Patents by Inventor Akio Fukase
Akio Fukase 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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Publication number: 20200150436Abstract: An image display device of the present disclosure includes an image light generating device, a first, a second, a third, and a fourth optical unit. A first intermediate image is formed between the first and the third optical unit. A pupil is formed between the second and the fourth optical unit. A second intermediate image is formed between the third and the fourth optical unit. An exit pupil is formed at an opposite side of the fourth optical unit from the third optical unit. The image light generating device includes a first, a second, a third light emitting panel, and a color synthesis element. The color synthesis element is constituted of a cross dichroic prism including a first and a second dichroic film that intersect with each other. Each of the first and the second dichroic film does not have a polarization separation characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akio FUKASE, Mitsutaka IDE, Toshiyuki NOGUCHI
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Patent number: 10608208Abstract: A first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element that have a resonance structure that causes output light from a light-emission functional layer to resonate between a reflective layer and a semi-transmissive reflective layer, and a pixel definition layer, and in which an aperture part is formed to correspond to each of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element, are formed on a base. A first interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the first light-emitting element and a second interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the second light-emitting element are different, and a film thickness of the pixel definition layer is less than a difference between the first interval and the second interval.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoichi Nozawa, Atsushi Amano, Takeshi Koshihara, Akio Fukase, Shinichi Iwata
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Patent number: 10558053Abstract: An optical device combines light emitted from first and second display panels. The first display panel emits first color light from a plurality of pixels. The second display panel emits second color light having a different wavelength range from the first color light from a plurality of pixels and emits third color light having a different wavelength range from the second color light from a plurality of pixels.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akio Fukase, Kunihiko Yano
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Publication number: 20200012021Abstract: The cross dichroic prism according to the present disclosure includes four prisms and two dichroic mirrors. Each of the four prisms has a triangle-prism shape. The four prisms are arranged to form a quadrangular prism as a whole in a manner such that the ridge line portions are located close to each other, a first plane of one prism faces a second plane of another prism, and a third plane faces outward. Each of the two dichroic mirrors is constituted of a dielectric multilayer film provided between the first plane of one prism and the second plane of another prism. The outermost layer of a dielectric layer constituting the dielectric multilayer film is provided in contact with each of the first plane of the one prism and the second plane of the other prism.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akio FUKASE, Kunihiko YANO
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Publication number: 20200004026Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus includes a cross dichroic prism including four triangular prisms that are mutually bonded, and a first dichroic film and a second dichroic film provided between adjacent prisms of the four triangular prisms, a plurality of display panels arranged respectively opposite to a plurality of light incident planes of the cross dichroic prism, and a projection optical system configured to project light emitted from the cross dichroic prism onto a pupil of a user. The cross dichroic prism includes an optically imperfect part at a center of a bonded part of the four triangular prisms. A ratio between an aerial conversion length from each of light-emission planes of the plurality of display panels to the center of the bonded part, and a width of the optically imperfect part, is greater than or equal to 250:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi YONEKUBO, Akio FUKASE
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Patent number: 10411214Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device configured to suppress deterioration in a balance of white light emission and increase a service life. The light emitting device includes a red light emitting layer, a blue light emitting layer, a green light emitting layer, a first intermediate layer configured to adjust a transfer of holes and electrons between the red light emitting layer and the blue light emitting layer, and a second intermediate layer configured to adjust the transfer of holes and electrons between the blue light emitting layer and the green light emitting layer. The intermediate layers and the blue light emitting layer each contain an assist dopant material, a concentration of the assist dopant material in the intermediate layers being greater than a concentration of the assist dopant material in the blue light emitting layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akio Fukase, Hidetoshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20190036061Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device configured to suppress deterioration in a balance of white light emission and increase a service life. The light emitting device includes a red light emitting layer, a blue light emitting layer, a green light emitting layer, a first intermediate layer configured to adjust a transfer of holes and electrons between the red light emitting layer and the blue light emitting layer, and a second intermediate layer configured to adjust the transfer of holes and electrons between the blue light emitting layer and the green light emitting layer. The intermediate layers and the blue light emitting layer each contain an assist dopant material, a concentration of the assist dopant material in the intermediate layers being greater than a concentration of the assist dopant material in the blue light emitting layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akio FUKASE, Hidetoshi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180348532Abstract: An optical device combines light emitted from first and second display panels. The first display panel emits first color light from a plurality of pixels. The second display panel emits second color light having a different wavelength range from the first color light from a plurality of pixels and emits third color light having a different wavelength range from the second color light from a plurality of pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akio FUKASE, Kunihiko YANO
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Publication number: 20180323403Abstract: A first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element that have a resonance structure that causes output light from a light-emission functional layer to resonate between a reflective layer and a semi-transmissive reflective layer, and a pixel definition layer, and in which an aperture part is formed to correspond to each of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element, are formed on a base. A first interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the first light-emitting element and a second interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the second light-emitting element are different, and a film thickness of the pixel definition layer is less than a difference between the first interval and the second interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoichi NOZAWA, Atsushi AMANO, Takeshi KOSHIHARA, Akio FUKASE, Shinichi IWATA
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Patent number: 10044000Abstract: A first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element that have a resonance structure that causes output light from a light-emission functional layer to resonate between a reflective layer and a semi-transmissive reflective layer, and a pixel definition layer, and in which an aperture part is formed to correspond to each of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element, are formed on a base. A first interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the first light-emitting element and a second interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the second light-emitting element are different, and a film thickness of the pixel definition layer is less than a difference between the first interval and the second interval.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoichi Nozawa, Atsushi Amano, Takeshi Koshihara, Akio Fukase, Shinichi Iwata
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Publication number: 20170222186Abstract: A first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element that have a resonance structure that causes output light from a light-emission functional layer to resonate between a reflective layer and a semi-transmissive reflective layer, and a pixel definition layer, and in which an aperture part is formed to correspond to each of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element, are formed on a base. A first interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the first light-emitting element and a second interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the second light-emitting element are different, and a film thickness of the pixel definition layer is less than a difference between the first interval and the second interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoichi NOZAWA, Atsushi AMANO, Takeshi KOSHIHARA, Akio FUKASE, Shinichi IWATA
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Patent number: 9647238Abstract: A first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element that have a resonance structure that causes output light from a light-emission functional layer to resonate between a reflective layer and a semi-transmissive reflective layer, and a pixel definition layer, and in which an aperture part is formed to correspond to each of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element, are formed on a base. A first interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the first light-emitting element and a second interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the second light-emitting element are different, and a film thickness of the pixel definition layer is less than a difference between the first interval and the second interval.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoichi Nozawa, Atsushi Amano, Takeshi Koshihara, Akio Fukase, Shinichi Iwata
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Patent number: 9478763Abstract: A light emitting element has a cathode, an anode, and a light emitting layer (light emitting section) which is provided between the cathode and the anode and emits light by a driving voltage being applied thereto, in which the light emitting section is configured to include a light emitting material, a host material which holds the light emitting material, and an assist dopant material, one of the host material and the assist dopant material is a material with a high electron transportation property, the other is a material with a high hole transportation property, and when a mobility of holes is ?h and a motility of electrons is ?e in the light emitting layer, a mobility ratio which is represented by ?e/?h satisfies a relationship of formula (I) below. 0.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Akio Fukase
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Patent number: 9401492Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light-emitting element, including: a cathode; an anode; and a light-emitting unit, in which the light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a third light-emitting layer, which are laminated from the anode side to the cathode side, in which each of the first, second, and third light-emitting layers is configured to contain a luminescent material, a host material, and an assist dopant material, and in which, when the contents of the assist dopant materials contained in the first, second, and third light-emitting layers are respectively expressed by CAssist(EML1), CAssist(EML2) and CAssist(EML3), the following Relational Expression (A) is satisfied: CAssist(EML1)?CAssist(EML2)>CAssist(EML3)?0??(A).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Akio Fukase
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Patent number: 9293724Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light-emitting element, including: a cathode; an anode; and a light-emitting unit, in which the light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting layer, an intermediate layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a third light-emitting layer, which are laminated from the anode side to the cathode side, in which each of the second and third light-emitting layers is configured to contain a luminescent material, a host material, and an assist dopant material, in which the intermediate layer is configured to contain the host material and the assist dopant material, and in which, when the concentrations of the assist dopant materials contained in the second light-emitting layer, the third light-emitting layer, and the intermediate layer are respectively expressed by CAssist(EML2), CAssist(EML3), and CAssist(IML), the following Relational Expression (A) is satisfied: CAssist(IML)>CAssist(EML2)?CAssist(EML3)??(A).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akio Fukase, Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Yuki Hanamura
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Publication number: 20150287951Abstract: A light emitting element has a cathode, an anode, and a light emitting layer (light emitting section) which is provided between the cathode and the anode and emits light by a driving voltage being applied thereto, in which the light emitting section is configured to include a light emitting material, a host material which holds the light emitting material, and an assist dopant material, one of the host material and the assist dopant material is a material with a high electron transportation property, the other is a material with a high hole transportation property, and when a mobility of holes is ?h and a motility of electrons is ?e in the light emitting layer, a mobility ratio which is represented by ?e/?h satisfies a relationship of formula (I) below. 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Hidetoshi YAMAMOTO, Akio FUKASE
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Publication number: 20150287947Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light-emitting element, including: a cathode; an anode; and a light-emitting unit, in which the light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a third light-emitting layer, which are laminated from the anode side to the cathode side, in which each of the first, second, and third light-emitting layers is configured to contain a luminescent material, a host material, and an assist dopant material, and in which, when the contents of the assist dopant materials contained in the first, second, and third light-emitting layers are respectively expressed by CAssist(EML1), CAssist(EML2) and CAssist(EML3), the following Relational Expression (A) is satisfied: CAssist(EML1)?CAssist(EML2)>CAssist(EML3)?0??(A).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Hidetoshi YAMAMOTO, Akio FUKASE
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Publication number: 20150287948Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light-emitting element, including: a cathode; an anode; and a light-emitting unit, in which the light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting layer, an intermediate layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a third light-emitting layer, which are laminated from the anode side to the cathode side, in which each of the second and third light-emitting layers is configured to contain a luminescent material, a host material, and an assist dopant material, in which the intermediate layer is configured to contain the host material and the assist dopant material, and in which, when the concentrations of the assist dopant materials contained in the second light-emitting layer, the third light-emitting layer, and the intermediate layer are respectively expressed by CAssist(EML2), CAssist(EML3), and CAssist(IML), the following Relational Expression (A) is satisfied: CAssist(IML)>CAssist(EML2)?CAssist(EML3)??(A).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Akio FUKASE, Hidetoshi YAMAMOTO, Yuki HANAMURA
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Publication number: 20150001558Abstract: A first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element that have a resonance structure that causes output light from a light-emission functional layer to resonate between a reflective layer and a semi-transmissive reflective layer, and a pixel definition layer, and in which an aperture part is formed to correspond to each of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element, are formed on a base. A first interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the first light-emitting element and a second interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the second light-emitting element are different, and a film thickness of the pixel definition layer is less than a difference between the first interval and the second interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Ryoichi NOZAWA, Atsushi AMANO, Takeshi KOSHIHARA, Akio FUKASE, Shinichi IWATA
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Patent number: 8792068Abstract: A lighting device at least has: a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light by a forward direction current; a direct-current power supply; a first wiring and a second wiring for supplying electrical power to the plurality of light emitting elements from the direct-current power supply; and a switch for switching the polarity of the electrical power to be supplied to the first wiring and the second wiring; in which the plurality of light emitting elements include forward direction connection in which the forward direction current flows when the electrical power having a positive polarity is applied to the first wiring and reverse direction connection in which the forward direction current flows when the electrical power having a positive polarity is applied to the second wiring and being connected between the first wiring and the second wiring.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Koya Shiratori, Akio Fukase