Patents by Inventor Shinpei Nagatani

Shinpei Nagatani 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: 20240111190
    Abstract: To provide a light emitting device that is used for a display that is able to display an image having a wider color gamut. This light emitting device includes: a first light source configured to perform an operation of blinking first emission light including first blue light and first red light; and a second light source configured to perform an operation of blinking second emission light independently of the operation of blinking the first emission light by the first light source. The second emission light includes second red light and green light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Shinpei NAGATANI
  • Patent number: 11841587
    Abstract: To provide a light emitting device that is used for a display that is able to display an image having a wider color gamut. This light emitting device includes: a first light source configured to perform an operation of blinking first emission light including first blue light and first red light; and a second light source configured to perform an operation of blinking second emission light independently of the operation of blinking the first emission light by the first light source. The second emission light includes second red light and green light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Shinpei Nagatani
  • Patent number: 11385492
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display, a plate-like body, and a gap portion. The display is configured to display an image and having a front surface. The plate-like body is provided along the front surface of the display and configured to transmit image light emitted from the front surface of the display. The gap portion is formed between the front surface of the display and the plate-like body and configured to switch between a state filled with a fluid and a state where the fluid is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinpei Nagatani
  • Publication number: 20220187660
    Abstract: To provide a light emitting device that is used for a display that is able to display an image having a wider color gamut. This light emitting device includes: a first light source configured to perform an operation of blinking first emission light including first blue light and first red light; and a second light source configured to perform an operation of blinking second emission light independently of the operation of blinking the first emission light by the first light source. The second emission light includes second red light and green light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Shinpei Nagatani
  • Publication number: 20210063787
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display, a plate-like body, and a gap portion. The display is configured to display an image and having a front surface. The plate-like body is provided along the front surface of the display and configured to transmit image light emitted from the front surface of the display. The gap portion is formed between the front surface of the display and the plate-like body and configured to switch between a state filled with a fluid and a state where the fluid is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: SHINPEI NAGATANI
  • Patent number: 10852598
    Abstract: There is provided a display device that exhibits superior display performance in a plurality of screen modes. The display device includes: an image display section that emits image display light having a first polarization axis; a beam splitter that transmits a portion of the image display light and reflects another portion of the image display light; a first dimmer member configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode, the first mode causing first light having the first polarization axis to be transmitted at a first transmittance and causing second light having a second polarization axis to be transmitted at a second transmittance lower than the first transmittance, the second mode causing the first light and the second light to be transmitted at a third transmittance higher than the first transmittance; and a second dimmer member configured to adjust a scattering intensity of transmitted light transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinpei Nagatani
  • Patent number: 10788612
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes first light-emitting sections, second light-emitting sections, and first and second light guide plates. The first and second sections, respectively, line up in first and second directions, and emit first and second light individually. The first plate includes first end and front surfaces; guides, along a second direction, a portion of the first light; and outputs the guided portion from the first front surface. The first and second end surfaces, respectively, along the first and second directions and face the first and second sections. The second direction is a direction getting away from the first end surface. The second plate includes second end and front surfaces; guides, along the first direction, a portion of the second light; and outputs the guided portion from the second front surface. The first and second plates are laminated to cause the first and second front surfaces to overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinpei Nagatani
  • Publication number: 20200225526
    Abstract: There is provided a display device that exhibits superior display performance in a plurality of screen modes. The display device includes: an image display section that emits image display light having a first polarization axis; a beam splitter that transmits a portion of the image display light and reflects another portion of the image display light; a first dimmer member configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode, the first mode causing first light having the first polarization axis to be transmitted at a first transmittance and causing second light having a second polarization axis to be transmitted at a second transmittance lower than the first transmittance, the second mode causing the first light and the second light to be transmitted at a third transmittance higher than the first transmittance; and a second dimmer member configured to adjust a scattering intensity of transmitted light transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: SHINPEI NAGATANI
  • Publication number: 20190072812
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel for displaying an image, a heat source arranged at a side surface of at least one side of the display panel, a heat absorbing section for absorbing heat generated by the heat source, a back surface plate arranged at a back surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, a portion of the back surface plate being in c lose contact with the heat absorbing section, a front surface plate arranged at a front surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, and a middle chassis arranged between the front surface plate and the heat absorbing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Shinpei Nagatani
  • Patent number: 10175520
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel for displaying an image, a heat source arranged at a side surface of at least one side of the display panel, a heat absorbing section for absorbing heat generated by the heat source, a back surface plate arranged at a back surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, a portion of the back surface plate being in c lose contact with the heat absorbing section, a front surface plate arranged at a front surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, and a middle chassis arranged between the front surface plate and the heat absorbing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Shinpei Nagatani
  • Publication number: 20180306961
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes first light-emitting sections, second light-emitting sections, and first and second light guide plates. The first and second sections, respectively, line up in first and second directions, and emit first and second light individually. The first plate includes first end and front surfaces; guides, along a second direction, a portion of the first light; and outputs the guided portion from the first front surface. The first and second end surfaces, respectively, along the first and second directions and face the first and second sections. The second direction is a direction getting away from the first end surface. The second plate includes second end and front surfaces; guides, along the first direction, a portion of the second light; and outputs the guided portion from the second front surface. The first and second plates are laminated to cause the first and second front surfaces to overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinpei Nagatani
  • Patent number: 9826654
    Abstract: A display includes: a plate member having flexibility and including a first face and a second face that face each other; a frame member provided on the first face of the plate member and extending in one direction of the first face; and a display body having flexibility and disposed on a side of the plate member on which the second face is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Shinpei Nagatani, Takefumi Ikenoya, Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: 9817270
    Abstract: A phosphor sheet includes: a stacked structure including a first phosphor layer and a pair of transparent films each being in contact with either side of the first phosphor layer; a seal layer integrally covering an area from an end face of the stacked structure to a periphery of the stacked structure; and a second phosphor layer further covering a portion of the seal layer, the portion covering at least the periphery of the stacked structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinpei Nagatani, Yasuhiro Nishida, Kenji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9581749
    Abstract: In a scan system, a lighting unit, a display, and a three-dimensional display that have all of high luminance, low power consumption, and high reliability of a circuit board are provided. A light modulation device bonded to a light guide plate is provided with a light modulation layer exhibiting scattering property or transparency to light propagating through the light guide plate. The light modulation layer is interposed between a lower electrode that is configured of a plurality of partial electrodes extending in a direction parallel to a light incident surface and a sheet-like upper electrode. A drive circuit sequentially drives the plurality of partial electrodes to scan a region exhibiting the scattering property of the light modulation layer in a direction orthogonal to the light incident surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Okuyama, Makoto Shinoda, Shinpei Nagatani, Yuji Takahashi, Tomoaki Suzuki, Shogo Shinkai, Akira Ebisui, Taizo Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20160291398
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel for displaying an image, a heat source arranged at a side surface of at least one side of the display panel, a heat absorbing section for absorbing heat generated by the heat source, a back surface plate arranged at a back surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, a portion of the back surface plate being in c lose contact with the heat absorbing section, a front surface plate arranged at a front surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, and a middle chassis arranged between the front surface plate and the heat absorbing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Shinpei Nagatani
  • Patent number: 9395572
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel for displaying an image, a heat source arranged at a side surface of at least one side of the display panel, a heat absorbing section for absorbing heat generated by the heat source, a back surface plate arranged at a back surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, a portion of the back surface plate being in close contact with the heat absorbing section, a front surface plate arranged at a front surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, and a middle chassis arranged between the front surface plate and the heat absorbing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Shinpei Nagatani
  • Patent number: 9069208
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light guide plate, a light source, and a light modulation element. The light guide plate has convex portions extending in a direction parallel to a normal to a face opposed to the light source among side faces of the light guide plate, and the light source is configured of light source blocks. The light modulation element includes a pair of transparent substrates disposed separately and oppositely to each other, a plurality of first electrodes provided on a surface of one of the transparent substrates, and extending in a direction crossing an extending direction of the convex portions, a second electrode provided on a surface of the other transparent substrate, and a light modulation layer provided in a gap between the transparent substrates, and exhibiting a scattering property or a transparent property to light from the light source depending on magnitude of an electric field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Shinkai, Kentaro Okuyama, Tomoaki Suzuki, Akira Ebisui, Yuji Takahashi, Taizo Nishimura, Shinpei Nagatani
  • Publication number: 20150168768
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a curved shape in section along one axis, the display panel including a display screen that includes a concave surface, wherein a radius of curvature (R) of the curved shape of the display screen is larger than 2000 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Shinpei Nagatani
  • Publication number: 20150009454
    Abstract: A phosphor sheet includes: a stacked structure including a first phosphor layer and a pair of transparent films each being in contact with either side of the first phosphor layer; a seal layer integrally covering an area from an end face of the stacked structure to a periphery of the stacked structure; and a second phosphor layer further covering a portion of the seal layer, the portion covering at least the periphery of the stacked structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Shinpei Nagatani, Yasuhiro Nishida, Kenji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140347620
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel for displaying an image, a heat source arranged at a side surface of at least one side of the display panel, a heat absorbing section for absorbing heat generated by the heat source, a back surface plate arranged at a back surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, a portion of the back surface plate being in close contact with the heat absorbing section, a front surface plate arranged at a front surface side of the display panel and made of a metal, and a middle chassis arranged between the front surface plate and the heat absorbing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroaki FUJII, Shinpei NAGATANI