Patents by Inventor Hideki Tomine

Hideki Tomine 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: 20250147324
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a wearable video display device (10) with which the fitting comfort for a user (U) can be improved while suppressing shifting of a display unit (11). The wearable video display device comprises: the display unit (11); a left frame (17) and a right frame (18) which extend in a rearward direction from the display unit and are provided independently of one another; a forehead support portion (26) which accepts a supporting force from a supra-orbital margin of the user's forehead; and a nose support portion (27) that accepts a supporting force from the user's nose. Rear regions of the left frame and the right frame serve as occipital support portions (23, 24) that accept a supporting force from the back of the user's head. The total weight of the wearable video display device is set to 300 gf or less, and the total weight is supported by the forehead support portion, the nose support portion, and the occipital support portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: KOPIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: HIDEKI TOMINE
  • Patent number: 11630305
    Abstract: An ocular optical system includes a light guiding prism that guides image light from a display element and an emission portion that emits the image light guided by the light guiding prism. The light guiding prism includes a plurality of sides arranged to surround a light path of the image light, and a reflection surface off which the image light is reflected to the emission portion. The plurality of sides include a first side that is arranged on an opposite side of a first plane including first and second optical axes and that is situated between the emission portion and the reflection surface, wherein the first optical axis is a portion of the image light before the image light is reflected off the reflection surface, and the second optical axis is a portion of the image light after the image light is reflected off the reflection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KOPIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Iba, Hideki Tomine
  • Patent number: 10001650
    Abstract: An attachable image display device includes a light guiding prism that guides image light from a display element, and an eyepiece that emits the image light guided by the light guiding prism, wherein the light guiding prism includes an outer peripheral surface, and a reflection surface off which the image light is reflected to the eyepiece; and a portion of or the entirety of an intersection line of the outer peripheral surface and a plane including an optical axis of the image light before the image light is reflected off the reflection surface has a negative inclination angle to the optical axis in a direction downstream of the light path, and a tangential inclination angle of the portion of or the entirety of the intersection line becomes gradually larger from an upstream side to a downstream side of the light path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: KOPIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Iba, Hideki Tomine
  • Publication number: 20170227772
    Abstract: An attachable image display device includes a light guiding prism that guides image light from a display element, and an eyepiece that emits the image light guided by the light guiding prism, wherein the light guiding prism includes an outer peripheral surface, and a reflection surface off which the image light is reflected to the eyepiece; and a portion of or the entirety of an intersection line of the outer peripheral surface and a plane including an optical axis of the image light before the image light is reflected off the reflection surface has a negative inclination angle to the optical axis in a direction downstream of the light path, and a tangential inclination angle of the portion of or the entirety of the intersection line becomes gradually larger from an upstream side to a downstream side of the light path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Kopin Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Tomine, Yoichi Iba
  • Publication number: 20170176754
    Abstract: An ocular optical system includes a light guiding prism that guides image light from a display element and an emission portion that emits the image light guided by the light guiding prism. The light guiding prism includes a plurality of sides arranged to surround a light path of the image light, and a reflection surface off which the image light is reflected to the emission portion. The plurality of sides include a first side that is arranged on an opposite side of a first plane including first and second optical axes and that is situated between the emission portion and the reflection surface, wherein the first optical axis is a portion of the image light before the image light is reflected off the reflection surface, and the second optical axis is a portion of the image light after the image light is reflected off the reflection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: KOPIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Tomine, Yoichi Iba
  • Publication number: 20040113867
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a head-mountable display system can be adapted to allow users to see through or above or below the display assembly. Such range of vision can be achieved by positioning the display assembly into display pods housed in clear plastic; forming the frame into an “S”-shape positioned on the bridge of the nose so as to allow the user to see over it; positioning retractable display pods into a hard support frame, or other means. Various parts of the head-mountable display system, such as temple arms, ear phones, display assembly, and the head band, can be modified so as to achieve ergonomically optimal solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Kopin Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Tomine, Rodney J. Bumgardner