Patents by Inventor Kiyohiro Kimura

Kiyohiro Kimura 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: 9007330
    Abstract: A touch panel and a method of producing the touch panel are provided in which a touch panel having a gap between two transparent substrates that is uniform in a plane can stably be obtained by setting a gap between the two transparent substrates in an area where a wiring substrate is disposed to a desired gap. A touch panel includes a pair of transparent substrates opposed to and away from each other and connection terminals provided on at least one of opposed surfaces of the pair of transparent substrates. A wiring substrate that is disposed between the pair of transparent substrates and has one surface electrically connected to the connection terminals and the other surface disposed away from one of the transparent substrates opposed to the other transparent substrate on which the connection terminals are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Kazuhiro Miura
  • Patent number: 8643607
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first support, a second support, a first resistive layer formed on the first support, a second resistive layer formed on the second support, a first conductor pattern including a first electrode portion that extends in a first direction, and a first end portion and a second end portion opposite thereto, a second conductor pattern including a second electrode portion that extends in a second direction that intersects with the first direction, and a first end portion and a second end portion opposite thereto, a first structure layer that is formed on the first resistive layer adjacently to the first end portion of the first conductor pattern, and has a thickness that is gradually reduced in proportion to a distance from the first end portion, and a bonding layer including a first bonding surface and a second bonding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisao Suzuki, Yoshiaki Imamura, Kiyohiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 8519271
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit includes: a flexible substrate extending from a first end section to a second end section, and having an opening or a notch in proximity to the first end section; a first wiring layer extending from the first end section to the second end section so as to avoid the opening or the notch; a second wiring layer extending from the first end section to the second end section so as to block the opening or the notch; a first conductive member being formed opposed to the flexible substrate in relation to the first wiring layer and at least in proximity to the first end section in a region opposed to the first wiring layer, and being electrically connected to the first wiring layer; and a second conductive member electrically connected to the second wiring layer via the opening or the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Harutoshi Oikawa, Kiyohiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 8274634
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit includes: a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer being in contact with one surface of a flexible substrate, a third wiring layer and a fourth wiring layer on the other surface of the flexible substrate, a first conductive member being formed on surfaces in proximity to a through hole of the second wiring layer and the fourth wiring layer; a second conductive member being formed on surfaces in proximity to the first end section of the first wiring layer and the third wiring layer; and an insulating layer being formed in a space between the first wiring layer and the second conductive member, and the second wiring layer and the first conductive member and a space between the third wiring layer and the second conductive member, and the fourth wiring layer and the first conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Harutoshi Oikawa, Kiyohiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 8264469
    Abstract: A touch panel capable of decreasing concavity and convexity generated on the surface and a display unit including the same are provided. The touch panel includes: a first spacer layer on both side faces of a first wiring layer provided on a first transparent substrate; and a second wiring layer on both side faces of a second wiring layer provided on a second transparent substrate. The touch panel also includes a flexible printed circuit board in a gap between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and in a region including at least part of a region not provided with the adhesion layer in the region opposed to the first wiring layer, the second wiring layer, the first spacer layer, and the second spacer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Kazuhiro Miura, Harutoshi Oikawa, Osamu Sugawara, Toshinori Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 8258914
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first transparent electrode substrate, a second transparent electrode substrate, a first bonding layer, a first transparent substrate, and a second bonding layer. The first transparent electrode substrate includes a first wiring pattern, a first surface, a second surface, and a first path. The second transparent electrode substrate includes a second wiring pattern, a third surface, a fourth surface, and a second path. The second path causes the third surface and the fourth surface to communicate with each other. The first bonding layer includes a first peripheral area, an opening area, and a third path. The first bonding layer bonds the first transparent electrode substrate and the second transparent electrode substrate to each other. The first transparent substrate is opposed to the second surface. The second bonding layer includes a first opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Masao Ono, Takao Murooka
  • Publication number: 20120160560
    Abstract: An electrically conductive optical element is provided with a substrate having a surface, structures which are convex portions or concave portions in the shape of a cone and which are arranged in large numbers on the surface of the substrate with a minute pitch less than or equal to the wavelength of the visible light, and a transparent, electrically conductive layer disposed on the structures. The aspect ratio of the structure is 0.2 or more, and 1.3 or less, the transparent, electrically conductive layer has a surface following the structures, the average layer thickness Dm1 of the transparent, electrically conductive layer at the top portion of the structure is 80 nm or less, and the surface resistance of the transparent, electrically conductive layer is within the range of 50?/? or more, and 500?/? or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Kajiya, Masaki Takenouchi, Sohmei Endoh, Kazuya Hayashibe, Kiyohiro Kimura, Yutaka Muramoto
  • Publication number: 20120147472
    Abstract: A conductive optical device includes a base member and a transparent conductive film formed on the base member. A surface structure of the transparent conductive film includes a plurality of convex portions having antireflective properties and arranged at a pitch equal to or smaller than a wavelength of visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Kajiya, Masaki Takenouchi, Sohmei Endoh, Kazuya Hayashibe, Kiyohiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 8059229
    Abstract: A light control element capable of controlling deflection of light output through a light guide plate to a desired output viewing angle is provided. A light control element (prism sheet) has a plane of incidence on one surface thereof, and a plane of output on the other surface thereof. The plane of incidence is formed as having thereon a number of prism portions arrayed in parallel. Each of the prism portions has a first prism surface allowing incidence of light, and a second prism surface where the light entering through the first prism surface is reflected by total reflection on the inner side. The second prism surface has an outwardly-swelled curved profile, formed with a curvature that allows the light to output through the plane of output at a second output viewing angle wider than a first output viewing angle of a case where the second prism surface is flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Shinkai, Yasuyuki Kudo, Makoto Aoki, Kiyohiro Kimura, Katsuhiro Doi
  • Patent number: 8013950
    Abstract: An optical sheet combination structure disposed between a polarizer and a surface emitting unit, includes a first optical sheet having a number of columnar cubic structures of curing resin arrayed on a transparent base, a valley portion between adjacent cubic structures contacting a surface of the transparent base, and a second optical sheet disposed nearer to the side of the polarizer than the first optical sheet, having a number of columnar cubit structures arrayed on a surface, and a refractive index of the cubic structures along an extension direction thereof being different from a refractive index of the cubic structures along an array direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuno, Akihiro Horii, Noriyuki Hirai, Kei Obata, Mitsunari Hoshi, Kiyohiro Kimura, Jun Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7995158
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided in which occurrence of a moiré pattern can be prevented without largely reducing front luminance. A liquid crystal display apparatus 1 includes a surface light source 4, a liquid crystal display panel 2, and first and second prism sheets 5 and 6 for condensing light emitted from the surface light source 4 and guiding the light toward the liquid crystal display panel. The first and second prism sheets 5 and 6 are disposed such that prism array directions thereof are orthogonal to each other. When a pixel pitch of the liquid crystal display panel 2 is defined as Pp [?m]; a prism array pitch of the first prism sheet 5 is defined as Px [?m]; and a prism array pitch of the second prism sheet 6 is defined as Py [?m], relationships of Px?Pp/(14?0.045 Pp) and Py?Pp/(11.5?0.032 Pp) are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Makoto Aoki, Jun Sasaki, Toru Abiko
  • Publication number: 20110128114
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first transparent electrode substrate, a second transparent electrode substrate, a first bonding layer, a first transparent substrate, and a second bonding layer. The first transparent electrode substrate includes a first wiring pattern, a first surface, a second surface, and a first path. The second transparent electrode substrate includes a second wiring pattern, a third surface, a fourth surface, and a second path. The second path causes the third surface and the fourth surface to communicate with each other. The first bonding layer includes a first peripheral area, an opening area, and a third path. The first bonding layer bonds the first transparent electrode substrate and the second transparent electrode substrate to each other. The first transparent substrate is opposed to the second surface. The second bonding layer includes a first opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Masao Ono, Takao Murooka
  • Patent number: 7901600
    Abstract: A lens film with small warpage even when a transparent base is thin is provided. Pole prisms made of a hardening resin are arranged along the extending direction on a transparent base made of a flexible material. The transparent base has a depression according to a valley between the pole prisms adjacent to each other. The pole prism has a sloping face extending to an inner wall of the depression. The transparent base is in contact with the valley. A layer not functioning as a prism, that is, a so-called skirt layer does not exist between the transparent base and the pole prisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Jun Sasaki, Makoto Aoki, Yasuyuki Kudo, Mariko Fukuda, Yu Andrew Chakchung
  • Publication number: 20100128001
    Abstract: A touch panel and a method of producing the touch panel are provided in which a touch panel having a gap between two transparent substrates that is uniform in a plane can stably be obtained by setting a gap between the two transparent substrates in an area where a wiring substrate is disposed to a desired gap. A touch panel includes a pair of transparent substrates opposed to and away from each other and connection terminals provided on at least one of opposed surfaces of the pair of transparent substrates. A wiring substrate that is disposed between the pair of transparent substrates and has one surface electrically connected to the connection terminals and the other surface disposed away from one of the transparent substrates opposed to the other transparent substrate on which the connection terminals are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Kazuhiro Miura
  • Publication number: 20100026648
    Abstract: A touch panel capable of decreasing concavity and convexity generated on the surface and a display unit including the same are provided. The touch panel includes: a first spacer layer on both side faces of a first wiring layer provided on a first transparent substrate; and a second wiring layer on both side faces of a second wiring layer provided on a second transparent substrate. The touch panel also includes a flexible printed circuit board in a gap between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and in a region including at least part of a region not provided with the adhesion layer in the region opposed to the first wiring layer, the second wiring layer, the first spacer layer, and the second spacer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Kazuhiro Miura, Harutoshi Oikawa, Osamu Sugawara, Toshinori Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20090315855
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit includes: a flexible substrate extending from a first end section to a second end section, and having an opening or a notch in proximity to the first end section; a first wiring layer extending from the first end section to the second end section so as to avoid the opening or the notch; a second wiring layer extending from the first end section to the second end section so as to block the opening or the notch; a first conductive member being formed opposed to the flexible substrate in relation to the first wiring layer and at least in proximity to the first end section in a region opposed to the first wiring layer, and being electrically connected to the first wiring layer; and a second conductive member electrically connected to the second wiring layer via the opening or the notch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Harutoshi OIKAWA, Kiyohiro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20090315856
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit includes: a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer being in contact with one surface of a flexible substrate, a third wiring layer and a fourth wiring layer on the other surface of the flexible substrate, a first conductive member being formed on surfaces in proximity to a through hole of the second wiring layer and the fourth wiring layer; a second conductive member being formed on surfaces in proximity to the first end section of the first wiring layer and the third wiring layer; and an insulating layer being formed in a space between the first wiring layer and the second conductive member, and the second wiring layer and the first conductive member and a space between the third wiring layer and the second conductive member, and the fourth wiring layer and the first conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Harutoshi OIKAWA, Kiyohiro KIMURA
  • Patent number: RE46601
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided in which occurrence of a moiré pattern can be prevented without largely reducing front luminance. A liquid crystal display apparatus 1 includes a surface light source 4, a liquid crystal display panel 2, and first and second prism sheets 5 and 6 for condensing light emitted from the surface light source 4 and guiding the light toward the liquid crystal display panel. The first and second prism sheets 5 and 6 are disposed such that prism array directions thereof are orthogonal to each other. When a pixel pitch of the liquid crystal display panel 2 is defined as Pp [?m]; a prism array pitch of the first prism sheet 5 is defined as Px [?m]; and a prism array pitch of the second prism sheet 6 is defined as Py [?m], relationships of Px?Pp/(14?0.045 Pp) and Py?Pp/(11.5?0.032 Pp) are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Makoto Aoki, Jun Sasaki, Toru Abiko
  • Patent number: RE48143
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided in which occurrence of a moiré pattern can be prevented without largely reducing front luminance. A liquid crystal display apparatus 1 includes a surface light source 4, a liquid crystal display panel 2, and first and second prism sheets 5 and 6 for condensing light emitted from the surface light source 4 and guiding the light toward the liquid crystal display panel. The first and second prism sheets 5 and 6 are disposed such that prism array directions thereof are orthogonal to each other. When a pixel pitch of the liquid crystal display panel 2 is defined as Pp [?m]; a prism array pitch of the first prism sheet 5 is defined as Px [?m]; and a prism array pitch of the second prism sheet 6 is defined as Py [?m], relationships of Px?Pp/(14?0.045 Pp) and Py?Pp/(11.5?0.032 Pp) are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Makoto Aoki, Jun Sasaki, Toru Abiko
  • Patent number: RE48844
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided in which occurrence of a moiré pattern can be prevented without largely reducing front luminance. A liquid crystal display apparatus 1 includes a surface light source 4, a liquid crystal display panel 2, and first and second prism sheets 5 and 6 for condensing light emitted from the surface light source 4 and guiding the light toward the liquid crystal display panel. The first and second prism sheets 5 and 6 are disposed such that prism array directions thereof are orthogonal to each other. When a pixel pitch of the liquid crystal display panel 2 is defined as Pp [?m]; a prism array pitch of the first prism sheet 5 is defined as Px [?m]; and a prism array pitch of the second prism sheet 6 is defined as Py [?m], relationships of Px?Pp/(14?0.045 Pp) and Py?Pp/(11.5?0.032 Pp) are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Kimura, Makoto Aoki, Jun Sasaki, Toru Abiko