Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Yoneda

Kazuhiro Yoneda 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: 11568812
    Abstract: A display device includes: a luminance converter which converts input gradation value into a corresponding target luminance value; a luminance correction calculator which calculates output gradation value from the target luminance value and calculates a corrected luminance value from the output gradation value, using an efficiency residual ratio which is an index representing the light-emitting element deterioration degree; a current stress calculator which converts current stress amount on the light-emitting element calculated from the corrected luminance value into current stress amount when reference current flows through the light-emitting element, and calculates the accumulated current stress amount; a temperature stress calculator which converts temperature stress amount on the light-emitting element under environmental temperature into temperature stress amount on the light-emitting element under reference temperature, and calculates the accumulated current stress amount; and an efficiency residual rat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Eiji Iwauchi, Kazuki Sawa, Kazuhiro Yoneda
  • Patent number: 11555926
    Abstract: An optical device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a light source in which a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged at a predetermined distance, an optical system configured to convert light beams from the plurality of light emitting elements into line light beams, and a light deflection element configured to deflect each of the line light beams. Each of the line light beams is caused to be incident on the light deflection element such that a longitudinal direction of each of the light beams is aligned with a direction of a rotating axis of the light deflection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Fukuoka, Yoshihiko Miki, Kazuhiro Yoneda, Toshiyuki Ikeoh
  • Patent number: 11531208
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light source includes a plurality of light-emitting elements each including one or more surface-emitting lasers; and a plurality of detecting elements located on a same substrate as the light-emitting elements. The detecting elements individually detect quantities of output light of the light-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoneda, Yoshihiko Miki, Naoki Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 11527867
    Abstract: A plurality of surface emitting lasers are formed on the single surface emitting laser element. The plurality of surface emitting lasers have respective emission wavelengths selected from wavelengths satisfying condition of: 0<?1??s?5.36×10?5?c2?×5.83×10?2?c+32.4 where a first emission wavelength is ?1 [nm], a second emission wavelength shorter than the first emission wavelength is ?s [nm], and a middle wavelength between the first emission wavelength and the second emission wavelength is ?c [nm]. At least one of the plurality of surface emitting lasers has an emission wavelength different from an emission wavelength of another surface emitting laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nagasawa, Yoshihiko Miki, Kazuhiro Yoneda, Naoki Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 11469389
    Abstract: A display panel including a power supplying auxiliary electrode above the substrate in at least one gap among gaps between pixel electrodes in row and column directions, not in contact with the pixel electrodes, extending in the row and/or column direction. An intermediate layer is on or above light-emitting layers and the auxiliary electrode, and includes a fluoride of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. A functional layer is on or above the intermediate layer, and includes an organic material that facilitates electron transport and/or facilitates electron injection and a rare earth metal dopant. A counter electrode is on or above the functional layer. Further, 1?x?3, 20?y?40, and y?10x+10, where x is film thickness of the intermediate layer in nanometers, and y is percentage by weight of the rare earth metal dopant in the functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoneda, Takahiro Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11450278
    Abstract: A display device includes: a luminance converter which converts input gradation value into a corresponding target luminance value; a luminance correction calculator which calculates output gradation value from the target luminance value using efficiency residual ratio representing a deterioration degree of a light-emitting element, and calculates a corrected luminance value therefrom; a current stress calculator which converts current stress amount on a light-emitting element calculated from the corrected luminance value into current stress amount when first reference current flows through the light-emitting element, and accumulates this to calculate an accumulated first stress amount; a CB stress calculator which converts CB stress amount on the light-emitting element into current stress amount when second reference current flows through the light-emitting element, and accumulates this to calculate an accumulated second stress amount; and an efficiency residual ratio calculator which updates the efficiency r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Eiji Iwauchi, Kazuki Sawa, Kazuhiro Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20220076626
    Abstract: A display device includes: a luminance converter which converts input gradation value into a corresponding target luminance value; a luminance correction calculator which calculates output gradation value from the target luminance value using efficiency residual ratio representing a deterioration degree of a light-emitting element, and calculates a corrected luminance value therefrom; a current stress calculator which converts current stress amount on a light-emitting element calculated from the corrected luminance value into current stress amount when first reference current flows through the light-emitting element, and accumulates this to calculate an accumulated first stress amount; a CB stress calculator which converts CB stress amount on the light-emitting element into current stress amount when second reference current flows through the light-emitting element, and accumulates this to calculate an accumulated second stress amount; and an efficiency residual ratio calculator which updates the efficiency r
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Eiji IWAUCHI, Kazuki SAWA, Kazuhiro YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20220068204
    Abstract: A display device includes: a luminance converter which converts input gradation value into a corresponding target luminance value; a luminance correction calculator which calculates output gradation value from the target luminance value and calculates a corrected luminance value from the output gradation value, using an efficiency residual ratio which is an index representing the light-emitting element deterioration degree; a current stress calculator which converts current stress amount on the light-emitting element calculated from the corrected luminance value into current stress amount when reference current flows through the light-emitting element, and calculates the accumulated current stress amount; a temperature stress calculator which converts temperature stress amount on the light-emitting element under environmental temperature into temperature stress amount on the light-emitting element under reference temperature, and calculates the accumulated current stress amount; and an efficiency residual rat
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Eiji IWAUCHI, Kazuki SAWA, Kazuhiro YONEDA
  • Patent number: 11245085
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self light-emitting element including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer disposed above the first electrode, a function layer disposed above the light-emitting layer, and doped with a metal, and a second electrode disposed above the function layer, in which the function layer has a multilayer structure of at least three layers including an uppermost layer, a lowermost layer, and an intermediate layer between the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer, and the intermediate layer is doped with the metal at a lower concentration than the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tsujimura, Kazuhiro Yokota, Hideyuki Shirahase, Kazuhiro Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20210291435
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus includes an irradiation device configured to irradiate an object with light; an imaging device configured to capture an image of the object irradiated with the light and generate captured image data; and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to measure the object based on the captured image data generated by the imaging device; and adjust, with a moving mechanism, relative positions among the object, the irradiation device, and the imaging device in response to a determination that the captured image data includes a region satisfying a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki FUKUOKA, Yoshihiko MIKI, Kazuhiro YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20210151709
    Abstract: A display panel including a power supplying auxiliary electrode above the substrate in at least one gap among gaps between pixel electrodes in row and column directions, not in contact with the pixel electrodes, extending in the row and/or column direction. An intermediate layer is on or above light-emitting layers and the auxiliary electrode, and includes a fluoride of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. A functional layer is on or above the intermediate layer, and includes an organic material that facilitates electron transport and/or facilitates electron injection and a rare earth metal dopant. A counter electrode is on or above the functional layer. Further, 1?x?3, 20?y?40, and y?10x+10, where x is film thickness of the intermediate layer in nanometers, and y is percentage by weight of the rare earth metal dopant in the functional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: JOLED Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YONEDA, Takahiro KOMATSU
  • Patent number: 10892429
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent (EL) element includes: a first electrode; an interlayer formed above the first electrode; an organic light-emitting layer formed using the interlayer as a foundation; and a second electrode formed above the organic light-emitting layer. The organic light-emitting layer contains at least a host material and a dopant material. The interlayer is formed using a material which has an energy gap larger than an energy gap of the dopant material and a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level deeper than a HOMO level of the dopant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoneda, Noriyuki Matsusue
  • Patent number: 10840468
    Abstract: An organic EL element includes: an anode; a light-emitting layer that is disposed above the anode; a first interlayer that is disposed on the light-emitting layer; a second interlayer that is disposed on the first interlayer; a functional layer that is disposed on the second interlayer; and a cathode that is disposed above the functional layer. The first interlayer includes a fluorine compound including a first metal that is an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal. The second interlayer includes a second metal that has a property of cleaving a bond between the first metal and fluorine in the fluorine compound. The functional layer has at least one of an electron transport property and an electron injection property. A thickness D1 of the first interlayer and a thickness D2 of the second interlayer satisfy 3%?D2/D1?25%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Minh Hiep Hoang, Noriyuki Matsusue, Masaki Nishimura, Kazuhiro Yoneda
  • Patent number: 10797256
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes, in order, a first electrode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a second electrode. The hole transport layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer has a light emission region provided in the organic light-emitting layer on side of the electron transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoneda, Noriyuki Matsusue
  • Publication number: 20200305369
    Abstract: A plant cultivation apparatus comprising a cultivation box which has a hollow rhizosphere portion for hanging a root of a cultivation plant, wherein: the cultivation box is constructed by detachably combining an upper panel and a lower panel; a bottom wall of the lower panel is provided with a waste liquid port and a trough-shaped gutter is detachably installed below the bottom wall of the lower panel over an entire length in a length direction; the upper panel is provided with nozzle-mounting holes at intervals in the length direction; a nozzle for spraying nutrient solution is inserted into each of the nozzle-mounting holes and hung in the rhizosphere portion; the upper panel is provided with planting holes for the cultivation plant; and a root of the cultivation plant is inserted into the planting hole and hung in the rhizosphere portion, to which the nutrient solution is sprayed from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi IKEUCHI, Kazuhiro YONEDA, Daisuke KATAOKA, Yousuke HIKOSAKA, Harufumi KOTANI, Masataka TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200303901
    Abstract: A plurality of surface emitting lasers are formed on the single surface emitting laser element. The plurality of surface emitting lasers have respective emission wavelengths selected from wavelengths satisfying condition of: 0<?1??s?5.36×10?5?c2?×5.83×10?2?c+32.4 where a first emission wavelength is ?1 [nm], a second emission wavelength shorter than the first emission wavelength is ?s [nm], and a middle wavelength between the first emission wavelength and the second emission wavelength is ?c [nm]. At least one of the plurality of surface emitting lasers has an emission wavelength different from an emission wavelength of another surface emitting laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuki Nagasawa, Yoshihiko Miki, Kazuhiro Yoneda, Naoki Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 10784456
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent unit is provided with a plurality of organic electroluminescent elements. At least one of the organic electroluminescent elements includes, in order, a first electrode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a second electrode. The hole transport layer, the light-emitting layer, and the electron transport layer satisfy the following expressions: ?Eg(T1)?0 eV ?Eg(T1)=ETa+ETb?2×ETEML where ETa represents a T1 level of the hole transport layer, ETb represents a T1 level of the electron transport layer, and ETEML represents a T1 level of the light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoneda, Tatsuya Matsumi, Noriyuki Matsusue
  • Publication number: 20200295290
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self light-emitting element including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer disposed above the first electrode, a function layer disposed above the light-emitting layer, and doped with a metal, and a second electrode disposed above the function layer, in which the function layer has a multilayer structure of at least three layers including an uppermost layer, a lowermost layer, and an intermediate layer between the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer, and the intermediate layer is doped with the metal at a lower concentration than the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: JOLED Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki TSUJIMURA, Kazuhiro YOKOTA, Hideyuki SHIRAHASE, Kazuhiro YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20200166768
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light source includes a plurality of light-emitting elements each including one or more surface-emitting lasers; and a plurality of detecting elements located on a same substrate as the light-emitting elements. The detecting elements individually detect quantities of output light of the light-emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YONEDA, Yoshihiko MIKI, Naoki FUKUOKA
  • Patent number: 10658629
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element including a first electrode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a second electrode in this order. The light emitting layer has a first light emitting layer including a coating film on the hole transport layer side, and has a second light emitting layer including a vapor-deposited film on the electron transport layer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoneda, Noriyuki Matsusue