Patents by Inventor Manabu Daio
Manabu Daio 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: 12656612Abstract: The display device of the present invention includes, in the following order toward a viewer: a display panel; a semi-transparent mirror; a Pancharatnam-Berry lens configured to cause one-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon that is left-handed circularly polarized light or right-handed circularly polarized light to converge while causing opposite-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon to diverge; and a circularly polarized light-selective reflector.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Mattia Signoretto, David James Montgomery, Peter John Roberts, Naru Usukura, Manabu Daio
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Patent number: 12601916Abstract: The display device of the present invention includes, in the following order toward a viewer: a display panel; a semi-transparent mirror; a Pancharatnam-Berry lens configured to cause one-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon that is left-handed circularly polarized light or right-handed circularly polarized light to converge while causing opposite-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon to diverge; and a circularly polarized light-selective reflector.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2023Date of Patent: April 14, 2026Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Mattia Signoretto, David James Montgomery, Peter John Roberts, Naru Usukura, Manabu Daio
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Patent number: 12590282Abstract: A cell culture apparatus includes: a substrate having a first surface; a pair of structures each having a wall surface intersecting the first surface, the wall surfaces facing each other; and an electrode disposed on the first surface and traversing a space between the wall surfaces, the electrode and each of the wall surfaces forming an angle other than 90 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Manabu Daio, Tomoko Teranishi, Satoshi Ihida, Chihiro Tachino
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Patent number: 12313591Abstract: A detector includes a first electrode, second electrodes forming a flow path for charged particles between the first electrode and the second electrodes, third electrodes configured to collect the charged particles, and a fourth electrode having a sheet resistance higher than sheet resistances of the second electrodes. The fourth electrode has one end portion having a first potential in a third direction and another end portion having a second potential lower than the first potential in the third direction, the fifth electrode included in the second electrodes is connected to the fourth electrode, the sixth electrode included in the second electrodes is connected to the fourth electrode, a seventh electrode included in the third electrodes is arranged side by side with the fifth electrode along a first direction, and an eighth electrode included in the third electrodes is arranged side by side with the sixth electrode along the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2023Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Manabu Daio, Tomohiro Kosaka, Kei Ikuta, Yuuki Ootsuka, Reshan Maduka Abeysinghe
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Publication number: 20240345411Abstract: The display device of the present invention includes, in the following order toward a viewer: a display panel; a semi-transparent mirror; a lens; a Pancharatnam-Berry lens configured to cause one-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon that is left-handed circularly polarized light or right-handed circularly polarized light to converge while causing opposite-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon to diverge; and a circularly polarized light-selective reflector, a circularly polarized light-selective reflector side surface of the lens having a planar shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: MATTIA SIGNORETTO, David James Montgomery, Peter John Roberts, Naru Usukura, Manabu Daio
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Publication number: 20240085700Abstract: The display device of the present invention includes, in the following order toward a viewer: a display panel; a semi-transparent mirror; a Pancharatnam-Berry lens configured to cause one-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon that is left-handed circularly polarized light or right-handed circularly polarized light to converge while causing opposite-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon to diverge; and a circularly polarized light-selective reflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: MATTIA SIGNORETTO, DAVID JAMES MONTGOMERY, PETER JOHN ROBERTS, Naru USUKURA, Manabu DAIO
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Publication number: 20240036002Abstract: A detector includes a first electrode, second electrodes forming a flow path for charged particles between the first electrode and the second electrodes, third electrodes configured to collect the charged particles, and a fourth electrode having a sheet resistance higher than sheet resistances of the second electrodes. The fourth electrode has one end portion having a first potential in a third direction and another end portion having a second potential lower than the first potential in the third direction, the fifth electrode included in the second electrodes is connected to the fourth electrode, the sixth electrode included in the second electrodes is connected to the fourth electrode, a seventh electrode included in the third electrodes is arranged side by side with the fifth electrode along a first direction, and an eighth electrode included in the third electrodes is arranged side by side with the sixth electrode along the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Manabu DAIO, Tomohiro KOSAKA, Kei IKUTA, Yuuki OOTSUKA, Reshan Maduka ABEYSINGHE
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Publication number: 20230023499Abstract: A cell culture apparatus includes: a substrate having a first surface; a pair of structures each having a wall surface intersecting the first surface, the wall surfaces facing each other; and an electrode disposed on the first surface and traversing a space between the wall surfaces, the electrode and each of the wail surfaces forming an angle other than 90 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Manabu DAIO, TOMOKO TERANISHI, Satoshi IHIDA, CHIHIRO TACHINO
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Patent number: 11253856Abstract: Provided is a microfluidic device that, as compared with a conventional microfluidic device, (i) is smoother in surface of a water-repellent layer provided above a segment electrode and (ii) makes it easier for microfluid provided in the surface of the water-repellent layer to slide. A microfluidic device (1) includes: an array substrate (10) including a plurality of electrodes (14); and a counter substrate (40) including at least one electrode (42), the array substrate (10) and the counter substrate (40) having therebetween an internal space (50) in which to cause an electroconductive droplet (51) to move across the plurality of electrodes (14), and the plurality of electrodes (14) being provided on a first flattening resin layer (13) and each being a light-blocking metal electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Sharp Life Science (EU) LimitedInventors: Tomohiro Kosaka, Kenichi Kitoh, Takeshi Hara, Shinya Kadono, Fumitoshi Yasuo, Manabu Daio, Tomoko Teranishi, Hao Li
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Publication number: 20180085756Abstract: Provided is a microfluidic device that, as compared with a conventional microfluidic device, (i) is smoother in surface of a water-repellent layer provided above a segment electrode and (ii) makes it easier for microfluid provided in the surface of the water-repellent layer to slide. A microfluidic device (1) includes: an array substrate (10) including a plurality of electrodes (14); and a counter substrate (40) including at least one electrode (42), the array substrate (10) and the counter substrate (40) having therebetween an internal space (50) in which to cause an electroconductive droplet (51) to move across the plurality of electrodes (14), and the plurality of electrodes (14) being provided on a first flattening resin layer (13) and each being a light-blocking metal electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Tomohiro KOSAKA, Kenichi KITOH, Takeshi HARA, Shinya KADONO, Fumitoshi YASUO, Manabu DAIO, Tomoko TERANISHI, Hao Li
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Publication number: 20150214374Abstract: The present invention provides a circuit substrate and a display device in which oxide semiconductor layers that TFTs include are produced according to areas where the oxide semiconductor layers are present, whereby the reliability thereof is sufficiently enhanced. This circuit substrate is a circuit substrate obtained by arranging semiconductor elements on a transparent substrate, each of the semiconductor elements including an oxide semiconductor layer. The circuit substrate includes a protective film arranged above the semiconductor element, and an organic insulating film arranged above the protective film. The organic insulating films have openings above at least a part of oxide semiconductor layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takeshi Hara, Hirohiko Nishiki, Izumi Ishida, Tohru Okabe, Manabu Daio