Patents by Inventor Masato Okawa

Masato Okawa 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: 11677050
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element having a dominant wavelength in a range of 400 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and a wavelength conversion member that is arranged on a light emitting side of the light emitting element and includes a rare earth aluminate fluorescent material having a composition represented by the following formula (I), wherein the light emitting device emits light having a dominant wavelength in a range of 475 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and wherein the light emitting device emits light having an S/P ratio of 6.5 or less derived from the formula (1), which is the ratio of a luminous flux in scotopic vision relative to a luminous flux in photopic vision: (Lu1-p-nLnpCen)3(Al1-mGam)5kO12??(I) wherein in the formula (I), Ln represents at least one rare earth element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Gd, and Tb, and the parameters k, m, n, and p satisfy 0.95?k?1.05, 0.05?m?0.70, 0.002?n?0.050, and 0?p?0.30, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makiko Iwasa, Kazuya Nishimata, Atsushi Yoshinari, Shoji Hosokawa, Masato Okawa, Yasuaki Mashima
  • Publication number: 20210376201
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element having a dominant wavelength in a range of 400 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and a wavelength conversion member that is arranged on a light emitting side of the light emitting element and includes a rare earth aluminate fluorescent material having a composition represented by the following formula (I), wherein the light emitting device emits light having a dominant wavelength in a range of 475 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and wherein the light emitting device emits light having an S/P ratio of 6.5 or less derived from the formula (1), which is the ratio of a luminous flux in scotopic vision relative to a luminous flux in photopic vision: (Lu1-p-nLnpCen)3(Al1-mGam)5kO12??(I) wherein in the formula (I), Ln represents at least one rare earth element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Gd, and Tb, and the parameters k, m, n, and p satisfy 0.95?k?1.05, 0.05?m?0.70, 0.002?n?0.050, and 0?p?0.30, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makiko IWASA, Kazuya NISHIMATA, Atsushi YOSHINARI, Shoji HOSOKAWA, Masato OKAWA, Yasuaki MASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210095204
    Abstract: A method for producing a rare earth aluminate fluorescent material includes: subjecting a compound containing Ln that is at least one rare earth element to a first heat treatment at a temperature in a range of 1,000° C. or more and 1,600° C. or less; preparing a raw material containing an oxide containing Ln having a crystallite diameter of 1,500 ? or more obtained through the first heat treatment, a compound containing Ce, a compound containing Al, and optionally a compound containing Ga, having a chemical composition having a total molar ratio of Ln and Ce of 3, a total molar ratio of Al and Ga of a product of 5 and a parameter k of 0.95 or more and 1.05 or less, a molar ratio of Ce of a product of 3 and a parameter n of 0.005 or more and 0.050 or less, and a molar ratio of Ga of a product of a parameter m of 0 or more and 0.6 or less, the parameter k, and 5, and providing a mixture containing the raw material and a compound containing an alkaline earth metal element as a flux in an amount of 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogasa, Masato Okawa, Atsushi Yoshinari, Kazuya Nishimata
  • Publication number: 20040146102
    Abstract: Coding sections (100-1, 100-2) code different images at the same time. An identification information generating section (103) generates identification data to be added to coded data in order to identify whether coded data is coded data that is based on image data of a first CH or coded data that is based on image data of a second CH. Identification information adding sections (1.05-1, 105-2) add this identification information to coded data. Coded data to which identification information is added is stored in a transmission buffer memory (102) having a ring buffer structure. This allocates a different bit rate to coded data of the image data of multiple channels, enabling to perform transmission by one channel and improve transmission efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Masato Okawa, Hiroyuki Ito