Patents by Inventor Satoru Miyashita

Satoru Miyashita 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: 20070236139
    Abstract: The invention provides an organic EL apparatus including a substrate, a pair of electrodes formed on the substrate, and a light emitting layer disposed between the electrodes is provided in order to implement a light emitting apparatus and an electronic device which decrease reflections in a display of the organic EL apparatus, and to enhance display quality. The substrate includes a transparent substrate, the pair of the electrodes is an anode disposed on the light emitting layer at the substrate side, and a cathode disposed on the light emitting layer at an opposite side of the substrate. A semi-reflection film is disposed near the anode. The semi-reflection film transmits a part of external light incident on the organic EL apparatus from the substrate, and reflects a part of the light other than the light transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kobayashi, Satoru Miyashita
  • Patent number: 7253433
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprising: an organic thin-film transistor element including at least an active layer made of an organic material; and an organic electroluminescent element driven by the organic thin-film transistor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Ishida, Masahiro Furusawa, Katsuyuki Morii, Osamu Yokoyama, Satoru Miyashita, Tatsuya Shimoda
  • Patent number: 7242140
    Abstract: The invention provides an organic EL apparatus including a substrate, a pair of electrodes formed on the substrate, and a light emitting layer disposed between the electrodes is provided in order to implement a light emitting apparatus and an electronic device which decrease reflections in a display of the organic EL apparatus, and to enhance display quality. The substrate includes a transparent substrate, the pair of the electrodes is an anode disposed on the light emitting layer at the substrate side, and a cathode disposed on the light emitting layer at an opposite side of the substrate. A semi-reflection film is disposed near the anode. The semi-reflection film transmits a part of external light incident on the organic EL apparatus from the substrate, and reflects a part of the light other than the light transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kobayashi, Satoru Miyashita
  • Patent number: 7205964
    Abstract: The invention provides electroluminescent (EL) elements, such that a red EL light source, a green EL light source and a blue EL light source emit red color light, green color light, and blue color light, respectively, and are disposed at the rear of liquid crystal display elements. Each EL light source includes an organic EL element in which an organic thin film emits light. Each EL light source has a structure in which an organic luminescent layer is sandwiched between an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode and a metal electrode which have striped patterns which are orthogonal to each other, and sections (luminescent sections) at which the striped patterns of the ITO electrode and the metal electrode intersect with each other emit light. The luminescent sections are arrayed two-dimensionally on a glass substrate and illuminate the entire display area of the liquid crystal display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Yokoyama, Satoru Miyashita, Tatsuya Shimoda, Yasunori Taga, Shizuo Tokito, Koji Noda
  • Patent number: 7126652
    Abstract: A red light source comprising an array of LEDs 102R that emit light of a red color, a green light source comprising an array of LEDs 102G that emit light of a green color, and a blue light source comprising an array of LEDs 102B that emit light of a blue color are deployed about the periphery of a dichroic prism 101. A liquid crystal display element is illuminated by a light source device configured such that the light from the respective light sources is synthesized into white light by the dichroic prism, and projection type liquid crystal display devices and the like are configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Yokoyama, Tatsuya Shimoda, Satoru Miyashita
  • Patent number: 7111910
    Abstract: A rim material having a non-uniform thickness, a rim manufactured from the rim material, and a method for manufacturing the rim from the rim material. The rim material includes a first material portion which forms an axially curved portion of the rim after the rim material is formed to the rim and a second material portion which forms an intermediate portion between adjacent axially curved portions after the rim material is formed to the rim. The first material portion has a thick parallel-surface portion including opposite surfaces parallel to each other. The parallel-surface portion has a width greater than a maximum amount of an axial dislocation of the parallel-surface portion expected to occur when the parallel-surface portion is formed to a corresponding curved portion. The second material portion has a thickness varying portion. The thickness varying portion includes a surface having a configuration defined by a line including a straight line and/or a slightly curved line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kishiro Abe, Tsuneo Watanabe, Satoru Miyashita, Takenobu Hasegawa, Kenichi Inada, Shojiro Yokomizo, Shingo Tsukui, Katsuki Kato, Morishi Kunou, Katsunori Todoko, Kenji Hayashi, Nobuyuki Soma, Masaaki Hara
  • Patent number: 7098145
    Abstract: A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) is fabricated using either a semi-fluorinated sulphur containing compound, or a sem-fluorinated silane derivative and compressed carbon dioxide (CO2) as the solvent medium. The temperature and/or pressure of the compressed CO2 may be varied during the fabrication process to improve the molecular packing density of the monolayer. By using compressed CO2 as the solvent medium, monolayers with good molecular packing density can be fabricated relatively quickly without the use of environmentally unfriendly solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fukushima, Satoru Miyashita, Masaya Ishida, Andrew Holmes, Wilhelm Huck, Christine K Luscombe
  • Publication number: 20050282304
    Abstract: An organic EL display unit is manufactured in an efficient manner. A light emission device (1000) is manufactured by bonding together a driving circuit substrate (100) formed with driving circuit constituted by thin film transistors 11, and a light emission substrate (300) comprising a successively laminated transparent electrode layer 31, bank layer 32 made from insulating material, positive hole injection layer 33, organic EL layer 34 and cathode layer 36.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Inoue, Tatsuya Shimoda, Satoru Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20050253447
    Abstract: A rim material having a non-uniform thickness, a rim manufactured from the rim material, and a method for manufacturing the rim from the rim material. The rim material includes a first material portion which forms an axially curved portion of the rim after the rim material is formed to the rim and a second material portion which forms an intermediate portion between adjacent axially curved portions after the rim material is formed to the rim. The first material portion has a thick parallel-surface portion including opposite surfaces parallel to each other. The parallel-surface portion has a width greater than a maximum amount of an axial dislocation of the parallel-surface portion expected to occur when the parallel-surface portion is formed to a corresponding curved portion. The second material portion has a thickness varying portion. The thickness varying portion includes a surface having a configuration defined by a line including a straight line and/or a slightly curved line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Kishiro Abe, Tsuneo Watanabe, Satoru Miyashita, Takenobu Hasegawa, Kenichi Inada, Shojiro Yokomizo, Shingo Tsukui, Katsuki Kato, Morishi Kunou, Katsunori Todoko, Kenji Hayashi, Nobuyuki Soma, Masaaki Hara
  • Patent number: 6964474
    Abstract: A highly quality printing of images such as photographs, designs, and the like, is effected without using special paper. The following is provided: a supply mechanism for supplying a recording medium; means for applying a surface modifier for coating the surface modifier on the surface modification area, which is the area to be the modified of the recording medium supplied with the aforementioned means for supplying; and means for drying for drying the surface modification area coated on the aforementioned surface modification area. An area can be printed on the surface modification area with high quality. As such, high quality printing is made possible with regular paper, without using special paper, as before.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimoda, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Satoru Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20050157157
    Abstract: A donor sheet for transferring an image pattern to an image receiving element by a thermal imaging process using laser beam, comprising a base having formed in order on the base a light-to-heat conversion layer, and a transfer layer containing an image component which is melted by heating due to an action of the light-to-heat conversion layer and transferred to the image receiving element in a patterned form, in which the image component of the transfer layer contains an ink-repellent or solvent-repellent compound in an optimized amount. Using the donor sheet, it becomes possible to produce an separation member such as partition pattern and black matrix of a color filter by a shortened manufacturing step with ease and accuracy at high contrast, and can impart excellent ink repellency to the separation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicants: 3M Innovative Properties Company, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji Tsukamoto, Masaru Iwasawa, Tatsuya Shimoda, Satoru Miyashita, Hiroshi Kiguchi
  • Patent number: 6919680
    Abstract: An object is to efficiently manufacture an organic EL display. A circuit substrate 10 in which is set microstructures 12 and which is formed with wiring 14, and a transparent substrate 20 formed with a transparent electrode 21, an emissive layer 25 and a cathode layer 26, are stuck together with the side formed with the wiring 14 and the side formed with the cathode layer 26 facing the inside, to thereby manufacture an organic EL display 30. In the sticking together of the circuit substrate 10 and the transparent substrate 20, an anisotropic conductive paste or an anisotropic conductive film can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimoda, Satoru Miyashita, Satoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20050146652
    Abstract: A red light source comprising an array of LEDs 102R that emit light of a red color, a green light source comprising an array of LEDs 102G that emit light of a green color, and a blue light source comprising an array of LEDs 102B that emit light of a blue color are deployed about the periphery of a dichroic prism 101. A liquid crystal display element is illuminated by a light source device configured such that the light from the respective light sources is synthesized into white light by the dichroic prism, and projection type liquid crystal display devices and the like are configured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Yokoyama, Tatsuya Shimoda, Satoru Miyashita
  • Patent number: 6900858
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal projection device includes an organic electroluminescent element that is sandwiched by an organic thin-film layer between an electrode layer that reflects light and a transparent electrode layer that transmits light, and a transparent liquid crystal panel that controls passage of light emitted from the surface of the organic electroluminescent element and also includes a half-mirror layer arranged on the side where light is output from the transparent electrode layer. Some of the incoming light is reflected through the transparent electrode layer to another electrode layer and the rest of the light is transmitted the distance between the half-mirror layer. The electrode layer is set to the optical distance of resonance of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Yokoyama, Satoru Miyashita, Tatsuya Shimoda
  • Patent number: 6882379
    Abstract: A red light source comprising an array of LEDs 102R that emit light of a red color, a green light source comprising an array of LEDs 102G that emit light of a green color, and a blue light source comprising an array of LEDs 102B that emit light of a blue color are deployed about the periphery of a dichroic prism 101. A liquid crystal display element is illuminated by a light source device configured such that the light from the respective light sources is synthesized into white light by the dichroic prism, and projection type liquid crystal display devices and the like are configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Yokoyama, Tatsuya Shimoda, Satoru Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20050073566
    Abstract: A high quality printing of images such as photographs, designs, and the like, is effected without using special paper. The following is provided: a supply mechanism for supplying a recording medium; means for applying a surface modifier for coating the surface modifier on the surface modification area, which is the area to be modified of the recording medium supplied with the aforementioned means for supplying; and means for drying for drying the surface modification area coated on the aforementioned surface modification area. An area can be printed on the surface modification area with high quality. As such, high quality printing is made possible with regular paper, without using special paper, as before.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimoda, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Satoru Miyashita
  • Patent number: 6863961
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic EL element according to the present invention comprises the steps of forming pixel electrodes (801), (802), (803) on a transparent substrate (804) and forming on the pixel electrodes by patterning luminescent layers (806), (807), (808) made of an organic compound by means of an ink-jet method. According to this method, it is possible to carry out a high precise patterning easily and in a short time, thereby enabling to carry out optimization for a film design and luminescent characteristic easily as well as making it easy to adjust a luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Miyashita, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Tatsuya Shimoda, Sadao Kanbe
  • Publication number: 20050042477
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic EL element according to the present invention comprises the steps of forming pixel electrodes (801), (802), (803) on a transparent substrate (804) and forming on the pixel electrodes by patterning luminescent layers (806), (807), (808) made of an organic compound by means of an ink-jet method. According to this method, it is possible to carry out a high precise patterning easily and in a short time, thereby enabling to carry out optimization for a film design and luminescent characteristic easily as well as making it easy to adjust a luminous efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Miyashita, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Tatsuya Shimoda, Sadao Kanbe
  • Patent number: 6846513
    Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a silicon thin-film which comprises a step of arranging in one or more parts of a liquid arranging surface liquid which contains a silicide comprising ring silane and/or a derivative thereof, such ring silane comprising silicon and hydrogen, and a step of forming a silicon thin-film by vaporizing silicide from liquid and supplying the silicide to a thin-film-forming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Furusawa, Satoru Miyashita, Ichio Yudasaka, Tatsuya Shimoda, Yasuaki Yokoyama, Yasuo Matsuki, Yasumasa Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 6838192
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic EL element according to the present invention comprises the steps of forming pixel electrodes (801), (802), (803) on a transparent substrate (804) and forming on the pixel electrodes by patterning luminescent layers (806), (807), (808) made of an organic compound by means of an ink-jet method. According to this method, it is possible to carry out a high precise patterning easily and in a short time, thereby enabling to carry out optimization for a film design and luminescent characteristic easily as well as making it easy to adjust a luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Miyashita, Hiroshi Kiguchi, Tatsuya Shimoda, Sadao Kanbe