Patents by Inventor Hiroaki KIJIMA
Hiroaki KIJIMA 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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Publication number: 20230125438Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a first light guide, and a second light guide. In the first light guide, a first main surface includes a first plane and first grooves between the first plane and a first side surface, a second main surface includes second grooves orthogonal to the first grooves, and a second plane between the second grooves and the first side surface. In the second light guide, a third main surface includes a third plane and third grooves located between the third plane and a fourth side surface, a fourth main surface includes fourth grooves orthogonal to the third grooves, and a fourth plane located between the fourth grooves and the fourth side surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Ken ONODA, Shinichi KOMURA, Koichi OKUDA, Hiroaki KIJIMA
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Publication number: 20230127372Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a holographic element which reflects light having a specific incident angle and transmits light having an incident angle different from the specific incident angle, a retardation film provided between the display panel and the holographic element, a transflective element which reflects, of the light which passed through the holographic element, first circularly polarized light, and transmits second circularly polarized light rotating in an opposite direction of the first circularly polarized light, and a lens element which has a lens effect of condensing the second circularly polarized light which passed through the transflective element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shinichi KOMURA, Koichi OKUDA, Ken ONODA, Hiroaki KIJIMA
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Publication number: 20230128012Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide, a plurality of light source elements, and a reflector including a first portion parallel to a second edge of the light guide and a second portion parallel to a third edge of the light guide, and the third edge includes first short edges extending in the first direction and second short edges extending in the second direction, which are alternately arranged, and the second portion includes first pieces extending in the first direction and second pieces extending in the second direction, which are alternately arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shinichi KOMURA, Koichi OKUDA, Ken ONODA, Hiroaki KIJIMA
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Publication number: 20230114307Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide including an upper surface, a lower surface and a light entering surface, a first light emitting portion, a second light emitting portion, and a third light emitting portion. A first surface, a second surface, a third surface and a fourth surface of the upper surface are arranged in this order in a first direction. A width of the first surface is less than a width of the second surface, and the width of the second surface is less than a width of the third surface. An angle between the light entering surface and the first surface is an acute angle. The first light emitting portion, the second light emitting portion and the third light emitting portion face the light entering surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shinichi KOMURA, Koichi OKUDA, Ken ONODA, Hiroaki KIJIMA
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Publication number: 20230010210Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device, in which a plurality of light guides include a plurality of light guide pairs, each of the plurality of light guide pairs includes a first light guide and a second light guide, the plurality of light guide pairs are connected with their long sides opposed to each other, a plurality of laser light source elements include a plurality of first light source elements arranged to be opposed to a first side surface on a short side of the first light guide of the light guide pair, and a plurality of second light source elements arranged to be opposed to a second side surface of the second light guide of the light guide pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Koji FUJISAWA, Ken KAGABU, Hiroaki KIJIMA, Ken ONODA
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Patent number: 11536885Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel configured to emit display light of linearly polarized light, a first semi-transparent element transmitting first circularly polarized light and reflecting second circularly polarized light, a first retardation film, a second semi-transparent element reflecting the first circularly polarized light and transmitting the second circularly polarized light, a second retardation film having a refractive anisotropy in which refractive indexes of directions orthogonal to each other in a plane are substantially equivalent to each other and a refractive index in a normal is different from a refractive index in a plane, and a first element having a lens action of condensing the second circularly polarized light.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shinichi Komura, Junji Kobashi, Koichi Okuda, Ken Onoda, Hiroaki Kijima
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Publication number: 20220382111Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a display panel including a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel and an illumination device including a red light-emitting element, a green light-emitting element and a blue light emitting element and irradiating a mixture of light emitted by the light emitting elements onto the display panel. Further, of the red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel and the blue sub-pixel, an aperture area of a sub-pixel having a lowest wall plug efficiency of the light emitting element of a respective color is greater than aperture areas of the sub-pixels of other colors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shinichi KOMURA, Koichi OKUDA, Ken ONODA, Hiroaki KIJIMA
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Publication number: 20220365271Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a first light guide including a first main surface, a second main surface, a first side surface and a second side surface, a first light source and a first layer including a first prism provided on the second side surface. The first prism protrudes from the second main surface toward the opposite side to the first main surface and has a cross-sectional shape of a triangle with a first slope and a second slope. The incident angle of light emitted from the first light source and entering the first light guide from the second side surface, the angle between the first slope and the first direction, and the angle between the first slope and the second slope are set to values that satisfy the predetermined conditions, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki KIJIMA, Shinichi KOMURA, Koichi OKUDA, Ken ONODA
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Patent number: 11500211Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device including a display panel configured to emit display light of linear polarization, a first retardation plate, a second retardation plate, a reflective polarizer configured to pass first linear polarized light, and to reflect second linear polarized light, a transflective layer including a concave surface opposed to the second retardation plate, and a transparent solid with almost zero refractive anisotropy, wherein the first retardation plate and the second retardation plate are a quarter-wave plate, and the transparent solid includes a first surface shaped convex to be opposed to the concave surface, and a second surface opposed to the reflective polarizer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shinichi Komura, Koichi Okuda, Ken Onoda, Hiroaki Kijima
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Publication number: 20220317360Abstract: According to an embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide having a first plane, a second plane opposed to the first plane and substantially parallel to the first plane, and a tilted plane opposed to the first plane and tilted to the first plane, the tilted plane and the second plane being arranged in a first direction, and a light emitting device including a first light emitting part, a second light emitting part, and a third light emitting part which are located directly below the tilted plane, arranged in the first direction, and configured to emit light having wavelengths different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shinichi KOMURA, Koichi OKUDA, Ken ONODA, Hiroaki KIJIMA
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Publication number: 20220320818Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide having a first plane, a second plane, a side plane, a first tilted plane, and a second tilted plane, an angle formed between the side plane and the first tilted plane and an angle formed between the side plane and the second tilted plane being acute angles, a first semiconductor laser element including a first light emitting part, and a second semiconductor laser element including a second light emitting part. The first light emitting part is opposed to a first intersection part of the side plane and the first tilted plane, and the second light emitting part is opposed to a second intersection part of the side plane and the second tilted plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shinichi KOMURA, Koichi OKUDA, Ken ONODA, Hiroaki KIJIMA
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Publication number: 20220113460Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel configured to emit display light of linearly polarized light, a first semi-transparent element transmitting first circularly polarized light and reflecting second circularly polarized light, a first retardation film, a second semi-transparent element reflecting the first circularly polarized light and transmitting the second circularly polarized light, a second retardation film having a refractive anisotropy in which refractive indexes of directions orthogonal to each other in a plane are substantially equivalent to each other and a refractive index in a normal is different from a refractive index in a plane, and a first element having a lens action of condensing the second circularly polarized light.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shinichi KOMURA, Junji KOBASHI, Koichi OKUDA, Ken ONODA, Hiroaki KIJIMA
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Publication number: 20220113544Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device including a display panel configured to emit display light of linear polarization, a first retardation plate, a second retardation plate, a reflective polarizer configured to pass first linear polarized light, and to reflect second linear polarized light, a transflective layer including a concave surface opposed to the second retardation plate, and a transparent solid with almost zero refractive anisotropy, wherein the first retardation plate and the second retardation plate are a quarter-wave plate, and the transparent solid includes a first surface shaped convex to be opposed to the concave surface, and a second surface opposed to the reflective polarizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shinichi KOMURA, Koichi OKUDA, Ken ONODA, Hiroaki KIJIMA
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Publication number: 20220113595Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device including a display panel emitting display light of linearly polarized light, a semi-transparent layer, a first retardation film, a reflective polarizer transmitting first linearly polarized light and reflecting second linearly polarized light orthogonal to the first linearly polarized light, a second retardation film, an element, and a third retardation film arranged between the reflective polarizer and the element, wherein the first retardation film, the second retardation film, and the third retardation film are quarter-wave plates, and the element has a lens action of condensing first circularly polarized light.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shinichi KOMURA, Koichi OKUDA, Ken ONODA, Hiroaki KIJIMA
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Patent number: 11237319Abstract: According to one embodiment, the illumination device includes a first area, a second area, a first light guide, a plurality of first light sources, a second light guide, a plurality of second light sources, a first layer and a second layer. The first layer extends from the first area over a boundary between the first area and the second area, to between a second side surface of the first light guide and the boundary. The second layer extends from the second area over the boundary to between a third side surface of the second light guide and the boundary.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki Kijima, Shinichi Komura, Yoichi Asakawa, Ken Onoda
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Patent number: 11194090Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device displays a color gamut defined by connecting a first defined color in first chromaticity coordinates, a second defined color in second chromaticity coordinates, and a third defined color in third chromaticity coordinates. An illumination device of the display device includes green, blue and red lasers. The green and blue lasers emit light of the second and third defined colors, and red laser emits light of a color in fourth chromaticity coordinates. Each of the pixels displays a color including the first defined color by mixing light in the fourth chromaticity coordinates and the second defined color.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Youichi Asakawa, Ken Onoda, Hiroaki Kijima, Shinichi Komura
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Publication number: 20210294023Abstract: According to one embodiment, the illumination device includes a first area, a second area, a first light guide, a plurality of first light sources, a second light guide, a plurality of second light sources, a first layer and a second layer. The first layer extends from the first area over a boundary between the first area and the second area, to between a second side surface of the first light guide and the boundary. The second layer extends from the second area over the boundary to between a third side surface of the second light guide and the boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki KIJIMA, Shinichi KOMURA, Yoichi ASAKAWA, Ken ONODA
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Patent number: 11054569Abstract: According to one embodiment, the illumination device includes a first area, a second area, a first light guide, a plurality of first light sources, a second light guide, a plurality of second light sources, a first layer and a second layer. The first layer extends from the first area over a boundary between the first area and the second area, to between a second side surface of the first light guide and the boundary. The second layer extends from the second area over the boundary to between a third side surface of the second light guide and the boundary.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki Kijima, Shinichi Komura, Yoichi Asakawa, Ken Onoda
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Publication number: 20210041620Abstract: According to one embodiment, the illumination device includes a first area, a second area, a first light guide, a plurality of first light sources, a second light guide, a plurality of second light sources, a first layer and a second layer. The first layer extends from the first area over a boundary between the first area and the second area, to between a second side surface of the first light guide and the boundary. The second layer extends from the second area over the boundary to between a third side surface of the second light guide and the boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki KIJIMA, Shinichi KOMURA, Yoichi ASAKAWA, Ken ONODA
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Publication number: 20200400871Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device displays a color gamut defined by connecting a first defined color in first chromaticity coordinates, a second defined color in second chromaticity coordinates, and a third defined color in third chromaticity coordinates. An illumination device of the display device includes green, blue and red lasers. The green and blue lasers emit light of the second and third defined colors, and red laser emits light of a color in fourth chromaticity coordinates. Each of the pixels displays a color including the first defined color by mixing light in the fourth chromaticity coordinates and the second defined color.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Youichi ASAKAWA, Ken ONODA, Hiroaki KIJIMA, Shinichi KOMURA