Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Kamada

Tsuyoshi Kamada 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: 11903287
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: pixel electrodes provided for individual subpixels of at least three colors; a common electrode provided facing each of the pixel electrodes; and light-emitting layers of each color provided between the common electrode and, respectively, each of the pixel electrodes, wherein one of each of the pixel electrodes and the common electrode is a cathode electrode and the other is an anode electrode and among the light-emitting layers of the at least three colors, a light-emitting layer of a color having a largest electron affinity extends in a state of being layered between the cathode electrode and each light-emitting layer of the other colors as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Asaoka, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Shigeru Aomori
  • Publication number: 20230371343
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, an insulating film formed over the substrate, a first pixel electrode formed over the insulating film, a first light-emitting layer formed over the first pixel electrode and overlapping the first pixel electrode in a plan view, a second light-emitting layer formed in a recess provided in the insulating film, and a second pixel electrode overlapping the recess in a plan view. At least one of the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer includes a quantum dot as a light-emitting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sentaro KIDA, YASUSHI ASAOKA, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230365856
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion element includes: a plate; and a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the plate and including: an inorganic matrix; an inorganic wavelength conversion material dispersed in the inorganic matrix and configured to emit light having a different wavelength than does incident light; and a polymer material in the inorganic matrix, wherein both the inorganic matrix and the polymer material are in contact with the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: HIROKAZU ICHINOSE, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230354648
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of first electrodes shaped into islands; a first light-emitting layer formed to overlap with a first electrode among the plurality of the first electrodes, the first light-emitting layer containing a first light-emitting material and resin; a second light-emitting layers formed to overlap with another first electrode among the plurality of the first electrodes, the second light-emitting layers being made of a second light-emitting material; and a bank formed in a shape of a picture frame, or formed to include two partition walls facing each other and separating an inner region from an outer region. The second light-emitting layer is provided behind the bank to be in contact with an inner side face of the bank, and the first light-emitting layer is formed out of the bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sentaro KIDA, YASUSHI ASAOKA, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230210434
    Abstract: A defibrillator is an apparatus for defibrillation, and includes an oxygen saturation (TOI) measurement unit for acquiring a numerical value related to an oxygen saturation of a patient, an electrocardiogram (ECG) measurement unit for measuring an electrocardiogram of the patient in order to determine whether an electrical shock is required for the patient, and a control unit for starting measurement of the electrocardiogram of the patient in the electrocardiogram measurement unit on the condition that the numerical value acquired in the oxygen saturation measurement unit exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KAMADA, Hitoshi KANO
  • Publication number: 20230182111
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a humidity controlling material with a high humidity controlling rate. The humidity controlling material includes a resin material and a humidity controlling liquid. The resin material contains a resin. The humidity controlling liquid impregnates the resin. The humidity controlling liquid absorbs or discharges moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: KYOKO MATSUURA, Yuusuke SHIMIZU, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, TETSUYA IDE, SHO OCHI
  • Publication number: 20230139423
    Abstract: A humidity controlling material includes: a first particle; and a second particle. The first particle includes: a first humidity controlling liquid containing a hygroscopic substance; and a first holding portion holding the first humidity controlling liquid. The second particle includes: a second humidity controlling liquid containing the hygroscopic substance; and a second holding portion holding the second humidity controlling liquid. The first holding portion and the second holding portion are formed of a polymeric material. The first humidity controlling liquid includes a first indicator a color of which changes according to an amount of moisture contained in the first humidity controlling liquid. The second humidity controlling liquid includes a second indicator a color of which changes, in a transition range different from a transition range of the first indicator, according to an amount of moisture contained in the second humidity controlling liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Yuusuke SHIMIZU, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, TETSUYA IDE, KYOKO MATSUURA, SHO OCHI
  • Publication number: 20230076464
    Abstract: Provided is a humidity conditioning material with which an amount of absorbed moisture or an amount of released moisture is easily understood. Moreover, provided is a humidity conditioning device including the above humidity conditioning material. Furthermore, provided is a method for manufacturing a humidity conditioning material with which an amount of absorbed moisture or an amount of released moisture is easily understood, and the humidity conditioning material has high humidity conditioning performance. In addition, the humidity conditioning material includes: a humidity conditioning liquid containing a hygroscopic substance; and a holding portion holding the humidity conditioning liquid into a predetermined shape. The holding portion is formed of a polymeric material. The hygroscopic substance contains a hygroscopic metal salt. The humidity conditioning liquid contains a pH indicator, and changes in color in accordance with an amount of moisture contained in the humidity conditioning liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: KYOKO MATSUURA, Yuusuke SHIMIZU, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, TETSUYA IDE, SHO OCHI
  • Publication number: 20230060279
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a first light-emitting layer coincides in plan view with each whole of a plurality of pixel electrodes included in a plurality of second sub-pixels, and with each whole of a plurality of pixel electrodes included in a plurality of third sub-pixels. The first light-emitting layer is shaped into a continuous form. A third light-emitting layer in plan view: has an opening kb1 inside a peripheral end portion of each of a plurality of pixel electrodes included in a plurality of first sub-pixels, and coincides with a whole circumference of the peripheral end portion; and has an opening inside a peripheral end portion of each of a plurality of pixel electrodes included in the plurality of second sub-pixels, and coincides with a whole circumference of the peripheral end portion-Sg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: YASUSHI ASAOKA, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, SHIGERU AOMORI
  • Patent number: 11512858
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes: an air conditioner that has a heat pump; a humidity controller of a wet desiccant type; an air transport flow path through which air discharged from the air conditioner is transported to the humidity controller; and a control unit that includes an air conditioner temperature control unit controlling a temperature of air discharged from the air conditioner and a humidity controller humidity control unit controlling a humidity of air discharged from the humidity controller. The air conditioner supplies the air, the temperature of which is controlled, to the humidity controller via the air transport flow path and the humidity controller discharges the air, the humidity of which is controlled, into a room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ide, Sho Ochi, Makoto Yamada, Hiroka Hamada, Jun Sakuma, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 11506360
    Abstract: Provided is compatibility between adhesion to a substrate (lower layer) and durability improvement. An optical element includes a phosphor layer facing a lower layer, and a bonding layer keeping the phosphor layer in intimate contact with the lower layer. The phosphor layer includes an inorganic binder, and phosphor particle dispersed with the inorganic binder. The bonding layer includes an organic binder. The phosphor layer has a first surface facing the lower layer, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface connecting the first and second surfaces together. The bonding layer connects together the second surface, the side surface, and a surface of the lower layer to keep the phosphor layer in intimate contact with the lower layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideomi Yui, Shigeru Aomori, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Hidetsugu Matsukiyo, Toru Kanno, Hirokazu Ichinose
  • Publication number: 20220344412
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting layer that includes, in each of a plurality of pixels: a light-emitting region in which a drive current flows between a first electrode and a second electrode; and a non-light-emitting region in which no drive current flows between the first electrode and the second electrode. The light-emitting region is divided into a plurality of subregions by a non-light-emitting region in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: SHIGERU AOMORI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, YASUSHI ASAOKA
  • Publication number: 20220344611
    Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a light-emitting layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a charge transport layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and containing a charge transport material configured to transport a charge to the light-emitting layer. At least one layer of the light-emitting layer and the charge transport layer is a function layer including a nanofiber and a photosensitive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: YASUSHI ASAOKA, SHIGERU AOMORI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220212140
    Abstract: Provided is a humidity control device capable of stably absorbing and desorbing moisture. The humidity control device includes: a moisture absorber causing a hygroscopic material to come into contact with air so that the hygroscopic material absorbs portion of moisture contained in the air, the hygroscopic material being in liquid and containing water, polyalcohol having hygroscopicity, and metal salt having hygroscopicity; and a composition controller controlling composition of the hygroscopic material. The composition controller controls the composition of the hygroscopic material to be within a range in which the hygroscopic material is capable of absorbing the moisture while the metal salt is kept from being deposited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: TETSUYA IDE, SHO OCHI, HIROKA HAMADA, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Patent number: 11376549
    Abstract: Provided is a humidity conditioning method that enables absorption and desorption of moisture with low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho Ochi, Tetsuya Ide, Makoto Yamada, Hiroka Hamada, Jun Sakuma, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Publication number: 20220173181
    Abstract: Provided is a display element according to an aspect of the disclosure including a flattening film and, on the flattening film, a plurality of banks each having a linear shape, a plurality of active layers each having a linear shape and formed between adjacent banks, and an upper transparent electrode formed on each of the plurality of active layers. A cut line having a locally reduced height with reference to the flattening film is formed in each the plurality of banks, and the upper transparent electrode formed on one of the adjacent active layers and the upper transparent electrode formed on the other of the adjacent active layers are electrically connected via a conductive electrode formed in the cut line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Sentaro KIDA, SHIGERU AOMORI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, YASUSHI ASAOKA, JUN SAKUMA
  • Patent number: 11337624
    Abstract: A concentration measurement apparatus includes a probe being attached to a head and having a light source for outputting measurement light and a photodetection unit for generating a detection signal according to an intensity of incident light, a calculation unit for performing a calculation of a hemoglobin concentration-related numerical value in the head which varies due to repetition of chest compression on the basis of the detection signal according to the intensity of the measurement light propagated through the inside of the head, and an instruction unit for instructing the calculation unit to start the calculation. The photodetection unit continuously generates the detection signal before the calculation start in the calculation unit. The instruction unit determines the calculation start on the basis of the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 11329105
    Abstract: A light absorbing member includes a first dichroic dye and a second dichroic dye. The first dichroic dye has an absorption peak wavelength between a first emission peak wavelength of the first light-emitting layer and a second emission peak wavelength of a second light-emitting layer. The second dichroic dye has an absorption peak wavelength between the second emission peak wavelength of the second light-emitting layer and a third emission peak wavelength of the third light-emitting layer. An angle of a molecule of the first dichroic dye in an absorption axis and an angle of a molecule of the second dichroic dye in an absorption axis with respect to a normal direction of the reflective layer are from 70 degrees to 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Asaoka, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 11318415
    Abstract: A humidity conditioning method includes: the humidity-absorbing step of bringing a hygroscopic liquid containing a hygroscopic material into contact with a first mass of air so that the hygroscopic liquid absorbs moisture in the first mass of air; and the regeneration step of separating moisture from the hygroscopic liquid having absorbed moisture, wherein the regeneration step retains the hygroscopic liquid having absorbed moisture, bombards at least some of the retained hygroscopic liquid with ultrasound to generate misty droplets from the hygroscopic liquid having absorbed moisture, and removes the misty droplets to separate moisture from the hygroscopic liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho Ochi, Tetsuya Ide, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Makoto Yamada, Hiroka Hamada, Jun Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20220049861
    Abstract: The humidity control system includes: a moisture absorption unit; an atomizing and regenerating unit; and a circulation mechanism that causes a liquid hygroscopic material to circulate between the moisture absorption unit and the atomizing and regenerating unit, in which the atomizing and regenerating unit includes at least one storage tank that stores the liquid hygroscopic material, and an ultrasonic wave generating unit that is provided at the storage tank and emits ultrasonic waves, the ultrasonic wave generating unit forms a liquid column on a liquid surface of a first region, and a flow of the liquid hygroscopic material transported from the moisture absorption unit to the first region in the atomizing and regenerating unit is set in the circulation mechanism to be small relative to a flow of the liquid hygroscopic material supplied from the moisture absorption unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: SHO OCHI, TETSUYA IDE, HIROKA HAMADA, TSUYOSHI KAMADA