Patents by Inventor Masao Shinohara

Masao Shinohara 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).

  • Publication number: 20240131997
    Abstract: A display switching device (1) includes: a lens array (40); a display part (10), comprising pixel regions (31) disposed to include regions in which light in which respective light emitted from light sources (50) is condensed by respective lenses (41) of the lens array (40) passes through. A transmittance of each pixel region (31) is set corresponding to a predetermined stationary pattern. Display of the display part (10) performed through irradiation of the light of the light sources (50) exhibits directivity, and a first averaged oriented direction (D1) averaging, among the light sources (50), oriented directions as directions of the directivity is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a normal direction of a display surface (11) of the display part (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki SHINOHARA, Yuto MORI, Gouo KURATA, Masao MISHINA, Yutaka OKAYASU
  • Publication number: 20240123823
    Abstract: A display system includes an image display part displaying an image indicating a mode selected in a driving device of a vehicle having a plurality of modes. The image display part displays all images indicating each of the plurality of modes, and displays the image indicating the selected mode to be different in at least one of color, brightness, character format, and size from an image indicating a non-selected mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki SHINOHARA, Yutaka OKAYASU, Gouo KURATA, Yuto MORI, Masao MISHINA, Norikazu KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 4363187
    Abstract: A mechanical toy capable of turning itself upside down has a body shell shaped to include a curved surface such that when it is self inverted it rolls upon the curved surface back to its upright position. The body includes supporting members, preferably wheels, on which the body normally will rest. An inverting member is operatively attached to a motor and cyclically raises one end of the body allowing the body to pivot about a pivot surface which imparts a rolling motion to the body. The body rolls from the pivoting surface about its curved surface to its upright position and then preferably rolls on its wheels until it once again inverts itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1982
    Assignee: Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Masao Shinohara