Patents by Inventor Yosuke Nakamori
Yosuke Nakamori 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).
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Patent number: 11796860Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a first light emitting element, a second light emitting element, an overcoat layer covering the first and second light emitting elements, a first transparent block disposed on the overcoat layer and overlapping the first light emitting element, a second transparent block disposed on the overcoat layer and overlapping the second light emitting element, and an optical sheet group disposed on the first transparent block and the second transparent block. A first side surface of the first transparent block and a second side surface of the second transparent block face each other. An air layer is interposed between the first side surface and the second side surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Yosuke Nakamori
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Patent number: 11675228Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on the substrate, an optical sheet located on the light emitting elements, and a foam located between the light emitting elements and the optical sheet and overlapping the light emitting elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yosuke Nakamori, Rina Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20230057744Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a first light emitting element, a second light emitting element, an overcoat layer covering the first and second light emitting elements, a first transparent block disposed on the overcoat layer and overlapping the first light emitting element, a second transparent block disposed on the overcoat layer and overlapping the second light emitting element, and an optical sheet group disposed on the first transparent block and the second transparent block. A first side surface of the first transparent block and a second side surface of the second transparent block face each other. An air layer is interposed between the first side surface and the second side surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventor: Yosuke NAKAMORI
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Publication number: 20220317516Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on the substrate, an optical sheet located on the light emitting elements, and a foam located between the light emitting elements and the optical sheet and overlapping the light emitting elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Yosuke NAKAMORI, Rina YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11163411Abstract: A force detection apparatus is provided and includes a first electrode facing an input surface to which an object to be detected applies force, and configured to be supplied with a reference potential; a second electrode and a third electrode facing the first electrode; a first conductor arranged between the first electrode, and the second and third electrodes, and configured to be supplied with a drive signal; a first dielectric layer arranged between the first electrode and the first conductor; and a second dielectric layer arranged between the first conductor, and the second and third electrodes, wherein the second electrode is configured to be supplied with the reference potential, and wherein a signal that is same as the drive signal is supplied in synchronization with the drive signal to the third electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Shota Hosaka, Yosuke Nakamori
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Patent number: 11016324Abstract: A display device is provided and includes a liquid crystal panel comprising a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer between the substrates, a first electrode portion and a pair of polarizers that sandwich the substrates; a backlight device comprising a casing including a support frame, a bottom plate, a light guide, at least one optical sheet on the light guide, and a light source in the casing; and an adhesive member between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight device, wherein the support frame includes a step portion on which the optical sheet is placed, the adhesive member comprises a back surface fixed over the optical sheet and the support frame, and a top surface fixed to one of the polarizers, and a width of the adhesive member is as same as a width of the support frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yosuke Nakamori, Ken Hirabayashi, Koji Noguchi
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Patent number: 10809555Abstract: According to one embodiment, a force sensing device includes a first insulating layer, a first electrode layer on the first insulating layer, a second electrode layer provided in opposition to the first electrode layer, and an elastic layer held between one or both of the first insulating layer and the first electrode layer, and the second electrode layer, and configured to prevent the first and second electrode layers from coming into contact with each other even while allowing the first and second electrode layers to get close to each other. When the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer is pressed, the pressing force is sensed on the basis of a variation in the capacitance between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yosuke Nakamori, Ken Hirabayashi
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Patent number: 10725232Abstract: According to one embodiment, a backlight device includes a case with a bottom plate and a plurality of side plates, a wiring pattern formed in the case and including a wiring line and a connection portion, a light guide including an emission surface and an incident surface and arranged on the bottom plate, and a light-emitting device mounted on the connection portion and including a light-emitting surface opposing the incident surface of the light guide and a mount surface opposing the connection portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Yosuke Nakamori
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Publication number: 20200117041Abstract: A display device is provided and includes a liquid crystal panel comprising a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer between the substrates, a first electrode portion and a pair of polarizers that sandwich the substrates; a backlight device comprising a casing including a support frame, a bottom plate, a light guide, at least one optical sheet on the light guide, and a light source in the casing; and an adhesive member between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight device, wherein the support frame includes a step portion on which the optical sheet is placed, the adhesive member comprises a back surface fixed over the optical sheet and the support frame, and a top surface fixed to one of the polarizers, and a width of the adhesive member is as same as a width of the support frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Yosuke NAKAMORI, Ken HIRABAYASHI, Koji NOGUCHI
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Patent number: 10620736Abstract: According to an aspect, a force detection apparatus includes: a first electrode facing an input surface to which an object to be detected applies a force; a second electrode facing the first electrode across a first layer deformable by the force; a conductor facing the second electrode across a second layer deformable by the force; and a force detection controller calculates a force signal value indicating the force, based on a first influence amount and a second influence amount, the first influence amount being an amount of influence added by the force to first capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the second influence amount being an amount of influence added by the force to second capacitance between the second electrode and the conductor.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Shota Hosaka, Yosuke Nakamori
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Patent number: 10534213Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates opposed to each other, a liquid crystal layer between the substrates, and a first electrode portion on at least one of the substrates, a backlight device including an optical member and a second electrode portion opposed to the first electrode portion, and an adhesive member between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight device to fix the backlight device to the liquid crystal panel. The adhesive member includes a first base, adhesive layers on both surfaces of the first base, a second base on the first base via one of the adhesive layers, and an adhesive layer on the second base.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yosuke Nakamori, Ken Hirabayashi, Koji Noguchi
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Publication number: 20190346958Abstract: According to an aspect, a force detection apparatus includes: a first electrode facing an input surface to which an object to be detected applies a force; a second electrode facing the first electrode across a first layer deformable by the force; a conductor facing the second electrode across a second layer deformable by the force; and a force detection controller calculates a force signal value indicating the force, based on a first influence amount and a second influence amount, the first influence amount being an amount of influence added by the force to first capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the second influence amount being an amount of influence added by the force to second capacitance between the second electrode and the conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Takafumi SUZUKI, Shota HOSAKA, Yosuke NAKAMORI
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Publication number: 20190339805Abstract: A force detection apparatus is provided and includes a first electrode facing an input surface to which an object to be detected applies force, and configured to be supplied with a reference potential; a second electrode and a third electrode facing the first electrode; a first conductor arranged between the first electrode, and the second and third electrodes, and configured to be supplied with a drive signal; a first dielectric layer arranged between the first electrode and the first conductor; and a second dielectric layer arranged between the first conductor, and the second and third electrodes, wherein the second electrode is configured to be supplied with the reference potential, and wherein a signal that is same as the drive signal is supplied in synchronization with the drive signal to the third electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Takafumi SUZUKI, Shota HOSAKA, Yosuke NAKAMORI
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Patent number: 10379392Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first substrate including a display area and a first detection electrode, a backlight device opposed to the first substrate with a gap therebetween, a second detection electrode opposing the first detection electrode via the backlight device, and an elastic member between the backlight device and the second detection electrode, including a first region opposing a central portion of the back light device and a second region located to surround the first region. The first region and the second region are different in hardness in a thickness direction of the elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Takafumi Suzuki, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Yosuke Nakamori
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Patent number: 10365746Abstract: According to an aspect, a force detection apparatus includes: a first electrode facing an input surface to which an object to be detected applies a force; a second electrode facing the first electrode across a first layer deformable by the force; a conductor facing the second electrode across a second layer deformable by the force; and a force detection controller calculates a force signal value indicating the force, based on a first influence amount and a second influence amount, the first influence amount being an amount of influence added by the force to first capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the second influence amount being an amount of influence added by the force to second capacitance between the second electrode and the conductor.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Shota Hosaka, Yosuke Nakamori
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Patent number: 10353507Abstract: According to an aspect, a force detection apparatus includes: a first electrode facing an input surface to which an object to be detected applies force, and configured to be supplied with a drive signal; a conductor facing the first electrode, and supplied with a reference potential; a second electrode and a third electrode arranged between the first electrode and the conductor; a first dielectric layer arranged between the first electrode, and the second electrode and the third electrode; and a second dielectric layer arranged between the second electrode and the third electrode, and the conductor. The second electrode is supplied with the reference potential. A signal that is the same as the drive signal is supplied in synchronization with the drive signal to the third electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Shota Hosaka, Yosuke Nakamori
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Publication number: 20190171326Abstract: According to an aspect, a force detection apparatus includes: a first electrode facing an input surface to which an object to be detected applies a force; a second electrode facing the first electrode across a first layer deformable by the force; a conductor facing the second electrode across a second layer deformable by the force; and a force detection controller calculates a force signal value indicating the force, based on a first influence amount and a second influence amount, the first influence amount being an amount of influence added by the force to first capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the second influence amount being an amount of influence added by the force to second capacitance between the second electrode and the conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Takafumi SUZUKI, Shota HOSAKA, Yosuke NAKAMORI
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Patent number: 10310328Abstract: According to one embodiment, a backlight device includes a case, a light guide in the case, a first optical sheet on the light guide, a second optical sheet on the first optical sheet, a first adhesive provided between the case and at least one of the first optical sheet and the second optical sheet, to stick at least one of the optical sheets to the case, and a light source in the case, configured to radiate light to the light guide.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yosuke Nakamori, Takafumi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20190146147Abstract: According to one embodiment, a backlight device includes a case with a bottom plate and a plurality of side plates, a wiring pattern formed in the case and including a wiring line and a connection portion, a light guide including an emission surface and an incident surface and arranged on the bottom plate, and a light-emitting device mounted on the connection portion and including a light-emitting surface opposing the incident surface of the light guide and a mount surface opposing the connection portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Yosuke NAKAMORI
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Patent number: 10234976Abstract: According to an aspect, a force detection apparatus includes: a first electrode facing an input surface to which an object to be detected applies a force; a second electrode facing the first electrode across a first layer deformable by the force; a conductor facing the second electrode across a second layer deformable by the force; and a force detection controller calculates a force signal value indicating the force, based on a first influence amount and a second influence amount, the first influence amount being an amount of influence added by the force to first capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the second influence amount being an amount of influence added by the force to second capacitance between the second electrode and the conductor.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Shota Hosaka, Yosuke Nakamori