Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Yonekubo

Masatoshi Yonekubo 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: 11947124
    Abstract: A display device of the present disclosure includes an optical system, the optical system including an image light generation device configured to generate image light, a projection optical system including an optical element, the optical element including an optical surface asymmetric in a direction along at least a first axis of two axes orthogonal to each other and perpendicular to an optical axis of the image light, a support member configured to support the optical element, a first adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of the optical element in the direction along the first axis, and a second adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of an emission region of the image light in the direction along the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yonekubo, Masafumi Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11940632
    Abstract: A virtual image display device is provided. Included in the virtual image display device are: an image light generating device; a projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the image light generating device; a folding mirror configured to reflect, in an intersecting direction, the image light from the projection optical system; a semi-transmissive mirror configured to reflect a portion of the image light from the folding mirror; a concave surface mirror configured to reflect, toward the semi-transmissive mirror, the image light reflected at the semi-transmissive mirror to form an exit pupil, in which an entrance pupil is formed between the projection optical system and the semi-transmissive mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Matsumoto, Masatoshi Yonekubo, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11927754
    Abstract: A virtual image display device includes: an image light generating device; a projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the image light generating device; a folding mirror configured to reflect, in an intersecting direction, the image light from the projection optical system; a semi-transmissive mirror configured to reflect a portion of the image light from the folding mirror; and a concave surface mirror configured to reflect, toward the semi-transmissive mirror, the image light reflected at the semi-transmissive mirror to form an exit pupil, in which an optical axis of the image light extending from the image light generating device to the folding mirror is disposed between a first virtual extension plane obtained by imaginarily extending the semi-transmissive mirror and a second virtual extension plane obtained by imaginarily extending the concave surface mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Matsumoto, Masatoshi Yonekubo, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11754839
    Abstract: A display module includes an image light generation device, a light-guiding member, a first reflection surface configured to reflect the imaging light incident via the light-guiding member, a first diffraction element configured to diffract the imaging light, and a second diffraction element configured to diffract the image light and form an exit pupil. The image light is sequentially incident on a first deflection surface, a second deflection surface, a second reflection surface, a third reflection surface, a fourth reflection surface, and a third deflection surface inside the light-guiding member, and a distance from a reference position where an optical axis of the exit pupil and an emission surface intersect to the second deflection surface is longer than a distance from the reference position to the first deflection surface and longer than a distance from the reference position to the second reflection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yonekubo, Mitsutaka Ide, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11662587
    Abstract: A virtual image display device includes an image light generation device, a projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the image light generation device, a folding mirror configured to reflect the image light from the projection optical system, a semi-transmissive mirror configured to reflect part of the image light from the folding mirror, and a concave surface mirror configured to reflect, the image light reflected by the semi-transmissive mirror to form an exit pupil, wherein an optical axis of the projection optical system is arranged in a direction intersecting a reference plane including an optical axis extending from the folding mirror to the semi-transmissive mirror and an optical axis extending from the concave surface mirror to the exit pupil, and a display region of the image light generation device is arranged inclined in accordance with inclinations of the folding mirror and the semi-transmissive mirror that are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Matsumoto, Masatoshi Yonekubo, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11656465
    Abstract: A display device according to the present disclosure includes a first optical unit having positive power, a second optical unit including a first diffraction element and having positive power, a third optical unit having positive power, and a fourth optical unit including a second diffraction element and having positive power, and the first to fourth optical units are provided along an optical path of imaging light emitted from an imaging light generating device. The second optical unit further includes a first member provided at one surface side of the first diffraction element, and a second member provided on a side of the first member opposite to a side where the first diffraction element is located, the first member is transmissive and has an elastic modulus of 50 GPa or greater, and the second member is transmissive and has optical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Ide, Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Patent number: 11630309
    Abstract: An image light generation module includes a first display element configured to emit first image light, a second display element configured to emit second image light, a third display element configured to emit third image light, a combining prism configured to emit combined image light combined from the first image light, the second image light, and the third image light, and a first gap defining member that defines a first gap between the first display element and the combining prism, a second gap defining member that defines a second gap between the second display element and the combining prism, and a third gap defining member that defines a third gap between the third display element and the combining prism, in which at least one of the first gap, the second gap, and the third gap is different in size from another of the gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Ide, Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Patent number: 11624920
    Abstract: A display module includes an image light generation device configured to generate image light, a first diffraction element including a first surface and a second surface and configured to diffract the image light, a first reflection section configured to reflect the image light, and a second diffraction element including a third surface and configured to diffract the image light. The first diffraction element is configured to transmit the image light incident on the first surface and emit the image light toward the first reflection section, the first reflection section is configured to reflect the image light toward the second surface, the first diffraction element is configured to diffract the image light incident on the second surface and emit the image light toward the second diffraction element, and the second diffraction element is configured to diffract the image light, emit the image light, and form an exit pupil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yonekubo, Mitsutaka Ide
  • Patent number: 11598968
    Abstract: The image display device includes an image generating unit that emits first image light, a pupil expanding element that expands a diameter of a light flux included in the first image light from the image generating unit to obtain second image light, a first light condensing optical system that condenses the second image light and forms an intermediate image, and a second light condensing optical system that condenses light from the intermediate image and generates a virtual image on eye of a viewer, in a plane including at least the image generating unit, the pupil expanding element, and the eye of the viewer, a maximum emission angle of the first image light is smaller than a maximum viewing angle of the virtual image, and the diameter of the light flux included in the second image light is greater than that of a light flux included in the virtual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yonekubo, Osamu Yokoyama, Takashi Takeda, Mitsutaka Ide, Daisuke Ishida
  • Patent number: 11567327
    Abstract: A display module includes an image light generation device configured to generate image light, a first reflection section configured to reflect the image light from the image light generation device, a first diffraction element configured to diffract the image light entering a first incident surface, a second reflection section configured to reflect the image light from the first diffraction element, and a second diffraction element configured to diffract the image light entering a second incident surface, thereby forming an exit pupil. When viewed from a normal line direction of a virtual plane including a normal line of the first incident surface and a normal line of the second incident surface, an optical axis of the image light from the image light generation device toward the first reflection section and an optical axis of the image light from the first diffraction element toward the second reflection section intersect each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yonekubo, Takashi Takeda, Mitsutaka Ide
  • Patent number: 11550159
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus includes a cross dichroic prism including four triangular prisms that are mutually bonded, and a first dichroic film and a second dichroic film provided between adjacent prisms of the four triangular prisms, a plurality of display panels arranged respectively opposite to a plurality of light incident planes of the cross dichroic prism, and a projection optical system configured to project light emitted from the cross dichroic prism onto a pupil of a user. The cross dichroic prism includes an optically imperfect part at a center of a bonded part of the four triangular prisms. A ratio between an aerial conversion length from each of light-emission planes of the plurality of display panels to the center of the bonded part, and a width of the optically imperfect part, is greater than or equal to 250:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yonekubo, Akio Fukase
  • Patent number: 11550155
    Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus includes an image light generation device, a projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the image light generation device, a folding mirror configured to reflect the image light from the projection optical system in an intersection direction, a semi-transmissive mirror configured to reflect a part of the image light from the folding mirror, and a concave mirror configured to reflect the image light from the semi-transmissive mirror forming an exit pupil, in which the folding mirror is disposed between the semi-transmissive mirror and the concave mirror when viewed in a first direction, provided that the first direction is a direction from an intersection point between a projection optical axis that is an optical axis of the projection optical system and the folding mirror toward an emission optical axis that is an optical axis from the concave mirror toward the exit pupil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Matsumoto, Masatoshi Yonekubo, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11520158
    Abstract: In an optical system, a first optical section having positive power, a second optical section provided with a first diffractive element and having positive power, a third optical section having positive power, and a fourth optical section provided with a second diffractive element and having positive power are disposed along a light path of image light emitted from an image light generation device. A first intermediate image of the image light is formed between the first optical section and the third optical section, a pupil is formed in the vicinity of the third optical section, a second intermediate image of the image light is formed between the third optical section and the fourth optical section, and the fourth optical section collimates the image light to form an exit pupil. The first diffractive element and the second diffractive element are in a conjugate relation or a roughly conjugate relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Ide, Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Patent number: 11467417
    Abstract: A display device according to the present disclosure includes an imaging light generating device configured to emit imaging light, a first diffraction element configured to diffract the imaging light emitted from the imaging light generating device, a second diffraction element configured to diffract the imaging light diffracted by the first diffraction element to form an exit pupil, and an optical filter disposed between the imaging light generating device and the exit pupil, and configured to attenuate a band on a short wavelength side of a peak wavelength of red light included in the imaging light emitted from the imaging light generating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yonekubo, Koya Shiratori
  • Patent number: 11415804
    Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus includes an imaging light emitting unit configured to emit imaging light, and a light-guiding unit configured to guide the imaging light. The light-guiding unit is configured by arranging a first, a second, a third, and a fourth optical system in the stated order in a travel direction of the imaging light. The first optical system forms a first intermediate image of the imaging light. The second optical system includes a first diffraction element forming a pupil between the second and the fourth optical system. The third optical system forms a second intermediate image. The fourth optical system includes a second diffraction element forming an exit pupil by diffracting the imaging light. At the exit pupil, luminance of pixels at a central position of the imaging light and luminance of pixels at end positions of the imaging light differ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Ide, Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Patent number: 11360374
    Abstract: A light source device according to the present disclosure includes a light-emitting body configured to emit first wavelength range light, a dichroic film configured to be able to selectively transmit the first wavelength range light, a wavelength converter that includes an incident surface on which the first wavelength range light is incident, and an emission surface configured to convert the first wavelength range light to second wavelength range light and subsequently emit, and for which the incident surface is set to be larger than the emission surface, and a light collector including a light collecting part configured to collect the second wavelength range light, wherein the light-emitting body, the dichroic film, and the wavelength converter are subjected to direct bonding, in a state of being stacked in this order, in an emission direction of the first wavelength range light from the light-emitting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Patent number: 11333889
    Abstract: A display device of the present disclosure includes, along an optical path of image light emitted from an image light generating device, a first optical unit having positive power, a second optical unit that includes a first diffraction element and has positive power, a third optical unit having positive power, and a fourth optical unit that includes a second diffraction element and has positive power. A first diffraction angle of the image light at the first diffraction element is different from a second diffraction angle of the image light at the second diffraction element. A correction optical system that corrects an incident angle of the image light with respect to the second diffraction element is provided between the first optical unit and the fourth optical unit on the optical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Ide, Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Publication number: 20220107503
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus includes a cross dichroic prism including four triangular prisms that are mutually bonded, and a first dichroic film and a second dichroic film provided between adjacent prisms of the four triangular prisms, a plurality of display panels arranged respectively opposite to a plurality of light incident planes of the cross dichroic prism, and a projection optical system configured to project light emitted from the cross dichroic prism onto a pupil of a user. The cross dichroic prism includes an optically imperfect part at a center of a bonded part of the four triangular prisms. A ratio between an aerial conversion length from each of light-emission planes of the plurality of display panels to the center of the bonded part, and a width of the optically imperfect part, is greater than or equal to 250:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi YONEKUBO, Akio FUKASE
  • Patent number: 11269189
    Abstract: An image display device includes an image light generation device configured to generate image light, and a deflection member configured to deflect the image light to form an exit pupil, in which the image light generation device includes a first light source unit configured to emit first light, a second light source unit configured to emit second light within a same frequency band as the first light and having a wavelength band different from a wavelength band of the first light, and a combining optical member configured to at least partially superimpose the first light and the second light, the deflection member includes a first diffraction member corresponding to the wavelength band of the first light and a second diffraction member corresponding to the wavelength band of the second light, and the first diffraction member and the second diffraction member overlap when viewed from the exit pupil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Ide, Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Patent number: 11237398
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus includes a cross dichroic prism including four triangular prisms that are mutually bonded, and a first dichroic film and a second dichroic film provided between adjacent prisms of the four triangular prisms, a plurality of display panels arranged respectively opposite to a plurality of light incident planes of the cross dichroic prism, and a projection optical system configured to project light emitted from the cross dichroic prism onto a pupil of a user. The cross dichroic prism includes an optically imperfect part at a center of a bonded part of the four triangular prisms. A ratio between an aerial conversion length from each of light-emission planes of the plurality of display panels to the center of the bonded part, and a width of the optically imperfect part, is greater than or equal to 250:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yonekubo, Akio Fukase