Patents by Inventor Hidetoshi Yamamoto

Hidetoshi Yamamoto 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).

  • Patent number: 10411214
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device configured to suppress deterioration in a balance of white light emission and increase a service life. The light emitting device includes a red light emitting layer, a blue light emitting layer, a green light emitting layer, a first intermediate layer configured to adjust a transfer of holes and electrons between the red light emitting layer and the blue light emitting layer, and a second intermediate layer configured to adjust the transfer of holes and electrons between the blue light emitting layer and the green light emitting layer. The intermediate layers and the blue light emitting layer each contain an assist dopant material, a concentration of the assist dopant material in the intermediate layers being greater than a concentration of the assist dopant material in the blue light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Fukase, Hidetoshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190036061
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device configured to suppress deterioration in a balance of white light emission and increase a service life. The light emitting device includes a red light emitting layer, a blue light emitting layer, a green light emitting layer, a first intermediate layer configured to adjust a transfer of holes and electrons between the red light emitting layer and the blue light emitting layer, and a second intermediate layer configured to adjust the transfer of holes and electrons between the blue light emitting layer and the green light emitting layer. The intermediate layers and the blue light emitting layer each contain an assist dopant material, a concentration of the assist dopant material in the intermediate layers being greater than a concentration of the assist dopant material in the blue light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio FUKASE, Hidetoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180261773
    Abstract: A light-emitting element according to the invention includes an anode, a cathode, and a light-emitting layer which is provided between the anode and the cathode, contains a light-emitting material and a host material that holds the light-emitting material, and emits light having a peak wavelength in a near-infrared region by applying a current between the anode and the cathode, wherein the content of the light-emitting material in the light-emitting layer is 30 wt % or more and 70 wt % or less. Further, it is preferred that the light-emitting layer emits light having the peak wavelength of 700 nm or more and 960 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi YAMAMOTO, Yuiga HAMADE, Tetsuji FUJITA
  • Patent number: 9876177
    Abstract: Provided is a thiadiazole compound with high efficiency and long life which emits light in a near-infrared region and represented by Formula (I). [In the Formula (I), As each independently represent an aryl group which may have a substituent or a diarylamino group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Hidetoshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170365793
    Abstract: Provided is a thiadiazole compound with high efficiency and long life which emits light in a near-infrared region and represented by Formula (I). In the Formula (I), As each independently represent an aryl group which may have a substituent or a diarylamino group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuji FUJITA, Hidetoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9799836
    Abstract: Provided are a light emitting element with a high efficiency and a long life that emits light in a near-infrared region, and a light emitting device, authentication device and electronic device that include the light emitting element. A light emitting element (1) according to one aspect of the invention includes an anode (3), a cathode (8), and a light emitting layer (5) that is provided between the anode (3) and the cathode (8) and that emits light by conducting current between the anode (3) and the cathode (8). The light emitting layer (5) includes a pyrromethene-based boron complex as a light emitting material and a tetracene-based material as a host material for retaining the light emitting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Yuiga Hamade
  • Patent number: 9741940
    Abstract: The thiadiazole represented by formula (2) or (4), when used as a light-emitting material in a light-emitting element, allows the light-emitting element to emit near-infrared light: wherein in formulae (2) and (4), each R independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. There may be a ring formed by a carbon linkage between two adjacent R's.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Tetsuji Fujita
  • Patent number: 9722184
    Abstract: A thiadiazole contains a basic skeleton represented by any of formulae (1), (2), and (3) in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Hidetoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9478763
    Abstract: A light emitting element has a cathode, an anode, and a light emitting layer (light emitting section) which is provided between the cathode and the anode and emits light by a driving voltage being applied thereto, in which the light emitting section is configured to include a light emitting material, a host material which holds the light emitting material, and an assist dopant material, one of the host material and the assist dopant material is a material with a high electron transportation property, the other is a material with a high hole transportation property, and when a mobility of holes is ?h and a motility of electrons is ?e in the light emitting layer, a mobility ratio which is represented by ?e/?h satisfies a relationship of formula (I) below. 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Akio Fukase
  • Publication number: 20160307058
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a light emitting section that emits light toward a subject, and a light receiving element that receives incident light from the subject side. The light emitting section is configured so that the light emitted from the light emitting section along an illumination direction that inclines with respect to a reference direction at an angle greater than 0° and equal to or smaller than 45° has a larger irradiation strength than the light emitted from the light emitting section along the reference direction, the reference direction being a direction perpendicular to a plane that faces the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Hideto ISHIGURO, Tsukasa EGUCHI, Tetsuji FUJITA, Hidetoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9412909
    Abstract: A manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a light emitting apparatus including a translucent substrate, and a light emitting section and an optical filer section that are arranged in a first region of the substrate when viewed in a normal direction of a first surface of the substrate. The manufacturing method includes: forming a dielectric multilayer film over the first region of the substrate; forming a first electrode on the dielectric multilayer film included in the light emitting section; forming a functional layer with a light emitting layer over the first electrode and the dielectric multilayer film included in the optical filter section; and forming a second electrode having semi-transmissive reflectivity on the functional layer over the first region of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Hideto Ishiguro, Tsukasa Eguchi
  • Patent number: 9405954
    Abstract: A light receiving section includes light receiving elements. A light source section includes a light emitting section that illuminates the subject and transmissive sections. The light emitting section is provided with a first translucent layer, which includes a light emitting layer, and a reflection layer and a semi-transmissive reflection layer interposing the first translucent layer, so that a resonance structure is formed. Each of the transmissive sections includes a second translucent layer, and a first semi-transmissive reflection layer and a second semi-transmissive reflection layer, which are opposed each other interposing the second translucent layer, so that a resonance structure that resonates incident light from the subject side is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Ishiguro, Tsukasa Eguchi, Tetsuji Fujita, Hidetoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9401492
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light-emitting element, including: a cathode; an anode; and a light-emitting unit, in which the light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a third light-emitting layer, which are laminated from the anode side to the cathode side, in which each of the first, second, and third light-emitting layers is configured to contain a luminescent material, a host material, and an assist dopant material, and in which, when the contents of the assist dopant materials contained in the first, second, and third light-emitting layers are respectively expressed by CAssist(EML1), CAssist(EML2) and CAssist(EML3), the following Relational Expression (A) is satisfied: CAssist(EML1)?CAssist(EML2)>CAssist(EML3)?0??(A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Akio Fukase
  • Patent number: 9401460
    Abstract: The light emitting element of the embodiment includes an anode; a cathode; a visible light emitting layer provided between the anode and the cathode and emitting visible light; and a carrier trapping layer containing a thiadiazole based compound represented by the following formula (1). [In formula (1), A indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group which may have a substituent, an arylamino group, or a triaryl amine, and B indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group which may have a substituent, an arylamino group, or a triaryl amine, or may form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Hidetoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9324952
    Abstract: The thiadiazole represented by formula (1), when used as a light-emitting material in a light-emitting element, allows the light-emitting element to emit near-infrared light: wherein, in formula (1), each A independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl amino group, or a substituted or unsubstituted triarylamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Tetsuji Fujita
  • Patent number: 9293724
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light-emitting element, including: a cathode; an anode; and a light-emitting unit, in which the light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting layer, an intermediate layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a third light-emitting layer, which are laminated from the anode side to the cathode side, in which each of the second and third light-emitting layers is configured to contain a luminescent material, a host material, and an assist dopant material, in which the intermediate layer is configured to contain the host material and the assist dopant material, and in which, when the concentrations of the assist dopant materials contained in the second light-emitting layer, the third light-emitting layer, and the intermediate layer are respectively expressed by CAssist(EML2), CAssist(EML3), and CAssist(IML), the following Relational Expression (A) is satisfied: CAssist(IML)>CAssist(EML2)?CAssist(EML3)??(A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Fukase, Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Yuki Hanamura
  • Patent number: 9287510
    Abstract: The thiadiazole represented by formula (1), when used as a light-emitting material in a light-emitting element, allows the light-emitting element to emit near-infrared light: wherein, in formula (1), each A independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl amino group, or a substituted or unsubstituted triarylamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Tetsuji Fujita
  • Publication number: 20160035940
    Abstract: A manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a light emitting apparatus including a translucent substrate, and a light emitting section and an optical filer section that are arranged in a first region of the substrate when viewed in a normal direction of a first surface of the substrate. The manufacturing method includes: forming a dielectric multilayer film over the first region of the substrate; forming a first electrode on the dielectric multilayer film included in the light emitting section; forming a functional layer with a light emitting layer over the first electrode and the dielectric multilayer film included in the optical filter section; and forming a second electrode having semi-transmissive reflectivity on the functional layer over the first region of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuji FUJITA, Hidetoshi YAMAMOTO, Hideto ISHIGURO, Tsukasa EGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9224928
    Abstract: The light emitting element of the embodiment includes an anode; a cathode; a visible light emitting layer provided between the anode and the cathode and emitting visible light; and a carrier trapping layer containing a thiadiazole based compound represented by the following formula (1). [In formula (1), A indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group which may have a substituent, an arylamino group, or a triaryl amine, and B indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group which may have a substituent, an arylamino group, or a triaryl amine, or may form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Hidetoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9178102
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a translucent substrate, and a light emitting section and an optical filter section arranged in a first region of the substrate when viewed in a normal direction of a first surface of the substrate. The light emitting section has a laminate structure that includes, on the first surface of the substrate, a dielectric multilayer film, a first electrode, a functional layer with a light emitting layer, and a second electrode having semi-transmissive reflectivity. The optical filter section has a laminate structure that includes, on the first surface of the substrate, the dielectric multilayer film, the functional layer, and the second electrode. The dielectric multilayer film and the functional layer extend over the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Hideto Ishiguro, Tsukasa Eguchi