Patents by Inventor Akira Komatsu
Akira Komatsu 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: 10655885Abstract: Entrance of cold air from near a wall of an indoor space is avoided. An airflow direction adjusting flap is provided at a main outlet opening, and changes the direction of airflow coming from the main outlet opening in a vertical direction. A load detector detects a load of an indoor space. When the load of the indoor space is higher than a predetermined value in a heating operation, the airflow direction adjusting flap guides the air coming from the main outlet opening in a horizontal direction or in an upward direction with respect to the horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Kojima, Akira Komatsu, Ryouta Suhara, Masaaki Murata, Natsumi Furo
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Patent number: 10645374Abstract: First and second display devices have first and second common display areas in which image display with common content to left and right eyes is performed. At least one of the first and second display devices has an extended display area. A display control unit generates a signal including common image information for the first and second common display areas and extension image information for the extended display area.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Takeda, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Akira Komatsu, Takahiro Totani
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Patent number: 10642350Abstract: An eyepiece optical system is configured to form a non-telecentric optical system together with an image display unit serving as an image element, and to include the pixels in which a pixel in a peripheral region and the like on an image display has a larger size than a pixel in a central region on the image display. Accordingly, the central region that supports a wide angle of view and is of the image display on the image element having an effective field of view with a good performance of information capacity, makes it possible to retain image formation with high resolution, and to prevent an image from being degraded in the peripheral region, thus making it possible to ensure high-quality visibility.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Takagi, Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10627644Abstract: A first lens and a second lens are bonded to each other and configured to be short in an optical axis direction. Further, by providing a half mirror in a bonding portion between a convex surface and a concave surface, power is given when folding an optical path, and additionally, by setting a refractive index of the first lens larger than a refractive index of the second lens, an image with a wide angle of view can be formed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: SIEKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Takagi, Takashi Takeda, Akira Komatsu, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10606095Abstract: A first lens and a second lens are bonded, and each of a light emitting plane and a light incident plane is a flat surface to shorten a configuration in an optical axis direction, and simultaneously, various optical elements such as a transmission/reflection selection member and the like can be mounted on a flat surface portion. Further, by providing a half mirror in a bonding portion between a convex surface and a concave surface to give power in folding an optical path, an image with a wide angle of view can be formed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Takagi, Takashi Takeda, Akira Komatsu, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20200064638Abstract: A see-through display apparatus includes an image display apparatus configured to emit a video light, a light guide apparatus configured to guide the video light and to output the video light in a first direction, and a light control shade disposed opposite to the first direction with respect to the light guide apparatus. The light control shade is configured to control a transmittance of an outside light based on a luminance of the outside light. A first response time of the light control shade when the outside light changes from a lower luminance to a higher luminance is slower than a second response time of the light control shade when the outside light changes from the higher luminance to the lower luminance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki TAKAGI, Takahiro TOTANI, Takashi TAKEDA, Akira KOMATSU, Toshiaki MIYAO
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Publication number: 20200049999Abstract: A virtual image display device includes a display light guiding unit, and an image forming unit that emits image light to the display light guiding unit, the display light guiding unit includes a first light guiding unit that guides image light corresponding to a first angle of view, and a second light guiding unit that guides image light corresponding to a second angle of view, among angles of view of image light emitted from the image forming unit, and the first light guiding unit and the second light guiding unit respectively include incident side diffraction elements that take the image light beams into the inside, and emission side diffraction elements that emit the image light beams to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi TAKEDA, Akira KOMATSU, Masayuki TAKAGI, Toshiaki MIYAO
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Publication number: 20200041785Abstract: A virtual image display device includes an image element configured to display an image, a first lens disposed in an extraction position of image light and including at the image element side thereof a convex surface, a second lens disposed further toward the image element side than the first lens and including a concave surface bonded to the convex surface of the first lens, a half mirror provided in a bonding portion for bonding together the convex surface and the concave surface, a transmission/reflection selection member provided at a light emitting side of the first lens and configured to selectively perform transmission or reflection of the light depending on a polarization state of the light, and a light-guiding portion keeping close contact between the image element and the second lens and configured to guide the image light.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki TAKAGI, Akira KOMATSU, Takashi TAKEDA, Toshiaki MIYAO, Tokito YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200041795Abstract: A virtual image display device includes an image element configured to display an image, a first optical unit disposed at a position where image light is extracted, a second optical unit disposed at the image element side with respect to the first optical unit, a half mirror provided on a serrated surface formed at a bonding portion between the first optical unit and the second optical unit, and a transmission/reflection selection member that is provided at a light emitting side of the first optical unit and that is configured to selectively transmit or reflect light depending on a polarization state of the light.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tokito YAMAGUCHI, Masayuki TAKAGI, Toshiaki MIYAO, Akira KOMATSU, Takashi TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20200018967Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display device, a projection optical member, and a prism member. The prism member includes a first prism receiving image light from the projection optical member, and a second prism disposed at a position further toward an exit pupil than the first prism. The first prism includes an entrance surface, a first reflection surface, and a first joining surface, the second prism includes a second joining surface joined to the first joining surface via a semi-transmissive reflection surface, a second reflection surface, and a light collecting reflection surface, and the semi-transmissive reflection surface is configured to reflect the image light, reflected by the light collecting reflection surface and then totally reflected by the second reflection surface, to pass through the second reflection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akira KOMATSU, Masayuki TAKAGI, Toshiaki MIYAO, Takashi TAKEDA, Tokito YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200018966Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display device, a projection optical member, a prism member, and a light condensing and reflecting surface. The prism member includes a first prism, and a second prism that is disposed further toward an exit pupil side than the first prism. The first prism includes an incident surface, a reflection surface that totally reflects the image light, and a first joining surface that is joined with the second prism via a semi-transmissive reflection surface. The second prism includes a second joining surface that is joined with the first joining surface, and an opposing flat surface that is disposed parallel to the reflection surface to face the reflection surface and configured to transmit the image light, reflected by the semi-transmissive reflection surface and then by the light condensing and reflecting surface and thereafter passing through the semi-transmissive reflection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akira KOMATSU, Masayuki TAKAGI, Toshiaki MIYAO, Takashi TAKEDA, Tokito YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 10520733Abstract: A virtual image display device includes a display light guiding unit, and an image forming unit that emits image light to the display light guiding unit, the display light guiding unit includes a first light guiding unit that guides image light corresponding to a first angle of view, and a second light guiding unit that guides image light corresponding to a second angle of view, among angles of view of image light emitted from the image forming unit, and the first light guiding unit and the second light guiding unit respectively include incident side diffraction elements that take the image light beams into the inside, and emission side diffraction elements that emit the image light beams to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Takeda, Akira Komatsu, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao
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Patent number: 10509230Abstract: By configuring a micro structure portion, an image display device, and an eyepiece optical system to satisfy Expression (1), a diffusion effect of an appropriate extent can be imparted to image light with a relatively simple configuration, by taking into account the size of each of pixels constituting the image display device that is an image element, gaps between the pixels are made less noticeable, and a favorable state of visibility of an image can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda, Toshiaki Miyao, Masayuki Takagi, Tokito Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10502961Abstract: In a frame part, a center portion having a thick structure is provided between a first optical member as a first light guide unit and a second optical member as a second light guide unit to connect to both and fixes relative positions of the first optical member and the second optical member by the center portion, and thereby, reduction in weight and size of the frame part is realized.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiaki Miyao, Takahiro Totani, Masayuki Takagi, Takashi Takeda, Akira Komatsu, Kazuya Kamakura
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Patent number: 10481398Abstract: In an image generation unit, a light emitting part is formed using a self-emitting OLED device, and thereby, high-contrast images can be formed and the life of the light emitting part and the life of the virtual image display apparatus are extended. Even when the light emitted in the light emitting part has deviation in color balance, a half-mirror layer that has light transmissivity and realizes see-through vision is a reflection film having wavelength dependence, and thereby, a uniform color balance of image lights is achieved and images in good conditions are visually recognized.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiaki Miyao, Takahiro Totani, Masayuki Takagi, Takashi Takeda, Akira Komatsu, Takeshi Koshihara, Kunihiko Yano
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Patent number: 10481686Abstract: An image display device includes: an image display section that displays an image for a user and allows the user to visually recognize external light; a line-of-sight direction and distance detecting section that detects a line-of-sight direction of the user and a distance to an object located in the line-of-sight direction; and a display control section that controls display operation of the image display section. The image display section includes a focal point and convergence changing section that changes a convergence and a focal point of a display image to be projected. The display control section controls the focal point and convergence changing section based on the line-of-sight direction and the distance to the object detected by the line-of-sight direction and distance detecting section.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda, Toshiaki Miyao, Masayuki Takagi
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Patent number: 10444513Abstract: A dichroic prism synthesizes display light emitted from a plurality of display panels, and a plate-shaped light guiding section guides the synthesized light to a light-emitting section. In the display light emitted from the respective pixels of the display panel, although a radiation angle of an effective luminous flux which reaches the eye of an observer is large in a direction corresponding to the vertical direction, a range of incident angle of intersecting effective luminous fluxes to the dichroic mirror is small.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Osamu Yokoyama, Takeshi Koshihara, Kunihiko Yano, Akira Komatsu
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Publication number: 20190310543Abstract: Provided is a virtual image display apparatus including a laser light source, a scanner configured to scan light from the laser light source and render an intermediate image, a diffusion element arranged at a position of the intermediate image formed by the scanner, and an exit pupil forming unit configured to cause light that has passed through the diffusion element to be incident on a position of an exit pupil. The diffusion element separates the light from the scanner into first emission light used as a reference, and second emission light having a separation angle greater than a capturing angle corresponding to an inclination of light toward a predetermined pupil radius relative to the first emission light at an emission position of the light from the diffusion element, and then emits the first emission light and the second emission light.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akira KOMATSU, Masayuki TAKAGI, Toshiaki MIYAO, Takashi TAKEDA, Tokito YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20190293940Abstract: Image formation is performed by using a synthesis optical system, and in a first dichroic film and a second dichroic film that are the synthesis surfaces in the synthesis optical system, a direction in which the cross axis that is the intersecting axis extends corresponds to a direction of alignment of eyes of an observer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi TAKEDA, Mitsutaka IDE, Akira KOMATSU, Masayuki TAKAGI, Toshiaki MIYAO, Tokito YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 10409070Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus includes an image projection apparatus that emits image light, and a display optical system that forms a virtual image according to the image light from a liquid crystal device (image forming device). The display optical system is configured by at least two members having different refractive indices and bends the image light a plurality of times between mediums having different refractive indices in a predetermined direction. A cumulative value of an index for chromatic dispersion with respect to the predetermined direction on a refractive surface of each bent portion is smaller than or equal to a predetermined reference value.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Komatsu, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Takashi Takeda