Patents by Inventor Shin Kawana

Shin Kawana 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: 8451401
    Abstract: To attain a high color reproducibility as a whole image without impairing the brightness of the entire image. A color image display device comprising a combination of light shutters, a color filter having color elements of at least three colors of red, green and blue corresponding to the light shutters, and a backlight for transmission illumination, wherein a light source to be used for the backlight comprises a combination of a blue or deep blue LED and a phosphor, and the relationship between the NTSC ratio W as a color reproduction range of the color image display element and the light use efficiency Y is represented Y??0.38 W+51 (wherein W?87).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Kawana, Hideaki Kaneda, Naoto Kijima, Naoki Sako, Noriko Endou
  • Patent number: 8040467
    Abstract: The present invention relates to color image display devices having a combination of light shutters, a color filter having color elements of at least three colors of red, green and blue corresponding to the light shutters, and a backlight for transmission illumination, where the backlight has a phosphor layer or a phosphor film, and the phosphor layer or the phosphor film has a compound having at least element M4, element A, element D, element E and element X, where M4 is at least one element selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb, and includes at least Eu, A is at least one element selected from bivalent metal elements other than the element M4, D is at least one element selected from tetravalent metal elements, E is at least one element selected from trivalent metal elements, and X is at least one element selected from O, N and F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Kawana, Hideaki Kaneda, Naoto Kijima
  • Patent number: 7830472
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blue composition for a color filter to realize an image having a high color purity corresponding to the emission wavelength of an improved LED backlight, a color filter and a color image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Kawana, Hideaki Kaneda, Naoto Kijima
  • Publication number: 20100208173
    Abstract: The present invention relates to color image display devices having a combination of light shutters, a color filter having color elements of at least three colors of red, green and blue corresponding to the light shutters, and a backlight for transmission illumination, where the backlight has a phosphor layer or a phosphor film, and the phosphor layer or the phosphor film has a compound having at least element M4, element A, element D, element E and element X, where M4 is at least one element selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb, and includes at least Eu, A is at least one element selected from bivalent metal elements other than the element M4, D is at least one element selected from tetravalent metal elements, E is at least one element selected from trivalent metal elements, and X is at least one element selected from O, N and F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin KAWANA, Hideaki Kaneda, Naoto Kijima
  • Patent number: 7742122
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blue composition for a color filter to realize an image having a high color purity corresponding to the emission wavelength of an improved LED backlight, a color filter and a color image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Kawana, Hideaki Kaneda, Naoto Kijima
  • Publication number: 20090322990
    Abstract: To attain a high color reproducibility as a whole image without impairing the brightness of the entire image. A color image display device comprising a combination of light shutters, a color filter having color elements of at least three colors of red, green and blue corresponding to the light shutters, and a backlight for transmission illumination, wherein a light source to be used for the backlight comprises a combination of a blue or deep blue LED and a phosphor, and the relationship between the NTSC ratio W as a color reproduction range of the color image display element and the light use efficiency Y is represented Y?0.38W+51 (wherein W?87).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Shin Kawana, Hideaki Kaneda, Naoto Kijima, Naoki Sako, Noriko Endou
  • Publication number: 20080212305
    Abstract: To provide a blue composition for a color filter which realizes an image with a high color purity, a color filter and a color image display device. A color image display device comprising a combination of light bulbs, a color filter having color elements of at least three colors of red, green and blue corresponding to the light bulbs, and a backlight for transmission illumination, wherein the backlight contains a LED in its structure, and under the following definitions: ?n nm represents a wavelength at every interval of 5 nm in the visible light range of from 380 to 780 nm; TR(?n) a spectral transmittance (%) at a wavelength ?n nm by a red pixel of the color filter; and I(?n) a relative emission intensity, normalized by a total emission intensity, at a wavelength ?n nm from the backlight, these satisfy the following condition (1): I(620-680)×TR(620-680)?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Kawana, Hideaki Kaneda, Naoto Kijima
  • Patent number: 7006172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a color liquid crystal display device with a combination of light shutters that utilize a liquid crystal, a color filter having color elements of at least three colors of red, green and blue corresponding to the light shutters, and a backlight for transmission illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Kawana, Naoki Sako, Naoto Kijima, Takayuki Hisamune, Reiji Ootsuka
  • Publication number: 20040218115
    Abstract: There are provided color liquid crystal display devices with high color purity of NTSC percentage of at least 80%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Kawana, Naoki Sako, Naoto Kijima, Takayuki Hisamune, Reiji Ootsuka
  • Patent number: 5914206
    Abstract: A color filter having a resin black matrix on a transparent substrate, wherein the resin black matrix has a 20.degree. specular glossiness of from 100 to 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Takasaki, Shingo Ikeda, Fumiyuki Matsuo, Shin Kawana, Yasuyuki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 5863678
    Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition for a color filter, which comprises a compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated double bond, a photopolymerization initiator, and a red, green or blue colorant and which, when formed into a coating film having a dried film thickness of at most 1 .mu.m, has an optical density of at least 1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Urano, Shingo Ikeda, Etsuko Hino, Shin Kawana, Takeshi Ohmori, Koji Mori