Patents by Inventor Makiko Sugibayashi

Makiko Sugibayashi 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: 8514351
    Abstract: Manufacture of a liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a backlight unit, a backlight unit-side polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal cell held by two glass plates, the liquid crystal cell having an electrode, a liquid crystal layer, an alignment layer, and a color filter arranged between the glass plates. The liquid crystal display also includes a transparent front plate arranged at a side of the liquid crystal cell opposite to the backlight unit, a polarizing plate attached to the liquid crystal cell, and a transparent organic medium layer arranged between the front plate and the liquid crystal cell. Since the front plate is provided at the outermost surface of an image display portion, and the transparent organic medium is filled between the front plate and the liquid crystal module, it is possible to achieve an improvement in wear resistance and a reduction in reflectance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Makiko Sugibayashi, Yuka Utsumi, Yasushi Tomioka, Katsumi Kondo
  • Patent number: 8248562
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel having a high-performance antireflection layer at a low cost. In a liquid crystal display panel or an organic light-emitting diode display panel constituted by a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate and a liquid crystal layer between these two transparent substrates further includes an antireflection layer on a portion which is at least one display area and a visible side (outer surface) by a viewer, and layers made of the same material as the antireflection layer formed on at least the opposite side (inside surface) of the surface of the portion corresponding to the display area and on three edge faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Adachi, Makiko Sugibayashi, Tetsuya Ohshima, Shinichi Komura
  • Patent number: 8088475
    Abstract: A conventional thin membrane of aerogel, although achieving a low refractive index, retains some difficulty when it is to be applied to display apparatuses or the like, because of its low strength. Membranes produced by other methods are difficult to simultaneously achieve low refractive index and sufficient strength. The present invention provides an anti-reflecting membrane which is formed at least on one side of a plate transmitting visible light, is composed of fine inorganic oxide particles and a binder, contains a number of pores inside, and has an arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) below 6 nm. The present invention also provides preferred embodiments of the display apparatuses provided with the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Yasushi Tomioka, Masaya Adachi, Makiko Sugibayashi, Ikuo Hiyama, Katsumi Kondou
  • Patent number: 8059235
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates having a polarizer, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates of the pair, a color filter layer sandwiched between one of the substrates of the pair and the liquid crystal layer, a light source for supplying light to the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal layer, and the color filter layer. The color filter layer includes three filters for displaying blue, green and red. Only the green filter of the three filters selectively includes an absorbing component capable of absorbing a light spectrum within a wavelength range from 480 nm to 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Utsumi, Makiko Sugibayashi, Ikuo Hiyama, Katsumi Kondo, Mutsumi Maehara
  • Patent number: 7903195
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to propose the structure and constitution of a liquid crystal display device having a protection plate, which prevents exfoliation of black painting at ends of the protection plate when dust on the protection plate of the liquid crystal display device is wiped off, thus preventing degradation of design features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Makiko Sugibayashi, Yasushi Tomioka, Katsumi Kondo
  • Patent number: 7903205
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image display device having a configuration that allows the device to be manufactured in such a way as to prevent unwanted spread and penetration of the polymeric precursor of the elastomer in its liquid display panel and thereby prevent the expansion and degradation of the members adjacent to the panel, which leads to an improvement in the performance of the image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makiko Sugibayashi, Hiroshi Sasaki, Yasushi Tomioka
  • Patent number: 7804558
    Abstract: Manufacture of a liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a backlight unit, a backlight unit-side polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal cell held by two glass plates, the liquid crystal cell having an electrode, a liquid crystal layer, an alignment layer, and a color filter arranged between the glass plates. The liquid crystal display also includes a transparent front plate arranged at a side of the liquid crystal cell opposite to the backlight unit, a polarizing plate attached to the liquid crystal cell, and a transparent organic medium layer arranged between the front plate and the liquid crystal cell. Since the front plate is provided at the outermost surface of an image display portion, and the transparent organic medium is filled between the front plate and the liquid crystal module, it is possible to achieve an improvement in wear resistance and a reduction in reflectance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Makiko Sugibayashi, Yuka Utsumi, Yasushi Tomioka, Katsumi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20100238377
    Abstract: Manufacture of a liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a backlight unit, a backlight unit-side polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal cell held by two glass plates, the liquid crystal cell having an electrode, a liquid crystal layer, an alignment layer, and a color filter arranged between the glass plates. The liquid crystal display also includes a transparent front plate arranged at a side of the liquid crystal cell opposite to the backlight unit, a polarizing plate attached to the liquid crystal cell, and a transparent organic medium layer arranged between the front plate and the liquid crystal cell. Since the front plate is provided at the outermost surface of an image display portion, and the transparent organic medium is filled between the front plate and the liquid crystal module, it is possible to achieve an improvement in wear resistance and a reduction in reflectance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroshi SASAKI, Makiko Sugibayashi, Yuka Utsumi, Yasushi Tomioka, Katsumi Kondo
  • Patent number: 7782423
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display comprising a liquid crystal layer, a pair of substrates between which the liquid crystal layer is arranged, a pair of polarizing plates arranged between which the substrates are arranged, and a light source arranged at an outside of the polarizing plates, the liquid crystal display further comprises a first transparent resin layer arranged between the liquid crystal layer and the light source and a second transparent resin layer to be arranged between the viewer and the liquid crystal layer, and a linear thermal expansion coefficient of the first transparent resin layer is smaller than that of the second transparent resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyomi Nakamura, Hiroshi Sasaki, Makiko Sugibayashi, Yasushi Tomioka, Katsumi Kondo
  • Patent number: 7742137
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal display panel having a liquid crystal layer positioned between the substrates, a transparent protective plate arranged on a front surface side of the display panel, and an optically transparent layer between the display panel and the protective plate, and wherein the protective plate includes fine concavity and convexity configurations on at least a surface thereof toward the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Adachi, Makiko Sugibayashi, Tetsuya Ohshima, Katsumi Kondo, Hiroshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7616380
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an optical part having an anti-reflecting membrane which is low in resistance and high in adhesion and is sharply improved in light transmittance by reducing reflectance of light, and a display apparatus using the same. According to the present invention, there are provided an optical part which transmits or partially reflects light, wherein a light receiving face or a light outgoing face has an anti-reflecting membrane which comprises inorganic oxide particles and a binder, has a thickness of 60-190 nm, and has pores of 5-200 nm in size, and a display device using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Makiko Sugibayashi, Sadayuki Nishimura, Kiyomi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090148688
    Abstract: An optical material having a reflecting membrane, an enhanced reflecting membrane, or an anti-reflecting membrane formed with coating is provided. The optical material includes an optical material matrix, and a first inorganic compound layer and a second inorganic compound layer which are alternately stacked on the optical material matrix, wherein the first inorganic compound layer is formed of a titanium compound having a hydrolysable residue and oilophilic smectite and has a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the optical material matrix, and wherein the second inorganic compound layer includes silicon oxide and has a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the optical material matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Makiko Sugibayashi, Kiyomi Nakamura, Sadayuki Nishimura, Koji Hirata, Takanori Hisada, Kei Adachi
  • Publication number: 20090141220
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates having a polarizer, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates of the pair, a color filter layer sandwiched between one of the substrates of the pair and the liquid crystal layer, a light source for supplying light to the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal layer, and the color filter layer. The color filter layer includes three filters for displaying blue, green and red. The green filter of the three filters selectively includes an absorbing component capable of absorbing a light spectrum within a wavelength range from 400 nm to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Yuka Utsumi, Makiko Sugibayashi, Ikuo Hiyama, Katsumi Kondo, Mutsumi Maehara
  • Publication number: 20090086120
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to propose the structure and constitution of a liquid crystal display device having a protection plate, which prevents exfoliation of black painting at ends of the protection plate when dust on the protection plate of the liquid crystal display device is wiped off, thus preventing degradation of design features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Makiko Sugibayashi, Yasushi Tomioka, Katsumi Kondo
  • Patent number: 7489374
    Abstract: A normally-closed liquid crystal display includes a component to selectively absorb characteristic leakage light occurring at black representation. Therefore, when black is displayed, occurrence of unnecessary leakage light due to partial depolarization of polarized light caused by a component of an LCD panel can be suppressed. It is therefore possible to provide a liquid crystal display in which display performance of black is improved to clearly display black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Utsumi, Makiko Sugibayashi, Ikuo Hiyama, Katsumi Kondo, Mutsumi Maehara
  • Publication number: 20080297685
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image display device having a configuration that allows the device to be manufactured in such a way as to prevent unwanted spread and penetration of the polymeric precursor of the elastomer in its liquid display panel and thereby prevent the expansion and degradation of the members adjacent to the panel, which leads to an improvement in the performance of the image display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Makiko Sugibayashi, Hiroshi Sasaki, Yasushi Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20080211984
    Abstract: An image display device designed to improve shock resistance and to eliminate external image reflection and blurring. In an liquid crystal display device are disposed a backlight, a polarizing plate on the backlight side and a liquid crystal panel held by two glass substrates and having electrodes, a liquid crystal layer, an alignment layer and a color filter therein. The image display device has a transparent front plate provided on the liquid crystal panel opposite from the backlight, a transparent organic medium layer provided between the front plate and the liquid crystal panel, and an antiglare layer provided on the front plate opposite from the transparent organic medium layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Makiko Sugibayashi, Hiroshi Sasaki, Katsumi Kondo, Kiyomi Nakamura, Yasushi Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20080192181
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display comprising a liquid crystal layer, a pair of substrates between which the liquid crystal layer is arranged, a pair of polarizing plates arranged between which the substrates are arranged, and a light source arranged at an outside of the polarizing plates, the liquid crystal display further comprises a first transparent resin layer arranged between the liquid crystal layer and the light source and a second transparent resin layer to be arranged between the viewer and the liquid crystal layer, and a linear thermal expansion coefficient of the first transparent resin layer is smaller than that of the second transparent resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Kiyomi NAKAMURA, Hiroshi Sasaki, Makiko Sugibayashi, Yasushi Tomioka, Katsumi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20070053062
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an optical part having an anti-reflecting membrane which is low in resistance and high in adhesion and is sharply improved in light transmittance by reducing reflectance of light, and a display apparatus using the same. According to the present invention, there are provided an optical part which transmits or partially reflects light, wherein a light receiving face or a light outgoing face has an anti-reflecting membrane which comprises inorganic oxide particles and a binder, has a thickness of 60-190 nm, and has pores of 5-200 nm in size, and a display device using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Makiko Sugibayashi, Sadayuki Nishimura, Kiyomi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070053063
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel having a high-performance antireflection layer at a low cost. In a liquid crystal display panel or an organic light-emitting diode display panel constituted by a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate and a liquid crystal layer between these two transparent substrates further includes an antireflection layer on a portion which is at least one display area and a visible side (outer surface) by a viewer, and layers made of the same material as the antireflection layer formed on at least the opposite side (inside surface) of the surface of the portion corresponding to the display area and on three edge faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Masaya Adachi, Makiko Sugibayashi, Tetsuya Ohshima, Shinichi Komura