Patents by Inventor Yuuichi Kanbayashi
Yuuichi Kanbayashi 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: 10060580Abstract: A light emitting device of the present disclosure includes a light emitting section that generates fluorescence by receiving laser light, a reflection film that reflects laser light which is radiated to the vicinity of the light emitting section, among laser light which is emitted toward the light emitting section from a rod lens, and a reflection mirror that collects the laser light reflected by the reflection film, in the light emitting section.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazunori Annen, Toshiki Matsuoka, Yuuichi Kanbayashi, Masamichi Harada
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Patent number: 9870111Abstract: A touchscreen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a transparent substrate (101); a first electrically conductive layer (12) supported on the transparent substrate, the first electrically conductive layer including a plurality of sensing electrodes (12S) extending along a first direction; and a second electrically conductive layer (14) including a plurality of driving electrodes (14D) extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction, the plurality of driving electrodes being electrically insulated from the plurality of sensing electrodes. The plurality of sensing electrodes and the plurality of driving electrodes define a sensor array region (10A), the sensor array region including a plurality of sensor portions (10S) arranged in a matrix array. The first electrically conductive layer further includes a plurality of lead lines (12Dt) extending essentially in parallel to the first direction within the sensor array region.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Kenshi Tada, Yuuichi Kanbayashi, Shinji Yamagishi
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Publication number: 20160253001Abstract: A touchscreen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a transparent substrate (101); a first electrically conductive layer (12) supported on the transparent substrate, the first electrically conductive layer including a plurality of sensing electrodes (12S) extending along a first direction; and a second electrically conductive layer (14) including a plurality of driving electrodes (14D) extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction, the plurality of driving electrodes being electrically insulated from the plurality of sensing electrodes. The plurality of sensing electrodes and the plurality of driving electrodes define a sensor array region (10A), the sensor array region including a plurality of sensor portions (10S) arranged in a matrix array. The first electrically conductive layer further includes a plurality of lead lines (12Dt) extending essentially in parallel to the first direction within the sensor array region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroyuki OGAWA, Kenshi TADA, Yuuichi KANBAYASHI, Shinji YAMAGISHI
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Publication number: 20160084451Abstract: A light emitting device of the present disclosure includes a light emitting section that generates fluorescence by receiving laser light, a reflection film that reflects laser light which is radiated to the vicinity of the light emitting section, among laser light which is emitted toward the light emitting section from a rod lens, and a reflection mirror that collects the laser light reflected by the reflection film, in the light emitting section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Kazunori ANNEN, Toshiki MATSUOKA, Yuuichi KANBAYASHI, Masamichi HARADA
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Patent number: 9239509Abstract: A first element substrate (20a) including an interlayer insulating layer (15a) provided on a first transparent substrate (10a), a plurality of first transparent electrode (16) extending parallel to each other, each first transparent electrode (16) being provided at a bottom (B) of an associated one of a plurality of grooves (S) in the interlayer insulating layer (15a), and a planarizing layer (17) covering the first transparent electrodes (16), filling the grooves (S), and having a refractive index equal to a refractive index of the interlayer insulating layer (15a), a second element substrate (30a) including a second transparent electrode (21) provided on a second transparent substrate (10b), and a liquid crystal layer (40) provided between the first element substrate (20a) and the second element substrate (30a) are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuuichi Kanbayashi
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Publication number: 20150277169Abstract: An active liquid crystal diffraction element includes: a first transparent substrate; a second transparent substrate; a liquid crystal layer; a first electrode; a second electrode; a control member; and an alignment member, wherein the second electrode includes a plurality of small electrodes; the control member controls a magnitude of an electric voltage applied to each of the plurality of small electrodes; the alignment member confers a liquid crystal molecular alignment without any pre-tilt to the liquid crystal layer; and the liquid crystal molecular alignment is parallel to the surface of the first transparent substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Naru Usukura, Yuuichi Kanbayashi, Hiromi Katoh, Norbert Leister
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Publication number: 20150248031Abstract: Provided is a light deflection device that is capable of forming a blazed-type diffraction grating while suppressing an increase in an electrode-applied voltage by using a horizontal electric field mode. A light deflection element is equipped with: a pair of glass substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of glass substrates; and a plurality of pattern electrodes arranged over a surface of the glass substrate on the side of the liquid crystal layer, with an interlayer insulation film therebetween. A driving circuit that applies voltages to the light deflection element generates electrode-applied voltages Vpixel so as to change an inter-electrode voltage VLC incrementally in the order of 0V, 3V, and 6V. The electrode-applied voltages Vpixel are a mixture of positive voltages and negative voltages.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuuichi Kanbayashi, Naru Usukura, Yasuhiro Sugita
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Publication number: 20150070607Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus includes a display device capable of displaying an image, and a liquid crystal lens disposed so as to overlap the display device. The liquid crystal lens includes an insulating substrate, a first electrode formed extending in a first direction, a second electrode formed substantially parallel to the first electrode, a high resistance portion electrically connecting the first electrode and the second electrode, an opposing substrate, a common electrode, a liquid crystal layer, and a controller. The sheet resistance of the high resistance portion is in 100 G?/sq or less. The controller controls, in one of the modes, the first electrode and the second electrode to be at different potentials.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Naru Usukura, Hiromi Katoh, Yuuichi Kanbayashi, Nathan Smith, Alexander Zawadzki, Benjamin Broughton
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Publication number: 20140293208Abstract: A first element substrate (20a) including an interlayer insulating layer (15a) provided on a first transparent substrate (10a), a plurality of first transparent electrode (16) extending parallel to each other, each first transparent electrode (16) being provided at a bottom (B) of an associated one of a plurality of grooves (S) in the interlayer insulating layer (15a), and a planarizing layer (17) covering the first transparent electrodes (16), filling the grooves (S), and having a refractive index equal to a refractive index of the interlayer insulating layer (15a), a second element substrate (30a) including a second transparent electrode (21) provided on a second transparent substrate (10b), and a liquid crystal layer (40) provided between the first element substrate (20a) and the second element substrate (30a) are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventor: Yuuichi Kanbayashi
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Publication number: 20140267965Abstract: An optical deflector includes: a first element substrate (20) including a first transparent electrode (12) located at a first transparent substrate (10a), an interlayer insulating layer (13) covering the first transparent electrode (12), and a plurality of second transparent electrodes (14) extending in parallel with one another on the interlayer insulating layer (13); a second element substrate (30) facing the first element substrate (20); a liquid crystal layer (40) provided between the first element substrate (20) and the second element substrate (30); and a drive circuit configured to apply signal voltages which are individually defined for the second transparent electrodes (14) and in which a low potential and a high potential are repeated as a whole, to the second transparent electrodes (14) and to apply a signal voltage at the low potential to the first transparent electrode (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Yuuichi Kanbayashi, Naru Usukura
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Publication number: 20130329174Abstract: An optical deflecting element (100A) according to the present invention is an optical deflecting element including a first substrate (11) on which a first electrode (10) is formed, a second substrate (21) on which a second electrode (20) is formed, and a liquid crystal layer (17) arranged between the first electrode (10) and the second electrode (20). At least one of the first electrode (10) and the second electrode (20) includes a plurality of first transparent electrodes (13), a plurality of second transparent electrodes (15), and an inter-layer film (14). The plurality of first transparent electrodes (13) and the plurality of second transparent electrodes (15) are alternately arranged in stripes. The inter-layer film (14) is formed on the plurality of first transparent electrodes (13). The plurality of second transparent electrodes (15) are formed on the inter-layer film (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuuichi Kanbayashi, Hiromi Katoh, Naru Usukura
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Publication number: 20120313912Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel 20 equipped with a plurality of light sensors, a white backlight 31, and an infrared backlight 32. The infrared backlight 32 is turned ON and OFF at a prescribed timing. Some of the light sensors detect light when the infrared backlight 32 is ON, and other light sensors detect light when the infrared backlight 32 is OFF. The white backlight 31 turns OFF for light sensors conducting the light detection. Thus, the effective range of the light sensors included in the display device can be widened.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2010Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuuichi Kanbayashi, Hiromi Katoh
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Publication number: 20120062817Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 100 according to the present invention is provided with a liquid crystal panel 20 in which a liquid crystal layer 23 is disposed between an active matrix substrate 21 and an opposite substrate 22 and a backlight 10 that irradiates the liquid crystal panel 20 with light. The liquid crystal panel 20 has a plurality of optical sensor elements 30 that detect the intensity of received infrared light, and the backlight 10 has an infrared LED (light source) 12 that emits infrared light. On a device surface 100a, an infrared light transmissive sheet (infrared light partially transmissive portion) 50 that partially transmits infrared light is provided. The optical sensor elements 30 detect an input position from outside by detecting infrared light reflected from an inputting object such as a finger or the like placed on the device surface 100a.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuuichi Kanbayashi, Tadashi Nemoto, Ryuzo Yuki, Hiroaki Shigeta, Naru Usukura, Hiromi Katoh
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Publication number: 20110267561Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (display device) (100) of the present invention includes a display panel (20) provided with a plurality of light sensor elements, and has an area sensor function in which the plurality of light sensor elements detect an image on a surface of the liquid crystal display device, so as to determine a location of an input from outside. The liquid crystal display device includes (i) a front side polarizing plate (40) provided on or above a surface of the display panel (20) which surface is on an image display surface side and (ii) a ?/2 phase plate (50b) and a ?/4 phase plate (50a) which are stacked in this order on the front side polarizing plate (40) so that an optical axis (a slow axis) of the ?/2 phase plate (50b) and an optical axis (a slow axis) of the ?/4 phase plate (50a) intersect with each other. The phase plate formed by stacking the ?/2 phase plate (50b) and the ?/4 phase plate (50a) is referred to as a broadband ?/4 phase plate (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tadashi Nemoto, Naru Usukura, Hiromi Katoh, Hiroaki Shigeta, Ryuzo Yuki, Yuuichi Kanbayashi