Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Sano

Hiroaki Sano 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: 11980053
    Abstract: The light-emitting device has: a display region; a peripheral region; a first light-emitting element having a light-emitting region in which a lower electrode, a light-emitting layer, and an upper electrode are laminated; a first laminated section, between the substrate and the lower electrode of the first light-emitting element, in which there are laminated a first high-reflection layer and a first low-reflection layer that has a lower reflectance than the first high-reflection layer; a peripheral laminated section, in the peripheral region, in which there are laminated on the substrate; a peripheral lamination layer in which a peripheral high-reflection layer and a peripheral low-reflection layer that has a lower reflectance than the peripheral high-reflection layer are laminated. For at least a portion of the first laminated section that overlaps in plan view with the light-emitting region, the first low-reflection layer has an opening such that the first high-reflection layer is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Ishizuya, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20240065078
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light-emitting apparatus including an insulating layer, a light-emitting element disposed on a main surface of the insulating layer, the light-emitting element containing a light-emitting material and having a resonator structure, and a lens disposed above the light-emitting element, a photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of the light-emitting material having a first peak with a wavelength ?PL in a visible light range, wherein the resonator structure satisfies Exp. (1), |?EL??PL|<|?on??PL|??(1) where ?on is a resonance peak wavelength of an interference spectrum that reinforces light emitted in a direction perpendicular to the main surface and ?EL is a peak wavelength of electroluminescence radiated via the light extracting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: NORIFUMI KAJIMOTO, KOJI ISHIZUYA, TAKAYUKI ITO, HIROAKI SANO, TETSUO TAKAHASHI, YOJIRO MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20240057455
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an organic light emitting element (100) including a reflection surface (S2), a first electrode (2), an organic layer (3) including a light emitting layer (31), a second electrode (4), and a light extraction structure (10). The light emitting layer (31) contains a first light emitting material. A wavelength included in a peak wavelength range of a PL spectrum of the first light emitting material is assumed as a first wavelength ?1. An optical distance (Lb) between the light emitting layer (31) and the reflection surface (S2) is a value with which rays of light with the first wavelength (?1), traveling in a first direction (D1) and a second direction (D2) that intersect with a normal direction of a principal surface (S1) of the substrate (1), both are intensified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: KOJI ISHIZUYA, NORIFUMI KAJIMOTO, YOJIRO MATSUDA, HIROAKI SANO, TAKAYUKI ITO, TETSUO TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240032406
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus including a display element including a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed two-dimensionally on a plane and a plurality of microlenses provided for corresponding ones of the plurality of light-emitting elements, and an ocular optical system, containing at least one reflective surface therein, that guides light from a display surface of the display element to an exit pupil, wherein in a peripheral part of the display element, a center position of the light emission region of each light-emitting element and a center of the microlens corresponding to the light-emitting element are shifted from each other in a direction parallel to the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: NORIFUMI KAJIMOTO, MASAKAZU TOHARA, HIROAKI SANO, YOJIRO MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20240019162
    Abstract: A humidifier includes a water storage tank, a humidification tray, and a drive mechanism. The water storage tank includes a water refilling port, a water supply port, and a water stop valve. The water refilling port is formed to receive water refilling from outside. The water supply port is formed differently from the water refilling port. The water stop valve opens and closes the water supply port. The humidification tray is formed to receive supply of water for humidification from the water storage tank through the water supply port. The drive mechanism stops supply of water from the water storage tank to the humidification tray by driving the water stop valve in accordance with an amount of water in the humidification tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Taisuke HOKAZONO, HIROAKI SANO, TAKAHIRO HANAI, YASUMASA SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11839131
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises an electrode on a substrate, an insulating layer covering an edge of the electrode and disposed on the substrate, and an organic layer comprising a charge transport layer on the electrode and insulating layer and a functional layer, wherein the insulating layer has a first portion forming an angle of 0° to 50° with respect to a surface parallel to a lower surface of the electrode, a second portion located closer to the substrate than the first portion and sloping at more than 50°, and a third portion located closer to the organic layer than the first portion and sloping at more than 50°, wherein a length of the third portion in a direction perpendicular to the parallel surface is larger than a thickness of the charge transport layer at a position in contact with the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takahashi, Hiroaki Sano, Daisuke Okabayashi
  • Publication number: 20230355263
    Abstract: A surgery system that includes a multiple-degree freedom slave arm, which is able to be mounted with a surgical instrument and includes a plurality of joints and a plurality of motors corresponding the respective joints of the plurality of joints; a first input device configured to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm; a second input device configured to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm and different from the first input device; and a controller configured to control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm so that the multiple-degree freedom slave arm is operated by one of the first input device and the second input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Medicaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto JINNO, Hiroaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20230345789
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus having sub-pixels including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel. One sub-pixel of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel is adjacent to the remaining two sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a lower electrode, a bank including an opening that exposes a center portion of the lower electrode, an organic compound layer arranged to cover the lower electrode and the bank and including a light emitting layer, and an upper electrode arranged on the organic compound layer. The bank of the first sub-pixel includes a first separation structure that at least partially surrounds the opening arranged on the lower electrode of the first sub-pixel. The bank of the third sub-pixel does not include a separation structure arranged to surround the opening of the third sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: HIROAKI SANO, YOJIRO MATSUDA, KOJI ISHIZUYA
  • Publication number: 20230320122
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting element including a first electrode, an organic compound layer, and a second electrode, wherein the organic compound layer includes a charge transport layer, and the charge transport layer includes a first charge transport layer, a second charge transport layer, and a third charge transport layer in this order, and the first charge transport layer, the second charge transport layer, and the third charge transport layer satisfy Formulas (1) and (2) below: ?1>?2>?3??(1) d1+d2<d3??(2) in Formula (1), ?1, ?2, and ?3 are charge mobilities of the first to third charge transport layers, and in Formula (2), d1, d2, and d3 are layer thicknesses of the first to third charge transport layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI ITO, KENTARO ITO, NORIFUMI KAJIMOTO, YOJIRO MATSUDA, HIROAKI SANO
  • Patent number: 11717309
    Abstract: A surgery system that includes a multiple-degree freedom slave arm, which is able to be mounted with a surgical instrument and includes a plurality of joints and a plurality of motors corresponding the respective joints of the plurality of joints; a first input device configured to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm; a second input device configured to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm and different from the first input device; and a controller configured to control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm so that the multiple-degree freedom slave arm is operated by one of the first input device and the second input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Jinno, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20230217791
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus including a substrate including a principal surface, a first light emitting element disposed on the principal surface, a second light emitting element disposed on the principal surface, a first lens and a second lens wherein a distance between a middle point of an emission area of the second light emitting element and an apex of the second lens is larger than a distance between a middle point of an emission area of the first light emitting element and an apex of the first lens, wherein the emission area of the second light emitting element is larger than the emission area of the first light emitting element, and wherein the lower electrode of the second light emitting element is larger than the lower electrode of the first light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: NORIFUMI KAJIMOTO, HIROAKI SANO, YOJIRO MATSUDA, TETSUO TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230189555
    Abstract: A light emitting device in which a reflective film, a first electrode, an organic film including a light emitting layer, a second electrode, and an optical member are arranged in this order on a principal surface of a substrate and a bank configured to cover a peripheral portion of the first electrode is provided to define a light emitting region. The reflective film, the first electrode, the organic film, and the second electrode form a resonator structure configured to resonate, between the reflective film and the second electrode, light generated in the organic film. In the light emitting region, an upper surface of the reflective film is flatter than the first electrode. The resonator structure has a plurality of different optical path lengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI ITO, NORIFUMI KAJIMOTO, HIROAKI SANO, TASUKU KANEDA, YOJIRO MATSUDA, AKIRA OKITA
  • Patent number: 11672171
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of organic EL elements. Each of the organic EL elements includes a reflection electrode, a hole transport region, an electron-trapping luminescent layer, and a light extraction electrode in this order. The hole transport region has a sheet resistance of 4.0×107 ?/sq.? or more at a current of 0.1 nA/pixel, and the total thickness of the hole transport region and the electron-trapping luminescent layer is equivalent to an optical path length enabling emission from the electron-trapping luminescent layer to be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norifumi Kajimoto, Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Itaru Takaya, Hirokazu Miyashita, Takayuki Ito, Hiroaki Sano
  • Patent number: 11605801
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a substrate having a main surface, a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element disposed on the main surface, wherein light emitted from the first light emitting element is emitted from a first area and light emitted from the second light emitting element is emitted from a second area, a first lens into which light emitted from the first area enters, and a second lens into which light emitted from the second area enters. In a direction parallel to the main surface, a distance between a middle point of the second area and a vertex of the second lens is greater than a distance between a middle point of the first area and a vertex of the first lens. The second area is smaller than the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20230048197
    Abstract: A surgery system that includes a multiple-degree freedom slave arm, which is able to be mounted with a surgical instrument and includes a plurality of joints and a plurality of motors corresponding the respective joints of the plurality of joints; a first input device configured to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm; a second input device configured to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm and different from the first input device; and a controller configured to control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm so that the multiple-degree freedom slave arm is operated by one of the first input device and the second input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Medicaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto JINNO, Hiroaki SANO
  • Patent number: 11529160
    Abstract: A remote operation-type surgery system is disclosed, which includes a multiple-degree freedom slave arm, which is able to be mounted with a medical instrument including a shaft portion and an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft portion; a first input device configured to receive a first input to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm; a second input device configured to receive a second input to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm and different from the first input device; a touch panel configured to set an operation mode for the multiple-degree freedom slave arm operated by the second input device; and a controller configured to control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm based on the first input or second input, wherein the controller is configured to: determine whether or not an in-operation signal is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Jinno, Hiroaki Sano
  • Patent number: 11502276
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic compound layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. A protective layer and a planarization layer are disposed in this order on the light emission side of whichever of the first and second electrodes is closer to the light emission side. A surface of the protective layer adjacent to the planarization layer has an uneven shape. The planarization layer is in contact with the protective layer. A surface of the planarization layer away from the protective layer is flat. The refractive index of the planarization layer is equal to or lower than that of the protective layer and equal to or higher than that of a light emission medium in contact with the planarization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Ishizuya, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20220310966
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a plurality of first electrodes, a second electrode, a functional layer disposed between each first electrode and the second electrode, and an insulating layer having a slope portion on the first electrode, wherein the functional layer is continuously disposed so as to cover the first electrode, a neighboring first electrode, and the insulating layer covering the first electrode and the neighboring first electrode, the functional layer on the first electrode has a layer thickness smaller than a height from an upper surface of the first electrode to an upper surface of the insulating layer, and the functional layer on the slope portion of the insulating layer has a layer thickness of 20 nm or more in a direction perpendicular to a slope surface of the slope portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takahashi, Norifumi Kajimoto, Koji Ishizuya, Hiroaki Sano, Hiroyuki Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20220255042
    Abstract: An organic device includes a reflective film arranged on a substrate, a plurality of lower electrodes arranged above the reflective film, an organic function film configured to cover the plurality of lower electrodes, and an upper electrode arranged on the organic function film. A potential difference between the upper electrode and the reflective film is lower than a threshold voltage at which the organic function film operates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki Naruse, Koji Ishizuya, Yojiro Matsuda, Takayuki Ito, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20220238845
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus including a substrate including a surface, first to fourth elements that emit first light or second light, and first to fourth lenses, in which the relationship between the size of the emission area and the relative position of the lenses differs between the first light and the second light so that color misregistration due to the viewing angle is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sano, Shoma Hinata, Yojiro Matsuda