Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Shigeno

Nobuyuki Shigeno 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: 11402566
    Abstract: In a side-edge type surface light emitting apparatus including a light guide plate having a light emitting surface and a light distribution controlling surface opposing each other, and a light incident surface and a counter light incident surface opposing each other on sides of the light emitting surface and the light distribution controlling surface; a light source disposed on the light incident surface; and a prism sheet having multiple peak-shaped prisms protruded toward the light emitting surface and in parallel with the light incident surface, each of the peak-shaped prisms has a definite apical shape and a definite apical height, and the peak-shaped prisms have a definite pitch. The peak-shaped prisms have sloped angles gradually changed from the light incident surface to the counter light incident surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Miyamoto, Atsushi Takeuchi, Nobuyuki Shigeno
  • Patent number: 11231823
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Aoki, Shuichi Tatemori, Nobuyuki Shigeno
  • Publication number: 20210325596
    Abstract: In a side-edge type surface light emitting apparatus including a light guide plate having a light emitting surface and a light distribution controlling surface opposing each other, and a light incident surface and a counter light incident surface opposing each other on sides of the light emitting surface and the light distribution controlling surface; a light source disposed on the light incident surface; and a prism sheet having multiple peak-shaped prisms protruded toward the light emitting surface and in parallel with the light incident surface, each of the peak-shaped prisms has a definite apical shape and a definite apical height, and the peak-shaped prisms have a definite pitch. The peak-shaped prisms have sloped angles gradually changed from the light incident surface to the counter light incident surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi Miyamoto, Atsushi Takeuchi, Nobuyuki Shigeno
  • Publication number: 20190155443
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: KENGO AOKI, SHUICHI TATEMORI, NOBUYUKI SHIGENO
  • Patent number: 10228796
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Aoki, Shuichi Tatemori, Nobuyuki Shigeno
  • Publication number: 20180188886
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: KENGO AOKI, SHUICHI TATEMORI, NOBUYUKI SHIGENO
  • Patent number: 9933894
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Aoki, Shuichi Tatemori, Nobuyuki Shigeno
  • Publication number: 20170285854
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Kengo AOKI, Shuichi TATEMORI, Nobuyuki SHIGENO
  • Patent number: 9710102
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Aoki, Shuichi Tatemori, Nobuyuki Shigeno
  • Publication number: 20160154523
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Kengo Aoki, Shuichi Tatemori, Nobuyuki Shigeno
  • Patent number: 9256308
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Aoki, Shuichi Tatemori, Nobuyuki Shigeno
  • Patent number: 8958033
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a rectangular display panel, a polarizing plate covering an entire surface of the display panel, and a frame supporting the display panel, wherein the polarizing plate includes a polarizing plate extended portion extended from at least one side surface of the polarizing plate outward beyond the display panel, and the frame includes a frame extended portion extended from the frame along an extending direction of the polarizing plate extended portion to support the polarizing plate extended portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kengou Aoki, Nobuhiro Honda, Kiyohito Fujita, Nobuyuki Shigeno, Shuichi Tatemori
  • Publication number: 20130321311
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Aoki, Shuichi Tatemori, Nobuyuki Shigeno
  • Publication number: 20130077017
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a rectangular display panel, a polarizing plate covering an entire surface of the display panel, and a frame supporting the display panel, wherein the polarizing plate includes a polarizing plate extended portion extended from at least one side surface of the polarizing plate outward beyond the display panel, and the frame includes a frame extended portion extended from the frame along an extending direction of the polarizing plate extended portion to support the polarizing plate extended portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengou Aoki, Nobuhiro Honda, Kiyohito Fujita, Nobuyuki Shigeno, Shuichi Tatemori
  • Patent number: 8094261
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display unit and a data processing system equipped therewith. The display unit includes a liquid crystal module, a rear panel covering the back surface of the liquid crystal module, a front periphery covering member covering a peripheral part of the front surface of the liquid crystal module, and a wiring board for driving the liquid crystal module. The liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal cell, a light guide panel disposed behind the back surface of the liquid crystal cell, a reflecting panel disposed behind the back surface of the light guide panel, plural LEDs disposed opposite to one end surface of the light guide panel, and a holding frame provided with a spacing part, covering a peripheral part of the back surface of the reflecting panel and holding the liquid crystal cell, the light guide panel, the reflecting panel and the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohito Fujita, Ryosuke Tobiyama, Nobuyuki Shigeno, Makoto Tanahashi, Osamu Koyama
  • Publication number: 20070046851
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display unit and a data processing system equipped therewith. The display unit includes a liquid crystal module, a rear panel covering the back surface of the liquid crystal module, a front periphery covering member covering a peripheral part of the front surface of the liquid crystal module, and a wiring board for driving the liquid crystal module. The liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal cell, a light guide panel disposed behind the back surface of the liquid crystal cell, a reflecting panel disposed behind the back surface of the light guide panel, plural LEDs disposed opposite to one end surface of the light guide panel, and a holding frame provided with a spacing part, covering a peripheral part of the back surface of the reflecting panel and holding the liquid crystal cell, the light guide panel, the reflecting panel and the LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Kiyohito Fujita, Ryosuke Tobiyama, Nobuyuki Shigeno, Makoto Tanahashi, Osamu Koyama
  • Publication number: 20040041957
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display including a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, a pixel having a transmissive display region for displaying with transmitted light and a reflective display region for displaying with reflected light, a drive element for driving the pixel, a signal line for supplying a display signal to the drive element, and a gate line for supplying a scan signal to the drive element. One of the substrates includes an insulating planarization layer for planarizing a step produced by the signal line and/or the gate line, and a transparent electrode formed on the insulating planarization layer in the transmissive display region. With this structure, the leakage of light in the black display state can be prevented to thereby improve the contrast, and the transmissive display region can be enlarged to thereby ensure a high transmissivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Hidemasa Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Tanaka, Shinji Nakamura, Yoko Fukunaga, Masumitsu Ino, Nobuyuki Shigeno, Yoshiharu Nakajima
  • Patent number: 6559916
    Abstract: A reflective guest-host liquid-crystal display device includes a first substrate for receiving incident light, on the inner surface of which transparent electrodes are formed; a second substrate which has a reflective film formed thereon and which is spaced to face the first substrate with a predetermined spacing; an electro-optical element held between the first and second substrates, which electro-optical element has a lamination structure including a guest-host liquid-crystal layer which contains a dichroic dye and which is uniformly oriented with respect to the transparent electrode, and an optical thin-film layer which has a predetermined optical anisotropic axis and which is formed at least on the reflective film, the optical thin-film layer being formed from a polymer liquid crystal having liquid crystal molecules which are uniaxially oriented along the optical anisotropic axis; and a passivation layer which is interposed between the optical thin-film layer and the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Urabe, Hideo Kataoka, Nobuyuki Shigeno
  • Patent number: 6476889
    Abstract: A hybrid type display apparatus capable of maintaining color purity in a case of transmission mode display, and improving lightness of color in a case of reflection mode display is provided. This hybrid type display apparatus is comprised of: a pair of substrates comprising a first substrate on a front side and a second substrate on a rear side, disposed in opposite directions spaced apart from each other; a first electrode provided on an internal surface of the first substrate; a second electrode provided on an internal surface of the second substrate; a color filter provided on the first substrate, aligned with a pixel in a portion between the first electrode and the second electrode spaced apart in the opposite directions from each other; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and the second substrates; and a reflection layer provided on the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Urabe, Nobuyuki Shigeno, Takayuki Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20020033918
    Abstract: Process of simplifying the manufacturing process and obtaining bright and high quality display for the semi-transmission type liquid crystal display device. The device has a liquid crystal panel of a transmission area having a transparent electrode as a pixel electrode as well as a reflection area having a reflector as a pixel electrode. The transparent electrode is formed of an ITO film while the reflector is formed of an Ag film which is directly formed on the ITO film. Also, the transparent electrode is provided directly on a transparent substrate of the liquid crystal panel. Or the gaps of mutually adjoining reflectors are shielded by a gate line, a signal line, or, simultaneously with formation of the gate line or the signal line, by a shield layer of the same materials as the gate line or the signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shigeno, Maki Tsuruta, Yoshitoshi Kida