Patents by Inventor Yosuke Asai

Yosuke Asai 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: 11920674
    Abstract: In this shift device, in a case in which an external force has acted on a lever when an operating mechanism is causing the lever to pivot, a clutch mechanism permits rotation of a first detent plate with respect to a second detent plate, such that pivoting of the lever is permitted. Note that a restraining mechanism urges the lever toward a shift position. This enables to the restraining mechanism to urge the lever separately to the clutch mechanism, thereby enabling the degrees of freedom for setting a biasing load on the lever by the restraining mechanism to be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Tomonori Hayase, Koji Imai, Tomoaki Asai, Kota Nishida, Yohei Nakano, Yosuke Murakami, Munetoshi Makimura
  • Publication number: 20240036192
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a reflector which covers an imaging space on a pathway, from both sides of pathway, and diffusely reflects a sub-terahertz wave; first and a second light sources each of which emits a sub-terahertz wave onto the reflector; first and a second detectors each of which receives a reflected wave by the imaging target in a first detection space, ?4.5°<?w1??c1<4.5° is satisfied where an angle defined by a center line and a line segment connecting a first point and a second point is ?w1 and an angle defined by the center line and a line segment connecting the first detector and the second point is ?c1, the first point being closest to the first direction side of the first portion and the second point being closest to the first direction side on the center line in the first detection space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yosuke ASAI, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI, Kazuhiro YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11867919
    Abstract: An optical unit for guiding a plurality of light beams, includes a plurality of lens portions through which the plurality of light beams are transmitted. The plurality of lens portions are arranged in an arrangement direction that intersects an optical axis direction along which the light beams are transmitted. Each of the lens portions is inclined with respect to a thickness direction intersecting the optical axis direction and the arrangement direction. The optical unit has both end faces in the optical axis direction with a pitch at which the lens portions are arranged in one end face being smaller than a pitch at which the lens portions are arranged in another end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Asai
  • Patent number: 11867902
    Abstract: A display device includes light sources that emit light, a display panel that displays an image, and a light guide panel that guides the light emitted from the light sources to the display panel. The light guide panel includes an incident surface facing the light sources, an emission surface facing the display panel, a first reflective surface facing the incident surface, and a second reflective surface facing the emission surface. The first reflective surface has a concave shape that reflects light so that the reflected light becomes closer to parallel light when viewed in a facing direction of the display panel and the light guide panel in the light guide panel, is tilted at an angle larger than 0 degrees with respect to the incident surface, and intersects the second reflective surface at an angle smaller than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yosuke Asai
  • Publication number: 20230384589
    Abstract: A projection device includes: a plurality of light sources arranged in a first direction; a spatial modulation element that modulates incident light into image information and emits the image information; a lens that changes an optical path of light emitted from each of the plurality of light sources such that the light emitted from each light source reaches substantially the same region of an incident surface of the spatial modulation element; and a first reflective optical member that deflects the light emitted from the lens toward the spatial modulation element, the first reflective optical member having a shape that reflects light emitted from the lens so as to be incident on an arbitrary point on the incident surface of the spatial modulation element at a predetermined reference incident angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki HARA, Yosuke ASAI, Keiji SUGIYAMA, Yuji TAKASE
  • Patent number: 11768371
    Abstract: A projection device includes: a plurality of light sources arranged in a first direction; a spatial modulation element that modulates incident light into image information and emits the image information; a lens that changes an optical path of light emitted from each of the plurality of light sources such that the light emitted from each light source reaches substantially the same region of an incident surface of the spatial modulation element; and a first reflective optical member that deflects the light emitted from the lens toward the spatial modulation element, the first reflective optical member having a shape that reflects light emitted from the lens so as to be incident on an arbitrary point on the incident surface of the spatial modulation element at a predetermined reference incident angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Hara, Yosuke Asai, Keiji Sugiyama, Yuji Takase
  • Publication number: 20230116330
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a diffuse-reflector which covers an imaging space on a pathway that a human passes through, from at least a side out of both sides of the pathway, and includes a reflector which diffusely reflects a sub-terahertz wave; a light source which emits a sub-terahertz wave onto the reflector; and a detector which receives a reflected wave of the sub-terahertz wave which has been emitted from the light source, diffusely reflected by the reflector, and reflected by the human, and detects an intensity of the reflected wave received. The diffuse-reflector includes a visible light transmissive area which transmits visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YAMADA, Yosuke ASAI, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI, Katsuhiko HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230112817
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a reflector which covers an imaging space on a pathway that a human passes through, from at least one of both sides of the pathway, and diffusely reflects a sub-terahertz wave; a first light source which emits a sub-terahertz wave onto the reflector; and a first detector which receives a reflected wave of the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the first light source, diffusely reflected by the reflector, and reflected by the human, and generates an image based on the reflected wave received. The first light source and the first detector are located at a first direction side relative to a center of the imaging space in a direction in which the pathway extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI, Kazuhiro YAMADA, Yosuke ASAI
  • Publication number: 20230097752
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel , a plurality of light sources arranged in a first direction orthogonal to a normal direction of the display panel, a light guide panel on which light from a plurality of light sources is incident and including an emission surface that emits light toward the display panel, and a first optical member disposed between the display panel and the light guide panel and including a first surface opposing the emission surface of the light guide panel, a second surface provided opposite to the first surface to oppose the display panel, a Fresnel lens provided on the first surface, and an optical array provided on the second surface. As viewed in at least one of the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to both the normal direction and the first direction, the Fresnel lens emits light passing through a center of the display panel .
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Shunsuke TOMOMATSU, Yosuke ASAI
  • Publication number: 20230093703
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a lighting device. The lighting device includes a light source, a light guide panel including an emission surface from which a light of the light source is emitted toward the display panel, a first optical member including a prism array opposing the emission surface of the light guide panel, and a second optical member provided with a Fresnel lens on a surface opposing the emission surface of the first optical member, As viewed in a first direction orthogonal to a normal direction of the display panel, the Fresnel lens emit a light passing through a center of a transmissive region of the display panel in a direction inclined at a fifth angle with respect to the normal direction and bigger that a fourth angle between the display panel and the emission surface of the light guide panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Shunsuke TOMOMATSU, Yosuke ASAI
  • Publication number: 20230003643
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: an area light source including an emission surface from which a sub-terahertz wave is emitted to a measurement target; and a detector including an image sensor that receives a reflected wave generated by the measurement target reflecting the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the emission surface. The area light source includes: at least one point light source that emits a sub-terahertz wave; and a reflector that reflects the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the at least one point light source, to generate a sub-terahertz wave to be emitted from the emission surface. The reflector has a reflection surface that is a bumpy surface which includes two or more frequency components in a spatial frequency range and whose roughness curve element mean length RSm is at least 0.3 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yosuke ASAI, Kazuhiro YAMADA, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220271497
    Abstract: A beam coupling device includes a light source, optical units, and a coupling optical system. The light source includes light emitters arranged in a first direction and a second direction, to emit light beams having a light ray direction intersecting the first and second directions from each of the light emitters. The optical units are arranged to guide each light beam for each set of light emitters arranged in the first direction in the light source. The coupling optical system is arranged to couple the light beams guided by each optical unit. Each of the optical units is arranged to direct outward the light ray direction of the light beam emitted by a light emitter that is located outside in the first direction for the set of light emitters, to guide the light beam from the light emitter into the coupling optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Yosuke ASAI, Kouki ICHIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220260842
    Abstract: An optical unit for guiding a plurality of light beams, includes a plurality of lens portions through which the plurality of light beams are transmitted. The plurality of lens portions are arranged in an arrangement direction that intersects an optical axis direction along which the light beams are transmitted. Each of the lens portions is inclined with respect to a thickness direction intersecting the optical axis direction and the arrangement direction. The optical unit has both end faces in the optical axis direction with a pitch at which the lens portions are arranged in one end face being smaller than a pitch at which the lens portions are arranged in another end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: Yosuke ASAI
  • Publication number: 20220221717
    Abstract: A projection device includes: a plurality of light sources arranged in a first direction; a spatial modulation element that modulates incident light into image information and emits the image information; a lens that changes an optical path of light emitted from each of the plurality of light sources such that the light emitted from each light source reaches substantially the same region of an incident surface of the spatial modulation element; and a first reflective optical member that deflects the light emitted from the lens toward the spatial modulation element, the first reflective optical member having a shape that reflects light emitted from the lens so as to be incident on an arbitrary point on the incident surface of the spatial modulation element at a predetermined reference incident angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki HARA, Yosuke ASAI, Keiji SUGIYAMA, Yuji TAKASE
  • Publication number: 20220224845
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: a light source including an emission surface from which a sub-terahertz wave is emitted to a measurement target; and a detector including an image sensor that detects the intensity of a reflected wave generated by the measurement target reflecting the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the emission surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YAMADA, Yosuke ASAI, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210373328
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image display that includes a light source unit, a display panel that displays image, and a light guide panel that guides light emitted from the light source unit to the display panel. The light guide panel has an incident surface facing the light source unit, an output surface facing the display panel, and a bottom surface facing the output surface on a side opposite to the display panel. The incident surface is a side surface of the light guide panel located between the output surface and the bottom surface. The incident surface has a concave portion in which a part of the incident surface is recessed from remaining portions when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a light guide direction of light in the incident surface and an emission direction of light in the output surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Shunsuke TOMOMATSU, Yosuke ASAI, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210364795
    Abstract: A display device includes light sources that emit light, a display panel that displays an image, and a light guide panel that guides the light emitted from the light sources to the display panel. The light guide panel includes an incident surface facing the light sources, an emission surface facing the display panel, a first reflective surface facing the incident surface, and a second reflective surface facing the emission surface. The first reflective surface has a concave shape that reflects light so that the reflected light becomes closer to parallel light when viewed in a facing direction of the display panel and the light guide panel in the light guide panel, is tilted at an angle larger than 0 degrees with respect to the incident surface, and intersects the second reflective surface at an angle smaller than 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Yosuke ASAI
  • Patent number: 10838202
    Abstract: Image display device is used in a head-up display. Image display device includes an illumination unit, light guide plate, light beam controller, and display unit. The illumination unit includes a plurality of light sources. Light guide plate includes incident surface into which light from the illumination unit enters, incident surface including a plurality of convex surfaces each of which is opposed to each of the plurality of light sources, and output surface disposed in a direction intersecting incident surface and from which the light incident from incident surface is output. Light beam controller controls a traveling direction of the light output from output surface. Display unit transmits the light output from light beam controller to display an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yosuke Asai
  • Patent number: 10656415
    Abstract: Head-up display includes display device, projection optical system, a polarization member, and a first polarizer. Display device displays an image. Projection optical system includes refraction lens. Projection optical system projects the image displayed on display device to an observer. The polarization member is disposed between projection optical system and a reflection member that reflects light from projection optical system. Transmittance of the polarization member depends on a polarization direction of transmitted light. The first polarizer is disposed behind refraction lens on an optical path starting from display device. The first polarizer rotates a predetermined polarized component by a quarter of wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuzuhara, Hiroaki Okayama, Yosuke Asai
  • Patent number: 10647337
    Abstract: A plurality of apparatuses mounted on cars are monitored and controlled by control devices mounted on the cars. A display device capable of displaying apparatus information of the apparatuses is mounted on a driver's cab. A display screen of the display device is configured by arranging a plurality of display components by which apparatus information of each of the apparatuses can be displayed. A software generating device determines arrangement positions of the display components arranged on the display screen, automatically generates layout design data of the display screen, and automatically generates software for generating the display screen on the basis of the layout design data. The arrangement positions of the display components respectively representing the apparatuses when a number of apparatuses of the same type are monitored and controlled by one and the same control device are determined according to arrangement rule information that is exceptional rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi Goda, Tetsuo Komura, Tokiko Shibasaki, Ryoichi Watanabe, Yosuke Asai, Yoshiaki Fujimoto, Eisho Ando, Norishige Emoto