Patents by Inventor Masato Onoue
Masato Onoue 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: 9335579Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 1 comprises a liquid crystal display panel 4, a backlight unit 20 emitting light toward the liquid crystal display panel 4, control substrates 9 for controlling the liquid crystal display panel 4 and the backlight unit 20, and an outer cover 2 containing the liquid crystal display panel 4, the backlight unit 20, and the control substrates 9. The control substrates 9 are arranged on the side opposite to the side including the display panel 4 with respect to the backlight unit 20, and the liquid crystal display device 1 further comprises a heat insulating frame 6, which is disposed between the backlight unit 20 and the control substrates 9, and which forms a space covering one surface of the backlight unit 20 on the side facing toward the control substrates 9.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masato Onoue
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Publication number: 20140184980Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 1 comprises a liquid crystal display panel 4, a backlight unit 20 emitting light toward the liquid crystal display panel 4, control substrates 9 for controlling the liquid crystal display panel 4 and the backlight unit 20, and an outer cover 2 containing the liquid crystal display panel 4, the backlight unit 20, and the control substrates 9. The control substrates 9 are arranged on the side opposite to the side including the display panel 4 with respect to the backlight unit 20, and the liquid crystal display device 1 further comprises a heat insulating frame 6, which is disposed between the backlight unit 20 and the control substrates 9, and which forms a space covering one surface of the backlight unit 20 on the side facing toward the control substrates 9.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masato Onoue
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Patent number: 8514345Abstract: A backlight unit comprising: a light guide plate for causing light to exit in a planar manner from an upper surface of the light guide plate, the light having entered the light guide plate from an LED; a substrate provided along an end surface of the light guide plate and having an LED mounted on a counter surface of the substrate, the counter surface facing the end surface of the light guide plate; a frame provided along the substrate and attached to the substrate on a rear surface of the substrate, the rear surface being opposite to the counter surface; and one or a plurality of insulating members arranged in such a manner that the one or the plurality of insulating members and the frame sandwich the substrate, the one or the plurality of insulating members each fixing a screw point of a screw inserted from the frame into a through-hole provided through the frame and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masato Onoue, Shinji Suminoe, Koji Sakai
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Publication number: 20120126711Abstract: A sensor circuit or a display apparatus from which a highly accurate sensor output can be obtained includes a photodiode, a capacitor that is connected to the photodiode via an accumulation node and accumulates charges according to an electric current in the photodiode; a sensor switching element transistor that causes the accumulation node and an output line to be conductive with respect to each other in response to a readout signal and outputs an output signal according to the potential of the accumulation node to the output line; a variable capacitor that is provided between the accumulation node and an input electrode, and whose capacitance varies when a pressure is applied by a touching operation; and a control switching element transistor to which a control signal for switching conduction and non-conduction between the variable capacitor and the accumulation node is input.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Suminoe, Mitsuru Hineno, Masato Onoue
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Publication number: 20110285937Abstract: A backlight unit comprising: a light guide plate for causing light to exit in a planar manner from an upper surface of the light guide plate, the light having entered the light guide plate from an LED; a substrate provided along an end surface of the light guide plate and having an LED mounted on a counter surface of the substrate, the counter surface facing the end surface of the light guide plate; a frame provided along the substrate and attached to the substrate on a rear surface of the substrate, the rear surface being opposite to the counter surface; and one or a plurality of insulating members arranged in such a manner that the one or the plurality of insulating members and the frame sandwich the substrate, the one or the plurality of insulating members each fixing a screw point of a screw inserted from the frame into a through-hole provided through the frame and the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Masato ONOUE, Shinji Suminoe, Koji Sakai
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Publication number: 20110109834Abstract: Accommodating spots (13) for accommodating circuit elements (25) are formed for the respective circuit elements (25) in an opposing surface (11U), which is one surface of a backlight frame (11) opposed to a circuit element mounting surface (23B) on which the circuit elements (25) are mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohji Itoh, Shinji Suminoe, Masato Onoue, Daisuke Takeda
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Publication number: 20110110046Abstract: Disclosed is a reinforcement frame (38) fixed to an outer package (37) of a heated component unit in a display (69), wherein a first heat dissipation fin is included in the reinforcement frame (38). With such an arrangement, even when heat generated when a component unit (such as a backlight unit in a liquid crystal display) is driven, e.g. driving heat of various elements included in the component unit, is transmitted to the outer package (37) of the component unit, the driving heat is further transmitted to the reinforcement frame (38) which is in contact with the outer package (37) and dissipated by means of the first heat dissipation fin. Consequently, the various elements in the component unit are not impaired by driving heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohji Itoh, Shinji Suminoe, Masato Onoue, Daisuke Takeda
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Patent number: 7573540Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises a liquid crystal panel (22), a group of optical sheets (32) disposed rearward from the liquid crystal panel (22), a light source (28) disposed rearward from the group of the optical sheets (32), a frame-shaped front frame (21, 23) disposed forward from at least the group of the optical sheets (32), a back chassis (31) disposed rearward from the light source (28) and fixedly connected to the front frame (21, 23) directly or indirectly, and a holding member (27) integrally holding the group of the optical sheets (32) to keep the group of the optical sheets (32) held in position integrally, when the back chassis (31) and the front frame (21, 23) are unfixed from each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2005Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasutoshi Katsuda, Masato Onoue, Takayuki Iwai, Tatsuya Kudari
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Publication number: 20050151894Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises a liquid crystal panel (22), a group of optical sheets (32) disposed rearward from the liquid crystal panel (22), a light source (28) disposed rearward from the group of the optical sheets (32), a frame-shaped front frame (21, 23) disposed forward from at least the group of the optical sheets (32), a back chassis (31) disposed rearward from the light source (28) and fixedly connected to the front frame (21, 23) directly or indirectly, and a holding member (27) integrally holding the group of the optical sheets (32) to keep the group of the optical sheets (32) held in position integrally, when the back chassis (31) and the front frame (21, 23) are unfixed from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2005Publication date: July 14, 2005Inventors: Yasutoshi Katsuda, Masato Onoue, Takayuki Iwai, Tatsuya Kudari