20130207884
    Abstract: A display device 10 according to the present invention includes a plurality of pixels 40 each including a plurality of sub pixels 42, a plurality of auxiliary capacitance lines 36 forming an auxiliary capacitance 56 with the sub pixels 42, and an auxiliary capacitance driver 34 configured to supply an auxiliary capacitance drive signal to the auxiliary capacitance lines 36 and to apply a voltage to the auxiliary capacitance. In the display device 10, the auxiliary capacitance driver 34 includes a plurality of connection terminals 64 each connected to each of the auxiliary capacitance lines 36.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakamizo, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Takamitsu Suzuki, Akifumi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20080080357
    Abstract: An objective lens records information on, or read information from, a first optical medium by utilizing a first light beam which convergences on the first optical medium at a first numerical aperture (hereinafter “NA1”). The objective lens records information on, or read information from, a second optical medium by utilizing a second light beam which convergences on the second optical medium at a second numerical aperture (hereinafter “NA2”). In the objective lens, NA1 is greater than NA2. The objective lens has an optical lens for receiving the first light beam and the second light beam. The optical lens has a peripheral diffraction structure disposed substantially outside an area of incidence of the second light beam for suppressing fluctuation in wavefront aberration of the first light beam, and a phase step structure disposed in a central region relative to the peripheral region for producing a phase difference in the second light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Michihiro Yamagata, Akifumi Hashimoto, Yuichi Takahashi, Yukihiro Chokyu, Kei Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20050111336
    Abstract: An objective lens records information on, or read information from, a first optical medium by utilizing a first light beam which convergences on the first optical medium at a first numerical aperture (hereinafter “NA1”). The objective lens records information on, or read information from, a second optical medium by utilizing a second light beam which convergences on the second optical medium at a second numerical aperture (hereinafter “NA2”). In the objective lens, NA1 is greater than NA2. The objective lens has an optical lens for receiving the first light beam and the second light beam. The optical lens has a peripheral diffraction structure disposed substantially outside an area of incidence of the second light beam for suppressing fluctuation in wavefront aberration of the first light beam, and a phase step structure disposed in a central region relative to the peripheral region for producing a phase difference in the second light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Michihiro Yamagata, Akifumi Hashimoto, Yuichi Takahashi, Yukihiro Chokyu, Kei Ikeda
  • Patent number: 4842392
    Abstract: In an objective lens driving unit, an objective lens (12) is fixed to a coil bobbin (11), which has a focus drive coil (13a) wound therearound with its axis coaxial with the axis of the objective lens (12) and tracking dive coils (13b, 13c) wound thereon with their axes perpendicular with the axis of the objective lens (12), and the focus drive coil (13a) and the tracking drive coils (13b, 13c) are put in an open magnetic field produced by a magnetic yoke (14) having permanent magnets (15a, 15b), which makes magnetic flux to cross the coils, thereby to drive the objective lens (12); thus the size of the unit is decreased and made light, and further, the weight of the moving part is made light, to boost sensitivity thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Masashi Ito, Toshiki Itoi, Akifumi Hashimoto