Patents by Inventor Tomokazu Shimoda

Tomokazu Shimoda 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: 20230176420
    Abstract: An object is to promote a reduction in thickness of a light guide plate and to provide a technique for suppressing brightness non-uniformity in the light guide plate. A light guide plate includes: a depressed portion provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted; a first direction changing portion which is provided inside the depressed portion and above a light emitting element in a direction oriented toward the light exit surface, the light emitting element being provided on the opposite side of the light exit surface, and which changes a direction of travel of at least a part of light of the light emitting element; and a second direction changing portion which is provided above the light emitting element and higher than the light exit surface and which changes a direction of travel of at least a part of light of the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Naoki ISHIMI, Yoshinori ITO, Tomokazu SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 11624865
    Abstract: To provide a technique for suppressing brightness non-uniformity of an area illuminated by a light source and also suppressing a decline in contrast between areas caused by incidence of a luminous flux of the area to another area. Provided is a light guide plate including: a diverging portion which is provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted, the diverging portion causing a luminous flux emitted from a light emitting element to diverge; and a restricting portion which is provided, when a prescribed range from the light emitting element on the light exit surface is defined as an illuminated area illuminated by the light emitting element, in at least a periphery of the illuminated area on the light exit surface and which deflects or shields light traveling from inside toward outside of the illuminated area to restrict traveling, toward a side of the light exit surface, of light traveling toward the outside of the illuminated area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Naoki Ishimi, Yoshinori Ito, Tomokazu Shimoda
  • Patent number: 11535328
    Abstract: This measurement device for measuring the angular velocity or acceleration of a two-wheel vehicle, is provided with a main detection unit which detects the three-axis angular velocity or three-axis acceleration, a support unit which can support the main detection unit on the body of the two-wheel vehicle, and a correction unit which cancels the lean of the body to the left and right in the main detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Korenaga, Tomokazu Shimoda, Kazuyoshi Kitajima, Hiromichi Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20220146734
    Abstract: To provide a technique for suppressing brightness non-uniformity of an area illuminated by a light source and also suppressing a decline in contrast between areas caused by incidence of a luminous flux of the area to another area. Provided is a light guide plate including: a diverging portion which is provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted, the diverging portion causing a luminous flux emitted from a light emitting element to diverge; and a restricting portion which is provided, when a prescribed range from the light emitting element on the light exit surface is defined as an illuminated area illuminated by the light emitting element, in at least a periphery of the illuminated area on the light exit surface and which deflects or shields light traveling from inside toward outside of the illuminated area to restrict traveling, toward a side of the light exit surface, of light traveling toward the outside of the illuminated area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Naoki ISHIMI, Yoshinori ITO, Tomokazu SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 11256017
    Abstract: To provide a technique for suppressing brightness non-uniformity of an area illuminated by a light source and also suppressing a decline in contrast between areas caused by incidence of a luminous flux of the area to another area. Provided is a light guide plate including: a diverging portion which is provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted, the diverging portion causing a luminous flux emitted from a light emitting element to diverge; and a restricting portion which is provided, when a prescribed range from the light emitting element on the light exit surface is defined as an illuminated area illuminated by the light emitting element, in at least a periphery of the illuminated area on the light exit surface and which deflects or shields light traveling from inside toward outside of the illuminated area to restrict traveling, toward a side of the light exit surface, of light traveling toward the outside of the illuminated area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Naoki Ishimi, Yoshinori Ito, Tomokazu Shimoda
  • Patent number: 11215634
    Abstract: This vehicle-mounted device is a vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle that has a body and a steering unit supported on the body via a steering shaft, and includes a user interface, camera, or antenna attached to the steering unit; a first sensor unit that is attached to the body and detects a first angular velocity or a first acceleration as a first detection value; and a calculation device that performs calculation based on the first detection value and is connected to the user interface, camera, or antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Korenaga, Tomokazu Shimoda, Kazuyoshi Kitajima, Hiromichi Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20210041617
    Abstract: To provide a technique for suppressing brightness non-uniformity of an area illuminated by a light source and also suppressing a decline in contrast between areas caused by incidence of a luminous flux of the area to another area. Provided is a light guide plate including: a diverging portion which is provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted, the diverging portion causing a luminous flux emitted from a light emitting element to diverge; and a restricting portion which is provided, when a prescribed range from the light emitting element on the light exit surface is defined as an illuminated area illuminated by the light emitting element, in at least a periphery of the illuminated area on the light exit surface and which deflects or shields light traveling from inside toward outside of the illuminated area to restrict traveling, toward a side of the light exit surface, of light traveling toward the outside of the illuminated area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Naoki ISHIMI, Yoshinori ITO, Tomokazu SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 10852467
    Abstract: Provided is a light guide plate including: a diverging portion which is provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted, the diverging portion causing a luminous flux emitted from a light emitting element to diverge; and a restricting portion which is provided, when a prescribed range from the light emitting element on the light exit surface is defined as an illuminated area illuminated by the light emitting element, in at least a periphery of the illuminated area on the light exit surface and which deflects or shields light traveling from inside toward outside of the illuminated area to restrict traveling, toward a side of the light exit surface, of light traveling toward the outside of the illuminated area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Naoki Ishimi, Yoshinori Ito, Tomokazu Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20200049877
    Abstract: Provided is a light guide plate including: a diverging portion which is provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted, the diverging portion causing a luminous flux emitted from a light emitting element to diverge; and a restricting portion which is provided, when a prescribed range from the light emitting element on the light exit surface is defined as an illuminated area illuminated by the light emitting element, in at least a periphery of the illuminated area on the light exit surface and which deflects or shields light traveling from inside toward outside of the illuminated area to restrict traveling, toward a side of the light exit surface, of light traveling toward the outside of the illuminated area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicants: OMRON Corporation, NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Naoki ISHIMI, Yoshinori ITO, Tomokazu SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20200025794
    Abstract: This vehicle-mounted device is a vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle that has a body and a steering unit supported on the body via a steering shaft, and includes a user interface, camera, or antenna attached to the steering unit; a first sensor unit that is attached to the body and detects a first angular velocity or a first acceleration as a first detection value; and a calculation device that performs calculation based on the first detection value and is connected to the user interface, camera, or antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi KORENAGA, Tomokazu SHIMODA, Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA, Hiromichi NAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200018600
    Abstract: This measurement device for measuring the angular velocity or acceleration of a two-wheel vehicle, is provided with a main detection unit which detects the three-axis angular velocity or three-axis acceleration, a support unit which can support the main detection unit on the body of the two-wheel vehicle, and a correction unit which cancels the lean of the body to the left and right in the main detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi KORENAGA, Tomokazu SHIMODA, Kazuyoshi KITAJIMA, Hiromichi NAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190227382
    Abstract: A light guide plate includes: a depressed portion provided on an opposite side of a light exit surface from which light is emitted; a first direction changing portion which is provided inside the depressed portion and above a light emitting element in a direction oriented toward the light exit surface, the light emitting element being provided on the opposite side of the light exit surface, and which changes a direction of travel of at least a part of light of the light emitting element; and a second direction changing portion which is provided above the light emitting element and higher than the light exit surface and which changes a direction of travel of at least a part of light of the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: OMRON Corporation, NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro WATANABE, Naoki ISHIMI, Yoshinori ITO, Tomokazu SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 8939633
    Abstract: An area light source device has a light guide plate including a light incident end face, a light guide plate main body thinner than a thickness of the light incident end face, and a light introducing unit formed in continuation with the light guide plate main body and so that thickness gradually becomes thinner from the light incident end face side towards the light guide plate main body side, a light source arranged at a position facing the light incident end face, a diffuser plate and one or more prism sheets arranged on a surface on a light emission side of the light guide plate main body, and a light shielding sheet arranged on an upper side of the diffuser plate and the prism sheet in a region excluding a light emitting region of the light guide plate main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Yabe, Tomokazu Shimoda, Yoshiyuki Masu
  • Publication number: 20120002437
    Abstract: An area light source device has a light guide plate including a light incident end face, a light guide plate main body thinner than a thickness of the light incident end face, and a light introducing unit formed in continuation with the light guide plate main body and so that thickness gradually becomes thinner from the light incident end face side towards the light guide plate main body side, a light source arranged at a position facing the light incident end face, a diffuser plate and one or more prism sheets arranged on a surface on a light emission side of the light guide plate main body, and a light shielding sheet arranged on an upper side of the diffuser plate and the prism sheet in a region excluding a light emitting region of the light guide plate main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru Yabe, Tomokazu Shimoda, Yoshiyuki Masu
  • Patent number: 7123879
    Abstract: A toll charging system of this invention is implemented by a roadside apparatus, onboard device, portable telephone, and charging apparatus. The roadside apparatus is to detect a vehicle entering a charging area and transmit charging information to the vehicle. An onboard device and portable telephone are arranged in the vehicle. The charging information transmitted from the roadside apparatus is received by the onboard device. The onboard device generates vehicle identification information and outputs to the portable telephone instruction information instructing to transmit the charging information and vehicle identification information. On the instruction information, the portable telephone transmits the charging information and vehicle identification information. The charging apparatus receives the charging information and vehicle identification information, identifies the vehicle on the vehicle identification information, and executes charge processing for the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Koketsu, Tetsuya Tomonaka, Tomokazu Shimoda, Ryosuke Okamoto, Yasuo Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20030105662
    Abstract: A toll charging system of this invention is implemented by a roadside apparatus, onboard device, portable telephone, and charging apparatus. The roadside apparatus is to detect a vehicle entering a charging area and transmit charging information to the vehicle. An onboard device and portable telephone are arranged in the vehicle. The charging information transmitted from the roadside apparatus is received by the onboard device. The onboard device generates vehicle identification information and outputs to the portable telephone instruction information instructing to transmit the charging information and vehicle identification information. On the instruction information, the portable telephone transmits the charging information and vehicle identification information. The charging apparatus receives the charging information and vehicle identification information, identifies the vehicle on the vehicle identification information, and executes charge processing for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Koketsu, Tetsuya Tomonaka, Tomokazu Shimoda, Ryosuke Okamoto, Yasuo Yoshikawa