Patents by Inventor Hayato Niwa
Hayato Niwa 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: 11372268Abstract: There is provided a display unit that is able to provide an indoor environment comfortable to a user. This display unit includes a frame member and a flexible display. The frame member is disposed, in a structure including a daylighting section that lets light through, around the daylighting section and includes a winder including a rotary shaft. The flexible display includes a dimming layer and a display device layer including a light-emitting layer disposed on the dimming layer, and is windable with rotation of the rotary shaft provided in the winder of the frame member and drawable from the winder.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Soya Araki, Yoshinori Tachikawa, Yohei Azuma, Yoichiro Eshita, Hayato Niwa
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Patent number: 11335880Abstract: A display includes a display section including a flexible base and an image display layer that is supported by the flexible base and displays an image by utilizing an organic light-emitting phenomenon, in which the display section has a display surface on which the image is to be displayed, a back surface located opposite to the display surface, and a side surface located between the display surface and the back surface and coupled to each of the display surface and the back surface, and a protector provided along at least a portion of the side surface of the display section. The protector includes a metal layer and covers a region extending from a portion of the display surface through the side surface to a portion of the back surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Soya Araki, Yoshinori Tachikawa, Yoichiro Eshita, Yohei Azuma, Hayato Niwa
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Patent number: 11327224Abstract: There is provided a display device that is able to display a favorable image. This display device includes: a display section including a display surface that emits image light; a light guide member in which a plurality of optical fibers each including a core part and a cladding part are bundled and integrated, in which the core part guides the image light from an incident surface facing the display surface to an emission surface positioned opposite to the incident surface, and the cladding part surrounds the core part; and a first optical member provided on side opposite to the display section as viewed from the light guide member, in which the first optical member converts light distribution of the image light emitted from the emission surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Inventors: Hayato Niwa, Soya Araki, Takeshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20210119174Abstract: A display includes a display section including a flexible base and an image display layer that is supported by the flexible base and displays an image by utilizing an organic light-emitting phenomenon, in which the display section has a display surface on which the image is to be displayed, a back surface located opposite to the display surface, and a side surface located between the display surface and the back surface and coupled to each of the display surface and the back surface, and a protector provided along at least a portion of the side surface of the display section. The protector includes a metal layer and covers a region extending from a portion of the display surface through the side surface to a portion of the back surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2018Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Soya Araki, Yoshinori Tachikawa, Yoichiro Eshita, Yohei Azuma, Hayato Niwa
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Publication number: 20210049940Abstract: A display including a first display section (S1), a second display section (S2), and a light guide member (FOP20A). The first display section (P1) has a first display surface (S1) including a first middle region (SC1) and a curved first end region (SL1) and outputting first image light. The second display section (P2) has a second display surface (S2) including a second middle region (SC2) and a curved second end region (SL2) and outputting second image light. The second display surface (S2) is adjacent to the first display section (P1) via a gap (G1). The light guide member (FOP20A) is provided on the gap (G), outputs the first image light from the first end region (SL1) to a first outgoing surface (23A), and outputs the second image light from the second end region (SL2) to a second outgoing surface (23B).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yohei AZUMA, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Hayato NIWA
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Publication number: 20210041624Abstract: There is provided a display device that is able to display a favorable image. This display device includes: a display section including a display surface that emits image light; a light guide member in which a plurality of optical fibers each including a core part and a cladding part are bundled and integrated, in which the core part guides the image light from an incident surface facing the display surface to an emission surface positioned opposite to the incident surface, and the cladding part surrounds the core part; and a first optical member provided on side opposite to the display section as viewed from the light guide member, in which the first optical member converts light distribution of the image light emitted from the emission surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hayato Niwa, Soya Araki, Takeshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20200386380Abstract: There is provided a display unit that is able to provide an indoor environment comfortable to a user. This display unit includes a frame member and a flexible display. The frame member is disposed, in a structure including a daylighting section that lets light through, around the daylighting section and includes a winder including a rotary shaft. The flexible display includes a dimming layer and a display device layer including a light-emitting layer disposed on the dimming layer, and is windable with rotation of the rotary shaft provided in the winder of the frame member and drawable from the winder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Soya Araki, Yoshinori Tachikawa, Yohei Azuma, Yoichiro Eshita, Hayato Niwa
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Publication number: 20200348465Abstract: A display apparatus having a first display section including a first display surface from which a first image light is emitted; a first light guide member including an integrated bundle of a plurality of first optical fibers for guiding the first image light from a first incident surface facing the first display surface to a first emission surface positioned opposite to the first incident surface; a second light guide member disposed adjacent to the first light guide member, the second light guide member including an integrated bundle of a plurality of second optical fibers for guiding the first image light from a second incident surface facing the first display surface to a second emission surface positioned opposite to the second incident surface; and a filler material filled in a gap between the first light guide member and the second light guide member, the filler material transmitting the first image light.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hayato Niwa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Soya Araki, Yasuhisa Urushiyama