Patents by Inventor Toshiteru Nakamura
Toshiteru Nakamura 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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Publication number: 20230333661Abstract: An arithmetic apparatus displays a 3D work-target object in a 3D coordinate space on a display device, and receives a motion signal that is a signal representing a motion measured by any one of sensor units. When receiving the motion signal, the arithmetic apparatus identifies the measured motion based on the motion signal. When the identified motion is a motion regarding a spatial shift that is a shift of a viewpoint in the 3D coordinate space of a user, the arithmetic apparatus shifts the viewpoint in the 3D coordinate space of the user in accordance with the identified motion. When the identified motion is a hand motion regarding a work movement with respect to a work target, the arithmetic apparatus outputs output information including information representing the work movement in accordance with the identified motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Takashi NUMATA, Kazuyuki TAJIMA, Keiichi MITANI, Toshiteru NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11726331Abstract: A head mounted display displays an image in a user's view field and includes a projection unit projecting image light from an image display unit; and a first and second light guide plates that duplicate the image light from the projection unit. The first and second light guide plates each include a set of parallel main surfaces confining the image light by internal reflection. The first light guide plate includes an incident surface reflecting the image light inward, and two or more emission reflective surfaces emitting the image light to the second light guide plate. The incident and emission reflective surfaces are parallel to each other at an angle different from the main surface, and the second light guide plate includes an input unit coupling the image light from the first light guide plate inward, and an output unit emitting the image light to the user's pupil.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC.Inventors: Toshiteru Nakamura, Takuma Kuno, Takahiro Mouri
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Publication number: 20230144703Abstract: A head-mounted display achieves both miniaturization and high efficiency of an optical system and expansion of an eye box. In order to achieve the above-described object, a head-mounted display that displays an image within a visual field of a user is provided. The head-mounted display includes: an image display unit that generates an image to be displayed; a projection unit that projects image light from the image display unit; an image rotation and replication unit that expands an eye box of projection light from the projection unit; and a waveguide unit that transmits image light from the image rotation and replication unit to a pupil of the user. The image rotation and replication unit includes an incidence surface, an emission surface, and at least two reflection surfaces, and an angle formed by the incidence surface and the emission surface is greater than 90°.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Toshiteru NAKAMURA, Takuma KUNO, Ryuji UKAI, Takahiro MOURI, Masahito UCHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20230109360Abstract: Provided is an illumination optical unit configured to illuminate an image display unit configured to display an image. The illumination optical unit includes: a light source configured to emit light; a lens unit configured to convert divergent light from the light source into approximately collimated light; and a light branching unit to which the light emitted from the lens unit is incident, and which branches an optical path into an optical path of illumination light propagating to the image display unit, and an optical path along which light from the image display unit propagates to a projection side. The light branching unit includes two or more emission/reflection planes configured to emit the illumination light.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Toshiteru NAKAMURA, Takuma KUNO
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Publication number: 20230083745Abstract: The head-mounted display includes: an image display unit that generates an image to be displayed; and a first light guide plate and a second light guide plate which duplicate image light from the image display unit. Each of the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate includes a set of parallel main surfaces confining the image light with internal reflection, the first light guide plate includes an incident plane that reflects the image light to an inner side, and two or more emission/reflection planes from which the image light is emitted to the second light guide plate, the second light guide plate includes an input part that couples the image light transmitted from the first light guide plate to the inner side, and an output part from which the image light is emitted to a user’s pupil.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Takuma KUNO, Toshiteru NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11543648Abstract: There is provided a highly efficient virtual image projection device in a small size that displays images of high luminance in which an illumination system is reduced in size with no degradation in an effective luminous light beam. A virtual image projection device that shows video to a human eye includes a virtual light source surface (116) that emits a light beam in a predetermined angular distribution, an image forming lens (117) that condenses the light beam from the virtual light source surface (116), and a display (120) that creates video. When the virtual light source surface (116) is disposed at a nearly focal position on the front side of the image forming lens (117), the display (120) is disposed at a nearly focal position on the rear side of the image forming lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC.Inventors: Seiji Murata, Ryuji Ukai, Tomoto Kawamura, Toshiteru Nakamura
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Publication number: 20220413204Abstract: According to the invention, a light guide plate-type video display device and a video display system that are capable of displaying a video with less color deviation and less video distortion are provided. A video display device 101 configured to display a video includes a video projection unit 200 configured to project video light, a video deflection unit 210, and a light guide portion 230. The video deflection unit 210 deflects video light emitted by the video projection unit 200 and causes the video light to propagate to the light guide portion 230, and the light guide portion 230 causes the entered video light to propagate therein and outputs the video light. Here, the video deflection unit 210 or the light guide portion 230 is configured to reduce color dispersion of the video light outputted from the light guide portion 230.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Ryuji UKAI, Takahiro MOURI, Takeru UTSUGI, Toshiteru NAKAMURA, Takuma KUNO, Masahito UCHIYAMA
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Patent number: 11442353Abstract: A virtual image projection device that generates image light includes a light source that emits light; a microlens array that emits the light, which is emitted from the light source, as light having a predetermined angle distribution; an imaging lens that concentrates the light from the microlens array; a display unit that is irradiated with the light, which is concentrated by the imaging lens, to generate an image; and a projection unit that projects the image, which is generated by the display unit, as image light. The microlens array is disposed such that short side directions of lens cells do not line up straight.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC.Inventors: Takahiro Mouri, Ryuji Ukai, Takuma Kuno, Toshiteru Nakamura
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Publication number: 20220066215Abstract: A head mounted display displays an image in a user's view field and includes a projection unit projecting image light from an image display unit; and a first and second light guide plates that duplicate the image light from the projection unit. The first and second light guide plates each include a set of parallel main surfaces confining the image light by internal reflection. The first light guide plate includes an incident surface reflecting the image light inward, and two or more emission reflective surfaces emitting the image light to the second light guide plate. The incident and emission reflective surfaces are parallel to each other at an angle different from the main surface, and the second light guide plate includes an input unit coupling the image light from the first light guide plate inward, and an output unit emitting the image light to the user's pupil.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Toshiteru NAKAMURA, Takuma KUNO, Takahiro MOURI
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Patent number: 11240402Abstract: An optical scanning device for displaying or capturing an image is used, the device including: an optical scanning unit configured to scan emitted light while drawing a spiral trajectory, wherein the unit includes: a light guide path configured to guide incident light to output the emitted light from an emission end; and a vibration unit configured to vibrate the emission end; a light emission control unit configured to control light emission of the emitted light; a polar coordinate generation unit configured to generate a radius and a deflection angle relating to the spiral trajectory; a driving signal generation unit configured to generate a driving signal for driving the vibration unit; an angle correction unit configured to perform calculation for correcting an angle based on information from the driving signal generation unit and output an corrected angle; and a coordinate calculation unit configured to calculate coordinates of an image.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shinsuke Onoe, Toshiteru Nakamura, Kenichiro Yamada, Takahiro Matsuda, Yoshiho Seo
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Publication number: 20210373424Abstract: A virtual image projection device that generates image light includes a light source that emits light; a microlens array that emits the light, which is emitted from the light source, as light having a predetermined angle distribution; an imaging lens that concentrates the light from the microlens array; a display unit that is irradiated with the light, which is concentrated by the imaging lens, to generate an image; and a projection unit that projects the image, which is generated by the display unit, as image light. The microlens array is disposed such that short side directions of lens cells do not line up straight.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Takahiro MOURI, Ryuji UKAI, Takuma KUNO, Toshiteru NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20210364802Abstract: An objective of the present disclosure is to provide an image display device capable of suppressing stray light and outputting a high-quality video. An image display device according to the present disclosure comprises a protective cover covering a periphery of a light guide, wherein the protective cover comprises a concave lens and a convex lens, wherein the concave lens and the light guide are disposed at intervals of 4 mm or less, and wherein the convex lens and the light guide are disposed at intervals of 5 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Masahito UCHIYAMA, Toshiteru NAKAMURA, Takuma KUNO, Ryuichiro MIZUNO, Kazuhiko KUZUMAKI
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Patent number: 11112610Abstract: An image display device projecting an image to a user includes: an image generation unit that generates image light; a projection optical unit that projects the image light generated by the image generation unit; an image light duplication unit that duplicates and emits the image light projected by the projection optical unit; and a light-guiding unit that projects the image light duplicated by the image light duplication unit to a user, in which the projection optical unit includes at least one projection lens, and in which an interval at which the image light duplication unit duplicates the image light is smaller than an outer diameter of the projection lens.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC.Inventors: Takuma Kuno, Ryuji Ukai, Toshiteru Nakamura, Masahito Uchiyama, Takahiro Mouri
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Patent number: 11106040Abstract: To provide a wide eye box and are capable of displaying a video having uniform luminance, it is provided a video display apparatus comprising: a video projection unit configured to project video light; a video light replication unit configured to replicate the video light; and a light guiding unit configured to transmit the video light through an inside of the light guiding unit, wherein the video light replication unit is configured to transmit the video light emitted from the video projection unit to the light guiding unit, wherein the light guiding unit is configured to transmit the video light that has entered through the inside to output the video light, and wherein the video light replication unit is configured to replicate the video light that has entered the video light replication unit so that a luminance distribution of the video light output from the light guiding unit is uniform.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC.Inventors: Ryuji Ukai, Toshiteru Nakamura, Takuma Kuno, Satoshi Ouchi
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Publication number: 20210149183Abstract: There is provided a highly efficient virtual image projection device in a small size that displays images of high luminance in which an illumination system is reduced in size with no degradation in an effective luminous light beam. A virtual image projection device that shows video to a human eye includes a virtual light source surface (116) that emits a light beam in a predetermined angular distribution, an image forming lens (117) that condenses the light beam from the virtual light source surface (116), and a display (120) that creates video. When the virtual light source surface (116) is disposed at a nearly focal position on the front side of the image forming lens (117), the display (120) is disposed at a nearly focal position on the rear side of the image forming lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Seiji MURATA, Ryuji UKAI, Tomoto KAWAMURA, Toshiteru NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 10976554Abstract: A light guide plate includes: first and second internal reflective surfaces that are approximately parallel and propagate incoming image light while totally reflecting the image light; a partially reflective surface array that has a plurality of partially reflective surfaces arranged in a direction of propagating image light, the partially reflective surfaces being inclined at a predetermined angle and partially reflecting the image light; and a uniforming element that uniforms intensity distribution of image light which is reflected by the partially reflective surface array to be projected from the light guide plate. As the uniforming element, the partially reflective surface array is divided into a plurality of segments along a direction of propagating image light, and the inter-surface spacing of the partially reflective surfaces or the reflectivity of the partially reflective surfaces is configured to vary from segment to segment.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC.Inventors: Takuma Kuno, Ryuji Ukai, Toshiteru Nakamura, Satoshi Ouchi
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Publication number: 20210063743Abstract: An image display device projecting an image to a user includes: an image generation unit that generates image light; a projection optical unit that projects the image light generated by the image generation unit; an image light duplication unit that duplicates and emits the image light projected by the projection optical unit; and a light-guiding unit that projects the image light duplicated by the image light duplication unit to a user, in which the projection optical unit includes at least one projection lens, and in which an interval at which the image light duplication unit duplicates the image light is smaller than an outer diameter of the projection lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Takuma KUNO, Ryuji UKAI, Toshiteru NAKAMURA, Masahito UCHIYAMA, Takahiro MOURI
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Patent number: 10877275Abstract: An image guide comprising glass or plastic planar substrate, a first hologram area, a second hologram area, and a third hologram area which are formed on the substrate as surface relief grating, period and direction of diffraction structure of the first, second, and third hologram areas have a relationship which is a sum of grating vectors of the first, second, and third hologram areas becomes zero, depth of diffraction structure on the first hologram area is a uniform in the own hologram area, and depth of diffraction structure on the second or third hologram area is chirped in the own hologram area increases luminance and uniformity of virtual image.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignees: HITACHI, LTD., Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University Of ArizonaInventors: Toshiteru Nakamura, Yuzuru Takashima
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Patent number: 10859839Abstract: A head mounted display has a display unit to generate a displayed image, an illumination unit to emit illumination light to the display unit, a projection unit to project image light from the display unit, and a light guide unit to transmit image light from the projection unit to pupils of a user. Here, the illumination unit has light source units, a microlens array that is illuminated by light emitted from the light source units and becomes a virtual secondary light source, a condensing optical member to focus light from the microlens array on the display unit, and a diffusion plate to diffuse light from the microlens array, and the diffusion plate is arranged closer to the condensing optical member than to the microlens array. As a result, a conjugate image is inhibited from being generated with the adoption of a microlens array.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC.Inventors: Toshiteru Nakamura, Ryuji Ukai, Takuma Kuno, Takahiro Mouri, Masataka Sugita
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Publication number: 20200233217Abstract: A light guide plate includes: first and second internal reflective surfaces that are approximately parallel and propagate incoming image light while totally reflecting the image light; a partially reflective surface array that has a plurality of partially reflective surfaces arranged in a direction of propagating image light, the partially reflective surfaces being inclined at a predetermined angle and partially reflecting the image light; and a uniforming element that uniforms intensity distribution of image light which is reflected by the partially reflective surface array to be projected from the light guide plate. As the uniforming element, the partially reflective surface array is divided into a plurality of segments along a direction of propagating image light, and the inter-surface spacing of the partially reflective surfaces or the reflectivity of the partially reflective surfaces is configured to vary from segment to segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Takuma KUNO, Ryuji UKAI, Toshiteru NAKAMURA, Satoshi OUCHI