Patents by Inventor Akio Yamashita

Akio Yamashita 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: 20220026623
    Abstract: A novel display device that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The display device includes a light guide plate, a display panel, and an intermediate layer, and the light guide plate includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is irradiated with light, the second surface has a function of distributing light, the second surface is in contact with the intermediate layer, and the second surface has a first refractive index N1 in a region in contact with the intermediate layer. The display panel faces the second surface, the display panel is in contact with the intermediate layer, and the display panel has a function of scattering the distributed light. The intermediate layer includes a region positioned between the second surface and the display panel, and the intermediate layer has a second refractive index N2 in a region in contact with the second surface. The second refractive index N2 is smaller than the first refractive index N1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Ryo HATSUMI, Tetsuji ISHITANI, Akio YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20210356797
    Abstract: A display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display device includes, in a pixel, a first transistor, a second transistor, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a conductive layer, a pixel electrode, a layer containing a liquid crystal material, and a common electrode. The first insulating layer is positioned over a channel formation region of the first transistor. The conductive layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the first transistor, the second transistor, the first insulating layer, and the conductive layer. The pixel electrode is positioned over the second insulating layer, the layer containing a liquid crystal material is positioned over the pixel electrode, and the common electrode is positioned over the layer containing a liquid crystal material. The common electrode overlaps with the conductive layer with the layer containing a liquid crystal material and the pixel electrode therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Daisuke KUBOTA, Tetsuji ISHITANI, Akio YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11178292
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a designation unit that allows a user of a transmission source of a document to designate a transmission destination user and a transmission destination terminal; and a transmission unit that transmits the document and transmission destination information indicative of the transmission destination user and the transmission destination terminal designated with the designation unit to an apparatus that transmits the document to the transmission destination terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shigeki Kamiya, Tetsuo Iyoda, Akio Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210183294
    Abstract: A flip-flop circuit is provided. A driver circuit is provided. The flip-flop circuit includes first to fifth input terminals and first to third output terminals, the first input terminal is supplied with a first trigger signal, the second input terminal is supplied with a second trigger signal, the third input terminal is supplied with a batch selection signal, the fourth input terminal is supplied with a first pulse width modulation signal, and the fifth input terminal is supplied with a second pulse width modulation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Daisuke KUBOTA, Tetsuji ISHITANI, Akio YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20200314063
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: one or more internal devices that are connected to an internal network, the internal network being connected to an external network through a firewall; and an intermediation device that can communicate with the internal network and the external network; each of the internal devices including: a storage unit that stores one or more documents and metadata of each of the documents; and a request acceptance unit that accepts, from a user, a request for processing by an external server on the external network as to one of the documents stored in the storage unit, and transmits the accepted request to the intermediation device; the intermediation device including: a request transmission unit as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki KAMIYA, Tetsuo IYODA, Akio YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20200301883
    Abstract: A data management system includes plural of devices in a hierarchical structure, wherein a first device belonging to a hierarchy other than a lowest hierarchy of the hierarchical structure among the plural devices includes a storage unit that stores entity data of a storage target item of the first device among metadata including plural items, and an acquisition unit that acquires link information for specifying entity data of an item group other than the storage target item of the first device among the entity data of the metadata stored in a low-level device relative to the first device in the hierarchical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki KAMIYA, Tetsuo IYODA, Akio YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20200249524
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing an optical film formed on a plastic substrate. There is provided a method of manufacturing an optical film including the steps of laminating a separation layer and an optical filter on a first substrate, separating the optical filter from the first substrate, attaching the optical filter to a second substrate. Since the optical film manufactured according to the invention has flexibility, it can be provided on a portion or a display device having a curved surface. Further, the optical film is not processed at high temperatures, and hence, an optical film having high yield with high reliability can be formed. Furthermore, an optical film having an excellent impact resistance property can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Akio YAMASHITA, Yumiko OHNO, Yuugo GOTO
  • Patent number: 10634944
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing an optical film formed on a plastic substrate. There is provided a method of manufacturing an optical film including the steps of laminating a separation layer and an optical filter on a first substrate, separating the optical filter from the first substrate, attaching the optical filter to a second substrate. Since the optical film manufactured according to the invention has flexibility, it can be provided on a portion or a display device having a curved surface. Further, the optical film is not processed at high temperatures, and hence, an optical film having high yield with high reliability can be formed. Furthermore, an optical film having an excellent impact resistance property can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Yamashita, Yumiko Ohno, Yuugo Goto
  • Publication number: 20200084322
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a designation unit that allows a user of a transmission source of a document to designate a transmission destination user and a transmission destination terminal; and a transmission unit that transmits the document and transmission destination information indicative of the transmission destination user and the transmission destination terminal designated with the designation unit to an apparatus that transmits the document to the transmission destination terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Kamiya, Tetsuo Iyoda, Akio Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20200057330
    Abstract: A display device that can switch between normal display and see-through display is provided. Visibility in see-through display is improved. A liquid crystal element overlaps with a light-emitting element. The light-emitting element, a transistor, and the like overlapping with the liquid crystal element transmit visible light. When the liquid crystal element blocks external light, an image is displayed with the light-emitting element. When the liquid crystal element transmits external light, an image displayed with the light-emitting element is superimposed on a transmission image through the liquid crystal element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kohei YOKOYAMA, Takaaki NAGATA, Tatsuya SAKUISHI, Akio YAMASHITA, Yasuhiro JINBO, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Tetsuji ISHITANI
  • Publication number: 20190373055
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an extracting unit that extracts, based on attribute information of an object necessary for using a service provided by a service system and information related to a user of the service system, a candidate for the user to be invited to the service, out of users who are yet to use the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akio YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10401662
    Abstract: To provide a highly reliable liquid crystal display device including flexible substrates and a crystalline oxide semiconductor film for a backplane. The device includes a flexible first substrate, a flexible second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the substrates with a sealing member. The first substrate is provided with a layer including a transistor, an organic resin film over the transistor, a pixel electrode and a common electrode over the organic resin film, which partly overlap with each other with an insulating film provided therebetween, and an alignment film thereover. The transistor includes a crystalline oxide semiconductor film as a semiconductor layer where a channel is formed. Drying treatment is performed on the layer before the liquid crystal layer is sealed between the substrates, and steps from the drying treatment to sealing of the liquid crystal layer are performed without exposure to the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Daisuke Kubota, Akio Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20190197041
    Abstract: An answerer extraction system includes a receiving unit that receives a question from an asker, a recording unit that records a reference history of the asker's referencing past questions or answers, and an extraction unit that extracts an answerer who is to answer the question on the basis of the reference history of the asker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio YAMASHITA, Yoshihiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 10262038
    Abstract: An answerer extraction system includes a receiving unit that receives a question from an asker, a recording unit that records a reference history of the asker's referencing past questions or answers, and an extraction unit that extracts an answerer who is to answer the question on the basis of the reference history of the asker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Yamashita, Yoshihiro Ueda
  • Publication number: 20190080109
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiver, a sender, and a setter. The receiver receives a setting request to set an access right to access content for a user. The sender sends a voting request to a user authorized to access the content. The voting request is a request to vote upon whether to accept the setting request. The setter executes calculation processing on information received in response to the voting request and sets the access right if a result of the calculation processing satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio YAMASHITA, Katsuyuki KONDO
  • Patent number: 10180605
    Abstract: A high-image-quality display device having a transmissive mode and a reflective mode is provided. Furthermore, the display device is manufactured with higher yield and higher productivity. In the display device, a transistor used for a transmissive liquid crystal display element, the transmissive liquid crystal display element, a transistor used for a reflective liquid crystal display element, and the reflective liquid crystal display element are stacked in this order between a pair of substrates. In a manufacturing process, one or two manufacturing substrates are used in addition to the pair of substrates included in the display device. The display device is manufactured in such a manner that a second liquid crystal and a second sealant provided to surround the second liquid crystal are bonded to a first liquid crystal sealed using a first sealant. The bonding process is performed such that the first sealant and the second sealant overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Koji Kusunoki, Akio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10128402
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing a display device having an excellent impact resistance property with high yield, in particular, a method of manufacturing a display device having an optical film that is formed using a plastic substrate. The method of manufacturing a display device includes the steps of: laminating a metal film, an oxide film, and an optical filter on a first substrate; separating the optical filter from the first substrate; attaching the optical filter to a second substrate; forming a layer including a pixel on a third substrate; and attaching the layer including the pixel to the optical filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Yamashita, Yumiko Fukumoto, Yuugo Goto
  • Publication number: 20180284499
    Abstract: To provide a highly reliable liquid crystal display device including flexible substrates and a crystalline oxide semiconductor film for a backplane. The device includes a flexible first substrate, a flexible second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the substrates with a sealing member. The first substrate is provided with a layer including a transistor, an organic resin film over the transistor, a pixel electrode and a common electrode over the organic resin film, which partly overlap with each other with an insulating film provided therebetween, and an alignment film thereover. The transistor includes a crystalline oxide semiconductor film as a semiconductor layer where a channel is formed. Drying treatment is performed on the layer before the liquid crystal layer is sealed between the substrates, and steps from the drying treatment to sealing of the liquid crystal layer are performed without exposure to the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Daisuke KUBOTA, Akio YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20180217440
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing an optical film formed on a plastic substrate. There is provided a method of manufacturing an optical film including the steps of laminating a separation layer and an optical filter on a first substrate, separating the optical filter from the first substrate, attaching the optical filter to a second substrate. Since the optical film manufactured according to the invention has flexibility, it can he provided on a portion or a display device having a curved surface. Further, the optical film is not processed at high temperatures, and hence, an optical film having high yield with high reliability can be formed. Furthermore, an optical film having an excellent impact resistance property can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Akio YAMASHITA, Yumiko OHNO, Yuugo GOTO
  • Patent number: 10007133
    Abstract: To provide a highly reliable liquid crystal display device including flexible substrates and a crystalline oxide semiconductor film for a backplane. The device includes a flexible first substrate, a flexible second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the substrates with a sealing member. The first substrate is provided with a layer including a transistor, an organic resin film over the transistor, a pixel electrode and a common electrode over the organic resin film, which partly overlap with each other with an insulating film provided therebetween, and an alignment film thereover. The transistor includes a crystalline oxide semiconductor film as a semiconductor layer where a channel is formed. Drying treatment is performed on the layer before the liquid crystal layer is sealed between the substrates, and steps from the drying treatment to sealing of the liquid crystal layer are performed without exposure to the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Daisuke Kubota, Akio Yamashita