Patents by Inventor Tomio Ono

Tomio Ono 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: 8460950
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode includes an anode and a cathode separately arranged from each other, and an emission layer between the anode and the cathode, the emission layer including a single host material and a light-emitting material, the emission layer including, when the host material has a hole transport property, a doped region on a cathode side to which an electron transport material is doped and an undoped region on an anode side to which an electron transport material is not doped, or the emission layer including, when the host material has an electron transport property, a doped region on an anode side to which a hole transport material is doped and an undoped region on a cathode side to which a hole transport material is not doped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomio Ono, Shintaro Enomoto, Yukitami Mizuno, Isao Takasu, Yasushi Shinjo, Shuichi Uchikoga
  • Publication number: 20130069090
    Abstract: The organic electroluminescent device according to the embodiment has: anode and cathode electrodes placed apart from each other, a red and green light-emitting layer and a blue light-emitting layer, and a spacer layer having a thickness of 3 nm to 20 nm inclusive. The light-emitting layers are placed apart from each other and positioned between the electrodes. The spacer layer is positioned between the light-emitting layers, and includes a carrier transport material containing molecules capable of being oriented in the in-plane and vertical direction with an orientational order parameter of ?0.5 to ?0.2 inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoaki SAWABE, Isao Takasu, Tomio Ono, Toshiya Yonehara, Shintaro Enomoto
  • Patent number: 8368129
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes an anode, a metal layer, a cathode, an organic electroluminescent unit, first and second insulating layers, and a plurality of conductive piercing layers. The metal layer has an electrical resistance lower than that of the anode. The cathode is provided between the anode and the metal layer. The organic electroluminescent unit is provided between the anode and the cathode. The first insulating layer is provided between the cathode and the metal layer. The conductive piercing layers pierce the organic electroluminescent unit, the cathode, and the first insulating layer along a direction from the anode toward the metal layer to electrically connect the anode to the metal layer, and are separate entities from the metal layer. The second insulating layer is provided between the organic electroluminescent unit and the conductive piercing layers and between the cathode and the conductive piercing layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomio Ono, Shintaro Enomoto, Yasushi Shinjiyo, Taeko Urano, Akio Amano, Keiji Sugi, Tomoaki Sawabe
  • Publication number: 20120299482
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a light emitting device including an organic electroluminescent device that includes a first electrode, a light emitting layer arranged above the first electrode, and a second electrode arranged above the light emitting layer, a drive circuit that supplies a drive current between the first electrode and the second electrode to drive the organic electroluminescent device, and a drive stop circuit that stops the driving of the organic electroluminescent device when a value of the drive current falls below a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicants: Toshiba Lighting & Techonology Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Keiji SUGI, Tomoaki Sawabe, Toshiya Yonehara, Tomio Ono, Shintaro Enomoto, Tomoko Sugizaki, Daimotsu Kato, Akio Amano, Nobuo Shibuya, Hirokazu Otake, Keitaro Takasaka
  • Patent number: 8283858
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes an organic light-emitting unit, a first electrode, a second electrode and an optical layer. The organic light-emitting unit includes an organic light-emitting layer, a first and a second major surface. The first electrode is provided on the first major surface. The second electrode is provided on the second major surface and includes a conductive layer, a first interconnection and a second interconnection. The first interconnection is electrically connected to the conductive layer and aligned in a first direction parallel to the first major surface. The second interconnection is electrically connected to the conductive layer and aligned apart from the first interconnection and parallel to the first interconnection. The optical layer is provided on a side of the second electrode opposite to the organic light-emitting unit and includes a low refractive index portion and a high refractive index portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiya Yonehara, Tomio Ono, Shintaro Enomoto, Keiji Sugi, Tomoaki Sawabe, Taeko Urano
  • Publication number: 20120241725
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an organic light-emitting diode including an anode and a cathode which are arranged apart from each other, a red and green emissive layer on the anode side and a blue emissive layer on the cathode side, which are arranged to be separated from each other between the anode and the cathode, and a spacer layer which is inserted between the red and green emissive layer and the blue emissive layer, and consists of a hole transport material which prevents energy transfer from the blue emissive layer to the red and green emissive layer. The red and green emissive layer contains a host material having hole transportability, a red phosphorescent emitting dopant, and a green phosphorescent emitting dopant, and the blue emissive layer contains a host material having electron transportability and a blue fluorescent emitting dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sawabe, Isao Takasu, Tomio Ono, Shintaro Enomoto, Takashi Kaneko, Shinjiro Aono
  • Publication number: 20120241771
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an organic electroluminescent device comprises a translucent substrate, a light extraction layer including a convex structure disposed in a net form on one surface of the substrate and having a tilted surface forming an acute angle relative to the substrate, and a planarizing layer disposed on the convex structure, a first electrode disposed on the light extraction layer, a luminescent layer disposed on the first electrode and containing a host material and a luminescent dopant, and a second electrode disposed on the luminescent layer. A refractive index of the planarizing layer is approximately equal to a refractive index of the first electrode or is larger than the refractive index of the first electrode, and a refractive index of the convex structure is smaller than a refractive index of the planarizing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Daimotsu Kato, Keiji Sugi, Toshiya Yonehara, Tomoaki Sawabe, Tomio Ono, Shintaro Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20120235127
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an organic light-emitting diode including an anode and a cathode which are arranged apart from each other, an emissive layer arranged between the anode and the cathode including a blue emissive layer located at the anode side and a green and red emissive layer located at the cathode side, the blue emissive layer containing a host material and a blue fluorescent dopant, and the green and red emissive layer containing a host material and a green phosphorescent dopant and/or a red phosphorescent dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Isao TAKASU, Keiji Sugi, Tomoaki Sawabe, Akio Amano, Jiro Yoshida, Tomio Ono, Shintaro Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20120229020
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an organic electroluminescent device includes a transparent electrode, a metal electrode, an organic light emitting layer and an intermediate layer. The transparent electrode is transmissive with respect to visible light. The metal electrode is reflective with respect to the visible light. The organic light emitting layer is provided between the transparent electrode and the metal electrode and is configured to emit light including a wavelength component of the visible light. The intermediate layer contacts the metal electrode and the organic light emitting layer between the organic light emitting layer and the metal electrode and is transmissive with respect to the visible light. A thickness of the intermediate layer is 60 nanometers or more and less than 200 nanometers. A refractive index of the organic light emitting layer to the visible light is higher than a refractive index of the intermediate layer to the visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiya Yonehara, Keiji Sugi, Daimotsu Kato, Tomoaki Sawabe, Tomio Ono, Shintaro Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20120228591
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an organic electroluminescent light emitting device includes a transparent substrate, an intermediate layer, a first electrode, an organic light emitting layer, and a second electrode. The intermediate layer includes a plurality of fine particles and a flattened layer. The fine particles are adhered to a major surface of the transparent substrate. The flattened layer covers the fine particles and has a refractive index different from a refractive index of the fine particles. The flattened layer is transparent. The first electrode is provided on the intermediate layer. The first electrode is transparent. The organic light emitting layer is provided on the first electrode. The second electrode is provided on the organic light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoaki SAWABE, Tomio ONO, Keiji SUGI, Toshiya YONEHARA, Shintaro ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120176423
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes an optical switch panel, and a light source device. The optical switch panel includes pixels and a drive part controlling transmissivity of the pixels. The light source device is stacked with the panel and includes a light source to emit a source light, a light guiding unit, interference filters, and light controlling parts. The light guiding unit includes a light guide region guiding the source light, a reflecting part provided around the region to reflect the source light, and apertures provided around the region and causing semi-collimated light to be emitted. The interference filters cause lights in certain wavelength dands of the light emitted from the aperture to pass. The light controlling parts cause the lights through the filters to enter the pixels to form an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hitoshi NAGATO, Takashi MIYAZAKI, Yutaka NAKAI, Tomio ONO, Yoshinori HONGUH, Hideki NUKADA, Yuzo HIRAYAMA, Hajime YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20120075278
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an organic EL display includes a substrate and a pixel. The pixel is disposed on the substrate and includes a first color displaying portion and a second color displaying portion. The first color displaying portion has a first organic light emitting layer. The second color displaying portion has a second organic light emitting layer having an emission spectrum different from an emission spectrum of the first organic light emitting layer. The first color displaying portion has two sub-pixels. One of the two sub-pixels has a color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yujiro HARA, Keiji SUGI, Nobuyoshi SAITO, Tomio ONO, Akio AMANO, Yukitami MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 8053678
    Abstract: An interconnection includes a bundle of conductive members, each of the conductive members being made of carbon nanotube having an end connected to a first conductive film, and another end connected to a second conductive film separated from the first conductive film; and carbon particles each having a diamond crystal structure, dispersed between the conductive members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tohshiba
    Inventors: Tadashi Sakai, Naoshi Sakuma, Masayuki Katagiri, Tomio Ono, Mariko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110215711
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes an organic light-emitting unit, a first electrode, a second electrode and an optical layer. The organic light-emitting unit includes an organic light-emitting layer, a first and a second major surface. The first electrode is provided on the first major surface. The second electrode is provided on the second major surface and includes a conductive layer, a first interconnection and a second interconnection. The first interconnection is electrically connected to the conductive layer and aligned in a first direction parallel to the first major surface. The second interconnection is electrically connected to the conductive layer and aligned apart from the first interconnection and parallel to the first interconnection. The optical layer is provided on a side of the second electrode opposite to the organic light-emitting unit and includes a low refractive index portion and a high refractive index portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiya Yonehara, Tomio Ono, Shintaro Enomoto, Keiji Sugi, Tomoaki Sawabe, Taeko Urano
  • Publication number: 20110215362
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes an anode, a metal layer, a cathode, an organic electroluminescent unit, first and second insulating layers, and a plurality of conductive piercing layers. The metal layer has an electrical resistance lower than that of the anode. The cathode is provided between the anode and the metal layer. The organic electroluminescent unit is provided between the anode and the cathode. The first insulating layer is provided between the cathode and the metal layer. The conductive piercing layers pierce the organic electroluminescent unit, the cathode, and the first insulating layer along a direction from the anode toward the metal layer to electrically connect the anode to the metal layer, and are separate entities from the metal layer. The second insulating layer is provided between the organic electroluminescent unit and the conductive piercing layers and between the cathode and the conductive piercing layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomio Ono, Shintaro Enomoto, Yasushi Shinjiyo, Taeko Urano, Akio Amano, Keiji Sugi, Tomoaki Sawabe
  • Publication number: 20110205214
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a partition electrode, a luminescent layer and a voltage source. The luminescent layer includes a luminescent material emitting light rays due to an electrochemical oxidation or reduction reaction thereof. The voltage source is configured to generate a driving voltage between the first and second electrodes so as to apply first and second potentials, wherein the first and second potentials are maintained at one and opposite polarities in respect to the reference potential during a predetermined segment period respectively and are periodically reversed, each of the first and second potentials is changed first to second absolute levels during the predetermined segment period, the second absolute potential is determined depending on the gradation of input image data, and the first absolute potential is higher than the second absolute potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Yukio KIZAKI, Rei Hasegawa, Hajime Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Nagato, Yukitami Mizuno, Isao Amemiya, Tomio Ono
  • Publication number: 20110180835
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an organic electroluminescence device, a first substrate has a first refractive index n1. A second substrate is joined to an upper surface of the first substrate and has a second refractive index n2 higher than the first refractive index n1. Multiple wedge-shaped metal lines are buried in the second substrate in such a manner that one side of the wedge-shaped metal line is flush with an upper surface of the second substrate. A transparent electrode is formed on the upper surface of the second substrate and the multiple metal lines. An insulating layer is formed on a portion of the transparent electrode opposed to the multiple metal lines. An organic light emitting layer is formed on the transparent electrode on which the insulating layer is formed. A metal electrode is formed on the organic light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHIA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomio ONO, Shintaro Inomoto, Yukitami Mizuno, Isao Takasu, Yasushi Shinjiyo, Shuichi Uchikoga
  • Publication number: 20110175067
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an organic light-emitting diode including an anode and a cathode arranged apart from each other, an emissive layer arranged between the anode and the cathode, a hole injection layer arranged between the anode and the emissive layer and including a polyethylenedioxythiophene, and a hole-transport layer arranged between the hole injection layer and the emissive layer and including a hole-transport material. The emissive layer includes a cathode side first area including a hole transport host material, an electron transport host material and an emitting dopant, and an anode side second area including the hole transport host material and no electron transport host material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Keiji Sugi, Akio Amano, Isao Takasu, Tomio Ono, Yukitami Mizuno, Tomoaki Sawabe, Atsushi Wada, Shintaro Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20110057180
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an organic light-emitting diode includes an anode and a cathode arranged apart from each other, an emission layer, arranged between the anode and cathode, containing a host material of polyvinyl(2,7-difluorocarbazole), a blue-emitting phosphorescent material, and an electron transport material, and a hole transport layer of polyvinylcarbazole arranged adjacent to the emission layer on an anode side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Tomio ONO, Shintaro Enomoto, Isao Takasu, Yukitami Mizuno, Shuichi Uchikoga
  • Patent number: 7846766
    Abstract: A diamond film formation method includes forming, in a composite of a metal material and a semiconductor material, diamond nuclei on a surface of the metal material at a temperature below 650° C. in a first mixed gas containing at least carbon and hydrogen, and growing the diamond nuclei formed in the composite at a temperature below 750° C. in a second mixed gas containing at least carbon and hydrogen to form a diamond film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yoshida, Isamu Yanase, Tomio Ono, Naoshi Sakuma, Mariko Suzuki, Tadashi Sakai