Patents by Inventor Koichi Hanasaki

Koichi Hanasaki 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).

  • Patent number: 8593492
    Abstract: A light guide plate, a backlight unit and a display apparatus including the same and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The light guide plate includes: a body which includes an incident surface and an emission surface; at least one first optical path converter which is formed in an opposite surface of the body which is opposite to the emission surface, and extends continuously in a first direction to convert an optical path of an incident light introduced through the incident surface so that the incident light passes through the emission surface; and at least one second optical path converter which is formed in the opposite surface, and is arranged discontinuously in at least one row extending in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-jung Cho, Koichi Hanasaki, Dae-hee Lee, Hyeong-sik Choi, Myung-ryul Jung, Do-hyeon Baek, Sin-wook Hyung
  • Publication number: 20120162281
    Abstract: A light guide plate, a backlight unit and a display apparatus including the same and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The light guide plate includes: a body which includes an incident surface and an emission surface; at least one first optical path converter which is formed in an opposite surface of the body which is opposite to the emission surface, and extends continuously in a first direction to convert an optical path of an incident light introduced through the incident surface so that the incident light passes through the emission surface; and at least one second optical path converter which is formed in the opposite surface, and is arranged discontinuously in at least one row extending in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-jung CHO, Koichi HANASAKI, Dae-hee LEE, Hyeong-sik CHOI, Myung-ryul JUNG, Do-hyeon BAEK, Sin-wook HYUNG
  • Publication number: 20120020074
    Abstract: A color-mixing section R1 is constructed by allocating to each light-adjusting area one or more LEDs 311, . . . as primary light sources and color-mixing elements R1(411), . . . for guiding primary light from the LED 311, . . . to color-mix or homogenize the brightness. An available element R2 for receiving secondary light from the color-mixing elements to emit light covers the entire color-mixing elements. The LEDs 311, . . . and the color-mixing elements R1(411), . . . are not superposed onto each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Naoya Sone, Takahiro Ito, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Koichi Hanasaki, Tokihiko Shinomiya
  • Patent number: 5617251
    Abstract: An improved flat lighting device is provided. The flat lighting device comprises a light transmission member having a luminous surface formed on the front side thereof, a reflection surface on the rear side of said luminous surface, and an incident surface, and further comprises a light source and a reflecting mirror in the vicinity of the side perpendicular to said luminous surface. The thickness of the light transmission member between the luminous surface and the reflection surface is increased wider than that of the incident surface, the lower end of said incident surface is in contact with the reflection surface, said light source and said reflecting mirror are provided closer to the center of the light transmission member inside the end of the luminous surface, said inclined surface is formed by connecting the upper end of the incident surface and the end of the luminous surface, and said inclined surface is provided with a reflection function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushige Ohta, Koichi Hanasaki, Satoru Konishi