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: 9885453
    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: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Tsujimoto, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Shun Ueki, Tomoko Nango, Kazuyoshi Sakuragi
  • Patent number: 9863593
    Abstract: A daylighting film (1) according to one aspect of the present invention includes a base member (10) having optical transparency, first projections (11) having optical transparency and formed on an inner surface (10a) of the base member (10), a second projection (12) formed on the inner surface (10a) and having a height from the inner surface (10a) higher than a height of the first projections (11), a protective base member (13) arranged in an opposite relation to the inner surface (10a) of the base member (10), a bonding layer (14) for bonding the second projection (12) and the protective base member (13), and gaps (15) defined between the first projections (11) and between the first projection (11) and the second projection (12), wherein the first projections (11) include reflective surfaces (11c2) at which light incoming from an outer surface (13b) side of the protective base member (13) or the base member (10) is totally reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Sakuragi, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Shun Ueki, Tomoko Nango, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Yuhsuke Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9857041
    Abstract: Provided is a daylighting device (10) including a daylighting member (11) that has a base having light transparency, a plurality of daylighting portions that are provided on one surface of the base and have light transparency, and gap portions provided between the plurality of daylighting portions; and a light diffusion member (12) that is arranged on a light output surface side of the daylighting member (11) and diffuses light output from the daylighting member (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shun Ueki, Shumpei Nishinaka, Daisuke Shinozaki, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Publication number: 20170362883
    Abstract: A daylighting device of the present invention includes: a daylighting member including: a first light-transmitting base member; and a plurality of protruding, light-transmitting daylighting sections provided on a first face or a second face of the first light-transmitting base member; and a ventilation hole configured to enable a space on the first face to communicate with a space on the second face opposite from the first face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: TORU KANNO, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, SHUN UEKI, SHUMPEI NISHINAKA, HIDEOMI YUI, DAiSUKE SHINOZAK!, TOMOKO UEK!
  • Patent number: 9812087
    Abstract: A display device in which an image with a wide color reproduction range and bright red can be displayed is provided. The display device is a display device such as, for example, a liquid crystal display device, a cathode ray tube, an organic electroluminescent display device, a plasma display panel, and a field emission display. The display device includes a display surface including a pixel having red, green, blue, and yellow sub-pixels, wherein the red sub-pixel preferably has the largest aperture area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kozo Nakamura, Shun Ueki, Tokio Taguchi, Akiko Itou
  • Patent number: 9810389
    Abstract: A daylighting device of the present invention is provided with a planar optical member 1 and a support member. The planar optical member 1 is provided with a planar structure body which has a plurality of linear bodies 3 formed of optically transparent materials which are arrayed substantially in parallel and a plurality of binding members which are arranged in a direction which intersects with the plurality of the linear bodies 3 and which bind the plurality of the linear bodies 3 in a state of being arrayed substantially in parallel. The linear bodies 3 have reflective surfaces which reflect light which is incident to the linear body 3 along a direction which intersects with a length direction of the linear body 3 and refractive surfaces which refract the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoko Nango, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Shun Ueki, Takashi Katayama, Kazuyoshi Sakuragi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Daisuke Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20170314752
    Abstract: A daylighting device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a daylighting member including a first substrate having light transparency and a plurality of daylighting units having light transparency which are provided on a first surface of the first substrate, in which the daylighting unit has a reflective surface which reflects light incident to the daylighting unit, the light which is reflected on the reflective surface and emitted from a second surface of the first substrate has characteristics that the light proceeds toward a space on the same side as the side where the light is incident to the reflective surface among two spaces divided with a virtual plane as a boundary which is vertical to the second surface of the first substrate and parallel to an extension direction of the daylighting unit, and the daylighting member exhibits light absorption characteristics for absorbing a part of the light incident to the plurality of daylighting units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hideomi YUI, Tsuyoshi KAMADA, Shun UEKI, Tomoko UEKI, Shumpei NISHINAKA, Toru KANNO, Daisuke SHINOZAKI
  • Patent number: 9803818
    Abstract: A lighting film which includes a base member having optical transparency, a plurality of protrusions having optical transparency, which are formed to be adjacent to each other on one surface of the base member, and a gap portion formed between the protrusions, in which an area of an end surface of the protrusion on a base member side is greater than an area of an end surface of the protrusion on a side opposite to the base member, and a ratio s/w of an interval s of two adjacent protrusions among the plurality of protrusions to a width w of the protrusion is equal to or less than 0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoko Nango, Shun Ueki, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kazuyoshi Sakuragi, Masahiro Tsujimoto
  • Publication number: 20170307160
    Abstract: A daylighting apparatus of the present invention includes: a daylighting sheet (13) that has first and second surfaces opposite to each other and that lets light in through the first surface and lets the light out through the second surface at a predetermined distribution of angles; and a visible light-reflecting sheet (15) that reflects part of visible light falling on the first surface of the daylighting sheet (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Shun UEKI, Shumpei NISHINAKA, Toru KANNO, Daisuke SHINOZAKI, Hideomi YUI, Tomoko UEKI, Tsuyoshi KAMADA
  • Patent number: 9698204
    Abstract: A CCM substrate (1) includes as a light-emitting layer on a substrate (11) a red conversion layer (142), a green conversion layer (152), and a light scattering layer (162); a bank (13) which stands on the substrate (11), and partitions the light-emitting layer; and a light-transmission suppressing layer (10) which is formed on at least a portion of a side surface (13a) of the bank (13) which is a surface facing the light-emitting layer, and suppresses light transmission between the light-emitting layers (the red conversion layer (142), the green conversion layer (152), and the light scattering layer (162)) with the bank (13) interposed therebetween by causing the light to be reflected or scattered, in which the light-transmission suppressing layer (10) is comprising metal or metal salt, and the bank (13) has a group, an ion, or a molecule for immobilizing the metal or metal ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakazu Kamura, Shun Ueki, Akiko Iwata, Yuka Igami, Bai Zhang, Shigeru Aomori, Hidetsugu Matsukiyo
  • Publication number: 20170146208
    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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Shun UEKI, Tsuyoshi KAMADA, Tomoko UEKI, Shumpei NISHINAKA, Toru KANNO, Hideomi YUI, Daisuke SHINOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170146207
    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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Shumpei NISHINAKA, Tsuyoshi KAMADA, Yuhsuke TSUDA, Shun UEKI
  • Publication number: 20170138124
    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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru KANNO, Shun UEKI, Tsuyoshi KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20170114590
    Abstract: A daylighting film (1) according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first base (2) that has optical transparency, multiple daylighting units (3) which are formed on at least a first surface (2a) of the first base (2) and each of which has the optical transparency, an opening space (9) which is provided between each of the multiple daylighting units (3), and a mark (5) which is provided on at least any one of the first surface (2a) side of the first base (2) and the second surface (2b) side that is opposite in direction to the first surface (2a), and which indicates information relating a daylighting film (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Daisuke SHINOZAKI, Tsuyoshi KAMADA, Shun UEKI
  • Publication number: 20170023197
    Abstract: Provided is a daylighting device (10) including a daylighting member (11) that has a base having light transparency, a plurality of daylighting portions that are provided on one surface of the base and have light transparency, and gap portions provided between the plurality of daylighting portions; and a light diffusion member (12) that is arranged on a light output surface side of the daylighting member (11) and diffuses light output from the daylighting member (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Shun UEKI, Shumpei NISHINAKA, Daisuke SHINOZAKI, Tsuyoshi KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160372528
    Abstract: A CCM substrate (1) includes as a light-emitting layer on a substrate (11) a red conversion layer (142), a green conversion layer (152), and a light scattering layer (162); a bank (13) which stands on the substrate (11), and partitions the light-emitting layer; and a light-transmission suppressing layer (10) which is formed on at least a portion of a side surface (13a) of the bank (13) which is a surface facing the light-emitting layer, and suppresses light transmission between the light-emitting layers (the red conversion layer (142), the green conversion layer (152), and the light scattering layer (162)) with the bank (13) interposed therebetween by causing the light to be reflected or scattered, in which the light-transmission suppressing layer (10) is comprising metal or metal salt, and the bank (13) has a group, an ion, or a molecule for immobilizing the metal or metal ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Masakazu KAMURA, Shun UEKI, Akiko IWATA, Yuka IGAMI, Bai ZHANG, Shigeru AOMORI, Hidetsugu MATSUKIYO
  • Publication number: 20160273724
    Abstract: A daylighting film (1) according to one aspect of the present invention includes a base member (10) having optical transparency, first projections (11) having optical transparency and formed on an inner surface (10a) of the base member (10), a second projection (12) formed on the inner surface (10a) and having a height from the inner surface (10a) higher than a height of the first projections (11), a protective base member (13) arranged in an opposite relation to the inner surface (10a) of the base member (10), a bonding layer (14) for bonding the second projection (12) and the protective base member (13), and gaps (15) defined between the first projections (11) and between the first projection (11) and the second projection (12), wherein the first projections (11) include reflective surfaces (11c2) at which light incoming from an outer surface (13b) side of the protective base member (13) or the base member (10) is totally reflected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi SAKURAGI, Tsuyoshi KAMADA, Shun UEKI, Tomoko NANGO, Masahiro TSUJIMOTO, Yuhsuke TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20160252225
    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: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro TSUJIMOTO, Tsuyoshi KAMADA, Shun UEKI, Tomoko NANGO, Kazuyoshi SAKURAGI
  • Patent number: 9429686
    Abstract: A method for making a stamper which has an uneven surface pattern, in which unit structures are arranged in x and y directions at respective periods that are both shorter than the shortest wavelength of an incoming light ray, on the surface of a substrate and satisfies the following Inequality (1): ? ? ? x , y ? m ? ? i ? ? n < 1 ni + ni ยท sin ? ? ? ? ? i ma ? ? x ( 1 ) where ?min is the shortest wavelength of the incoming light ray, ?imax is the largest angle of incidence of the incoming light ray, ni is the refractive index of an incidence medium, ?x is the period of the uneven surface pattern in the x direction, and ?y is the period of the pattern in the y direction. As a result, diffraction of short-wave light components can be reduced in a broad wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tokio Taguchi, Shun Ueki, Kozo Nakamura, Kazuhiko Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9429288
    Abstract: A lighting film 1 includes a base member 10 which has light-transmitting properties, a plurality of protrusion portions 11 which have light-transmitting properties and are formed on one surface of the base member 10 so as to be adjacent to each other, and a gap portion 12 which is formed between the protrusion portions. In the protrusion portion 11, a first end surface 11a on the base member 10 side or a second end surface 11b on an opposite side to the base member 10 is configured as a light incidence end surface, and a side surface 11c which comes into contact with the gap portion 12 is configured as a reflective surface of totally reflecting light which is incident from the light incidence end surface. The base member 10 or a member that is formed on one surface of the base member 10 and has light-transmitting properties is exposed in the gap portion 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shun Ueki, Tomoko Nangou, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kazuyoshi Sakuragi, Masahiro Tsujimoto