Patents by Inventor Tomokazu Kitamura

Tomokazu Kitamura 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: 20140176873
    Abstract: A light guide plate has a light introduction part having an end face configured to have light incident thereon, and a light guide plate body provided continuously to the light introduction part and comprising a thickness smaller than maximum thickness of the light introduction part. The light guide plate body has a light emitting surface configured to emit light incident from the end face. A directivity conversion pattern is provided on at least one of a face on a light exit side and a face opposite to the face. The directivity conversion pattern converts directivity spread in a thickness direction of the light introduction part to a directivity characteristic which is inclined in a direction parallel to a face direction of the light introduction part. A light reflection wall is provided on the end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Shinohara, Kazuhide Hirota, Tomokazu Kitamura, Takako Ishikawa