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).

  • 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
  • Patent number: 10642032
    Abstract: A head-up display includes an optical system that radiates light forming a projected image toward an eye box. The eye box is a predetermined range in which eyes of an observer are assumed to be present. The optical system includes a Fresnel lens having a bumpy surface having a sawtooth-shaped cross-section. The bumpy surface is formed concentrically around an optical axis, and formed by alternately disposing first surfaces as light condensing surfaces that allow incident light to converge toward a focal point, and second surfaces as wall surfaces that do not allow the incident light to converge toward the focal point. The second surfaces are inclined with respect to the optical axis of the Fresnel lens at an angle to reflect the incident light striking the wall surfaces, in a direction toward outside of a range of the eye box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Hiroaki Okayama, Satoshi Kuzuhara, Yosuke Asai
  • Patent number: 10495877
    Abstract: Head-up display includes display device and projection optical system. Display device displays an image. Projection optical system includes refraction lens. Projection optical system projects the image displayed on display device to an observer. Refraction lens is disposed while inclined with respect to a reference beam. An incident surface of refraction lens is a concave surface relative to a side of display device in an X-axis direction. A curvature in a Y-axis direction of the incident surface is smaller than a curvature in the X-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuzuhara, Hiroaki Okayama, Yosuke Asai
  • Publication number: 20190293934
    Abstract: A head-up display includes a light source unit including first light source elements emitting lights of a first luminescent color and second light source elements emitting lights of a second luminescent color. The head-up display includes a first lens, a diffusion member, a spatial light modulation element that modulates the light emitted from the light source unit and transmitted through the first lens and the diffusion member, and an optical unit that projects the light emitted from the spatial light modulation element. The first lens changes an optical path of the light emitted from the light source unit, and the lights emitted from the first light source element and the second light source element are superimposed in a predetermined region on the incident surface of the spatial light modulation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Yosuke ASAI
  • Patent number: 10302943
    Abstract: A head-up display projects an image onto an eye-box of an observer. The head-up display includes a plurality of light source elements, liquid crystal panel, first lens, viewpoint detector, and controller. The plurality of light source elements are arranged into an array shape to output light beams. Liquid crystal panel displays the image, and first lens deflects the light beams emitted from the plurality of light source elements such that an identical region in an incident plane of liquid crystal panel is illuminated with the light beams. Viewpoint detector detects a viewpoint position of the observer. Controller controls light intensity of the light source elements according to the viewpoint position detected by viewpoint detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yosuke Asai
  • Publication number: 20180356631
    Abstract: Head-up display includes display device and projection optical system. Display device displays an image. Projection optical system includes refraction lens. Projection optical system projects the image displayed on display device to an observer. Refraction lens is disposed while inclined with respect to a reference beam. An incident surface of refraction lens is a concave surface relative to a side of display device in an X-axis direction. A curvature in a Y-axis direction of the incident surface is smaller than a curvature in the X-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: SATOSHI KUZUHARA, HIROAKI OKAYAMA, YOSUKE ASAI
  • Publication number: 20180348515
    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: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi KUZUHARA, Hiroaki OKAYAMA, Yosuke ASAI
  • Patent number: 10146052
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a virtual image display apparatus, head-up display system, and vehicle that distribute a spatially divided parallax image between a left eye and right eye of a user appropriately. The virtual image display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a display device configured to spatially divide with a first pitch and to output right-eye images and left-eye images, first optical members periodically disposed with a second pitch, distributing light based on the output from the display device between a right-eye direction and a left-eye direction, and a second optical member configured to reflect or refract, by positive power, the light distributed between the right-eye direction and the left-eye direction by the first optical members. The first pitch is narrower than the second pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kasano, Kouki Ichihashi, Yosuke Asai, Katsuhiko Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20180314064
    Abstract: A head-up display includes an optical system that radiates light forming a projected image toward an eye box. The eye box is a predetermined range in which eyes of an observer are assumed to be present. The optical system includes a Fresnel lens having a bumpy surface having a sawtooth-shaped cross-section. The bumpy surface is formed concentrically around an optical axis, and formed by alternately disposing first surfaces as light condensing surfaces that allow incident light to converge toward a focal point, and second surfaces as wall surfaces that do not allow the incident light to converge toward the focal point. The second surfaces are inclined with respect to the optical axis of the Fresnel lens at an angle to reflect the incident light striking the wall surfaces, in a direction toward outside of a range of the eye box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: KEN'ICHI KASAZUMI, TOSHIYA MORI, HIROAKI OKAYAMA, SATOSHI KUZUHARA, YOSUKE ASAI
  • Publication number: 20180259773
    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: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: YOSUKE ASAI
  • Patent number: 10025095
    Abstract: A head-up display includes light source elements arranged in a first direction, a first lens which takes in from an incident surface light emitted from the light source elements and emits the light from an emission surface. A diffusion member is disposed on a side of the emission surface of the first lens. A spatial light modulation element takes in from an incident surface the light having been emitted from the light source elements and having passed through the first lens and the diffusion member, modulates the taken-in light in accordance with image information, and emits the modulated light from an emission surface. An optical element reflects light emitted from spatial light modulation element. The first lens changes an optical path of light emitted from each of the light source elements such that it reaches the same point on the incident surface of the spatial light modulation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yosuke Asai
  • Publication number: 20180176486
    Abstract: Illumination device (100) includes light source (110), lens (120) including first region (120a) having negative power and second region (120b) having positive power, and drive (130) that changes a relative distance between light source (110) and lens (120). The light of light source (110) passes through first region (120a) and second region (120b) even when the distance is changed to any distance by drive (130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichi KADOWAKI, Yosuke ASAI
  • Publication number: 20180101007
    Abstract: A head-up display projects an image onto an eye-box of an observer. The head-up display includes a plurality of light source elements, liquid crystal panel, first lens, viewpoint detector, and controller. The plurality of light source elements are arranged into an array shape to output light beams. Liquid crystal panel displays the image, and first lens deflects the light beams emitted from the plurality of light source elements such that an identical region in an incident plane of liquid crystal panel is illuminated with the light beams. Viewpoint detector detects a viewpoint position of the observer. Controller controls light intensity of the light source elements according to the viewpoint position detected by viewpoint detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventor: YOSUKE ASAI
  • Publication number: 20170369084
    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: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi GODA, Tetsuo KOMURA, Tokiko SHIBASAKI, Ryoichi WATANABE, Yosuke ASAI, Yoshiaki FUJIMOTO, Eisho ANDO, Norishige EMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160327791
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a virtual image display apparatus, head-up display system, and vehicle that distribute a spatially divided parallax image between a left eye and right eye of a user appropriately. The virtual image display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a display device configured to spatially divide with a first pitch and to output right-eye images and left-eye images, first optical members periodically disposed with a second pitch, distributing light based on the output from the display device between a right-eye direction and a left-eye direction, and a second optical member configured to reflect or refract, by positive power, the light distributed between the right-eye direction and the left-eye direction by the first optical members. The first pitch is narrower than the second pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro KASANO, Kouki ICHIHASHI, Yosuke ASAI, Katsuhiko HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9479763
    Abstract: An image display apparatus capable of displaying a 3D image includes: an image display section including partition regions partitioned in a row direction and a column direction; a display control section; and a light control section arranged at a front surface side of the image display section and including a plurality of separation elements each configured to separate light of the right eye image and light of the left eye image in displaying the 3D image. Each separation element is arranged so as to extend linearly and be tilted with respect to the column direction, and an arrangement pitch of the separation element in the row direction is non-integer times that of an arrangement pitch of the partition region in the row direction, the integer times being less than 4.5 times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yosuke Asai
  • Publication number: 20160299342
    Abstract: A head-up display includes: a plurality of light source elements which are arranged in a first direction and emit light; first lens which takes in from an incident surface the light emitted from the plurality of light source elements and emits the light from an emission surface; diffusion member disposed on a side of the emission surface of the first lens; a spatial light modulation element which takes in from an incident surface the light having been emitted from the plurality of light source elements and having passed through first lens and diffusion member, modulates the taken-in light in accordance with image information, and emits the modulated light from an emission surface; and an optical element which reflects the light emitted from spatial light modulation element. First lens changes an optical path of light emitted from each of light source elements such that the light emitted from the each of light source elements reaches the same area on the incident surface of spatial light modulation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventor: YOSUKE ASAI