Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kida

Hiroshi Kida 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: 11972084
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel, a cover member overlapping the touch panel, and a controller. The controller includes a position detection unit configured to detect a position of a pointer, based on a signal value obtained from a position detection electrode, an amplification processing unit configured to perform amplification processing on at least one signal value in a pressing force detection range corresponding to the position of the pointer detected by the position detection unit among signal values obtained from a pressing force detection electrode, and a pressing force detection unit configured to calculate magnitude of a pressing force generated by the pointer, based on a signal value after the amplification processing being a signal value in the pressing force detection range including a signal value obtained by amplification by the amplification processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Yamagishi, Takenori Maruyama, Kazutoshi Kida, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11966527
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function, a drive circuit, and an electronic unit, which make it possible to realize many functions related to touch detection. The display panel includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes extending in one direction; an electrode drive section integrated into a chip, and applying a drive signal to the drive electrodes; and one or more touch detection electrodes extending in a direction intersecting the direction in which the drive electrodes extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 10166182
    Abstract: Provided is a microneedle. The microneedle array includes a needle portion, which contains an inactivated whole virion influenza vaccine, and a sheet portion. Also provided is an administration method in which the microneedle array is administered and then administered secondly after an interval of equal to or greater than 24 hours and less than 2 months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Koji Kuruma, Takayoshi Oyamada, Toshio Shimada, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Hiroshi Kida
  • Patent number: 10001261
    Abstract: A light source apparatus according to the present invention includes a phosphor wheel having a phosphor disposed in an annular shape on a disk-shaped base material, the phosphor serving to emit fluorescent light from excitation light, thereby forming an excitation light source having a predetermined color, and the phosphor having a discontinuous portion in a part of the annular shape, an excitation light source for emitting the excitation light with which a passage position of the circular phosphor is irradiated with respect to the phosphor wheel to be rotatively driven by the wheel motor, and a controller that controls light emission of the light source and the excitation light source synchronously with a position of the discontinuous portion with respect to an irradiation position of the excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Yagyu, Nobutaka Kobayashi, Akihiro Yamada, Hiroshi Kida
  • Publication number: 20180161421
    Abstract: Provided are a highly-safe recombinant vaccinia virus that is effective in preventing the onset of symptoms due to infection by novel influenza viruses, and a vaccine for the novel influenza viruses containing the recombinant vaccinia virus. This recombinant vaccinia virus is capable of expressing the hemagglutinin protein genes of the novel influenza virus. This novel influenza vaccine contains the recombinant vaccinia virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Michinori KOHARA, Fumihiko YASUI, Toshio MURAKAMI, Hiroshi KIDA, Yoshihiro SAKODA
  • Patent number: 9739921
    Abstract: A surface light source device includes a first light source for emitting first light, a first light guide rod for causing the first light to be incident thereon and converting the first light into first linear light, a second light source for emitting second light having a greater divergence angle than the first light, and a second light guide rod for converting the second light into second linear light extended in the same direction as the first linear light. Moreover, the surface light source device includes a reflecting bar disposed on an emitting side of the planar light from the first and second light guide rods, and a reflecting portion taking such a box shape as to have an internal wall serving as a reflecting surface, and having an opening portion on a surface at the emitting side of the planar light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kida, Akira Daijogo, Saki Maeda, Nami Okimoto, Eiji Niikura
  • Patent number: 9703142
    Abstract: A surface light source device includes a plurality of LEDs for emitting a plurality of light having different colors, and a light guide body for mixing the colors of the plurality of light and emitting light having colors mixed. The light guide body includes a light incident portion for causing the plurality of light to be individually incident, and a light emitting portion provided beside the light incident portion and changing propagation angles of the plurality of light which is incident from the light incident portion and propagated into the light guide body to mix colors, thereby controlling a quantity of light emission from the light guide body and a light emitting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saki Maeda, Nami Okimoto, Eiji Niikura, Tomohiko Sawanaka, Hiroshi Kida
  • Patent number: 9599316
    Abstract: A light source device has a first monochromatic light source group, a second monochromatic light source group, a polarization selection and wavelength selection element, a first phosphor layer, and a second phosphor layer. The first monochromatic light source group outputs first polarized light having a fixed polarization direction. The second monochromatic light source group outputs second polarized light having a fixed polarization direction. The first phosphor layer emits light in a first wavelength band. The second phosphor layer emits light in a second wavelength band. The polarization and wavelength selection element directs the first polarized light onto the first phosphor layer by transmitting the first polarized light and directs the second polarized light onto the second phosphor layer by reflecting the second polarized light, reflects the light in the first wavelength band and transmits the light in the second wavelength band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamada, Tomohiko Sawanaka, Shinji Yagyu, Hiroshi Kida, Kenji Samejima
  • Publication number: 20170014336
    Abstract: Provided is a microneedle. The microneedle array includes a needle portion, which contains an inactivated whole virion influenza vaccine, and a sheet portion. Also provided is an administration method in which the microneedle array is administered and then administered secondly after an interval of equal to or greater than 24 hours and less than 2 months.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Koji KURUMA, Takayoshi OYAMADA, Toshio SHIMADA, Yoshihiro SAKODA, Hiroshi KIDA
  • Patent number: 9467670
    Abstract: A projection device includes: first light sources each emitting a first light; a collimator lens that converts the first lights into parallel light beams; a condensing optical system that receives the parallel light beams and emits concentrated light beams; and an optical element having an incident surface through which the concentrated light beams enters the optical element. The condensing optical system is configured so that when a light beam parallel to an optical axis of the condensing optical system is incident on the condensing optical system, the light beam is concentrated at a position on the axis on the incident surface. The parallel light beams are incident at different positions of the condensing optical system while approaching the axis. Emitting positions of the light beams on the condensing optical system and incident positions of the light beams on the incident surface are opposite each other with respect to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamada, Tomohiko Sawanaka, Shinji Yagyu, Hiroshi Kida, Kenji Samejima
  • Publication number: 20160109633
    Abstract: A surface light source device includes a first light source for emitting first light, a first light guide rod for causing the first light to be incident thereon and converting the first light into first linear light, a second light source for emitting second light having a greater divergence angle than the first light, and a second light guide rod for converting the second light into second linear light extended in the same direction as the first linear light. Moreover, the surface light source device includes a reflecting bar disposed on an emitting side of the planar light from the first and second light guide rods, and a reflecting portion taking such a box shape as to have an internal wall serving as a reflecting surface, and having an opening portion on a surface at the emitting side of the planar light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi KIDA, Akira DAIJOGO, Saki MAEDA, Nami OKIMOTO, Eiji NIIKURA
  • Patent number: 9310033
    Abstract: A light source device includes a plurality of light sources with different polarizations. A combined wavelength band of the light of a first polarization and second polarization is a first wavelength band. A combined wavelength band of a third polarization and fourth polarization is a second wavelength band. A plurality of selective transmission elements transmits one or more combined light of one or more polarizations and reflects one or more light of one or more polarizations. Thus, the light of the first polarization, the light of the second polarization and the light of the third polarization passing through a third selective transmission element, and the light of the fourth polarization reflected by the third selective transmission element proceed in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamada, Takeshi Utakoji, Kenji Samejima, Hiroshi Kida, Tomohiko Sawanaka, Shinji Yagyu
  • Publication number: 20160054623
    Abstract: A surface light source device includes a plurality of LEDs for emitting a plurality of light having different colors, and a light guide body for mixing the colors of the plurality of light and emitting light having colors mixed. The light guide body includes a light incident portion for causing the plurality of light to be individually incident, and a light emitting portion provided beside the light incident portion and changing propagation angles of the plurality of light which is incident from the light incident portion and propagated into the light guide body to mix colors, thereby controlling a quantity of light emission from the light guide body and a light emitting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saki MAEDA, Nami OKIMOTO, Eiji NIIKURA, Tomohiko SAWANAKA, Hiroshi KIDA
  • Publication number: 20150341605
    Abstract: A projection device includes: first light sources each emitting a first light; a collimator lens that converts the first lights into parallel light beams; a condensing optical system that receives the parallel light beams and emits concentrated light beams; and an optical element having an incident surface through which the concentrated light beams enters the optical element. The condensing optical system is configured so that when a light beam parallel to an optical axis of the condensing optical system is incident on the condensing optical system, the light beam is concentrated at a position on the axis on the incident surface. The parallel light beams are incident at different positions of the condensing optical system while approaching the axis. Emitting positions of the light beams on the condensing optical system and incident positions of the light beams on the incident surface are opposite each other with respect to the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro YAMADA, Tomohiko SAWANAKA, Shinji YAGYU, Hiroshi KIDA, Kenji SAMEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20150167932
    Abstract: To improve light utilization efficiency, a light source device (4) has a first monochromatic light source group (1000a), a second monochromatic light source group (1000b), a polarization selection and wavelength selection element (14), a first phosphor layer (16a), and a second phosphor layer (16b). The first monochromatic light source group (1000a) outputs first polarized light having a fixed polarization direction. The second monochromatic light source group (1000b) outputs second polarized light having a fixed polarization direction. The first phosphor layer emits light in a first wavelength band. The second phosphor layer emits light in a second wavelength band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamada, Tomohiko Sawanaka, Shinji Yagyu, Hiroshi Kida, Kenji Samejima
  • Publication number: 20140354956
    Abstract: A light source device includes a first light source that emits light of a first polarization, and a second light source that emits light of a second polarization whose polarization direction is different from the light of the first polarization by 90 degrees. A combined wavelength band of the light of the first polarization and the light of the second polarization is a first wavelength band. A third light source emits light of a third polarization and of a wavelength band which is different from the first wavelength band, and a fourth light source emits light of a fourth polarization whose polarization direction is different from the light of the third polarization by 90 degrees. A combined wavelength band of the light of the third polarization and the light of the fourth polarization is a second wavelength band which is different from the first wavelength band. A reflecting element reflects the light of the first polarization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamada, Takeshi Utakoji, Kenji Samejima, Hiroshi Kida, Tomohiko Sawanaka, Shinji Yagyu
  • Publication number: 20140198301
    Abstract: A light source apparatus according to the present invention includes a phosphor wheel having a phosphor disposed in an annular shape on a disk-shaped base material, the phosphor serving to emit fluorescent light from excitation light, thereby forming an excitation light source having a predetermined color, and the phosphor having a discontinuous portion in a part of the annular shape, an excitation light source for emitting the excitation light with which a passage position of the circular phosphor is irradiated with respect to the phosphor wheel to be rotatively driven by the wheel motor, and a controller that controls light emission of the light source and the excitation light source synchronously with a position of the discontinuous portion with respect to an irradiation position of the excitation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji YAGYU, Nobutaka KOBAYASHI, Akihiro YAMADA, Hiroshi KIDA
  • Patent number: 8658354
    Abstract: A method of immunoassay of H5 subtype influenza A virus by which the virus can be accurately assayed even in cases where a certain level of mutation has occurred in the H5 subtype influenza A virus, and a kit therefor, and a novel anti-H5 subtype influenza A virus monoclonal antibody which can be used for the immunoassay are disclosed. The antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof of the present invention undergoes antigen-antibody reaction with hemagglutinin of H5 subtype influenza A virus, and the corresponding epitope of the antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof is located in a region other than the receptor subdomain (excluding C-terminal region thereof consisting of 11 amino acids), which antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof does not have neutralizing activity against the influenza A virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignees: National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Fujirebio Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kida, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Eiji Miyagawa, Nobuyuki Fujii, Yoshiaki Uchida, Takashi Shirakawa, Hiroyuki Kogaki
  • Publication number: 20130288338
    Abstract: Provided are a highly-safe recombinant vaccinia virus that is effective in preventing the onset of symptoms due to infection by novel influenza viruses, and a vaccine for the novel influenza viruses containing the recombinant vaccinia virus. This recombinant vaccinia virus is capable of expressing the hemagglutinin protein genes of the novel influenza virus. This novel influenza vaccine contains the recombinant vaccinia virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, THE CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Michinori Kohara, Fumihiko Yasui, Toshio Murakami, Hiroshi Kida, Yoshihiro Sakoda
  • Patent number: 8434876
    Abstract: A projection type display apparatus having a long-life light source device with high light utilization efficiency includes first and second light source lamps; a light intensity equalizing element; first and second bending mirrors; an image display element modulating a light flux emitted from the light intensity equalizing element and converting it into image light; and a projection optical system projecting the image light on a screen; and the first light source lamp, the second light source lamp, the first bending mirror and the second bending mirror are arranged so that a first optical axis of the first light source lamp disagrees with a second optical axis of the second light source lamp and a first distance between the first bending mirror and an incidence end differs from a second distance between the second bending mirror and the incidence end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniko Kojima, Hiroshi Kida