Patents by Inventor Takashi Takeda
Takashi Takeda 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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Patent number: 11163162Abstract: A see-through display apparatus includes an image display apparatus configured to emit a video light, a light guide apparatus configured to guide the video light and to output the video light in a first direction, and a light control shade disposed opposite to the first direction with respect to the light guide apparatus. The light control shade is configured to control a transmittance of an outside light based on a luminance of the outside light. A first response time of the light control shade when the outside light changes from a lower luminance to a higher luminance is slower than a second response time of the light control shade when the outside light changes from the higher luminance to the lower luminance.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Takagi, Takahiro Totani, Takashi Takeda, Akira Komatsu, Toshiaki Miyao
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Patent number: 11150477Abstract: A light-guiding device includes a pair of light-guiding portions, a pair of light-incident portions that causes image light to be incident on the pair of light-guiding portions respectively, and a pair of light-emitting portions that emit image light, guided by the pair of light-guiding portions, to outside respectively, in which a pair of optical members including the pair of light-guiding portions are coupled by a central member having light transmissivity, and separate overcoat layers are provided at the optical member on one side and at the optical member on another side with respect to an approximate center of the central member.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiaki Miyao, Masayuki Takagi, Takashi Takeda, Tokito Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11137609Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display device configured to display an image, a diopter adjustment device configured to adjust a diopter, and a correction processing circuit serving as an image correction device configured to correct a display image in accordance with a degree of diopter adjustment. In the adjustments made on a left side and a right side, respectively, after diopter adjustment, the display image is corrected in accordance with the degree of diopter adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Takagi, Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20210302741Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus includes an image light generation device, a projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the image light generation device, a folding mirror configured to reflect the image light from the projection optical system in an intersection direction, a semi-transmissive mirror configured to reflect a part of the image light from the folding mirror, and a concave mirror configured to reflect the image light from the semi-transmissive mirror forming an exit pupil, in which the folding mirror is disposed between the semi-transmissive mirror and the concave mirror when viewed in a first direction, provided that the first direction is a direction from an intersection point between a projection optical axis that is an optical axis of the projection optical system and the folding mirror toward an emission optical axis that is an optical axis from the concave mirror toward the exit pupil.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki MATSUMOTO, Masatoshi YONEKUBO, Takashi TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20210302754Abstract: A virtual image display device is provided. Included in the virtual image display device are: an image light generating device; a projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the image light generating device; a folding mirror configured to reflect, in an intersecting direction, the image light from the projection optical system; a semi-transmissive mirror configured to reflect a portion of the image light from the folding mirror; a concave surface mirror configured to reflect, toward the semi-transmissive mirror, the image light reflected at the semi-transmissive mirror to form an exit pupil, in which an entrance pupil is formed between the projection optical system and the semi-transmissive mirror.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki MATSUMOTO, Masatoshi YONEKUBO, Takashi TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20210302743Abstract: A virtual image display device includes an image light generation device, a projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the image light generation device, a folding mirror configured to reflect the image light from the projection optical system, a semi-transmissive mirror configured to reflect part of the image light from the folding mirror, and a concave surface mirror configured to reflect, the image light reflected by the semi-transmissive mirror to form an exit pupil, wherein an optical axis of the projection optical system is arranged in a direction intersecting a reference plane including an optical axis extending from the folding mirror to the semi-transmissive mirror and an optical axis extending from the concave surface mirror to the exit pupil, and a display region of the image light generation device is arranged inclined in accordance with inclinations of the folding mirror and the semi-transmissive mirror that are arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki MATSUMOTO, Masatoshi YONEKUBO, Takashi TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20210302742Abstract: A virtual image display device includes: an image light generating device; a projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the image light generating device; a folding mirror configured to reflect, in an intersecting direction, the image light from the projection optical system; a semi-transmissive mirror configured to reflect a portion of the image light from the folding mirror; and a concave surface mirror configured to reflect, toward the semi-transmissive mirror, the image light reflected at the semi-transmissive mirror to form an exit pupil, in which an optical axis of the image light extending from the image light generating device to the folding mirror is disposed between a first virtual extension plane obtained by imaginarily extending the semi-transmissive mirror and a second virtual extension plane obtained by imaginarily extending the concave surface mirror.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki MATSUMOTO, Masatoshi YONEKUBO, Takashi TAKEDA
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Patent number: 11099395Abstract: A virtual image display device includes a video image element that displays an image, and a light-guiding member that guides video image light from the video image element by reflection and transmission at a plurality of light-guiding surfaces. Among the plurality of light-guiding surfaces, with respect to an incident-side light-guiding surface and an emission-side light-guiding surface that are adjacent to each other, and an opposing light-guiding surface that faces the incident-side light-guiding surface and the emission-side light-guiding surface, a thickness from the incident-side light-guiding surface to the opposing light-guiding surface is caused to be smaller than a thickness from the emission-side light-guiding surface to the opposing light-guiding surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tokito Yamaguchi, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Takashi Takeda
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Publication number: 20210239987Abstract: A display module includes an image light generation device, a light-guiding member, a first reflection surface configured to reflect the imaging light incident via the light-guiding member, a first diffraction element configured to diffract the imaging light, and a second diffraction element configured to diffract the image light and form an exit pupil. The image light is sequentially incident on a first deflection surface, a second deflection surface, a second reflection surface, a third reflection surface, a fourth reflection surface, and a third deflection surface inside the light-guiding member, and a distance from a reference position where an optical axis of the exit pupil and an emission surface intersect to the second deflection surface is longer than a distance from the reference position to the first deflection surface and longer than a distance from the reference position to the second reflection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi YONEKUBO, Mitsutaka IDE, Takashi TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20210239990Abstract: A display module includes an image light generation device configured to generate image light, a first reflection section configured to reflect the image light from the image light generation device, a first diffraction element configured to diffract the image light entering a first incident surface, a second reflection section configured to reflect the image light from the first diffraction element, and a second diffraction element configured to diffract the image light entering a second incident surface, thereby forming an exit pupil. When viewed from a normal line direction of a virtual plane including a normal line of the first incident surface and a normal line of the second incident surface, an optical axis of the image light from the image light generation device toward the first reflection section and an optical axis of the image light from the first diffraction element toward the second reflection section intersect each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi YONEKUBO, Takashi TAKEDA, Mitsutaka IDE
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Patent number: 11048084Abstract: In a first display device and a second display device of a display mechanism, a first video image and a second video image having mutually different display contents are visually recognized, and further, display positions of the first video image and the second video image can be changed by first and second posture adjustment mechanisms that are a posture adjustment mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Takeda, Toshiyuki Kasai
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Publication number: 20210165227Abstract: A panel unit configured to, for imaging light, use different opening ratios depending on a wavelength band for displaying an image, a yellowing optical member that is disposed on an optical path of imaging light emitted from the panel unit, and turns yellow with age, a yellowing degree estimation unit configured to estimate, by prediction, a yellowing degree of the yellowing optical member with age, and a luminance adjustment unit configured to, depending on yellowing of the yellowing optical member, based on data of the yellowing degree estimation unit, adjust luminance of an image in the panel unit, are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tokito YAMAGUCHI, Masayuki TAKAGI, Toshiaki MIYAO, Akira KOMATSU, Takashi TAKEDA
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Patent number: 11025894Abstract: In a left and right pair of a first display device and a second display device that perform repositionable display, mutually different display contents can be visually recognized as a first video image and a second video image. Further, a display control portion controls the display content in accordance with at least one of the first video image and the second video image.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Takeda, Toshiyuki Kasai, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20210132392Abstract: A display element, and a light-guiding member including a plurality of reflection surfaces and configured to guide image light from the display element by reflecting the image light at an inner surface, and cause the image light and external light to be visually recognized in an overlapping manner are provided, wherein at a boundary between a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface adjacent to each other included in the plurality of reflection surfaces of the light-guiding member with at least one of the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface including a curved surface, an end of the first reflection surface and an end of the second reflection surface match when projected from a specific direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki TAKAGI, Tokito YAMAGUCHI, Toshiaki MIYAO, Takashi TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20210132388Abstract: A head-mounted display includes an image display device including a panel unit serving as a display element configured to display an image, a colored optical member disposed on a light path of imaging light emitted from the panel unit and having a yellowness of a predetermined value or greater, and a coloring correction optical member configured to correct a degree of coloring of the imaging light of the entire light path in accordance with the yellowness of the colored optical member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tokito YAMAGUCHI, Masayuki TAKAGI, Toshiaki MIYAO, Akira KOMATSU, Takashi TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20210132389Abstract: A light-guiding device is configured to accept image light through a light incidence part, guide the image light through reflection, and emit, to outside through a light emission part, the image light that is guided, the light-guiding device includes a protective member having a sheet shape and configured to cover a body member in a region corresponding to an optical surface of a surface of the light-guiding device, and an adhesive layer is formed between the body member and the protective member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiaki MIYAO, Masayuki TAKAGI, Tokito YAMAGUCHI, Takashi TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20210119274Abstract: A secondary battery protection circuit for controlling charge and discharge using a switching circuit to protect a secondary battery from temperature is provided. The switching circuit is configured to be provided in a charge-and-discharge path between the secondary battery and an external device. The secondary battery protection circuit includes a detection terminal configured to be electrically connected, via a resistor, to between the switching circuit and the external device. The secondary battery protection circuit includes a first terminal configured to be electrically connected to a temperature detection terminal of the external device. The secondary battery protection circuit includes a second terminal to which a temperature sensitive element is configured to be electrically connected, the temperature sensitive element having a characteristic value varying in accordance with a change in temperature of the secondary battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yohei WATANABE, Takashi TAKEDA, Junji TAKESHITA, Daisuke SUZUKI
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Patent number: 10968387Abstract: A phosphor, combined with LED having not exceeding 470 nm, of high emission intensity and with chemical and thermal stability is provided. The phosphor according to the present invention comprises an inorganic compound in which element A (A is one or two or more kinds of elements selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, and Yb) is solid solved in an inorganic crystal including at least metal element M and non-metal element X and represented by MnXn+1 (3?n?52), an inorganic crystal having the same crystal structure, or an inorganic crystal including a solid solution thereof. Here, M comprises at least Al and Si, and if necessary element L (L is a metal element other than Al and Si) and X comprises N, O if necessary, and element Z if necessary (Z is a non-metal element other than N and O).Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: National Institute for Materials ScienceInventors: Naoto Hirosaki, Yuichi Michiue, Shiro Funahashi, Takashi Takeda
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Publication number: 20210096377Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display device configured to display an image, a diopter adjustment device configured to adjust a diopter, and a correction processing circuit serving as an image correction device configured to correct a display image in accordance with a degree of diopter adjustment. In the adjustments made on a left side and a right side, respectively, after diopter adjustment, the display image is corrected in accordance with the degree of diopter adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki TAKAGI, Akira KOMATSU, Takashi TAKEDA, Toshiaki MIYAO, Tokito YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 10942431Abstract: Provided is a virtual image display apparatus including a laser light source, a scanner configured to scan light from the laser light source and render an intermediate image, a diffusion element arranged at a position of the intermediate image formed by the scanner, and an exit pupil forming unit configured to cause light that has passed through the diffusion element to be incident on a position of an exit pupil. The diffusion element separates the light from the scanner into first emission light used as a reference, and second emission light having a separation angle greater than a capturing angle corresponding to an inclination of light toward a predetermined pupil radius relative to the first emission light at an emission position of the light from the diffusion element, and then emits the first emission light and the second emission light.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Komatsu, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Takashi Takeda, Tokito Yamaguchi