Patents by Inventor Hideki Sugimoto

Hideki Sugimoto 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: 20110169804
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a pixel array in which pixel circuits each having a light emitting device, a drive transistor, a sampling transistor, and a retention capacity; a signal selector that supplies threshold correction reference voltages and a video signal voltages as to signal lines arranged in columns on the pixel array; a drive control scanner that provides power supply pulses to power supply control lines arranged in rows on the pixel array and applies drive voltages to the drive transistors; and a write scanner that provides scan pulses to write control lines arranged in rows on the pixel array to control the sampling transistors and executes input of the threshold correction reference voltages and the video signal voltages to the pixel circuits, and brings the sampling transistors into conduction by the scan pulses at plural times when the signal line voltages are the threshold correction reference voltages in order to execute plural threshold corrections in non-emission periods of one light emi
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Sugimoto, Naobumi Toyomura
  • Publication number: 20110096065
    Abstract: A method of driving a display apparatus formed by arranging display devices each having a driving circuit and a current-driven type light emitting portion, the method comprising the steps of: performing a threshold voltage cancelling process in units of a display device row in which a predetermined reference voltage is applied to a gate electrode of a driving transistor of Q×N display devices configuring groups of display device rows and a predetermined driving voltage is applied to one source/drain region of the Q×N display devices so as to change the electric potential of the other source/drain region toward an electric potential calculated by subtracting a threshold voltage of the driving transistor from the reference voltage during a period TQ; and sequentially performing a writing process, in which video signals are applied to the gate electrodes of the driving transistor of N display devices configuring the display device row, Q times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Handa, Tesuro Yamamoto, Hideki Sugimoto, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Publication number: 20110013099
    Abstract: A display unit with which the internal structure is able to be simplified, a method of driving the same, and an electronics device are provided. The display unit includes a video signal processing circuit, a signal line drive circuit, a power source line drive circuit and a scanning line drive circuit. The power source line drive circuit concurrently applies a control pulse to the all power source lines, and concurrently controls light emission and light extinction of the all light emitting devices. The scanning line drive circuit applies a first selection pulse to the all scanning lines during time period when the fixed voltage is applied, and subsequently and sequentially applies a second selection pulse to the plurality of scanning lines during time period when the erasing pulse is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20110013100
    Abstract: A display unit with which gradation control is facilitated, a method of driving the same, and an electronics device are provided. The display unit includes: a pixel circuit array section including a plurality of scanning lines arranged in rows, a plurality of signal lines arranged in columns, and a plurality of light emitting devices and a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix state correspondingly to an intersection of each scanning line and each signal line; a signal line drive circuit sequentially applying a signal voltage corresponding to a video signal to each signal line, and applying an erasing pulse to a specific signal line at given timing so that a duty ratio determined based on the video signal is obtained; and a scanning line drive circuit applying a given selection pulse to the scanning line while the erasing pulse is applied to the specific signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 7849295
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes an operation processing unit and a data feature determining circuit. The operation processing unit is configured to sequentially perform preset operation processing on operation data in units of sub blocks to output an operation resultant data. Each of the operation data is divided into blocks, each of which comprises the sub blocks. The data feature determining circuit is configured to control the operation processing unit in units of blocks based on feature data respectively added to the blocks to indicate features of the blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20100253659
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a driving method for a display apparatus which includes: (1) a scanning line; (2) a data line; (3) a display element; (4) a feeder line; (5) a current detection line; and (6) a switching element, the driving method for a display apparatus including a current detection step of placing the switching element into an on state in a state wherein a potential of the current detection line is maintained so that a potential difference between the second end of a light emitting element and the current detection line does not exceed a threshold voltage of the light emitting element and supplying current flowing through a driving transistor to the current detection line so as to be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Sugimoto, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Publication number: 20100253674
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for driving a display element including a current-driven light emitting part and a drive circuit, the drive circuit including a write transistor, a drive transistor, and a capacitive part, the method including the steps of: executing threshold voltage cancel processing of changing potential of the second node toward potential obtained by subtracting threshold voltage of the drive transistor from potential of the first node in a state in which the potential of the first node is kept; and executing write processing of applying a video signal from the data line to the first node via the write transistor turned to an on-state by a scan signal from the scan line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Sugimoto, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 7804331
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an output stage circuit including a first conductive type first transistor and a second conductive type second transistor, the first conductive type first transistor being connected between a first power supply terminal and an output terminal, the second conductive type second transistor being connected between a second power supply terminal and the output terminal and having a leak current larger than that of the first transistor, and an input stage circuit outputting a logic value setting the first transistor to a non-conductive state and setting the second transistor to a conductive state in accordance with a logic circuit disable signal input when the output stage circuit is in a disable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20100188439
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a transmissive liquid crystal display device having a display region made up of pixels arrayed in a matrix fashion. The liquid crystal display device includes a planar light source unit formed of planar light source units corresponding to respective display region units on an assumption that the display region is divided into the display region units and configured in such a manner that each planar light source unit irradiates a corresponding display region unit with light, and a drive circuit driving the liquid crystal display device and the planar light source device. The liquid crystal display device is scanned line-sequentially and the pixels making up each display region unit are scanned line-sequentially. A planar light source unit corresponding to a display region unit is held in a luminous state over a predetermined period since a line-sequential scan on the display region unit has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Sugimoto, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7719347
    Abstract: In related arts, a body voltage needs to be controlled by separately detecting external environment such as temperature. In the related art, variation such as a process parameter for each individual product has not been considered. A semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention includes a comparator comparing a leak current of a first conductive type transistor with a leak current of a second conductive type transistor to output a comparing result, and a conduction control signal generator outputting a signal determining a conduction state of the first conductive type transistor and a conduction state of the second conductive type transistor in a power saving control target circuit in a power saving mode based on the comparing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20100033476
    Abstract: A sampling transistor in embodiments of the present invention is kept at the on-state with a time width shorter than one horizontal cycle, during the period from the rising of a control pulse supplied from a scanner to the falling of the control pulse, and samples a video signal Vsig from a signal line SL to write the video signal Vsig to a hold capacitor. A sampling transistor T1 has a double gate structure in which a pair of transistor elements are connected in common. This suppresses change in the threshold voltage of the sampling transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Yamamoto, Junichi Yamashita, Seiichiro Jinta, Hideki Sugimoto, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Publication number: 20090276113
    Abstract: In a wheel-state estimation device which estimates a force or acceleration acting on a wheel provided in an automotive vehicle, a plurality of wheel side detection units are respectively provided in a plurality of wheels of the vehicle, each wheel side detecting unit detecting a force or acceleration acting on a corresponding one of the wheels. An estimation unit estimates, when use of detection results of one of the wheels from one of the plurality of wheel side detection units is suspended, a force or acceleration acting on the one of the wheels with respect to the suspended use of the detection results, by using detection results of other wheels from other wheel side detection units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20090072894
    Abstract: In related arts, a body voltage needs to be controlled by separately detecting external environment such as temperature. In the related art, variation such as a process parameter for each individual product has not been considered. A semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention includes a comparator comparing a leak current of a first conductive type transistor with a leak current of a second conductive type transistor to output a comparing result, and a conduction control signal generator outputting a signal determining a conduction state of the first conductive type transistor and a conduction state of the second conductive type transistor in a power saving control target circuit in a power saving mode based on the comparing result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventor: Hideki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20080303551
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an output stage circuit including a first conductive type first transistor and a second conductive type second transistor, the first conductive type first transistor being connected between a first power supply terminal and an output terminal, the second conductive type second transistor being connected between a second power supply terminal and the output terminal and having a leak current larger than that of the first transistor, and an input stage circuit outputting a logic value setting the first transistor to a non-conductive state and setting the second transistor to a conductive state in accordance with a logic circuit disable signal input when the output stage circuit is in a disable state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Hideki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20080126756
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes an operation processing unit and a data feature determining circuit. The operation processing unit is configured to sequentially perform preset operation processing on operation data in units of sub blocks to output an operation resultant data. Each of the operation data is divided into blocks, each of which comprises the sub blocks. The data feature determining circuit is configured to control the operation processing unit in units of blocks based on feature data respectively added to the blocks to indicate features of the blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20080028192
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data processing apparatus includes a plurality of register units and an operation unit. Each of the plurality of register units includes a register divided into a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of blocks capable of holding a block data being at least 1 bit length. The operation unit sequentially reads the plurality of block data from at least one of the plurality of register units, performs predetermined operation, and outputs an operation result in units of blocks. At least one of the plurality of register units inputs a data having a plurality of block data in units of blocks and outputs the data to the operation unit in units of blocks before filling the register with full of the input data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20050272829
    Abstract: This invention relates to a curable liquid resin composition comprising: (a) 5-94 parts by weight of a urethane (meth)acrylate comprising a polyether backbone, at least one urethane group and at least one (meth)acrylate end group (b) 5-94 parts by weight of a polymerizable monomer, and; (c) 0.01-10 parts by weight of a photoinitiator, in 100 parts by weight of the curable liquid resin composition, wherein the cured product of the composition has a glass transition temperature between 30 and 85° C. or less and a stress relaxation time of 30 minutes or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Masanobu Sugimoto, Hideki Sugimoto, Takeo Shigemoto, Zen Komiya, Takashi Ukachi
  • Publication number: 20050256287
    Abstract: The present invention discusses a curable liquid resin composition comprising a urethane (meth)acrylate obtained by using as polyol components (i) a polyether polyol comprising a structure according to formula (1): —CH2CH(CH3)O—, (ii) a polyether polyol having a cyclic structure and optionally (iii) one or more other polyols. The present invention also discusses a curable liquid resin composition which produces a cured product having high elasticity and high elongation suitable as a secondary material, in particular, as a ribbon matrix material can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Masanobu Sugimoto, Hideki Sugimoto, Zen Komiya, Takashi Ukachi
  • Patent number: 6748415
    Abstract: A picture print playing apparatus has a hard disk which contains a period-setting file in which a display-start date of a period-limited frame picture on a screen is stored. When the display-start date agrees with the present date, a frame picture which has already been displayed on a CRT, is replaced by the period-limited frame picture. Thereby, if the same display-start date and time are set in all of the picture print playing apparatuses, the period-limited frame pictures are simultaneously replaced at the same time in plural apparatuses at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 6704858
    Abstract: An information processor has a first register file used when a first instruction is executed and a second register file used when a second instruction is used. When the second instruction is called from the first instruction, the second register file is activated and the first register file is deactivated, when the second instruction is called from said first instruction. So, when the second instruction is executed, if a data used in the second instruction is not written into the second register file, the data is obtained from the first register file, and if it is written, the data is obtained from the second register file. Then, the execution result of the second instruction based on the obtained data is written into the second register file. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an information processor that can quickly switch the register files without the influence of the number of parameters to be transferred, and a method for switching the register files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Sugimoto