Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Nishiyama

Kazuhiro Nishiyama 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: 20220039697
    Abstract: A detection device includes: an optical sensor including a sensor base member and photoelectric conversion elements that are provided on the sensor base member and configured to output signals corresponding to light emitted to the photoelectric conversion elements; a light-emitting element configured to emit output light toward a direction of an object to be measured; and an optical element including first light-transmitting areas and a non-light-transmitting area and provided between the optical sensor and the object to be measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki HIGANO, Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA, Yasushi TOMIOKA, Genki ASOZU, Kazuki MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11215862
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic equipment includes a liquid crystal panel including a display portion, a polarizer superposed on the display portion, and a detection element superposed on the liquid crystal panel and the polarizer to detect infrared rays through the liquid crystal panel and the polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akio Takimoto, Toshiki Kaneko, Takuo Kaitoh, Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 11099413
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first basement, a first folding line and a second folding line. The first basement has a first area which is a display area including a display element, and a second area and a third area which are non-display areas and are adjacent to the first area. The first folding line is located at a border of the first area and the second area. The second folding line is located at a border of the first area and the third area. The first folding line extends in a first direction, and the second folding line extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Aoki, Toshiya Yamazaki, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Toshihiro Yanagi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Shinichiro Oka, Hiroyuki Kimura, Takashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210141252
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a camera, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, a liquid crystal panel, and a controller controlling the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a first region and a second region. The controller controls a first opening mode of transmitting light through the first region and the second region, and a second opening mode of making a quantity of light transmitted through the first region smaller than a quantity of light transmitted through the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akio TAKIMOTO, Toshiki KANEKO, Takuo KAITOH, Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA, Hiroyuki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210141266
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic equipment includes a liquid crystal panel including a display portion, a polarizer superposed on the display portion, and a detection element superposed on the liquid crystal panel and the polarizer to detect infrared rays through the liquid crystal panel and the polarizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akio TAKIMOTO, Toshiki KANEKO, Takuo KAITOH, Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA, Hiroyuki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210088842
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a camera, a liquid crystal panel including a display portion overlaid on the camera, a light guide having a first side surface and a main surface opposed to the liquid crystal panel and a first through hole, and a light source opposed to the first side surface. The camera is provided in the first through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akio TAKIMOTO, Toshiki KANEKO, Takuo KAITOH, Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA, Hiroyuki KIMURA
  • Patent number: 10759191
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an apparatus main body that houses the printing unit therein, and that includes a paper feeding port provided on the upper surface; an upper feeding path configured to guide the medium fed from the paper feeding port and including a first curved portion in a middle portion thereof for inverting the medium; a medium housing portion configured to house the medium; and a lower feeding path configured to guide the medium from the medium housing portion and including a second curved portion in a middle portion thereof for inverting the medium in a course of the guidance, in which an innermost portion of the first curved portion overlaps the second curved portion in a depth direction from the front surface toward a rear surface, which is on a side opposite to the front surface, of the apparatus main body when viewed from the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Ishihara, Kazuhiro Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20200223238
    Abstract: The invention provides a printing system and an extension unit that can transport media of any specified sizes appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA, Soshi OKAWA, Nobutaka SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10589548
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that performs printing on a medium, an apparatus main body that houses the printing unit therein and that has outer surfaces including an upper surface and a front surface that adjoiningly intersects the upper surface, a paper feed port that is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body and that enables the medium to be fed into the apparatus main body, a feed path that is guiding the medium fed from the paper feed port toward the printing unit and that has a curved portion for inverting the medium during the guiding, a pair of rollers that are provided at the upstream of the curved portion and that feed the medium toward the printing unit via the feed path by rotating while nipping the medium fed from the paper feed port from both front and rear sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Ishihara, Kazuhiro Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20190381813
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an apparatus main body that houses the printing unit therein, and that includes a paper feeding port provided on the upper surface; an upper feeding path configured to guide the medium fed from the paper feeding port and including a first curved portion in a middle portion thereof for inverting the medium; a medium housing portion configured to house the medium; and a lower feeding path configured to guide the medium from the medium housing portion and including a second curved portion in a middle portion thereof for inverting the medium in a course of the guidance, in which an innermost portion of the first curved portion overlaps the second curved portion in a depth direction from the front surface toward a rear surface, which is on a side opposite to the front surface, of the apparatus main body when viewed from the upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Masakazu Ishihara, Kazuhiro Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20190193431
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that performs printing on a medium, an apparatus main body that houses the printing unit therein and that has outer surfaces including an upper surface and a front surface that adjoiningly intersects the upper surface, a paper feed port that is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body and that enables the medium to be fed into the apparatus main body, a feed path that is guiding the medium fed from the paper feed port toward the printing unit and that has a curved portion for inverting the medium during the guiding, a pair of rollers that are provided at the upstream of the curved portion and that feed the medium toward the printing unit via the feed path by rotating while nipping the medium fed from the paper feed port from both front and rear sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Masakazu ISHIHARA, Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10272703
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that enables a medium container to be detached by moving a hopper with a reduced load with a simple structure is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Soshi Okawa, Kazuhiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10254590
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a first alignment film, and a sealant, wherein the first alignment film is an optical alignment film, the sealant includes an epoxy resin not having an acrylate skeleton and a resin having an acrylate skeleton, a storage elastic modulus of the sealant is greater than or equal to 1.0×107 Pa and less than or equal to 1.5×109 Pa, and at least a part of the sealant is in contact with the first alignment film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Noboru Kunimatsu, Toshiyuki Higano, Midori Tsukane, Kazuhiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10245858
    Abstract: A printing apparatus is provided which is capable of reducing a concern that a medium may remain inside an apparatus main body at the time of pulling out a medium accommodating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Soshi Okawa, Kazuhiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10175818
    Abstract: A display device is configured that the common electrode wiring layer is divided in a source wiring layer direction, the metal wiring layer is disposed above the source wiring layer at a position in contact with the upper part of the common electrode wiring layer, and the metal wiring layer is not disposed at a position where the common electrode wiring layer is divided. Alternatively, the metal wiring layer is not disposed at a position between the same colors as those at the division position of the common electrode wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shigesumi Araki, Mitsutaka Okita, Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Ishizaki, Kohei Azumi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
  • Publication number: 20190004360
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first basement, a first folding line and a second folding line. The first basement has a first area which is a display area including a display element, and a second area and a third area which are non-display areas and are adjacent to the first area. The first folding line is located at a border of the first area and the second area. The second folding line is located at a border of the first area and the third area. The first folding line extends in a first direction, and the second folding line extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro AOKI, Toshiya YAMAZAKI, Kazunori YAMAGUCHI, Toshihiro YANAGI, Yoshitoshi KIDA, Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA, Shinichiro OKA, Hiroyuki KIMURA, Takashi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180178561
    Abstract: The invention provides a printing system and an extension unit that can transport media of any specified sizes appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA, Soshi OKAWA, Nobutaka SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180178559
    Abstract: A printing apparatus is provided which is capable of reducing a concern that a medium may remain inside an apparatus main body at the time of pulling out a medium accommodating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Soshi OKAWA, Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180178560
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that enables a medium container to be detached by moving a hopper with a reduced load with a simple structure is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Soshi OKAWA, Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9956793
    Abstract: A printing device includes a printing unit, a pair of transporting rollers (a pair of rollers) that is disposed right before the printing unit and that transport a medium to the printing unit, and a transportation direction changing mechanism that is disposed on an upstream side of the pair of transporting rollers and that changes a transportation direction of the medium before the medium is nipped by the pair of transporting rollers. The transportation direction changing mechanism changes a transportation direction of a following medium such that a leading end portion of the following medium overlaps a preceding medium when the printing unit performs printing in a state where the preceding medium is nipped by the pair of transporting rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yatsunami, Takashi Matsuki, Kazuhiro Nishiyama