Patents by Inventor Jo Kinoshita

Jo Kinoshita 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: 20240079539
    Abstract: A light emitting device has a substrate having a rectangular planar shape, one or a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on the substrate, a dam resin having a frame-like planar shape, arranged so as to surround the light emitting element, and having an inclined surface whose height increases as its distance from the light emitting element increases, and a seal resin arranged in an area surrounded by the dam resin and which seals the light emitting element, and the dam resin has a protruding portion extending and protruding from at least one side toward the opposite side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jo KINOSHITA, Shiori KOIKE
  • Patent number: 11855244
    Abstract: A light emitting device has a substrate having a rectangular planar shape, one or a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on the substrate, a dam resin having a frame-like planar shape, arranged so as to surround the light emitting element, and having an inclined surface whose height increases as its distance from the light emitting element increases, and a seal resin arranged in an area surrounded by the dam resin and which seals the light emitting element, and the dam resin has a protruding portion extending and protruding from at least one side toward the opposite side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd., Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jo Kinoshita, Shiori Koike
  • Publication number: 20230395764
    Abstract: A light emitting device has a substrate having a rectangular planar shape, one or a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on the substrate, a dam resin having a frame-like planar shape, arranged so as to surround the light emitting element, and having an inclined surface whose height increases as its distance from the light emitting element increases, and a seal resin arranged in an area surrounded by the dam resin and which seals the light emitting element, and the dam resin has a protruding portion extending and protruding from at least one side toward the opposite side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jo KINOSHITA, Shiori KOIKE
  • Patent number: 11003052
    Abstract: A mobile device including: at least an imaging element; and a light-emitting device that irradiates a subject in accordance with imaging of the imaging element, in which the light-emitting device includes a semiconductor light-emitting element, and the difference of the normalized spectral power distribution at a wavelength of 580 nm and a value B representing a difference between normalized spectral power distributions in a wavelength range from 540 nm to 610 nm and a wavelength range from 610 nm to 680 nm are appropriate values. By providing a wavelength control element, it is possible to improve the color reproducibility and the like of a captured image. The mobile device achieves both sensitivity improvement and color reproducibility in a trade-off relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jo Kinoshita, Yuki Suto, Munetaka Itami, Kouichi Fukasawa, Makoto Arai
  • Publication number: 20190243215
    Abstract: A mobile device including: at least an imaging element; and a light-emitting device that irradiates a subject in accordance with imaging of the imaging element, in which the light-emitting device includes a semiconductor light-emitting element, and the difference of the normalized spectral power distribution at a wavelength of 580 nm and a value B representing a difference between normalized spectral power distributions in a wavelength range from 540 nm to 610 nm and a wavelength range from 610 nm to 680 nm are appropriate values. By providing a wavelength control element, it is possible to improve the color reproducibility and the like of a captured image. The mobile device achieves both sensitivity improvement and color reproducibility in a trade-off relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jo KINOSHITA, Yuki SUTO, Munetaka ITAMI, Kouichi FUKASAWA, Makoto ARAI
  • Patent number: 8841684
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a circuit substrate including at least a pair of electrodes, an LED element electrically mounted on the circuit substrate, a phosphor plate disposed on an upper surface of the LED element, a diffuser plate disposed on an upper surface of the phosphor plate, and a white resin disposed on an upper surface of the circuit substrate and covering a peripheral side surface of the LED element, a peripheral side surface of the phosphor plate, and a peripheral side surface of the diffuser plate. The present invention makes it possible to obtain a planar light-emitting surface even with a plurality of LEDs, and also, a problem of color-ring occurrence caused by a phosphor may be less represented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd., Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Ishihara, Jo Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20130001605
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a circuit substrate including at least a pair of electrodes, an LED element electrically mounted on the circuit substrate, a phosphor plate disposed on an upper surface of the LED element, a diffuser plate disposed on an upper surface of the phosphor plate, and a white resin disposed on an upper surface of the circuit substrate and covering a peripheral side surface of the LED element, a peripheral side surface of the phosphor plate, and a peripheral side surface of the diffuser plate. The present invention makes it possible to obtain a planar light-emitting surface even with a plurality of LEDs, and also, a problem of color-ring occurrence caused by a phosphor may be less represented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya ISHIHARA, Jo Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8044378
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a photo interrupter includes forming a frame including a first frame part and a second frame part which are disposed at an interval to be facing each other, mounting at least one light-emitting element on a first board and attaching the first board to the first frame part of the frame, mounting a light-receiving element on a second board and attaching the second board to the second frame part of the frame, the light-receiving element being mounted on the second board to be facing the light-emitting element so that the light-receiving element receives light emitted from the light-emitting element, and providing a positioning member on the frame by integrally forming the positioning member with the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jo Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20100032592
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a photo interrupter includes forming a frame including a first frame part and a second frame part which are disposed at an interval to be facing each other, mounting at least one light-emitting element on a first board and attaching the first board to the first frame part of the frame, mounting a light-receiving element on a second board and attaching the second board to the second frame part of the frame, the light-receiving element being mounted on the second board to be facing the light-emitting element so that the light-receiving element receives light emitted from the light-emitting element, and providing a positioning member on the frame by integrally forming the positioning member with the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jo KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20050271375
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus, comprising a holder having a solid-state image sensor, a lens barrel rotatably engaged with the holder and having an optical device for focusing an image on the solid-state image sensor's acceptance surface, and a focus-adjusting device provided between the lens barrel and the holder, the focus-adjusting device including a cam mechanism capable of changing a distance between the optical device and the solid-state image sensor in response to relative rotation between the holder and the lens barrel, the cam mechanism including plural pairs of controlling parts having a plurality of bearing surfaces disposed on one of the lens barrel and the holder to space out peripherally and projecting in an optical direction of the optical device, and a plurality of receiving surfaces disposed peripherally on the other of the lens barrel and the holder to be positioned at equal intervals, projecting in the optical direction of the optical device and contactable with each of the bearing surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: Citizen Electronics Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Kozo Watanabe, Jo Kinoshita
  • Patent number: D614586
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jo Kinoshita
  • Patent number: D625272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jo Kinoshita