Patents by Inventor Motonobu Yoshikawa

Motonobu Yoshikawa 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: 20110134301
    Abstract: In an imaging device, a display control device, and a display device which are operable to conveniently display reduced images in accordance with a motion and an attitude at the time of shooting, a motion detection section detects the motion of the imaging device during continuous shooting. A recording section records reduced images of the shot images obtained by the imaging device, and motion information on the motion of the imaging device corresponding to the reduced images. An image extraction section extracts a plurality of the reduced images of the consecutively shooting from among the recorded reduced images. An image display control section causes a display section to display the extracted reduced images. An image display control section arranges the extracted reduced images in accordance with the motion information and causes the display section to display the extracted reduced images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motonobu Yoshikawa, Naoto Yumiki
  • Patent number: 7957064
    Abstract: A diffusing plate is formed so as to have a surface having a larger surface roughness than a predetermined wavelength and having an aperiodic roughness shape. A plurality of fine concave/convex portions are formed on the surface so as to be regularly arranged within a cycle equal to and smaller than a predetermined wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Takamasa Tamura, Motonobu Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 7911511
    Abstract: In an imaging device, a display control device, and a display device which are operable to conveniently display reduced images in accordance with a motion and an attitude at the time of shooting, a motion detection section detects the motion of the imaging device during continuous shooting. A recording section records reduced images of the shot images obtained by the imaging device, and motion information on the motion of the imaging device corresponding to the reduced images. An image extraction section extracts a plurality of the reduced images of the consecutively shooting from among the recorded reduced images. An image display control section causes a display section to display the extracted reduced images. An image display control section arranges the extracted reduced images in accordance with the motion information and causes the display section to display the extracted reduced images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Motonobu Yoshikawa, Naoto Yumiki
  • Patent number: 7850319
    Abstract: A light-absorbing member has a substrate (101, 111) made of a material capable of absorbing light of which reflection is to be prevented, and an antireflection structure (102, 112, 303) having structural elements arranged on the surface of the curve in an array form at a period smaller than the wavelength of the light. The substrate having the shape of a curve viewed from a macroscopic viewpoint. The structural elements have a shape protruding or being recessed from a reference face corresponding to the curve of the substrate, and are arranged so that the straight lines connecting the reference face to the tips of the respective structural elements are nearly parallel to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Motonobu Yoshikawa, Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Michihiro Yamagata, Yasuhiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20100271706
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical member in which an antireflection concave-convex structure for suppressing reflection of light is provided on its surface, and an optical system, an optical unit and an optical device each including the optical member. The present disclosure provides an optical member in which the generation of reflection light and diffraction light is sufficiently suppressed and which can be fabricated in a simple manner. A antireflection concave-convex structure (15) for suppressing reflection of light, formed of filiform convex portions (16) regularly arranged, is provided on an interior surface (1a) of a lens tube (1). The antireflection concave-convex structure (15) is configured so that an angle between a normal vector of an incident plane of the light whose reflection is to be suppressed and a vector connecting respective apexes of adjacent two of the structure units at the incident surface is 60 degrees or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Michihiro Yamagata, Makoto Umetani, Takamasa Tamura, Motonobu Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Masaaki Sunohara
  • Publication number: 20100259706
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element 110; and a lens section 132 covering over the light-emitting element 110. The lens section 132 includes an entrance surface S1 on which light from the light-emitting element 110 is incident; an exit surface S2 from which the light incident on the entrance surface S1 is emitted; and an optical axis L extending so as to penetrate the entrance surface S1 and the exit surface S2. A concave section 132a is formed in an area of the exit surface S2, which contains the optical axis L, and two flat sections 132b are formed so as to face each other across the optical axis L. The exit surface S2 defines an upwardly-protruding curved surface formed between the two flat sections 132b, and the optical axis L is coincidence with a reference optical axis of the light-emitting element 110.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi Kuwaharada, Tooru Aoyagi, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Seiji Hamada, Motonobu Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 7810976
    Abstract: A surface emitting apparatus and image display apparatus using this surface emitting apparatus that enables improved luminance uniformity and smaller apparatus sizes. The surface emitting apparatus has a light source section that emits light, a light guide plate that guides light incident from an inlet face such that the light is emitted from a surface of an outlet face and a scanning section that scans the light emitted from the light source section on the inlet face of the light guide plate. The image display apparatus has the surface emitting apparatus and a display panel that is arranged on a side of the outlet face of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Motonobu Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiko Ishimaru, Erina Yabushita
  • Patent number: 7787184
    Abstract: A reflection of unnecessary light, which should be prevented, can be suppressed, and occurrence of stray light can be reduced using a member having an antireflection structure, comprising a plate-like portion 2, and an aperture portion 3 formed in the plate-like portion 2, wherein the antireflection structure having an aspect ratio of 1 or more and comprising structural elements arranged in an array form at a period smaller than the shortest wavelength of light, the reflection of which should be prevented, is formed on an inner wall 4 of the aperture portion 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Motonobu Yoshikawa, Keiki Yoshitsugu, Hiroaki Okayama, Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Kazutake Boku
  • Publication number: 20100172027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical element and, more particularly relates to an optical element having at least one surface in which an antireflection concave-convex structure is formed. The present invention provides an optical member in which the generation of diffraction light and reflection is sufficiently suppressed and which has a structure that can be formed in a simple manner. On a first lens surface (10) of a lens 1, an antireflection concave-convex structure (11) including a plurality of cone convex portions (12) regularly arranged is formed. The antireflection concave-convex structure (11) is for suppressing reflection of light having a wavelength equal to or larger than a cycle of the cone convex portions (12). The antireflection concave-convex structure (11) is formed so that the cycle and/or a height of the structure units differ among regions of the first surface (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Michihiro Yamagata, Katsuhiko Hayashi, Kazuhlko Ishimaru, Motonobu Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20100020267
    Abstract: A backlight apparatus is provided that enables a balance of brightness to be maintained over the entire area of a display screen and long life to be achieved. The surface of substrate 130 is opposite the rear surface of liquid crystal panel 110. LEDs 140 are placed on the surface of substrate 130. LED drive circuits 150 supply LEDs 140 with a current that causes LEDs 140 to emit light that illuminates liquid crystal panel 110. LED drive circuits 150 supply a lower current to LEDs 140 placed in an area having a higher ambient temperature within the surface area of substrate 130.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro KOBAYASHI, Motonobu YOSHIKAWA, Yuichi NISHIKOJI
  • Publication number: 20090257127
    Abstract: An imaging optical system according to the present invention is provided with at least one lens element and comprises: an optical surface through which incident light transmits; and an antireflection structure provided in at least part of a peripheral region located in the periphery of a center region containing the center of an optical surface in one or more optical surfaces, wherein the peripheral region is within an optical effective diameter, and wherein the antireflection structure is a structure in which structural units having a predetermined shape are arranged periodically in the form of an array at a period smaller than a minimum wavelength of light whose reflection should be prevented in the incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroaki Okayama, Motonobu Yoshikawa, Keiki Yoshitsugu, Yoshiharu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20090120566
    Abstract: A forming member for antireflection structure according to the present invention comprises a transfer material and a to-be-transferred material, wherein: the transfer material can be peeled off from the to-be-transferred material; the transfer material is constructed such that a structure having a reversal shape of an antireflection structure in which structural units are arranged in a shape of an array at a period smaller than a minimum wavelength of light whose reflection should be prevented and which has an aspect ratio of unity or greater is formed on a principal surface of a base substrate part having flexibility; the to-be-transferred material is a structure formed from a resin and having the same shape as the antireflection structure; and the transfer material and the to-be-transferred material are arranged such that the structure having the same shape as the antireflection structure fills up the structure having a reversal shape of the antireflection structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroaki Okayama, Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Motonobu Yoshikawa, Keiki Yoshitsugu
  • Publication number: 20090102931
    Abstract: In an imaging device, a display control device, and a display device which are operable to conveniently display reduced images in accordance with a motion and an attitude at the time of shooting, a motion detection section detects the motion of the imaging device during continuous shooting. A recording section records reduced images of the shot images obtained by the imaging device, and motion information on the motion of the imaging device corresponding to the reduced images. An image extraction section extracts a plurality of the reduced images of the consecutively shooting from among the recorded reduced images. An image display control section causes a display section to display the extracted reduced images. An image display control section arranges the extracted reduced images in accordance with the motion information and causes the display section to display the extracted reduced images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motonobu Yoshikawa, Naoto Yumiki
  • Patent number: 7483086
    Abstract: An illumination optical system includes a light source for emitting a plurality of different colors of light, a plurality of rotating optical scanners, and a plurality of scanning lenses. Each of the optical scanners has a reflecting surface that is formed helically around a cylindrical body. The different colors of light enter the respective reflecting surfaces in the direction parallel to the rotation axis, are reflected therefrom, and pass through the scanning lenses, so that each color of light is magnified and then scans the region to be illuminated sequentially. This makes it possible to provide an illumination optical system that can improve scanning linearity, lower noise because of its reduced wind resistance, and achieve reduction in the cost and power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Motonobu Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20090021959
    Abstract: A surface emitting apparatus and image display apparatus using this surface emitting apparatus that enables improved luminance uniformity and smaller apparatus sizes. The surface emitting apparatus has a light source section that emits light, a light guide plate that guides light incident from an inlet face such that the light is emitted from a surface of an outlet face and a scanning section that scans the light emitted from the light source section on the inlet face of the light guide plate. The image display apparatus has the surface emitting apparatus and a display panel that is arranged on a side of the outlet face of the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motonobu YOSHIKAWA, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI, Kazuhiko ISHIMARU, Erina YABUSHITA
  • Patent number: 7433125
    Abstract: A light quantity distribution control element includes a substrate of 20 mm×20 mm×3 mm made of a material that transmits light, such as optical glass or acryl, and a antireflective structure provided on a surface of the substrate. As the antireflective structure, a conical antireflective structure of a pitch of 0.15 ?m (periodic structure having conical convexities) is formed. This corresponds to a antireflective structure having a pitch of a wavelength or less in the ultraviolet band (150 nm to 400 nm) at the time when ultraviolet light is used as incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motonobu Yoshikawa, Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Michihiro Yamagata, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7408703
    Abstract: A wide-angle imaging optical system includes a refractive optical system (3), a reflective optical system, and an image-forming optical system (5). The reflective optical system includes a first reflection surface (1) that directly reflects rays of light from an object, and a second reflection surface (2) that reflects rays of light from the first reflection surface (1). An open portion is provided between the first reflection surface (1) and the second reflection surface (2), and rays of light from the object enter the open portion. A light-transmitting portion (2a) is provided in the second reflection surface (2) and transmits rays of light that have entered the refractive optical system (3). An aperture (1a) is provided in the first reflection surface (1) and allows rays of light from the second reflection surface (2) and the refractive optical system (3) to enter the image-forming optical system (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daizaburo Matsuki, Motonobu Yoshikawa, Yoshiharu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080055728
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure comprising: a resin pattern (A)3 formed on a base material 1 and having structure units of a predetermined shape; and a resin pattern (B)5 formed on a surface of the resin pattern (A)3 and having microscopic structure units, of a predetermined shape, arranged at a period shorter than or equal to a wavelength range of a using light, and to a method for producing the structure, comprising the steps of: (i) forming a resin layer 2 on the base material 1 and subjecting the resin layer 2 to an exposure-development process so as to form the resin pattern (A)3; and (ii) subjecting a surface of the resin pattern (A)3 to an exposure-development process so as to form the resin pattern (B)5, wherein the steps (i) and (ii) are sequential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Makoto Umetani, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Motonobu Yoshikawa, Katsuhiko Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20070291386
    Abstract: An inner circumference surface of a lens barrel is formed so as to be a rough surface having a larger surface roughness than a wavelength of incident light and a plurality of fine concave/convex portions are regularly arranged within a cycle equal to or larger than the incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Motonobu Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Yamada, Takamasa Tamura, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20070285784
    Abstract: A diffusing plate has a surface including a plurality of fine concave/convex portions regularly arranged within a cycle equal to or smaller than a predetermined wavelength. The surface has a larger surface roughness than the predetermined wavelength. An average value for an angle between a normal vector of the tangent plane of a roughness shape of the surface and a normal vector of a reference plane of the surface is 5 degrees or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Takamasa Tamura, Motonobu Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiko Ishimaru