Patents by Inventor Koji Murata
Koji Murata 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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Patent number: 12174469Abstract: Provided is a display device including a backlight; a first liquid crystal panel; a display panel; and a second liquid crystal panel. The first liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a first liquid crystal layer containing first liquid crystal molecules, and a second substrate. The second liquid crystal panel includes a third substrate, a second liquid crystal layer containing second liquid crystal molecules, and a fourth substrate. The display device satisfies the following formula: |?3??1|?50°, wherein ?1 represents an azimuthal angle of a director of the first liquid crystal molecules near the first substrate with no voltage applied to the first liquid crystal layer, and 43 represents an azimuthal angle of a director of the second liquid crystal molecules near the third substrate with no voltage applied to the second liquid crystal layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Koji Murata, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Atsuko Kanashima, Takashi Satoh, Shinji Shimada
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Publication number: 20240417206Abstract: A sheet postprocessing apparatus includes a postprocessing device that performs postprocessing on a sheet, and a drive unit having a motor for transporting the sheet. The postprocessing device includes an optional unit mounting base. On the optional unit mounting base, one of a folding unit having a function to fold the sheet, and a basic unit without the folding function can be selectively mounted. When the folding unit is mounted on the optional unit mounting base, a bidirectional motor capable of rotating forward and reversely is additionally provided in the drive unit, in addition to a forward rotation motor capable of rotating forward, which is permanently provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Koji MURATA, Tadahisa KISHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240420657Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal panel and a control unit configured to drive the liquid crystal panel, wherein the liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate, all of which are provided in a stated order, the first substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode either stacked via a first insulating layer or disposed opposite each other, the second substrate includes a third electrode, the control unit includes a display mode switching unit, a gamma correction table memory unit, a gamma correction unit, and an image data output unit, the display mode switching unit switches between narrow viewing angle mode and wide viewing angle mode by controlling a voltage applied to the third electrode, the gamma correction table memory unit contains gamma correction tables by each of which a gray level is associated with an application voltage to the first electrode and/or the second electrode, the gamma correction unit acquires diType: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Akira HIRAI, Koji MURATA, Takashi SATOH
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Publication number: 20240413418Abstract: A solid-state battery packaging material at least includes: a substrate layer; a barrier layer; and a sealant layer laminated in this order, wherein at least one of the layers constituting the packaging material contains a composite oxide containing a divalent metal and a trivalent metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC.Inventor: Koji MURATA
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Patent number: 12159602Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: an active matrix substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode configured to generate a transverse electrical field; a counter substrate including a plurality of third electrodes disposed at predetermined intervals and having a stripe pattern; a liquid crystal layer located between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate; and a control circuit. The liquid crystal display device can display an image in a first viewing angle mode and a second viewing angle mode having a viewing angle narrower than the first viewing angle mode by the control circuit switching an amplitude and a waveform of a voltage applied to the third electrodes. The control circuit applies a common voltage having a different value to the first electrode or the second electrode in each of the first viewing angle mode and the second viewing angle mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Koji Murata, Takashi Satoh
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Publication number: 20240396108Abstract: A packaging material for fully-solid-state batteries, including at least a substrate layer, a gas barrier layer, a sealant layer, and a hydrogen sulfide adsorption layer, in which the hydrogen sulfide adsorption layer contains a modified polyolefin resin and a hydrogen sulfide adsorbent and has a thickness of equal to or more than 0.5 ?m and less than 10 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC.Inventor: Koji MURATA
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Publication number: 20240377683Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of first colored particles contained in a space between a first substrate and a second substrate; a light-emitting portion having a first light-emitting element provided on the first substrate, and a first-light-emitting-element driving circuit provided on the first substrate and configured to drive the first light-emitting element; a first transparent portion disposed in a direction along a main surface of the first substrate with respect to the light-emitting portion; a first electrode provided in the light-emitting portion; and a second electrode provided in the first transparent portion and being nckudestransparent. The display device is capable of switching between a light-transmitting state of the first transparent portion in which the first electrode attracts the plurality of first colored particles, and a light-blocking state of the first transparent portion in which the second electrode attracts the plurality of first colored particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Kimiaki NAKAMURA, Masakazu SHIBASAKI, Yasuhiro HASEBA, Koji MURATA
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Patent number: 12135478Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal panel sequentially including: a first polarizing plate with a first absorption axis; a first substrate including a first electrode; a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules; and a second substrate including a second electrode. The liquid crystal panel satisfies the following Formula (1) as well as the following Formula (2-1) or Formula (2-2): 5°?|?1??2|?20°??(Formula 1) 5°?|?P1??2|?20°??(Formula 2-1) 65°?|?P1??2|?80°??(Formula 2-2) wherein ?1 represents an azimuthal angle of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the first substrate, ?2 represents an azimuthal angle of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the second substrate, and ?P1 represents an azimuthal angle of the first absorption axis of the first polarizing plate, each with no voltage applied.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Koji Murata, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Takashi Satoh, Shinji Shimada
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Patent number: 12117679Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device that can switch between the privacy mode and the public mode and achieve a high contrast ratio even during display in the privacy mode. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a liquid crystal panel; and a control circuit. The active matrix substrate sequentially includes a first substrate, a first electrode, a first insulating layer, and second electrodes each including a first linear electrode. The color filter substrate includes a second substrate, a black matrix, a color filter layer, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode which is disposed between the black matrix and the third electrode and to which constant voltage is applied. The third electrode includes second linear electrodes and overlaps a portion of the black matrix in a plan view. The control circuit switches between application of driving voltage and application of constant voltage to the third electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Koji Murata, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Shinpei Higashida, Takahiro Sasaki, Takashi Satoh, Shinji Shimada
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Patent number: 12107198Abstract: A barrier film comprising a gas barrier film, and a primer layer disposed on one of outermost surfaces thereof and made of a cured product of a primer composition comprising at least one organometallic compound selected from the group consisting of a metal chelating compound, a metal alkoxide compound and a metal acylate compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Murata, Satoshi Iwata
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Publication number: 20240300766Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus (20) includes a first sheet conveyance passage (3), a second sheet conveyance passage (5), a pair of feed rollers (3r1), a first pair of conveyance rollers (50), and a contact-release mechanism (60). The second sheet conveyance passage (5) branches from a branch section (31) on the first sheet conveyance passage (3). The first pair of conveyance rollers (50) has a first roller (51) and a second roller (52) and conveys a sheet along the first sheet conveyance passage (3). When, in the branch section (31), a sheet is conveyed from upstream with respect to the sheet conveyance direction in the first sheet conveyance passage (3) toward the second sheet conveyance passage (5), the sheet conveying apparatus (20) makes the contact-release mechanism (60) move the second roller (52) away from the first roller (51) and makes the pair of feed rollers (3r1) convey the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Tadahisa KISHIMOTO, Koji MURATA
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Patent number: 12078878Abstract: A viewing angle control liquid crystal panel includes: a first polarizer having a first absorption axis; a first liquid crystal panel including a first substrate, a first liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate; a second liquid crystal panel including a third substrate, a second liquid crystal layer, and a fourth substrate; and a third liquid crystal panel including a fifth substrate, a third liquid crystal layer, and a sixth substrate. The following equations are satisfied, where ?P1 is an azimuth angle of the first absorption axis and ?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5, and ?6 are azimuth angles of directors of liquid crystal molecules on first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth substrate sides: 0°?|?1??2|?5° 0°?|?P1??1|?5° 0°?|?3??4|?5° 0°?|?5??6|?5°.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2024Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Koji Murata, Akira Hirai, Takashi Satoh, Akira Sakai, Kiyoshi Minoura
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Publication number: 20240286862Abstract: A sheet post-processing device includes a discharge port, a discharge tray, a first sheet pressing member, a second sheet pressing member, and a holding member. The holding member has a first holding portion that holds the first sheet pressing member, and a second holding portion that holds the second sheet pressing member. The first holding portion selectively holds the first sheet pressing member at a first pressing position for pressing a sheet and a first retreat position retreated to above a discharge route. The second holding portion selectively holds the second sheet pressing member at a second pressing position for pressing the sheet and a second retreat position retreated to above the discharge route.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Tadahisa KISHIMOTO, Koji MURATA
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Patent number: 12066716Abstract: An electronic device includes a first display panel including a first display surface, and a second display panel including a second display surface and configured to be disposed such that light emitted from the first display surface is incident on the second display surface. The first display panel is configured such that light emitted from the first display surface and incident on the second display surface includes a large amount of P-polarization components. The second display panel is a reflection-type display panel, and includes a polarizer disposed on the second display surface and configured to absorb S-polarization components of incident light.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Naru Usukura, Akiko Itoh, Koji Murata, Keisuke Yoshida
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Publication number: 20240272463Abstract: A viewing angle control liquid crystal panel includes: a first polarizer having a first absorption axis; a first liquid crystal panel including a first substrate, a first liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate; a second liquid crystal panel including a third substrate, a second liquid crystal layer, and a fourth substrate; and a third liquid crystal panel including a fifth substrate, a third liquid crystal layer, and a sixth substrate. The following equations are satisfied, where ?P1 is an azimuth angle of the first absorption axis and ?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5, and ?6 are azimuth angles of directors of liquid crystal molecules on first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth substrate sides: 0°?|?1??2|?5° 0°?|?P1??1|?5° 0°?|?3??4|?5° 0°?|?5??6|?5°.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Koji Murata, Akira Hirai, Takashi Satoh, Akira Sakai, Kiyoshi Minoura
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Publication number: 20240257775Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer that is located between the first substrate and the second substrate and contains liquid crystal molecules, a pair of electrodes that apply a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, and a voltage control unit that performs control to alternately apply a first voltage having a first absolute value and a second voltage having a second absolute value different from the first absolute value between the pair of electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Junichi MASUDA, Koji MURATA
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Patent number: 12035564Abstract: A TFT layer; a light-emitting element layer including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode; a wavelength conversion layer formed above the light-emitting element layer and being configured to convert a color of light from the light-emitting layer; a dielectric layer formed above the wavelength conversion layer; and a particle layer formed above the dielectric layer and including metal nanoparticles including a core and a shell around the core.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Murata, Tokiyoshi Umeda, Yuto Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 12021175Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting layer and a red converting layer, the red converting layer includes a binder resin, red luminescent bodies, and In nanoparticles, each of the In nanoparticles includes a core and a silica shell, and the silica shell includes blue luminescent bodies emitting light having a wavelength shorter than that of red luminescent bodies.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Murata, Tokiyoshi Umeda, Yuto Tsukamoto
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Publication number: 20240201136Abstract: A calculation device includes a calculation portion that divides a sample having a numerical solution applying portion, a connecting portion and an analytic solution applying portion into a plurality of cells, and calculates an electromagnetic field of each cell based on a physical property value associated with the cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Koji Murata, Fumie Machida, Seunghyun Kim
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Patent number: 12007640Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device capable of switching between a transparent state and a scattering state, reducing or preventing a decrease in transmittance in the transparent state, and reducing or preventing a decrease in luminance in the panel central portion in the scattering state. The liquid crystal display device includes, sequentially from its viewing surface side toward its back surface side: a first liquid crystal panel; a light source; and a second liquid crystal panel, the first liquid crystal panel including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal containing a polymer network and liquid crystal components, the light source being configured to irradiate a back surface side main surface of the first liquid crystal panel with light from an oblique direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Murata, Yasuhiro Haseba, Kazutaka Hanaoka, Kimiaki Nakamura, Mariko Honda, Atsuko Kanashima, Tadashi Hasegawa, Shinji Shimada