Patents by Inventor Yoshio Wakabayashi

Yoshio Wakabayashi 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: 6842282
    Abstract: A front projection screen (S) has a front shading sheet (5) facing a viewing side (A), and formed of a transparent material. The front shading sheet (5) has a front surface facing the viewing side (A), provided with a plurality of horizontal, parallel, minute ridges (8) having a triangular cross section and each having an upper side surface coated with a shading layer (9). A transparent filler layer (13) of a material having a refractive index nearly equal to that of the transparent material of the front shading sheet (5) is formed on the rear surface (4) of the front shading sheet (5), transparent glass beads (12) are embedded uniformly in a plane in the rear surface of the transparent filler layer (13), the rear surface of the transparent filler layer (13) is coated with a white, reflecting adhesive layer (11), and an opaque film (10) impermeable to light is applied to the rear surface of the reflecting adhesive layer (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Arisawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Kuroda, Koji Tanaka, Yoshio Wakabayashi, Tatsufumi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6744558
    Abstract: A rear-projection screen is formed by adhesively bonding a front transparent sheet (2f) to the front surface of a transparent plate (3) on a viewing side (A), and adhesively bonding a wide-angle diffusing sheet (2r) to the rear surface of the transparent plate (3) on an image-projecting side. The front transparent sheet (2f) is provided in its front surface with a plurality of horizontal, parallel, minute ridges (4) having a triangular cross section. A side surface facing up or down of the two side surfaces of each minute ridge (4) is coated with a shading film (5), and the other side surface is transparent. The surface on the viewing side of the rear-projection screen does not reflect images even in a bright environment and are capable of displaying high-definition images having a high black level. The rear-projection screen can be used for forming a large screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Arisawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Tanaka, Kazumi Kuroda, Yoshio Wakabayashi, Tatsufumi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20030137728
    Abstract: A front projection screen (S) has a front shading sheet (5) facing a viewing side (A), and formed of a transparent material. The front shading sheet (5) has a front surface facing the viewing side (A), provided with a plurality of horizontal, parallel, minute ridges (8) having a triangular cross section and each having an upper side surface coated with a shading layer (9). A transparent filler layer (13) of a material having a refractive index nearly equal to that of the transparent material of the front shading sheet (5) is formed on the rear surface (4) of the front shading sheet (5), transparent glass beads (12) are embedded uniformly in a plane in the rear surface of the transparent filler layer (13), the rear surface of the transparent filler layer (13) is coated with a white, reflecting adhesive layer (11), and an opaque film (10) impermeable to light is applied to the rear surface of the reflecting adhesive layer (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Kazumi Kuroda, Koji Tanaka, Yoshio Wakabayashi, Tatsufumi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20030107803
    Abstract: A rear-projection screen is formed by adhesively bonding a front transparent sheet (2f) to the front surface of a transparent plate (3) on a viewing side (A), and adhesively bonding a wide-angle diffusing sheet (2r) to the rear surface of the transparent plate (3) on an image-projecting side. The front transparent sheet (2f) is provided in its front surface with a plurality of horizontal, parallel, minute ridges (4) having a triangular cross section. A side surface facing up or down of the two side surfaces of each minute ridge (4) is coated with a shading film (5), and the other side surface is transparent. The surface on the viewing side of the rear-projection screen does not reflect images even in a bright environment and are capable of displaying high-definition images having a high black level. The rear-projection screen can be used for forming a large screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Koji Tanaka, Kazumi Kuroda, Yoshio Wakabayashi, Tatsufumi Fukuda