Patents by Inventor Masahiko Mizuki

Masahiko Mizuki 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: 10082702
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of rectangular pixels. Each pixel includes a first electrode and a second electrode. A slit region and a concave and convex portion are formed in the first electrode. It further includes a control circuit. The plurality of pixels are constituted of a first pixel group and a second pixel group. First data lines and for applying a voltage on the first electrode are provided closer to the first substrate than the first electrode. In each pixel that constitutes the first pixel group, a second data line extension extending from a second data line is provided adjacent to a first data line. In each pixel that constitutes the second pixel group, a first data line extension extending from the first data line is provided adjacent to the second data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Chikashi Kobayashi, Shunichi Suwa, Masashi Miyakawa, Yoji Nagase, Sumito Shiina, Seiji Shibahara, Hiroki Takahashi, Hiromasa Mitani, Kunihiko Nagamine, Koji Hidaka, Masahiko Mizuki
  • Publication number: 20170285410
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of rectangular pixels 10. Each pixel 10 includes a first electrode 22 and a second electrode. A slit region and a concave and convex portion are formed in the first electrode 22. It further includes a control circuit. The plurality of pixels are constituted of a first pixel group and a second pixel group. First data lines 41 and 42 for applying a voltage on the first electrode 22 are provided closer to the first substrate than the first electrode 22. In each pixel that constitutes the first pixel group, a second data line extension 42A extending from a second data line 42 is provided adjacent to a first data line 41. In each pixel that constitutes the second pixel group, a first data line extension 41A extending from the first data line 41 is provided adjacent to the second data line 42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: CHIKASHI KOBAYASHI, SHUNICHI SUWA, MASASHI MIYAKAWA, YOJI NAGASE, SUMITO SHIINA, SEIJI SHIBAHARA, HIROKI TAKAHASHI, HIROMASA MITANI, KUNIHIKO NAGAMINE, KOJI HIDAKA, MASAHIKO MIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20100277501
    Abstract: An image display method and an image display device, which may reduce burn-in caused by a still image displayed on part of a screen, respectively, are provided. In the image display method, a non-self-luminous display device is driven, so that a content image is displayed on a screen, and a functional image is displayed on part of the screen, and besides, the functional image is temporally expanded or reduced with a predetermined, fixed position as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventor: Masahiko MIZUKI
  • Patent number: 7821602
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display includes the steps of forming pixel electrodes on inside surfaces of a couple of substrates facing each other, each of the pixel electrodes having gaps; sealing, between the couple of substrates with the pixel electrodes formed, a liquid crystal layer containing a light curing material; and exposing the liquid crystal layer through use of a light shielding film having a plurality of openings, under a voltage applied between a pair of pixel electrodes facing each other on the couple of substrates, where the gaps are alternately disposed to form a staggered arrangement between the pair of pixel electrodes and, spacing between adjacent openings of the light shielding film is smaller than spacing, in a substrate surface direction, between the gap of a pixel electrode on one substrate and the gap of a pixel electrode on the other substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Mizuki, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Publication number: 20100253901
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a couple of substrates facing each other and pixel electrodes formed on inside surfaces of the couple of substrates, each of the pixel electrodes has gaps. A liquid crystal layer is sealed between the couple of substrates with the pixel electrodes formed and the gaps are alternately disposed to form a staggered arrangement between the pair of pixel electrodes. The liquid crystal layer has pre-tilt regions where liquid crystal molecules are tilted. In these regions, the spacing between adjacent pre-tilt regions is smaller than spacing in the substrate surface direction between the gap of a pixel electrode on one substrate and the gap of a pixel electrode on the other substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: MASAHIKO MIZUKI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20080266490
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus with a plurality of light emitting panels (for example, organic EL panels) arranged in a plane to form a light emitting panel layer (organic EL panel arrangement) and a plurality of such light emitting panel layers (light emitting panel layers) are laminated to form a light emitting panel lamination section. Organic EL panels of the single-sided light emitting type and organic EL panels of the double-sided light emitting type can be individually juxtaposed in a plane to form the organic EL panel arrangements which are laminated in a displaced relationship from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Mizuki, Eri Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20080123037
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display includes the steps of forming pixel electrodes on inside surfaces of a couple of substrates facing each other, each of the pixel electrodes having gaps; sealing, between the couple of substrates with the pixel electrodes formed, a liquid crystal layer containing a light curing material; and exposing the liquid crystal layer through use of a light shielding film having a plurality of openings, under a voltage applied between a pair of pixel electrodes facing each other on the couple of substrates, where the gaps are alternately disposed to form a staggered arrangement between the pair of pixel electrodes and, spacing between adjacent openings of the light shielding film is smaller than spacing, in a substrate surface direction, between the gap of a pixel electrode on one substrate and the gap of a pixel electrode on the other substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Mizuki, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 6741021
    Abstract: An electron gun includes a grid electrode having a thin plate portion in which an electron beam aperture is formed, wherein the thin plate portion is formed by using a die and punch die to bulge a portion of a metal plate in the plate thickness direction to such an extent as to correspond to the desired dimension of the thin plate portion to form a bulged portion and cutting the bulged portion. With this configuration, it is possible to eliminate a problem of the related art thin plate portion of a grid electrode for an electron gun formed by coining work, which is a rib is formed around the thin plate portion, to make the gap between the thin plate portion and a cathode narrower, since the diameter of the thin plate portion can be enlarged, and to provide beam apertures at arbitrary positions of the thin plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu Amano, Masahiko Mizuki, Koichi Tahara, Noritaka Hamaya, Masamichi Senami
  • Publication number: 20020047672
    Abstract: An electron gun according to the present invention is provided with a grid having a beam aperture with a small diameter. In addition, the electron gun of the present invention is such that a second grid thereof is comprised of a plurality of grid plates each having the beam aperture. The electron gun of the present invention is such that a required grid comprising the electron gun is comprised of the grid plates each having the beam apertures. At least one grid plate among the plurality of grid plates has a beam aperture with an aperture diameter of less than 80% or less of an overall pseudo plate thickness. When compared with the case of comprising the grid with one sheet of metal, it becomes possible to provide a beam aperture with a small diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Masahiko Mizuki, Yasunobu Amano
  • Publication number: 20010013752
    Abstract: An electron gun includes a grid electrode having a thin plate portion in which an electron beam aperture is formed, wherein the thin plate portion is formed by bulging a portion of a metal plate in the plate thickness direction to such an extent as to correspond to a desired dimension of the thin plate portion by using a die and a punch die, to form a bulged portion, and cutting the bulged portion. With this configuration, it is possible to eliminate such a problem of a related art thin plate portion of a grid electrode for an electron gun, formed by a coining work, that a rib is formed around the thin plate portion; to make narrower a gap between the thin plate portion and a cathode since the diameter of the thin plate portion can be enlarged; and to provide beam apertures at arbitrary positions of the thin plate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Yasunobu Amano, Masahiko Mizuki, Koichi Tahara, Noritaka Hamaya, Masamichi Senami
  • Patent number: 6100630
    Abstract: A color cathode-ray tube which increases the degree of freedom in designing its main electron lens, decreases the electron beam spot diameter, and achieves high resolution, in which the between the focusing electrode (15) applied with the focusing voltage (Vf) and the anode electrode (17) applied with the anode voltage (Va), there is provided an intermediate electrode (16) applied with the potential Vm which is higher than the focusing voltage (Vf) and lower than the anode voltage (Va), and the focusing electrode (15). These voltages are set by a dividing resistor (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu Amano, Koji Ichida, Naruhiko Endo, Yoichi Ohshige, Masahiko Mizuki
  • Patent number: 6016030
    Abstract: To propose a color cathode-ray tube which increases the degree of freedom in designing its main electron lens, decreases the electron beam spot diameter, and achieves high resolution, in which between the focusing electrode (15) applied with the focusing voltage (Vf) and the anode electrode (17) applied with the anode voltage (Va), there is provided the intermediate electrode (16) applied with the potential Vm which is higher than the focusing voltage (Vf) and lower than the anode voltage (Va), and the focusing electrode (15), the anode electrode (17) and the intermediate electrode (16) are respectively formed of cylindrical bodies each having an ellipse cross-section and closed by the electric field correcting electrode plates (25, 26, 27, 28) having three electron beam penetrating portions bored therethrough so as to be arrayed in an in-line fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu Amano, Koji Ichida, Naruhiko Endo, Yoichi Ohshige, Masahiko Mizuki
  • Patent number: 6011349
    Abstract: To provide a cathode ray tube stabilizing the potential at an inner wall of a neck, providing stabilized nocking effect by forced discharge among electrodes or the like, promoting the withstand voltage characteristic of an electron gun and preventing deterioration in image quality resulted from straying leakage current, an electron gun where both ends of metal lines are welded to an intermediate electrode and a focus electrode (5-1-th electrode) to surround beading glass and a voltage dividing resistor, is sealed in a neck portion and thereafter, the metal lines are heated by high frequency heating by which a metal film is formed on surfaces of an inner wall of the neck and the voltage dividing resistor and the beading glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu Amano, Naruhiko Endo, Yoichi Ohshige, Masahiko Mizuki, Yoshiaki Takasaka
  • Patent number: 5883463
    Abstract: An in-line electron gun for a color cathode ray tube having a main lens comprised of an in-line focusing electrode and accelerating electrode, with which it is possible to easily improve an assembly precision of field-correcting electrode plates provided at the focusing electrode and accelerating electrode and having three through apertures through which the R, G, and B electron beams pass and with which it is possible to easily perform an adjustment of aberration of the main lens. The two side through apertures among the three through apertures formed in the field-correcting electrode plate provided at the focusing electrode and accelerating electrode are formed basically as circular apertures with arc shaped cut-away portions continuous with the outside of the circular apertures and concentric with the circular apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Norifumi Kikuchi, Yasunobu Amano, Naruhiko Endo, Yoichi Ohshige, Masahiko Mizuki