Patents by Inventor Yujiro INOUE

Yujiro INOUE 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: 20240103268
    Abstract: To provide a head-up display device that may reduce distortions of displayed virtual images while reducing loads on a control unit. A head-up display outputs display light to a windshield mounted on a vehicle to display virtual images and includes a display device including a display surface that outputs the display light, and a prism that transmits the display light output from the display surface, and the prism includes an incidence surface on which the display light from the display surface is incident, and an output surface that outputs the display light incident on the prism from the incidence surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Takeru KAWAI, Yujiro INOUE
  • Patent number: 11487114
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a head-up display having enhanced evenness of display image luminance. This head-up display is provided with: a backlight unit having a light source, the backlight unit emitting illumination light; a liquid crystal display element for displaying an image, the image being irradiated by the illumination light, whereby the liquid crystal display element emits display light; a control means for controlling the illuminance of the backlight unit and display by the liquid crystal display element; a housing having an opening through which the display light passes, the housing housing the liquid crystal display element and the backlight unit; and a cover glass for reflecting and/or transmitting in at least one location in a display light path and projecting the reflected and/or transmitted display light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Watanabe, Takayuki Hatano, Akinori Koiida, Chiaki Shibuya, Yujiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210271078
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a head-up display having enhanced evenness of display image luminance. This head-up display is provided with: a backlight unit having a light source, the backlight unit emitting illumination light; a liquid crystal display element for displaying an image, the image being irradiated by the illumination light, whereby the liquid crystal display element emits display light; a control means for controlling the illuminance of the backlight unit and display by the liquid crystal display element; a housing having an opening through which the display light passes, the housing housing the liquid crystal display element and the backlight unit; and a cover glass for reflecting and/or transmitting in at least one location in a display light path and projecting the reflected and/or transmitted display light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki WATANABE, Takayuki HATANO, Akinori KOIIDA, Chiaki SHIBUYA, Yujiro INOUE