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).
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Publication number: 20240145660Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventor: Akifumi HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 11294521Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromitsu Niwa, Kenji Shibata, Akifumi Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20210048923Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Hiromitsu NIWA, Kenji SHIBATA, Akifumi HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 10085385Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masatoshi Yajima, Akifumi Hashimoto, Kenji Kawano, Masahiro Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20160192599Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Masatoshi YAJIMA, Akifumi HASHIMOTO, Kenji KAWANO, Masahiro YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 9354459Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiko Nakamizo, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Takamitsu Suzuki, Akifumi Hashimoto
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Patent number: 9202436Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiko Nakamizo, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Takamitsu Suzuki, Akifumi Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20140146265Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiko Nakamizo, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Takamitsu Suzuki, Akifumi Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20130207884Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiko Nakamizo, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Takamitsu Suzuki, Akifumi Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20080080357Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2007Publication date: April 3, 2008Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Michihiro Yamagata, Akifumi Hashimoto, Yuichi Takahashi, Yukihiro Chokyu, Kei Ikeda
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Publication number: 20050111336Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2004Publication date: May 26, 2005Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Michihiro Yamagata, Akifumi Hashimoto, Yuichi Takahashi, Yukihiro Chokyu, Kei Ikeda
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Patent number: 4842392Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 1987Date of Patent: June 27, 1989Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Masashi Ito, Toshiki Itoi, Akifumi Hashimoto