Patents by Inventor Tetsuro Ochi

Tetsuro Ochi 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: 20170184911
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a cover panel on a display surface of the liquid crystal display panel, a backlight unit opposed to the liquid crystal display panel, a case covering the backlight unit and the liquid crystal display panel, and including at least a part fixed to the cover panel, and an adhesive provided on the cover panel along the liquid crystal display panel. The adhesive includes a surface opposite to the cover panel, a first area on the surface, and a second area on the surface, located on an inner side closer to the liquid crystal display panel than the first area. The part of the case is adhered to the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuro OCHI, Hiroyuki SAKAKURA
  • Publication number: 20170139123
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a backlight device includes a frame formed of a sheet material, a first adhesive layer provided on one surface of the frame, a reflective sheet attached to the frame with the first adhesive layer, an optical member disposed on the reflective sheet in the frame, and a light source disposed in the frame and configured to emit light to the optical member. In at least a part of the frame, a width of the frame and a width of the first adhesive layer are equal to each other, and at least an external surface of the frame and an external surface of the first adhesive layer are flush with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuro OCHI, Ken SUGIYAMA, Toshiyuki TSUBOTA, Kazunari NISHITA
  • Publication number: 20170038523
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a container case accommodating an optical member includes a bottom wall, sidewalls provided to stand along side edges of the bottom wall, and flanges extending from the sidewalls. The container case is formed of a reflective sheet or reflective film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuro Ochi, Hiroyuki Sakakura
  • Publication number: 20160116788
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a cover panel, a container case fixed to the cover panel and covering the liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight unit disposed in the container case and opposed to the liquid crystal display panel. The container case includes a bottom wall, and a sidewall directly opposed to at least one edge of the backlight unit with a gap interposed therebetween. At least one of a reflective sheet, light guide plate, and optical sheet of the backlight unit is opposed to the sidewall of the container case with the gap interposed therebetween, and is contained in the container case in a relatively displaceable manner with respect to the container case and the liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SAMURADA, Atsushi NAKAMURA, Tetsuro OCHI, Hiroyuki SAKAKURA
  • Patent number: 8952946
    Abstract: A display panel, ensuring high photo-detection accuracy in a region near a frame area, is provided. The display panel includes: image display elements disposed in an effective display area of a display screen; a light-shielding layer disposed in a frame area around the effective display area; and photo-detection elements disposed in the effective display area or in both of the effective display area and the frame area. The photo-detection elements detect the invisible light. The light-shielding layer transmits invisible light, while shields visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Fukunaga, Tetsuro Ochi, Daisuke Takama, Yasuyuki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20100164906
    Abstract: A display panel, ensuring high photo-detection accuracy in a region near a frame area, is provided. The display panel includes: image display elements disposed in an effective display area of a display screen; a light-shielding layer disposed in a frame area around the effective display area; and photo-detection elements disposed in the effective display area or in both of the effective display area and the frame area. The photo-detection elements detect the invisible light. The light-shielding layer transmits invisible light, while shields visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko Fukunaga, Tetsuro Ochi, Daisuke Takama, Yasuyuki Matsui
  • Patent number: 6094245
    Abstract: A liquid crystal projector has a pre-sheet polarizer and an incoming light side sheet polarizer on the incoming light side of a liquid crystal panel. Two sheet polarizers superimposed to each other are stuck on the outgoing light side face of the liquid crystal panel. The degree of polarization of the pre-sheet polarizer is smaller than that of the incoming light side sheet polarizer, so that both the sheet polarizers suitably share the quantity of absorbed light. Similarly, the degree of polarization of the incoming light side one of the sheet polarizers stuck on the outgoing light side face of the liquid crystal panel is smaller than that of the other one, so that both the sheet polarizers suitably share the quantity of absorbed light. With this configuration, the durability of the sheet polarizer is improved and the light output is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Ochi, Hisao Kitai, Mikiya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5850276
    Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof for preventing a drop in the pixel slot opening and focus rates due to poor alignment precision of the drive substrate and microlens which face each other, and for improving the focus rate and production efficiency. A lens group comprised of a plurality of microlenses is integrated into the opposing substrate. A second alignment mark is formed at the desired position within the display area on the opposing substrate. This second alignment mark is formed along grooves between numerous protrusions having a semi-circular shaped cross section so the outer contours of the face form a cross shape of a specific width. These protrusions are made of the same material (for instance transparent plastic) and shape (semi-circular cross section) as those of the microlens at the display area, forming a lens shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Ochi, Shizuo Nishihara, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Satofumi Koike, Yasunori Sato
  • Patent number: 5771085
    Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof for preventing a drop in the pixel slot opening and focus rates due to poor alignment precision of the drive substrate and microlens which face each other, and for improving the focus rate and production efficiency. A lens group comprised of a plurality of microlenses is integrated into the opposing substrate. A second alignment mark is formed at the desired position within the display area on the opposing substrate. This second alignment mark is formed along grooves between numerous protrusions having a semi-circular shaped cross section so the outer contours of the face form a cross shape of a specific width. These protrusions are made of the same material (for instance transparent plastic) and shape (semi-circular cross section) as those of the microlens at the display area, forming a lens shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Ochi, Shizuo Nishihara, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Satofumi Koike, Yasunori Sato
  • Patent number: 5682215
    Abstract: There is provided a color display device comprising a first substrate provided on the light source side to accept an incident light, a second substrate joined with the first substrate via a space to emit an outgoing light, an electro-optical substance held in the space, a plurality of picture elements arranged in a matrix on the second substrate to modulate an incident light and emit an outgoing light, a plurality of microlenses, arranged on the incident light side of the picture elements, for condensing incident light to individual picture elements and a color filter, arranged on the incident light side of the microlenses, for coloring individual picture elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shizuo Nishihara, Toshihiro Fukuda, Satofumi Koike, Shunji Kurita, Shin Yoshizawa, Tetsuro Ochi