Patents by Inventor Kaoru Kusafuka

Kaoru Kusafuka 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: 20200228791
    Abstract: A three-dimensional projection apparatus includes a display including a display surface having a plurality of subpixels arranged in a grid along a first direction and a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, an optical element configured to define a light beam direction of an image light emitted from the subpixels for each strip-shaped region of a plurality of strip-shaped regions extending in the second direction on the display surface, an optical member configured to project the image light, the light beam direction of which is defined by the optical element, so that a virtual image of the display surface is formed, and a controller configured to acquire information related to a position of an eye of a subject and to correct, in accordance with the position of the eye, the optical element and an image to be displayed by the display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Shin MIURA, Yusuke HAYASHI, Satoshi KAWAJI
  • Publication number: 20200159015
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus includes a display surface, an optical element, and a controller. The display surface includes a plurality of subpixels arranged in a grid pattern along a first direction corresponding to a direction in which user's eyes are aligned and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The optical element defines a beam direction of light emitted by the display surface for each of a plurality of strip-shaped regions that extends in a direction on the display surface at a predetermined angle other than 0 degrees with respect to the second direction. The controller is configured to cause the display surface to display an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru KUSAFUKA
  • Publication number: 20200150431
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus 1 includes a projection light emission unit 10, a first optical element 21, a second optical element 22, and an optical system 23. The projection light emission unit 10 has a display surface 12 in which a first region and a second region are arranged in an x direction. The first optical element 21 reflects first projection light from the first region. The second optical element 22 reflects the first projection light reflected by the first optical element 21 and transmits second projection light from the second region. The optical system 23 projects the first projection light reflected by the second optical element 22 and the second projection light transmitted by the second optical element 22 into a field of view of a user. The first direction corresponds to a direction in which both eyes are aligned when the first projection light and the second projection light are projected into the field of view of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru KUSAFUKA
  • Publication number: 20200132993
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus includes a display panel and an optical element. The display panel includes a display surface. The display surface extends in a first direction, extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first direction corresponds to a parallax direction of user's eyes seeing an image. The display surface curves around a central axis extending in the second direction. The display surface includes subpixels arranged in a grid pattern in the first direction and the second direction within the display surface. The optical element is arranged along the display surface, and the optical element includes strip-shaped regions, each of which extends in a certain direction. The optical element is configured to define a beam direction of image light emitted from the subpixels. The display surface forms an arc in a cross-section that is orthogonal to the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru KUSAFUKA
  • Publication number: 20200074896
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes a display configured to display an image, a first optical member, at least one second optical member configured to project the image onto the first optical member and make a virtual image of the image visible to a subject, and a controller configured to dynamically correct the image in accordance with a position of both eyes of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Yusuke HAYASHI, Satoshi KAWAJI, Shin MIURA
  • Publication number: 20200053352
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus 3 includes a display surface 51, an optical element, and a controller 7. The display surface 51 is formed as a curved surface. The curved surface does not have curvature in a first direction. The curved surface has curvature in a plane orthogonal to the first direction. The display surface 51 includes subpixels arranged in a grid pattern along the first direction and a direction, which is orthogonal to the first direction, in the display surface. The optical element is arranged to follow the curved surface. The optical element is configured to define a beam direction of optical light emitted from the subpixels for each of strip-shaped regions extending in a certain direction in a surface following the curved surface. The controller 7 is configured to acquire a position of a user's eye and change an image displayed by each of subpixels based on the display surface, the optical element, and the position of the user's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru KUSAFUKA
  • Publication number: 20200049991
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display element, an optical element, a projection optical system, a driver, and a controller. The display element includes a display surface having subpixels arranged in a grid pattern along a first direction and a second direction approximately orthogonal to the first direction. The optical element is configured to define a beam direction of image light emitted from the subpixels in each of strip-shaped regions that extend in the second direction on the display surface. The projection optical system is configured to project image light having the beam direction defined by the optical element to form a virtual image of the display surface. The driver is configured to displace the optical element. The controller is configured to displace the optical element using the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru KUSAFUKA
  • Publication number: 20190377177
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus 3 comprises a display panel 5 (display element) and a parallax barrier 6 (optical element). The display panel 5 displays a left-eye image and a right-eye image respectively in first subpixels 11L and second subpixels 11R. The parallax barrier 6 transmits at least part of the left-eye image toward the left eye, and at least part of the right-eye image toward the right eye. A first sertain number of the first subpixels 11L and of the second subpixels 11R are each successively arranged in each column. A region in which the first subpixels 11L are arranged and a region in which the second subpixels 11R are arranged are displaced from each other by a second sertain number between two adjacent columns. The first sertain number is greater than the second sertain number and is not a multiple of the second sertain number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicants: OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY, KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hideya TAKAHASHI, Goro HAMAGISHI, Kaoru KUSAFUKA
  • Patent number: 10453426
    Abstract: A vehicular head-up display apparatus comprises a light source apparatus, a display panel, an optical member, and a controller. The display panel is configured to change illumination light from the light source apparatus into display light on a display surface. The optical member is configured to guide the display light from the display panel to a certain space. The display surface includes a first luminance area displayable at a first luminance, and a second luminance area displayable at a second luminance which is lower in luminance than the first luminance. The controller is configured to selectively display information in the first luminance area and the second luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kawaji, Yusuke Hayashi, Kaoru Kusafuka
  • Publication number: 20190187468
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes a first transmissive member having a first face where light enters, a liquid crystal layer, and a second transmissive member having a second face where at least a part of light having passed through the first transmissive member and the liquid crystal layer exits. The second face is inclined relative to the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Yusuke HAYASHI, Satoshi KAWAJI
  • Publication number: 20190129167
    Abstract: A vehicle display apparatus of the present disclosure includes a display and a reflective member. The reflective member reflects display light from the display. The display causes the display light to be incident on the reflective member as S polarized light. The reflective member is located along an incident light path of the display light from the display to a reflecting surface of a windshield of a vehicle or along a transmitted light path of transmitted light transmitted by the reflecting surface. The reflective member reflects linearly polarized incident light as circularly polarized reflected light. The vehicle display apparatus guides display light reflected at the reflective member and at the windshield to an eye box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Satoshi KAWAJI
  • Publication number: 20190129169
    Abstract: A display device and a vehicle head-up display apparatus of the present disclosure include a substrate, light source devices, a transmission-type display panel, and an illumination optical system. The light source devices are disposed on the substrate. The illumination optical system guides illumination light from the light source devices to the display panel. The illumination optical system includes a first reflector, a quarter-wave plate, and a reflective polarizer. The first reflector is disposed at a different position on the substrate than the light source devices. The quarter-wave plate is disposed between the first reflector and the display panel. The reflective polarizer is disposed between the quarter-wave plate and the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Yusuke HAYASHI, Satoshi KAWAJI
  • Publication number: 20190004313
    Abstract: A vehicular head-up display system comprises a display panel, a semi-transmissive plate, a chromaticity acquisition unit, and a controller. The display panel has a display surface for displaying an image. The semi-transmissive plate is configured to reflect display light from the display surface and guide the light to a certain space. The chromaticity acquisition unit is configured to acquire the chromaticity of a background superimposed on a virtual image of the display surface, wherein the virtual image is to be visually recognized by an operator positioned in the certain space. The controller is configured to calculate the chromaticity of a composite display surface combining the display surface and the background, and control the chromaticity of the display surface such that a chromaticity difference between the chromaticity of the background and the chromaticity of the composite display surface is equal to or more than a certain value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Yusuke HAYASHI, Satoshi KAWAJI
  • Publication number: 20190004314
    Abstract: A head-up display for a vehicle includes a light source, a display panel, and an illumination optical system. The display panel is of a transmissive type. The illumination optical system guides illumination light from the light source to the display panel. The illumination optical system includes a lens module. The lens module includes one or more lenses positioned on an optical axis of the illumination light. The light source is configured to emit the illumination light in which beams forming a larger angle with respect to the optical axis have lower brightness. The lens module has an optical property whereby, in the illumination light beams which form a larger angle with respect to the optical axis are transmitted with increased density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke HAYASHI, Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Satoshi KAWAJI
  • Publication number: 20190005921
    Abstract: A vehicular head-up display apparatus comprises a light source apparatus, a display panel, an optical member, and a controller. The display panel is configured to change illumination light from the light source apparatus into display light on a display surface. The optical member is configured to guide the display light from the display panel to a certain space. The display surface includes a first luminance area displayable at a first luminance, and a second luminance area displayable at a second luminance which is lower in luminance than the first luminance. The controller is configured to selectively display information in the first luminance area and the second luminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi KAWAJI, Yusuke HAYASHI, Kaoru KUSAFUKA
  • Publication number: 20180341108
    Abstract: A display apparatus allows a user to visually recognize a virtual image. The virtual image has luminance characteristics according to which a dependence of luminance on viewing angle changes along a certain direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Yusuke HAYASHI, Satoshi KAWAJI
  • Publication number: 20160370776
    Abstract: An energy management apparatus comprises: a receiver configured to receive a first charge information and a second charge information, a memory configured to store information on controlling an operation of an electrical appliance provided in a user's facility, and a processor configured to execute the operation of the electrical appliance based on the information stored in the memory. The processor executes the operation of the electrical appliance based on the second charge information if the second charge information has been received. The processor executes the operation of the electrical appliance based on the first charge information if the second charge information has not been received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuya Kiuchi, Kaoru Kusafuka, Tadayuki Watanabe, Kazumasa Shichiri, Akinori Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 9190873
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control system (10) provided with: a generation apparatus (220) for generating control information that is information based on demand and supply of power generated at a power plant (210), and that is to be used for controlling power at the location of consumers (301) of electric power to whom power generated at the power plant (210); and a correction apparatus (100a) for correcting the control information, taking into consideration either a distributed power supply or a storage battery that can supply power to a consumer group (300a) of electric power. Power control is executed at the location of the consumers who comprise the consumer group (300a) of electric power, using the corrected control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Kiuchi, Kaoru Kusafuka, Tadayuki Watanabe, Kazumasa Shichiri, Akinori Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 9070324
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a light emitting unit that emits light by current flowing through the light emitting unit; and a driver unit that includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The driver unit has a characteristic that an absolute value of a current flowing through the second terminal increases with a potential of the first terminal to the second terminal, and controls light emission of the light emitting unit based on a potential difference between the first terminal and the second terminal. The image display apparatus also includes a control unit that controls the potential of the first terminal to the second terminal of the driver unit to a value lower than a threshold voltage of the driver unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Kusafuka, Shinji Takasugi, Taro Hasumi
  • Patent number: 9013373
    Abstract: An image display device comprises a light emitting element; a driver which has a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, and which controls the current flowing between the first terminal and the second terminal by the voltage between the control terminal and the first terminal, to control the light emission of the light emitting element; a first capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being connected directly or indirectly to the control terminal of the driver, the second electrode being connected directly or indirectly to a signal line supplying the potential corresponding to an image data; and a second capacitor connected electrically in series to the first capacitor during a writing period while the image data is written to the first capacitor through the signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Takasugi, Kaoru Kusafuka