Patents by Inventor Jun Nishikawa
Jun Nishikawa 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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Patent number: 11024461Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including a main surface facing in a first direction, an end surface facing in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a side surface facing in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, and internal electrodes laminated in the first direction; and an external electrode formed on a surface of the ceramic body, the external electrode including a base film including an end-surface-covering portion that covers the end surface, and a main-surface-covering portion that covers part of the main surface continuously from the end-surface-covering portion, an electrically conductive thin film including a base-covering portion that covers the main-surface-covering portion, and a ceramic-body-covering portion that extends from the base-covering portion in the second direction and covers part of the main surface, and a plating film that covers the electrically conductive thin film and the base film.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasutomo Suga, Masataka Watabe, Jun Nishikawa, Sadayoshi Kato
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Patent number: 11003061Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present technology, an image display apparatus includes a light source; an image generation unit; and a projection optical system. The image generation unit generates image light by modulating a light beam emitted from the light source. The projection optical system includes a first lens group that is disposed on an optical axis of the generated image light and has a first refractive power, a second lens group that is disposed on the optical axis and has a second refractive power, a first movement mechanism that moves the first lens group, and a second movement mechanism that moves the second lens group corresponding to the first refractive power, the second refractive power, and the movement of the first lens group.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20210055645Abstract: An image display apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology includes a light source, an image generator, and a projection optical system. The image generator modulates light emitted from the light source and generates image light. The projection optical system includes a lens system and a concave reflective surface. The lens system is configured on a basis of a reference axis at a position on which the generated image light is incident, and has a positive refracting power as a whole. The concave reflective surface is configured on a basis of the reference axis, and reflects the image light emitted from the lens system toward a projection target. In addition, the concave reflective surface reflects at least one or more light beams included in the image light incident on the concave reflective surface, toward a direction that intersects with a direction along the reference axis at an angle of 80 degrees or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Jun NISHIKAWA, Naoko MATSUBARA, Tatsushi NASHIDA, Yosuke SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 10927728Abstract: Disclosed is an oil passageway structure for an engine, which comprises: a body-side oil passage; a cover-side oil passage; an oil passage coupling section in which a first mating face formed around a peripheral edge of an endless transmission band cover-facing open end of the body-side oil passage is coupled to a second mating face formed around a peripheral edge of a body-side oil passage-facing open end of the cover-side oil passage; a groove formed in one of the first mating face and the second mating face; a cutout provided in the one mating face formed with the groove; and a sealing member attached to the groove, wherein the sealing member is formed with an outward protrusion protruding beyond an outer edge-side end of the cutout, and the cutout is formed inclinedly with respect to a cylinder axis as viewed in a cylinder row direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Toshitaka Suzuki, Jun Nishikawa, Kazuaki Aizawa, Yoshinori Sato
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Publication number: 20200410963Abstract: An image display system according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an image display unit, an acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The image display unit is capable of displaying an image and moves in association with a movement of a user. The acquisition unit acquires movement information regarding a movement of the image display unit. The display control unit causes the image display unit to execute suppression image display for suppressing an influence of the movement of the image display unit with respect to an external space on the basis of the acquired movement information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Koji NAGATA, Takashi SAITOH, Yoshinori NASADA, Tomoya TAKEI, Jun NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200347806Abstract: Disclosed is an engine which comprises: an engine body comprising a cylinder head and a cylinder block; an inlet duct attached to the engine body; and a fuel system component disposed between the engine body and the inlet duct, wherein the inlet duct is disposed on a vehicle forward side of the engine body when mounted to a vehicle, and wherein the inlet duct has: a fuel system component-corresponding portion located in a zone overlapping the fuel system component when viewed from the vehicle forward side, and a region located adjacent to the fuel system component-corresponding portion and having a lower rigidity than the fuel system component-corresponding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2018Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Masahiko TANISHO, Nozomu HACHIYA, Ken YOSHIDA, Masayuki FURUTANI, Masahiro NISHIOKA, Jun NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200194184Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component that satisfies the following: 30 ?m?Ts?100 ?m, 6 ?m?T?18 ?m, and 0.19?(2T+t)/Ts?1.55, where Ts represents a dimension of a ceramic body measured along a first axis, T represents a mean value of thickness dimensions of upper and lower portions of an external electrode measured along the first axis that cover edges of top and bottom surfaces of the ceramic body, and t represents a sum of thickness dimensions of internal electrodes drawn to and in contact with the external electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun NISHIKAWA, Yasutomo SUGA
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Publication number: 20200142291Abstract: An image display device according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a light source, an image generator, and a projection optical system. The image generator modulates a light beam emitted by the light source and generates image light. The projection optical system includes a first lens system, a first reflection optical system, a second lens system, and a second reflection optical system. The first lens system has a positive refractive power as a whole, and refracts the generated image light. The first reflection optical system includes two or more reflection surfaces, each reflection surface being a surface off which the image light refracted by the first lens system is reflected. The second lens system has a positive refractive power as a whole, and refracts the image light reflected off the first reflection optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Jun NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200082985Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including a main surface facing in a first direction, an end surface facing in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a side surface facing in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, and internal electrodes laminated in the first direction; and an external electrode formed on a surface of the ceramic body, the external electrode including a base film including an end-surface-covering portion that covers the end surface, and a main-surface-covering portion that covers part of the main surface continuously from the end-surface-covering portion, an electrically conductive thin film including a base-covering portion that covers the main-surface-covering portion, and a ceramic-body-covering portion that extends from the base-covering portion in the second direction and covers part of the main surface, and a plating film that covers the electrically conductive thin film and the base film.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Yasutomo SUGA, Masataka WATABE, Jun NISHIKAWA, Sadayoshi KATO
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Publication number: 20190309668Abstract: Disclosed is an oil passageway structure for an engine, which comprises: a body-side oil passage; a cover-side oil passage; an oil passage coupling section in which a first mating face formed around a peripheral edge of an endless transmission band cover-facing open end of the body-side oil passage is coupled to a second mating face formed around a peripheral edge of a body-side oil passage-facing open end of the cover-side oil passage; a groove formed in one of the first mating face and the second mating face; a cutout provided in the one mating face formed with the groove; and a sealing member attached to the groove, wherein the sealing member is formed with an outward protrusion protruding beyond an outer edge-side end of the cutout, and the cutout is formed inclinedly with respect to a cylinder axis as viewed in a cylinder row direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Toshitaka Suzuki, Jun Nishikawa, Kazuaki Aizawa, Yoshinori Sato
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Publication number: 20190289285Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device controlling an output on the basis of displacement information of an object in accordance with a body motion of a user. [Solution] An information processing device includes: a displacement information acquisition unit configured to acquire displacement information corresponding to 3-dimensional displacement of a predetermined portion of an object that a user mounts in accordance with a body motion on the basis of positional information of the predetermined portion; and an output control unit configured to perform control such that an output unit performs a predetermined output on the basis of the acquired displacement information. The object has, for example, a seatback which a user can sit. The displacement information acquisition unit acquires a change in a position in at least one of front and rear directions, right and left directions, or upward and downward directions of a seatback.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: TATSUSHI NASHIDA, MASANORI MIKAMI, TATSUYA YAMAZAKI, NAOMASA TAKAHASHI, YOSUKE SHIMIZU, JUN NISHIKAWA, NAOKO EDAMITSU
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Patent number: 10381156Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer structure in which each of a plurality of ceramic dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked wherein: a concentration of a rare earth element of at least one of an end margin region and a side margin region is lower than that of a capacity region; a total concentration of Si and B of the at least one of the end margin region and the side margin region is higher than that of the capacity region.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Nishikawa, Shusaku Ueda
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Publication number: 20190219905Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present technology, an image display apparatus includes a light source; an image generation unit; and a projection optical system. The image generation unit generates image light by modulating a light beam emitted from the light source. The projection optical system includes a first lens group that is disposed on an optical axis of the generated image light and has a first refractive power, a second lens group that is disposed on the optical axis and has a second refractive power, a first movement mechanism that moves the first lens group, and a second movement mechanism that moves the second lens group corresponding to the first refractive power, the second refractive power, and the movement of the first lens group.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2017Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Jun NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 10146121Abstract: A projection type image display device (100) including a light source (40), an illumination optical system (30) which uniformly radiates light flux emitted from the light source (40) onto a surface (SCR) of an image modulation element which becomes a primary image surface, a projection optical system, capable of being set at a distance very close to a focal distance of a projection image, which magnifies and projects image information of the primary image surface modulated by the image modulation element onto a projection surface which becomes a secondary image surface, and a corner focus control section capable of automatically adjusting a focal distance of at least corner regions of the projection image to a focal distance corresponding to a projection distance of the projection image.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazumasa Ikeura, Jun Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20180301282Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer structure in which each of a plurality of ceramic dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked wherein: a concentration of a rare earth element of at least one of an end margin region and a side margin region is lower than that of a capacity region; a total concentration of Si and B of the at least one of the end margin region and the side margin region is higher than that of the capacity region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Jun NISHIKAWA, Shusaku UEDA
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Patent number: 10007173Abstract: A display processing device includes a focus control unit configured to control a focal length in at least a central area of a projection image in accordance with a user operation, the projection image being enlarged and projected from a projection optical system capable of setting the focal length of the projection image at a short range.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yukihiro Sasazaki, Jun Nishikawa
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Patent number: 9891507Abstract: A system including a light source configured to illuminate light onto an image modulation element; a projection optical system including at least a first lens system and a second lens system configured to project the image modulated by the modulation element; and circuitry configured to shift a position of the first lens system in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection optical system based on an optical zoom factor, wherein a position of the image modulation element is unchanged when the circuitry shifts the position of the first lens system.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Nishikawa
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Patent number: 9714737Abstract: A kinematic support structure of a “groove-groove-groove” type that reduces friction between a first base and a second base is provided. In the kinematic support structure, a first base comprises three grooves and a second base comprises three other grooves. Balls are all movable with respect to the first base and the second base. Two grooves corresponding in the two bases face each other across respective one of the balls.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: National Institute of Natural SciencesInventor: Jun Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20170068153Abstract: A projection type image display device (100) including a light source (40), an illumination optical system (30) which uniformly radiates light flux emitted from the light source (40) onto a surface (SCR) of an image modulation element which becomes a primary image surface, a projection optical system, capable of being set at a distance very close to a focal distance of a projection image, which magnifies and projects image information of the primary image surface modulated by the image modulation element onto a projection surface which becomes a secondary image surface, and a corner focus control section capable of automatically adjusting a focal distance of at least corner regions of the projection image to a focal distance corresponding to a projection distance of the projection image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazumasa IKEURA, Jun NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9575401Abstract: A light source apparatus includes: at least one solid-state light source configured to output light in a predetermined wavelength range; a first optical system including at least one aspherical surface configured to convert a light flux from the solid-state light source into a substantially parallel light flux; an output unit including at least one light emitter that is excited by the light and emits visible light with a wavelength longer than that of the light, the output unit being configured to output light containing the light and the visible light; and a second optical system including at least one concave reflecting surface and being configured to reflect the light on the concave reflecting surface, the light coming from the solid-state light source and being converted into the substantially parallel light flux by the first optical system, to collect the light to the light emitter of the output unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Jun Nishikawa, Kazuya Matsumoto