Patents Assigned to QD Laser Inc.
-
Patent number: 10578871Abstract: The present display device is a retinal scan display device including: a projection optical system configured to project an image to a retina of an eye; a distortion correcting unit configured to correct a distortion of the image; an image inverting unit configured to invert the image; and a storage unit configured to store correction data for correcting the distortion of the image when the image is projected to a left eye and correction data for correcting the distortion of the image when the image is projected to a right eye, wherein, based on a switching signal that represents that a side at which the projection optical system is arranged has been switched from one eye side to the other eye side, the distortion correcting unit performs distortion correction, by switching from correction data corresponding to one eye to correction data corresponding to the other eye, and the image inverting unit performs image inversion.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignees: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., QD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Misato Abe, Kimiyuki Ohba, Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Suzuki
-
Publication number: 20200014891Abstract: An image projection device includes: an optical component reflecting an image light beam that has been converted into a substantially parallel light by a lens and scanned by a scanner; a projection mirror irradiating a retina with the reflected image light beam; a light beam blocking unit located on a light path between the scanner and the lens and having an aperture, wherein the projection mirror has a first region and a second region having a larger light condensing power than the first region, and a light condensing power in a third region, reflecting a light beam to be emitted to the first region of the scanned image light beam, of the optical component is greater than that in a fourth region, reflecting a light beam to be emitted to the second region of the scanned image light beam, of the optical component.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: QD LASER, INC.Inventors: Makoto SUZUKI, Kinya HASEGAWA
-
Publication number: 20190353897Abstract: An image projection device includes: a light source emitting a light beam; an image input unit inputting image data; a control unit generating an image light beam based on the input image data, and controlling emission of the image light beam from the light source; a scan unit scanning the image light beam emitted from the light source; and a projection optical member illuminating a retina of an eyeball of a user with the image light beam scanned by the scan unit, and projecting an image onto the retina, wherein a diameter of the image light beam at a time when the image light beam enters a cornea of the eyeball is not smaller than 310 ?m and not larger than 800 ?m, and a user having an original visual acuity in a range of 0.04 to 1.2 has an acquired visual acuity of 0.4 or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: QD LASER INC.Inventors: Makoto SUZUKI, Kenji YASUI, Mitsuru SUGAWARA
-
Patent number: 10444519Abstract: An image projection device includes: one light source unit emitting an image light beam, which forms an image, of visible light and a checking light beam of visible light; an optical system projecting the image light beam emitted from emitted from the one light source unit onto a first surface region of an eye of a user to project the image light beam onto a retina of the user, and projecting the checking light beam emitted from the one light source unit onto a second surface region, which is distant from the first surface region, of the eye of the user; a light detector detecting a reflected light that is the checking light beam reflected by the eye of the user; and a controller controlling at least one of the one light source unit and the optical stem based on a detection result of the reflected light by the light detector.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignees: QD LASER, INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Yasuhiko Arakawa, Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Suzuki, Michio Arai
-
Patent number: 10409146Abstract: A terminal device (300) includes a projection target holding unit that holds projection information to be projected by an image projection device (200), a storage unit that stores position information indicating a position on the retina of a user (P) at which the projection information is to be projected, a position information acquisition unit that acquires the position information from the storage unit, an image data generation unit that generates image data (D) of an image (202G) that projects the projection information at the position indicated by the position information, and an image output processing unit that outputs the image data (D) to the image projection device (200).Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: QD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Suzuki, Kinya Hasegawa
-
Publication number: 20180373024Abstract: An image projection device includes: a projection unit that irradiates a pupil 40 of an eyeball 36 of a user with an image light beam 34a forming an image to project the image onto a retina 38 of the eyeball; a detection unit that detects a direction 52 in which the pupil has moved relative to a face of the user; and a control unit that controls the projection unit based on a detected direction in which the pupil has moved so that the pupil is irradiated with the image light beam and the image is moved in a direction opposite to the direction in which the pupil has moved with respect to a position on which the image has been projected before a move of the pupil in a coordinate system visually recognized by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: QD LASER, INC.Inventors: Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Makoto SUZUKI, Michio ARAI
-
Publication number: 20180373041Abstract: An image projection device includes: a projection unit that projects an image light beam forming an image onto a pupil of an eyeball of a user to project the image onto a retina of the eyeball; a detection unit that detects a direction in which the pupil has moved relative to a face of the user and a speed of movement of the pupil; and a control unit that performs different controls of the image when the pupil has moved at different speeds in a same direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: QD LASER, INC.Inventors: Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Makoto SUZUKI, Michio ARAI
-
Publication number: 20180364489Abstract: The present invention is an image projection device that includes: a light source 12 that emits a laser beam 34; a scanning mirror 14 that two-dimensionally scans the laser beam 34 emitted from the light source 12; and a projection mirror 24 that projects scanned light onto a retina 26 of an eyeball 22 of a user to project an image onto the retina 26, the scanned light being composed of the laser beam 34 that has been scanned by the scanning mirror 14, wherein the laser beam 34 emitted from the light source 12 is scanned by using a part of an operating range of the scanning mirror 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicants: QD LASER INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Yasuhiko ARAKAWA, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Makoto SUZUKI
-
Patent number: 10088682Abstract: The present invention is an image projection device that includes: a light source 12 that emits a laser beam 34; a scanning mirror 14 that two-dimensionally scans the laser beam 34 emitted from the light source 12; and a projection mirror 24 that projects scanned light onto a retina 26 of an eyeball 22 of a user to project an image onto the retina 26, the scanned light being composed of the laser beam 34 that has been scanned by the scanning mirror 14, wherein the laser beam 34 emitted from the light source 12 is scanned by using a part of an operating range of the scanning mirror 14.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignees: QD LASER, INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Yasuhiko Arakawa, Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Suzuki
-
Publication number: 20180252920Abstract: The present display device is a retinal scan display device including: a projection optical system configured to project an image to a retina of an eye; a distortion correcting unit configured to correct a distortion of the image; an image inverting unit configured to invert the image; and a storage unit configured to store correction data for correcting the distortion of the image when the image is projected to a left eye and correction data for correcting the distortion of the image when the image is projected to a right eye, wherein, based on a switching signal that represents that a side at which the projection optical system is arranged has been switched from one eye side to the other eye side, the distortion correcting unit performs distortion correction, by switching from correction data corresponding to one eye to correction data corresponding to the other eye, and the image inverting unit performs image inversion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicants: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., QD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Misato ABE, Kimiyuki OHBA, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Makoto SUZUKI
-
Publication number: 20180184059Abstract: An image projection device includes: a first mirror oscillating to scan an image light beam forming an image projected onto a retina of a user; a light source emitting the image light beam and a detection light beam to the first mirror at different timings; a second mirror having a first region reflecting-the image light beam reflected by the first mirror to the retina and a second region reflecting the detection light beam reflected by the first mirror in a direction different from a direction in which the image light beam is reflected, and scanning neither the image light beam nor the detection light beam reflected by the first mirror; a detector detecting the detection light beam reflected by the second region; and a controller adjusting oscillation of the first mirror and an emission timing of the image light beam based on a detection result by the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicants: QD LASER, INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Yasuhiko ARAKAWA, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Makoto SUZUKI, Shuichi TOJO
-
Publication number: 20180164595Abstract: An image projection device includes: one light source unit emitting an image light beam, which forms an image, of visible light and a checking light beam of visible light; an optical system projecting the image light beam emitted from the one light source unit onto a first surface region of an eye of a user to project the image light beam onto a retina of the user, and projecting the checking light beam emitted from the one light source unit onto a second surface region, which is distant from the first surface region, of the eye of the user; a light detector detecting a reflected light that is the checking light beam reflected by the eye of the user; and a controller controlling at least one of the one light source unit and the optical system based on a detection result of the reflected light by the light detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicants: QD LASER, INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Yasuhiko ARAKAWA, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Makoto SUZUKI, Michio ARAI
-
Patent number: 9865771Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting element includes: a lower clad layer 12 that is provided on a substrate 10; an active layer 20 that is provided on the lower clad layer 12 and includes a quantum well layer 24 and a plurality of quantum dots 28 sandwiching a second barrier layer 22b together with the quantum well layer 24; and an upper clad layer 14 that is provided on the active layer 20, wherein a distance D between the quantum well layer 24 and the plurality of quantum dots 28 is smaller than an average of distances X between centers of the plurality of quantum dots 28.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: QD LASER, INC., UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDInventors: Kenichi Nishi, Takeo Kageyama, Keizo Takemasa, Mitsuru Sugawara, Richard Hogg, Siming Chen
-
Publication number: 20160336480Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting element includes: a lower clad layer 12 that is provided on a substrate 10; an active layer 20 that is provided on the lower clad layer 12 and includes a quantum well layer 24 and a plurality of quantum dots 28 sandwiching a second barrier layer 22b together with the quantum well layer 24; and an upper clad layer 14 that is provided on the active layer 20, wherein a distance D between the quantum well layer 24 and the plurality of quantum dots 28 is smaller than an average of distances X between centers of the plurality of quantum dots 28.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2015Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicants: QD LASER, INC., UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDInventors: Kenichi NISHI, Takeo KAGEYAMA, Keizo TAKEMASA, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Richard HOGG, Siming CHEN
-
Publication number: 20160103324Abstract: The present invention is an image projection device that includes: a light source 12 that emits a laser beam 34; a scanning mirror 14 that two-dimensionally scans the laser beam 34 emitted from the light source 12; and a projection mirror 24 that projects scanned light onto a retina 26 of an eyeball 22 of a user to project an image onto the retina 26, the scanned light being composed of the laser beam 34 that has been scanned by the scanning mirror 14, wherein the laser beam 34 emitted from the light source 12 is scanned by using a part of an operating range of the scanning mirror 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicants: QD LASER INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Yasuhiko ARAKAWA, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Makoto SUZUKI
-
Patent number: 8896911Abstract: The present invention is a laser system including a DFB laser 10 emitting a laser light 50, a semiconductor optical amplifier 20 that modulates an intensity of the laser light, and a harmonic generation element 30 that converts the laser light modulated to a visible light 54 that is a harmonic of the laser light. According to the present invention, it is possible to employ the highly efficient harmonic generation element capable of modulating the intensity of the laser light and to reduce power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: QD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Usami, Tomoyuki Akiyama
-
Patent number: 8625193Abstract: The present invention is an optical semiconductor device including a lower clad layer 12 having a first conduction type, an active layer 14 that is provided on the lower clad layer 12 and has multiple quantum dot layers 51-55 having multiple quantum dots 41, and an upper clad layer 18 that is provided on the active layer 14 and has a second conduction type opposite to the first conduction type, the multiple quantum dot layers 51-55 having different quantum dot densities.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: QD Laser, Inc.Inventor: Kenichi Nishi
-
Publication number: 20130010821Abstract: A laser system 100 includes: a laser module 10 including: a DFB laser 12 that oscillates a laser beam 24; a heater 14 that adjusts a temperature of the DFB laser 12; and a harmonic generation element 18 that converts the laser beam 24 into a harmonic beam 34 of the laser beam 24; and a control unit 40 that modulates a wavelength of the laser beam 24, detects a detection signal synchronized with a modulation signal used for the modulation from an intensity of the harmonic beam 34, and controls a value of a heater current 28 to be injected to the heater 14 so as to reduce an amplitude of the detection signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: QD LASER, INC.Inventor: Yoshitaka Yokoyama
-
Patent number: 8160116Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor laser including a first conductive type of a lower clad layer 12, an active layer 14 provided on the lower clad layer 12, the active layer 14 including a plurality of quantum dots, and a second conductive type of an upper clad layer 18, the upper clad layer 18 being provided on the active layer 14 so as to have an isolated ridge portion 30 such that W1?Wtop+0.4 ?m where Wtop is the width of a top of the ridge portion 30 and W1 is the width of the ridge portion 30 at a height of 50 nm from a bottom of the ridge portion 30. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing such a semiconductor laser.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: QD Laser Inc.Inventors: Tomoyuki Akiyama, Mitsuru Sugawara
-
Patent number: D824905Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: QD LASER, INC.Inventors: Takeshi Yamada, Shuichi Tojo, Manabu Nakamura