Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Murata

Mitsuhiro Murata 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: 11961429
    Abstract: A head-up display includes a display panel, a reflective optical element, a controller, and an obtainer. The display panel displays a first image. The reflective optical element reflects image light from the first image displayed by the display panel. The controller controls a position at which the first image is displayed on the display panel. The obtainer obtains, as positional information, a position of an eye of a user. The controller changes the position at which the first image is displayed on the display panel in accordance with the positional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Kusafuka, Mitsuhiro Murata, Sunao Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20240121374
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display device includes a display, a barrier, and a controller. The display displays a parallax image including a right-eye viewing image and a left-eye viewing image. The barrier defines a traveling direction of image light of the parallax image. The controller causes a black image to appear between the right-eye viewing image and the left-eye viewing image based on a parallax value of the parallax image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ryo TADAUCHI, Takashi SHIMADA, Kenji OGURA, Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Mitsuhiro MURATA
  • Patent number: 11899218
    Abstract: A head-up display and a movable body can display a virtual image viewable at a position nearer a user. The head-up display includes a display device that displays a first image and emits image light from the first image in a first direction, a first optical member located in the first direction from the display device, and a second optical member located between the display device and the first optical member in the first direction. The second optical member reflects the first image in a first plane direction and a second plane direction and displays a virtual image of the first image in a space between the first optical member and a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru Kusafuka, Mitsuhiro Murata, Sunao Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11881130
    Abstract: A head-up display system includes a first projection module, a second projection module, and a first reflective optical element. The first projection module projects a first image. The second projection module projects a second image. The first reflective optical element reflects at least a part of the first image and at least a part of the second image. The first projection module includes a first display panel that displays the first image and projects the first image toward the first reflective optical element. The second projection module includes a second display panel that displays the second image, and an optical system that directs the second image toward the first reflective optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Kusafuka, Mitsuhiro Murata, Sunao Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20230402604
    Abstract: A solid-state battery negative electrode of the present disclosure includes a negative electrode active material layer, the negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material and a solid electrolyte. The negative electrode active material in the negative electrode active material layer has an average aspect ratio of more than 0.5. The negative electrode active material has an average elastic modulus of 370 MPa or less. A solid-state battery of the present disclosure includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a solid electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode is the solid-state battery negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Murata, Kazufumi Otani, Terumi Furuta, Masahiro Takehara, Hiroshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20230400730
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a light source including a plurality of light emitters each to emit a laser beam and an emission surface through which the laser beam is emittable from each of the plurality of light emitters, and a liquid crystal panel on the emission surface to control an amount of the laser beam incident through the emission surface to be transmitted for display. Each of the plurality of light emitters emits the laser beam at an incident polarization angle on the liquid crystal panel maximizing a transmittance of the laser beam through the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Katsuhiko MORISHITA, Yu MOCHIZUKI, Yoshiki TANAKA, Kenta KAMOSHIDA, Tetsuya MORITA, Mitsuhiro MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230387412
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery of the present disclosure includes a cathode body layer, a separator layer, and an anode body layer in that order, wherein the anode body layer contains a solid electrolyte and an anode active material, and wherein the anode active material is graphite particles having a ratio of a crystallite size of a (004) plane to a crystallite size of a (110) plane (the crystallite size of the (004) plane/the crystallite size of the (110) plane) measured by X-ray crystal diffraction measurement using CuK? rays of 0.683 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeharu TAKAGI, Mitsuhiro MURATA
  • Patent number: 11710850
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes porous silica (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually and an electrolyte (13) coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The electrolyte (13) includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-TFSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-TFSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-TFSI to the porous silica (11) is larger than 1.5 and less than 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Imec VZW
    Inventors: Philippe Vereecken, Maarten Mees, Knut Bjarne Gandrud, Akihiko Sagara, Mitsuhiro Murata, Yukihiro Kaneko, Morio Tomiyama, Mikinari Shimada
  • Publication number: 20230176422
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device prevents light leakage in a black display of a projected image when a light source reaches a higher temperature, and displays a high-quality image without any lost sense of reality. The device includes a light-transmissive liquid crystal display element including two glass substrates and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the glass substrates, a backlight device that emits light toward one glass substrate in the liquid crystal display element, an emission-light polarizing plate on the other glass substrate, an incident-light polarizing plate on the one glass substrate, and a polarizer being a plate and including a base layer including a glass substrate and a metal layer stacked on the base layer and having a polarization function. The polarizer is located with the base layer facing the incident-light polarizing plate. The base layer is thicker than each of the glass substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Kenta KAMOSHIDA, Ryo TADAUCHI, Takashi SHIMADA, Kenji OGURA, Mitsuhiro MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230156178
    Abstract: A detection device includes a camera and a detector. The camera captures an image of a human face. The detector detects a position of a human eye based on the captured image output from the camera by template matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Akinori SATOU, Mitsuhiro MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230026137
    Abstract: A head-up display system includes a first projection module, a second projection module, and a first reflective optical element. The first projection module projects a first image. The second projection module projects a second image. The first reflective optical element reflects at least a part of the first image and at least a part of the second image. The first projection module includes a first display panel that displays the first image and projects the first image toward the first reflective optical element. The second projection module includes a second display panel that displays the second image, and an optical system that directs the second image toward the first reflective optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Mitsuhiro MURATA, Sunao HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230019904
    Abstract: A head-up display and a movable body can display a virtual image viewable at a position nearer a user. The head-up display includes a display device that displays a first image and emits image light from the first image in a first direction, a first optical member located in the first direction from the display device, and a second optical member located between the display device and the first optical member in the first direction. The second optical member reflects the first image in a first plane direction and a second plane direction and displays a virtual image of the first image in a space between the first optical member and a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Mitsuhiro MURATA, Sunao HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11557789
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes porous silica (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually and an electrolyte (13) coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The electrolyte (13) includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-FSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-FSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-FSI to the porous silica (11) is larger than 1.0 and less than 3.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: IMEC VZW
    Inventors: Xubin Chen, Philippe Vereecken, Maarten Mees, Knut Bjarne Gandrud, Mitsuhiro Murata, Akihiko Sagara, Yukihiro Kaneko, Morio Tomiyama, Mikinari Shimada
  • Publication number: 20230005399
    Abstract: A head-up display includes a display panel, a reflective optical element, a controller, and an obtainer. The display panel displays a first image. The reflective optical element reflects image light from the first image displayed by the display panel. The controller controls a position at which the first image is displayed on the display panel. The obtainer obtains, as positional information, a position of an eye of a user. The controller changes the position at which the first image is displayed on the display panel in accordance with the positional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Mitsuhiro MURATA, Sunao HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230004003
    Abstract: A head-up display system includes a first projection module that projects a first image to display the first image in a forward direction not directly facing a user, a second projection module that projects a second image to display the second image in a forward direction directly facing the user, and a reflective optical element that reflects at least a part of the first image and at least a part of the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Mitsuhiro MURATA, Sunao HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230004002
    Abstract: A head-up display is mountable on a movable body, and includes a first display panel, a reflective optical element, and an optical member. The first display panel displays a first image. The reflective optical element at least partially reflects image light from the first image displayed by the first display panel toward a user of the movable body. The optical member is between the display panel and the reflective optical element and is light transmissive. The display panel includes a surface facing a surface of the optical member. Each of the surface of the display panel and the surface of the optical member includes a reflection reduction layer to reduce light reflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Mitsuhiro MURATA, Sunao HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11543714
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first panel including a first image-forming surface for forming a first image visually recognized by a user and a plurality of first pixels; a second panel including a second image-forming surface for forming a second image visually recognized by the user and a plurality of second pixels; and a half-wavelength plate located between the first image-forming surface and the second image-forming surface. The half-wavelength plate includes an optical axis, is configured to be capable of transmitting incident light from either one panel of the first panel and the second panel, and of emitting light as emission light to the other panel. A polarization direction of the emission light from the half-wavelength plate is determined based on a polarization direction of the incident light on the half-wavelength plate and a direction of the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Kusafuka, Mitsuhiro Murata
  • Publication number: 20220413287
    Abstract: A head-up display system includes a projection module including a display panel to project an image displayed on the display panel, a reflective optical element that reflects at least a part of the image, an optical member located between the projection module and the reflective optical element and having light-shielding capability, and a controller that controls the light-shielding capability of the optical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Mitsuhiro MURATA, Sunao HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220402361
    Abstract: A head-up display module is mountable on a movable body. The head-up display module includes a first display panel, a first optical element, a drive, a first input unit, and a controller. The first display panel displays a first image. The first optical element reflects image light from the first image emitted from the first display panel. The drive drives the first optical element to change a direction in which the image light from the first image is reflected. The first input unit receives an input of a speed of the movable body. The controller drives the drive in accordance with the speed and controls a display image to be displayed on the first display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Mitsuhiro MURATA, Sunao HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220353485
    Abstract: A camera includes an image sensor, a signal processor, and an output unit. The image sensor obtains a first image being a subject image including an eye of a user of a head-up display. The signal processor generates a second image by reducing a resolution of an area of the first image other than an eyebox area. The eyebox area is an area within which a virtual image displayable by the head-up display is viewable by the eye of the user. The output unit outputs the second image to the head-up display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro MURATA, Kaoru KUSAFUKA, Kenji OGURA