Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Takada

Yoshiaki Takada 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: 11966050
    Abstract: The head-up display apparatus includes: a display unit configured to output projection light; at least one reflector configured to reflect the projection light; a housing, which has an opening portion, and is configured to store the display unit and the reflector therein; a cover member configured to cover the opening portion; and a polarizing plate with a retardation layer, which is arranged on a housing inner side of the cover member, and includes a retardation layer and a polarizer in the stated order from a cover member side. The retardation layer has an in-plane retardation Re(550) of 3,000 nm or more. The head-up display apparatus is configured so that an angle of reflection of the projection light output from the housing through the opening portion with respect to a windshield is 30° or less, or is 40° or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehito Fuchida, Yoshiaki Asanoi, Katsunori Takada
  • Patent number: 11933979
    Abstract: A head-up display apparatus that is excellent in viewability. A head-up display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display unit configured to emit projection light, the display unit including a display cell, and a first polarizing plate with a retardation layer, which is arranged on an emission side of the display cell, and which includes a polarizer and a first retardation layer in the stated order from a display cell side; at least one reflector configured to reflect the projection light; and a second polarizing plate with a retardation layer, which is arranged on a reflection surface of the reflector, and which includes a polarizer and a second retardation layer in the stated order from a reflector side. The first retardation layer and the second retardation layer each have an in-plane retardation Re(550) of from 100 nm to 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Asanoi, Takehito Fuchida, Katsunori Takada
  • Patent number: 11921369
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer having a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. A polarizer of the present invention is a polarizer formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a liquid crystal compound, a first dichroic material, and a second dichroic material, in which the polarizer has an array structure formed of the first dichroic material and the second dichroic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Hoshino, Yoshiaki Takada, Yuzo Fujiki, Kengo Saito, Yasuhiro Ishiwata, Takashi Katou, Keisuke Ushirogata
  • Publication number: 20240031708
    Abstract: A pixel is configured to output a signal. An input node is configured to input the signal. A holding circuit is configured to hold the signal input to the input node. An amplifier is configured to input the signal held in the holding circuit. An output node is configured to output the signal from the amplifier. An input switch is connected in series between the input node and the holding circuit. An output switch is connected in series between the amplifier and the output node. In a first operation mode, the output switch is in an on state, and the input switch is turned on or off at a predetermined timing to hold the signal in the holding circuit. In a second operation mode, the input switch and the output switch are an off state and the amplifier outputs a constant voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: KOICHIRO IWATA, YOSHIAKI TAKADA
  • Patent number: 11849238
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first substrate including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a second substrate layered on the first substrate and including an AD conversion portion including a plurality of AD conversion circuits configured to convert a signal output from the first substrate into a digital signal, wherein the second substrate further includes a plurality of signal processing units including a first signal processing unit and a second signal processing unit both configured to perform machine learning processing, wherein each of a plurality of sets includes a plurality of AD conversion circuits that differ between the plurality of sets, wherein the first signal processing unit is arranged to correspond to one of the plurality of sets, and wherein the second signal processing unit is arranged to correspond to another one of the plurality of sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei Ochiai, Yoshiaki Takada, Masaki Sato, Masahiro Kobayashi, Daisuke Kobayashi, Tetsuya Itano, Nao Nakatsuji, Yasuhiro Oguro
  • Patent number: 11800253
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: a first pad portion that is connected to a voltage supply line in an aperture pixel region, and to which a reference voltage from outside of the semiconductor substrate is supplied; and a second pad portion that is connected to the voltage supply line in the light-shielded pixel region, and to which the reference voltage from outside of the semiconductor substrate is supplied, the second pad portion being separated from the first pad portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Saito, Hideo Kobayashi, Koichiro Iwata, Yoshiaki Takada, Satoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 11768323
    Abstract: A polarizer with a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. The polarizer is formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a liquid crystal compound, a first dichroic material, and a second dichroic material, in which the polarizer has an array structure formed of the first dichroic material and an array structure formed of the second dichroic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Hoshino, Yoshiaki Takada, Yasuhiro Ishiwata, Yuzo Fujiki, Kengo Saito
  • Publication number: 20230212460
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming a photo-alignment film that improves a surface state of a liquid crystal layer having excellent liquid crystal alignment properties of the liquid crystal layer provided on a photo-alignment film, and an optical laminate formed of the composition. The composition includes a polymer A which has a repeating unit A1 containing a photo-aligned group and a repeating unit A2 containing a cationically polymerizable group, a polymer B which has a repeating unit B1 containing a cationically polymerizable group and does not contain a photo-aligned group, and at least one acid generator selected from the group consisting of a photoacid generator and a thermal acid generator, in which the polymer B has 90% by mass or greater of a repeating unit, in which a hydrogen bond element of a Hansen solubility parameter is less than 10.0, with respect to all repeating units of the polymer B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUYAMA, Yoshiaki TAKADA, Wataru HOSHINO, Naoki KOITO
  • Publication number: 20230217789
    Abstract: Provided is an optical laminate with excellent durability and an image display device formed of the optical laminate. The optical laminate includes a pressure sensitive adhesive layer 1, a specific laminate including a resin layer and a light absorption anisotropic layer which are adjacent to each other, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer 2 in order, in which the light absorption anisotropic layer contains a dichroic substance, the pressure sensitive adhesive layer 1 is adjacent to the resin layer of the specific laminate, and a storage elastic modulus Ep of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer 1 and a storage elastic modulus Ea and a moist heat strain ?a of the resin layer satisfy Expression (1-1) ¼ (3 × Ep/Ea)? > ?a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki KOITO, Michio ARAI, Shun INOUE, Hiroshi MATSUYAMA, Yoshiaki TAKADA
  • Patent number: 11528445
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a stack of first and second chips each having a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix form. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the e1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the p-th row and the v-th column. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the f1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the q-th row and the v-th column. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the g1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the r-th row and the v-th column. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the h1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the s-th row and the v-th column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhito Sakurai, Yoshiaki Takada, Takahiro Shirai, Hideo Kobayashi, Kohichi Nakamura, Daisuke Yoshida, Fumihiro Inui
  • Publication number: 20220388050
    Abstract: A spinning device includes a flange forming section that, in a state where a base material having a tubular shape and including at least a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion is relatively rotated, forms a flange portion protruding in a direction away from a center axis by pressing the large-diameter portion in a center axis direction of the base material while contacting an outer peripheral portion of the small-diameter portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Takada
  • Publication number: 20220285410
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion member included in a photodiode PD2 is disposed at the position overlapping with a section B1, a photoelectric conversion member included in a photodiode PD1 is disposed at the position overlapping with a section B2, and a photoelectric conversion member included in the photodiode PD1 is disposed at the position overlapping with a section B3. A plurality of electrodes 25 each forming a Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) structure together with a semiconductor layer 10 is disposed on a front surface FS of the semiconductor layer 10. At least one of the plurality of electrodes 25 overlaps with at least one of eight sections B2 to B9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takada, Hajime Ikeda, Keisuke Ota, Yoichiro Handa
  • Publication number: 20220247966
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first substrate including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a second substrate layered on the first substrate and including an AD conversion portion including a plurality of AD conversion circuits configured to convert a signal output from the first substrate into a digital signal, wherein the second substrate further includes a plurality of signal processing units including a first signal processing unit and a second signal processing unit both configured to perform machine learning processing, wherein each of a plurality of sets includes a plurality of AD conversion circuits that differ between the plurality of sets, wherein the first signal processing unit is arranged to correspond to one of the plurality of sets, and wherein the second signal processing unit is arranged to correspond to another one of the plurality of sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kei Ochiai, Yoshiaki Takada, Masaki Sato, Masahiro Kobayashi, Daisuke Kobayashi, Tetsuya Itano, Nao Nakatsuji, Yasuhiro Oguro
  • Publication number: 20220204856
    Abstract: Provided is a polarizer with excellent durability and an image display device including the polarizer. The polarizer includes a composition for forming a polarizer which contains a polymer liquid crystal compound and a dichroic material, in which the dichroic material includes a first dichroic material and a second dichroic material, an absolute value of a difference between a log P value of the first dichroic material and a log P value of the second dichroic material is 1.0 or less, and a stabilization energy indicating an energy loss in a case where one dichroic material of the first dichroic material and the second dichroic material is incorporated into a structure singly formed of the other dichroic material that is aligned therein is 30 kcal/mol or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yumi KATO, Yasukazu KUWAYAMA, Yoshiaki TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20220186119
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal composition capable of forming a light absorption anisotropic film with excellent light resistance, a dichroic material, a light absorption anisotropic film, a laminate, and an image display device. The liquid crystal composition contains a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic material having a structure represented by Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi KATOU, Yoshiaki TAKADA, Keigo SHIGA, Kengo SAITO
  • Patent number: 11339329
    Abstract: Provided is a polarizer having a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. The polarizer is formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a polymer liquid crystal compound and a dichroic material, in which the polymer liquid crystal compound is a thermotropic liquid crystal and a crystalline polymer, the polymer liquid crystal compound and the dichroic material are horizontally aligned, and crystallinity of the polymer liquid crystal compound in the polarizer-forming composition is higher than the crystallinity of the polymer liquid crystal compound alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Hoshino, Yoshiaki Takada, Kengo Saito
  • Patent number: 11258973
    Abstract: An AD conversion circuit includes a comparator configured to compare an analog signal with a ramp signal and output a comparison result signal indicating a result of the comparison, and performs an AD conversion using the comparison result signal. In the comparison, a potential of the ramp signal changes with a lapse of time from a first potential to a second potential. Before the comparison, the potential of the ramp signal changes at a first change rate and then changes at a second change rate smaller than the first change rate, the potential of the ramp signal changes from the first potential to a third potential between the first potential and the second potential, and the comparator is reset in a state where the third potential is input to the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichiro Iwata, Yoshiaki Takada, Kohichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210368121
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a stack of first and second chips each having a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix form. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the e1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the p-th row and the v-th column. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the f1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the q-th row and the v-th column. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the g1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the r-th row and the v-th column. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the h1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the s-th row and the v-th column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Katsuhito Sakurai, Yoshiaki Takada, Takahiro Shirai, Hideo Kobayashi, Kohichi Nakamura, Daisuke Yoshida, Fumihiro Inui
  • Publication number: 20210360180
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: a first pad portion that is connected to a voltage supply line in an aperture pixel region, and to which a reference voltage from outside of the semiconductor substrate is supplied; and a second pad portion that is connected to the voltage supply line in the light-shielded pixel region, and to which the reference voltage from outside of the semiconductor substrate is supplied, the second pad portion being separated from the first pad portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Saito, Hideo Kobayashi, Koichiro Iwata, Yoshiaki Takada, Satoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 11108986
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a stack of first and second chips each having a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix form. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the e1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the p-th row and the v-th column. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the f1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the q-th row and the v-th column. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the g1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the r-th row and the v-th column. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the h1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the s-th row and the v-th column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhito Sakurai, Yoshiaki Takada, Takahiro Shirai, Hideo Kobayashi, Kohichi Nakamura, Daisuke Yoshida, Fumihiro Inui