Patents by Inventor Izushi Kobayashi
Izushi Kobayashi 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: 8933998Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an image display device comprising a rotating section having a plurality of light emitting elements. The rotating section rotates about a center and presents an image. A sensor detects an object, and a display controller controls presentation of the image based at least in part on detection of an object by the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsuhisa Ito, Naoya Eguchi, Hiroki Kikuchi, Shinichiro Tajiri, Izushi Kobayashi, Hiroaki Yasunaga
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Publication number: 20140307232Abstract: There is provided a projection-type display device including an excitation light source configured to emit excitation light, a fluorescent member configured to emit fluorescent light when the excitation light from the excitation light source is condensed, a heat sink connected to the excitation light source, a single air blowing fan configured to cool the heat sink and the fluorescent member together, and an excitation light source control unit configured to control an output of the excitation light source, depending on a luminance level of an external video signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa Sato, Izushi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8854439Abstract: A stereoscopic picture is viewable from all directions with high reproducibility without complicating a stereoscopic display mechanism, compared to related art. A cylindrical rotation section 104 rotating around a rotation shaft as a rotation center, a two-dimensional light-emitting element array 101 mounted in the rotation section and having a light-emission surface formed of a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a matrix, and a slit 102 arranged in a circumferential surface of the rotation section in a position facing the light-emission surface are included. As the two-dimensional light-emitting element array 101, a two-dimensional light-emitting element array including a curved portion with a concave surface which is formed as a light-emission surface is used. The plurality of light-emitting elements emit light, which corresponds to orientation of the light-emission surface, to outside of the rotation section through the slit 102.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsuhisa Ito, Naoya Eguchi, Hiroki Kikuchi, Shinichiro Tajiri, Izushi Kobayashi, Hiroaki Yasunaga
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Publication number: 20140291709Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a plurality of light emitting sections. The first substrate includes a first surface and a second surface which faces the first surface. The second substrate is arranged to face the first substrate, and is configured with a first surface which faces the second surface of the first substrate, and a second surface which faces the first surface. The plurality of light emitting sections is provided on the second surface of the first substrate while being separated from the second substrate. A light transmission suppression layer on which a light transmission section to transmit light from light emitting sections is provided is formed on the second surface of the second substrate in correspondence to each light emitting section. An anti-reflection layer is formed in the light transmission section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsuhiro Tomoda, Toshiya Takagishi, Izushi Kobayashi, Masaru Fujii, Hiroshi Terahara, Masato Doi, Hisashi Kadota
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Patent number: 8827479Abstract: There is provided a display device including a light-emitting element package, in which a plurality of light-emitting elements emitting light of different colors are arranged vertically and horizontally, is disposed on a base substrate having a plane shape in a vertical direction and an arc shape in a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Hisao Sakurai, Hiroyuki Yanagisawa, Hisaharu Katou, Shigeru Teshigahara
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Patent number: 8829547Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting chip arranged on a substrate; a resin lens which covers the light emitting chip and focuses irradiation light from the light emitting chip; a mask which covers a region of an upper layer surface of the substrate, other than the resin lens; and a low surface tension film formed on a region of the upper layer surface of the substrate, other than in the proximity of the light emitting chip.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Katsuhisa Ito, Hiroki Kikuchi, Yukitoyo Ohshima
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Patent number: 8820977Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting chip arranged on a substrate; and a resin lens formed to cover the light emitting chip, wherein the center of the light emitting chip and the center of the resin lens are offset so that the centers do not match each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Katsuhisa Ito, Hiroki Kikuchi, Yukitoyo Ohshima
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Patent number: 8787005Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a cylindrical casing which is rotatably driven; and a plurality of curve-arranged displays which are installed inside the casing and have the same number as a plurality of slits formed in the casing, wherein each curve-arranged display has an L-shaped or inverted L-shaped cross-section, and short sides of a plurality of display device substrates in which a display device is installed on the short side of the L shape or the inverted L shape are arranged in the form of an arc.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Katsuhisa Ito, Hiroki Kikuchi, Yukitoyo Ohshima
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Patent number: 8749324Abstract: The present disclosure provides a signal transmission apparatus for transmitting a signal to a signal processing section provided inside a rotated rotary body, the signal transmission apparatus including: a waveguide tube provided on the rotating shaft of the rotary body; a signal transmitting section provided outside the rotary body to serve as a section for transmitting the signal through the waveguide tube; a signal receiving section provided inside the rotary body to serve as a section for receiving the signal transmitted by the signal transmitting section through the waveguide tube and supplying the signal to the signal processing section; a slip ring rotated along with the rotary body around the waveguide tube serving as a rotation axis; and a power supplying section provided outside the rotary body to serve as a section for supplying power to the signal processing section through the slip ring.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hisao Sakurai, Katsuhisa Ito, Izushi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8695246Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a cylindrical casing which is rotatably driven; and a plurality of curve-arranged displays which are installed inside the casing and have the same number as a plurality of slits formed in the casing, wherein the curve-arranged displays include a light housing which is an approximately semi-cylindrical column having a hollow structure, and a plurality of display device substrates installed on an arc-shaped side surface of the approximately semi-cylindrical column of the light housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Katsuhisa Ito, Hiroki Kikuchi, Yukitoyo Ohshima
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Patent number: 8539701Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a cylindrical casing which is rotatably driven; and a plurality of curve-arranged displays which are installed inside the casing and have the same number as a plurality of slits formed in the casing, wherein the curve-arranged displays include a light housing which is an approximately semi-cylindrical column having a hollow structure, and a plurality of display device substrates installed on an arc-shaped side surface of the approximately semi-cylindrical column of the light housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Katsuhisa Ito, Hiroki Kikuchi, Yukitoyo Ohshima
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Publication number: 20130010357Abstract: Provided is a display device including a housing whose side surface has one or more slits, and a display that is mounted in the housing and has a substantially arc shape, wherein an image displayed on the display is visually recognized beyond the slit when the housing rotates, and a curvature of the display having the substantially arc shape is formed so that stray light resulting from a specular reflection does not occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Yanagisawa, Hiroki Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20130010462Abstract: There is provided a display device including a light-emitting element package, in which a plurality of light-emitting elements emitting light of different colors are arranged vertically and horizontally, is disposed on a base substrate having a plane shape in a vertical direction and an arc shape in a horizontal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: IZUSHI KOBAYASHI, HISAO SAKURAI, HIROYUKI YANAGISAWA, HISAHARU KATOU, SHIGERU TESHIGAHARA
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Publication number: 20120092093Abstract: The present disclosure provides a signal transmission apparatus for transmitting a signal to a signal processing section provided inside a rotated rotary body, the signal transmission apparatus including: a waveguide tube provided on the rotating shaft of the rotary body; a signal transmitting section provided outside the rotary body to serve as a section for transmitting the signal through the waveguide tube; a signal receiving section provided inside the rotary body to serve as a section for receiving the signal transmitted by the signal transmitting section through the waveguide tube and supplying the signal to the signal processing section; a slip ring rotated along with the rotary body around the waveguide tube serving as a rotation axis; and a power supplying section provided outside the rotary body to serve as a section for supplying power to the signal processing section through the slip ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hisao Sakurai, Katsuhisa Ito, Izushi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20120008317Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a plurality of displays in which a plurality of light emitting devices which emit irradiation light of one of an R component, a G component, and a B component are arrayed, wherein with reference to arbitrary 3×3 light emitting devices among the arrayed light emitting devices, the color components of the light emitting devices arrayed in the longitudinal direction are different from each other and the color components of the light emitting devices arrayed in the transverse direction are the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Katsuhisa Ito, Hiroki Kikuchi, Yukitoyo Ohshima
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Publication number: 20120008262Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a cylindrical casing which is rotatably driven; and a plurality of curve-arranged displays which are installed inside the casing and have the same number as a plurality of slits formed in the casing, wherein each curve-arranged display has an L-shaped or inverted L-shaped cross-section, and short sides of a plurality of display device substrates in which a display device is installed on the short side of the L shape or the inverted L shape are arranged in the form of an arc.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Katsuhisa Ito, Hiroki Kikuchi, Yukitoyo Ohshima
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Publication number: 20120008328Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting chip arranged on a substrate; and a resin lens formed to cover the light emitting chip, wherein the center of the light emitting chip and the center of the resin lens are offset so that the centers do not match each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Katsuhisa Ito, Hiroki Kikuchi, Yukitoyo Ohshima
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Publication number: 20120007108Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting chip arranged on a substrate; a resin lens which covers the light emitting chip and focuses irradiation light from the light emitting chip; a mask which covers a region of an upper layer surface of the substrate, other than the resin lens; and a low surface tension film formed on a region of the upper layer surface of the substrate, other than in the proximity of the light emitting chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Katsuhisa Ito, Hiroki Kikuchi, Yukitoyo Ohshima
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Publication number: 20120008204Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a cylindrical casing which is rotatably driven; and a plurality of curve-arranged displays which are installed inside the casing and have the same number as a plurality of slits formed in the casing, wherein the curve-arranged displays include a light housing which is an approximately semi-cylindrical column having a hollow structure, and a plurality of display device substrates installed on an arc-shaped side surface of the approximately semi-cylindrical column of the light housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Izushi Kobayashi, Katsuhisa Ito, Hiroki Kikuchi, Yukitoyo Ohshima
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Publication number: 20110234772Abstract: A stereoscopic picture is viewable from all directions with high reproducibility without complicating a stereoscopic display mechanism, compared to related art. A cylindrical rotation section 104 rotating around a rotation shaft as a rotation center, a two-dimensional light-emitting element array 101 mounted in the rotation section and having a light-emission surface formed of a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a matrix, and a slit 102 arranged in a circumferential surface of the rotation section in a position facing the light-emission surface are included. As the two-dimensional light-emitting element array 101, a two-dimensional light-emitting element array including a curved portion with a concave surface which is formed as a light-emission surface is used. The plurality of light-emitting elements emit light, which corresponds to orientation of the light-emission surface, to outside of the rotation section through the slit 102.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhisa Ito, Naoya Eguchi, Hiroki Kikuchi, Shinichiro Tajiri, Izushi Kobayashi, Hiroaki Yasunaga