Patents by Inventor Masashi Baba
Masashi Baba 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: 11917306Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that decreases a width of a bezel, and restricts a decrease in an image quality of an image captured with a camera. The electronic device includes: a displaying unit; and a capture unit arranged on a side opposite a displaying surface of the displaying unit. The capture unit includes: a plurality of photoelectric-conversion units that converts light that has been made to enter through the displaying unit into electricity; and a plurality of polarization elements arranged on a light entering side of at least one photoelectric-conversion unit of the plurality of photoelectric-conversion units.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Masashi Nakata, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Junichi Kanai, Yuichiro Baba
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Patent number: 11198409Abstract: A passenger seat airbag device includes an airbag including a front collision restraining surface, and an oblique collision restraining portion including a protruding portion in which a surface is set as an oblique collision restraining surface, and a restraining recess portion whose facing surfaces are able to restrain the head of the occupant. The rear wall main portion has the front collision restraining surface. The rear wall end edge portion has the oblique collision restraining surface. The upper edge of the rear wall end edge portion is coupled to a rear edge of the upper wall portion. The lower edge of the rear wall end edge portion is coupled to a rear edge of the lower wall portion. An entire edge of the separation edge of the rear wall end edge portion is coupled to a rear edge of the rear edge side portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Hiraiwa, Shinichi Ishida, Koji Hosoe, Masashi Baba, Ryo Kumazaki, Hiromi Kondo
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Publication number: 20210031716Abstract: A passenger seat airbag device includes an airbag including a front collision restraining surface, and an oblique collision restraining portion including a protruding portion in which a surface is set as an oblique collision restraining surface, and a restraining recess portion whose facing surfaces are able to restrain the head of the occupant. The rear wall main portion has the front collision restraining surface. The rear wall end edge portion has the oblique collision restraining surface. The upper edge of the rear wall end edge portion is coupled to a rear edge of the upper wall portion. The lower edge of the rear wall end edge portion is coupled to a rear edge of the lower wall portion. An entire edge of the separation edge of the rear wall end edge portion is coupled to a rear edge of the rear edge side portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Takuya HIRAIWA, Shinichi ISHIDA, Koji HOSOE, Masashi BABA, Ryo KUMAZAKI, Hiromi KONDO
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Patent number: 9383604Abstract: A backlight includes light emitting diodes; a substrate on which light emitting diodes are mounted; and a reflection sheet. The surface on which the light emitting diodes are mounted of the substrate is opposed to a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel and the substrate each have a shape in which a common width in a first direction is longer than a width in a second direction, which is orthogonal to the first direction. The width of the substrate in the second direction is shorter than the width of the liquid crystal display panel in the second direction. The substrate is opposed to, while avoiding being opposed to both end portions of the liquid crystal display panel in the second direction, a central portion between the both end portions of the liquid crystal display panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY INC., PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sachiko Yamazaki, Ikuko Imajo, Masashi Baba, Kikuo Ono
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Patent number: 9104065Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device (1), including: a liquid crystal panel (2); and a backlight unit (4), which is disposed on a rear surface of the liquid crystal panel (2) and includes a light source substrate (42) onto which a plurality of light sources are mounted and a casing (49), in which: the plurality of light sources are arranged along one direction, and at least one of the plurality of light sources is disposed so as to be offset in a direction orthogonal to the one direction with respect to at least another one of the plurality of light sources; and the backlight unit further includes a fixture (50) for fixing the light source substrate (42) onto the casing (49), the fixture being disposed on a side of the offset light source in an opposite direction to an offset direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masashi Baba
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Patent number: 9036113Abstract: A backlight includes light emitting diodes; a substrate on which light emitting diodes are mounted; and a reflection sheet. The surface on which the light emitting diodes are mounted of the substrate is opposed to a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel and the substrate each have a shape in which a common width in a first direction is longer than a width in a second direction, which is orthogonal to the first direction. The width of the substrate in the second direction is shorter than the width of the liquid crystal display panel in the second direction. The substrate is opposed to, while avoiding being opposed to both end portions of the liquid crystal display panel in the second direction, a central portion between the both end portions of the liquid crystal display panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY INC., PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sachiko Yamazaki, Ikuko Imajo, Masashi Baba, Kikuo Ono
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Patent number: 8994894Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device including a backlight unit that irradiates the entire image formation region with light from light emitting diodes disposed in a concentrated manner, in order to reduce warpage of a reflection sheet to obtain uniform illumination, provided is a liquid crystal display device (1), including: a liquid crystal panel (3); a reflection sheet (6), which is disposed on a rear surface side of the liquid crystal panel (3) and is curved so as to have a concave surface facing the liquid crystal panel (3); a light emitting diode substrate on which a plurality of light emitting diodes (14) are disposed along a horizontal direction; and a support (21) for fixing the reflection sheet (6) at a curved portion of the reflection sheet (6).Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sachiko Yamazaki, Ikuko Imajo, Masashi Baba
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Publication number: 20140340616Abstract: A backlight includes light emitting diodes; a substrate on which light emitting diodes are mounted; and a reflection sheet. The surface on which the light emitting diodes are mounted of the substrate is opposed to a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel and the substrate each have a shape in which a common width in a first direction is longer than a width in a second direction, which is orthogonal to the first direction. The width of the substrate in the second direction is shorter than the width of the liquid crystal display panel in the second direction. The substrate is opposed to, while avoiding being opposed to both end portions of the liquid crystal display panel in the second direction, a central portion between the both end portions of the liquid crystal display panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Sachiko Yamazaki, Ikuko Imajo, Masashi Baba, Kikuo Ono
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Patent number: 8803169Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a plurality of light emitting diodes each having an anode and a cathode, and first adjacently and disposed substrates. The plurality of light emitting diodes are mounted on the first substrate and the second substrate and arranged in a plurality of rows. A first light emitting diode mounted on the first substrate and a second light emitting diode mounted on the second substrate which are adjacent across a boundary between the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed so that respective anodes of the first and second light emitting diodes are opposed to each other and have a pitch equal to or smaller than a pitch of other light emitting diodes mounted on the first and second substrates.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Baba, Ikuko Imajo, Isao Matsuda
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Patent number: 8804068Abstract: In order to fix lenses of light emitting diodes stably without impairing heat dissipation performance in a liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel; and a light emitting diode substrate (7), which is disposed on a rear surface side of the liquid crystal panel and includes: a plurality of light emitting diode elements (22) disposed along a longitudinal direction; lenses (20) each including a plurality of legs (21), the lenses being disposed on the liquid crystal panel side of the light emitting diode elements (22); and electrodes (23) which are formed on a surface of the light emitting diode substrate (7) and are electrically connected to the light emitting diode elements (22), and all the legs (21) for fixing the lenses (20) to the light emitting diode substrate (7) are disposed directly above the electrodes (23).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Baba, Ikuko Imajo
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Publication number: 20140085566Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a plurality of light emitting diodes each having an anode and a cathode, and first adjacently and disposed substrates. The plurality of light emitting diodes are mounted on the first substrate and the second substrate and arranged in a plurality of rows. A first light emitting diode mounted on the first substrate and a second light emitting diode mounted on the second substrate which are adjacent across a boundary between the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed so that respective anodes of the first and second light emitting diodes are opposed to each other and have a pitch equal to or smaller than a pitch of other light emitting diodes mounted on the first and second substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Masashi Baba, Ikuko Imajo, Isao Matsuda
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Patent number: 8598603Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a liquid crystal display panel; and a backlight unit, in which: the backlight unit includes: a plurality of light emitting diodes each having an anode and a cathode; a first substrate; and a second substrate, the plurality of light emitting diodes being mounted on the first substrate and the second substrate; the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed adjacent to each other; light emitting diodes which are adjacent across a boundary between the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed so that the respective anodes are opposed to each other and so as to have a pitch equal to or smaller than a pitch of other adjacent light emitting diodes.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Baba, Ikuko Imajo, Isao Matsuda
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Patent number: 8534859Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a liquid crystal panel having a display region; and a backlight unit disposed below the liquid crystal panel, in which: the backlight unit includes: at least one mounting substrate on which light emitting diodes are mounted; a radiator plate; and a reflection member; the reflection member has a reflection surface which is formed to have a recess surface shape; the light emitting diodes on the at least one mounting substrate are disposed on a bottom portion of the reflection surface; the at least one mounting substrate is disposed at a position under the bottom portion; the radiator plate is disposed under the at least one mounting substrate; and the radiator plate has, in plan view, a larger area than the at least one mounting substrate and a smaller area than the display region.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ikuko Imajo, Masashi Baba, Sachiko Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20130187842Abstract: A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.Inventors: Ryutaro Oke, Kazunori Ojima, Masaki Tsubokura, Masashi Baba, Yasuhiko Yamagishi, Masahiro Tanaka, Yuuichi Takenaka, Shinji Yasukawa, Kikuo Ono
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Patent number: 8485678Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a liquid crystal panel having a display region; and a backlight unit disposed below the liquid crystal panel, in which: the backlight unit includes: at least one mounting substrate on which light emitting diodes are mounted; a radiator plate; and a reflection member; the reflection member has a reflection surface which is formed to have a recess surface shape; the light emitting diodes on the at least one mounting substrate are disposed on a bottom portion of the reflection surface; the at least one mounting substrate is disposed at a position under the bottom portion; the radiator plate is disposed under the at least one mounting substrate; and the radiator plate has, in plan view, a larger area than the at least one mounting substrate and a smaller area than the display region.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ikuko Imajo, Masashi Baba, Sachiko Yamazaki
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Patent number: 8482513Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having first and second scanning lines, first and second video lines, a first scanning line driving circuit, a second scanning line driving circuit, at least one first video line driving circuit, at least one second video line driving circuit, a backlight having a number of light sources, and a light controlling circuit for controlling the turning on and off of the backlight. The first scanning lines are divided into M groups where M is an integer of 2 or more (M?2), the second scanning lines are divided into N groups where N is an integer of 2 or more (N?2), the region of the backlight which corresponds to the first scanning lines is divided into M regions, and the region which corresponds to the second scanning lines is divided into N regions.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryutaro Oke, Kikuo Ono, Ikuko Mori, Masashi Baba, Yuya Sato
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Patent number: 8358386Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight disposed on the rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight is provided with a plurality of white light-emitting diodes arranged in a plane opposing the liquid crystal display panel. Based on a chromaticity coordinate value representing a color of emission identified for each of the white light-emitting diodes, the white light-emitting diodes are selectively combined for arrangement in proximity in such a manner that the color of emission as a result of averaging over the white light-emitting diodes (1a, 1b) to be arranged in proximity takes a predetermined value of chromaticity coordinates.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ikuko Imajo, Ryutaro Oke, Sachiko Yamazaki, Masashi Baba
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Publication number: 20120274871Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device including a backlight unit that irradiates the entire image formation region with light from light emitting diodes disposed in a concentrated manner, in order to reduce warpage of a reflection sheet to obtain uniform illumination, provided is a liquid crystal display device (1), including: a liquid crystal panel (3); a reflection sheet (6), which is disposed on a rear surface side of the liquid crystal panel (3) and is curved so as to have a concave surface facing the liquid crystal panel (3); a light emitting diode substrate on which a plurality of light emitting diodes (14) are disposed along a horizontal direction; and a support (21) for fixing the reflection sheet (6) at a curved portion of the reflection sheet (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sachiko YAMAZAKI, Ikuko IMAJO, Masashi BABA
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Patent number: 8237883Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a frame for accommodating light emitting diode substrates, the frame including: a first surface opposed to the light emitting diode substrates; a second surface that erects from the first surface around the light emitting diode substrates; and a third surface on an opposite side to the first surface; a connector attached to each of the light emitting diode substrates; a circuit board disposed on the third surface of the frame; and at least one cable for electrically connecting the connector with the circuit board. The at least one cable extends from the connector in a direction approaching the circuit board on the first surface so as to detour around the light emitting diode substrates, passes through the frame from the first surface to the third surface, and is electrically connected to the circuit board on the third surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Baba, Ikuko Imajo
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Publication number: 20120188489Abstract: In order to fix lenses of light emitting diodes stably without impairing heat dissipation performance in a liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel; and a light emitting diode substrate (7), which is disposed on a rear surface side of the liquid crystal panel and includes: a plurality of light emitting diode elements (22) disposed along a longitudinal direction; lenses (20) each including a plurality of legs (21), the lenses being disposed on the liquid crystal panel side of the light emitting diode elements (22); and electrodes (23) which are formed on a surface of the light emitting diode substrate (7) and are electrically connected to the light emitting diode elements (22), and all the legs (21) for fixing the lenses (20) to the light emitting diode substrate (7) are disposed directly above the electrodes (23).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi BABA, Ikuko IMAJO