Patents by Inventor Hiroki Sugiyama
Hiroki Sugiyama 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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Patent number: 10684510Abstract: A display device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first substrate including a pixel portion and a terminal portion, a second substrate arranged to face the pixel portion, a first light source device arranged in the terminal portion, and irradiating a first end surface of the second substrate with first light, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a semiconductor element arranged on a side opposite to a side of the pixel portion across the first light source device, and electrically coupled with the terminal portion, wherein the first light is propagated while reflected between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer modulates the propagated first light.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Sugiyama, Kentaro Okuyama, Hideki Kaneko, Hiroshi Inamura, Manabu Mizuno
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Publication number: 20200166796Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer including polymers and liquid crystal molecules, and a light-emitting element. The first substrate includes a transparent substrate, a scanning line, a signal line crossing the scanning line, a switching element electrically connected to the scanning line and the signal line, an organic insulating film overlapping the switching element, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching element. A thickness of the organic insulating film located between the transparent substrate and the pixel electrode is less than a thickness of the organic insulating film overlapping the switching element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Kentaro OKUYAMA, Yoshihide OHUE, Hiroki SUGIYAMA, Tomoyuki TADA
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Publication number: 20200150490Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a first light-transmissive substrate; a second light-transmissive substrate arranged to face the first light-transmissive substrate; a liquid crystal layer including polymer dispersed liquid crystals sealed between the first light-transmissive substrate and the second light-transmissive substrate; at least one light-emitting device arranged to face at least one of a side surface of the first light-transmissive substrate or a side surface of the second light-transmissive substrate; and at least one reflector arranged on at least one of a side surface of the first light-transmissive substrate or a side surface of the second light-transmissive substrate, the side surface of the first or second light-transmissive substrate being on an opposite side of the side surface of the first or second light-transmissive substrate to which the at least one light-emitting device faces, and configured to reflect light at the side surface on the opposite side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Manabu MIZUNO, Kentaro OKUYAMA, Hiroshi INAMURA, Hiroki SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20200132732Abstract: A current detection structure comprises, a bus bar to be measured through which a current to be measured flows; an element that detects a magnetic field; and a first proximity bus bar and a second proximity bus bar, wherein arrangements of the first proximity bus bar and the second proximity bus bar relative to the element and the directions and magnitude of currents flowing through the first proximity bus bar and the second proximity bus bar are set such that the magnitude of magnetic fields at the position of the element generated by the first proximity bus bar and the second proximity bus bar are the same and directions thereof are reversed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Chihiro ONO, Hiroki SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 10627457Abstract: A magnetic field detection sensor includes a magneto-impedance element and detects an external magnetic field from an output obtained by applying alternating current to the magneto-impedance element using a magneto-impedance effect. The magneto-impedance element includes a non-magnetic board and a magnetic film formed on a surface of the non-magnetic board, a longitudinal direction of the magnetic film is set as a detection direction of the external magnetic field, and magnetic anisotropy is provided such that a magnetization easy axis of the magnetic film is the same as the detection direction of the external magnetic field. The magnetic field detection sensor further includes a magnetic field generating portion which generates a magnetic field in a thickness direction of the magnetic film.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Sugiyama, Junya Tanigawa, Makoto Ishii, Takahiro Shouda
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Patent number: 10598742Abstract: Magnetic members of a high-sensitivity magnetoimpedance element and a low-sensitivity magnetoimpedance element are connected to each other in series, and the strength and direction of an external magnetic field is detected on the basis of an impedance variation of this series circuit. The output of a magnetic field detection sensor mainly reflects an impedance variation of the high-sensitivity magnetoimpedance element in a weak magnetic field range, and mainly reflects an impedance variation of the low-sensitivity magnetoimpedance element in a strong magnetic field range, whereby continuous detection is enabled in a wide range from a weak magnetic field to a strong magnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Junya Tanigawa, Hiroki Sugiyama, Makoto Ishii
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Patent number: 10590815Abstract: The first opening part penetrates the first partition wall that separates the crank chamber and the oil sump chamber. The lubricating device of the engine includes an oil mist generation control part. The oil mist generation control part disperses gas injected from the crank chamber into the oil sump chamber through the first opening part when the crank chamber has a positive pressure or restricts the flow of oil with which the injected gas collides, thereby controlling an amount of oil mist generated in the oil sump chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki Kutsuna, Hiroki Sugiyama
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Patent number: 10545377Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a first light-transmissive substrate; a second light-transmissive substrate arranged to face the first light-transmissive substrate; a liquid crystal layer including polymer dispersed liquid crystals sealed between the first light-transmissive substrate and the second light-transmissive substrate; at least one light-emitting device arranged to face at least one of a side surface of the first light-transmissive substrate or a side surface of the second light-transmissive substrate; and at least one reflector arranged on at least one of a side surface of the first light-transmissive substrate or a side surface of the second light-transmissive substrate, the side surface of the first or second light-transmissive substrate being on an opposite side of the side surface of the first or second light-transmissive substrate to which the at least one light-emitting device faces, and configured to reflect light at the side surface on the opposite side.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Manabu Mizuno, Kentaro Okuyama, Hiroshi Inamura, Hiroki Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20200012155Abstract: A display device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first substrate including a pixel portion and a terminal portion, a second substrate arranged to face the pixel portion, a first light source device arranged in the terminal portion, and irradiating a first end surface of the second substrate with first light, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a semiconductor element arranged on a side opposite to a side of the pixel portion across the first light source device, and electrically coupled with the terminal portion, wherein the first light is propagated while reflected between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer modulates the propagated first light.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Sugiyama, Kentaro Okuyama, Hideki Kaneko, Hiroshi Inamura, Manabu Mizuno
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Publication number: 20200012149Abstract: A display device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first substrate including at least a pixel electrode and a pixel switching circuit portion, a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and configured to modulate light, the light being propagated while reflected between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a reflecting layer arranged over a liquid crystal layer side of the pixel switching circuit portion, partially superimposed with the pixel switching circuit portion, and electrically coupled with the pixel electrode, the reflecting layer having higher reflectance of the light than any members included in the pixel switching circuit portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Manabu MIZUNO, Kentaro OKUYAMA, Hiroshi INAMURA, Hideki KANEKO, Hiroki SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 10495963Abstract: A light source device includes first and second laser light source units, a first reflective member, and a returning reflective member. The first and second laser light source units are disposed face-to-face, each of the first and the second laser light source units comprising a plurality of laser light sources arranged in an array. The first reflective member is disposed diagonally with respect to the light emitted from the first and second laser light source units, the first reflective member reflecting the light. The returning reflective member reflects the light emitted from the second laser light source unit and reflected by the first reflective member. The light emitted from the first laser light source unit and reflected by the first reflective member is parallel to, and in a same direction of travel as, the light emitted from the second laser light source unit and reflected by the returning reflective member.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Yamagata, Hiroki Sugiyama
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Patent number: 10481217Abstract: A magnetic field sensor includes a magnetic detection element that includes a magnetic material causing a magnetic impedance effect and a bias coil applying a bias magnetic field to the magnetic material, a high-frequency oscillation circuit that supplies a high-frequency current to the magnetic material, an AC bias circuit that supplies an AC bias current to the bias coil, and a detection circuit that sets a reference point corresponding to an extreme impedance position in a characteristic of the magnetic detection element in the state of no application of an external magnetic field and outputs an electric signal changing in response to an impedance change amount from the reference point. The detection circuit includes an amplitude detection circuit which detects an amplitude of the electric signal at a timing of each vertex in which at least a voltage change direction of the electric signal changes.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Junya Tanigawa, Hiroki Sugiyama, Makoto Ishii
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Patent number: 10466538Abstract: A display device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first substrate including a pixel portion and a terminal portion, a second substrate arranged to face the pixel portion, a first light source device arranged in the terminal portion, and irradiating a first end surface of the second substrate with first light, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a semiconductor element arranged on a side opposite to a side of the pixel portion across the first light source device, and electrically coupled with the terminal portion, wherein the first light is propagated while reflected between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer modulates the propagated first light.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Sugiyama, Kentaro Okuyama, Hideki Kaneko, Hiroshi Inamura, Manabu Mizuno
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Patent number: 10416493Abstract: A display device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first substrate including at least a pixel electrode and a pixel switching circuit portion, a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and configured to modulate light, the light being propagated while reflected between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a reflecting layer arranged over a liquid crystal layer side of the pixel switching circuit portion, partially superimposed with the pixel switching circuit portion, and electrically coupled with the pixel electrode, the reflecting layer having higher reflectance of the light than any members included in the pixel switching circuit portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Manabu Mizuno, Kentaro Okuyama, Hiroshi Inamura, Hideki Kaneko, Hiroki Sugiyama
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Patent number: 10371759Abstract: A magnetic field detection sensor includes a first magneto-impedance element and a second magneto-impedance element each having a magnetic material, a bias coil applying a bias magnetic field to the magnetic body of the first magneto-impedance element, a high-frequency oscillation circuit supplying high-frequency current to the magnetic bodies of the first magneto-impedance element and the second magneto-impedance element, an AC bias circuit supplying AC bias current to the bias coil, a first detection circuit generating a first detection signal based on an impedance change of the first magneto-impedance element in a state of being applied with the bias magnetic field and an external magnetic field, and a second detection circuit which generates a second detection signal based on an impedance change of the second magneto-impedance element in a state of being applied with the external magnetic field and without the bias magnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Junya Tanigawa, Hiroki Sugiyama, Makoto Ishii, Takahiro Syouda
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Publication number: 20190171096Abstract: A light source device includes first and second laser light source units, a first reflective member, and a returning reflective member. The first and second laser light source units are disposed face-to-face, each of the first and the second laser light source units comprising a plurality of laser light sources arranged in an array. The first reflective member is disposed diagonally with respect to the light emitted from the first and second laser light source units, the first reflective member reflecting the light. The returning reflective member reflects the light emitted from the second laser light source unit and reflected by the first reflective member. The light emitted from the first laser light source unit and reflected by the first reflective member is parallel to, and in a same direction of travel as, the light emitted from the second laser light source unit and reflected by the returning reflective member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: YUKI YAMAGATA, HIROKI SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20180329265Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, a thin film transistor on the first substrate, a gate line electrically connected to the thin film transistor, an organic insulating layer overlapping with the thin film transistor, and a conductive light shielding layer overlapping the organic insulating layer. The gate line is overlapped with the conductive light shielding layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Hideki KANEKO, Kentaro OKUYAMA, Hiroshi INAMURA, Hiroki SUGIYAMA, Manabu MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20180329001Abstract: Magnetic members of a high-sensitivity magnetoimpedance element and a low-sensitivity magnetoimpedance element are connected to each other in series, and the strength and direction of an external magnetic field is detected on the basis of an impedance variation of this series circuit. The output of a magnetic field detection sensor mainly reflects an impedance variation of the high-sensitivity magnetoimpedance element in a weak magnetic field range, and mainly reflects an impedance variation of the low-sensitivity magnetoimpedance element in a strong magnetic field range, whereby continuous detection is enabled in a wide range from a weak magnetic field to a strong magnetic field.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Junya Tanigawa, Hiroki Sugiyama, Makoto Ishii
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Publication number: 20180274935Abstract: A server that manages traveling of a plurality of traveling apparatuses which carry out monitoring circulation by autonomous traveling includes a communication unit that communicates with the traveling apparatuses, a departure determination unit that determines whether a departure from the monitoring circulation is to be made or not, a traveling speed changing unit that changes traveling conditions for monitoring traveling of the other traveling apparatuses so that a monitoring region of the traveling apparatus which is to depart from the monitoring circulation is complemented, and a traveling management unit that manages the traveling of the traveling apparatuses and the changed traveling conditions are transmitted to the respective traveling apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: HIROKI SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 10067392Abstract: A display device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first substrate including a thin film transistor, a second substrate including a common electrode, an organic insulating layer arranged on the first substrate so as to overlap with the thin film transistor, and projecting from the first substrate toward the second substrate, and a conductive light shielding layer covering an upper surface and a side surface of the organic insulating layer, and electrically coupled with the common electrode, wherein the organic insulating layer and the light shielding layer hold a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hideki Kaneko, Kentaro Okuyama, Hiroshi Inamura, Hiroki Sugiyama, Manabu Mizuno