Patents by Inventor Yuta OKA

Yuta OKA 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: 20240119475
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to provide an incentive to a first user who sells or returns a first vehicle in which a part of a first coating film including an easily peelable layer is not peeled off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori II, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Junya OGAWA, Yuki NAGANUMA, Junya YAMAMOTO, Yuta TONE, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Tadayuki TANAKA, Keisuke ITO, Yuka YOKOI, Takashi HAYASHI, Naoya OKA, Yu HAMADA
  • Patent number: 11946637
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a combined body including light emitting portions including: a first light emitting portion including a first light emitting element, and a second light emitting portion provided separately from and along an outer periphery of the first light emitting portion in a plan view, the second light emitting portion including a plurality of second light emitting elements; and a lens disposed above the combined body. The first light emitting element and the plurality of second light emitting elements are arrayed in first and second directions that are perpendicular to each other. The first light emitting element and the plurality of second light emitting elements are controllable to be lit independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norimasa Yoshida, Shinya Matsuoka, Yuta Oka
  • Patent number: 11922735
    Abstract: A vehicle controller is used for a first vehicle and includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to execute an index deriving process that derives a traveling performance index of the first vehicle, the traveling performance index being an index related to a traveling performance, an index receiving process that receives the traveling performance index of a second vehicle from the second vehicle through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and a performance determination process that compares the traveling performance index of the second vehicle with the traveling performance index of the first vehicle to determine whether a traveling performance of the first vehicle is lower than a traveling performance of the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Publication number: 20230352458
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a light source including: a first light source part including one or more first light-emitting elements, and a second light source part located outward of the first light source part so as to surround the first light source part in a top view, the second light source part including a plurality of second light-emitting elements; one or more first light-transmitting layers located above the first light source part; one or more second light-transmitting layers located above the second light source part; and a light-reflective member located between the plurality of second light-emitting elements. A first of the one or more second light-transmitting layers overlaps adjacent second light-emitting elements among the plurality of second light-emitting elements and the light-reflective member disposed between the adjacent second light-emitting elements in a top view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Yuta OKA
  • Publication number: 20230317876
    Abstract: A light-emitting module includes: a light source including: a plurality of light-emitting elements, a plurality of light-transmissive members, each disposed on a respective one of the plurality of light-emitting elements, and a light-reflective member covering at least a portion of the plurality of light-emitting elements and the plurality of light-transmissive members, wherein a portion of the light-reflective member is located between adjacent ones of the plurality of light-transmissive members; and a control unit having an upper surface on which the light source is located, wherein the control unit is configured to individually control the plurality of light-emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuta OKA
  • Patent number: 11710810
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes light-emitting elements each having a light-extracting surface, light-transmissive members and a covering member, The light-transmissive members each has an upper surface and a lower surface facing the light-extracting surface of at least one of the light-emitting elements. The covering member integrally covers lateral surfaces of the light-emitting elements and lateral surfaces of the light-transmissive members such that a pair of electrodes of the light-emitting elements are exposed from the covering member at a lower surface of the covering member. At a lower surface of the light-emitting device, the light-emitting elements are arranged in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, an alignment direction of the electrodes in one of the light-emitting elements is rotated by 90° in a prescribed. direction from an alignment direction of the electrodes in an adjacent one of the light-emitting elements in one of a column direction and a row direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Oka, Nami Abe
  • Publication number: 20230223502
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, a plurality of light-transmissive members, a covering member, and a plurality of pairs of electrodes. The light-emitting elements are arranged in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows. The covering member integrally covers lateral surfaces of the light-emitting elements. The pairs of electrodes are arranged at a lower surface of the light-emitting device. The pairs of electrodes include first and second pairs of electrodes aligned along a column direction so that the electrodes of the same polarity among the first and second pairs of electrodes are aligned along the column direction, and a third pair of electrodes arranged adjacent to the first pair of electrodes in a row direction so that one of the third pair of electrodes and one of the first pair of electrodes facing each other in the row direction have the same polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Yuta OKA, Nami ABE
  • Patent number: 11682662
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: placing a light-emitting element above a light-transmitting portion of a first resin layer; placing a protective element above the first resin layer or a first surface of the light-emitting element; forming a second resin layer on the first resin layer so as to cover an entirety of the light-emitting element and an entirety of the protective element; removing a portion of the second resin layer such that an anode and a cathode of the light-emitting element and a first electrically-conductive structure and a second electrically-conductive structure of the protective element are exposed from the second resin layer; and forming a first electrode, which is electrically connected to the anode and the first electrically-conductive structure, and a second electrode, which is electrically connected to the cathode and the second electrically-conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Oka, Nami Abe
  • Publication number: 20220316683
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a combined body including light emitting portions including: a first light emitting portion including a first light emitting element, and a second light emitting portion provided separately from and along an outer periphery of the first light emitting portion in a plan view, the second light emitting portion including a plurality of second light emitting elements; and a lens disposed above the combined body. The first light emitting element and the plurality of second light emitting elements are arrayed in first and second directions that are perpendicular to each other. The first light emitting element and the plurality of second light emitting elements are controllable to be lit independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norimasa YOSHIDA, Shinya MATSUOKA, Yuta OKA
  • Publication number: 20210359172
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes light-emitting elements each having a light-extracting surface, light-transmissive members and a covering member, The light-transmissive members each has an upper surface and a lower surface facing the light-extracting surface of at least one of the light-emitting elements. The covering member integrally covers lateral surfaces of the light-emitting elements and lateral surfaces of the light-transmissive members such that a pair of electrodes of the light-emitting elements are exposed from the covering member at a lower surface of the covering member. At a lower surface of the light-emitting device, the light-emitting elements are arranged in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, an alignment direction of the electrodes in one of the light-emitting elements is rotated by 90° in a prescribed. direction from an alignment direction of the electrodes in an adjacent one of the light-emitting elements in one of a column direction and a row direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yuta Oka, Nami Abe
  • Patent number: 11152546
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, a plurality of light-transmissive members, and a covering member. The light-emitting elements each has a light-extracting surface. The light-emitting elements each includes a layered structure including a semiconductor layer, and a plurality of electrodes connected to the layered structure. The light-transmissive members each has a lower surface facing the light-extracting surface of at least one of the light-emitting elements, and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface and having an area smaller than an area of the lower surface. The upper surface of each of the light transmissive members collectively constitutes a light-emitting part having an outermost periphery with a square shape or a circular shape. The covering member integrally covers lateral surfaces of the light-emitting elements and lateral surfaces of the light-transmissive members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Oka, Nami Abe
  • Patent number: 10629783
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device capable of further improving light extraction efficiency while reducing leakage of wavelength unconverted light or color unevenness of the light. The light emitting device includes: a base member; a light emitting element mounted on the base member; a light reflecting member disposed at a side surface side of the light emitting element; and a light-transmissive stacked layer covering at least an upper surface of the light emitting element, wherein the light-transmissive stacked layer includes a first light-transmissive layer, a first wavelength conversion layer disposed on the first light-transmissive layer, a second light-transmissive layer disposed on the first wavelength conversion layer, and a second wavelength conversion layer disposed on the second light-transmissive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuta Oka
  • Patent number: 10615315
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a mounting board, a light emitting element, first and second light reflecting members, a light transmissive member, and a sealing member. The first light reflecting member surrounds a lateral surface of the light emitting element while a top surface is exposed. The second light reflecting member surrounds an outer periphery of the light emitting element, and is in contact with the first light reflecting member with at least a part of the second light reflecting member being positioned higher than the first light reflecting member. The light transmissive member includes a wavelength conversion substance, and is disposed inside the second light reflecting member and positioned higher than a lower surface of the light emitting element. The sealing member covers the second light reflecting member and the light transmissive member. An outer edge of the sealing member coincides with an outer edge of the mounting board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Oka, Hiroto Tamaki
  • Patent number: 10580760
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a first light emitting element configured to emit light of a first peak wavelength; a second light emitting element configured to emit light of a second peak wavelength that is different from the first peak wavelength; a first light reflecting member disposed in contact with at least one lateral surface of the first light emitting element, the first light reflecting member having an upper surface from which an upper surface of the first light emitting element is exposed; a wavelength conversion member covering the upper surface of the first light emitting element; and a second light reflecting member disposed on the upper surface of the first light reflecting member, the second light reflecting member being located between the second light emitting element and the wavelength conversion member in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuta Oka
  • Publication number: 20200066700
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: placing a light-emitting element above a light-transmitting portion of a first resin layer; placing a protective element above the first resin layer or a first surface of the light-emitting element; forming a second resin layer on the first resin layer so as to cover an entirety of the light-emitting element and an entirety of the protective element; removing a portion of the second resin layer such that an anode and a cathode of the light-emitting element and a first electrically-conductive structure and a second electrically-conductive structure of the protective element are exposed from the second resin layer; and forming a first electrode, which is electrically connected to the anode and the first electrically-conductive structure, and a second electrode, which is electrically connected to the cathode and the second electrically-conductive structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta OKA, Nami ABE
  • Patent number: 10497686
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: placing, on a supporting layer, a light-emitting element including an anode and a cathode at a first surface side of the light-emitting element; placing, on the supporting layer, a protective element including a first terminal and a second terminal at a third surface side of the protective element; placing a protecting layer above a second surface of the light-emitting element; covering at least a lateral portion of the light-emitting element and a lateral portion of the protecting layer with a resin composition; curing the resin composition; removing the supporting layer to expose the anode, the cathode, the first terminal, and the second terminal; and forming a first electrode, which is electrically connected to the anode and the first terminal, and a second electrode, which is electrically connected to the cathode and the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Oka, Nami Abe
  • Patent number: 10461235
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes disposing a substrate metal film on an upper surface of a substrate made of a metal; disposing a first element metal film on a lower surface of a first element; disposing a second element metal film on a lower surface of a second element; bonding the first element and the second element to the substrate so that an upper surface of the substrate metal film is in contact with a lower surface of the first element metal film and a lower surface of the second element metal film; oxidizing at least a portion of a region of the upper surface of the substrate metal film other than regions in contact with the first element metal film and the second element metal film; and disposing a wiring electrically connecting the first element and the second element, across and above the region oxidized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Oka, Masatsugu Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20190305190
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a mounting board, a light emitting element, first and second light reflecting members, a light transmissive member, and a sealing member. The first light reflecting member surrounds a lateral surface of the light emitting element while a top surface is exposed. The second light reflecting member surrounds an outer periphery of the light emitting element, and is in contact with the first light reflecting member with at least a part of the second light reflecting member being positioned higher than the first light reflecting member. The light transmissive member includes a wavelength conversion substance, and is disposed inside the second light reflecting member and positioned higher than a lower surface of the light emitting element. The sealing member covers the second light reflecting member and the light transmissive member. An outer edge of the sealing member coincides with an outer edge of the mounting board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yuta OKA, Hiroto TAMAKI
  • Patent number: 10347797
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a mounting board, a light emitting element, first and second light reflecting members, a light transmissive member and a sealing member. The first light reflecting member surrounds a lateral surface of the light emitting element while a top surface of the light emitting element is exposed from the first light reflecting member. The second light reflecting member surrounds an outer periphery of the light emitting element in a plan view. The second light reflecting member is in contact with the first light reflecting member with at least a part of the second light reflecting member being positioned higher than the first light reflecting member. The light transmissive member is disposed inside the second light reflecting member. The light transmissive member includes a wavelength conversion substance. The sealing member covers the first and second light reflecting members and the light transmissive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Oka, Hiroto Tamaki
  • Publication number: 20190206847
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a first light emitting element configured to emit light of a first peak wavelength; a second light emitting element configured to emit light of a second peak wavelength that is different from the first peak wavelength; a first light reflecting member disposed in contact with at least one lateral surface of the first light emitting element, the first light reflecting member having an upper surface from which an upper surface of the first light emitting element is exposed; a wavelength conversion member covering the upper surface of the first light emitting element; and a second light reflecting member disposed on the upper surface of the first light reflecting member, the second light reflecting member being located between the second light emitting element and the wavelength conversion member in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuta OKA