Patents by Inventor Hisashi Watanabe

Hisashi Watanabe 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).

  • Publication number: 20240126117
    Abstract: Provided is a display device allowing perception of any design in a non-display state while allowing perception of display images in a display state without hindrance by the design. The display device includes, in the following order from a viewer side: a front plate; and a display panel. The front plate includes: a transflective component; a design layer having a first design and being disposed on or in front of a viewer side of the transflective component; and an inverted design layer disposed on or behind a side opposite to the viewer side of the transflective component. The transflective component transmits light incident on its display panel side and partially reflects light incident on its viewer side. The inverted design layer has a second design overlaid with the first design in a plan view and being an inversion of the first design in terms of brightness or hue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Hisashi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230346238
    Abstract: A system including a light source that, in operation, projects dots onto a target, the dots being formed by first light; a first photodetector that, in operation, detects second light resulting from the projection of the dots onto the target; and a circuit that in operation, performs an individual authentication, wherein the individual authentication includes at least the following step(i) and step(ii): step(i) determining whether the target is a living body or not based on the second light, and step(ii) performing a biometric authentication of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Hisashi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11804580
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a circuit substrate that includes a wiring circuit, LEDs that are mounted on the circuit substrate and that emit primary light, a phosphor sheet that faces a light emission surface of each of the LEDs and that has a function of converting part of the primary light into secondary light in another wavelength range that differs from the wavelength range, and a selective reflection layer that is composed of dielectric multilayer film, that is disposed between the phosphor sheet and the LEDs, that covers the light emission surface of each of the LEDs, that allows the part of the primary light to be transmitted therethrough, and that reflects part of the secondary light. The selective reflection layer is disposed so as to have convex shapes projecting in a direction opposite a direction toward the circuit substrate in regions that overlap the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi Watanabe, Hirotoshi Yasunaga, Youzou Kyoukane, Takeshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 11789311
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source, a wavelength conversion sheet configured to perform wavelength conversion on light from the light source, and a first light reduction portion disposed in a frame shape as a whole overlapping an outer peripheral portion of the wavelength conversion sheet in a plan view between the light source and the wavelength conversion sheet, and configured to reduce a light amount of incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Hisashi Watanabe, Hirotoshi Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 11789312
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a lighting device includes: a plurality of light sources; and a plurality of optical sheets disposed to be stacked at a position away from the plurality of light sources. The plurality of optical sheets include a first optical sheet and a second optical sheet. Each of the first optical sheet and the second optical sheet has a unit region that modulates light emitted from a light source for each of the plurality of light sources. The unit region includes a modulation region including a light source region facing the light source, and having a relatively high modulation action of the light as compared with other regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Yasunaga, Hisashi Watanabe, Takeshi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20230314872
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a plurality of light sources arranged side by side in a plane and a wavelength conversion sheet arranged to face a light emitting surface of each of the light sources and converting a wavelength of light from the light sources, in which the wavelength conversion sheet includes a base material having transparency, and a wavelength conversion layer in which a plurality of protrusions containing a wavelength conversion material and having a spherical surface are arranged side by side without gaps on a principal surface of the base material opposite to the light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTOSHI YASUNAGA, TAKESHI MASUDA, HISASHI WATANABE, YOUZOU KYOUKANE
  • Patent number: 11730383
    Abstract: A biological information detection method including: causing a light source to emit first light in a first area; detecting a presence of a first living body in the first area based on a second light which is resulted in the emission of the first light; detecting body motion of the first living body based on the second light; determining whether or not the body motion is within a low level; notifying, in response to the determination that the body motion is within the low level, a first alert to the first living body, where the first alert includes an information to draw attention of the first living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisashi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230168540
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a lighting device includes: a plurality of light sources; and a plurality of optical sheets disposed to be stacked at a position away from the plurality of light sources. The plurality of optical sheets include a first optical sheet and a second optical sheet. Each of the first optical sheet and the second optical sheet has a unit region that modulates light emitted from a light source for each of the plurality of light sources. The unit region includes a modulation region including a light source region facing the light source, and having a relatively high modulation action of the light as compared with other regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Hirotoshi YASUNAGA, Hisashi WATANABE, Takeshi MASUDA
  • Patent number: 11502234
    Abstract: A light-emitting-element-equipped substrate includes: a circuit substrate including a main surface; a light-emitting element mounted on the main surface and electrically connected to the circuit substrate; a silicone-based white resist layer covering the main surface and including: a first opening surrounding the light-emitting element; and a second opening different from the first opening; and a transparent protective layer covering the light-emitting element, the silicone-based white resist layer, and the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi Watanabe, Hirotoshi Yasunaga, Youzou Kyoukane, Takeshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 11490825
    Abstract: A biological information detection apparatus includes: a light source which projects a pattern of near-infrared light onto an object including a living body; an imaging system which includes first photodetector cells detecting light in a near-infrared wavelength range and second photodetector cells detecting light in a visible wavelength range, and generates a first image signal representing a first image, which is an image taken in the near-infrared wavelength range, of the object on which the pattern is projected, and a second image signal representing a second image of the object taken in the visible wavelength range; and a calculator which calculates biological information concerning the living body using at least one selected from the group consisting of the first and second image signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisashi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220315010
    Abstract: An operation appropriateness determination system includes an authentication apparatus that identifies an operator on a basis of a feature of the operator and that outputs information for identifying the operator, a biometric sensing apparatus that obtains biological information regarding the operator and that outputs the biological information, an operation sensing apparatus that detects a load of an operation that is being performed by the operator and that outputs operation information indicating the load of the operation, a storage device, and a signal processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Hisashi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220308399
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source, a wavelength conversion sheet configured to perform wavelength conversion on light from the light source, and a first light reduction portion disposed in a frame shape as a whole overlapping an outer peripheral portion of the wavelength conversion sheet in a plan view between the light source and the wavelength conversion sheet, and configured to reduce a light amount of incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi MASUDA, Hisashi WATANABE, Hirotoshi YASUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11407422
    Abstract: An operation appropriateness determination system includes an authentication apparatus that identifies an operator on a basis of a feature of the operator and that outputs information for identifying the operator, a biometric sensing apparatus that obtains biological information regarding the operator and that outputs the biological information, an operation sensing apparatus that detects a load of an operation that is being performed by the operator and that outputs operation information indicating the load of the operation, a storage device, and a signal processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11367814
    Abstract: An LED light-source substrate includes a first bonding sheet covering the LED, a second bonding sheet formed on the first bonding sheet, and a reflective layer formed on the second bonding sheet to suppress light from the LED. The second bonding sheet is bonded peelably from the first bonding sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi Watanabe, Takeshi Masuda, Hirotoshi Yasunaga, Youzou Kyoukane
  • Publication number: 20210391515
    Abstract: A tight-emitter-mounted substrate includes a circuit board, and a light emitter disposed on the circuit board. The light emitter has an electrode and an emission part. The electrode is electrically connected to the circuit board. The emission part emits light in accordance with a voltage applied via the electrode. The light-emitter-mounted substrate also includes a reflector facing an emission surface of the emission part. The reflector reflects the light emitted from the emission part. The light-emitter-mounted substrate also includes a transparent layer covering the Hot emitter and reflector on the circuit board. The transparent layer has light transparency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: HISASHI WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11196983
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a light source that, in operation, emits an emitted light containing a near-infrared light in a first wavelength region, an image sensor, and a double-band pass filter that transmits a visible light in at least a part of a wavelength region out of a visible region and the near-infrared light in the first wavelength region. The image sensor includes light detection cells, a first filter that selectively transmits the near-infrared light in the first wavelength region, second to fourth filters that selectively transmit lights in second to fourth wavelength regions, respectively, which are contained in the visible light, and an infrared absorption filter. The infrared absorption filter faces the second to fourth filters and absorbs the near-infrared light in the first wavelength region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INIELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11137640
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a mounting substrate comprising a first pair of conductive pads and a second pair of conductive pads arranged along a first direction on the mounting substrate. The first pair of conductive pads is offset from the second pair of conductive pads in the first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction with respect to a plane parallel to the mounting substrate. A first light emitting device is coupled to the first pair of conductive pads, and configured to emit lights toward a first side within a space formed between the mounting substrate and a diffusion plate. A second light emitting device is coupled to the second pair of conductive pads, and configured to emit lights toward a second side opposite of the first side within the space formed between the substrate and the diffusion plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Hisashi Watanabe, Youzou Kyoukane, Hirotoshi Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20210288234
    Abstract: A light-emitting-element-equipped substrate includes: a circuit substrate including a main surface; a light-emitting element mounted on the main surface and electrically connected to the circuit substrate; a silicone-based white resist layer covering the main surface and including: a first opening surrounding the light-emitting element; and a second opening different from the first opening; and a transparent protective layer covering the light-emitting element, the silicone-based white resist layer, and the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: HISASHI WATANABE, HIROTOSHI YASUNAGA, YOUZOU KYOUKANE, TAKESHI MASUDA
  • Patent number: 11105972
    Abstract: The light input efficiency of a light-emitting device into a circular disc-shaped or elliptical disc-shaped light guide plate is increased. A light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting unit (12a) that includes a plurality of light-emitting elements (L1 to L5) arranged curvilinearly, a second light-emitting unit (12b) that includes a plurality of light-emitting elements (L6 to L10) arranged curvilinearly, and a coupling portion (12c) that is disposed so as to coincide with a region (SA) sandwiched by the first and second light-emitting units and couples the first and second light-emitting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Youzou Kyoukane, Hisashi Watanabe, Hirotoshi Yasunaga, Ryuzo Yuki
  • Patent number: 11106087
    Abstract: A plurality of LEDs (light sources) 16 that are arranged to form a column, each of which includes a electrode 20 for power supply, a plurality of first wires 21 that are connected to the electrode 20 in the plurality of LEDs 16, and a second wire 22 that is connected with each of the plurality of first wires 21 and is pulled out toward one end side in an array direction of the plurality of LEDs 16 are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hisashi Watanabe