Patents by Inventor Kenichi Okuhara
Kenichi Okuhara 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: 20180259912Abstract: In an electronic timepiece, a dial ring is disposed in an outer peripheral portion of a dial inside an exterior case. Opening portions are disposed in the dial ring. An inner rotation ring is rotatably disposed inside the dial ring. A plurality of additional displays for displaying display content other than time are disposed in the inner rotation ring. One of the plurality of additional displays is visible through the opening portions by rotating the inner rotation ring. The electronic timepiece includes a control unit that controls a rotation amount of the inner rotation ring and an indicating hand that indicates the additional display.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kenichi OKUHARA
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Display device and timepiece comprising a wiring board layered on a back surface of a back substrate
Patent number: 8873015Abstract: A display device that has a display panel having a front substrate, an image forming unit, and a back substrate rendered together in layers, and a wiring board layered on the back surface of the back substrate. A plurality of input/output pins are formed on the front surface of the back substrate, and a plurality of connection pins that are electrically connected to the input/output pins by respective conductor members are formed on the back surface of the wiring board.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeaki Seki, Kenichi Okuhara -
Publication number: 20120218502Abstract: A display device that has a display panel having a front substrate, an image forming unit, and a back substrate rendered together in layers, and a wiring board layered on the back surface of the back substrate. A plurality of input/output pins are formed on the front surface of the back substrate, and a plurality of connection pins that are electrically connected to the input/output pins by respective conductor members are formed on the back surface of the wiring board.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeaki Seki, Kenichi Okuhara
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Patent number: 8194222Abstract: A display device that has a display panel having a front substrate, an image forming unit, and a back substrate rendered together in layers, and a wiring board layered on the back surface of the back substrate. A plurality of input/output pins are formed on the front surface of the back substrate, and a plurality of connection pins that are electrically connected to the input/output pins by respective conductor members are formed on the back surface of the wiring board.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeaki Seki, Kenichi Okuhara
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Patent number: 7961560Abstract: To provide a display device for a timepiece wherein model changes can be easily made with a simple structure in a timepiece with a retro display. In a day display device, an hour wheel, day intermediate wheel, and cam are disposed on the same axis, and a lever and small day indicator are disposed so as to enclose these components, whereby a simple configuration can be achieved. A large space for accommodating the lever can be provided between the substantial center and the peripheral edge of a main plate on which the hour wheel, day intermediate wheel, and cam rotate on the same axis, and various shapes are made possible by freely extending the lever from the substantial middle to the peripheral edge of the main plate. Therefore, it is possible to form first through third gear parts through, and to provide three positions A through C for incorporating the small day indicator.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Imao Hiraga, Kenichi Okuhara
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Patent number: 7742364Abstract: A timepiece display apparatus causes a day hand to move reciprocally by means of center wheel, driven day wheel, cam, lever, and rack. These wheels, cam, lever, and rack can be easily arranged to fit the available space on the main plate of the movement, and the construction of the display apparatus can thus be simplified. Furthermore, locating the cam between the rotary shaft and rack of the lever portion enables arranging a plurality of parts more compactly than if the cam is disposed to a different location, and affords a simple assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2005Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Imao Hiraga, Shigeyuki Fujimori, Yoichi Hayashi, Kenichi Okuhara
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Publication number: 20090122653Abstract: A display device that has a display panel having a front substrate, an image forming unit, and a back substrate rendered together in layers, and a wiring board layered on the back surface of the back substrate. A plurality of input/output pins are formed on the front surface of the back substrate, and a plurality of connection pins that are electrically connected to the input/output pins by respective conductor members are formed on the back surface of the wiring board.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeaki Seki, Kenichi Okuhara
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Publication number: 20080253235Abstract: A timepiece display apparatus causes a day hand to move reciprocally by means of center wheel, driven day wheel, cam, lever, and rack. These wheels, cam, lever, and rack can be easily arranged to fit the available space on the main plate of the movement, and the construction of the display apparatus can thus be simplified. Furthermore, locating the cam between the rotary shaft and rack of the lever portion enables arranging a plurality of parts more compactly than if the cam is disposed to a different location, and affords a simple assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2005Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Imao Hiraga, Shigeyuki Fujimori, Yoichi Hayashi, Kenichi Okuhara
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Publication number: 20080159082Abstract: To provide a display device for a timepiece wherein model changes can be easily made with a simple structure in a timepiece with a retro display. In a day display device, an hour wheel, day intermediate wheel, and cam are disposed on the same axis, and a lever and small day indicator are disposed so as to enclose these components, whereby a simple configuration can be achieved. A large space for accommodating the lever can be provided between the substantial center and the peripheral edge of a main plate on which the hour wheel, day intermediate wheel, and cam rotate on the same axis, and various shapes are made possible by freely extending the lever from the substantial middle to the peripheral edge of the main plate. Therefore, it is possible to form first through third gear parts through, and to provide three positions A through C for incorporating the small day indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Imao Hiraga, Kenichi Okuhara
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Patent number: 7364352Abstract: A mechanism having at least a function of measuring an arbitrary elapsed time is provided, which disables the function from being reset after the function is started, and enables the function to be reset after the function is stopped. The function is continuously held in an electrical ON state after being started, except when being normally stopped. This provides a time measurement device and method in which an electrical operating state and a mechanical operating state can coincide.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidehiro Akahane, Kenichi Okuhara, Akihiko Maruyama, Nobuhiro Koike
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Publication number: 20040179464Abstract: In order to provide an elegantly styled portable information device in which the visibility of the time can be sufficiently ensured even when the casing of the portable information device is closed, a portable phone includes a configuration wherein an analog quartz clock is provided to an outer surface on a display side of the casing of the portable phone, which is the surface forming the outer side when the casing is closed. Moreover, the time of the analog quartz clock is synchronized with the time displayed by the display section of the portable phone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2003Publication date: September 16, 2004Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akihiko Maruyama, Kenichi Okuhara
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Patent number: 6724692Abstract: A mechanism having at least a function of measuring an arbitrary elapsed time is provided, which disables the function from being reset after the function is started, and enables the function to be reset after the function is stopped. The function is continuously held in an electrical ON state after being started, except when being normally stopped. This provides a time measurement device and method in which an electrical operating state and a mechanical operating state can coincide.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2000Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidehiro Akahane, Kenichi Okuhara, Akihiko Maruyama, Nobuhiro Koike
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Publication number: 20030137900Abstract: A mechanism having at least a function of measuring an arbitrary elapsed time is provided, which disables the function from being reset after the function is started, and enables the function to be reset after the function is stopped. The function is continuously held in an electrical ON state after being started, except when being normally stopped. This provides a time measurement device and method in which an electrical operating state and a mechanical operating state can coincide.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2003Publication date: July 24, 2003Inventors: Hidehiro Akahane, Kenichi Okuhara, Akihiko Maruyama, Nobuhiro Koike
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Patent number: 6466518Abstract: A time measurement device includes a first motor (1300) for indicating standard time, a second motor (1400) for indicating a chronograph, a generator (1600) which generates driving power for driving the first and second motors by converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, and a zero reset mechanism (1200) for mechanically resetting the chronograph to zero. A compact time measurement device, operable from a low power, is thus provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2000Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidehiro Akahane, Kenichi Okuhara, Akihiko Maruyama, Nobuhiro Koike
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Patent number: 6370087Abstract: In a time measurement device (1000) having, at least, both a function of measuring standard time and a function of measuring any elapsed time, when a predetermined amount of time passes from a temporary suspension of a watch hand in position in the middle of the measurement of the elapsed time, the suspension of the watch hand is automatically released and the watch hand is driven to a watch hand position indicating the elapsed time. Provided thereby is the time measurement device which automatically releases the temporary suspension state in time measurement after the predetermined amount of time, thereby shortening the temporary suspension time and reducing power consumed to drive the watch hand to an originally expected watch hand position at the release of the temporary suspension.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidehiro Akahane, Kenichi Okuhara, Akihiko Maruyama, Nobuhiro Koike
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Patent number: 6292243Abstract: This invention relates to a two-layer display type of electronic equipment having a liquid crystal panel (1) and a background display portion (2) on a rear surface side thereof. The liquid crystal panel (1) has a main liquid crystal panel unit (10) formed by inserting a liquid crystal layer (13) between a first substrate (11) and a second substrate (15). The liquid crystal layer (13) is set to either a light-transmitting state or a light-scattering state by an electrical field that is applied to the liquid crystal. This liquid crystal panel (1) has a transparent layer (21) on the rear surface of the second substrate (15). If the refractive index of this transparent layer (21) is n1, the refractive index of the second substrate (15) in contact with the front side of this transparent layer is n0, and the refractive index of the air layer in contact with the rear side of the transparent layer (21) is n2, the following relationship is established: n2<n0<n1.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1998Date of Patent: September 18, 2001Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Shingu, Takashi Miyazaki, Kiminori Kanamori, Kenichi Okuhara, Hidenori Makiba