Patents by Inventor Masatake Hayashi

Masatake Hayashi 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: 11945230
    Abstract: An image-recording apparatus includes: a first tank defining a first storage chamber; a second tank defining a second storage chamber; a conveying mechanism for conveying sheets along a conveying path extending in a depthwise direction and a widthwise direction perpendicular to a vertical direction and the depthwise direction; and a recording head including a nozzle. Liquid in the first storage chamber is supplied through a communication port to the second storage chamber and then to the recording head through a liquid outlet port. The second storage chamber is positioned further in a first depthwise direction relative to the nozzle and further in a first widthwise direction relative to the conveying path. A volume of a prescribed space above a liquid level equal to a height of the communication port in the second storage chamber is greater than that of a liquid channel between the liquid outlet port and the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayashi, Akinari Ishibe, Yuma Tanabe, Masatake Sato, Akihito Kobayashi, Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10923050
    Abstract: A surface light source device which illuminates a transmission-type liquid crystal display unit from the back surface includes P×Q surface light source units with individually controlled light sources. Each of the light sources includes a plurality of light-emitting element units. Each of the light-emitting element units includes at least one red light-emitting element that emits red light, at least one green light-emitting element that emits green light, and at least one blue light-emitting element that emits blue light. The center of mass of a luminance profile based on each of a plurality of red light-emitting elements, a plurality of green light-emitting elements, and a plurality of blue light-emitting elements in each surface light source unit substantially coincides with the center of mass of the surface light source unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Tomio Aoki, Masatake Hayashi, Shozo Masuda, Tadashi Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20200234661
    Abstract: A surface light source device which illuminates a transmission-type liquid crystal display unit from the back surface includes P×Q surface light source units with individually controlled light sources. Each of the light sources includes a plurality of light-emitting element units. Each of the light-emitting element units includes at least one red light-emitting element that emits red light, at least one green light-emitting element that emits green light, and at least one blue light-emitting element that emits blue light. The center of mass of a luminance profile based on each of a plurality of red light-emitting elements, a plurality of green light-emitting elements, and a plurality of blue light-emitting elements in each surface light source unit substantially coincides with the center of mass of the surface light source unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Tomio Aoki, Masatake Hayashi, Shozo Masuda, Tadashi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10650756
    Abstract: A surface light source device which illuminates a transmission-type liquid crystal display unit from the back surface includes P×Q surface light source units with individually controlled light sources. Each of the light sources includes a plurality of light-emitting element units. Each of the light-emitting element units includes at least one red light-emitting element that emits red light, at least one green light-emitting element that emits green light, and at least one blue light-emitting element that emits blue light. The center of mass of a luminance profile based on each of a plurality of red light-emitting elements, a plurality of green light-emitting elements, and a plurality of blue light-emitting elements in each surface light source unit substantially coincides with the center of mass of the surface light source unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Tomio Aoki, Masatake Hayashi, Shozo Masuda, Tadashi Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20190245184
    Abstract: A separator includes a first layer that has a first principal face and a second principal face, and a second layer that is formed on at least one of the first principal face and the second principal face. The first layer is a microporous membrane including a first polymer resin, and the second layer is a microporous membrane including inorganic particles having an electrically insulating property and a second polymer resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuki CHIBA, Atsushi KAJITA, Yukako TESHIMA, Masatake HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10312491
    Abstract: A separator includes a first layer that has a first principal face and a second principal face, and a second layer that is formed on at least one of the first principal face and the second principal face. The first layer is a microporous membrane including a first polymer resin, and the second layer is a microporous membrane including inorganic particles having an electrically insulating property and a second polymer resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Chiba, Atsushi Kajita, Yukako Teshima, Masatake Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9859540
    Abstract: A separator is provided and includes a functional resin layer containing a resin material and an inorganic oxide filler, having a porous interconnected structure in which many pores are mutually interconnected and having a contact angle against an electrolytic solution of not more than 11 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yukako Teshima, Atsushi Kajita, Kensuke Yamamoto, Masatake Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20170336626
    Abstract: [Object] To provide display that is more favorable to a user. [Solution] Provided is a display device including: a pixel array; and a microlens array provided on a display surface side of the pixel array and having lenses arranged at a pitch larger than a pixel pitch of the pixel array. The microlens array is arranged so that each lens of the microlens array generates a virtual image of display of the pixel array on a side opposite to a display surface of the pixel array, and light emitted from each lens of the microlens array is controlled so that pictures visually recognized through lenses of the microlens array become a continuous and integral display by controlling the light from each pixel of the pixel array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatake Hayashi, Takeo Arai, Motohiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170315348
    Abstract: Provided is a display device (10) including a plurality of light emission points (125). A region group (209) including a plurality of regions (207) which are set on a plane (205) including a pupil of a user is irradiated with light emitted from each of the plurality of light emission points, each of the plurality of light emission points causes light corresponding to a combination of the light emission point and the region to be incident on each of the regions, a number of the regions set on the pupil of the user is two or more, and a size of each of the regions is smaller than 0.6 (mm), and the display device is capable of providing display that is more favorable to a user with presbyopia or myopia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventor: MASATAKE HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9786888
    Abstract: A separator is provided and includes a functional resin layer containing a resin material and an inorganic oxide filler, having a porous interconnected structure in which many pores are mutually interconnected and having a contact angle against an electrolytic solution of not more than 11 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yukako Teshima, Atsushi Kajita, Kensuke Yamamoto, Masatake Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9065121
    Abstract: A separator is provided. The separator includes a base layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer is on at least one side of the base layer, and wherein the surface layer is structured so as to collapse at time of charging to prevent damage to a negative electrode due to expansion thereof. A battery including the separator is also provided. An electric device, an electric vehicle, and an electrical storage device including the battery are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kajita, Yukako Fujimoto, Kazuhito Hatta, Manabu Aoki, Masatake Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8400392
    Abstract: Disclosed is a backlight control apparatus for controlling a backlight used in a liquid crystal display, the backlight having a lighting area that includes a plurality of blocks in each of which a backlight luminance is individually allowed to change. The apparatus includes a backlight control unit that calculates the backlight luminance of each block so that the absolute value of the difference between a backlight lighting ratio and 1 is at or below a first value, and controls the backlight so as to yield the calculated backlight luminances of the respective blocks, the backlight lighting ratio being the ratio between backlight set values of neighboring blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuto Kimura, Masatake Hayashi, Tomio Aoki, Yoshihiro Katsu, Mitsuyasu Asano
  • Publication number: 20130059192
    Abstract: A separator is provided. The separator includes a base layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer is on at least one side of the base layer, and wherein the surface layer is structured so as to collapse at time of charging to prevent damage to a negative electrode due to expansion thereof. A battery including the separator is also provided. An electric device, an electric vehicle, and an electrical storage device including the battery are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kajita, Yukako Fujimoto, Kazuhito Hatta, Manabu Aoki, Masatake Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8264447
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display unit having a display screen divided into a plurality of regions and controlled using a transmittance ratio on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a backlight including a plurality of sets of light sources, each set being disposed so as to correspond to one of the regions, and a control unit for identifying display luminance in each region, computing the emission luminance of each light source on the basis of the identified display luminance while taking into account an effect on the region of the other light sources not corresponding to the region, and computing a correction value for each pixel on the basis of a shift amount between the set emission luminance and an optimal display luminance for one of the regions, and delivering a display driving signal generated on the basis of the correction value to each pixel so as to control the luminance of the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuto Kimura, Shozo Masuda, Masatake Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20120015232
    Abstract: A separator is provided and includes a functional resin layer containing a resin material and an inorganic oxide filler, having a porous interconnected structure in which many pores are mutually interconnected and having a contact angle against an electrolytic solution of not more than 11 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukako Teshima, Atsushi Kajita, Kensuke Yamamoto, Masatake Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20110293976
    Abstract: A separator includes a first layer that has a first principal face and a second principal face, and a second layer that is formed on at least one of the first principal face and the second principal face. The first layer is a microporous membrane including a first polymer resin, and the second layer is a microporous membrane including inorganic particles having an electrically insulating property and a second polymer resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Chiba, Atsushi Kajita, Yukako Teshima, Masatake Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20100033649
    Abstract: A surface light source device which illuminates a transmission-type liquid crystal display unit from the back surface includes P×Q surface light source units with individually controlled light sources. Each of the light sources includes a plurality of light-emitting element units. Each of the light-emitting element units includes at least one red light-emitting element that emits red light, at least one green light-emitting element that emits green light, and at least one blue light-emitting element that emits blue light. The center of mass of a luminance profile based on each of a plurality of red light-emitting elements, a plurality of green light-emitting elements, and a plurality of blue light-emitting elements in each surface light source unit substantially coincides with the center of mass of the surface light source unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomio Aoki, Masatake Hayashi, Shozo Masuda, Tadashi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7658529
    Abstract: A surface light source device which illuminates a transmission-type liquid crystal display unit from the back surface includes P×Q surface light source units with individually controlled light sources. Each of the light sources includes a plurality of light-emitting element units. Each of the light-emitting element units includes at least one red light-emitting element that emits red light, at least one green light-emitting element that emits green light, and at least one blue light-emitting element that emits blue light. The center of mass of a luminance profile based on each of a plurality of red light-emitting elements, a plurality of green light-emitting elements, and a plurality of blue light-emitting elements in each surface light source unit substantially coincides with the center of mass of the surface light source unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomio Aoki, Masatake Hayashi, Shozo Masuda, Tadashi Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20080259281
    Abstract: A three-dimensional-image display apparatus includes a projecting unit having a projection plane and a plurality of projecting elements for projecting images having parallax therebetween through the projection plane; a display for displaying a three-dimensional image by receiving the images projected from the plurality of projecting elements; and a common lens for guiding rays of the images to the display, the common lens being arranged between the projection plane and the display and having a focal length larger than a distance between the projection plane and the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Odake, Masatake Hayashi, Shuuji Moro, Junichi Ohsako, Hisataka Izawa
  • Publication number: 20080129680
    Abstract: Disclosed is a backlight control apparatus for controlling a backlight used in a liquid crystal display, the backlight having a lighting area that includes a plurality of blocks in each of which a backlight luminance is individually allowed to change. The apparatus includes a backlight control unit that calculates the backlight luminance of each block so that the absolute value of the difference between a backlight lighting ratio and 1 is at or below a first value, and controls the backlight so as to yield the calculated backlight luminances of the respective blocks, the backlight lighting ratio being the ratio between backlight set values of neighboring blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuto Kimura, Masatake Hayashi, Tomio Aoki, Yoshihiro Katsu, Mitsuyasu Asano