Patents by Inventor Shun Ueki

Shun Ueki 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: 10344531
    Abstract: A daylighting slat (40) includes a daylighting plate (40) extending in one direction. The daylighting plate (40) includes: a transparent base material (41) having a curved or angled shape in a cross-section taken perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the daylighting plate (40); a plurality of transparent daylighting sections (42) at least in a first region (41Aa) of a first face (41A) of the base material (41); and gap portions between the daylighting sections (42), wherein each of the daylighting sections (42) has a side face in contact with one of the gap portions, a part of the side face serving as a reflection face where light incident to that daylighting section (42) is reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Kanno, Shumpei Nishinaka, Daisuke Shinozaki, Shun Ueki, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 10337682
    Abstract: A lighting film (1) includes a first base material (2), a plurality of lighting portions (3), and a void portion (9), and if a virtual straight line (F) that passes through a point (C), at which any one light ray of light entering the lighting portion (3) is incident on a reflective surface, and is orthogonal to a first surface (2a) of the first base material (2) marks a boundary between two spaces, a space with the light ray incident on the point (C) of the two spaces is labeled as a first space (S1), and a space without the light ray incident on the point (C) is labeled as a second space (S2), the lighting film (1) has a function of decreasing intensity of light traveling toward the second space (S2) of light emitted from the first base material (2) or the lighting portion (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Tsujimoto, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Shun Ueki, Tomoko Nango, Kazuyoshi Sakuragi
  • Patent number: 10337242
    Abstract: A daylighting device (10) including: a flexible base material (20) having light-transmitting properties; and a plurality of daylighting sections (30) on at least one of faces (20a) of the base material (20), each of the daylighting sections having light-transmitting properties and including at least two protrusion portions adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Shinozaki, Shun Ueki, Shumpei Nishinaka, Toru Kanno, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Publication number: 20190162020
    Abstract: The present invention, in one aspect thereof, is directed to a daylighting device including: a first, transparent slat configured to bend an optical path of incident outdoor light so as to emit the light in a prescribed indoor direction; a first drive mechanism configured to drive the first slat; and a control unit configured to control the first drive mechanism so as to change an angle of inclination of the first slat in accordance with a position of the sun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: MASAHIRO TSUJIMOTO, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, SHUN UEKI
  • Patent number: 10302264
    Abstract: A lighting device (1) according to an aspect of the invention includes a lighting unit (10); and a mounting unit (11) for mounting the lighting unit (10) to a window frame (109), in which the lighting unit (10) includes a lighting sheet (12) and a frame (13) supporting a peripheral portion of the lighting sheet (12), in which the lighting sheet (12) includes a base material having optical transparency, a plurality of lighting portions having optical transparency which are provided in a first surface of the base material, and a void portion which is provided between the plurality of lighting portions, and in which a part of the side surface of the lighting portion facing the void portion serves as a reflecting surface reflecting light which is incident to the lighting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shumpei Nishinaka, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Yuhsuke Tsuda, Shun Ueki
  • Patent number: 10227820
    Abstract: A daylighting slat (4) includes: a daylighting plate (51); and a support member (24) that supports the daylighting plate (51), in which the daylighting plate (51) includes; a base that has light transparency; and a plurality of daylighting parts that are provided on a first surface of the base, have light transparency, and form a gap portion between the plurality of daylighting parts, in which a part of a side surface of a daylighting part, which is in contact with the gap portion, functions as a reflecting surface that reflects light entering the daylighting part, and the support member (24), at least a part of which has light transparency, includes a gripping portion (25) that grips at least a part of a peripheral part of the daylighting plate (51) and has light absorbability, and a protective plate (26) formed of a plate body that is provided so as to face a first surface or a second surface of the daylighting plate (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Kanno, Shun Ueki, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Publication number: 20180356059
    Abstract: A daylighting system (1) according to one aspect of the invention includes a daylighting apparatus (2) and an artificial light source apparatus (3) that emits light toward the daylighting apparatus (2). The daylighting apparatus (2) includes a base material (4) having light transmission property, and a plurality of daylighting portions (5) that are provided on a first surface of the base material (4), have light transmission properties and reflect light incident from a light incident end surface on a reflection surface. The artificial light source apparatus (3) emits at least light that enters the daylighting portions (5) from the light incident end surface and travels toward the reflection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: SHUN UEKI, SHUMPEI NISHINAKA, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, MASAHIRO TSUJIMOTO, HIDEOMI YUI, DAISUKE SHINOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180313141
    Abstract: A daylighting device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a daylighting member and a support unit, disposed on an interior side of a window glass to support the daylighting member. The support unit includes an adjusting mechanism that adjusts a position of the daylighting member relative to the window glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: SHUMPEI NISHINAKA, SHUN UEKI, TORU KANNO, DAISUKE SHINOZAKI, HIDEOMI YUI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20180291681
    Abstract: A daylighting member according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of substrates having a light transmitting property; a plurality of daylighting portions having a light transmitting property, the plurality of daylighting portions extending linearly on a first surface of each of the substrates and extending in different directions on different substrates; and a gap portion provided between the plurality of daylighting portions. The plurality of substrates include at least a first substrate or a second substrate, the first substrate having a first daylighting portion inclined at an angle ?1 relative to an edge side of the substrate, the second substrate having a second daylighting portion inclined at an angle ?2 relative to the edge side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: TORU KANNO, SHUMPEI NISHINAKA, DAISUKE SHINOZAKI, SHUN UEKI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Patent number: 10067379
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel that includes a liquid crystal cell including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, and a pair of polarizers arranged on a light incident side and a light emission side of the liquid crystal layer; an illumination device that is arranged on the light incident side of the liquid crystal cell, and emits light toward the liquid crystal cell; and a light control member that is arranged on the light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, and controls an emission direction of light emitted from the liquid crystal panel by anisotropically diffusing the light in an azimuthal direction as viewed from a direction normal to the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Sakuragi, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Toru Kanno, Shun Ueki, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Emi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180231202
    Abstract: Provided is a daylighting film (10) including: a base (11) having light-transmissive performance; a plurality of first protrusion portions (12) that have light-transmissive performance and are provided to be adjacent to each other on one surface (11a) of the base (11); a gap portion (13) provided between the first protrusion portions (12); and at least one second protrusion portion (14) that is provided in at least one gap portion (13) to be adjacent to the first protrusion portions (12) on the one surface (11a) of the base (11) and that is formed of the same material as that of the first protrusion portions (12), in which a height of the second protrusion portion (14) from the one surface (11a) of the base (11) is smaller than a height of each of the first protrusion portions (12) from the one surface (11a) of the base (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: TOMOKO UEKI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, SHUN UEKI, HIDEOMI YUI
  • Publication number: 20180231203
    Abstract: A daylighting film (1) according to an aspect of the invention includes a first base (2), a plurality of daylighting portions (3) constituted by a plurality of polygonal prism structures, and gaps (9) provided between the plurality of daylighting portions (3). Each of the daylighting portions (3) is a polygon that has four vertexes in a sectional shape orthogonal to a longitudinal direction and has all interior angles less than 180°, and has a first side that is a side of the polygon corresponding to a surface in contact with the first base (2) and a plurality of vertexes including a first vertex and a second vertex that are vertexes corresponding to both ends of the first side, and a third vertex that is not positioned on the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: TOMOKO UEKI, HIDEOMI YUI, SHUN UEKI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20180170012
    Abstract: Provided is a daylighting device (10) that is used by being attached to a window frame (110) supporting an existing window glass (100) and that includes a first base (11) being light-transmissive, a first spacer (12) provided at an outer edge of one surface (11a) of the first base (11) and attached to the window frame (110), and a daylighting member (13) provided on a side of the one surface (11a) of the first base (11), in which the daylighting member (13) includes a second base (14) that is light-transmissive and a plurality of protrusion daylighting portions (15) that are light-transmissive and provided to be adjacent to each other on a side of one surface (14a) of the second base (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: SHUN UEKI, SHUMPEI NISHINAKA, TORU KANNO, DAISUKE SHINOZAKI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20180163938
    Abstract: There is provided a daylighting device (10) installed to face window glass and including a daylighting member (40) having a light-transmissive base member and a plurality of light-transmissive daylighting units disposed adjacent to each other on at least one surface of the base member, and the daylighting member (40) includes a movable unit that moves such that the one surface of the base member follows a movement of the sun to turn toward an orientation of the sun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: HIDEOMI YUI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, TORU KANNO, SHUN UEKI, TOMOKO UEKI
  • Publication number: 20180142517
    Abstract: A daylighting device (10) including: a flexible base material (20) having light-transmitting properties; and a plurality of daylighting sections (30) on at least one of faces (20a) of the base material (20), each of the daylighting sections having light-transmitting properties and including at least two protrusion portions adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: DAISUKE SHINOZAKI, SHUN UEKI, SHUMPEI NISHINAKA, TORU KANNO, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Patent number: 9976718
    Abstract: A daylighting device (10) according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first substrate (1) which has optical transparency and to which external light is incident; a second substrate (2) which has optical transparency and is disposed facing the first substrate (1); a light diffusion layer (3) which is disposed between the first substrate (1) and the second substrate (2); and a daylighting layer (4) which is disposed between the first substrate (1) and the second substrate (2) and is formed by including a plurality of daylighting portions (42) having optical transparency and a void portion (43) which is provided between the plurality of daylighting portions (42) in one surface facing the light diffusion layer (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun Ueki, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Tomoko Ueki, Shumpei Nishinaka, Toru Kanno, Hideomi Yui, Daisuke Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20180128441
    Abstract: A daylighting system (10) to be installed over an interior face (1001a) of a window pane (1001), the daylighting system (10) including: a light-transmitting device (20) to be disposed over an upper part of the interior face (1001a) of the window pane (1001); and a shading device (30) joined to the light-transmitting device (20) in such a manner as to be disposed over a lower part of the interior face (1001a) of the window pane (1001).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: SHUMPEI NISHINAKA, SHUN UEKI, TORU KANNO, DAISUKE SHINOZAKI, HIDEOMI YUI, TOMOKO UEKI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, ATSUYUKI HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20180119486
    Abstract: A daylighting slat (40) includes a daylighting plate (40) extending in one direction. The daylighting plate (40) includes: a transparent base material (41) having a curved or angled shape in a cross-section taken perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the daylighting plate (40); a plurality of transparent daylighting sections (42) at least in a first region (41Aa) of a first face (41A) of the base material (41); and gap portions between the daylighting sections (42), wherein each of the daylighting sections (42) has a side face in contact with one of the gap portions, a part of the side face serving as a reflection face where light incident to that daylighting section (42) is reflected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: TORU KANNO, SHUMPEI NISHINAKA, DAISUKE SHINOZAKI, SHUN UEKI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20180119912
    Abstract: A lighting film (1) includes a first base material (2), a plurality of lighting portions (3), and a void portion (9), and if a virtual straight line (F) that passes through a point (C), at which any one light ray of light entering the lighting portion (3) is incident on a reflective surface, and is orthogonal to a first surface (2a) of the first base material (2) marks a boundary between two spaces, a space with the light ray incident on the point (C) of the two spaces is labeled as a first space (S1), and a space without the light ray incident on the point (C) is labeled as a second space (S2), the lighting film (1) has a function of decreasing intensity of light traveling toward the second space (S2) of light emitted from the first base material (2) or the lighting portion (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: MASAHIRO TSUJIMOTO, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, SHUN UEKI, TOMOKO NANGO, KAZUYOSHI SAKURAGI
  • Patent number: 9928786
    Abstract: A display device includes a multi-primary-color display panel with subpixels arranged in a matrix pattern of columns and rows; and a signal converter arranged to convert a video signal, having values that represent the colors of pixels with a matrix pattern, into a multi-primary-color signal for use in the multi-primary-color display panel. The signal converter associates a value of the video signal representing the color of at least one of pixels on a pth row with values of the multi-primary-color signal corresponding to the luminances of subpixels on (s?1)th and sth rows, and also associates a value of the video signal representing the color of at least one of the pixels on a (p+1)th row with values of the multi-primary-color signal corresponding to the luminances of subpixels on sth and (s+1)th rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiko Miyazaki, Kazunari Tomizawa, Kozo Nakamura, Shun Ueki