Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Hioki
Tsuyoshi Hioki 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: 7839087Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device. The method includes: mounting a light emitting chip on a substrate; forming a transparent resin portion and a phosphor layer by using a liquid droplet discharging apparatus, the transparent resin portion being formed in a shape of a dome and covering the light emitting chip to fill an exterior thereof on the substrate, a phosphor layer containing phosphor and being formed on an exterior of the transparent resin portion close to at least a top side thereof; and forming a reflecting layer at a position exterior of the transparent resin portion and the phosphor layer close to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2008Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Isao Takasu, Yuko Nomura, Tsuyoshi Hioki, Isao Amemiya, Kazuhide Abe
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Patent number: 7763957Abstract: A method of manufacturing an active matrix type display device, which is reliable and flexible, is provided. An active matrix type display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a first substrate, which is flexible; a thin glass layer provided on the first substrate via an adhesion layer, and having projections and depressions on a surface thereof opposing to the first substrate, the projections and depressions having rounded tips and bottoms; active elements provided on the thin glass layer, each active element corresponding to a pixel; a display provided above the thin glass layer, and driven by the active elements to display an image pixel by pixel; and a second substrate provided on the display, and having an opposing electrode formed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2007Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tsuyoshi Hioki, Masahiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Nakajima, Yujiro Hara, Yutaka Onozuka
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Publication number: 20100177091Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of light sources which emit light beams, a plurality of optical waveguides which guide the light beams, a plurality of scanning lines which are arranged so as to intersect with the optical waveguides, a plurality of light output elements which, at intersections of the optical waveguides and the scanning lines, output the light beams guided in the optical waveguides by electric signals from the scanning lines, and a scanning line driving unit which drives the scanning lines in a direction opposite to a direction in which the light beams are guided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventors: Tsuyoshi HIOKI, Yutaka Nakai
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Publication number: 20100127296Abstract: A light emitting apparatus, includes: a substrate; a semiconductor device including a semiconductor layer formed integrally on a major surface of the substrate; and a light emitting device formed separately from the substrate. The light emitting device is mounted on the major surface of the substrate, electrically connected to the semiconductor device, and thermally connected to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tsuyoshi HIOKI, Yutaka NAKAI, Noburu FUKUSHIMA
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Patent number: 7692261Abstract: An optical sensor element includes: an n-type semiconductor region formed on a substrate; an i-type semiconductor region which is formed on the substrate between the p-type semiconductor region and the n-type semiconductor region and which is lower in impurity concentration than the p-type semiconductor region and the n-type semiconductor region; an anode electrode formed on the insulation film and connected to the p-type semiconductor region; and a cathode electrode formed on the insulation film and connected to the n-type semiconductor region. A reverse bias voltage Vb is applied when detecting the photocurrent, the reverse bias voltage Vb satisfying a following relation.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yujiro Hara, Akira Kinno, Tsuyoshi Hioki, Isao Amemiya, Shuichi Uchikoga
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Publication number: 20090322736Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of optical waveguides which are arranged in a row and have light output areas, a plurality of light sources which emit light beams incident upon the optical waveguides, a plurality of scanning lines whose cross-sections have convex portions and concave portions alternately positioned in a column, wherein inner surfaces of each of the convex portions and the concave portions are arranged so as to face the optical waveguides, and, by applying an electric field, the convex portions and the concave portions undergo displacement, and a control unit which controls the scanning lines with the application of an electric field sequentially.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hioki, Yutaka Nakai
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Patent number: 7611230Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a head unit including: an ultrasonic wave generation unit that generates ultrasonic waves; an ultrasonic wave focus unit that focuses the ultrasonic waves to an ultrasonic wave focus position; an ultrasonic wave transmission unit that propagates the ultrasonic waves from the ultrasonic wave focus unit; and a wall plate that covers the ultrasonic wave generation unit, the ultrasonic wave focus unit and the ultrasonic wave transmission unit; an annular film that rotates while sliding along an exterior of the head unit; a film drive mechanism that rotates the film; and an ink application unit that applies ink over the film to form an ink layer, wherein the ultrasonic wave focus position of the head unit is directing to a position of the ink layer so as to eject an ink from the ink layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2007Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yuko Nomura, Hitoshi Nagato, Isao Takasu, Kenichi Mori, Keiji Sugi, Tsuyoshi Hioki, Miho Yoda
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Patent number: 7612438Abstract: An active matrix substrate comprises a substrate, a plurality of adhesion parts provided on the substrate so as to have substantially the same height, and a plurality of active elements provided on the plurality of adhesion parts, respectively, each of the plurality of adhesion parts including a height control member and an adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2005Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masahiko Akiyama, Yujiro Hara, Yutaka Onozuka, Tsuyoshi Hioki, Mitsuo Nakajima
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Publication number: 20090245741Abstract: The invention relates to an optical waveguide capable of extracting light especially from arbitrary positions of the same. An object of the invention is to provide an optical waveguide capable of extracting light efficiently from arbitrary positions of the same. To achieve the above object and according to one aspect of the invention, an optical waveguide is provided with a core for guiding light, a clad and a displacing structure for the core to contact the clad. The core has a first refractive index. The clad has a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tsuyoshi HIOKI, Yutaka Nakai
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Publication number: 20090244001Abstract: According to one embodiment, a back plate includes: a base plate including a principal surface on which a plurality of power supplying portions, a plurality of image signal transmitting portions, and a position detecting portion are disposed, each of the position detecting portions being configured to detect a position of a display device having a position marker; and a controller including: a detector configured to detect position information and attitude information of the display device, a selector configured to select at least one of power supplying portions and at least one of image signal transmitting portions, a power supply controller configured to supply an electric power to the selected power supplying portion, an image signal generator configured to produce image signal, and an image signal supply controller configured to supply the produced image signal to the selected image signal transmitting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yutaka NAKAI, Tsuyoshi HIOKI
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Publication number: 20090243962Abstract: A display system is provided with a display apparatus including a plurality of display panels arranged in a line, and connected in series, and connectors to connect the display panels in series, an storage unit to store therein a plurality of area image data on a plurality of areas into which the image to be displayed on the display apparatus is divided, a detection unit to detect a number of connections of the display panels on the basis of a connection state of the connectors, a selection unit to select area image data corresponding to the number from the storage unit, and an output unit to output the selected area image data to the display panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Tsuyoshi HIOKI, Yutaka Nakai
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Publication number: 20090243980Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display part in which a plurality of light guide elements are extended in the column direction, and are arranged in the row direction in parallel with each other. A plurality of scanning lines are extended in the row direction to intersect the light guide elements, arranged in the column direction, transmission lines are extended along the light guide elements, and each of the transmission lines is connected to the scanning lines, respectively. Control elements are provided at intersections of the light guide elements and the scanning lines, and each of the control elements causes a part of a light beam traveled in the light guide element to the outside of the light guide element in response to a scanning signal supplied to the scanning line through the transmission line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Yutaka NAKAI, Tsuyoshi Hioki
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Patent number: 7541224Abstract: A method of manufacturing an active matrix type display device, which is reliable and flexible, is provided. An active matrix type display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a first substrate, which is flexible; a thin glass layer provided on the first substrate via an adhesion layer, and having projections and depressions on a surface thereof opposing to the first substrate, the projections and depressions having rounded tips and bottoms; active elements provided on the thin glass layer, each active element corresponding to a pixel; a display provided above the thin glass layer, and driven by the active elements to display an image pixel by pixel; and a second substrate provided on the display, and having an opposing electrode formed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2005Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tsuyoshi Hioki, Masahiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Nakajima, Yujiro Hara, Yutaka Onozuka
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Patent number: 7542017Abstract: A display device includes linear structures each having a first conductor linearly extended and a light emitting layer structure which covers at least a part of the conductor, the linear structures being arranged in parallel. The linear structures are electrically insulated by first insulating portions from one another. Second conductors are arranged in parallel so as to cross the linear structures and electrically connected to the light emitting layer structures at crossing portions arranged in a matrix. The linear conductors are electrically insulated by the linear conductors from one another.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2005Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tsuyoshi Hioki, Haruhiko Okumura
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Publication number: 20090096971Abstract: A method of manufacturing an active matrix type display device, which is reliable and flexible, is provided. An active matrix type display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a first substrate, which is flexible; a thin glass layer provided on the first substrate via an adhesion layer, and having projections and depressions on a surface thereof opposing to the first substrate, the projections and depressions having rounded tips and bottoms; active elements provided on the thin glass layer, each active element corresponding to a pixel; a display provided above the thin glass layer, and driven by the active elements to display an image pixel by pixel; and a second substrate provided on the display, and having an opposing electrode formed thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tsuyoshi HIOKI, Masahiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Nakajima, Yujiro Hara, Yutaka Onozuka
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Publication number: 20090021140Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device. The method includes: mounting a light emitting chip on a substrate; forming a transparent resin portion and a phosphor layer by using a liquid droplet discharging apparatus, the transparent resin portion being formed in a shape of a dome and covering the light emitting chip to fill an exterior thereof on the substrate, a phosphor layer containing phosphor and being formed on an exterior of the transparent resin portion close to at least a top side thereof; and forming a reflecting layer at a position exterior of the transparent resin portion and the phosphor layer close to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventors: Isao TAKASU, Yuko NOMURA, Tsuyoshi HIOKI, Isao AMEMIYA, Kazuhide ABE
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Publication number: 20080230771Abstract: It is made possible to provide a thin film transistor having transistor characteristics that do not widely vary. A thin film transistor includes: a substrate; a pair of insulating layers formed at a distance from each other on the substrate; a source electrode formed on one of the insulating layers, and a drain electrode formed on the other one of the insulating layers; a semiconductor layer formed to cover the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the substrate; a gate insulating film formed on the semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Isao TAKASU, Tsuyoshi HIOKI, Isao AMEMIYA, Shuichi UCHIKOGA
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Publication number: 20080217623Abstract: An optical sensor element includes: an n-type semiconductor region formed on a substrate; an i-type semiconductor region which is formed on the substrate between the p-type semiconductor region and the n-type semiconductor region and which is lower in impurity concentration than the p-type semiconductor region and the n-type semiconductor region; an anode electrode formed on the insulation film and connected to the p-type semiconductor region; and a cathode electrode formed on the insulation film and connected to the n-type semiconductor region. A reverse bias voltage Vb is applied when detecting the photocurrent, the reverse bias voltage Vb satisfying a following relation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yujiro Hara, Akira Kinno, Tsuyoshi Hioki, Isao Amemiya, Shuichi Uchikoga
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Publication number: 20080211731Abstract: A video data transmitting apparatus includes a memory to store management information indicating corresponding relation between identification information elements for identifying a plurality of stackable display devices and orders of the display devices, an image data generator to generate a plurality of image data streams having a sequence according to the sequence, and a image data transmitter to transmit the image data streams to the display devices with order relation among the image data streams matching with order relation among the display devices based on the management information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Shinya Murai, Hajime Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Hioki, Shogo Yamaguchi, Mitsue Fujinuki
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Patent number: 7407839Abstract: An active matrix substrate comprises a substrate, a plurality of adhesion parts provided on the substrate so as to have substantially the same height, and a plurality of active elements provided on the plurality of adhesion parts, respectively, each of the plurality of adhesion parts including a height control member and an adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masahiko Akiyama, Yujiro Hara, Yutaka Onozuka, Tsuyoshi Hioki, Mitsuo Nakajima