Patents by Inventor Ryo Kubota

Ryo Kubota 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: 11974807
    Abstract: An OCT system for measuring a retina as part of an eye health monitoring and diagnosis system. The OCT system includes an OCT interferometer, where the interferometer comprises a light source or measurement beam and a scanner for moving the beam on the retina of a patient's eye, and a processor configured to execute instructions to cause the scanner to move the measurement beam on the retina in a scan pattern. Measurement data may be processed using a decurving process to enhance the resolution of the ILM layer and provide improved determinations of retinal thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Kubota, Stephan Wyder, Philip M. Buscemi, Matthias Pfister, Cyril Stoller
  • Patent number: 11971615
    Abstract: An apparatus to treat refractive error of an eye comprises an electroactive component configured to switch between a light scattering or optical power providing configuration to treat refractive error of the eye and a substantially transparent configuration to allow normal viewing. The electroactive component can be located on the lens away from a central axis of the lens to provide light to a peripheral region of the retina to decrease the progression of myopia. The electroactive component can be located on the lens away from the central axis of the lens in order for the wearer to view objects through an optical zone while the electroactive component scatters light. The electroactive component can be configured to switch to the substantially transparent configuration to allow light to pass through the electroactive component and to allow the lens to refract light to correct vision and allow normal viewing through the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Kubota, Amitava Gupta
  • Publication number: 20240127622
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of detecting a difference in the way of touch is provided. An electronic device capable of detecting a difference in the way of touch with a small number of components is provided. An electronic device capable of executing various types of processes with simple operation is provided. The electronic device includes a control portion and a display portion. The display portion has a function of displaying an image on a screen and includes a detection portion. The detection portion has a function of detecting a touch operation and a function of imaging, at least twice, a detection object touching the screen. The control portion has a function of calculating a difference between the area of the detection object in first imaging and the area of the detection object in second imaging to execute a different process depending on whether the difference is larger or smaller than a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Ryo HATSUMI
  • Patent number: 11963430
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable display unit having a function of sensing light. The display unit includes a light-receiving device and a light-emitting device. The light-receiving device includes an active layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting device includes a hole-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-receiving device and the light-emitting device share one of the electrodes, and may further share another common layer between the pair of electrodes. The hole-injection layer is in contact with an anode and contains a first compound and a second compound. The electron-transport property of the electron-transport layer is low; hence, the light-emitting layer is less likely to have excess electrons. Here, the first compound is the material having a property of accepting electrons from the second compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisuke Kamada, Ryo Hatsumi, Daisuke Kubota, Naoaki Hashimoto, Tsunenori Suzuki, Harue Osaka, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20240114720
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high-resolution display apparatus having a light sensing function is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Ryo HATSUMI, Yasuhiro NIIKURA
  • Publication number: 20240111385
    Abstract: A display device having a photosensing function is provided. A display device having a biometric authentication function typified by fingerprint authentication is provided. A display device having both a touch panel function and a biometric authentication function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a light guide plate, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a light-receiving element. The first substrate and the light guide plate are provided to face each other. The first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are provided between the first substrate and the light guide plate. The first light-emitting element has a function of emitting first light through the light guide plate. The second light-emitting element has a function of emitting second light to a side surface of the light guide plate. The light-receiving element has a function of receiving the second light and converting the second light into an electric signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Ryo HATSUMI, Taisuke KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240112446
    Abstract: An image processing device according to the present technology includes: a foreground-background classification unit configured to classify an input image into a foreground image portion which is a portion in which a subject in a foreground is captured and a background image portion which is a portion in which a subject in a background farther than the foreground image portion is captured; a foreground correction unit configured to correct the foreground image portion; and an inconsistency correction unit configured to correct an inconsistent portion caused by the correction of the foreground image portion by the foreground correction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuhiro CHIBA, Shogo KUBOTA, Mariko NISHIYAMA, Ryo MIYAO, Tetsuo IKEDA, Maho HAYASHI, Yuya TAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240108216
    Abstract: Improved optical coherence tomography systems and methods to measure thickness of the retina are presented. The systems may be compact, handheld, provide in-home monitoring, allow the patient to measure himself or herself, and be robust enough to be dropped while still measuring the retina reliably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Lukas SCHEIBLER, Matthias PFISTER, Urban SCHNELL, Stefan TROLLER, Ryo KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20240103300
    Abstract: An electronic case for electronic spectacles may include a base comprising a cavity formed therein. A first spectacle retention device may be located within the cavity. The first spectacle retention device may be configured to retain spectacles. An electrical control system may be included. An electrical connector may be configured to couple the electrical control system in electronic communication with the spectacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo KUBOTA, Philip M. BUSCEMI, Pascal LOSER, Ben CROOK, Massimo PINAZZA, Jim NIEBANCK, James PHILLIPS, Stefan BAUER
  • Publication number: 20240099038
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a photoelectric conversion function with high sensitivity is provided. The light extraction efficiency of the display apparatus is increased. The display apparatus includes a light-emitting device, a light-emitting and light-receiving device, a first lens, and a second lens. The light-emitting device has a function of emitting light of a first color. The light-emitting and light-receiving device has a function of emitting light of a second color and a function of receiving light of the first color and converting it into an electric signal. The light emitted by the light-emitting device is emitted to the outside of the display apparatus through the first lens. Light enters the light-emitting and light-receiving device from the outside of the display apparatus through the second lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Taisuke KAMADA, Ryo HATSUMI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240090306
    Abstract: A display device having a biometric authentication function is provided. A highly convenient display device is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a light guide plate, a plurality of first light-emitting elements, a second light-emitting element, and a plurality of light-receiving elements. The light guide plate includes a first portion having a first surface and a second portion having a second surface that connects with the first surface and has a different normal direction from the first surface. The first light-emitting elements and the light-receiving elements are provided between the first substrate and the light guide plate. The first light-emitting elements have a function of emitting first light through the light guide plate, and the second light-emitting element has a function of emitting second light to a side surface of the light guide plate. The light-receiving elements have a function of receiving the second light and converting the second light to an electric signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Ryo HATSUMI, Taisuke KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240090303
    Abstract: A display device having a function of detecting an object that is in contact with or approaches a display portion is provided. The display device includes a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element. The light-emitting element includes a first pixel electrode, a first functional layer, a light-emitting layer, a common layer, and a common electrode. The light-receiving element includes a second pixel electrode, a second functional layer, a light-receiving layer, the common layer, and the common electrode. The first functional layer includes one of a hole-injection layer and an electron-injection layer. The second functional layer includes one of a hole-transport layer and an electron-transport layer. The common layer has a function of the other of the hole-injection layer and the electron-injection layer in the light-emitting element and has a function of the other of the hole-transport layer and the electron-transport layer in the light-receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Ryo HATSUMI, Yasuhiro NIIKURA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240090248
    Abstract: A display apparatus having both a personal authentication function and a high resolution is provided. The display apparatus includes a display portion and a sensor portion. The display portion includes a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element. The first light-emitting element includes a first EL layer. The second light-emitting element includes a second EL layer. The sensor portion includes a light-receiving element. The first light-emitting element has a function of emitting infrared light. The light-receiving element has a function of detecting infrared light. A distance between the first EL layer and the second EL layer is less than or equal to 6 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Ryo HATSUMI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11925097
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable display unit having a function of sensing light. The display unit includes a light-receiving device and a light-emitting device. The light-receiving device includes an active layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting device includes a hole-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-receiving device and the light-emitting device share one of the electrodes, and may further share another common layer between the pair of electrodes. The hole-injection layer is in contact with an anode and contains a first compound and a second compound. The electron-transport property of the electron-transport layer is low; hence, the light-emitting layer is less likely to have excess electrons. Here, the first compound is the material having a property of accepting electrons from the second compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisuke Kamada, Ryo Hatsumi, Daisuke Kubota, Naoaki Hashimoto, Tsunenori Suzuki, Harue Osaka, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20240074272
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a light detection function is provided. The display apparatus includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a first subpixel and a second subpixel. The second pixel includes a third subpixel. The first subpixel is a subpixel that emits light with the shortest wavelength (e.g., blue light or light with a shorter wavelength than blue light) in subpixels included in the first pixel. The second subpixel has a function of receiving the light emitted by the first subpixel. The third subpixel is a subpixel that emits light with the shortest wavelength in subpixels included in the second pixel. The wavelength of the light emitted by the first subpixel is shorter than the wavelength of the light emitted by the third subpixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Ryo HATSUMI, Taisuke KAMADA
  • Patent number: 11911105
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems, apparatuses and methods for prediction, diagnosis, planning and monitoring for myopia and myopic progression. In some embodiments, one or more refractive properties of the eye is determined for each of a plurality of retinal locations of the eye. The plurality of locations may comprise a central region, such as a fovea of the eye, or non-foveal region such as a peripheral region or a region of the macula outside the fovea. Measuring the refractive properties of the eye for the plurality of locations may be helpful in diagnosing myopia and other ocular conditions by providing the refractive properties of the eye for locations away from the fovea, such as the peripheral retina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Kubota, Philip M. Buscemi
  • Patent number: 11896308
    Abstract: Improved optical coherence tomography systems and methods to measure thickness of the retina are presented. The systems may be compact, handheld, provide in-home monitoring, allow the patient to measure himself or herself, and be robust enough to be dropped while still measuring the retina reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Christian Oggenfuss, Karim Haroud, Lukas Scheibler, Matthias Pfister, Urban Schnell, Stefan Troller, Ryo Kubota, Philip Buscemi
  • Patent number: 11890053
    Abstract: Improved optical coherence tomography systems and methods to measure thickness of the retina are presented. The systems may be compact, handheld, provide in-home monitoring, allow the patient to measure himself or herself, and be robust enough to be dropped while still measuring the retina reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Lukas Scheibler, Matthias Pfister, Urban Schnell, Stefan Troller, Ryo Kubota
  • Publication number: 20240023805
    Abstract: Improved optical coherence tomography systems and methods to measure thickness of the retina are presented. The systems may be compact, handheld, provide in-home monitoring, allow the patient to measure himself or herself, and be robust enough to be dropped while still measuring the retina reliably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Christian OGGENFUSS, Karim HAROUD, Lukas SCHEIBLER, Matthias PFISTER, Urban SCHNELL, Stefan TROLLER, Ryo KUBOTA, Philip M. BUSCEMI
  • Patent number: 11860454
    Abstract: An electronic case for electronic spectacles may include a base comprising a cavity formed therein. A first spectacle retention device may be located within the cavity. The first spectacle retention device may be configured to retain spectacles. An electrical control system may be included. An electrical connector may be configured to couple the electrical control system in electronic communication with the spectacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Kubota, Philip M. Buscemi, Pascal Loser, Ben Crook, Massimo Pinazza, Jim Niebanck, James Phillips, Stefan Bauer