Patents by Inventor Mitsutaka Ide

Mitsutaka Ide 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).

  • Publication number: 20240142707
    Abstract: A virtual image display device includes a display panel being a display element configured to emit image light, a light-guiding member including a first total reflection surface and a second total reflection surface, a first diffraction element being provided on a light incidence side in association with the light-guiding member, a second diffraction element being provided on a light emission side in association with the light-guiding member, and a stray light suppression filter being provided on an external side of an image extraction part provided with the second diffraction element and being configured to limit passage of diffracted light from the second diffraction element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi INOMOTO, Mitsutaka IDE, Masayuki TAKAGI, Takashi TAJIRI
  • Publication number: 20240061208
    Abstract: An optical display device includes an image display element configured to emit image light, a deflection member configured to deflect the image light emitted from the image display element, an optical device including a lens barrel for accommodating a lens group including an objective lens and an eyepiece, and a moving mechanism provided at the lens barrel of the optical device and configured to hold a state in which at least the deflection member is moved in a direction intersecting an optical axis of the lens group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OTA, Yuiga HAMADE, Mitsutaka IDE
  • Publication number: 20240053606
    Abstract: A display unit includes a mounting member mounted on a first accommodation member configured to accommodate a lens group including an objective lens and an eyepiece, a display element that emits video light, a first deflection member that deflects the video light from the display element, and a second accommodation member configured to accommodate the display element and the first deflection member. The second accommodation member is mounted on the first accommodation member, such that the first deflection member is disposed on an axis of the lens group, by the mounting member. When the first deflection member is disposed on the axis of the lens group, an axis of the video light deflected by the first deflection member overlaps with the axis of the lens group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka IDE, Yuiga HAMADE
  • Patent number: 11796830
    Abstract: A display device of the present disclosure includes, along an optical path of imaging light emitted from an imaging light generation device, a first optical portion having a positive power, a second optical portion including a first diffraction element and having a positive power, a third optical portion having a positive power, and a fourth optical portion including a second diffraction element and having a positive power. In the optical path, the first diffraction element and the second diffraction element diffract the imaging light at least along a primary diffraction plane and a secondary diffraction plane orthogonal to the primary diffraction plane, and a deflection force of the imaging light in the primary diffraction plane is greater than a deflection force of the imaging light in the secondary diffraction plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsutaka Ide
  • Publication number: 20230314812
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first self-light-emitting panel; a second self-light-emitting panel; a cross dichroic prism configured to cause first image light and second image light to exit as image light of combined light, the first image light exiting from the first self-light-emitting panel and entering, the second image light exiting from the second self-light-emitting panel and entering; a first polarizing plate provided at an exit side of the first self-light-emitting panel; a second polarizing plate provided at an exit side of the second self-light-emitting panel; and a light-guiding optical system including a polarizing mirror and configured to deflect the image light of the combined light. Polarizing axes of the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate and a polarizing axis of the polarizing mirror are perpendicular to or parallel to an intersecting axis of the cross dichroic prism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsutaka IDE
  • Publication number: 20230314811
    Abstract: A first optical member where image light from a virtual image display device as a measurement target is incident, the first optical member being configured to emit incident image light, a second optical member where the image light emitted from the first optical member is incident, the second optical member being configured to emit, with telecentricity, incident image, a light reception member disposed along a first direction in which the first optical member and the second optical member are disposed side by side, and the light reception member being configured to receive the image light emitted from the second optical member, and an adjusting member configured to adjust a light path so as to form an image of image light received at a light reception surface of the light reception member, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsutaka IDE
  • Patent number: 11769441
    Abstract: A display module includes a display element, a light-guiding optical device, and a control unit configured to perform distortion correction including correction of a chromatic aberration of magnification. The light-guiding optical device is constituted of an optical system having non-axisymmetry in an up-and-down direction with respect to the imaging light entering the light-guiding optical device, and includes a first optical member having positive refractivity, a second optical member having positive refractivity, and a first reflection surface configured to reflect the imaging light toward a pupil position. The refractivity of the first optical member is greater than the refractivity of the second optical member. An abbe number of a constituent material of the first optical member is greater than an abbe number of a constituent material of the second optical member. The control unit performs distortion correction by a different distortion correction amount for each color light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Takagi, Mitsutaka Ide, Tokito Yamaguchi
  • 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20230111091
    Abstract: An optical member includes a plurality of optically effective surfaces, and a plurality of measurement reference members that are associated with the plurality of optically effective surfaces and each of which serves as a reference for positioning of the plurality of optically effective surfaces. In this case, a relative positional relationship of the optically effective surfaces can be determined, and the optical performance of the optical member can be accurately evaluated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki MIYAO, Toshiyuki NOGUCHI, Mitsutaka IDE
  • Publication number: 20230111577
    Abstract: An optical unit and a virtual image display device, that is, an HMD include a plurality of optical members, and the plurality of optical members have, at non-coupling portion, measurement reference members that serve as references for arrangement, respectively, and the plurality of measurement reference members of the plurality of optical members are arranged in a unified direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki NOGUCHI, Toshiaki MIYAO, Mitsutaka IDE
  • 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: 11619816
    Abstract: A head-mounted display according to the present disclosure includes an imaging light generating device that emits imaging light, and a half mirror that reflects the imaging light and transmits external light. The imaging light is incident on the half mirror as light of a predetermined polarization state, and, with respect to the light of the predetermined polarization state, reflectance of a first polarization by the half mirror is lower than reflectance of a second polarization by the half mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: 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
  • Publication number: 20230031714
    Abstract: A virtual image display device includes a display element that emits an image light, a prism on which the image light from the display element is incident, a first mirror that reflect the image light from the prism, a second mirror that reflects the image light reflected by the first mirror, and a third mirror that guides the image light reflected by the second mirror to a position of an exit pupil, wherein the prism includes an incident portion on which image light from the display element is incident, the incident portion includes a first incident region and a second incident region, and a distance from the first incident region to the display element is greater than a distance from the second incident region to the display element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsutaka IDE
  • Publication number: 20230030353
    Abstract: A virtual image display device includes a display element, which is an image light generating unit that generates an image light, a first mirror that reflects the image light, a second mirror that reflects the image light reflected by the first mirror, and a third mirror that transmits external light and that reflects part of the image light reflected by the second mirror to guide the image light to a position of an exit pupil, wherein the first mirror has an angular dependence on a reflective surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsutaka IDE
  • 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: 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: 11506894
    Abstract: 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 a positive power. In the optical path, a first intermediate image of the image light is formed between the first optical unit and the third optical unit, a pupil is formed between the second optical unit and the fourth optical unit, a second intermediate image of the image light is formed between the third optical unit and the fourth optical unit, an exit pupil is formed on a side of the fourth optical unit opposite to the third optical unit, and a prism member configured to correct a ray shape of the image light is provided between the second optical unit and the fourth optical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsutaka Ide