Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Miyao

Toshiaki Miyao 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: 20240061260
    Abstract: An HMD includes a first display element, a holder configured to hold the first display element, a first projection optical system configured to project an image formed on the first display element, a case including an insertion opening into which the first display element supported by the holder is inserted and configured to house the first projection optical system in a positioned state, and a first metallic frame configured to support the case, wherein the first metallic frame includes a receiving opening larger than an outline of the holder when viewed from an insertion direction of the first display element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki NOGUCHI, Toshiaki MIYAO, Takuya IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240061256
    Abstract: An HMD includes a first display element, a holder configured to hold the first display element, a first projection optical system configured to project an image formed on the first display element, a barrel which is a case configured to house the first projection optical system in a positioned state, and a dust-proof structure configured to achieve fixing of the holder and the barrel while ensuring dust-proofing of the holder and the barrel, wherein the holder includes a support frame inserted into the barrel through an insertion opening formed at the barrel while supporting the first display element, and a base plate coupled to a root of the support frame, the barrel includes a pedestal facing the base plate, and the dust-proof structure includes an adhesive material extending along a periphery of the base plate and protruding to the pedestal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya IKEDA, Toshiaki Miyao, Toshiyuki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20240061258
    Abstract: An HMD includes a first display element, a holder configured to hold the first display element, a first projection optical system configured to project an image formed on the first display element, and a barrel which is a case configured to house the first projection optical system in a positioned state, the holder includes a support frame that supports the first display element and a base plate coupled to an upper portion of the support frame and extending in a direction intersecting the support frame, and an end portion of the support frame is inserted into the barrel through an insertion opening formed at the barrel, and the base plate is fixed to the barrel while covering the insertion opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki MIYAO, Toshiyuki NOGUCHI, Takuya IKEDA, Kazuya KAMAKURA
  • Patent number: 11656469
    Abstract: A light-guiding device includes a pair of light-guiding portions, a pair of light-incident portions that causes image light to be incident on the pair of light-guiding portions respectively, and a pair of light-emitting portions that emit image light, guided by the pair of light-guiding portions, to outside respectively, in which a pair of optical members including the pair of light-guiding portions are coupled by a central member having light transmissivity, and separate overcoat layers are provided at the optical member on one side and at the optical member on another side with respect to an approximate center of the central member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Miyao, Masayuki Takagi, Takashi Takeda, Tokito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11640060
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes an image display device including a panel unit serving as a display element configured to display an image, a colored optical member disposed on a light path of imaging light emitted from the panel unit and having a yellowness of a predetermined value or greater, and a coloring correction optical member configured to correct a degree of coloring of the imaging light of the entire light path in accordance with the yellowness of the colored optical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tokito Yamaguchi, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20230111091
    Abstract: An optical member includes a plurality of optically effective surfaces, and a plurality of measurement reference members that are associated with the plurality of optically effective surfaces and each of which serves as a reference for positioning of the plurality of optically effective surfaces. In this case, a relative positional relationship of the optically effective surfaces can be determined, and the optical performance of the optical member can be accurately evaluated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki MIYAO, Toshiyuki NOGUCHI, Mitsutaka IDE
  • Publication number: 20230111577
    Abstract: An optical unit and a virtual image display device, that is, an HMD include a plurality of optical members, and the plurality of optical members have, at non-coupling portion, measurement reference members that serve as references for arrangement, respectively, and the plurality of measurement reference members of the plurality of optical members are arranged in a unified direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki NOGUCHI, Toshiaki MIYAO, Mitsutaka IDE
  • Patent number: 11550154
    Abstract: A display element, and a light-guiding member including a plurality of reflection surfaces and configured to guide image light from the display element by reflecting the image light at an inner surface, and cause the image light and external light to be visually recognized in an overlapping manner are provided, wherein at a boundary between a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface adjacent to each other included in the plurality of reflection surfaces of the light-guiding member with at least one of the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface including a curved surface, an end of the first reflection surface and an end of the second reflection surface match when projected from a specific direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Takagi, Tokito Yamaguchi, Toshiaki Miyao, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11536967
    Abstract: A light-guiding device is configured to accept image light through a light incidence part, guide the image light through reflection, and emit, to outside through a light emission part, the image light that is guided, the light-guiding device includes a protective member having a sheet shape and configured to cover a body member in a region corresponding to an optical surface of a surface of the light-guiding device, and an adhesive layer is formed between the body member and the protective member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Miyao, Masayuki Takagi, Tokito Yamaguchi, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11506895
    Abstract: A light-guiding device includes a pair of light-guiding portions, a pair of light-incident portions that causes image light to be incident on the respective pair of light-guiding portions, and a pair of light-emitting portion that causes image light guided by the respective pair of light-guiding portions to exit outside, in which a pair of optical members including the pair of light-guiding portions are coupled by a central member having light transmissivity, and in which the central member includes a light-guide blocking structure that suppresses light from being incident from one end to another end of the central member by absorbing the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Miyao, Masayuki Takagi, Takashi Takeda, Tokito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11480799
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display device configured to display an image, a diopter adjustment device configured to adjust a diopter, and a correction processing circuit serving as an image correction device configured to correct a display image in accordance with a degree of diopter adjustment. In the adjustments made on a left side and a right side, respectively, after diopter adjustment, the display image is corrected in accordance with the degree of diopter adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Takagi, Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220326525
    Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus includes an image light emitting unit configured to emit image light, and a see-through mirror which is an optical member having a reflective film that reflects the image light, wherein the see-through mirror includes a first region on which a light ray of the image light corresponding to a center angle of view is incident and a second region on which a light ray of the image light which different from the light ray corresponding to the center angle of view is incident, a film thickness in the first region of the reflective film is thicker than a film thickness in the second region, and the first region of the reflective film has reflectivity characteristics corresponding to a wavelength band which is wider toward the long wavelength side than a wavelength band of the image light emitted from the image light emitting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki MIYAO, Toshiyuki NOGUCHI, Kunihiko YANO
  • Patent number: 11448882
    Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus includes a display device serving as an image forming unit, an image optical system including a first mirror member serving as an outer mirror member and receiving imaging light from the display device, and a partially reflecting type mirror portion reflecting imaging light emitted from the image optical system toward a position of an exit pupil. The first mirror member serving as the outer mirror member and the partially reflecting type mirror portion are integrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Takeda, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11435588
    Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus includes a display element, a projection lens configured to converge image light emitted from the display element, a prism configured to cause the image light by an internal reflecting surface thereof and moreover emit the image light from an emission surface thereof while refracting the image light, and a see-through mirror configured to reflect the image light emitted from the prism toward a pupil position. The projection lens, the prism, and the see-through mirror are arranged to form an off-axis system. AT an off-axis surface of the off-axis system, an intermediate pupil is arranged between the projection lens and the internal reflecting surface, with the intermediate pupil being arranged to be farther to the incident surface side of the prism than to the projection lens and the internal reflecting surface, and an intermediate image is formed between the prism and the see-through mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Takeda, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11397326
    Abstract: A panel unit configured to, for imaging light, use different opening ratios depending on a wavelength band for displaying an image, a yellowing optical member that is disposed on an optical path of imaging light emitted from the panel unit, and turns yellow with age, a yellowing degree estimation unit configured to estimate, by prediction, a yellowing degree of the yellowing optical member with age, and a luminance adjustment unit configured to, depending on yellowing of the yellowing optical member, based on data of the yellowing degree estimation unit, adjust luminance of an image in the panel unit, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tokito Yamaguchi, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11327309
    Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus includes a display device (image forming unit), a lens configured to refract imaging light from the display device, a first mirror member configured to reflect imaging light that passed through the lens, a second mirror member being a refractive reflective optical member configured to reflect the imaging light reflected by the first mirror member, and a third mirror member of a transmissive type configured to reflect the imaging light reflected by the second mirror member toward a position of an exit pupil. The refractive reflective optical member includes, across a refractive member, a refractive surface and a mirror surface. The lens and the refractive reflective optical member are integrated as a composite member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Takeda, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11327301
    Abstract: A virtual image display device includes an image element configured to display an image, a first lens disposed in an extraction position of image light and including at the image element side thereof a convex surface, a second lens disposed further toward the image element side than the first lens and including a concave surface bonded to the convex surface of the first lens, a half mirror provided in a bonding portion for bonding together the convex surface and the concave surface, a transmission/reflection selection member provided at a light emitting side of the first lens and configured to selectively perform transmission or reflection of the light depending on a polarization state of the light, and a light-guiding portion keeping close contact between the image element and the second lens and configured to guide the image light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Takagi, Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11307396
    Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus includes a display device (image forming unit), a first mirror member configured to reflect imaging light from the display device, a second mirror member configured to reflect imaging light reflected by the first mirror member, and a third mirror member of a transmissive type configured to reflect imaging light reflected by the second mirror member toward a position of an exit pupil. One of the first mirror member and the second mirror member is a refractive reflective optical member that includes a refractive member including a refractive surface, and a mirror surface formed at a non-refractive surface of the refractive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Takeda, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11275246
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display device, a projection optical member, a prism member, and a light condensing and reflecting surface. The prism member includes a first prism, and a second prism that is disposed further toward an exit pupil side than the first prism. The first prism includes an incident surface, a reflection surface that totally reflects the image light, and a first joining surface that is joined with the second prism via a semi-transmissive reflection surface. The second prism includes a second joining surface that is joined with the first joining surface, and an opposing flat surface that is disposed parallel to the reflection surface to face the reflection surface and configured to transmit the image light, reflected by the semi-transmissive reflection surface and then by the light condensing and reflecting surface and thereafter passing through the semi-transmissive reflection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Takashi Takeda, Tokito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11249311
    Abstract: Image formation is performed by using a synthesis optical system, and in a first dichroic film and a second dichroic film that are the synthesis surfaces in the synthesis optical system, a direction in which the cross axis that is the intersecting axis extends corresponds to a direction of alignment of eyes of an observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Takeda, Mitsutaka Ide, Akira Komatsu, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi