Patents by Inventor Masaomi SHIBATA

Masaomi SHIBATA 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: 20230245630
    Abstract: A display device (100) includes: a display (10) which includes a display screen (10a) on which a video is displayed; a decorative sheet (20) which is disposed on a display screen (10a) side of the display (10), is larger than the display screen (10a) in a front view of the display screen (10a), and covers the display screen (10a), the decorative sheet including a first region (R1) which overlaps with the display screen (10a) in the front view and a second region (R2) which does not overlap with the display screen (10a) in the front view; and a controller (50) which controls a luminance of the video that is displayed by the display (10), based on (i) an illuminance of ambient light around the display (10) and the decorative sheet (20) and (ii) first information indicating a relationship between the illuminance and appearances of a third region and the second region (R2) on the decorative sheet (20), the third region corresponding to a black display region of the video in the first region (R1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Masaaki OHNISHI, Shinji MASUDA, Jun ARAYA, Masaomi SHIBATA, Tatsuya INA
  • Publication number: 20230221471
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display including a display surface on which an image is displayed; and a decorative layer that is arranged on the display surface side of the display and includes a base layer and a design layer each formed to cover the display surface. The base layer includes a light diffusing material. A plurality of microholes are formed through the base layer. The design layer is formed to cover the plurality of microholes and a non-opening portion of the base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jun ARAYA, Shinji MASUDA, Masaaki OHNISHI, Ryouji ONISHI, Masaomi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20220404530
    Abstract: A display device to be attached to an object includes: a display unit that includes a display surface and displays video on the display surface; a decorative layer that is light-transmissive and disposed on a display surface side of the display unit, the decorative layer being decorated according to an appearance of the object; and an intermediate layer that is light-transmissive and disposed between the display unit and the decorative layer. The decorative layer has a first haze value ranging from 28.4% to 86.3%, inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jun ARAYA, Masaomi SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 10202693
    Abstract: A gas barrier film includes two or more first barrier layers each made of a first inorganic material and one or more second barrier layers each made of a second inorganic material different from the first inorganic material. Each of the two or more first barrier layers and each of the one or more second barrier layers are alternately stacked. The first inorganic material comprises aluminum oxide. Each of the two or more first barrier layers has a thickness of 3 nm or more. The total thickness of the two or more first barrier layers is 20 nm or less. The two or more first barrier layers and the one or more second barrier layers are formed by atomic layer deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaomi Shibata, Kenji Okumoto, Gosuke Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20190025604
    Abstract: A space display apparatus that forms an image in an aerial display region and displays the image as an aerial image, includes: a display that displays the image on a display surface; a concave lens; and an imaging optical element that includes an element surface, is located between the display surface and the concave lens, and, in the case of assuming that the concave lens is not present, forms the image displayed on the display surface, in a provisional region that is plane-symmetrical to the display surface with respect to the element surface, wherein the concave lens is located at a position where a distance from the concave lens to the provisional region is shorter than a focal length of the concave lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaomi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20150343741
    Abstract: A gas barrier film includes two or more first barrier layers each made of a first inorganic material and one or more second barrier layers each made of a second inorganic material different from the first inorganic material. Each of the two or more first barrier layers and each of the one or more second barrier layers are alternately stacked. The first inorganic material comprises aluminum oxide. Each of the two or more first barrier layers has a thickness of 3 nm or more. The total thickness of the two or more first barrier layers is 20 nm or less. The two or more first barrier layers and the one or more second barrier layers are formed by atomic layer deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: MASAOMI SHIBATA, KENJI OKUMOTO, GOSUKE SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9136475
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method of favorably forming an organic EL device with the inverted structure by the wet process. On that account, an organic EL device includes a cathode, an electron injection layer, a light emitting layer, a hole transport layer, a hole injection layer, an anode are formed in this order on a substrate. The electron injection layer is formed by applying ink between banks and drying the ink. The ink is formed by dissolving a polymer compound having an organic phosphine oxide skeleton in an alcohol solvent. The light emitting layer is formed by applying ink between components of the bank and the drying the ink. The ink is formed by dissolving material for light emitting layer such as polyphenylene vinylene (PPV) derivative or polyfluorene derivative in a nonpolar solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: JOLED INC., DYDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Okumoto, Gosuke Sakamoto, Masaomi Shibata, Izumi Kakinoki, Masataka Watanabe, Tomoko Matoba, Mitsuharu Noto, Yasuyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 9048206
    Abstract: An organic EL display panel has a transistor array substrate, an inter-layer insulation film, pixel electrodes, an organic EL layer, and a common electrode. The transistor array substrate has drive units, including TFT elements. The inter-layer insulation film covers the transistor array substrate, and has contact holes corresponding to the drive units. The pixel electrodes on the inter-layer insulation film correspond to the drive units, and are electrically connected thereto via the contact holes. The organic EL layer covers regions where the pixel electrodes are and are not disposed. The common electrode covers the entire organic EL layer. Organic EL layer regions corresponding to the contact holes of the inter-layer insulation film and between neighboring pixel electrodes have greater electrical resistance than other regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Okumoto, Masaomi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20150108458
    Abstract: An organic EL element of the present disclosure is an organic EL element having an inverted structure including a first hole injection layer containing a first organic material whose LUMO level is ?4 eV or less. The organic EL element further includes a second hole injection layer containing a second organic material. The second hole injection layer is disposed between the first hole injection layer and an anode. The roughness of a principal surface of the second hole injection layer on the side of the anode is smaller than the roughness of a principal surface of the first hole injection layer on the side of the second hole injection layer. L1, L2, and EA satisfy formula: ?EA?2 eV?L2?L1+2 eV, where the first organic material has a LUMO level L1, the second organic material has a LUMO level L2, and the anode has an electron affinity EA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: MASAOMI SHIBATA, KENJI OKUMOTO, GOSUKE SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140167018
    Abstract: An organic EL display panel has a transistor array substrate, an inter-layer insulation film, pixel electrodes, an organic EL layer, and a common electrode. The transistor array substrate has drive units, including TFT elements. The inter-layer insulation film covers the transistor array substrate, and has contact holes corresponding to the drive units. The pixel electrodes on the inter-layer insulation film correspond to the drive units, and are electrically connected thereto via the contact holes. The organic EL layer covers regions where the pixel electrodes are and are not disposed. The common electrode covers the entire organic EL layer. Organic EL layer regions corresponding to the contact holes of the inter-layer insulation film and between neighbouring pixel electrodes have greater electrical resistance than other regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Okumoto, Masaomi Shibata
  • Patent number: 8652657
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL device comprising: an organic EL element including an anode 114, an organic EL layer 116, and a cathode 117; a wiring layer 106 that supplies power to the anode 114; and an organic layer 111 interposed between the anode 114 and the wiring layer 106, wherein the organic layer 111 includes (i) a first organic layer 112 including an azatriphenylene derivative and (ii) a second organic layer 113 including an amine-based compound, the first organic layer 112 being layered on the wiring layer 106, and the second organic layer 113 being layered on the first organic layer 112.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaomi Shibata, Kenji Okumoto, Kouhei Koresawa
  • Publication number: 20130009134
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL device comprising: an organic EL element including an anode 114, an organic EL layer 116, and a cathode 117; a wiring layer 106 that supplies power to the anode 114; and an organic layer 111 interposed between the anode 114 and the wiring layer 106, wherein the organic layer 111 includes (i) a first organic layer 112 including an azatriphenylene derivative and (ii) a second organic layer 113 including an amine-based compound, the first organic layer 112 being layered on the wiring layer 106, and the second organic layer 113 being layered on the first organic layer 112.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaomi SHIBATA, Kenji OKUMOTO, Kouhei KORESAWA