Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Yamae

Kazuyuki Yamae 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: 9786859
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including at least three light-emitting units. The at least three light-emitting units include one or more short-wavelength light-emitting units having a weighted average emission wavelength ?S of 380 or more and less than 550 nm, and two or more long-wavelength light-emitting units having a weighted average emission wavelength ?S of 550 nm or more and 780 nm or less. The two or more long-wavelength light-emitting units are greater in number than the one or more short-wavelength light-emitting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamae, Hiroya Tsuji, Varutt Kittichungchit
  • Patent number: 9748313
    Abstract: The objective is to provide an organic electroluminescent element with an improved luminous efficiency. The organic electroluminescent element has a structure in which a first light-emitting unit containing a phosphorescent red light-emitting material, a second light-emitting unit containing a phosphorescent yellow light-emitting material, and a third light-emitting unit containing a fluorescent blue light-emitting material are stacked with interlayers in-between. A peak emission wavelength of the phosphorescent yellow light-emitting material is in a range of 530 nm to 570 nm. A peak emission wavelength of the fluorescent blue light-emitting material is in a range of 440 nm to 480 nm. The organic electroluminescent element has a ratio of a yellow emission intensity to a blue emission intensity in a range of 1.0 to 2.0. The organic electroluminescent element further has a ratio of a red emission intensity to the blue emission intensity in a range of 1.5 to 3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroya Tsuji, Kazuyuki Yamae, Satoshi Ohara, Varutt Kittichungchit
  • Publication number: 20170207421
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element includes at least one light emitting layer, a high refractive index layer (first layer), and a low refractive index layer (second layer). An uneven structure including a plurality of protrusions each having two or more steps is provided at an interface between the high refractive index layer and the low refractive index layer. The organic electroluminescent element includes a protective layer. The protective layer is a layer disposed between the second layer (low refractive index layer) and a light-exiting surface of the organic electroluminescent element or is the second layer (low refractive index layer). Relationships expressed as n0<n1 and n2?n1 are satisfied, where n0 is a refractive index of an atmosphere, n1 is a refractive index of the protective layer, and n2 is a refractive index of the low refractive index layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jumpei MATSUZAKI, Kazuyuki YAMAE
  • Patent number: 9666644
    Abstract: Three light-emitting units are included. Two light-emitting units of the three light-emitting units are similar-color light-emitting units that emit light in a similar color, and have mutually different luminance lives. A remaining light-emitting unit of the three light-emitting units is a different-color light-emitting unit that emits light in a color that is different from the similar color, and has a luminance life that is shorter than each luminance life of the two similar-color light-emitting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohara, Hiroya Tsuji, Kazuyuki Yamae
  • Patent number: 9647240
    Abstract: An illuminator includes a light-emitting element and a light extraction sheet which transmits light occurring from the light-emitting element. The light-emitting element includes a first electrode having a light transmitting property, a second electrode, and an emission layer between the first and second electrodes. The light extraction sheet includes a light-transmitting substrate having a first face and a second face, a first light extraction structure on the first face side of the light-transmitting substrate, and a second light extraction structure on the second face side of the light-transmitting substrate. The first light extraction structure includes a low-refractive index layer and a high-refractive index layer having a higher refractive index than the low-refractive index layer. The second light extraction structure is arranged so that light which is transmitted through the light-transmitting substrate and arrives at an incident angle of 60 to 80 degrees has an average transmittance of 20% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Hashiya, Yasuhisa Inada, Kazuyuki Yamae
  • Patent number: 9620740
    Abstract: The organic electroluminescence element includes: a moisture-proof substrate; a light emitting stack including a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode; and an enclosing member bonded to the substrate to enclose the stack. The element further includes a light-outcoupling structure provided on a side of the substrate facing the first electrode and having an uneven structure made of material having a refractive index almost equal to or lower than a refractive index of the substrate. The uneven structure includes a plane divided into a matrix of sections, and multiple protruded parts having almost same heights individually allocated to desired sections of the matrix. With regard to an arbitrary region of the plane, a ratio of a total area of one or some of the multiple protruded parts in the arbitrary region to an area of the arbitrary region is almost constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamae, Shin Okumura, Hitomichi Takano, Masuyuki Ota
  • Patent number: 9595648
    Abstract: An illuminator includes a light-emitting element and a light extraction sheet which transmits light occurring from the light-emitting element. The light-emitting element includes a first electrode having a light transmitting property, a second electrode, and an emission layer between the first and second electrodes. The light extraction sheet includes a light-transmitting substrate having a first principal face and a second principal face, a first light extraction structure on the first principal face side of the light-transmitting substrate, and a second light extraction structure on the second principal face side of the light-transmitting substrate. The first light extraction structure includes a low-refractive index layer and a high-refractive index layer. The second light extraction structure is arranged so that light which is transmitted through the light-transmitting substrate and arrives at an incident angle of 40 degrees to 60 degrees has an average transmittance of 42% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Inada, Kazuyuki Yamae, Akira Hashiya
  • Patent number: 9583731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescence element in which a transparent first electrode, an organic light emitting layer, a second electrode are stacked on a translucent substrate in this order. The translucent substrate includes a moisture-proof layer facing the first electrode. An LR layer and an HR layer having a refractive index higher than a refractive index of the LR layer are situated between the moisture-proof layer and the first electrode in this order from the moisture-proof layer. An uneven structure is provided at an interface between the LR layer and the HR layer. A linear expansivity ? of the moisture-proof layer, and a linear expansivity ? of the LR layer, and a linear expansivity ? of the HR layer satisfy a relation of ?????.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Okumura, Hitomichi Takano, Hirofumi Kubota, Kazuyuki Yamae, Masao Kirihara
  • Patent number: 9577206
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescence element including: a substrate having a light transmissive property; a light diffusion layer; a light transmissive electrode; a light reflective electrode; and multiple light emitting layers spaced from each other. With regard to the m-th light emitting layer being the m-th closest light emitting layer to the light reflective electrode, relations defined by following expressions (2) and (3) are satisfied. In the following expressions, ?m represents the weighted average emission wavelength, Ø(?m) represents the phase shift, nm(?m) represents the average refractive index of a medium filling a space between the light reflective electrode and the m-th light emitting layer, and dm represents the distance from the light reflective electrode to the m-th light emitting layer. l is an integer equal to or more than 0. ? [ FORMULA ? ? 1 ] ? ? ( ? m ) × ? m 4 ? ? ? + l + 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamae, Nobuhiro Ide, Hitomichi Takano
  • Patent number: 9553278
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescence element including an organic layer including multiple light-emitting layers. The light-emitting layers include a blue light-emitting layer including a blue light-emitting dopant. In a case where emission color of the organic electroluminescence element operated at an operation temperature for a stable state is represented in a CIE1931 chromaticity coordinate system, when coordinate point A of the emission color at an early stage of use and coordinate point B of the emission color deteriorated by use are represented by (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) respectively, a relation of y2?y1 is satisfied. When amounts of changes in x and y values from coordinate point A to coordinate point B are represented by equations of ?x=x2?x1 and ?y=y2?y1 respectively, a relation of ?y??x is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Varutt Kittichungchit, Kazuyuki Yamae
  • Publication number: 20160293892
    Abstract: This organic electroluminescent element includes: a light transmissive substrate; a light emitting stack including a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode; and at least one light-outcoupling structure which has an uneven structure. The light emitting layer has a birefringence property with a higher refractive index in a direction parallel to a surface of the light transmissive substrate than a refractive index in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the light transmissive substrate. The uneven structure includes a plurality of protrusions which are individually allocated to some of planar matrix-like sections, and with regard to unit regions consisting of same number of sections of the planar matrix-like sections, a ratio of an area of one or more of the plurality of protrusions in a unit region is substantially constant in each unit region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki YAMAE, Yasuhisa INADA, Akira HASHIYA
  • Patent number: 9379359
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescence element including: a substrate having a light transmissive property; a light diffusion layer; a light transmissive electrode; a light reflective electrode; and a light emitting layer. With regard to the first light emitting layer being the first closest light emitting layer to the light reflective electrode, the relation defined by following expression (2) is satisfied, ? [ FORMULA ? ? 1 ] ? ? ( ? m ) × ? m 4 ? ? + l + 0.1 2 ? ? m ? n m ? ( ? m ) × d m ? ? ? ( ? m ) × ? m 4 ? ? + l + 0.5 2 ? ? m ( 2 ) wherein, ?m represents the weighted average emission wavelength, Ø(?m) represents the phase shift, nm(?m) represents the average refractive index of a medium filling a space between the light reflective electrode and the first light emitting layer, and dm represents the distance from the light reflective electrode to the first light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamae, Yasuhisa Inada, Akira Hashiya
  • Publication number: 20160141554
    Abstract: An illuminator includes a light-emitting element and a light extraction sheet which transmits light occurring from the light-emitting element. The light-emitting element includes a first electrode having a light transmitting property, a second electrode, and an emission layer between the first and second electrodes. The light extraction sheet includes a light-transmitting substrate having a first face and a second face, a first light extraction structure on the first face side of the light-transmitting substrate, and a second light extraction structure on the second face side of the light-transmitting substrate. The first light extraction structure includes a low-refractive index layer and a high-refractive index layer having a higher refractive index than the low-refractive index layer. The second light extraction structure is arranged so that light which is transmitted through the light-transmitting substrate and arrives at an incident angle of 60 to 80 degrees has an average transmittance of 20% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Akira HASHIYA, Yasuhisa INADA, Kazuyuki YAMAE
  • Publication number: 20160111475
    Abstract: Three light-emitting units are included. Two light-emitting units of the three light-emitting units are similar-color light-emitting units that emit light in a similar color, and have mutually different luminance lives. A remaining light-emitting unit of the three light-emitting units is a different-color light-emitting unit that emits light in a color that is different from the similar color, and has a luminance life that is shorter than each luminance life of the two similar-color light-emitting units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi OHARA, Hiroya TSUJI, Kazuyuki YAMAE
  • Publication number: 20160104749
    Abstract: The objective is to provide an organic electroluminescent element with an improved luminous efficiency. The organic electroluminescent element has a structure in which a first light-emitting unit containing a phosphorescent red light-emitting material, a second light-emitting unit containing a phosphorescent yellow light-emitting material, and a third light-emitting unit containing a fluorescent blue light-emitting material are stacked with interlayers in-between. A peak emission wavelength of the phosphorescent yellow light-emitting material is in a range of 530 nm to 570 nm. A peak emission wavelength of the fluorescent blue light-emitting material is in a range of 440 nm to 480 nm. The organic electroluminescent element has a ratio of a yellow emission intensity to a blue emission intensity in a range of 1.0 to 2.0. The organic electroluminescent element further has a ratio of a red emission intensity to the blue emission intensity in a range of 1.5 to 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroya TSUJI, Kazuyuki YAMAE, Satoshi OHARA, Varutt KITTICHUNGCHIT
  • Publication number: 20160064682
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including at least three light-emitting units. The at least three light-emitting units include one or more short-wavelength light-emitting units having a weighted average emission wavelength ?S of 380 or more and less than 550 nm, and two or more long-wavelength light-emitting units having a weighted average emission wavelength ?S of 550 nm or more and 780 nm or less. The two or more long-wavelength light-emitting units are greater in number than the one or more short-wavelength light-emitting units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki YAMAE, Hiroya TSUJI, Varutt KITTICHUNGCHIT
  • Publication number: 20160049562
    Abstract: An illuminator includes a light-emitting element and a light extraction sheet which transmits light occurring from the light-emitting element. The light-emitting element includes a first electrode having a light transmitting property, a second electrode, and an emission layer between the first and second electrodes. The light extraction sheet includes a light-transmitting substrate having a first principal face and a second principal face, a first light extraction structure on the first principal face side of the light-transmitting substrate, and a second light extraction structure on the second principal face side of the light-transmitting substrate. The first light extraction structure includes a low-refractive index layer and a high-refractive index layer. The second light extraction structure is arranged so that light which is transmitted through the light-transmitting substrate and arrives at an incident angle of 40 degrees to 60 degrees has an average transmittance of 42% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa INADA, Kazuyuki YAMAE, Akira HASHIYA
  • Publication number: 20160035991
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescence element including: a substrate having a light transmissive property; a light diffusion layer; a light transmissive electrode; a light reflective electrode; and multiple light emitting layers spaced from each other. With regard to the m-th light emitting layer being the m-th closest light emitting layer to the light reflective electrode, relations defined by following expressions (2) and (3) are satisfied. In the following expressions, ?m represents the weighted average emission wavelength, Ø(?m) represents the phase shift, nm(?m) represents the average refractive index of a medium filling a space between the light reflective electrode and the m-th light emitting layer, and dm represents the distance from the light reflective electrode to the m-th light emitting layer. 1 is an integer equal to or more than 0. ? ? ( ? m ) × ? m 4 ? ? ? + l + 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki YAMAE, Nobuhiro IDE, Hitomichi TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20160020431
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescence element including: a substrate having a light transmissive property; a light diffusion layer; a light transmissive electrode; a light reflective electrode; and a light emitting layer. With regard to the first light emitting layer being the first closest light emitting layer to the light reflective electrode, the relation defined by following expression (2) is satisfied, ? [ FORMULA ? ? 1 ] ? ? ( ? m ) × ? m 4 ? ? + l + 0.1 2 ? ? m ? n m ? ( ? m ) × d m ? ? ? ( ? m ) × ? m 4 ? ? + l + 0.5 2 ? ? m ( 2 ) wherein, ?m represents the weighted average emission wavelength, Ø(?m) represents the phase shift, nm(?m) represents the average refractive index of a medium filling a space between the light reflective electrode and the first light emitting layer, and dm represents the distance from the light reflective electrode to the first light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki YAMAE, Yasuhisa INADA, Akira HASHIYA
  • Patent number: 9184404
    Abstract: A white light-emitting organic electroluminescent element includes at least four kinds of light-emitting dopants with different emission peak wavelengths which are present between a cathode and an anode. The four kinds of light-emitting dopants include a light-emitting dopant “A”, a light-emitting dopant “B”, a light-emitting dopant “C”, and a light-emitting dopant “D” having their own peak wavelengths which are longer in this order. The white light-emitting organic electroluminescent element has an emission spectrum which satisfies relations of: (first average luminance for an angle in a range of 50° to 70°/first front luminance)>(second average luminance for an angle in a range of 50° to 70°/second front luminance); and (third average luminance for an angle in a range of 50° to 70°/third front luminance)>(fourth average luminance for an angle in a range of 50° to 70°/fourth front luminance).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kuzuoka, Hiroya Tsuji, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Satoshi Ohara, Kazuyuki Yamae