Patents by Inventor Junichi Kinomoto

Junichi Kinomoto 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: 9577160
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element emitting blue light, a green phosphor emitting green light when being excited by the blue light, and a red phosphor emitting red light when being excited by the blue light. An emission spectral peak wavelength of the green light emitted by the green phosphor is greater than or equal to 520 nm and less than or equal to 540 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Yoshimura, Tatsuya Ryohwa, Makoto Izumi, Junichi Kinomoto
  • Publication number: 20160315230
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element emitting blue light, a green phosphor emitting green light when being excited by the blue light, and a red phosphor emitting red light when being excited by the blue light. An emission spectral peak wavelength of the green light emitted by the green phosphor is greater than or equal to 520 nm and less than or equal to 540 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi Yoshimura, Tatsuya Ryohwa, Makoto Izumi, Junichi Kinomoto
  • Patent number: 8882299
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wavelength conversion member that is provided with: a light transmissive member including a light input plane into which excitation light is inputted, and a light output plane from which wavelength converted light is outputted; and a semiconductor fine particle phosphor, which is dispersed in the light transmissive member, and which absorbs the excitation light, converts the wavelength, and emits light. The dispersion concentration of the semiconductor fine particle phosphor in the direction parallel to the light traveling direction, i.e., the direction connecting the light input plane and the light output plane, is lower than the dispersion concentration of the semiconductor fine particle phosphor in the direction orthogonal to the light traveling direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Kinomoto, Tatsuya Ryowa
  • Patent number: 8465171
    Abstract: A headlamp is provided, which has lower power consumption, a longer service life and a more compact size and yet is capable of easily projecting visible light and near infrared light in desired light distribution patterns. The headlamp includes a wavelength converting member and an excitation light source. The wavelength converting member includes a visible light fluorescent material which is excited by excitation light emitted from the excitation light source to emit visible light, and a near infrared fluorescent material which is excited by the excitation light emitted from the excitation light source to emit near infrared light. The visible light and the excitation light are mixed together to generate white light. The excitation light source is a semiconductor solid-state element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kishimoto, Junichi Kinomoto
  • Publication number: 20120320607
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wavelength conversion member that is provided with: a light transmissive member including a light input plane into which excitation light is inputted, and a light output plane from which wavelength converted light is outputted; and a semiconductor fine particle phosphor, which is dispersed in the light transmissive member, and which absorbs the excitation light, converts the wavelength, and emits light. The dispersion concentration of the semiconductor fine particle phosphor in the direction parallel to the light traveling direction, i.e., the direction connecting the light input plane and the light output plane, is lower than the dispersion concentration of the semiconductor fine particle phosphor in the direction orthogonal to the light traveling direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Kinomoto, Tatsuya Ryowa
  • Patent number: 8288783
    Abstract: By a light emitting device including a light emitting element, and a semiconductor phosphor microparticle having a core/shell structure having a shell part absorbing at least a part of the light emitted by the light emitting element, and an image display device including a light emitting element, and a semiconductor phosphor microparticle having a core/shell structure having a shell part that absorbs at least a part of the light emitted by the light emitting element, a light emitting device and an image display device having high luminous efficiency are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Junichi Kinomoto
  • Publication number: 20110101387
    Abstract: By a light emitting device including a light emitting element, and a semiconductor phosphor microparticle having a core/shell structure having a shell part absorbing at least a part of the light emitted by the light emitting element, and an image display device including a light emitting element, and a semiconductor phosphor microparticle having a core/shell structure having a shell part that absorbs at least a part of the light emitted by the light emitting element, a light emitting device and an image display device having high luminous efficiency are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Junichi KINOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100163798
    Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle phosphor includes a nanoparticle core composed of a group-XIII and -XV semiconductor, a first shell for coating the nanoparticle core, and a second shell for coating the first shell, a difference in a lattice constant between the nanoparticle core and the second shell being smaller than a difference in the lattice constant between the nanoparticle core and the first shell, or the first shell being smaller in the lattice constant than the nanoparticle core and the second shell being greater in the lattice constant than the nanoparticle core, or the first shell being greater in the lattice constant than the nanoparticle core and the second shell being smaller in the lattice constant than the nanoparticle core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ryowa, Junichi Kinomoto
  • Publication number: 20100140641
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting apparatus including a semiconductor light emitting device, a green phosphor emitting green light and a red phosphor emitting red light is provided. The green phosphor is a rare earth activated inorganic phosphor, and the red phosphor is a semiconductor particle phosphor. The minimum among respective differences between respective wavelengths at local minima of an absorption spectrum of the red phosphor and the peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the green phosphor is not more than 25 nm. An image display including the semiconductor light emitting apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Junichi Kinomoto, Kenichi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20090231874
    Abstract: A headlamp is provided, which has lower power consumption, a longer service life and a more compact size and yet is capable of easily projecting visible light and near infrared light in desired light distribution patterns. The headlamp includes a wavelength converting member and an excitation light source. The wavelength converting member includes a visible light fluorescent material which is excited by excitation light emitted from the excitation light source to emit visible light, and a near infrared fluorescent material which is excited by the excitation light emitted from the excitation light source to emit near infrared light. The visible light and the excitation light are mixed together to generate white light. The excitation light source is a semiconductor solid-state element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kishimoto, Junichi Kinomoto
  • Publication number: 20090224177
    Abstract: A color conversion member of a high efficiency achieved by restraining fluorescence emitted from a certain phosphor from being absorbed again by another different phosphor, as well as a light emitting apparatus including the color conversion member are provided. The color conversion member includes N light transmissive members each containing a different one of N different phosphors illuminated with excitation light to emit fluorescence in a visible wavelength region, and the N light transmissive members are stacked in order (N is a natural number of not less than two). The color conversion member is designed in such a manner that the refractive index increases in the thickness direction while the fluorescence wavelength decreases in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi KINOMOTO, Hajime SAITO