Patents by Inventor Yasuteru MIYAOKA

Yasuteru MIYAOKA 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: 11953815
    Abstract: A projector includes a light source device, an image projection device configured to modulate light emitted from the light source device to generate image light and project the image light, a power supply device configured to supply electric power to the light source device and the image projection device, a housing configured to house the light source device, the image projection device, and the power supply device, a first discharge fan configured to set at least one device of the light source derive, the image projection device, and the power supply device as a cooling target and suck gas from the cooling target and discharge the gas, a second discharge fan configured to discharge the gas discharged by the first discharge fan and the gas in the housing to an outside of the housing, and a duct for circulating the gas discharged by the first discharge fan to the second discharge fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Tsukioka, Yasuteru Miyaoka
  • Publication number: 20220317552
    Abstract: A projector includes a light source device, an image projection device configured to modulate light emitted from the light source device to generate image light and project the image light, a power supply device configured to supply electric power to the light source device and the image projection device, a housing configured to house the light source device, the image projection device, and the power supply device, a first discharge fan configured to set at least one device of the light source derive, the image projection device, and the power supply device as a cooling target and suck gas from the cooling target and discharge the gas, a second discharge fan configured to discharge the gas discharged by the first discharge fan and the gas in the housing to an outside of the housing, and a duct for circulating the gas discharged by the first discharge fan to the second discharge fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Keita TSUKIOKA, Yasuteru MIYAOKA
  • Patent number: 8616707
    Abstract: A projector includes: a housing; an optical element accommodated in the housing; and an air supply unit configured to generate a flow of cooling air for cooling a cooling target element including the optical element, a dustproof area into which the cooling air can be introduced from the outside of the housing via a dustproof filter is formed inside the housing, the optical element is accommodated in the dustproof area of the housing, and the air supply unit includes a first air supply unit configured to introduce the cooling air from the outside of the housing to the dustproof area via the dustproof filter, and a second air supply unit accommodated in the dustproof area and configured to supply the cooling air introduced to the dustproof area by the first air supply unit toward the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunaga Miyazawa, Yoshitaka Itoh, Toshihiko Sakai, Katsuhiro Matsuyama, Yasuteru Miyaoka
  • Publication number: 20110188005
    Abstract: A projector includes: a housing; an optical element accommodated in the housing; and an air supply unit configured to generate a flow of cooling air for cooling a cooling target element including the optical element, a dustproof area into which the cooling air can be introduced from the outside of the housing via a dustproof filter is formed inside the housing, the optical element is accommodated in the dustproof area of the housing, and the air supply unit includes a first air supply unit configured to introduce the cooling air from the outside of the housing to the dustproof area via the dustproof filter, and a second air supply unit accommodated in the dustproof area and configured to supply the cooling air introduced to the dustproof area by the first air supply unit toward the optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunaga MIYAZAWA, Yoshitaka ITOH, Toshihiko SAKAI, Katsuhiro MATSUYAMA, Yasuteru MIYAOKA