Patents by Inventor Shigeki Hoshino

Shigeki Hoshino 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: 20200033596
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compact head-up display device. The head-up display device of the present invention includes an image forming unit that emits image light containing image information, and an eyepiece optical system that displays a virtual image by reflecting the image light, in which the eyepiece optical system includes a concave lens, a free curved surface lens, and a free curved surface concave mirror disposed in order from the image forming unit side along the emission direction of the image light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicants: MAXELL, LTD., HITACHI INDUSTRY & CONTROL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko YATSU, Koji HIRATA, Shigeki HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20190369393
    Abstract: The head-up display device includes a display element that emits image light and a virtual image optical system. The virtual image optical system includes a lens unit and a free curved surface mirror disposed along the emission direction of the image light in this order from a position close to the display element. The display element is disposed with a tilting attitude with respect to the optical axis of the lens unit with an end on the housing aperture side in an emission surface being close to an incidence surface in the lens unit and with an end on the opposite side of the housing aperture in an emission surface being apart from an incidence surface in the lens unit. The lens unit has an optical characteristic of optically enlarging an optical path length difference according to a virtual image distance difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Akio MISAWA, Nozomu SHIMODA, Yuji FUJITA, Shigeki HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20190346676
    Abstract: Provided is an information display apparatus that significantly improves light resistance with respect to sunlight. The information display apparatus, which displays video-image information on a projection surface by a virtual image, includes in a housing partly having an opening: a video-image-light generator that generates video-image light for displaying the video-image information; a video-image-light processor that performs a predetermined optical processing to a video image generated by the video-image-light generator; and a projector that projects, onto the projection surface through the opening of the housing, the video-image light optically processed by the video-image-light processor so that a viewer is capable of virtually recognizing the video-image information as a virtual image in front of the projection surface, wherein a light path in the housing is provided with a suppressor selectively suppressing a P-polarizing component of light in a visible light region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Masahiko YATSU, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Akio MISAWA, Shigeki HOSHINO, Kazuomi KANEKO, Tatsuya NAKAZAWA, Takumi NAKADA, Yuki NAGANO, Tomoki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190225083
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a projection optical system having a minimal optical configuration while ensuring necessary capabilities and a head-up display device having a tilted virtual image plane. The head-up display device according to the present invention includes an image forming unit to emit image light containing image information and an eyepiece optical system to display a virtual image by reflecting the image light. While a virtual image plane is tilted to display a virtual image in a range from a far distance to a near distance, a point on the image forming unit conjugating to a far point on the virtual image plane is optically farther from a light flux entering the image forming unit than a point on the image forming unit conjugating to a near point on the virtual image plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: MAXELL, LTD., HITACHI INDUSTRY & CONTROL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko YATSU, Koji HIRATA, Shigeki HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20190179144
    Abstract: A compact head-up display device is provided. For that purpose, the head-up display device includes a projection optical system which includes an image forming unit to display image information and an ocular optical system to reflect light emitted from the image forming unit to display a virtual image. In the ocular optical system, a free-form surface lens and a free-form surface concave mirror are arranged in order from the image forming unit. The shape of the free-form surface concave mirror is such that curvature radius RY1 in projection on a vertical cross section of the coordinate system of an eye-box is smaller than curvature radius RX1 in projection on a horizontal cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko YATSU, Koji HIRATA, Shigeki HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20190137759
    Abstract: A small information display apparatus capable of displaying video information on a windshield as a virtual image is provided. An information display apparatus configured to display video information of a virtual image on a windshield of a conveyance includes: a liquid crystal panel arranged as a video display apparatus configured to form the video information; and a virtual image optical system provided with a windshield for displaying the virtual image at a front of the conveyance by reflecting video of the liquid crystal panel by means of the windshield. The virtual image optical system is configured by arranging a concave mirror and an optical element between the concave mirror and the video display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Masahiko YATSU, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Kazuomi KANEKO, Shigeki HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20180299672
    Abstract: Provided is a head-up display device which has a virtual image plane shape becoming a part of a concave shape as viewed from the driver side. This head-up display device (30) includes: an image forming unit (10) that displays image information; and a projection optical system including an ocular optical system (5) that displays a virtual image by reflecting light emitted from the image forming unit (10). The ocular optical system (5) includes spherical lenses (51), (52), (53), and a free-form curved surface mirror (56), and is configured by arranging the spherical lenses (51), (52), (53) and the free-form curved surface mirror (56) in this order along the light emission direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiko YATSU, Kazuomi KANEKO, Shigeki HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 8511834
    Abstract: A projection type display apparatus in accordance with the present invention is provided with a lamp unit including a light source, a cooling fan cooling the light source, and a cooling wind guide tube guiding a cooling wind generated by the cooling fan to the lamp unit, and the cooling wind guide tube is structured such as to have a movable type rectification plate which is movable by its own weight, and cools the light source without being affected by an installed direction of the projection type display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Katayama, Hiroyuki Inoue, Shigeki Hoshino
  • Patent number: 7906846
    Abstract: A plurality of LSI chips (1) are stacked on an interposer (2). Signal coils (1b) for signal transmission are formed on the circuit formation surfaces of LSI chips (1) that are formed using silicon substrates (1a). The signal coils (1b) connect to circuits formed in the LAI chips (1). Through-holes (1d) are formed in the centers of the signal coils (1b) of the silicon substrate (1a). Signal coils (2c) connected to solder balls (5) by way of through-conductors (2d) are formed on the interposer (2). Magnetic pins (3) that are composed of a magnetic material are inserted in the centers of the signal coils (1b and 2c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Hoshino, Michinobu Tanioka, Toru Taura
  • Publication number: 20110051098
    Abstract: A projection type display apparatus in accordance with the present invention is provided with a lamp unit including a light source, a cooling fan cooling the light source, and a cooling wind guide tube guiding a cooling wind generated by the cooling fan to the lamp unit, and the cooling wind guide tube is structured such as to have a movable type rectification plate which is movable by its own weight, and cools the light source without being affected by an installed direction of the projection type display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Katayama, Hiroyuki Inoue, Shigeki Hoshino
  • Patent number: 7852101
    Abstract: The semiconductor device testing apparatus has a testing LSI; a power supply unit; and an intermediate substrate. The testing LSI has a dielectric material layer facing a tested semiconductor device; an electrode disposed in a position corresponding to a position of an external terminal electrode of the tested device on a surface of the dielectric layer facing the tested device; and a first penetrating electrode that passes completely through the dielectric layer, is connected to the electrode, and is used for exchanging signals with the exterior. The power supply unit has mutually independent elastic probe pins that are disposed in positions corresponding to power electrodes of the tested device, and that are provided with a metal protrusion at the distal ends thereof; a substrate on which a first wiring layer is formed and is electrically connected to the probe pins; and a second penetrating electrode that passes through the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Michinobu Tanioka, Shigeki Hoshino, Toru Taura
  • Publication number: 20090278246
    Abstract: A plurality of LSI chips (1) are stacked on an interposer (2). Signal coils (1b) for signal transmission are formed on the circuit formation surfaces of LSI chips (1) that are formed using silicon substrates (1a). The signal coils (1b) connect to circuits formed in the LAI chips (1). Through-holes (1d) are formed in the centers of the signal coils (1b) of the silicon substrate (1a). Signal coils (2c) connected to solder balls (5) by way of through-conductors (2d) are formed on the interposer (2). Magnetic pins (3) that are composed of a magnetic material are inserted in the centers of the signal coils (1b and 2c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Hoshino, Michinobu Tanioka, Toru Taura
  • Publication number: 20080265933
    Abstract: The semiconductor device testing apparatus according to the present invention has a testing LSI; a power supply unit; and an intermediate substrate provided so that there is a connection between the testing LSI, and the power supply unit and tester. The testing LSI has a testing circuit and a waveform shaping circuit; a dielectric material layer disposed so as to face a tested semiconductor device; an electrode disposed in a position that corresponds to a position of an external terminal electrode of the tested semiconductor device on a surface of the dielectric material layer facing the tested semiconductor device; and a first penetrating electrode that passes completely through the dielectric material layer, is connected to the electrode, and is used for exchanging signals with the exterior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michinobu Tanioka, Shigeki Hoshino, Toru Taura
  • Publication number: 20080238419
    Abstract: A condenser lens is incorporated into the end portion of a magnetic field measuring apparatus including a magneto-optical crystal. Alternatively, the end portion of the magnetic field measuring device includes an optical fiber having a core diameter smaller than that of a normal single-mode optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mizuki IWANAMI, Shigeki HOSHINO, Masahiro TSUCHIYA, Masato KISHI
  • Patent number: 7385393
    Abstract: A condenser lens is incorporated into the end portion of a magnetic field measuring apparatus including a magneto-optical crystal. Alternatively, the end portion of the magnetic field measuring device includes an optical fiber having a core diameter smaller than that of a normal single-mode optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuki Iwanami, Shigeki Hoshino, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Masato Kishi
  • Publication number: 20050190358
    Abstract: A condenser lens is incorporated into the end portion of a magnetic field measuring apparatus including a magneto-optical crystal. Alternatively, the end portion of the magnetic field measuring device includes an optical fiber having a core diameter smaller than that of a normal single-mode optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Mizuki Iwanami, Shigeki Hoshino, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Masato Kishi
  • Patent number: 6844725
    Abstract: The intensity of electric and magnetic component is measured at a high-speed without reducing spatial resolution. An electric and magnetic field detection device has an electric field detection device for detecting an electric field component, and a magnetic field detection device for detecting a magnetic field component. These detection devices are so formed on a multilayer printed circuit board that they can be operated independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeki Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20030076094
    Abstract: The intensity of magnetic field elements is measured in three-dimensional directions at a high speed without reducing spatial resolution. A magnetic field detection device 10 has a first loop wiring 1 for detection of a magnetic field element along an X-axis, a second loop wiring 2 for detection of a magnetic field element along a Y-axis and a third loop wiring 3 for detection of a magnetic field element along a Z-axis. These loop wirings are formed on a multilayer printed circuit board 4. The first loop wiring 1, the second loop wiring 2, and the third loop wiring 3 are preferably formed in such positions as to be orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeki Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20030076092
    Abstract: The intensity of electric and magnetic component is measured at a high-speed without reducing spatial resolution. An electric and magnetic field detection device 10 has an electric field detection device 1 for detecting an electric field component, and a magnetic field detection device 2 for detecting a magnetic field component. These detection devices are so formed on a multilayer printed circuit board 4 that they can be operated independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeki Hoshino