Patents by Inventor Mamoru Suzuki

Mamoru Suzuki 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: 10330928
    Abstract: Provided is an illumination lens, including: a lens portion provided in a substantially central portion of a plate surface of a plate-like member; a flat portion provided in a region other than a region of the lens portion of the plate surface; and a reflection suppression structure configured to suppress total reflection of light inside, the reflection suppression structure being provided in at least one of the flat portion and a side end portion. The illumination lens enables emitting light having a more favorable characteristic with a simpler configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Suzuki, Yusuke Oyama
  • Patent number: 10255731
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display apparatus including a storage unit that stores information on electronic tickets; a reading unit that reads the information on electronic tickets stored in the storage unit; a determining unit that determines whether the electronic tickets are in use based on usage information of the electronic tickets included in the information on electronic tickets read by the reading unit; a display order determining unit that determines display order on a screen display of the electronic tickets based on results of the determination made by the determining unit; and a display screen generating unit that generates a display screen showing the electronic tickets according to the display order on the screen display determined by the display order determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru Suzuki, Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10229955
    Abstract: A organic electroluminescence device includes: a plurality of pixels each including an organic layer and a second electrode in this order on a first electrode having light reflectivity, and each configured to emit light of one wavelength out of two or more different wavelengths, the organic layer including an organic electroluminescence layer; and a black matrix layer provided on light emission side of the second electrode, and having first apertures for the respective pixels. The black matrix layer has inclined surfaces inside the respective first apertures, and inclination angles of the inclined surfaces are set, based on emission wavelengths of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kikuchi, Mamoru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180357940
    Abstract: A light-emission unit of an embodiment of the disclosure includes a light-emission section, a light extraction surface that extracts light outputted from the light-emission section, and a light-condensing section that is provided on side opposite the light extraction surface, with the light-emission section provided therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: MAMORU SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180085677
    Abstract: A mist generating device including a vibrating plate which vibrates at a high frequency and a liquid supply mechanism for supplying a conductive liquid such as water to the vibrating plate and generating a mist by bringing the liquid supplied through the liquid supply mechanism into contact with the vibrating plate for atomization, the mist generating device further including liquid-contact detecting unit for detecting presence of contact of the liquid with the vibrating plate; and protective operation performing unit for performing a protective operation for preventing idle vibration of the vibrating plate when the liquid-contact detecting unit detects non-contact of the liquid with the vibrating plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shima ATSUZAWA, Hiroshi SHINOHARA, Mamoru SUZUKI, Saburo WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170269356
    Abstract: Provided is an illumination lens, including: a lens portion provided in a substantially central portion of a plate surface of a plate-like member; a flat portion provided in a region other than a region of the lens portion of the plate surface; and a reflection suppression structure configured to suppress total reflection of light inside, the reflection suppression structure being provided in at least one of the flat portion and a side end portion. The illumination lens enables emitting light having a more favorable characteristic with a simpler configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru SUZUKI, Yusuke OYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160315125
    Abstract: A organic electroluminescence device includes: a plurality of pixels each including an organic layer and a second electrode in this order on a first electrode having light reflectivity, and each configured to emit light of one wavelength out of two or more different wavelengths, the organic layer including an organic electroluminescence layer; and a black matrix layer provided on light emission side of the second electrode, and having first apertures for the respective pixels. The black matrix layer has inclined surfaces inside the respective first apertures, and inclination angles of the inclined surfaces are set, based on emission wavelengths of the pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Koji Kikuchi, Mamoru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160211296
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device, a solid state imaging element, and an electronic apparatus in which the adverse effect due to hot carrier luminescence can be suppressed. In them, an element formation unit in which a plurality of elements are formed and an interconnection unit in which interconnections connecting elements are formed are stacked. A structure object formed between a light receiving element that receives light and performs photoelectric conversion and an active element that forms a peripheral circuit placed around the light receiving element in such a manner that the gap in the thickness direction of the element formation unit is not more than a prescribed spacing and formed of a material that inhibits the propagation of light is placed in the element formation unit. The present technology can be applied to a back-side illumination solid state imaging element, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Shoji KOBAYASHI, Shin IWABUCHI, Toshikazu SHIBAYAMA, Mamoru SUZUKI, Shunsuke MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 9368557
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a light-emitting element corresponding to a pixel for a color, and a white color filter corresponding to a white pixel. Transmittance of the white color filter is based on neutral density (ND) transmittance that is uniform throughout an entire wavelength band of visible light, and transmittance in a particular wavelength band in the entire wavelength band of the visible light is decreased to be lower than the ND transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Suzuki, Seonghee Noh, Masato Nakamura, Seiichiro Jinta, Gaku Izumi, Shinichi Teraguchi
  • Patent number: 9263886
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a plurality of electric power generating elements; detection means for determining whether each of the plurality of electric power generating elements has an electromotive force equal to or higher than a predetermined value; determination means determining an input operation performed by a user by identifying an electric power generating element having an electromotive force below the predetermined value when at least one of the plurality of electric power generating elements is determined as having an electromotive force below the predetermined value according to the detection means; processing means carrying out a process associate with the input operation determined by the determination means; and bypass means which is provided in parallel with the electric power generating elements and through which a current flows when the electric power generating elements have an electromotive force below the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mamoru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9258474
    Abstract: The TDI sensor includes: a light receiving unit including pixel rows each having a plurality of image capturing elements arranged in a first direction and generating and holding electric charges corresponding to respective exposure amounts, and electric charge holding rows each having a plurality of electric charge holding sections having only a function of holding the electric charges and arranged in the first direction so as to correspond to respective image capturing elements of the pixel rows, one of the pixel rows and one or a plurality of the electric charge holding rows being alternately arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a transfer unit that sequentially, on a row-by-row basis, transfers electric charges held by the image capturing elements and the electric charge holding sections to adjacent rows, and outputs a signal corresponding to electric charges finally accumulated by the transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruyasu Fujita, Mamoru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150277004
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit that includes a first pixel and a second pixel which are adjacent to each other in a first direction and a filter layer that includes a first filter and a second filter which are disposed corresponding to each of the first pixel and the second pixel, and which are adjacent to each other in the first direction, in which a refractive index of the first filter is lower than a refractive index of the second filter, a dimension of at least a part of the first filter in the first direction is larger than a dimension of the second filter in the first direction, and at least a portion of a boundary between the first filter and the second filter is positioned in an area occupied by the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Mamoru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9019290
    Abstract: A detecting section which detects a carrier wave near the receiving section, a switching control section which controls a switching section so as to, when the detecting section detects the carrier wave, switch connecting destination of the first storage section into the receiving section, and when the detecting section does not detect the carrier wave, switch the connecting destination of the first storage section into the reading section, a second storage section which stores the data conversion information read by the reading section, and a display control section which converts the read display data using the data conversion information stored in the second storage section so as to display the information on the display section are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Suzuki, Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 8977188
    Abstract: A radio communication system whereby a range is enabled and communication control and quality can be ideally maintained even if the communication distance changes. The transmitting apparatus has a transmitting unit that repeatedly transmits one data packet; a receiving unit that repeatedly receives a response packet; an integrating unit that integrates a repeatedly received response packet; and a determining unit that determines, by use of a result of the integration, whether the received response packet is correct. The receiving apparatus has a receiving unit that repeatedly receives a data packet; an integrating unit that integrates a repeatedly received data packet; a determining unit that determines, by use of a result of the integration, whether the received data packet is correct; and a transmitting unit that repeatedly transmits the response packet when determination is made that the received data packet is correct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: QUADRAC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kusakabe, Fumio Kubono, Mamoru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150048345
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a light-emitting element corresponding to a pixel for a color, and a white color filter corresponding to a white pixel. Transmittance of the white color filter is based on neutral density (ND) transmittance that is uniform throughout an entire wavelength band of visible light, and transmittance in a particular wavelength band in the entire wavelength band of the visible light is decreased to be lower than the ND transmittance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Suzuki, Seonghee Noh, Masato Nakamura, Seiichiro Jinta, Gaku Izumi, Shinichi Teraguchi
  • Publication number: 20140184847
    Abstract: The TDI sensor includes: a light receiving unit including pixel rows each having a plurality of image capturing elements arranged in a first direction and generating and holding electric charges corresponding to respective exposure amounts, and electric charge holding rows each having a plurality of electric charge holding sections having only a function of holding the electric charges and arranged in the first direction so as to correspond to respective image capturing elements of the pixel rows, one of the pixel rows and one or a plurality of the electric charge holding rows being alternately arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a transfer unit that sequentially, on a row-by-row basis, transfers electric charges held by the image capturing elements and the electric charge holding sections to adjacent rows, and outputs a signal corresponding to electric charges finally accumulated by the transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruyasu Fujita, Mamoru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8742902
    Abstract: An information processing method includes the steps of: detecting a magnetic field variation that occurs in the vicinity of a receiving section that receives a magnetic field signal; determining whether or not a detection result satisfies a predetermined condition that is set in advance; connecting a storage section, which stores information included in the magnetic field signal received by the receiving section, to the receiving section if it is determined that the detection result does not satisfy the condition; and connecting the storage section to a reading section that reads information stored on the storage section, if it is determined that the detection result satisfies the condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Suzuki, Yoshihito Ishibashi, Fumio Kubono
  • Patent number: 8732492
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a plurality of electric power generating elements; detection means for determining whether each of the plurality of electric power generating elements has an electromotive force equal to or higher than a predetermined value; determination means determining an input operation performed by a user by identifying an electric power generating element having an electromotive force below the predetermined value when at least one of the plurality of electric power generating elements is determined as having an electromotive force below the predetermined value according to the detection means; processing means carrying out a process associate with the input operation determined by the determination means; and bypass means which is provided in parallel with the electric power generating elements and through which a current flows when the electric power generating elements have an electromotive force below the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Mamoru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140049116
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a plurality of electric power generating elements; detection means for determining whether each of the plurality of electric power generating elements has an electromotive force equal to or higher than a predetermined value; determination means determining an input operation performed by a user by identifying an electric power generating element having an electromotive force below the predetermined value when at least one of the plurality of electric power generating elements is determined as having an electromotive force below the predetermined value according to the detection means; processing means carrying out a process associate with the input operation determined by the determination means; and bypass means which is provided in parallel with the electric power generating elements and through which a current flows when the electric power generating elements have an electromotive force below the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Mamoru SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140036529
    Abstract: A display unit includes: a display section displaying an image; and a light source device emitting light for image display toward the display section, the light source device including one or more first light sources, a light guide plate, and an optical member, the first light sources emitting first illumination light, the light guide plate including a plurality of scattering regions that allow the first illumination light to be scattered and then to exit from the light guide plate, the optical member being disposed on a light-emission side of the light guide plate to face the light guide plate and allowing an angular distribution of luminance of the first illumination light emitted from the light guide plate to be varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Suzuki, Masaru Minami