Patents by Inventor Setsuko Itoh

Setsuko Itoh 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: 20060273919
    Abstract: There is provided a warning indicator with a liquid crystal lens, suitable for warning indication in various types of instruments. It uses a liquid crystal lens to display an image in an appropriate scale on an indication panel. The warning indicator with a liquid crystal lens includes a light source such as LED, and a two-layer liquid crystal lens (4) disposed over a character or symbol indicated by the light source and which is formed from a twisted nematic liquid crystal cell (1) and a lens-shaped homogeneous liquid crystal cell (3). The focal distance of the liquid crystal lens (4) is electrically varied to allow a virtual image of the character or symbol indicated in a meter to appear larger or smaller than its real size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Susumu Sato, Rumiko Yamaguchi, Setsuko Itoh, Miyuki Natita, Yoshiaki Akanuma, Takeshi Oshino