Patents by Inventor Tomoki Yamamoto
Tomoki Yamamoto 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: 11971540Abstract: An optical system (LS) includes lenses (L22,L23) satisfying the following conditional expressions, ndLZ+(0.01425×?dLZ)<2.12, and ?dLZ<35.0, where ndLZ: a refractive index of the lens with reference to d-line, and ?dLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Masashi Yamashita, Tomoki Ito, Hiroshi Yabumoto, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Satoshi Miwa, Keisuke Tsubonoya, Ayumu Makida, Takeru Uehara
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Publication number: 20240085733Abstract: A display device includes a backlight, a display element, a plate for holding at least a portion of an emission surface, from which an image light is emitted, provided on the display element, and a heat dissipation portion that dissipates heat generated from the display element. The display element is connected to the heat dissipation portion via the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Eiji KAWAWA, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Tomoki YAMAMOTO, Tatsuya NAKAZAWA, Keisuke SAWADA, Akio MISAWA, Nozomu SHIMODA
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Patent number: 11925436Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: an insertion object having a photoacoustic wave generator; an insertion object image signal generator that generates an insertion object image signal from a reception signal of an acoustic wave from the photoacoustic wave generator; a first signal width detector that detects a first signal width of a portion of a predetermined signal strength in the insertion object image signal; and an insertion object display image signal generator that generates, in a case where the first signal width is larger than a second signal width, an insertion object display image signal of a width having a center at a peak position of the insertion object image signal and corresponding to the second signal width, and generates, in a case where the first signal width is smaller than the second signal width, an insertion object display image signal having a width smaller than the second signal width.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Katsuya Yamamoto, Tomoki Inoue, Keiji Tsubota
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Patent number: 11921287Abstract: The information display apparatus has a housing with an opening and a transparent cover formed on the opening, the housing includes image-light generating means configured to generate image light that displays the image information and an optical system configured to allow a driver of the vehicle to recognize image information based on the image light from the image-light generating means as a virtual image in front of the windshield. When S-polarized light on the windshield is assumed to be a first polarized wave while polarized light that orthogonally crosses the S-polarized light in a polarizing direction is assumed to be a second polarized wave, the image-light generating means is configured to generate the image light made of the first polarized wave, and a transmittance/reflectance control means blocks a part of the first polarized wave and the second polarized wave of incident external light entering the housing from the opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Tomoki Yamamoto, Toshinori Sugiyama, Koji Hirata, Masahiko Yatsu
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Patent number: 11914750Abstract: An information management device includes: an obtainer that obtains first company information and personal information from a first company, the first company information relating to a first product or service of the first company, the personal information relating to a user who has purchased the first product or who has been provided with the service; a company information storage that stores the first company information obtained; a personal information storage that stores the personal information obtained; an integrator that integrates the company information and the personal information based on a purchase record or a use record to generate integrated information, the purchase record indicating that the user has purchased the first product, the use record indicating that the user has used the service; and a manager that manages an output of the integrated information based on restriction information for restricting an output destination of the integrated information.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Kozuka, Kohsuke Yamamoto, Tomoki Ogawa, Masaya Yamamoto, Junya Suzuki, Hiroki Urabe
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Publication number: 20240054964Abstract: Provided is a head-up display apparatus capable of preventing damage due to sunlight and ensuring user convenience. A reflection mirror M1 reflects an image created by a display panel and projects it onto a display region. A solar radiation sensor detects a sunlight intensity when a position of sun exists within a predetermined detection range. A blocking mechanism forms a projected light path of an image between the display region and the display panel when being turned off, and blocks the projected light path of the image and an incident light path of the sunlight which is direction opposite thereto when being turned on. A protection processor controls ON/OFF of the blocking mechanism based on an estimated temperature of the display panel, which is estimated by using a sunlight intensity from the solar radiation sensor, luminance of a light source, and an ambient temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Tomoki YAMAMOTO, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Akio MISAWA, Nobutaka AMADA, Nagayasu TSUTSUMI, Yuji FUJITA, Souta SATO
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Publication number: 20240040694Abstract: A wiring board that includes: a wiring conductor; a first dielectric layer around the wiring conductor and containing a first glass and a first ceramic filler; and a second dielectric layer interposed between the wiring conductor and the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer being in contact with the wiring conductor and the first dielectric layer, and the second dielectric layer containing a second glass and a second ceramic filler. A sintering temperature of the second glass contained in the second dielectric layer is higher than a sintering temperature of the wiring conductor, and a grain size of the second glass contained in the second dielectric layer is smaller than a grain size of the first glass contained in the first dielectric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Tomoki YAMAMOTO, Tatsunori KAN
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Patent number: 11860463Abstract: A HUD includes a plate that connects an emission-surface of the LCD and a heat sink, is formed of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than air, and is provided with an emission-surface exhaust heat path that is formed to: include a holding region fixed to a periphery of the emission-surface directly or via a material having a higher thermal conductivity than air, and an intermediate region connecting the holding region and the heat sink; connect an end portion, which is opposite to the holding region, of the intermediate region with the heat sink directly or via a material having a higher thermal conductivity than air; extend from the emission-surface to the heat sink via the plate; and have a thermal gradient greater than that of a heat transfer path for transferring heat from the emission-surface to the heat sink by using air as a medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Eiji Kawawa, Toshinori Sugiyama, Tomoki Yamamoto, Tatsuya Nakazawa, Keisuke Sawada, Akio Misawa, Nozomu Shimoda
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Patent number: 11847980Abstract: Provided is a head-up display apparatus capable of preventing damage due to sunlight and ensuring user convenience. A reflection mirror M1 reflects an image created by a display panel and projects it onto a display region. A solar radiation sensor detects a sunlight intensity when a position of sun exists within a predetermined detection range. A blocking mechanism forms a projected light path of an image between the display region and the display panel when being turned off, and blocks the projected light path of the image and an incident light path of the sunlight which is direction opposite thereto when being turned on. A protection processor controls ON/OFF of the blocking mechanism based on an estimated temperature of the display panel, which is estimated by using a sunlight intensity from the solar radiation sensor, luminance of a light source, and an ambient temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Tomoki Yamamoto, Toshinori Sugiyama, Akio Misawa, Nobutaka Amada, Nagayasu Tsutsumi, Yuji Fujita, Souta Sato
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Publication number: 20230118416Abstract: An information display device that displays image information as a virtual image on a projection surface, the device including: an opening portion at a part of the housing, image light generating means for generating image light, image light processing means for performing a predetermined optical process on the image light, and image projecting means for projecting the image light such that a viewer can recognize the image information as the virtual image in front of the projection surface, and an optical element in which a reflective polarizing plate is fixed to a substrate having a transmissive property with an adhesive agent or with a pressure-sensitive adhesive agent is provided in a part of an optical path inside the housing, as means for selectively reflecting a P-polarized light component of light in a visible light region, and a moisture-proof film is provided on a surface of the reflective polarizing plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Masahiko YATSU, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Tomoki YAMAMOTO, Toshimasa NAGAI, Chohei ONO, Hiroyuki KAJIKAWA, Naoyuki OGURA
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Publication number: 20230103912Abstract: Provided is a head-up display apparatus capable of preventing damage due to sunlight and ensuring user convenience. A reflection mirror M1 reflects an image created by a display panel and projects it onto a display region. A solar radiation sensor detects a sunlight intensity when a position of sun exists within a predetermined detection range. A blocking mechanism forms a projected light path of an image between the display region and the display panel when being turned off, and blocks the projected light path of the image and an incident light path of the sunlight which is direction opposite thereto when being turned on. A protection processor controls ON/OFF of the blocking mechanism based on an estimated temperature of the display panel, which is estimated by using a sunlight intensity from the solar radiation sensor, luminance of a light source, and an ambient temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Tomoki YAMAMOTO, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Akio MISAWA, Nobutaka AMADA, Nagayasu TSUTSUMI, Yuji FUJITA, Souta SATO
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Publication number: 20220179259Abstract: A HUD includes a plate that connects an emission-surface of the LCD and a heat sink, is formed of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than air, and is provided with an emission-surface exhaust heat path that is formed to: include a holding region fixed to a periphery of the emission-surface directly or via a material having a higher thermal conductivity than air, and an intermediate region connecting the holding region and the heat sink; connect an end portion, which is opposite to the holding region, of the intermediate region with the heat sink directly or via a material having a higher thermal conductivity than air; extend from the emission-surface to the heat sink via the plate; and have a thermal gradient greater than that of a heat transfer path for transferring heat from the emission-surface to the heat sink by using air as a medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Eiji KAWAWA, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Tomoki YAMAMOTO, Tatsuya NAKAZAWA, Keisuke SAWADA, Akio MISAWA, Nozomu SHIMODA
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Patent number: 10890763Abstract: Provided is an information display apparatus that significantly improves light resistance with respect to sunlight. The information display apparatus, which displays video-image information on a projection surface by a virtual image, includes in a housing partly having an opening: a video-image-light generator that generates video-image light for displaying the video-image information; a video-image-light processor that performs a predetermined optical processing to a video image generated by the video-image-light generator; and a projector that projects, onto the projection surface through the opening of the housing, the video-image light optically processed by the video-image-light processor so that a viewer is capable of virtually recognizing the video-image information as a virtual image in front of the projection surface, wherein a light path in the housing is provided with a suppressor selectively suppressing a P-polarizing component of light in a visible light region.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Koji Hirata, Masahiko Yatsu, Toshinori Sugiyama, Akio Misawa, Shigeki Hoshino, Kazuomi Kaneko, Tatsuya Nakazawa, Takumi Nakada, Yuki Nagano, Tomoki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10852538Abstract: A head-up display includes a backlight, a liquid crystal display panel, a virtual image optical system, a wavelength selection member that is made of resin having an optical characteristic which absorbs infrared rays and transmits a visible light, and a housing that houses the virtual optical system and the wavelength selection member, in which the virtual optical system includes a lens unit and a free-form surface mirror disposed along an emission direction of the display image light in order from a position closer to an emission surface of the display image light in the liquid crystal display panel, and the wavelength selection member is disposed on an optical path of the display image light extending from an emission surface of the display image light in the liquid crystal display panel to an opening of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Toshimitsu Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kajikawa, Tomoki Yamamoto, Takumi Nakada
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Publication number: 20200201037Abstract: The information display apparatus has a housing with an opening and a transparent cover formed on the opening, the housing includes image-light generating means configured to generate image light that displays the image information and an optical system configured to allow a driver of the vehicle to recognize image information based on the image light from the image-light generating means as a virtual image in front of the windshield. When S-polarized light on the windshield is assumed to be a first polarized wave while polarized light that orthogonally crosses the S-polarized light in a polarizing direction is assumed to be a second polarized wave, the image-light generating means is configured to generate the image light made of the first polarized wave, and a transmittance/reflectance control means blocks a part of the first polarized wave and the second polarized wave of incident external light entering the housing from the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Tomoki YAMAMOTO, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Koji HIRATA, Masahiko YATSU
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Publication number: 20200116999Abstract: A head-up display includes a backlight, a liquid crystal display panel, a virtual image optical system, a wavelength selection member that is made of resin having an optical characteristic which absorbs infrared rays and transmits a visible light, and a housing that houses the virtual optical system and the wavelength selection member, in which the virtual optical system includes a lens unit and a free-form surface mirror disposed along an emission direction of the display image light in order from a position closer to an emission surface of the display image light in the liquid crystal display panel, and the wavelength selection member is disposed on an optical path of the display image light extending from an emission surface of the display image light in the liquid crystal display panel to an opening of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Toshimitsu WATANABE, Hiroyuki KAJIKAWA, Tomoki YAMAMOTO, Takumi NAKADA
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Publication number: 20190346676Abstract: Provided is an information display apparatus that significantly improves light resistance with respect to sunlight. The information display apparatus, which displays video-image information on a projection surface by a virtual image, includes in a housing partly having an opening: a video-image-light generator that generates video-image light for displaying the video-image information; a video-image-light processor that performs a predetermined optical processing to a video image generated by the video-image-light generator; and a projector that projects, onto the projection surface through the opening of the housing, the video-image light optically processed by the video-image-light processor so that a viewer is capable of virtually recognizing the video-image information as a virtual image in front of the projection surface, wherein a light path in the housing is provided with a suppressor selectively suppressing a P-polarizing component of light in a visible light region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Masahiko YATSU, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Akio MISAWA, Shigeki HOSHINO, Kazuomi KANEKO, Tatsuya NAKAZAWA, Takumi NAKADA, Yuki NAGANO, Tomoki YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 10462268Abstract: A data transmitting device includes: a judge code generating portion for transmitting a plurality of times a predefined code pattern indicating a head portion of transmission data, as a judge code; a start code generating portion for transmitting at least once a start code having a predefined code pattern different from the judge code, following the judge code; and a valid data generating portion for transmitting valid data, following the start code. After receiving the judge code for a predetermined number of times that is less by at least one than the number of times that the judge code is transmitted, a data receiving device enters a standby state for receiving the start code, and, after receiving the start code, receives the valid data.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takayuki Yanai, Tomoki Yamamoto, Masahiro Nakajima, Ryo Miyashita
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Patent number: 10385796Abstract: A downlink communication data DND from a main control circuit section to a combination control circuit section is divided into first and second downlink data, high-speed communication using a downlink clock signal and a transmission start instruction signal is performed, a high-speed load which has been directly driven from the main control circuit section is indirectly driven at high speed from the combination control circuit section by the first downlink data, a low-speed analog input signal ANL which has been indirectly inputted to the combination control circuit section is inputted to a specific input channel of a multi-channel converter through an indirect multiplexer, and channel selection is made by the downlink communication data.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuki Iwagami, Junji Tada, Tomoki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20180077269Abstract: A data transmitting device includes: a judge code generating portion for transmitting a plurality of times a predefined code pattern indicating a head portion of transmission data, as a judge code; a start code generating portion for transmitting at least once a start code having a predefined code pattern different from the judge code, following the judge code; and a valid data generating portion for transmitting valid data, following the start code. After receiving the judge code for a predetermined number of times that is less by at least one than the number of times that the judge code is transmitted, a data receiving device enters a standby state for receiving the start code, and, after receiving the start code, receives the valid data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takayuki YANAI, Tomoki YAMAMOTO, Masahiro NAKAJIMA, Ryo MIYASHITA