Patents by Inventor Keiji Emura
Keiji Emura 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).
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Publication number: 20220170611Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a light guide member including: an emission region defined by a sectioning groove, a light source placement part located in the emission region, and a light adjusting hole that, in a schematic top view, is located between the sectioning groove and the light source placement part; and a light source disposed in the light source placement part. A refractive index of an inside of the light adjusting hole is lower than a refractive index of the light guide member. In the schematic top view, the light adjusting hole is positioned to intersect with a first straight line connecting a center of the light source and a farthest point in the sectioning groove, the farthest point being farthest from the center of the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Toru HASHIMOTO, Keiji EMURA
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Publication number: 20220173283Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting element emitting a first light having a first peak wavelength; a first wavelength conversion member contacting a side surface of the light-emitting element and including a wavelength conversion material absorbing at least a portion of the first light and emitting a second light having a second peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength; a second wavelength conversion member on the first wavelength conversion member, the second wavelength conversion member including a wavelength conversion material absorbing at least a portion of the first light and emitting a third light having a third peak wavelength different from the first and second peak wavelengths; and a first light-reflective member on the second wavelength conversion member and at least on the light-emitting element. A continuous light-emitting surface includes a side surface of the first wavelength conversion member and a side surface of the second wavelength conversion member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Keiji EMURA, Tsuyoshi OKAHISA
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Publication number: 20220102586Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: a semiconductor stack having a triangular shape in a top plan view, the semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first and seconds semiconductor layers; a first electrode located on the first semiconductor layer and including a first connecting portion and a first extension extending from the first connecting portion; and a second electrode located on the second semiconductor layer and including a second connecting portion and a second extension extending from the second connecting portion. The first extension includes a first portion extending from the first connecting portion toward the second connecting portion. The second extension includes a second portion including a portion extending along a first side, a third portion including a portion extending along a second side, and fourth and fifth portions each including a portion extending along a third side.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Keiji EMURA, Hidetoshi TANAKA
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Publication number: 20220099879Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element, a light guide member surrounding the light-emitting element, a diffuser plate located on the light-emitting element and on the light guide member, and a metal pattern located at an upper surface of the diffuser plate. The diffuser plate contacts the light-emitting element and diffuses light emitted from the light-emitting element. A proportion of a region of the upper surface of the diffuser plate where the metal pattern is not located increases as a distance from the light-emitting element increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventor: Keiji EMURA
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Patent number: 11287105Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a light guide member including: an emission region defined by a sectioning groove, a light source placement part located in the emission region, and a light adjusting hole that, in a schematic top view, is located between the sectioning groove and the light source placement part; and a light source disposed in the light source placement part. A refractive index of an inside of the light adjusting hole is lower than a refractive index of the light guide member. In the schematic top view, the light adjusting hole is positioned to intersect with a first straight line connecting a center of the light source and a farthest point in the sectioning groove, the farthest point being farthest from the center of the light source.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Toru Hashimoto, Keiji Emura
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Publication number: 20220066088Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting module includes: providing an intermediate that includes a light guide having a first principal face and a second principal face opposing the first principal face, a plurality of light sources disposed on the second principal face of the light guide, and a wiring layer disposed on the second principal face and electrically connected to the plurality of light sources; allowing the plurality of light sources to emit light and measuring optical characteristics of the emitted light; and forming an optical characteristic correcting element in the intermediate based on the measured optical characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Keiji EMURA, Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Toru HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20220066267Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a wiring board, a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the wiring board, a light-reflecting member covering a lateral surface of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements, a plurality of light-transmitting layers each located above an emission surface of a corresponding one of the plurality of light-emitting elements, a plurality of light-reflecting layers disposed on the plurality of light-transmitting layers, respectively, a light-diffusing layer disposed above the plurality of light-reflecting layers and the light-reflecting member, and a low-refractive-index layer located between the light-reflecting member and the light-diffusing layer, around each pair of one of the plurality of light-transmitting layers and one of the light-reflecting layers, and having a refractive index lower than that of the plurality of light-transmitting layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Ryohei YAMASHITA, Keiji EMURA, Tsuyoshi OKAHISA, Toshinobu KATSUMATA
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Publication number: 20220035202Abstract: Darkening of the periphery of a light-emitting module in which a plurality of light-emitting units are two-dimensionally arranged is reduced. The present light-emitting module has a light-emitting region including a plurality of light-emitting units two-dimensionally arranged, the light-emitting units each including a light-guiding plate having a first main surface, a first recess opening toward the first main surface, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and a second recess opening toward the second main surface; a light source inside the first recess; and a light-reflective first member inside the second recess. In each of the light-emitting units, a center of the light-emitting unit and a center of the second recess coincide with an optical axis of the light source in a plan view. In at least one of the light-emitting units, a center of the first member is closer to a center of the light-emitting region than the optical axis of the light source is in a plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Keiji Emura, Toshinobu Katsumata
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Patent number: 11112555Abstract: A light-emitting module includes a plurality of light guide plates, each of the plurality of light guide plates including a first surface, a side surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the plurality of light guide plates being separated by a gap between the side surfaces; and n light-emitting devices (n being a natural number of 2 or more) provided at the second surface side of the light guide plate for each of the plurality of light guide plates. The n light-emitting devices are disposed respectively in n regions into which the light guide plate is subdivided when viewed from the first surface side. A light-emitting device of the plurality of light guide plates disposed in a region of the n regions adjacent to the gap is shifted toward the gap from a center of the region adjacent to the gap.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventor: Keiji Emura
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Publication number: 20210247053Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a light guide member including: an emission region defined by a sectioning groove, a light source placement part located in the emission region, and a light adjusting hole that, in a schematic top view, is located between the sectioning groove and the light source placement part; and a light source located in the light source placement part. A refractive index of an inside of the light adjusting hole is lower than a refractive index of the light guide member. In the schematic top view, the light adjusting hole is not positioned on a first straight line connecting a center of the light source and a farthest point in the sectioning groove, the farthest point being farthest from the center of the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Toru HASHIMOTO, Keiji EMURA
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Publication number: 20210247051Abstract: A light emitting module including: a light guide member including: an emission region defined by a sectioning groove, a light source placement part located in the emission region, and a light adjusting hole; and a light source disposed in the light source placement part. In the schematic top view: the light adjusting hole is not positioned on a first straight line connecting (i) a center of the light source and (ii) a point in the sectioning groove that is farthest from the center of the light source, and a first lateral face of the light adjusting hole has a first region, and a line normal to the first region is oblique to a second straight line connecting (i) the center of the light source and (ii) a point in the sectioning groove that is closest to the center of the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Toru HASHIMOTO, Keiji EMURA
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Publication number: 20210247052Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a light guide member including: an emission region defined by a sectioning groove, a light source placement part located in the emission region, and a light adjusting hole that, in a schematic top view, is located between the sectioning groove and the light source placement part; and a light source disposed in the light source placement part. A refractive index of an inside of the light adjusting hole is lower than a refractive index of the light guide member. In the schematic top view, the light adjusting hole is positioned to intersect with a first straight line connecting a center of the light source and a farthest point in the sectioning groove, the farthest point being farthest from the center of the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya NAKABAYASHI, Toru HASHIMOTO, Keiji EMURA
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Patent number: 11063183Abstract: A light emitting element includes a semiconductor layer which is in a planar shape of a polygon at least of a pentagon, a second electrode provided on the semiconductor layer, and a first electrode provided on the semiconductor layer and having a first pad portion, a first extension portion that extends from the first pad portion along an imaginary circle to which the first pad portion is tangent on the inside and whose center is at the same location as center of gravity of the polygon shape, and a second extension portion that extends along the imaginary circle from the first pad portion on the opposite side from the first extension portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Keiji Emura, Shun Kitahama, Yasuo Miyoshi
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Publication number: 20210202798Abstract: A light emitting element includes a semiconductor structure, and first and second electrodes. In a plan view, the first electrode has a first connecting portion, and a first extending portion and exactly two second extending portions. The second electrode has a second connecting portion, and exactly two third extending portions. The first extending portion extends linearly from the first electrode connecting portion toward the second electrode connecting portion. Each of the two third extending portions includes a bent portion, and a linear portion located between the first extending portion and a respective one of linear portions of the two second extending portions, and along an imaginary line that extends through the two second extending portions and the two third extending portions in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the first extending portion extends, an entirety of the second electrode is located inward of the two second extending portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Kosuke SATO, Keiji EMURA
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Publication number: 20210111311Abstract: A light emitting element includes: a semiconductor structure including: a first semiconductor, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer; a first electrode; a first insulating layer; a first internal electrode; a second internal electrode; a second insulating layer; a first external electrode; and a second external electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro NAKAMURA, Keiji EMURA
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Patent number: 10978617Abstract: A light emitting element has first and second electrodes. In plan view, the first electrode has a first connecting portion, a first extending portion, and two second extending portions. The second electrode has a second connecting portion, and two third extending portions. The first extending portion extends linearly toward the second connecting portion, and the second extending portions are arranged on two sides of the first extending portion. The second extending portions each has two bent portions and a linear portion extending parallel to the first extending portion and disposed between the two bent portions. The third extending portions extend parallel to the first extending portion between the first extending portion and the second extending portions. The second extending portions extend beyond the second connecting portion. The first and second connecting portions are symmetrically arranged with respect to a virtual line parallel to one side of the light emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Sato, Keiji Emura
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Publication number: 20210096291Abstract: A light-emitting module includes a plurality of light guide plates, each of the plurality of light guide plates including a first surface, a side surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the plurality of light guide plates being separated by a gap between the side surfaces; and n light-emitting devices (n being a natural number of 2 or more) provided at the second surface side of the light guide plate for each of the plurality of light guide plates. The n light-emitting devices are disposed respectively in n regions into which the light guide plate is subdivided when viewed from the first surface side. A light-emitting device of the plurality of light guide plates disposed in a region of the n regions adjacent to the gap is shifted toward the gap from a center of the region adjacent to the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventor: Keiji EMURA
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Patent number: 10923632Abstract: A light emitting element includes a semiconductor structure including a first layer including a first and a second regions, and a second layer above the second region, the first region including extending portions each extending into the second region from an outer peripheral region; a first insulating layer including first through-holes respectively located on the extending portions, and a second through-hole located above the second region; a second insulating layer including a third and a fourth through-holes; a first external electrode connected with the first layer via the first through-holes; and a second external electrode connected with the second layer via the second through-hole. The extending portions are each located in an area, on a top surface of the first layer, other than an area overlapping any of corner portions of the first external electrode and other than an area overlapping any of corner portions of the second external electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Nakamura, Keiji Emura
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Patent number: 10910536Abstract: The light emitting element includes: first and second light emitting cells each including an n-side semiconductor layer, an active layer and a p-side semiconductor layer; a first insulating film covering the first and second light emitting cells, and provided with first p-side and first n-side openings; a wiring electrode connected to the first light emitting cell at the first n-side opening, and connected to the second light emitting cell at the first p-side opening; a first electrode connected to the first light emitting cell; a second electrode connected to the second light emitting cell; a second insulating film provided with a second p-side opening formed above the first electrode, a second n-side opening formed above the second electrode, and a third opening formed above the wiring electrode; a first external connection portion connected to the first electrode; and a second external connection portion connected to the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Keiji Emura, Takao Misaki, Takamasa Sunda, Yoshinori Fukui
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Publication number: 20200227593Abstract: A light emitting element includes a semiconductor structure including a first layer including a first and a second regions, and a second layer above the second region, the first region including extending portions each extending into the second region from an outer peripheral region; a first insulating layer including first through-holes respectively located on the extending portions, and a second through-hole located above the second region; a second insulating layer including a third and a fourth through-holes; a first external electrode connected with the first layer via the first through-holes; and a second external electrode connected with the second layer via the second through-hole. The extending portions are each located in an area, on a top surface of the first layer, other than an area overlapping any of corner portions of the first external electrode and other than an area overlapping any of corner portions of the second external electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro NAKAMURA, Keiji EMURA