Patents by Inventor Kazunari Nakagawa

Kazunari Nakagawa 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: 20050001970
    Abstract: For obtaining both high brightness under condition of small-sized and simplified structure and suppression of increase in temperature of liquid crystal display elements and polarizing elements, in a liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising: a liquid crystal display element 2 for converting light from a light source into display picture depending on a driving signal; an optical projection system 1b containing a first optical element 1a and for projecting said light signal toward an object of projection; exit side polarizing elements 3b; a holding member 6 for holding them with the liquid crystal display element 2; and cooling medium 5; incident side polarizing elements 3a, wherein, a space is defined by either one of the incident side polarizing elements 3a and the liquid crystal display element 2, the first optical element 1a, between the liquid crystal display element 2 and the first optical element 1a, and the holding member 6, and said space is filled up with the cooling medium 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Toru Numata, Yasuo Otsuka, Mikio Shiraishi, Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Inaoka, Kazunari Nakagawa, Shigeru Mori, Masahiko Yatsu
  • Patent number: 6838773
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip of rewiring layer-integral type capable of preventing a maloperation by noise and a deterioration of communication characteristics and a semiconductor device with excellent communication characteristics; the semiconductor chip, wherein a rewiring layer (3) is formed on a circuit formed surface (1a) through an insulating layer (2) so as to form an antenna coil (4) with the rewiring layer (3), the antenna coil (4) is formed around the periphery of an analog circuit (21) on the circuit formed surface (1a) by avoiding forming on the analog circuit (21), the analog circuit (21) may be formed by collecting analog circuits to be formed in the semiconductor chip (1A) therein, may be one of the particularly noise-susceptible analog circuits such as a power circuit, a calculation amplifier, a comparison amplifier, an RF receiving part, an RF transmitting part, an RF synthesizer part, and a voltage build-up circuit and an amplifying circuit forming a part of a memory part, or may be a coil provided
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Kikuchi, Kiyoharu Kishimoto, Kazunari Nakagawa, Yoshiharu Hino
  • Patent number: 6829031
    Abstract: For obtaining both high brightness under condition of small-sized and simplified structure and suppression of increase in temperature of liquid crystal display elements and polarizing elements, in a liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising: a liquid crystal display element 2 for converting light from a light source into display picture depending on a driving signal; an optical projection system 1b containing a first optical element 1a and for projecting said light signal toward an object of projection; exit side polarizing elements 3b; a holding member 6 for holding them with the liquid crystal display element 2; and cooling medium 5; incident side polarizing elements 3a, wherein, a space is defined by either one of the incident side polarizing elements 3a and the liquid crystal display element 2, the first optical element 1a, between the liquid crystal display element 2 and the first optical element 1a, and the holding member 6, and said space is filled up with the cooling medium 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Numata, Yasuo Otsuka, Mikio Shiraishi, Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Inaoka, Kazunari Nakagawa, Shigeru Mori, Masahiko Yatsu
  • Patent number: 6801366
    Abstract: When a projection lens system used for a rear projection type image display apparatus has a first lens group having an aspherical lens surface, a second lens group, a third lens group sharing almost all the positive refractive power of the overall system, a fourth lens group having an aspherical lens surface, a fifth lens group, and a sixth lens group including a lens having a profile of aspherical surface in which the concave surface thereof faces the screen side and the refractive power in the marginal area is weaker than the refractive power around the optical axis, a projection lens system having a large aperture ratio (low F-number), high focus, wide field angle, and sufficient marginal light amount ratio can be realized at a low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Mori, Takahiro Yoshida, Kazunari Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6768594
    Abstract: In a projection lens, there are arranged in order from a screen side, a first lens group including a meniscus lens having a convex lens surface in a central portion toward a screen with refracting power, a second lens group including a lens having a convex lens surface in a central portion toward a video generating source, a third lens group including a lens having convex lens surfaces in both sides with positive refracting power, a fourth lens group including a lens having a convex lens surface in a central portion toward the video generating source with positive refracting power, and a fifth lens group including a lens having a concave lens surface toward the screen with negative refracting power. An entrance pupil is arranged between incident and emitting surfaces of a power lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Imafuku, Naoyuki Ogura, Kazunari Nakagawa, Koji Hirata, Hidehiro Ikeda, Shuji Kato
  • Publication number: 20040017616
    Abstract: When a projection lens system used for a rear projection type image display apparatus has a first lens group having an aspherical lens surface, a second lens group, a third lens group sharing almost all the positive refractive power of the overall system, a fourth lens group having an aspherical lens surface, a fifth lens group, and a sixth lens group including a lens having a profile of aspherical surface in which the concave surface thereof faces the screen side and the refractive power in the marginal area is weaker than the refractive power around the optical axis, a projection lens system having a large aperture ratio (low F-number), high focus, wide field angle, and sufficient marginal light amount ratio can be realized at a low cost. When a predetermined opening portion is formed in the projection lens and lens barrel, the lens elements are cooled by air suction and exhaust and the lowering of the lens performance due to temperature change can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Mori, Takahiro Yoshida, Kazunari Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6624950
    Abstract: A projection lens system for enlarging and displaying on a screen an original image from an image generating source, includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second aberration correction lens, and a third lens, positioned nearest the image generating source and having a concave lens surface thereof facing the screen. The third lens has a profile such that its refractive power at a marginal area adjacent a peripheral edge thereof is less than its refractive power at an area adjacent an optical axis of said projection lens system. The surface of the third lens facing the image generating source is in contact with a cooling liquid which cools the image generating source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Mori, Takahiro Yoshida, Kazunari Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20030116790
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip of rewiring layer-integral type capable of preventing a maloperation by noise and a deterioration of communication characteristics and a semiconductor device with excellent communication characteristics; the semiconductor chip, wherein a rewiring layer (3) is formed on a circuit formed surface (1a) through an insulating layer (2) so as to form an antenna coil (4) with the rewiring layer (3), the antenna coil (4) is formed around the periphery of an analog circuit (21) on the circuit formed surface (1a) by avoiding forming on the analog circuit (21), the analog circuit (21) may be formed by collecting analog circuits to be formed in the semiconductor chip (1A) therein, may be one of the particularly noise-susceptible analog circuits such as a power circuit, a calculation amplifier, a comparison amplifier, an RF receiving part, an RF transmitting part, an RF synthesizer part, and a voltage build-up circuit and an amplifying circuit forming a part of a memory part, or may be a coil provided
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Yuji Kikuchi, Kiyoharu Kishimoto, Kazunari Nakagawa, Yoshiharu Hino
  • Publication number: 20030098944
    Abstract: For obtaining both high brightness under condition of small-sized and simplified structure and suppression of increase in temperature of liquid crystal display elements and polarizing elements, in a liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising: a liquid crystal display element 2 for converting light from a light source into display picture depending on a driving signal; an optical projection system 1b containing a first optical element 1a and for projecting said light signal toward an object of projection; exit side polarizing elements 3b; a holding member 6 for holding them with the liquid crystal display element 2; and cooling medium 5; incident side polarizing elements 3a, wherein, a space is defined by either one of the incident side polarizing elements 3a and the liquid crystal display element 2, the first optical element 1a, between the liquid crystal display element 2 and the first optical element 1a, and the holding member 6, and said space is filled up with the cooling medium 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Numata, Yasuo Otsuka, Mikio Shiraishi, Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Inaoka, Kazunari Nakagawa, Shigeru Mori, Masahiko Yatsu
  • Publication number: 20030095238
    Abstract: In a projection lens, there are arranged in order from a screen side, a first lens group including a meniscus lens having a convex lens surface in a central portion toward a screen with refracting power, a second lens group including a lens having a convex lens surface in a central portion toward a video generating source, a third lens group including a lens having convex lens surfaces in both sides with positive refracting power, a fourth lens group including a lens having a convex lens surface in a central portion toward the video generating source with positive refracting power, and a fifth lens group including a lens having a concave lens surface toward the screen with negative refracting power. An entrance pupil is arranged between incident and emitting surfaces of a power lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd
    Inventors: Daisuke Imafuku, Naoyuki Ogura, Kazunari Nakagawa, Koji Hirata, Hidehiro Ikeda, Shuji Kato
  • Patent number: 6535267
    Abstract: For obtaining both high brightness under condition of small-sized and simplified structure and suppression of increase in temperature of liquid crystal display elements and polarizing elements, in a liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising: a liquid crystal display element 2 for converting light from a light source into display picture depending on a driving signal; an optical projection system 1b containing a first optical element 1a and for projecting said light signal toward an object of projection; exit side polarizing elements 3b; a holding member 6 for holding them with the liquid crystal display element 2; and cooling medium 5; incident side polarizing elements 3a, wherein, a space is defined by either one of the incident side polarizing elements 3a and the liquid crystal display element 2, the first optical element 1a, between the liquid crystal display element 2 and the first optical element 1a, and the holding member 6, and said space is filled up with the cooling medium 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Numata, Yasuo Otsuka, Mikio Shiraishi, Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Inaoka, Kazunari Nakagawa, Shigeru Mori, Masahiko Yatsu
  • Patent number: 6502942
    Abstract: For providing a rear-projection type display apparatus, and a translucent type sheet for use therein, in particular, using an image modulation element, such as, a liquid crystal or a DMD (Digital Micro-mirror Device), etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Mori, Yoji Nakayama, Shigeru Inaoka, Kazunari Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20020196556
    Abstract: When a projection lens system used for a rear projection type image display apparatus has a first lens group having an aspherical lens surface, a second lens group, a third lens group sharing almost all the positive refractive power of the overall system, a fourth lens group having an aspherical lens surface, a fifth lens group, and a sixth lens group including a lens having a profile of aspherical surface in which the concave surface thereof faces the screen side and the refractive power in the marginal area is weaker than the refractive power around the optical axis, a projection lens system having a large aperture ratio (low F-number), high focus, wide field angle, and sufficient marginal light amount ratio can be realized at a low cost. When a predetermined opening portion is formed in the projection lens and lens barrel, the lens elements are cooled by air suction and exhaust and the lowering of the lens performance due to temperature change can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Mori, Takahiro Yoshida, Kazunari Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20020109915
    Abstract: For providing a rear-projection type display apparatus, and a translucent type sheet for use therein, in particular, using an image modulation element, such as, a liquid crystal or a DMD (Digital Micro-mirror Device), etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Mori, Yoji Nakayama, Shigeru Inaoka, Kazunari Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6396641
    Abstract: When a projection lens system used for a rear projection type image display apparatus has a first lens group having an aspherical lens surface, a second lens group, a third lens group sharing almost all the positive refractive power of the overall system, a fourth lens group having an aspherical lens surface, a fifth lens group, and a sixth lens group including a lens having a profile of aspherical surface in which the concave surface thereof faces the screen side and the refractive power in the marginal area is weaker than the refractive power around the optical axis, a projection lens system having a large aperture ratio (low F-number), high focus, wide field angle, and sufficient marginal light amount ratio can be realized at a low cost. When a predetermined opening portion is formed in the projection lens and lens barrel, the lens elements are cooled by air suction and exhaust and the lowering of the lens performance due to temperature change can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Mori, Takahiro Yoshida, Kazunari Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6342929
    Abstract: The projection image display apparatus includes a plurality of image generating sources for generating three primary colors, including red, green, blue image light, respectively, and a projection lens containing a plurality of lens elements provided in correspondence with each of said image generating sources for enlarging/projecting images displayed by the image generating sources onto a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Kazunari Nakagawa, Tomoharu Nakiri, Naoyuki Ogura, Chihiro Egawa
  • Publication number: 20020008918
    Abstract: When a projection lens system used for a rear projection type image display apparatus has a first lens group having an aspherical lens surface, a second lens group, a third lens group sharing almost all the positive refractive power of the overall system, a fourth lens group having an aspherical lens surface, a fifth lens group, and a sixth lens group including a lens having a profile of aspherical surface in which the concave surface thereof faces the screen side and the refractive power in the marginal area is weaker than the refractive power around the optical axis, a projection lens system having a large aperture ratio (low F-number), high focus, wide field angle, and sufficient marginal light amount ratio can be realized at a low cost. When a predetermined opening portion is formed in the projection lens and lens barrel, the lens elements are cooled by air suction and exhaust and the lowering of the lens performance due to temperature change can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Mori, Takahiro Yoshida, Kazunari Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20010033345
    Abstract: For obtaining both high brightness under condition of small-sized and simplified structure and suppression of increase in temperature of liquid crystal display elements and polarizing elements, in a liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising: a liquid crystal display element 2 for converting light from a light source into display picture depending on a driving signal; an optical projection system 1b containing a first optical element 1a and for projecting said light signal toward an object of projection; exit side polarizing elements 3b; a holding member 6 for holding them with the liquid crystal display element 2; and cooling medium 5; incident side polarizing elements 3a, wherein, a space is defined by either one of the incident side polarizing elements 3a and the liquid crystal display element 2, the first optical element 1a, between the liquid crystal display element 2 and the first optical element 1a, and the holding member 6, and said space is filled up with the cooling medium 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Numata, Yasuo Otsuka, Mikio Shiraishi, Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Inaoka, Kazunari Nakagawa, Shigeru Mori, Masahiko Yatsu
  • Patent number: 6256083
    Abstract: For obtaining both high brightness under condition of small size and simplified structure, and for achieving suppression of increase in temperature of liquid crystal display elements and polarizing elements in a liquid crystal display apparatus, a liquid crystal display element converts light from a light source into a display picture depending on a driving signal, and an optical projection system contains a first optical element and projects a light signal toward an object of projection. A space is defined by an incident side polarizing element or the liquid crystal display element, the first optical element and a holding member, and the space is filled up with a cooling medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Numata, Yasuo Otsuka, Mikio Shiraishi, Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Inaoka, Kazunari Nakagawa, Shigeru Mori, Masahiko Yatsu
  • Patent number: 6243211
    Abstract: When a projection lens system used for a rear projection type image display apparatus has a first lens group having an aspherical lens surface, a second lens group, a third lens group sharing almost all the positive refractive power of the overall system, a fourth lens group having an aspherical lens surface, a fifth lens group, and a sixth lens group including a lens having a profile of aspherical surface in which the concave surface thereof faces the screen side and the refractive power in the marginal area is weaker than the refractive power around the optical axis, a projection lens system having a large aperture ratio (low F-number), high focus, wide field angle, and sufficient marginal light amount ratio can be realized at a low cost. When a predetermined opening portion is formed in the projection lens and lens barrel, the lens elements are cooled by air suction and exhaust and the lowering of the lens performance due to temperature change can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Naoyuki Ogura, Shigeru Mori, Takahiro Yoshida, Kazunari Nakagawa