Patents by Inventor Hidetaka TERAZAWA

Hidetaka TERAZAWA 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: 20200278488
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light guide plate to guide light that is provided with a cutout portion with a portion partially cut out, a plate surface of the light guide plate is provided with an auxiliary light guide plate extending from a light incident surface to a region between the cutout portion and a counter light incident surface, an auxiliary light guide plate-side light incident surface, among end faces of the auxiliary light guide plate, disposed on the light incident surface side is provided with an auxiliary light source, and a region, of the auxiliary light guide plate, overlapping the region of the light guide plate between the cutout portion and the counter light incident surface is a light exit section configured to output light from the auxiliary light source toward the region of the light guide plate between the cutout portion and the counter light incident surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: HIDETAKA TERAZAWA
  • Patent number: 10705289
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light-guiding plate and a light source. The light-guiding plate includes a light entrance surface, an entrance opposite surface located opposite to the light entrance surface, a light exit surface, and an exit opposite surface located opposite to the light exit surface. The light-guiding plate has a notch formed by notching a part thereof. A region between the notch and the entrance opposite surface is a shielded region where the notch blocks light guided through inside the light-guiding plate from the light entrance surface toward the entrance opposite surface, and a condensing member having a reflecting surface that reflects, in a condensing manner toward the shielded region, light having leaked out through the exit opposite surface is provided opposite the exit opposite surface of the light-guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka Terazawa
  • Publication number: 20190383995
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light-guiding plate and a light source. The light-guiding plate includes a light entrance surface, an entrance opposite surface located opposite to the light entrance surface, a light exit surface, and an exit opposite surface located opposite to the light exit surface. The light-guiding plate has a notch formed by notching a part thereof. A region between the notch and the entrance opposite surface is a shielded region where the notch blocks light guided through inside the light-guiding plate from the light entrance surface toward the entrance opposite surface, and a condensing member having a reflecting surface that reflects, in a condensing manner toward the shielded region, light having leaked out through the exit opposite surface is provided opposite the exit opposite surface of the light-guiding plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Hidetaka TERAZAWA