Patents by Inventor Shotaro Watanabe
Shotaro Watanabe 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).
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Publication number: 20220146734Abstract: To provide a technique for suppressing brightness non-uniformity of an area illuminated by a light source and also suppressing a decline in contrast between areas caused by incidence of a luminous flux of the area to another area. Provided is a light guide plate including: a diverging portion which is provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted, the diverging portion causing a luminous flux emitted from a light emitting element to diverge; and a restricting portion which is provided, when a prescribed range from the light emitting element on the light exit surface is defined as an illuminated area illuminated by the light emitting element, in at least a periphery of the illuminated area on the light exit surface and which deflects or shields light traveling from inside toward outside of the illuminated area to restrict traveling, toward a side of the light exit surface, of light traveling toward the outside of the illuminated area.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Naoki ISHIMI, Yoshinori ITO, Tomokazu SHIMODA
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Patent number: 11300722Abstract: An object is to promote a reduction in thickness of a light guide plate and suppress brightness non-uniformity of the light guide plate. A light guide plate, including: a light exit surface from which light is emitted; an opposite surface on an opposite side of the light exit surface; a depressed portion provided on the opposite surface; and a plurality of scattering portions which are provided on the light exit surface, the opposite surface, and a bottom surface of the depressed portion and which refract and scatter light, wherein the depressed portion has a tapered surface which spreads from the bottom surface of the depressed portion toward an opening of the depressed portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Kazuhide Hirota, Naoki Ishimi
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Patent number: 11256017Abstract: To provide a technique for suppressing brightness non-uniformity of an area illuminated by a light source and also suppressing a decline in contrast between areas caused by incidence of a luminous flux of the area to another area. Provided is a light guide plate including: a diverging portion which is provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted, the diverging portion causing a luminous flux emitted from a light emitting element to diverge; and a restricting portion which is provided, when a prescribed range from the light emitting element on the light exit surface is defined as an illuminated area illuminated by the light emitting element, in at least a periphery of the illuminated area on the light exit surface and which deflects or shields light traveling from inside toward outside of the illuminated area to restrict traveling, toward a side of the light exit surface, of light traveling toward the outside of the illuminated area.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Naoki Ishimi, Yoshinori Ito, Tomokazu Shimoda
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Publication number: 20210387464Abstract: A printing device includes: a main body including an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a printing medium; a cover displaceable between an open position where the accommodation portion is opened and a closed position where the accommodation portion is closed; a platen roller attached to the cover and rotatably supported by the cover; a peeling roller attached to the cover and supported so as to be rotatable about an axis parallel to a longitudinal direction of the platen roller; and a switching mechanism attached to the cover and configured to switch the peeling roller between a contact position where the peeling roller comes into contact with the platen roller and a non-contact position where the peeling roller is away from the platen roller in conjunction with displacement of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Sho Asai, Yushi Kato, Masashi Tanizaki, Koshiro Shimoda, Shotaro Watanabe
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Patent number: 11161352Abstract: An ink jet textile printing ink contains 5% by mass to 20% by mass of a water-soluble dye, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and active carbon particles. The active carbon particles include particles having a particle size of 50 nm to 1000 nm, and the active carbon particles having the particle size of 50 nm to 1000 nm are contained in a proportion of 500 to 300000 particles per milliliter. Also, the active carbon particles may include particles having a particle size of 50 nm to 200 nm, and the active carbon particles having a particle size of 50 nm to 200 nm may be contained in a proportion of 2000 to 30000 particles per milliliter. The active carbon particles may have an average particle size in the range of 100 nm to 600 nm.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Inventors: Koji Imamura, Homare Kuribayashi, Shotaro Watanabe, Kei Hiruma, Masato Hanamura, Jungo Asano
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Publication number: 20210139722Abstract: A composition for aqueous ink jet contains a specific dye which is one or more coloring materials selected from the group consisting of C. I. Acid Black 172 and C. I. Acid Black 194, and a specific aromatic compound which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulae (1) to (4) below. The content of the specific aromatic compound relative to 100 parts by mass of the specific dye is 0.2 parts by mass or more and 50 parts by mass or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Homare KURIBAYASHI, Shotaro WATANABE, Kei HIRUMA, Masato HANAMURA, Koji IMAMURA, Jungo ASANO
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Publication number: 20210095151Abstract: A composition for aqueous ink contains water and a coloring material, wherein the calcium ion content x (ppm) and the oxalate ion content y (ppm) in the composition for aqueous ink jet satisfy the relation of y?3491.8x?3.386.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Kei HIRUMA, Homare KURIBAYASHI, Shotaro WATANABE, Koji IMAMURA, Masato HANAMURA, Jungo ASANO
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Publication number: 20210041617Abstract: To provide a technique for suppressing brightness non-uniformity of an area illuminated by a light source and also suppressing a decline in contrast between areas caused by incidence of a luminous flux of the area to another area. Provided is a light guide plate including: a diverging portion which is provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted, the diverging portion causing a luminous flux emitted from a light emitting element to diverge; and a restricting portion which is provided, when a prescribed range from the light emitting element on the light exit surface is defined as an illuminated area illuminated by the light emitting element, in at least a periphery of the illuminated area on the light exit surface and which deflects or shields light traveling from inside toward outside of the illuminated area to restrict traveling, toward a side of the light exit surface, of light traveling toward the outside of the illuminated area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Naoki ISHIMI, Yoshinori ITO, Tomokazu SHIMODA
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Publication number: 20210033772Abstract: An object is to promote a reduction in thickness of a light guide plate and suppress brightness non-uniformity of the light guide plate. A light guide plate, including: a light exit surface from which light is emitted; an opposite surface on an opposite side of the light exit surface; a depressed portion provided on the opposite surface; and a plurality of scattering portions which are provided on the light exit surface, the opposite surface, and a bottom surface of the depressed portion and which refract and scatter light, wherein the depressed portion has a tapered surface which spreads from the bottom surface of the depressed portion toward an opening of the depressed portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Kazuhide HIROTA, Naoki ISHIMI
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Patent number: 10852467Abstract: Provided is a light guide plate including: a diverging portion which is provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted, the diverging portion causing a luminous flux emitted from a light emitting element to diverge; and a restricting portion which is provided, when a prescribed range from the light emitting element on the light exit surface is defined as an illuminated area illuminated by the light emitting element, in at least a periphery of the illuminated area on the light exit surface and which deflects or shields light traveling from inside toward outside of the illuminated area to restrict traveling, toward a side of the light exit surface, of light traveling toward the outside of the illuminated area.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Naoki Ishimi, Yoshinori Ito, Tomokazu Shimoda
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Patent number: 10850542Abstract: A printing apparatus having a body, a cover, a pair of supporting parts, a locking member, and an engaging portion, is provided. At least one of the pair of supporting parts is a movable supporting part. The locking member arranged on the movable supporting part is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The engaging portion arranged in a container compartment engageable with the locking member being at the locked position. The locking member at the unlocked position when the cover is open is separated from the engaging portion. In a process where the cover is moved to be closed, a protrusive portion in the cover contacts to be pressed against a contact portion in the locking member, causing the locking member to shift from the unlocked position to the locked position to be engaged with the engaging portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuichi Kanda, Takehiko Inaba, Yuki Nagashima, Atsuo Hirose, Hitoshi Sanada, Yusuke Ikemoto, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe
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Patent number: 10845524Abstract: An object is to promote a reduction in thickness of a light guide plate and suppress brightness non-uniformity of the light guide plate. A light guide plate, including: a light exit surface from which light is emitted; an opposite surface on an opposite side of the light exit surface; a depressed portion provided on the opposite surface; and a plurality of scattering portions which are provided on the light exit surface, the opposite surface, and a bottom surface of the depressed portion and which refract and scatter light, wherein the depressed portion has a tapered surface which spreads from the bottom surface of the depressed portion toward an opening of the depressed portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Kazuhide Hirota, Naoki Ishimi
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Patent number: 10717886Abstract: An ink composition includes a first component which is a hydrophilic solvent, a second component which is a hydrophobic solvent, a third component which is an amphiphilic solvent, and a fourth component which includes a solute or a dispersing element, and when the third component evaporates, the ink composition is separated into a phase which mainly includes the first component and a phase which mainly includes the second component.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Fujii, Takuya Sonoyama, Shotaro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20200122486Abstract: An ink jet textile printing ink contains 5% by mass to 20% by mass of a water-soluble dye, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and active carbon particles. The active carbon particles include particles having a particle size of 50 nm to 1000 nm, and the active carbon particles having the particle size of 50 nm to 1000 nm are contained in a proportion of 500 to 300000 particles per milliliter. Also, the active carbon particles may include particles having a particle size of 50 nm to 200 nm, and the active carbon particles having a particle size of 50 nm to 200 nm may be contained in a proportion of 2000 to 30000 particles per milliliter. The active carbon particles may have an average particle size in the range of 100 nm to 600 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Koji IMAMURA, Homare KURIBAYASHI, Shotaro WATANABE, Kei HIRUMA, Masato HANAMURA, Jungo ASANO
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Publication number: 20200049877Abstract: Provided is a light guide plate including: a diverging portion which is provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted, the diverging portion causing a luminous flux emitted from a light emitting element to diverge; and a restricting portion which is provided, when a prescribed range from the light emitting element on the light exit surface is defined as an illuminated area illuminated by the light emitting element, in at least a periphery of the illuminated area on the light exit surface and which deflects or shields light traveling from inside toward outside of the illuminated area to restrict traveling, toward a side of the light exit surface, of light traveling toward the outside of the illuminated area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicants: OMRON Corporation, NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Naoki ISHIMI, Yoshinori ITO, Tomokazu SHIMODA
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Publication number: 20200049876Abstract: An object is to promote a reduction in thickness of a light guide plate and suppress brightness non-uniformity of the light guide plate. A light guide plate, including: a light exit surface from which light is emitted; an opposite surface on an opposite side of the light exit surface; a depressed portion provided on the opposite surface; and a plurality of scattering portions which are provided on the light exit surface, the opposite surface, and a bottom surface of the depressed portion and which refract and scatter light, wherein the depressed portion has a tapered surface which spreads from the bottom surface of the depressed portion toward an opening of the depressed portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicants: OMRON Corporation, NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Kazuhide HIROTA, Naoki ISHIMI
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Patent number: 10557046Abstract: To provide a film-forming ink and a film formation method, capable of making the dimensional accuracy of a film to be formed excellent by increasing the apparent liquid droplet amount of a film-forming ink to be supplied as a liquid droplet into an opening part included in a partition wall, and also to provide a device with a film and an electronic apparatus, each of which has a film formed using the film formation method. A film-forming ink of the invention includes a film-forming material and a liquid medium in which the film-forming material is dissolved or dispersed, wherein the liquid medium contains a first component which has a boiling point at an atmospheric pressure of 200° C. or higher and a second component which has a boiling point at an atmospheric pressure lower than the first component.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Sonoyama, Koji Imamura, Shotaro Watanabe
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Patent number: 10526500Abstract: A film-forming ink includes a film-forming material and a liquid medium in which the film-forming material is dissolved or dispersed. The liquid medium contains a first component which has a viscosity of less than 20 cp and a second component which has a boiling point at an atmospheric pressure within a range of ±30° C. relative to the boiling point at an atmospheric pressure of the first component and has a viscosity of 20 cp or more, and the second component is contained in an amount of 20 parts by weight or more and 500 parts by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the first component.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Takuya Sonoyama
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Publication number: 20190334359Abstract: There is provided a battery charger configured to charge a battery including a battery terminal. The battery charger includes a receiving portion in a form of a recess, and a charging terminal provided in the receiving portion. The battery is attachable to and detachable from the receiving portion. The receiving portion includes a holding portion configured to selectively hold the battery in the receiving portion at one of a first posture and a second posture different from the first posture. When the battery is in the first posture, the battery terminal is in contact with the charging terminal to allow the battery to be charged. When the battery is in the second posture, the battery terminal is separated from the charging terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Sho Asai, Atsuo Hirose, Yuki Nagashima, Ryuichi Kanda, Hitoshi Sanada, Yusuke Ikemoto, Shotaro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20190308428Abstract: A printing apparatus having a body, a cover, a pair of supporting parts, a locking member, and an engaging portion, is provided. At least one of the pair of supporting parts is a movable supporting part. The locking member arranged on the movable supporting part is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The engaging portion arranged in a container compartment engageable with the locking member being at the locked position. The locking member at the unlocked position when the cover is open is separated from the engaging portion. In a process where the cover is moved to be closed, a protrusive portion in the cover contacts to be pressed against a contact portion in the locking member, causing the locking member to shift from the unlocked position to the locked position to be engaged with the engaging portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Ryuichi Kanda, Takehiko Inaba, Yuki Nagashima, Atsuo Hirose, Hitoshi Sanada, Yusuke Ikemoto, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe