Patents by Inventor Fumiaki Yamada
Fumiaki Yamada 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: 7473059Abstract: An end mill including a shank having one end gripped by a chuck which is rotatable about a predetermined rotation axis, and a blade body attached to the other end of the shank and rotatable together with the shank. The blade body has a shape in which the area of a cross section in a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis decreases as the distance from the shank increases, and includes a linear cutting edge parallel to, and at a certain distance from, the rotation axis. An end cutting edge adjoining the cutting edge in the longitudinal direction thereof may be provided. The blade body includes, for example, a rake-face-side surface including a rake face and adjoining the flank-side surface in two portions, and a linear cutting edge formed at one of the positions at which the flank-side surface and the rake-face-side surface come in contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CoporationInventor: Fumiaki Yamada
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Patent number: 7447405Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical wave guide and a ferrule. The optical wave guide has a prespecified horizontal-positioning surface and a prespecified vertical-positioning surface. The ferrule is to precisely couple with the optical wave guide. The ferrule defines a first datum plane mating with the prespecified vertical-positioning surface of the optical wave guide to precisely mechanically vertically position the optical wave guide within the ferrule. The ferrule defines a second datum plane mating with the prespecified horizontal-positioning surface of the optical wave guide to precisely mechanically horizontally position the optical wave guide within the ferrule.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Fumiaki Yamada, Masaki Hasegawa, Yoichi Taira
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Publication number: 20080220378Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical wave guide and a ferrule. The optical wave guide has a prespecified horizontal-positioning surface and a prespecified vertical-positioning surface. The ferrule is to precisely couple with the optical wave guide. The ferrule defines a first datum plane mating with the prespecified vertical-positioning surface of the optical wave guide to precisely mechanically vertically position the optical wave guide within the ferrule. The ferrule defines a second datum plane mating with the prespecified horizontal-positioning surface of the optical wave guide to precisely mechanically horizontally position the optical wave guide within the ferrule.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Masaki Hasegawa, Fumiaki Yamada, Yoichi Taira
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Publication number: 20080212338Abstract: [Objective] Providing a prism sheet, a back-light unit using the prism sheet, and a transmission type liquid crystal display device. [Means to Solve Problems] The prism sheet according to the present invention is the prism sheet 10 for changing a direction of light propagation by reflecting light L launched with an intensity distribution of a predetermined angle range wherein: a reflective surface for perfect reflection of light L comprises a higher order surface 18 constructed by at least a small curvature surface and a surface different from the small curvature surface. Further, the present invention provides the back-light unit comprising the above-described prism sheet and the transmission type liquid crystal display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: SAYURI KOHARA, Daiju Nakano, Fumiaki Yamada
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Patent number: 7369728Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical wave guide and a ferrule. The optical wave guide has a prespecified horizontal-positioning surface and a prespecified vertical-positioning surface. The ferrule is to precisely couple with the optical wave guide. The ferrule defines a first datum plane mating with the prespecified vertical-positioning surface of the optical wave guide to precisely mechanically vertically position the optical wave guide within the ferrule. The ferrule defines a second datum plane mating with the prespecified horizontal-positioning surface of the optical wave guide to precisely mechanically horizontally position the optical wave guide within the ferrule.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2007Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Masaki Hasegawa, Fumiaki Yamada, Yoichi Taira
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Publication number: 20080096140Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical wave guide and a ferrule. The optical wave guide has a prespecified horizontal-positioning surface and a prespecified vertical-positioning surface. The ferrule is to precisely couple with the optical wave guide. The ferrule defines a first datum plane mating with the prespecified vertical-positioning surface of the optical wave guide to precisely mechanically vertically position the optical wave guide within the ferrule. The ferrule defines a second datum plane mating with the prespecified horizontal-positioning surface of the optical wave guide to precisely mechanically horizontally position the optical wave guide within the ferrule.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Inventors: Masaki Hasegawa, Fumiaki Yamada, Yoichi Taira
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Publication number: 20080095503Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical wave guide and a ferrule. The optical wave guide has a prespecified horizontal-positioning surface and a prespecified vertical-positioning surface. The ferrule is to precisely couple with the optical wave guide. The ferrule defines a first datum plane mating with the prespecified vertical-positioning surface of the optical wave guide to precisely mechanically vertically position the optical wave guide within the ferrule. The ferrule defines a second datum plane mating with the prespecified horizontal-positioning surface of the optical wave guide to precisely mechanically horizontally position the optical wave guide within the ferrule.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Inventors: Masaki Hasegawa, Fumiaki Yamada, Yoichi Taira
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Publication number: 20080018575Abstract: An illumination device is provided which can reduce a movement blur and a tailing phenomenon on a motion picture display while a drop in display brightness is suppressed, and which can suppress power consumption, can be made small and light, and can prolong the lifetime, and a liquid crystal display device using the same is provided. A light source control part of a control circuit synchronizes a latch pulse signal outputted from a gate driver control part to a gate driver, and outputs light emission control signals to respective light source power supply circuits. The respective light source power supply circuits change emission states of cold cathode fluorescent lamps to one of a first to a third emission states on the basis of the inputted light emission control signals, and illuminate an LCD panel from a rear surface of a display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Tetsuya Kobayashi, Toshihiro Suzuki, Mari Sugawara, Tetsuya Hamada, Keiji Hayashi, Fumiaki Yamada, Yasutake Furukoshi, Masanori Nishido
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Patent number: 7277079Abstract: An illumination device is provided which can reduce a movement blur and a tailing phenomenon on a motion picture display while a drop in display brightness is suppressed, and which can suppress power consumption, can be made small and light, and can prolong the lifetime, and a liquid crystal display device using the same is provided. A light source control part of a control circuit synchronizes a latch pulse signal outputted from a gate driver control part to a gate driver, and outputs light emission control signals to respective light source power supply circuits. The respective light source power supply circuits change emission states of cold cathode fluorescent lamps to one of a first to a third emission states on the basis of the inputted light emission control signals, and illuminate an LCD panel from a rear surface of a display area.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Kobayashi, Toshihiro Suzuki, Mari Sugawara, Tetsuya Hamada, Keiji Hayashi, Fumiaki Yamada, Yasutake Furukoshi, Masanori Nishido
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Publication number: 20070222916Abstract: [Objective] Providing a prism sheet, a back-light unit using the prism sheet, and a transmission type liquid crystal display device. [Means to Solve Problems] The prism sheet according to the present invention is the prism sheet 10 for changing a direction of light propagation by reflecting light L launched with an intensity distribution of a predetermined angle range wherein: a reflective surface for perfect reflection of light L comprises a higher order surface 18 constructed by at least a small curvature surface and a surface different from the small curvature surface. Further, the present invention provides the back-light unit comprising the above-described prism sheet and the transmission type liquid crystal display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2002Publication date: September 27, 2007Inventors: Sayuri Kohara, Daiju Nakano, Fumiaki Yamada
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Patent number: 7242822Abstract: Optical signal transmission system comprising optical signal transmission board having first optical waveguide, and optical connection board having second optical waveguide and inserted into opening of optical signal transmission board substantially perpendicularly thereto, opening being provided in upper surface of transmission board. The board comprises: a first board; the first optical waveguide extended on an upper surface of the first board; and a second board made parallel to the first board, the opening extended from the upper surface thereof toward the first board is provided in the optical signal transmission board.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2004Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Fumiaki Yamada, Yoichi Taira
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Publication number: 20070147965Abstract: An end mill including a shank having one end gripped by a chuck which is rotatable about a predetermined rotation axis, and a blade body attached to the other end of the shank and rotatable together with the shank. The blade body has a shape in which the area of a cross section in a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis decreases as the distance from the shank increases, and includes a linear cutting edge parallel to, and at a certain distance from, the rotation axis. An end cutting edge adjoining the cutting edge in the longitudinal direction thereof may be provided. The blade body includes, for example, a rake-face-side surface including a rake face and adjoining the flank-side surface in two portions, and a linear cutting edge formed at one of the positions at which the flank-side surface and the rake-face-side surface come in contact with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventor: Fumiaki Yamada
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Publication number: 20070139582Abstract: A color filterless display device performing color display for expressing one pixel by three RGB sub-pixels includes: a light source; a diffraction grating for separating a light irradiated from this light source into lights of a plurality of wavelength regions; a cylindrical lens array for receiving the separated light and condensing the light while corresponding to each of the sub-pixels; and a liquid crystal cell including a structure portion for correcting an angle of the condensed light for all sub-pixels, wherein, in the structure portion of this liquid crystal cell, a side onto which a light from the cylindrical lens array is made incident is made of a high refractive index layer, an emitting side from which the light is emitted is made of a low refractive index layer, and a Fresnel-type microprism structure is formed by the high refractive index layer and the low refractive index layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2007Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: International Business Machine CorporationInventors: Hidetoshi Numata, Shinya Ono, Fumiaki Yamada, Yoichi Taira
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Patent number: 7164454Abstract: A color filterless display device performing color display for expressing one pixel by three RGB sub-pixels includes: a light source; a diffraction grating for separating a light irradiated from this light source into lights of a plurality of wavelength regions; a cylindrical lens array for receiving the separated light and condensing the light while corresponding to each of the sub-pixels; and a liquid crystal cell including a structure portion for correcting an angle of the condensed light for all sub-pixels, wherein, in the structure portion of this liquid crystal cell, a side onto which a light from the cylindrical lens array is made incident is made of a high refractive index layer, an emitting side from which the light is emitted is made of a low refractive index layer, and a Fresnel-type microprism structure is formed by the high refractive index layer and the low refractive index layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2004Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines IncorporatedInventors: Hidetoshi Numata, Shinya Ono, Fumiaki Yamada, Yoichi Taira
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Publication number: 20060214896Abstract: Provided are a color display driving principle obtained while taking into account a difference in eye sensitivity to the flickering of differently colored lights, a TFT liquid crystal display module structure that is adequate for this method, and a double-panel projection type display device. The count of the G (green) color data that can be written is increased compared with the count for the other primary colors, or the display period for green can be extended. The repetitive unit is set to R, G, B and G, so that a satisfactory refresh rate can be set for the important color G. Therefore, the overall refresh frequency and the power consumed by the display device can be reduced without deterioration of the display quality, and requests for the time response speeds by the display device can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Fumiaki Yamada, Yoshitami Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 7079162Abstract: Provided are a color display driving principle obtained while taking into account a difference in eye sensitivity to the flickering of differently colored lights, a TFT liquid crystal display module structure that is adequate for this method, and a double-panel projection type display device. The count of the G (green) color data that can be written is increased compared with the count for the other primary colors, or the display period for green can be extended. The repetitive unit is set to R, G, B and G, so that a satisfactory refresh rate can be set for the important color G. Therefore, the overall refresh frequency and the power consumed by the display device can be reduced without deterioration of the display quality, and requests for the time response speeds by the display device can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2003Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Fumiaki Yamada, Yoshitami Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 7015632Abstract: The present invention relates to a light source device including discharge tubes that emit light by discharging in a thin atmosphere, a method of producing the light source device, and a display apparatus in which the light source device is employed. This light source device includes discharge tubes and a heat conductive member that is brought into contact with the neighboring area of the electrodes of the discharge tubes so as to locally cool down the neighboring area of the electrodes. In the light source device, a low heat conductivity member having lower heat conductivity than the heat conductive member is interposed between the heat conductive member and the discharge tubes. With such a structure, the luminance in the entire light source device can be increased and made uniform, and the reliability of the light source device can be increased accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2002Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Fujitsu Kasei LimitedInventors: Tetsuya Kobayashi, Keiji Hayashi, Koshu Yonemura, Fumiaki Yamada, Kazumasa Kaiwa, Hiroyoshi Takahashi, Toshihiro Suzuki, Takeshi Gotoh, Tetsuya Hamada, Mari Sugawara, Seiji Hayashimoto
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Patent number: 6986600Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source, a light conducting plate having an incident surface receiving light emitted from the light source, a back surface and a light-emitting surface, and a reflection member having a first portion facing the back surface, and a second portion located on a side opposite to a side of the light conducting plate on which the light source is located. The second portion is spaced apart from the light conducting plate so that light emitted from the light conducting plate is oriented toward an emission surface of the lighting device.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumiaki Yamada, Shinpei Nagatani, Masaki Miyahara, Eiji Nittou
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Publication number: 20050163416Abstract: Optical signal transmission system comprising optical signal transmission board having first optical waveguide, and optical connection board having second optical waveguide and inserted into opening of optical signal transmission board substantially perpendicularly thereto, opening being provided in upper surface of transmission board. The board comprises: a first board; the first optical waveguide extended on an upper surface of the first board; and a second board made parallel to the first board, the opening extended from the upper surface thereof toward the first board is provided in the optical signal transmission board.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2004Publication date: July 28, 2005Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Fumiaki Yamada, Yoichi Taira
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Patent number: 6867828Abstract: A backlight apparatus (and light guide and liquid crystal display apparatus incorporating the same) includes a wedge-type light guide having a refractive index n1, and having a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface, a light source for directing light to the side surface of the wedge-type light guide, a first light transmission layer having a refractive index n2, which is smaller than said refractive index n1, and having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface of the first light transmission layer is attached to the bottom surface of the wedge-type light guide, and a light deflecting layer having a top surface attached to the bottom surface of the first light transmission layer for deflecting the incident light from the first light transmission layer toward the top surface of the wedge-type light guide.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2003Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yoichi Taira, Fumiaki Yamada, Akiko Nishikai