Patents by Inventor Fumiaki Abe

Fumiaki Abe 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: 20100009428
    Abstract: A frozen culture packaged body configured so that it does not deform or burst even if the content and gas in the container inflate due to a temperature difference between before and after forming a frozen culture within the body, wherein the frozen culture packaged body is capable of performing hygienic administration of the content within, and wherein the frozen culture packaged body has a vent port covered with a filter material having microbial impermeability and air permeability is formed at least in a portion of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Norio ISHIBASHI, Fumiaki ABE, Shoji YAMATO, Noriyuki SHIINA
  • Publication number: 20090059104
    Abstract: The problem to be solved is to suppress image quality degradation caused by polarizers and provide improved light fastness. To solve the above problem, the embodiment of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a driving-side substrate 1 on which a drive transistor 5, pixel electrode 6 and orientation film are formed. The liquid crystal display device further includes an opposed-side substrate 2 on which an opposed electrode and orientation film are formed. The liquid crystal display device still further includes liquid crystal 4 filled between the pixel electrode 6 of the driving-side substrate 1 and opposed electrode of the opposed-side substrate 2. The liquid crystal display device still further includes a reflective inorganic polarizer 3 formed between the drive transistor 5 and pixel electrode 6 of the driving-side substrate 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumiko Tatemori, Hiroyoshi Tsubota, Fumiaki Abe
  • Publication number: 20070121053
    Abstract: A matrix-addressed type liquid crystal display apparatus having switching devices such as TFTs is provided, featuring that an increased effective voltage can be applied without causing hysteresis in V-T characteristics. Namely, by substantially increasing a value of an applicable voltage in excess of which a display defect starts to appear, a high numerical aperture and a high contrast ratio have been achieved at the same time. In the LCD apparatus of the present invention, a gap between adjacent reverse tilt domains each formed in a portion of a pixel which is arranged corresponding to an arbitrary pixel electrode becomes broader than a minimum gap between adjacent pixel electrodes corresponding thereto, or a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion between adjacent reverse tilt domains is set thinner than a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuboi, Fumiaki Abe, Katsuhide Uchino, Kazuhiro Noda, Hideshi Sugita, Tadahiro Hagita, Hiromi Fukumori, Syuichi Shima, Kikuo Kaise
  • Patent number: 7130014
    Abstract: A matrix-addressed type liquid crystal display apparatus having switching devices such as TFTs is provided, featuring that an increased effective voltage can be applied without causing hysteresis in V-T characteristics. Namely, by substantially increasing a value of an applicable voltage in excess of which a display defect starts to appear, a high numerical aperture and a high contrast ratio have been achieved at the same time. In the LCD apparatus of the present invention, a gap between adjacent reverse tilt domains each formed in a portion of a pixel which is arranged corresponding to an arbitrary pixel electrode becomes broader than a minimum gap between adjacent pixel electrodes corresponding thereto, or a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion between adjacent reverse tilt domains is set thinner than a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion of the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuboi, Fumiaki Abe, Katsuhide Uchino, Kazuhiro Noda, Hideshi Sugita, Tadahiro Hagita, Hiromi Fukumori, Syuichi Shima, Kikuo Kaise
  • Patent number: 7092059
    Abstract: A matrix-addressed type liquid crystal display apparatus having switching devices such as TFTs is provided, featuring that an increased effective voltage can be applied without causing hysteresis in V-T characteristics. Namely, by substantially increasing a value of an applicable voltage in excess of which a display defect starts to appear, a high numerical aperture and a high contrast ratio have been achieved at the same time. In the LCD apparatus of the present invention, a gap between adjacent reverse tilt domains each formed in a portion of a pixel which is arranged corresponding to an arbitrary pixel electrode becomes broader than a minimum gap between adjacent pixel electrodes corresponding thereto, or a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion between adjacent reverse tilt domains is set thinner than a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion of the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuboi, Fumiaki Abe, Katsuhide Uchino, Kazuhiro Noda, Hideshi Sugita, Tadahiro Hagita, Hiromi Fukumori, Syuichi Shima, Kikuo Kaise
  • Publication number: 20060153951
    Abstract: [Problems]To provide a container not deformed nor burst even if its content and gas in the container inflate due to a temperature difference between before and after forming a frozen material packaging body and also capable of performing hygienic administration of the content. [Means for Solving Problems]A vent port covered with a filter material having microbial impermeability and air permeability is formed at least in a portion of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Norio Ishibashi, Fumiaki Abe, Shoji Yamato, Noriyuki Shiina
  • Publication number: 20060088668
    Abstract: In an image display apparatus according to this invention, higher luminance of a displayed image can be realized by a microlens array provided in a liquid crystal display device. The influence of a pre-tilt of liquid crystal molecules in a liquid crystal panel is optically compensated by the optical compensation layer. Higher contrast of the displayed image and a longer life of the apparatus are thus realized. Since a highly light-resistant inorganic material is used for the optical compensation layer, higher luminance of the displayed image can be realized by higher output of a light source of the image display apparatus. Specifically, if sapphire or crystal, which is highly thermally conductive, is used as the inorganic material, rise in the temperature of the liquid crystal display device can be restrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Tomonori Tsukagoshi, Fumiaki Abe, Kikuo Kaise
  • Publication number: 20050200783
    Abstract: A matrix-addressed type liquid crystal display apparatus having switching devices such as TFTs is provided, featuring that an increased effective voltage can be applied without causing hysteresis in V-T characteristics. Namely, by substantially increasing a value of an applicable voltage in excess of which a display defect starts to appear, a high numerical aperture and a high contrast ratio have been achieved at the same time. In the LCD apparatus of the present invention, a gap between adjacent reverse tilt domains each formed in a portion of a pixel which is arranged corresponding to an arbitrary pixel electrode becomes broader than a minimum gap between adjacent pixel electrodes corresponding thereto, or a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion between adjacent reverse tilt domains is set thinner than a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuboi, Fumiaki Abe, Katsuhide Uchino, Kazuhiro Noda, Hideshi Sugita, Tadahiro Hagita, Hiromi Fukumori, Syuichi Shima, Kikuo Kaise
  • Publication number: 20050134778
    Abstract: A matrix-addressed type liquid crystal display apparatus having switching devices such as TFTs is provided, featuring that an increased effective voltage can be applied without causing hysteresis in V-T characteristics. Namely, by substantially increasing a value of an applicable voltage in excess of which a display defect starts to appear, a high numerical aperture and a high contrast ratio have been achieved at the same time. In the LCD apparatus of the present invention, a gap between adjacent reverse tilt domains each formed in a portion of a pixel which is arranged corresponding to an arbitrary pixel electrode becomes broader than a minimum gap between adjacent pixel electrodes corresponding thereto, or a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion between adjacent reverse tilt domains is set thinner than a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuboi, Fumiaki Abe, Katsuhide Uchino, Kazuhiro Noda, Hideshi Sugita, Tadahiro Hagita, Hiromi Fukumori, Syuichi Shima, Kikuo Kaise
  • Publication number: 20040239851
    Abstract: In an image display apparatus according to this invention, higher luminance of a displayed image can be realized by a microlens array provided in a liquid crystal display device. The influence of a pre-tilt of liquid crystal molecules in a liquid crystal panel is optically compensated by the optical compensation layer. Higher contrast of the displayed image and a longer life of the apparatus are thus realized. Since a highly light-resistant inorganic material is used for the optical compensation layer, higher luminance of the displayed image can be realized by higher output of a light source of the image display apparatus. Specifically, if sapphire or crystal, which is highly thermally conductive, is used as the inorganic material, rise in the temperature of the liquid crystal display device can be restrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Tomonori Tsukagoshi, Fumiaki Abe, Kikuo Kaise
  • Patent number: 6661476
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a thin-film transistor for driving a pixel electrode and a storage capacity element on a substrate comprises the storage capacity element being formed to underlie a thin-film semiconductor layer forming said thin-film transistor. And its manufacturing method characterizes in making the storage capacity element on the substrate and making the thin-film transistor to overlie the storage capacity element via an inter-layer insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki Abe, Takusei Sato
  • Patent number: 6583828
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a thin-film transistor formed on a substrate for driving an pixel electrode comprises a holding capacitor line underlying a thin-film semiconductor layer which forms the thin-film transistor, and a first holding capacitor dielectric film formed between the holding capacitor line and the thin-film semiconductor layer, a first holding capacitor element being made up of the thin-film semiconductor layer and the holding capacitor line interposing the first holding capacitor dielectric film therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Wada, Takusei Sato, Fumiaki Abe
  • Publication number: 20030011733
    Abstract: A matrix-addressed type liquid crystal display apparatus having switching devices such as TFTs is provided, featuring that an increased effective voltage can be applied without causing hysteresis in V-T characteristics. Namely, by substantially increasing a value of an applicable voltage in excess of which a display defect starts to appear, a high numerical aperture and a high contrast ratio have been achieved at the same time. In the LCD apparatus of the present invention, a gap between adjacent reverse tilt domains each formed in a portion of a pixel which is arranged corresponding to an arbitrary pixel electrode becomes broader than a minimum gap between adjacent pixel electrodes corresponding thereto, or a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion between adjacent reverse tilt domains is set thinner than a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuboi, Fumiaki Abe, Katsuhide Uchino, Kazuhiro Noda, Hideshi Sugita, Tadahiro Hagita, Hiromi Fukumori, Syuichi Shima, Kikuo Kaise
  • Patent number: 6335772
    Abstract: To improve the light-shading performance of an electrically-conductive light-shading layer in a liquid crystal display device including polycrystalline SiTFT made on a quartz glass substrate for driving a pixel electrode, and including the electrically-conductive light-shading layer located in a level above the polycrystalline SiTFT and below the pixel electrode, the electrically-conductive light shading layer is stacked on a smoothed inter-layer insulating film which is smoothed by CMP, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takusei Sato, Fumiaki Abe, Makoto Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 6327006
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is so constructed that the scattered or reflected incident rays and even the return rays are prevented from entering the transistor part. The device is free from the problem of photoelectric current leakage. The device comprises an active substrate with a pixel transistor TFT thereon and a counter substrate that faces the active substrate via liquid crystal therebetween, wherein light-shielding layers (upper light-shielding layer, and lower light-shielding layer) are formed to be adjacent to the side of the pixel transistor part that faces the counter substrate and adjacent to the side thereof that faces opposite to the counter substrate and wherein the upper light-shielding layer and the lead electrode shield the entire region except the pixel openings from the incident rays that enter the device through the counter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takusei Sato, Fumiaki Abe, Yoshihiro Hashimoto, Satofumi Koike, Katsuhide Uchino, Yuji Hayashi, Masayuki Iida
  • Publication number: 20010040660
    Abstract: A matrix-addressed type liquid crystal display apparatus having switching devices such as TFTs is provided, featuring that an increased effective voltage can be applied without causing hysteresis in V-T characteristics. Namely, by substantially increasing a value of an applicable voltage in excess of which a display defect starts to appear, a high numerical aperture and a high contrast ratio have been achieved at the same time. In the LCD apparatus of the present invention, a gap between adjacent reverse tilt domains each formed in a portion of a pixel which is arranged corresponding to an arbitrary pixel electrode becomes broader than a minimum gap between adjacent pixel electrodes corresponding thereto, or a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion between adjacent reverse tilt domains is set thinner than a thickness of a liquid crystal cell in the portion of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuboi, Fumiaki Abe, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 5367661
    Abstract: A technique, specifically apparatus and an accompanying method, for use in, e.g., a "host" operating system (610), for properly updating a dynamically alterable channel program that controls an input/output (I/O) device so as to emulate a "guest" computer system, that employs dynamic address translation (DAT) in an I/O channel sub-system (150), on a "host" computer system (10) that does not. This technique performs this updating in a manner that significantly increases channel throughput so as to substantially reduce a performance degradation that would otherwise result from a lack of channel DAT on the host system. Specifically, our technique relies on program controlled interrupt (PCI) chaining coupled with use of "just-in-time" translation of each new virtual channel program segment generated by a guest operating system (620) and corresponding updating of channel program (415) then executing on the host computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roger E. Hough, Kazuo Iimura, Kenya Ishimoto, Masao Nishimoto, Akio Saitoh, Kozo Sawada, Fumiaki Abe, Goroh Sasaki, Stephen J. Schmandt