Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Tanoue

Mitsuru Tanoue 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: 20240151891
    Abstract: A minimum display unit forming a pattern, displayable by a light guide plate of a display device, has first and second prisms with reflective surfaces in a curved surface shape that is convex relative to an incident surface of the light guide plate. The first and second prisms are configured such that a ratio of light quantities from first and second light sources having different emission colors into the light guide plate, reflected by the reflective surface of the first prism, and directed to a predetermined direction is a first ratio; a ratio of light quantities from second and third light sources having different emission colors into the light guide plate, reflected by the reflective surface of the second prism, and directed to the predetermined direction is a second ratio. The first and second ratios are set such that the minimum display unit is displayed in a predetermined display color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru OKUDA, Yasuhiro Tanoue
  • Patent number: 5756857
    Abstract: A cyclohexanol derivative represented by the following general formula (1) and preferably the following general formula (1a): ##STR1## wherein R represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. The above cyclohexanol derivative imparts satisfactory refrigeration to not only the mouth mucosa but also the skin. Moreover, it is practically odorless. A cool feeling and various cool feeling compositions which are practically odorless can be obtained from the cyclohexanol derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kuribayashi, Mitsuru Tanoue, Akira Nakagawa, Munehiko Hirano, Hideshi Oda