Patents by Inventor Makoto Hasegawa
Makoto Hasegawa 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: 20230107865Abstract: A ridable moving object on which a user gets is provided. The ridable moving object includes a processor configured to execute a program to determine that the user has been away from the ridable moving object, detect a usage intention of another person different from the user for the ridable moving object, and generate an action command for causing the ridable moving object to perform a prescribed operation on a basis of setting information set for at least one of the user and the ridable moving object when it is determined that the user has been away from the ridable moving object and the usage intention of the another person for the ridable moving object has been detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Sachiko Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20230095638Abstract: Provided is an imaging system including an imager configured to image a ridable moving object positioned at a registered photo spot, and a processor configured to execute a program to cause a guide to guide the ridable moving object on which a user gets and which is positioned near the photo spot to a recommended position in the photo spot.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Sachiko Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20230102926Abstract: A search system according to an embodiment is a search system including one or more boarding-type mobile objects moving within a predetermined area and a mobile object management server managing the boarding-type mobile objects and includes a receiver that receives registration of information on a search target, an imaging controller that activates an imager mounted on the one or more boarding-type mobile objects when the registration of the information on the search target is received by the receiver, an acquirer that acquires an image of surroundings of the boarding-type mobile object captured by the imager, and a determiner that determines whether the search target is included in the image acquired by the acquirer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Sachiko Yamamoto, Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa, Marika Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20230087920Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and small light distribution angle. The present invention takes the following structure to realize the above task: A lighting device comprising: a disc shaped light guide, having a main surface and a rear surface, including a first hole at a center, a disc shaped reflection sheet, disposed at the rear surface side of the light guide, including a second hole at a center, a prism sheet, disposed at the main surface side of the light guide, including a concentric first prism array, wherein a reflection mirror is set in the first hole of the light guide at the side near to the prism sheet, an LED is set opposing to the reflection mirror.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Masafumi OKADA
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Publication number: 20230086503Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device which can be switched between an overall lighting and a local lighting with a single lighting device. The concrete structure is a lighting device including: a first light guide having a first major surface and a first back surface, and a first hole; a second light guide, disposed on the first light guide, and having a second major surface, a second back surface, and a second hole; a reflection sheet disposed under the first back surface of the first light guide; a liquid crystal lens disposed above the second major surface of the second light guide, in which first LEDs and second LEDs are disposed circumferentially along a side wall of the first hole and a side wall of the second hole, respectively, and the first LEDs and the second LEDs are displaced each other in azimuth direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Masafumi OKADA
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Publication number: 20230056516Abstract: A lighting device including: a light guide having a first side surface extending in a first direction and a second side surface opposing to the first side surface and extending in the first direction, a first LED being disposed at the first side surface, a second LED being disposed at the second side surface; in which a first area extends in the first direction and a second area extends in the second direction in the light guide; a prism sheet is disposed on the light guide; a prism extending in the first direction and arranged in the second direction is formed on the prism sheet; a first surface of the prism has a first angle with normal direction of the second prism sheet; a second surface of the prism has a second angle with normal direction of the second prism sheet; the first angle is larger than the second angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Masafumi OKADA
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Publication number: 20230039243Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to realize a prism sheet in which an outer shape is circular and has a concentric prism array. The present invention includes the structure: A prism sheet has a circular outer shape and a concentric prism array on one surface, in which groove is formed in radial direction from a center of the concentric prism array so as to cross the concentric prism array. The air entrained in the prism array during manufacturing is exhausted through the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20230029719Abstract: A cart includes a vehicle body, at least one omnidirectional wheel provided at the vehicle body and configured to move the vehicle body in all directions along a floor, a drive unit configured to drive the omnidirectional wheel, a handle provided at the vehicle body and configured to accept an operation by a user, at least one sensor configured to detect loads in a width direction and a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body applied to the handle, and a control unit configured to control the drive unit based on the loads detected by the sensor, wherein the handle includes a first portion extending in the width direction and at least one second portion extending in a front-and-rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Ritsuya OSHIMA, Hiroshi IWAKAMI, Makoto HASEGAWA, Hiroshi GOMI, Noriyuki ISHIDA, Shinichiro KOBASHI
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Publication number: 20230027661Abstract: The purpose is to realize a lighting device which can project a light spot of rectangle with a simple structure. The invention is: A lighting device having a light source unit 1, the light source unit 1 including a funnel shaped reflector 10 and an LED 20, in which the funnel shaped reflector 10 includes a neck and an opening, the LED 20 is disposed at the neck of the funnel shaped reflector 10, a plan view of the opening is a rectangle, and provided a distance from the neck to the opening along axis is d, and one side of the rectangle is x, either one of the first light source unit and the second light source unit satisfies, d / x is 2 or larger.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Masafumi OKADA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Makoto HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20230015472Abstract: A lighting device including: a light guide, a reflecting sheet and a first prism sheet, in which a first white LED, a second white LED and a third white LED are disposed in a same interval on a first side surface and on a second side surface, which opposes to the first side surface, a first prism array extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction is formed on the major surface, a second prism array extending in a second direction and arranged in a first direction is formed on the back surface, the reflecting sheet is disposed under the back surface of the light guide, the first prism sheet is disposed on the major surface of the light guide, and a third prism array, extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction is formed on the back surface of the first prism sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20230018610Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and high emitting efficiency. A concrete structure of the inventions is as follows. A lighting device including a first light guide and a second light guide stacked on the first light guide, a reflecting sheet disposed under the first light guide, and a prism sheet disposed on the first light guide, in which a concentric first prism array is formed on the prism sheet, a plurality of first LEDs are disposed along a circumferential direction of a side wall of a first hole of the first light guide, a plurality of second LEDs are disposed along a circumferential direction of a side wall of a second hole of the second light guide, and the plurality of the first LEDs and the plurality of the second LEDs are displaced in azimuth direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Masafumi OKADA
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Publication number: 20230003363Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and small light distribution angle. The present invention takes the following structure to realize the above task: A lighting device having an emitting surface and a bottom opposing to the emitting surface including: a resin, set between the emitting surface and the bottom, having a hole at a center, a reflection block set in the hole at a side of the emitting surface, an LED, which is a light source, set in the hole at a side of the bottom, a space between the LED and the reflection block, in which the resin is contained in a container whose inner surface is a reflecting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Ken KAGABU
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Patent number: 11537001Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and small light distribution angle. The present invention takes the following structure to realize the above task: A lighting device comprising: a disc shaped light guide, having a main surface and a rear surface, including a first hole at a center, a disc shaped reflection sheet, disposed at the rear surface side of the light guide, including a second hole at a center, a prism sheet, disposed at the main surface side of the light guide, including a concentric first prism array, wherein a reflection mirror is set in the first hole of the light guide at the side near to the prism sheet, an LED is set opposing to the reflection mirror.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Masafumi Okada
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Patent number: 11513279Abstract: A lighting device including: a light guide having a first side surface extending in a first direction and a second side surface opposing to the first side surface and extending in the first direction, a first LED being disposed at the first side surface, a second LED being disposed at the second side surface; in which a first area extends in the first direction and a second area extends in the second direction in the light guide; a prism sheet is disposed on the light guide; a prism extending in the first direction and arranged in the second direction is formed on the prism sheet; a first surface of the prism has a first angle with normal direction of the second prism sheet; a second surface of the prism has a second angle with normal direction of the second prism sheet; the first angle is larger than the second angle.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Masafumi Okada
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Publication number: 20220368447Abstract: A fiber-optic communication apparatus includes an optical monitor that monitors a WDM signal in. which optical signals of multiple channels are multiplexed, a processor that calculates a control value for controlling an optical power of the WDM signal, based. on a power spectrum detected by the optical monitor, in a unit interval of frequency narrower than a channel bandwidth of the WDM signal, and an optical power adjusting mechanism that adjusts the optical power of the WDM signal in the unit interval of frequency based on the control value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Atsushi KODAMA, Norifumi SHUKUNAMI, Tomoaki TAKEYAMA
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Patent number: 11466840Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and small light distribution angle. The present invention takes the following structure to realize the above task: A lighting device having an emitting surface and a bottom opposing to the emitting surface including: a resin, set between the emitting surface and the bottom, having a hole at a center, a reflection block set in the hole at a side of the emitting surface, an LED, which is a light source, set in the hole at a side of the bottom, a space between the LED and the reflection block, in which the resin is contained in a container whose inner surface is a reflecting surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Ken Kagabu
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Publication number: 20220299697Abstract: A lighting device including: a light guide having a first side surface extending in a first direction and a second side surface opposing to the first side surface and extending in the first direction, a first LED being disposed at the first side surface, a second LED being disposed at the second side surface; in which a first area extends in the first direction and a second area extends in the second direction in the light guide; a prism sheet is disposed on the light guide; a prism extending in the first direction and arranged in the second direction is formed on the prism sheet; a first surface of the prism has a first angle with normal direction of the second prism sheet; a second surface of the prism has a second angle with normal direction of the second prism sheet; the first angle is larger than the second angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Masafumi OKADA
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Publication number: 20220291546Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a light guide plate with a plurality of first protrusion parts arranged along a first direction and extending along a second direction which crosses the first direction, and a prism sheet, wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the first protrusion parts along the first direction has an apex angle between 55 degrees and 65 degrees, inclusive, the light guide plate includes a plurality of second protrusion parts which extend along the first direction and are arranged along the second direction, and a cross-sectional shape of each of the second protrusion parts along the second direction has a base angle between 1 degree and 3 degrees, inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Masafumi OKADA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Makoto HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 11442215Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a light guide plate, a prism sheet, and a lenticular lens, wherein, a plurality of first protrusions of the light guide plate are arranged along a first direction and extend along a second direction intersecting the first direction, a plurality of second protrusions of the light guide plate extend along the first direction and are arranged along the second direction, the prism sheet includes a plurality of third protrusions extending along the first direction and arranged in the second direction, and the lenticular lens includes a plurality of fourth protrusions arranged along the first direction and extending along the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Masafumi Okada
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Publication number: 20220260217Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of small light distribution angle and less leakage light and further to realize a lighting device in which the light beam is easy to control. The following is an example of the structure to meet the above purpose. A lighting device including: a light guide; LEDs set at a side surface of the light guide; a prism sheet set on a major surface of the light guide, in which a first louver which extends in a first direction and, a second louver which extends in an orthogonal direction to the first direction are superposed on the prism sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Takeo KOITO, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Masafumi OKADA