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: 20200150436
    Abstract: An image display device of the present disclosure includes an image light generating device, a first, a second, a third, and a fourth optical unit. A first intermediate image is formed between the first and the third optical unit. A pupil is formed between the second and the fourth optical unit. A second intermediate image is formed between the third and the fourth optical unit. An exit pupil is formed at an opposite side of the fourth optical unit from the third optical unit. The image light generating device includes a first, a second, a third light emitting panel, and a color synthesis element. The color synthesis element is constituted of a cross dichroic prism including a first and a second dichroic film that intersect with each other. Each of the first and the second dichroic film does not have a polarization separation characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio FUKASE, Mitsutaka IDE, Toshiyuki NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200142194
    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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka IDE, Masatoshi YONEKUBO
  • Publication number: 20200142195
    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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsutaka IDE
  • Publication number: 20200133017
    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: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsutaka IDE
  • Publication number: 20200133004
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an image generating module, a first deflecting element including a first deflecting portion configured to deflect, along a second optical axis intersecting the first optical axis, imaging light from the image generating module, and a second deflecting portion configured to deflect the imaging light along a third optical axis, a first diffraction element configured to diffract the imaging light from the second deflecting portion, and a second diffraction element configured to diffract the imaging light from the first diffraction element. A distance along the first optical axis between the image generating module and the first deflecting portion is longer than a distance along the third optical axis between the first diffraction element and the second deflecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi TAKEDA, Takeshi KOSHIHARA, Masatoshi YONEKUBO, Mitsutaka IDE
  • Publication number: 20200133005
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an imaging light generating device, a first deflection element including a first deflection section configured to deflect imaging light in a first direction and a second deflection section configured to deflect the imaging light in a second direction, a first diffraction element, and a second diffraction element. When a plane surrounded by the principal ray passing plane, the first principal ray, the second principal ray, and the first deflection section is taken as a first plane, and a plane surrounded by the second deflection section, the first principal ray, the second principal ray, and the first diffraction element is taken as a second plane, the first plane overlaps with at least a part of the second plane when viewed from the third direction and does not overlap with the second plane when viewed from the fourth direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi YONEKUBO, Mitsutaka IDE
  • Patent number: 10495888
    Abstract: An image display device is capable of easily adjusting a diopter scale with respect to a virtual image. The image display device includes an image generating unit that emits image light including image information, a first optical system that forms an intermediate image by condensing the image light, a second optical system that guides a virtual image to eyes of a viewer by deflecting the light from the intermediate image, and guides the light to the eyes of the viewer by transmitting external light, and an intermediate image position changing device that adjusts a position of the virtual image in depth direction by changing a position of the intermediate image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yonekubo, Mitsutaka Ide
  • Patent number: 10495883
    Abstract: An image display device with which it is possible to visually recognize an image while securing the see-through property regardless of eye movements and changes in interpupillary distance, with which it is possible to display a large-size image with high quality, and which is small, has excellent wearability, and has an excellent external appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Yokoyama, Masatoshi Yonekubo, Takashi Takeda, Daisuke Ishida, Mitsutaka Ide, Hidemitsu Sorimachi
  • Publication number: 20190293940
    Abstract: Image formation is performed by using a synthesis optical system, and in a first dichroic film and a second dichroic film that are the synthesis surfaces in the synthesis optical system, a direction in which the cross axis that is the intersecting axis extends corresponds to a direction of alignment of eyes of an observer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi TAKEDA, Mitsutaka IDE, Akira KOMATSU, Masayuki TAKAGI, Toshiaki MIYAO, Tokito YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190235266
    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: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka IDE, Masatoshi YONEKUBO
  • Patent number: 10322592
    Abstract: A printer includes a transport unit that transports continuous paper, a medium support unit in which a support surface that is capable of supporting continuous paper that is transported by a transport unit, and first concave sections, which are indented from the support surface, are formed, and an image capture unit, which is disposed on a lower side of the support surface, and which captures an image of a lower surface of the continuous paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Murotani, Mitsutaka Ide, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hideyuki Kataoka
  • Patent number: 10302948
    Abstract: A display device of the embodiment includes an image generating unit which emits a light including an image information, and a light guide optical system which generates an image from the light which is emitted from the image generating unit at a position of an exit pupil, in which the light guide optical system is provided with a first mirror (a first deflection unit) which deflects the light which is emitted from the image generating unit, and a second mirror (a second deflection unit) which further deflects the light which is deflected by the first mirror to guide the light to the position of the exit pupil and transmits a portion of external light, and in which an optical axis of the light which propagates from the first mirror toward the second mirror and an optical axis of the exit pupil form an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Ide, Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Patent number: 10302949
    Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus includes a diffraction optical member including a diffraction section that directs the orientation of image light based on diffraction toward the position of a viewer's eye and a light transmissive substrate that is disposed in the diffraction section and on the side facing the eye and supports the diffraction section, and an image forming section that outputs the image light toward the diffraction optical member, and the light transmissive substrate is a color separation correcting section that corrects color separation produced by the diffraction section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Takeda, Mitsutaka Ide
  • Patent number: 10286692
    Abstract: A printer includes a transport unit that transports continuous paper, a medium support unit in which a support surface that is capable of supporting continuous paper that is transported by a transport unit, and first concave sections, which are indented from the support surface, are formed, and an image capture unit, which is disposed on a lower side of the support surface, and which captures an image of a lower surface of the continuous paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Murotani, Mitsutaka Ide, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hideyuki Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20190094546
    Abstract: In an optical system of a display device, a second reflection element, a first diffraction element, a first reflection element, and a second diffraction element are disposed along a traveling direction of image light emitted from an image light projecting device. A reflection surface of the first reflection element is a concave surface being a free-curved surface and being recessed in a central portion with respect to a peripheral portion, and an intermediate image is formed between the first reflection element and the second diffraction element. A reflection surface of the second reflection element is a concave surface being a free-curved surface and being recessed in a central portion with respect to a peripheral portion, and an intermediate image is formed between the second reflection element and the first diffraction element. Therefore, an intermediate lens for forming an intermediate image is not provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsutaka IDE
  • Patent number: 10241336
    Abstract: In a retinal scanning display device, a scanning section scans a light beam emitted from a light source to form a scanned image. The light beam emitted from the scanning section is expanded in beam width of the light beam in a first direction by a first beam width expander. The first beam width expander includes alternately stacked first partially reflective layers and first light-transmissive layers disposed between a pair of first reflection faces that face each other in the first direction. The plural partially reflective layers include a partially reflective layer having a transmittance exceeding 50%. This enables the light intensity distribution to be appropriately adjusted in the first direction for a light beam expanded in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Ide, Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Publication number: 20190049735
    Abstract: An image display device with which it is possible to visually recognize an image while securing the see-through property regardless of eye movements and changes in interpupillary distance, with which it is possible to display a large-size image with high quality, and which is small, has excellent wearability, and has an excellent external appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu YOKOYAMA, Masatoshi YONEKUBO, Takashi TAKEDA, Daisuke ISHIDA, Mitsutaka IDE, Hidemitsu SORIMACHI
  • Patent number: 10162183
    Abstract: A head mounted display device includes a scanning section that forms a scan image by scanning a light beam emitted from a light source, a light guiding optical system that guides the light beam emitted from the scanning section, and a deflection member that deflects the light beam guided by the light guiding optical system toward the eye. The light guiding optical system includes an optical correction system in which a first light path length of a light beam from the scanning section to a first end portion on a nose side of the deflection member is longer than a second light path length of a light beam from the scanning section to a second end portion on an ear side of the deflection member, and that corrects scanning distortion in the scan image which cause a virtual image to have different magnifications in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsutaka Ide
  • Patent number: 10139630
    Abstract: An image display device with which it is possible to visually recognize an image while securing the see-through property regardless of eye movements and changes in interpupillary distance, with which it is possible to display a large-size image with high quality, and which is small, has excellent wearability, and has an excellent external appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Yokoyama, Masatoshi Yonekubo, Takashi Takeda, Daisuke Ishida, Mitsutaka Ide, Hidemitsu Sorimachi
  • Publication number: 20180207963
    Abstract: A printer includes a transport unit that transports continuous paper, a medium support unit in which a support surface that is capable of supporting continuous paper that is transported by a transport unit, and first concave sections, which are indented from the support surface, are formed, and an image capture unit, which is disposed on a lower side of the support surface, and which captures an image of a lower surface of the continuous paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Tomoya MUROTANI, Mitsutaka IDE, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hideyuki KATAOKA