Patents by Inventor Kazuo Nakamura
Kazuo Nakamura 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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Publication number: 20190318704Abstract: There is provided a display device that can suppress occurrence of abnormal display caused by “differences in the settling time of data voltages” between the positions of source bus lines. An output circuit in a source driver is configured to selectively output data voltages and predetermined voltages (e.g., positive-polarity and negative-polarity gradation voltages corresponding to a gradation value at an intermediate level) other than the data voltages. A display control circuit is provided with a register that holds information identifying source bus lines whose charging rates are to be adjusted; and a charge sharing control unit that outputs charge sharing control signals based on the information held in the register. Based on the charge sharing control signals, the output circuit applies the predetermined voltages, for a certain period, to source bus lines whose charging rates are to be adjusted and then applies data voltages to the source bus lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Kazuo NAKAMURA, Masaaki NISHIO
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Publication number: 20190296375Abstract: A fuel cell system including: a first fuel cell performing power generation using a fuel gas; a separation membrane separating at least one of carbon dioxide or water vapor from an anode off gas discharged from the first fuel cell; a second fuel cell disposed in the downstream of the separation membrane and performing power generation using the anode off gas, the anode off gas having at least one of carbon dioxide or water vapor separated therefrom; and a distribution channel disposed on a permeation side of the separation membrane and distributing any of the following: a raw material gas serving as the fuel gas to be reformed and used for the power generation of the first fuel cell, a cathode gas including oxygen to be used for the power generation of the first fuel cell, an anode off gas discharged from the second fuel cell, a cathode off gas discharged from the first fuel cell and to be supplied to the second fuel cell, or a cathode off gas discharged from the second fuel cell, in which at least one of perType: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Shunpei Taku, Kazuo Nakamura, Tatsuki Dohkoh
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Patent number: 10230249Abstract: Provided is a method for charging/discharging a battery pack having an auxiliary charging/discharging device and a battery assembly in which a plurality of secondary battery cell parallel modules, each of which includes a plurality of fasecondary battery cells connected in parallel, are connected in series, the method including, when there is no abnormality in the secondary battery cells during charging/discharging, connecting the auxiliary charging/discharging device in parallel to any of the secondary battery cell parallel modules, and when there is an abnormality in any of the secondary battery cells during charging/discharging, releasing connection to the secondary battery cell at which the abnormality has arisen in the secondary battery cell parallel module including the secondary battery cell at which the abnormality has arisen, and connecting the auxiliary charging/discharging device in parallel to the secondary battery cell parallel module including the secondary battery cell at which the abnormalityType: GrantFiled: September 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Ozawa, Kazuo Nakamura, Shin Hotta, Kentaro Marutani, Shinichi Uesaka
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Publication number: 20180322843Abstract: An object of the present invention is to further reduce the power consumption of a display device adopting pause driving. In a display device that includes a display driving unit (30) that drives a display unit (400); and a power supply circuit (20) that generates a plurality of operation voltages to be supplied to the display driving unit (30), and performs pause driving that repeats a scanning period during which gate bus lines (GL) are scanned and a pause period during which the scanning of the gate bus lines (GL) is stopped, the display driving unit (30) provides a control signal (SM) indicating whether the current point in time is the scanning period or the pause period, to the power supply circuit (20), and the power supply circuit (20) makes the voltage value of at least one of the plurality of operation voltages supplied to the display driving unit (30) smaller during the pause period than during the scanning period, based on the control signal (SM).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Kazuki TAKAHASHI, Jin MIYAZAWA, Kazuo NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20180308443Abstract: A source driver is provided that can suppress the occurrence of abnormal display caused by “the difference in the settling time of a data voltage (to be applied to a source bus line)” depending on location of source bus lines. The source driver includes a data voltage generating unit (31) that generates data voltages corresponding to display gradations; output amplifiers (32) that output the data voltages to the source bus lines; a register (33) that stores control values (C) for adjusting the settling time of outputs of the data voltages from the output amplifiers (32); and a bias current control unit (34) that controls the magnitudes of bias currents of the output amplifiers (32) based on the control values (C) stored in the register (33).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Maremu YAMAGISHI, Masaaki NISHIO, Kazuo NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 10074333Abstract: In the present invention, occurrence of abnormality such as display misalignment at the time of image update is prevented even when pause drive is performed in a display device where data signal lines are driven by a plurality of driver ICs. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a master IC (300L) and a slave IC (300R) as driver ICs and performs pause drive, upon detection of refresh start timing by a REF (Half) of the master IC (300L), the master IC (300L) transmits a refresh control signal RfC to the slave IC (300R), and upon receipt of a refresh detection signal RfD indicating refresh start timing detected by a REF (Half) of the slave IC (300R), the master IC (300L) transmits the refresh control signal RfC to the slave IC (300R) as well as starts refreshing on the left active area based on data in a 1/2 RAM (306L). Upon receipt of the refresh control signal RfC, the slave IC (300R) starts refreshing on a right active area based on data in a 1/2 RAM (306R).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriyuki Tanaka, Kazuo Nakamura, Takuya Sone, Jin Miyazawa
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Patent number: 9970989Abstract: There are provided a secondary battery cell, a battery pack, and an electric power consumption device having a configuration and structure capable of accurately and easily detecting the state of the secondary battery cell in the battery pack. A secondary battery cell 20 of the present invention includes an integrated circuit (an IC chip) 60 having a measuring function to measure a battery status, the battery pack has a plurality of secondary battery cells of the present invention, and the electric power consumption device includes the battery pack of the present invention having the plurality of secondary battery cells of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Nakamura, Shinichi Uesaka, Atsushi Ozawa
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Patent number: 9953603Abstract: An object of the present invention is to prevent occurrence of abnormality such as display misalignment at the time of image update even when pause drive is performed in a display device where data signal lines are driven by a plurality of driver ICs. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a master IC (300L) and a slave IC (300R) as driver ICs and performs pause drive, upon detection of refresh start timing by a REF (Half) of the master IC (300L), the master IC (300L) transmits a refresh control signal RfC to the slave IC (300R), and starts refreshing a left active area of a display portion. Upon receipt of a refresh detection signal RfD indicating refresh start timing detected by a REF (Half) of the slave IC (300R), the master IC (300L) transmits the refresh control signal RfC to the slave IC (300R), and starts refreshing the left active area of the display portion. Upon receipt of the refresh control signal RfC, the slave IC (300R) starts refreshing a right active area of the display portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriyuki Tanaka, Kazuo Nakamura, Takuya Sone, Jin Miyazawa
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Patent number: 9893539Abstract: [Object] To enable charging/discharging amounts of secondary batteries connected in series to be accurately obtained without increasing the costs. [Solving Means] A power storage apparatus includes a battery section in which a plurality of power storage element sections each including at least one power storage element are connected in series, a cell-balancing circuit that are connected in parallel to a plurality of power storage element sections and performs a cell-balancing operation between plurality of power storage element sections, a control unit that controls the cell-balancing current flowing through the cell-balancing circuit, and an entire-current measurement section that measures a current value of an entire current flowing through the entire battery section and a cell-balancing current measurement section that measures a current value of the cell-balancing current.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Nakamura, Atsushi Ozawa
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Patent number: 9871388Abstract: A voltage equalization apparatus includes a switch controller controlling a first switch that is configured to provide a first voltage to a first rectifier element group corresponding to a first electricity storage member and controlling a second switch that is configured to provide a second voltage to a second rectifier element group corresponding to a second electricity storage member, and the switch controller is configured to individually control the first switch and the second switch based on voltage measurement signals of the first electricity storage member and the second electricity storage member.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kazuo Nakamura
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Publication number: 20170343611Abstract: There are provided a secondary battery cell, a battery pack, and an electric power consumption device having a configuration and structure capable of accurately and easily detecting the state of the secondary battery cell in the battery pack. A secondary battery cell 20 of the present invention includes an integrated circuit (an IC chip) 60 having a measuring function to measure a battery status, the battery pack has a plurality of secondary battery cells of the present invention, and the electric power consumption device includes the battery pack of the present invention having the plurality of secondary battery cells of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Kazuo Nakamura, Shinichi Uesaka, Atsushi Ozawa
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Publication number: 20170278483Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image display device that can determine the viewing direction of the user on the basis of user operations such as touch input, and perform gamma correction according to the viewing direction. The image display device includes: a display panel; a first touch detection part that detects a first input operation for any one of a plurality of touch detection regions provided in respective directions of the display panel; a direction determination part that determines directions corresponding to positions where the touch detection regions are provided on the basis of the first input operation; an angle data storage part that stores first angle data defined for each viewing direction of the image display device; and a gamma correction part that applies a first gamma correction value for an image displayed in the display panel on the basis of the direction and the first angle data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jin MIYAZAWA, Kazuo NAKAMURA, Noriyuki TANAKA
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Patent number: 9766294Abstract: There are provided a secondary battery cell, a battery pack, and an electric power consumption device having a configuration and structure capable of accurately and easily detecting the state of the secondary battery cell in the battery pack. A secondary battery cell 20 of the present invention includes an integrated circuit (an IC chip) 60 having a measuring function to measure a battery status, the battery pack has a plurality of secondary battery cells of the present invention, and the electric power consumption device includes the battery pack of the present invention having the plurality of secondary battery cells of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2011Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuo Nakamura, Shinichi Uesaka, Atsushi Ozawa
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Publication number: 20170263204Abstract: In the present invention, occurrence of abnormality such as display misalignment at the time of image update is prevented even when pause drive is performed in a display device where data signal lines are driven by a plurality of driver ICs. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a master IC (300L) and a slave IC (300R) as driver ICs and performs pause drive, upon detection of refresh start timing by a REF (Half) of the master IC (300L), the master IC (300L) transmits a refresh control signal RfC to the slave IC (300R), and upon receipt of a refresh detection signal RfD indicating refresh start timing detected by a REF (Half) of the slave IC (300R), the master IC (300L) transmits the refresh control signal RfC to the slave IC (300R) as well as starts refreshing on the left active area based on data in a 1/2 RAM (306L). Upon receipt of the refresh control signal RfC, the slave IC (300R) starts refreshing on a right active area based on data in a 1/2 RAM (306R).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Noriyuki TANAKA, Kazuo NAKAMURA, Takuya SONE, Jin MIYAZAWA
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Patent number: 9646551Abstract: A processor determines a drive scheme from among candidates of a plurality of drive schemes having differing schemes for supplying a signal to a signal line of a display panel. A controller stores a scheme drive information in which a drive scheme information and a signal control information in a drive scheme are associated. A controller receives a scheme information from a processor, and controls a signal supplied to a signal line of a display panel, the control being made based on a scheme information and a scheme drive information.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akizumi Fujioka, Atsushi Sakamoto, Kazuo Nakamura
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Patent number: 9614257Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery cell capable of reliably preventing an integrated circuit provided to the secondary battery cell from being removed from the secondary battery cell. A secondary battery cell (20) includes an integrated circuit (IC chip) (50) that stores identification information (for example, identification number (ID number) given to the integrated circuit itself). The integrated circuit (50) includes a wiring abnormality detection circuit. When the integrated circuit (50) is removed from the secondary battery cell (20), the wiring abnormality detection circuit detects a wiring abnormality.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2011Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeki Teramoto, Atsushi Ozawa, Kazuo Nakamura
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Publication number: 20160275893Abstract: An object of the present invention is to prevent occurrence of abnormality such as display misalignment at the time of image update even when pause drive is performed in a display device where data signal lines are driven by a plurality of driver ICs. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a master IC (300L) and a slave IC (300R) as driver ICs and performs pause drive, upon detection of refresh start timing by a REF (Half) of the master IC (300L), the master IC (300L) transmits a refresh control signal RfC to the slave IC (300R), and starts refreshing a left active area of a display portion. Upon receipt of a refresh detection signal RfD indicating refresh start timing detected by a REF (Half) of the slave IC (300R), the master IC (300L) transmits the refresh control signal RfC to the slave IC (300R), and starts refreshing the left active area of the display portion. Upon receipt of the refresh control signal RfC, the slave IC (300R) starts refreshing a right active area of the display portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Noriyuki TANAKA, Kazuo NAKAMURA, Takuya SONE, Jin MIYAZAWA
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Publication number: 20160233697Abstract: Provided is a power storage device, a power storage control device, and a power storage control method for rapidly equalizing voltages of cells with a simple configuration. A power storage device including: a plurality of cells which are connected in series; a plurality of reactance elements which are connected in series; a plurality of connection lines configured to connect the respective cells and the respective reactance elements in parallel in a one-to-one correspondence; a plurality of switching elements configured to independently open and close each of the connection lines; and a power storage control device configured to control the switching elements to cause energy to be transferred between the cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Atsushi OZAWA, Kazuo NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20160233556Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power storage device, a power storage control device, and a power storage control method for suppressing a burden imposed on a cell when voltages of cells are equalized. A power storage device includes: a plurality of cells which are connected in series; a series resonance circuit configured to include a reactor and a capacitor; and a power storage control device configured to control a connection state of the cells and the series resonance circuit. The power storage control device causes energy to be transferred between equal numbers of cells via the series resonance circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuo NAKAMURA, Atsushi OZAWA
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Publication number: 20160190828Abstract: [Object] To enable charging/discharging amounts of secondary batteries connected in series to be accurately obtained without increasing the costs. [Solving Means] A power storage apparatus includes a battery section in which a plurality of power storage element sections each including at least one power storage element are connected in series, a cell-balancing circuit that are connected in parallel to a plurality of power storage element sections and performs a cell-balancing operation between plurality of power storage element sections, a control unit that controls the cell-balancing current flowing through the cell-balancing circuit, and an entire-current measurement section that measures a current value of an entire current flowing through the entire battery section and a cell-balancing current measurement section that measures a current value of the cell-balancing current.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Kazuo NAKAMURA, Atsushi OZAWA