Patents by Inventor Toshinori Yamasue
Toshinori Yamasue 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).
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Patent number: 10841987Abstract: A display device is configured to show an image inside a vehicle, and mounted inside the vehicle as an internal component. The display device has a light source configured to emit light, and a light guide element configured to guide incident light from the light source. The light guide element includes an emission surface configured to output incident light, and a plurality of light focusing portions configured to change the path of the incident light toward the emission surface, causing the light output to converge toward a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element or to radiate from a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element and thereby form an image outside the light guide element.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Yoshimasa Osumi, Yuji Hirose, Keiichiro Tanaka, Toshinori Yamasue
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Patent number: 10801691Abstract: A vehicle display device is configured for installation to a vehicle and includes a mirror element configured to reflect external light entering from a front surface toward the front surface, and a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a light source configured to emit light, and a light guide element configured to guide incident light from the light source. The light guide element includes an emission surface configured to output incident light, and an optical-path changing portion configured to change the optical path of incident light toward the emission surface. The mirror element and the light guide element are stacked at an outer surface of the mirror element to allow the optical-path changing portion to change the optical path.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Yoshimasa Osumi, Yuji Hirose, Keiichiro Tanaka, Toshinori Yamasue
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Patent number: 10634861Abstract: A display device configured to show an image inside an instrument panel for a vehicle includes: a light source configured to emit light; and a light guide element configured to guide incident light from the light source. The light guide element includes: an emission surface configured to output incident light; and a plurality of light focusing portions configured to change the path of the incident light toward the emission surface, causing the light output to converge toward a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element or to radiate from a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element and thereby form an image outside the light guide element. The light guide element is configured to form light to thereby present an image.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Yoshimasa Osumi, Yuji Hirose, Keiichiro Tanaka, Toshinori Yamasue
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Patent number: 10262510Abstract: A display system is provided with a display device; the display device including: a light source configured to emit light; and a light guide element configured to guide incident light from the light source; the light guide element including: an emission surface configured to output incident light; and a plurality of light focusing portions configured to change the path of the incident light toward the emission surface, causing the light output to converge toward a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element or to radiate from a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element and thereby form an image outside the light guide element. The display device presents information as an image, e.g., as a stereoscopic image.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshimasa Osumi, Keiichiro Tanaka, Yuji Hirose, Toshinori Yamasue
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Publication number: 20180182213Abstract: A display system is provided with a display device; the display device including: a light source configured to emit light; and a light guide element configured to guide incident light from the light source; the light guide element including: an emission surface configured to output incident light; and a plurality of light focusing portions configured to change the path of the incident light toward the emission surface, causing the light output to converge toward a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element or to radiate from a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element and thereby form an image outside the light guide element. The display device presents information as an image, e.g., as a stereoscopic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshimasa OSUMI, Keiichiro TANAKA, Yuji HIROSE, Toshinori YAMASUE
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Publication number: 20180146519Abstract: A display device is configured to show an image inside a vehicle, and mounted inside the vehicle as an internal component. The display device has a light source configured to emit light, and a light guide element configured to guide incident light from the light source. The light guide element includes an emission surface configured to output incident light, and a plurality of light focusing portions configured to change the path of the incident light toward the emission surface, causing the light output to converge toward a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element or to radiate from a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element and thereby form an image outside the light guide element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2018Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshimasa Osumi, Yuji Hirose, Keiichiro Tanaka, Toshinori Yamasue
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Publication number: 20180141487Abstract: A vehicle display device is configured for installation to a vehicle and includes a mirror element configured to reflect external light entering from a front surface toward the front surface, and a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a light source configured to emit light, and a light guide element configured to guide incident light from the light source. The light guide element includes an emission surface configured to output incident light, and an optical-path changing portion configured to change the optical path of incident light toward the emission surface. The mirror element and the light guide element are stacked at an outer surface of the mirror element to allow the optical-path changing portion to change the optical path.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2018Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshimasa Osumi, Yuji Hirose, Keiichiro Tanaka, Toshinori Yamasue
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Publication number: 20180137791Abstract: A mirror unit includes a mirror element configured to reflect external light entering from a front surface toward the front surface, and a display device configured to show an image. The display device includes a light source configured to emit light, and a light guide element configured to guide incident light from the light source. The light guide element includes an emission surface configured to output incident light, and a plurality of light focusing portions configured to form an image outside the light guide element. The mirror element and the light guide element arranged so that the light focusing portions form an image near the front surface of the mirror element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshimasa Osumi, Yuji Hirose, Keiichiro Tanaka, Toshinori Yamasue
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Publication number: 20180100979Abstract: A display device configured to show an image inside an instrument panel for a vehicle includes: a light source configured to emit light; and a light guide element configured to guide incident light from the light source. The light guide element includes: an emission surface configured to output incident light; and a plurality of light focusing portions configured to change the path of the incident light toward the emission surface, causing the light output to converge toward a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element or to radiate from a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element and thereby form an image outside the light guide element. The light guide element is configured to form light to thereby present an image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yoshimasa Osumi, Yuji Hirose, Keiichiro Tanaka, Toshinori Yamasue
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Patent number: 9208967Abstract: A switching device that causes a force to act on an arc to diffuse the arc, has a magnet that generates a magnetic field in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the arc, the arc being generated at moment at which a movable member is brought into contact with or separated from a contact of a fixed member to switch between electric conduction and electric cutoff. The magnet is a plastic magnet in which metal is exposed to a surface of the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Tomonobu Kato, Takeshi Miyasaka, Toshinori Yamasue
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Publication number: 20140251780Abstract: A switching device including a movable member configured to swing around a fulcrum and having a movable contact, a sliding member of which a part slides on a surface of the movable member, an elastic member for supporting the sliding member so as to be slidable while the part remains abutted on the surface, and a fixed contact contacted with the movable contact, where the movable member swings by a sliding of the sliding member, thereby switching a contact and a noncontact of the movable contact and the fixed contact so as to switch a conduction and a break of an electricity, and where the sliding member is configured to rotate so that a deformation of the elastic member is maximum in a position of the part on the surface, the position being deviated to a side of the contact position compared to a straight line which connects the shaft and the fulcrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihisa ISHIKAWA, Takeshi MIYASAKA, Toshinori YAMASUE
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Publication number: 20140225687Abstract: A switching device that causes a force to act on an arc to diffuse the arc, has a magnet that generates a magnetic field in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the arc, the arc being generated at moment at which a movable member is brought into contact with or separated from a contact of a fixed member to switch between electric conduction and electric cutoff. The magnet is a plastic magnet in which metal is exposed to a surface of the magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Tomonobu Kato, Takeshi Miyasaka, Toshinori Yamasue
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Patent number: 7692345Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vibration generating device used for mobile telephone, etc., which comprises a rotor (110), and a stator (120) for rotatably supporting the rotor, and serving to rotate the rotor to thereby generate vibration. The rotor comprises a bearing sleeve (160) consisting of resin molded material and rotatably attached to a fixed shaft (124) provided at the stator, a magnet (170) and a weight (180) positioned in eccentric state with respect to the bearing sleeve, wherein the bearing sleeve and the magnet are formed in the state where they are integrated by material resin of the bearing sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2004Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignees: Sony Corporation, Omron CorporationInventors: Shun Kayama, Yukiko Shimizu, Toshinori Yamasue, Hiroshi Azuma, Hirokazu Kitamura
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Publication number: 20080224996Abstract: The present invention provides a low-profile operation input device of which assembling work is easily performed and the productivity is high. An operation input device includes a base; a printed board in which a plurality of push-button switches are mounted on a circumference while an MR sensor is mounted, the printed board being integrally provided on the base; a ring operation plate placed on the push-button switches; a ring operation dial in which a ring magnet is integrally provided in a concentric fashion on a lower surface, the ring operation dial being coaxially placed on the operation plate; and a fixture inserted in a fixing hole of the operation dial, the fixture coupling at least two elastic pawls to the base, thereby retaining the operation dial while rotatably supporting the operation dial, the elastic pawls being projected from a lower surface of the fixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Arihara, Toshinori Yamasue, Yoshiyasu Kitagawa
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Patent number: 7161269Abstract: There is provided a vibration generator (40) in which a rotor with an unbalancer is rotated. The vibration generator includes a bottom plate (47) having a flat coil substrate (120) installed thereto, a stationary shaft (91) provided perpendicularly to the bottom plate, a magnet (85) installed on the stationary shaft (91) with a freely rotatable bearing being disposed between them and opposite to the surface of the flat coil substrate (120) with a slight clearance defined between them, and a weight (87) installed to the magnet (85). For generating a vibration, a current is supplied to the coil on the flat coil substrate (120) to rotate the magnet (85) and weight (87). The bottom plate (47) is formed from a nonmagnetic material. A thin magnetic plate (48) is installed at the side opposite to the magnet (85) with the bottom plate (47) being placed between the thin magnetic plate (48) and magnet (85).Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2004Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignees: Sony Corporation, Omron CorporationInventors: Shun Kayama, Yukiko Shimizu, Masahiro Suzuki, Toshinori Yamasue, Hiroshi Azuma, Hirokazu Kitamura
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Publication number: 20060250036Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vibration generating device used for mobile telephone, etc., which comprises a rotor (110), and a stator (120) for rotatably supporting the rotor, and serving to rotate the rotor to thereby generate vibration. The rotor comprises a bearing sleeve (160) consisting of resin molded material and rotatably attached to a fixed shaft (124) provided at the stator, a magnet (170) and a weight (180) positioned in eccentric state with respect to the bearing sleeve, wherein the bearing sleeve and the magnet are formed in the state where they are integrated by material resin of the bearing sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2004Publication date: November 9, 2006Applicants: Sony Corporation, Omron CorporationInventors: Shun Kayama, Yukiko Shimizu, Toshinori Yamasue, Hiroshi Azuma, Hirokazu Kitamura
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Publication number: 20060082231Abstract: There is provided a vibration generator (40) in which a rotor with an unbalancer is rotated. The vibration generator includes a bottom plate (47) having a flat coil substrate (120) installed thereto, a stationary shaft (91) provided perpendicularly to the bottom plate, a magnet (85) installed on the stationary shaft (91) with a freely rotatable bearing being disposed between them and opposite to the surface of the flat coil substrate (120) with a slight clearance defined between them, and a weight (87) installed to the magnet (85). For generating a vibration, a current is supplied to the coil on the flat coil substrate (120) to rotate the magnet (85) and weight (87). The bottom plate (47) is formed from a nonmagnetic material. A thin magnetic plate (48) is installed at the side opposite to the magnet (85) with the bottom plate (47) being placed between the thin magnetic plate (48) and magnet (85).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2004Publication date: April 20, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shun Kayama, Yukiko Shimizu, Masahiro Suzuki, Toshinori Yamasue, Hiroshi Azuma, Hirokazu Kitamura
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Patent number: 6658366Abstract: A speed sensor has a stationary electrode and a mobile electrode held normally at a specified distance from each other by an elastic supporting device. The speed sensor is attached to one of the wheels of a vehicle such as an automobile. The centrifugal force due to the rotation of the wheel is measured from the displacement of the mobile electrode with respect to the stationary electrode, and the traveling speed of the vehicle is calculated from the measured centrifugal force.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2002Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Toshinori Yamasue, Teruhisa Ishihara
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Publication number: 20020161546Abstract: A speed sensor has a stationary electrode and a mobile electrode held normally at a specified distance from each other by means of an elastic supporting device. The speed sensor is attached to one of the wheels of a vehicle such as an automobile. The centrifugal force due to the rotation of the wheel is measured from the displacement of the mobile electrode with respect to the stationary electrode, and the traveling speed of the vehicle is calculated from the measured centrifugal force.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: Toshinori Yamasue, Teruhisa Ishihara