Patents by Inventor Masafuni Ide

Masafuni Ide 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).

  • Liquid crystal display
    Patent number: 6577360
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal cell with liquid crystals sealed thereinbetween, sandwiched between two transparent substrates having an electrode on each of the inner surfaces thereof facing each other, an absorption-type polarizing film disposed on the visible side of the liquid crystal cell, a reflection-type polarizing film disposed on the side of the liquid crystal cell, opposite from the visible side. The absorption-type polarizing film is a polarizing sheet absorbing a light linearly polarized in the direction orthogonal to the transmission axis thereof while the reflection-type polarizing film is a polarizing sheet reflecting a light linearly polarized in the direction orthogonal to the transmission axis thereof. A light reflection film or a color filter may preferably be disposed under the reflection-type polarizing film. Further, a light diffusing layer or a light diffusing film may preferably be disposed on the visible side of the absorption-type polarizing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Akiyama, Masafuni Ide, Kanetaka Sekiguchi, Masami Kikuchi, Yuichi Akiba, Koji Nakagawa, Koichi Hoshino, Takashi Toida