Patents by Inventor Reo Asaki

Reo Asaki 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: 7915816
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence display device is provided. The organic electroluminescence display device includes plural organic electroluminescence elements. Each organic electroluminescence element includes: (A) a lower electrode; (B) an insulating layer having an opening, in which a lower electrode is exposed at the bottom of the opening; (C) an auxiliary wiring; (D) a stacked structure provided from a portion over the lower electrode exposed at the bottom of the opening to a portion of the insulating layer surrounding the opening, including a light emitting layer made of an organic light-emitting material; and (E) an upper electrode. At least one layer of the stacked structure partially contacts the auxiliary wiring. The insulating layer and the auxiliary wiring are provided in common to the plurality of organic EL elements. The upper electrode covers the whole surface of the stacked structures and the auxiliary wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kashiwabara, Jiro Yamada, Hiroshi Fujimaki, Hirofumi Fujioka, Reo Asaki
  • Publication number: 20110043096
    Abstract: A display device is provided, in which view-angle dependence of chromaticity of white or an intermediate color may be reduced. The display device includes: a pair of opposed substrates; a light blocking film provided on one of the pair of substrates while having a plurality of openings; and a plurality of self-luminous elements provided on the other of the pair of substrates, each of the self-luminous elements having an emission region facing each of the openings, and having an emission color different from an emission color of another element, at least one self-luminous element being different from other self-luminous elements in clearance in a display plane direction from an end of the emission region to an opening of the light blocking film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Reo Asaki
  • Publication number: 20110027616
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence display device is provided. The organic electroluminescence display device includes plural organic electroluminescence elements. Each organic electroluminescence element includes: a lower electrode; an insulating layer having an opening, in which a lower electrode is exposed at the bottom of the opening; an auxiliary wiring; a stacked structure provided from a portion over the lower electrode exposed at the bottom of the opening to a portion of the insulating layer surrounding the opening, including a light emitting layer made of an organic light-emitting material; and an upper electrode. At least one layer of the stacked structure partially contacts the auxiliary wiring. The insulating layer and the auxiliary wiring are provided in common to the plurality of organic EL elements. The upper electrode covers the whole surface of the stacked structures and the auxiliary wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kashiwabara, Jiro Yamada, Hiroshi Fujimaki, Hirofumi Fujioka, Reo Asaki
  • Publication number: 20100265223
    Abstract: A display device capable of improving the view angle characteristics without deteriorating the outside light contrast and a display unit using it are provided. The display device includes a first electrode, an organic layer including a light emitting layer and a second electrode sequentially over a substrate, and having a resonator structure in which light generated in the light emitting layer is resonated between a first end and a second end. An end face of the first electrode on the light emitting layer side is the first end having a step shape. A distance adjustment layer that fills in the step shape and has a flat surface on the second electrode side is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and thereby the second end is planarized, and an optical distance between the first end and the second end is varied according to the step shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reo Asaki, Hirofumi Fujioka, Yasunobu Hiromasu
  • Publication number: 20090218943
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display area having a resonator structure for resonating produced light; a protective film formed to cover the display area; a resin layer formed on the protective film; and a sealing layer attached by the resin layer, wherein the protective film includes a single silicon nitride layer, and has a refractive index between 1.65 and 1.75 at a wavelength of nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teiichiro Nishimura, Kaoru Abe, Reo Asaki, Masahiro Mitani
  • Publication number: 20090121239
    Abstract: A display device includes light emitting elements corresponding to respective colors disposed on a substrate. Each of the light emitting elements corresponding to the respective colors has a cavity structure in which a light emission functioning layer including a light emitting layer is held between a reflecting electrode and a semitransmitting electrode. A cavity order of at least the light emitting element adapted to resonate a light, having the shortest wavelength, of the light emitting elements corresponding to the respective colors is 1, and a cavity order of each of other light emitting elements is 0. The light emission functioning layer except for the light emitting layer is common to the light emitting elements corresponding to the respective colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reo Asaki, Jiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20090079336
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device provided with: (A) a plurality of light-emitting devices comprising a first electrode, an organic layer including a light-emitting layer and a second electrode configured to resonate light, which is generated in the light-emitting layer, between a first interface defined by an interface between the first electrode and the organic layer and a second interface defined by an interface between the second electrode and the organic layer, and (B) a transparent upper substrate having a first side facing the second electrode and a second side located on an opposite side of the first side, and fixed above the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiro Yamada, Mitsuhiro Kashiwabara, Toshihiro Fukuda, Reo Asaki, Gentaro Kano
  • Publication number: 20080284323
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence display device is provided. The organic electroluminescence display device includes plural organic electroluminescence elements. Each organic electroluminescence element includes: (A) a lower electrode; (B) an insulating layer having an opening, in which a lower electrode is exposed at the bottom of the opening; (C) an auxiliary wiring; (D) a stacked structure provided from a portion over the lower electrode exposed at the bottom of the opening to a portion of the insulating layer surrounding the opening, including a light emitting layer made of an organic light-emitting material; and (E) an upper electrode. At least one layer of the stacked structure partially contacts the auxiliary wiring. The insulating layer and the auxiliary wiring are provided in common to the plurality of organic EL elements. The upper electrode covers the whole surface of the stacked structures and the auxiliary wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kashiwabara, Jiro Yamada, Hiroshi Fujimaki, Hirofumi Fujioka, Reo Asaki
  • Publication number: 20080143649
    Abstract: A display device capable of improving the view angle characteristics without deteriorating the outside light contrast and a display unit using it are provided. The display device includes a first electrode, an organic layer including a light emitting lay and a second electrode sequentially over a substrate, and having a resonator structure in which light generated in the light emitting layer is resonated between a first end and a second end. An end face of the first electrode on the light emitting layer side is the first end having a step shape. A distance adjustment layer that fills in the step shape and has a flat surface on the second electrode side is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and thereby the second end is planarized, and an optical distance between the first end and the second end is varied according to the step shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Reo Asaki, Hirofumi Fujioka, Yasunobu Hiromasu
  • Patent number: 7271537
    Abstract: A display device having a light-emitting element which has a lower electrode, an upper electrode, a functional layer, and a cavity in which light generated in the functional layer is resonated wherein the optical distance of the cavity portion in a first light-emitting element is made equal with the optical distance of the cavity portion in a second light-emitting element, and the optical distance of the cavity portion in the first light-emitting element is different from the optical distance of the cavity portion in a third light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke Matsuda, Reo Asaki
  • Publication number: 20060232202
    Abstract: A display device having a light-emitting element which has a lower electrode, an upper electrode, a functional layer, and a cavity in which light generated in the functional layer is resonated wherein the optical distance of the cavity portion in a first light-emitting element is made equal with the optical distance of the cavity portion in a second light-emitting element, and the optical distance of the cavity portion in the first light-emitting element is different from the optical distance of the cavity portion in a third light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Eisuke Matsuda, Reo Asaki
  • Publication number: 20030222565
    Abstract: A cathode-ray tube including a bulb having a panel, a funnel and a neck, in which inner portion is sealed; an electron gun for emitting electron beams towards a fluorescent screen on inner surface of the panel; an electromagnetic deflection yoke for deflecting a trajectory of the electron beam through electromagnetic deflection effect; and a static deflection electrode for deflecting the trajectory of the electron beam through static deflection effect. The static deflection electrode contains electrode plates through which the inner side of the funnel is divided into two or more units from the neck to the panel. End portions of the electrode plates are placed at positions where they overlap without contact. Those electrode plates entirely cover the inner side of the funnel from the neck to the panel. Different voltages are applied to the electrode plates adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Reo Asaki, Hiroshi Ohno
  • Publication number: 20030025438
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube is disclosed wherein the stress at a bonding portion between a glass member and a metal member is moderated. The cathode ray tube includes a panel made of glass, a skirt element made of metal and attached to a peripheral edge of the panel, and a funnel connected to the skirt element. The skirt element has a rib or ribs for reinforcement provided thereon. The cathode ray tube may be incorporated in a display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Reo Asaki, Mitsuo Hashimoto, Masataka Santoku, Masamichi Okada
  • Publication number: 20030011296
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube in which a reduction in weight can be contrived and scattering of glass upon implosion can be prevented effectively. The cathode ray tube comprises an HS band (2) surrounding the peripheral edge of a panel (11), and a resin panel (3) disposed in the state of covering the surface of the panel (11) and connected to the HS band (2). The surface of the panel (11) and the resin panel (3) may be fixed with an adhesive, the resin panel (3) and the HS band (2) may be fixed with an adhesive, the resin panel (3) and the HS band (2) may be mechanically fixed by use of bolt/nut pairs, a wire or the like, and the resin panel (3) and the HS band (2) may be connected through fitting members (21) for fitting to a display device casing which are provided on the HS band (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Masataka Santoku, Reo Asaki, Masamichi Okada, Mitsuo Hashimoto