Patents by Inventor Masaru Ishiwa

Masaru Ishiwa 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: 7513661
    Abstract: A backlight unit has a light source, a reflection sheet, a light guide plate, an air space, and a diffuser, wherein the reflection sheet, the light guide plate, the air space, and the diffuser are overlaid in this order. The light source is configured to arrange individual light sources having different spectra or different light emission quantities near an incident plane of the light guide plate, and on a plane facing the reflection sheet of the light guide plate, scatter dots are disposed which take light propagating through the light guide plate out of the reflection sheet side. The backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including the same have excellent display quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Hamada, Toshihiro Suzuki, Masaru Ishiwa
  • Patent number: 7488104
    Abstract: A backlight unit has a light source, a reflection sheet, a light guide plate, an air space, and a diffuser, wherein the reflection sheet, the light guide plate, the air space, and the diffuser are overlaid in this order. The light source is configured to arrange individual light sources having different spectra or different light emission quantities near an incident plane of the light guide plate, and on a plane facing the reflection sheet of the light guide plate, scatter dots are disposed which take light propagating through the light guide plate out of the reflection sheet side. The backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including the same have excellent display quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Hamada, Toshihiro Suzuki, Masaru Ishiwa
  • Publication number: 20080129927
    Abstract: A backlight unit has a light source, a reflection sheet, a light guide plate, an air space, and a diffuser, wherein the reflection sheet, the light guide plate, the air space, and the diffuser are overlaid in this order. The light source is configured to arrange individual light sources having different spectra or different light emission quantities near an incident plane of the light guide plate, and on a plane facing the reflection sheet of the light guide plate, scatter dots are disposed which take light propagating through the light guide plate out of the reflection sheet side. The backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including the same have excellent display quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya HAMADA, Toshihiro SUZUKI, Masaru ISHIWA
  • Patent number: 7359012
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device efficiently uses light from light sources by positioning the light sources with respect to a light-guiding member for back lighting with minimized air gap therebetween. The light-guiding member provided on a backside of a liquid crystal panel. The light sources emit light toward a side surface of the light-guiding member. The light sources are aligned and fixed to a board that is fixed to the light-guiding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaru Ishiwa, Tetsuya Hamada
  • Publication number: 20070153548
    Abstract: A backlight unit has a light source, a reflection sheet, a light guide plate, an air space, and a diffuser, wherein the reflection sheet, the light guide plate, the air space, and the diffuser are overlaid in this order. The light source is configured to arrange individual light sources having different spectra or different light emission quantities near an incident plane of the light guide plate, and on a plane facing the reflection sheet of the light guide plate, scatter dots are disposed which take light propagating through the light guide plate out of the reflection sheet side. The backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including the same have excellent display quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya HAMADA, Toshihiro SUZUKI, Masaru ISHIWA
  • Publication number: 20060243948
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display used as a display unit of an electronic apparatus and provides a small liquid crystal display having a thin picture frame, the display having an excellent cooling function, high luminance, and high color reproducibility. The liquid crystal display includes a rear frame having an upstanding portion formed by bending an end of a longer side thereof and a heat sink which is in thermal contact with the rear frame. Thus, heat generated at LEDs can be efficiently radiated. The liquid crystal display also includes a liquid crystal display panel driving circuit which is divided into a data substrate and a control substrate. The liquid crystal display can be provided in a compact structure having a thin picture frame by disposing the data substrate on a side surface of the liquid crystal display and disposing the control substrate on the side of the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Masaru Ishiwa, Takayuki Eiraku
  • Patent number: 7050127
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a flexible cable, an illuminating device and a unit cover, which accommodates the liquid crystal panel and the illuminating device. The unit cover is formed by a lower cover and an upper cover coupled to each other, the lower cover and the upper cover each having a lower or upper wall, a side wall, and a wall part bent from the side wall. The flexible cable extends between the wall part of the lower cover and the wall part of the upper cover from the inside to the outside of the unit cover. The flexible cable is interposed between, and held by, the wall part of the lower cover and the wall part of the upper cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaru Ishiwa
  • Publication number: 20060012731
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device efficiently uses light from light sources by positioning the light sources with respect to a light-guiding member for back lighting with minimized air gap therebetween. The light-guiding member provided on a backside of a liquid crystal panel. The light sources emit light toward a side surface of the light-guiding member. The light sources are aligned and fixed to a board that is fixed to the light-guiding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Masaru Ishiwa, Tetsuya Hamada
  • Patent number: 6876422
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display unit is provided. The liquid-crystal display unit comprises a first board having a signal line, a scanning line and a pixel electrode, a second board having a common electrode, a liquid-crystal layer provided between the first board and the second board, and a third board having at least one of a signal-line driver driving the signal line and a scanning-line driver driving the scanning line. The second board is positioned to oppose the first board. The third board is separated from the first board and the second board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Fujitsu Display Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Ishiwa, Susumu Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20040012731
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a flexible cable, an illuminating device and a unit cover, which accommodates the liquid crystal panel and the illuminating device. The unit cover is formed by a lower cover and an upper cover coupled to each other, the lower cover and the upper cover each having a lower or upper wall, a side wall, and a wall part bent from the side wall. The flexible cable extends between the wall part of the lower cover and the wall part of the upper cover from the inside to the outside of the unit cover. The flexible cable is interposed between, and held by, the wall part of the lower cover and the wall part of the upper cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: FUJITSU DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaru Ishiwa
  • Patent number: 6513936
    Abstract: A projector includes a first housing, a second housing, and a sound insulating member. The first housing is provided with first heat-generating elements used for generating an image, first fans producing cooling airflows towards each one of the first heat-generating elements, and vents via which the cooling airflows heated by the first heat-generating elements are discharged. The second housing encloses the first housing, and has second fans discharging the cooling airflows outside the projector. The sound insulating member is provided on a path between the vents and the second fans so as to insulate sound produced by the first fans. The projector may be provided with a dust-proof member for the projecting lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masaru Ishiwa, Keiji Hayashi, Toshihiro Suzuki, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Tetsuya Hamada, Takeshi Gotoh, Mari Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20020080314
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display unit is provided. The liquid-crystal display unit comprises a first board having a signal line, a scanning line and a pixel electrode, a second board having a common electrode, a liquid-crystal layer provided between the first board and the second board, and a third board having at least one of a signal-line driver driving the signal line and a scanning-line driver driving the scanning line. The second board is positioned to oppose the first board. The third board is separated from the first board and the second board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaru Ishiwa, Susumu Okazaki
  • Patent number: 5860719
    Abstract: A light source such as a metal halide lamp is effectively cooled in an optical apparatus such as a liquid crystal projector. In an optical apparatus which includes a concave mirror 11, a light emitting section 12 arranged in a concave portion of the concave mirror along the optical axis and a cooling structure for cooling a periphery of the light emitting section, the cooling structure is provided with a means for generating an air flow 4, the direction of which is approximately perpendicular to the optical axis of the concave mirror 11, and a means for generating an air flow 5 circulating into the concave portion of the concave mirror 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Toshihiro Suzuki, Noriyuki Ohasi, Tsutomu Nagakari, Tetsuya Hamada, Hisashi Yamaguchi, Masaru Ishiwa
  • Patent number: 5311227
    Abstract: A projection display device comprising three projection lenses arranged in a row in a side by side relationship and having respective optical axes extending toward a screen, and three liquid crystal display panels forming images of red, green and blue color lights, the liquid crystal display panels and the projection lenses being arranged to form sets individually. A mirror is arranged between the display element and the projection lens of at least one of the sets. Accordingly, one of the display elements is arranged so as to face in a first direction and the adjacent display element so as to face in a second direction. It is thus possible to reduce the distance between the adjacent projection lenses even if the size of the liquid crystal display panels is enlarged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Fujitsu, Limited
    Inventors: Akio Takayasu, Toshihiro Suzuki, Takeshi Goto, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Tetsuya Hamada, Yoshinori Tanaka, Takashi Kanno, Masaru Ishiwa, Makoto Goshima, Noriyuki Ohashi, Hisashi Yamaguchi