Patents by Inventor Mayumi Hori

Mayumi Hori 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: 11561433
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) according to the present invention is provided with a liquid crystal display panel (10) and a backlight device (50) which emits light toward the back surface (10r) of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight device comprises: an LED substrate (21) that has a front surface (21s) on which a plurality of LED chips (22) are arranged so as to emit excitation light toward the back surface of the liquid crystal display panel; a phosphor layer (25) which contains a phosphor (25q) that emits fluorescent light upon reception of the excitation light; a wavelength selective reflection layer (28) which is arranged between the phosphor layer and the LED substrate, and wherein the transmittance of the excitation light is higher than the transmittance of the fluorescent light; and an optical layer laminate (30) which is arranged on the liquid crystal display panel side of the phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Iwamoto, Mayumi Hori, Kazuhiko Negoro
  • Patent number: 11287698
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight device disposed on a rear face of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight device includes a chassis, a plurality of LED units being disposed on the chassis and arranged in at least one direction, and a cooling structure thermally coupled to rear faces of the plurality of LED units. The cooling structure includes a plurality of enclosed spaces, each of the plurality of enclosed spaces containing a coolant in which a liquid phase and a gas phase coexist at room temperature. Each of the plurality of enclosed spaces is disposed correspondingly to at least one LED unit among the plurality of LED units arranged in the at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayumi Hori, Kazuhiko Negoro, Kenichi Iwamoto, Akira Toyama, Makoto Noda
  • Publication number: 20220004060
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight device disposed on a rear face of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight device includes a chassis, a plurality of LED units being disposed on the chassis and arranged in at least one direction, and a cooling structure thermally coupled to rear faces of the plurality of LED units. The cooling structure includes a plurality of enclosed spaces, each of the plurality of enclosed spaces containing a coolant in which a liquid phase and a gas phase coexist at room temperature. Each of the plurality of enclosed spaces is disposed correspondingly to at least one LED unit among the plurality of LED units arranged in the at least one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: MAYUMI HORI, KAZUHIKO NEGORO, KENICHI IWAMOTO, AKIRA TOYAMA, MAKOTO NODA
  • Publication number: 20210271135
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) according to the present invention is provided with a liquid crystal display panel (10) and a backlight device (50) which emits light toward the back surface (10r) of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight device comprises: an LED substrate (21) that has a front surface (21s) on which a plurality of LED chips (22) are arranged so as to emit excitation light toward the back surface of the liquid crystal display panel; a phosphor layer (25) which contains a phosphor (25q) that emits fluorescent light upon reception of the excitation light; a wavelength selective reflection layer (28) which is arranged between the phosphor layer and the LED substrate, and wherein the transmittance of the excitation light is higher than the transmittance of the fluorescent light; and an optical layer laminate (30) which is arranged on the liquid crystal display panel side of the phosphor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: KENICHI IWAMOTO, MAYUMI HORI, KAZUHIKO NEGORO
  • Patent number: 11009746
    Abstract: A backlight device includes an LED substrate including LED devices arrayed and a quantum dot layer disposed to receive light output from the LED devices. Each LED device emits first blue light and at least one of first green light and first red light, and when relative radiance of the first blue light is 1.00, relative radiance of the first green light is 0.21 or less and relative radiance of the first red light is 0.48 or less. The quantum dot layer includes, in accordance with the at least one of the first green light and the first red light, at least one of a green quantum dot excited by the first blue light and emitting second green light and a red green quantum dot excited by the first blue light and emitting second red light, and the quantum dot layer contains 300 ppm or less of cadmium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Iwamoto, Mayumi Hori, Satsuki Kawai
  • Publication number: 20210116751
    Abstract: A backlight device includes an LED substrate including LED devices arrayed and a quantum dot layer disposed to receive light output from the LED devices. Each LED device emits first blue light and at least one of first green light and first red light, and when relative radiance of the first blue light is 1.00, relative radiance of the first green light is 0.21 or less and relative radiance of the first red light is 0.48 or less. The quantum dot layer includes, in accordance with the at least one of the first green light and the first red light, at least one of a green quantum dot excited by the first blue light and emitting second green light and a red green quantum dot excited by the first blue light and emitting second red light, and the quantum dot layer contains 300 ppm or less of cadmium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: KENICHI IWAMOTO, MAYUMI HORI, SATSUKI KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20190196270
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus in which the occurrence of color nonuniformity can be prevented or reduced. A display apparatus in which light from a light source unit is transmitted through a fluorescent film before reaching a display panel, includes an optical path changing member provided between the light source unit and the fluorescent film and for changing optical path lengths within the fluorescent film of the light rays entering the fluorescent film from an incident surface of the fluorescent film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: MAYUMI HORI, KENICHI IWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9829736
    Abstract: Provided is a display device comprising a liquid-crystal panel and an optical sheet member including multiple stacked optical sheets emitting light from a light source toward the liquid-crystal panel, which can alleviate unevenness in light even in the case where, for example, light with such unevenness is emitted from the optical sheet member due to warps or wrinkles generated in the optical sheet member caused by heat generated by the light source. A diffusion sheet is provided between a liquid-crystal panel and an optical sheet member with a gap from the optical sheet member. The light emitted through the optical sheet member is diffused by the diffusion sheet and gap, and then enters the liquid-crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoshikawa, Takayuki Nakazawa, Kazuhiko Negoro, Mayumi Hori
  • Patent number: 9488770
    Abstract: A light source unit, comprising: a light guide plate; a light source facing to a peripheral surface of the light guide plate; and a reflection part reflecting light emitted from one surface of the light guide plate, wherein the reflection part comprises: an elongated portion, which is positioned at an outside of an edge of the light guide plate, being elongated in a direction crossing the one surface; and a protrusion portion, which is located at a position of the elongated portion that is away from the one surface, protruding from the position to the one surface, wherein the one surface side of the light source is covered with the protrusion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Horiguchi, Takayuki Nakazawa, Kazuhiko Negoro, Takahiro Yoshikawa, Mayumi Hori
  • Publication number: 20160004119
    Abstract: Provided is a display device comprising a liquid-crystal panel and an optical sheet member including multiple stacked optical sheets emitting light from a light source toward the liquid-crystal panel, which can alleviate unevenness in light even in the case where, for example, light with such unevenness is emitted from the optical sheet member due to warps or wrinkles generated in the optical sheet member caused by heat generated by the light source. A diffusion sheet is provided between a liquid-crystal panel and an optical sheet member with a gap from the optical sheet member. The light emitted through the optical sheet member is diffused by the diffusion sheet and gap, and then enters the liquid-crystal panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoshikawa, Takayuki Nakazawa, Kazuhiko Negoro, Mayumi Hori
  • Publication number: 20150078032
    Abstract: A light source unit, comprising: a light guide plate; a light source facing to a peripheral surface of the light guide plate; and a reflection part reflecting light emitted from one surface of the light guide plate, wherein the reflection part comprises: an elongated portion, which is positioned at an outside of an edge of the light guide plate, being elongated in a direction crossing the one surface; and a protrusion portion, which is located at a position of the elongated portion that is away from the one surface, protruding from the position to the one surface, wherein the one surface side of the light source is covered with the protrusion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Yuki Horiguchi, Takayuki Nakazawa, Kazuhiko Negoro, Takahiro Yoshikawa, Mayumi Hori