Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Nishida

Yasuhiro Nishida 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: 20240069382
    Abstract: A display device includes a backlight unit including: a substrate; a Light Emitting Diode (LED) disposed on a surface of the substrate; and a refractive cover configured to surround the LED. The refractive cover includes: a first refractive surface to: be spaced apart from the LED by a preset distance, be positioned on the upper surface of the substrate, be parallel to an axis of the LED or be inclined within one angle from the axis of the LED; a second refractive surface to be a curved surface in which an angle between a tangent line and the axis of the LED increases from a region connected to another upper portion of the first refractive surface toward a direction of the axis of the LED; and a third refractive surface to be connected to an portion of the second refractive surface and be perpendicular to the axis of the LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daesik KIM, Kyonaghyong KIM, Yasuhiro NISHIDA, Jongil KIM
  • Publication number: 20240044476
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a wavelength conversion member disposed to face the plurality of light sources; and a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of traveling direction angle of incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi YAMAMOTO, Kenji KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240027828
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides display apparatuses including a backlight unit (BLU). In some embodiments, the display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, and a BLU configured to provide light to the liquid crystal panel. The BLU includes a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the substrate and configured to emit the light, a plurality of refractive covers, and a plurality of reflectors on the substrate disposed between the plurality of LEDs and configured to reflect the light emitted from the plurality of LEDs. Each refractive cover is disposed on a corresponding LED of the plurality of LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daesik KIM, Kyonghyong KIM, Jongil KIM, Yasuhiro NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11866911
    Abstract: A control method for a fan of a work vehicle includes supplying, when an engine is started, a first current to a solenoid of a variable relief valve such that the hydraulic fluid flows by a first flow rate, supplying, when a rotational speed of the engine becomes larger than a first rotational speed threshold value, a second current larger than the first current to the solenoid such that the hydraulic fluid flows by a second flow rate smaller than the first flow rate to reduce the rotational speed of the fan, and supplying, when the rotational speed of the engine becomes larger than a second rotational speed threshold value that is larger than the first rotational speed threshold value, a current to the solenoid to change the rotational speed of the fan, the current corresponding to a temperature of liquid flowing in the work vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Ryota Hamamoto, Yasuhiro Nishida, Daiki Abe
  • Patent number: 11803082
    Abstract: A backlight unit comprising a printed circuit board; a plurality of light sources at a surface of the printed circuit board, the plurality of light sources to emit light; and a reflective sheet, arranged above the plurality of light sources, having differing transmittance on the basis of incident angle of the light from the plurality of light sources, respectively, wherein the reflective sheet is provided with at least one gap between two adjacent light sources from among the plurality of light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishida, Farid Mukhtarov, Daesik Kim
  • Publication number: 20230314874
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a liquid crystal panel; and a backlight unit configured to provide light to the liquid crystal panel, wherein the backlight unit includes: a substrate; a light emitting diode provided on the substrate; a quantum dot cover covering the light emitting diode and configured to convert a wavelength of light emitted from the light emitting diode; a refractive cover covering the quantum dot cover, wherein a surface of the refractive cover has a recessed portion that is recessed toward the quantum dot cover and a reflector provided in the recessed portion to be positioned above the quantum dot cover, and wherein a diameter of a lower surface of the reflector is smaller than a diameter of an upper surface of the reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daesik KIM, Yasuhiro NISHIDA, Kyonghyong KIM, Jongil KIM
  • Patent number: 11774068
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a wavelength conversion member disposed to face the plurality of light sources; and a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of traveling direction angle of incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Koichi Yamamoto, Kenji Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Nishida
  • Patent number: 11768400
    Abstract: Provided is a backlight unit, a display apparatus, and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus capable of securing a uniform and wide illumination area with a small number of light sources through reflection of a reflective layer. The backlight unit includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit light; a first reflective layer configured to reflect the light emitted from the plurality of light sources; and a second reflective layer configured to reflect the light reflected from the first reflective layer, wherein an amount of reflection from the first reflective layer and an amount of transmission through the first reflective layer are different from each other according to an angle of incidence of light incident on the first reflective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daesik Kim, Yasuhiro Nishida, Farid Mukhtarov
  • Patent number: 11719976
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, and a backlight unit configured to emit light to the liquid crystal panel. The backlight unit includes a substrate, a light emitting diode (LED) provided on the substrate and configured to emit light, and a refractive cover formed by being provided at a plurality of points separated from each other, and configured to enclose the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daesik Kim, Kyonghyong Kim, Doyoung Kwak, Jeongtaek Kim, Jongil Kim, Yasuhiro Nishida, Inyoul Seo, Byunghun Woo
  • Publication number: 20230203789
    Abstract: A control method for a fan of a work vehicle includes supplying, when an engine is started, a first current to a solenoid of a variable relief valve such that the hydraulic fluid flows by a first flow rate, supplying, when a rotational speed of the engine becomes larger than a first rotational speed threshold value, a second current larger than the first current to the solenoid such that the hydraulic fluid flows by a second flow rate smaller than the first flow rate to reduce the rotational speed of the fan, and supplying, when the rotational speed of the engine becomes larger than a second rotational speed threshold value that is larger than the first rotational speed threshold value, a current to the solenoid to change the rotational speed of the fan, the current corresponding to a temperature of liquid flowing in the work vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Hiroaki NAKAGAWA, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIDA, Daiki ABE
  • Publication number: 20230126774
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, and a backlight unit configured to emit light to the liquid crystal panel. The backlight unit includes a substrate, a light emitting diode (LED) provided on the substrate and configured to emit light, and a refractive cover formed by being provided at a plurality of points separated from each other, and configured to enclose the LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Daesik KIM, Kyonghyong KIM, Doyoung KWAK, Jeongtaek KIM, Jongil KIM, Yasuhiro NISHIDA, Inyoul SEO, Byunghun WOO
  • Publication number: 20230053454
    Abstract: A backlight unit comprising a printed circuit board; a plurality of light sources at a surface of the printed circuit board, the plurality of light sources to emit light; and a reflective sheet, arranged above the plurality of light sources, having differing transmittance on the basis of incident angle of the light from the plurality of light sources, respectively, wherein the reflective sheet is provided with at least one gap between two adjacent light sources from among the plurality of light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro NISHIDA, Farid MUKHTAROV, Daesik KIM
  • Patent number: 11559003
    Abstract: A yield calculation system comprises a position sensor configured to detect a position. A baler comprises a bale chamber in which crop material is to be formed into a bale, a volume measurement sensor provided in the bale chamber and configured to measure a volume of the bale in the bale chamber, the volume corresponding to the position detected by the position sensor, and a moisture measurement sensor provided in the bale chamber and configured to measure a moisture amount in the bale, the moisture amount corresponding to the position detected by the position sensor. Circuitry is configured to calculate, based on the volume of the bale and the moisture amount corresponding to the position, a yield corresponding to the position by excluding the moisture amount from an amount of the bale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeru Ibuki, Hirokazu Sasamoto, Sakura Sasakura, Yasuhiro Nishida
  • Publication number: 20220325872
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a wavelength conversion member disposed to face the plurality of light sources; and a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of traveling direction angle of incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Koichi Yamamoto, Kenji KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11402690
    Abstract: The disclosure relates a direct type backlight unit, and provides a backlight unit capable of reducing the thickness by maintaining necessary and sufficient optical characteristics and reducing the optical distance (OD), and a liquid crystal display apparatus including the same. Provided is a backlight unit including: light source; a diffusion plate provided to diffuse light emitted from the light source; and an optical sheet disposed between the light source and the diffusion plate and having a plurality of protrusions having a pyramidal shape and the plurality of protrusions protrude toward the light source so that light emitted from the light source is incident onto the plurality of protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishida, Farid Mukhtarov, Dae Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11396996
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a wavelength conversion member disposed to face the plurality of light sources; and a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of traveling direction angle of incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Koichi Yamamoto, Kenji Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Nishida
  • Publication number: 20220201921
    Abstract: A farming support system includes a position detector provided in one of a work vehicle and a rake implement attachable to the work vehicle, and a processor configured or programmed to obtain, based on information about the rake implement, a positional relationship between a reference point to be positioned by the position detector and a swath to be formed by the rake implement, in a local coordinate system that is defined for the work vehicle and the rake implement attached thereto. The processor is configured or programmed to generate swath position information indicating a position of the swath in a geographic coordinate system, based on information indicating a position of the reference point in the geographic coordinate system detected by the position detector during forming of the swath, and the positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Hirokazu SASAMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220206337
    Abstract: Provided is a backlight unit, a display apparatus, and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus capable of securing a uniform and wide illumination area with a small number of light sources through reflection of a reflective layer. The backlight unit includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit light; a first reflective layer configured to reflect the light emitted from the plurality of light sources; and a second reflective layer configured to reflect the light reflected from the first reflective layer, wherein an amount of reflection from the first reflective layer and an amount of transmission through the first reflective layer are different from each other according to an angle of incidence of light incident on the first reflective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daesik KIM, Yasuhiro NISHIDA, Farid MUKHTAROV
  • Patent number: 11366265
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel, a light guide plate arranged behind the display panel, a light guide member configured to guide light toward a rear surface of the light guide plate, the light guide member formed of a transparent material and arranged to have a front surface come in contact with the rear surface of the light guide plate, and a light source configured to supply light to the light guide member, wherein the light guide member includes a light guide portion having a width and a length longer than the width and configured to guide widthwise movement of light supplied from the light source and an exit portion protruding forward from the light guide portion to guide the light to be emitted toward the rear surface of the light guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Farid Mukhtarov, Dae Sik Kim, Yasuhiro Nishida
  • Patent number: 11237428
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel; a light source module configured to provide light to the liquid crystal panel; a printed circuit board (PCB) on which the light source module is mounted; and at least one chassis accommodating the liquid crystal panel and the PCB. The light source module includes: a substrate; a reflector positioned on the substrate, and including a curved surface having a shape resulting from rotating a portion of a parabola around a directrix of the parabola, the directrix perpendicular to the substrate; and a plurality of light sources mounted on the substrate along focal points of the parabola of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daesik Kim, Farid Mukhtarov, Yasuhiro Nishida