Patents by Inventor Tomoko Nangou

Tomoko Nangou 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20150226394
    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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shun Ueki, Tomoko Nangou, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kazuyoshi Sakuragi, Masahiro Tsujimoto
  • Publication number: 20120194572
    Abstract: The present invention is a display apparatus (100) including: a display panel (1) including pixels (10) disposed in a deltaic pattern; and a gate driver (2) and a source driver (3) for driving the pixels (10), the pixels (10) being divided into a first pixel group, a second pixel group, and a third pixel group which are disposed in different positions, the gate driver (2) and the source driver (3): (i) using, to drive the first pixel group, a gamma curve C1 indicating a gamma characteristic ?1; (ii) using, to drive the second pixel group, a gamma curve C2 indicating a gamma characteristic ?2 which is different from the gamma characteristic ?1; and (iii) using, to drive the third pixel group, a gamma curve C3 indicating a gamma characteristic ?3 which is different from the gamma characteristics ?1 and ?2. This makes it possible to increase a viewing angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohji Saitoh, Tomoko Nangou