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).

  • Patent number: 10684510
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sugiyama, Kentaro Okuyama, Hideki Kaneko, Hiroshi Inamura, Manabu Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20200166796
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro OKUYAMA, Yoshihide OHUE, Hiroki SUGIYAMA, Tomoyuki TADA
  • Publication number: 20200150490
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu MIZUNO, Kentaro OKUYAMA, Hiroshi INAMURA, Hiroki SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200132732
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro ONO, Hiroki SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10627457
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Sugiyama, Junya Tanigawa, Makoto Ishii, Takahiro Shouda
  • Patent number: 10598742
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Tanigawa, Hiroki Sugiyama, Makoto Ishii
  • Patent number: 10590815
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kutsuna, Hiroki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10545377
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu Mizuno, Kentaro Okuyama, Hiroshi Inamura, Hiroki Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20200012155
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sugiyama, Kentaro Okuyama, Hideki Kaneko, Hiroshi Inamura, Manabu Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20200012149
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu MIZUNO, Kentaro OKUYAMA, Hiroshi INAMURA, Hideki KANEKO, Hiroki SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10495963
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Yamagata, Hiroki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10481217
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Tanigawa, Hiroki Sugiyama, Makoto Ishii
  • Patent number: 10466538
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sugiyama, Kentaro Okuyama, Hideki Kaneko, Hiroshi Inamura, Manabu Mizuno
  • Patent number: 10416493
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu Mizuno, Kentaro Okuyama, Hiroshi Inamura, Hideki Kaneko, Hiroki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10371759
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Tanigawa, Hiroki Sugiyama, Makoto Ishii, Takahiro Syouda
  • Publication number: 20190171096
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: YUKI YAMAGATA, HIROKI SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180329265
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hideki KANEKO, Kentaro OKUYAMA, Hiroshi INAMURA, Hiroki SUGIYAMA, Manabu MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20180329001
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Tanigawa, Hiroki Sugiyama, Makoto Ishii
  • Publication number: 20180274935
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: HIROKI SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10067392
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Kaneko, Kentaro Okuyama, Hiroshi Inamura, Hiroki Sugiyama, Manabu Mizuno