Patents by Inventor Akiko ITOH

Akiko ITOH 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).

  • Publication number: 20230314877
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first display panel including a first display surface, and a second display panel including a second display surface and configured to be disposed such that light emitted from the first display surface is incident on the second display surface. The first display panel is configured such that light emitted from the first display surface and incident on the second display surface includes a large amount of P-polarization components. The second display panel is a reflection-type display panel, and includes a polarizer disposed on the second display surface and configured to absorb S-polarization components of incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Naru USUKURA, Akiko ITOH, Koji MURATA, Keisuke YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9910458
    Abstract: A display device 10 includes a flexible display panel having a display surface 11a and flexibility, display support portions 12 supporting the flexible display panel from a side opposite to the display surface 11a side, a hinge portion 13 supporting the two adjacent display support portions 12 to be rotatable, and an angle restricting portion 18 mounted on each of hinge parts 15, 16 and including at least a stopper projection 19 and a stopper hole 20 that are stopped by each other when an angle formed by the two adjacent display supporting portions 12 reaches a predetermined value, the two adjacent display supporting portions 12 being rotated according to bending of the flexible display panel 11 from the flat state and the angle being formed by the two adjacent display supporting portions 12 that are rotated, and the angle restricting portion 18 restricting the angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriko Watanabe, Akiko Itoh
  • Publication number: 20170192460
    Abstract: A display device 10 includes a flexible display panel having a display surface 11a and flexibility, display support portions 12 supporting the flexible display panel from a side opposite to the display surface 11a side, a hinge portion 13 supporting the two adjacent display support portions 12 to be rotatable, and an angle restricting portion 18 mounted on each of hinge parts 15, 16 and including at least a stopper projection 19 and a stopper hole 20 that are stopped by each other when an angle formed by the two adjacent display supporting portions 12 reaches a predetermined value, the two adjacent display supporting portions 12 being rotated according to bending of the flexible display panel 11 from the flat state and the angle being formed by the two adjacent display supporting portions 12 that are rotated, and the angle restricting portion 18 restricting the angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Noriko WATANABE, Akiko ITOH