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).

  • Patent number: 9350051
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery cell that can certainly prevent detachment of an integrated circuit from the secondary battery cell and attachment of the integrated circuit to another secondary battery cell, a battery pack including such secondary battery cells, and an electric power consumption device including such a battery pack. A secondary battery cell 20 of the present invention includes an integrated circuit (an IC chip) 50 that has stored identification information, and the integrated circuit 50 is driven by power from the secondary battery cell. A battery pack of the present invention includes secondary battery cells each including an integrated circuit (an IC chip) that has stored identification information, and the integrated circuits are driven by power from the secondary battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Teramoto, Shinichi Uesaka, Atsushi Ozawa, Kazuo Nakamura, Asami Yoshida, Toru Akishita, Shiho Moriai
  • Patent number: 9300909
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image display apparatus, including: an image display section including a plurality of pixels arrayed therein and each including a display element, the image display section allowing an image pickup section for image pickup to be arranged on the rear face side thereof, the image display section further including a light transmitting part provided in a region thereof corresponding to the image pickup section; and a noise suppression processing unit adapted to carry out, for image information acquired by the image pickup section through the light transmitting part, a reflection noise suppression process for suppressing a reflection component of a display image on the image display section to the picked up image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: JOLED Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9252197
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a plurality of pixel circuits formed in a matrix on a substrate; an insulating layer covering the plurality of pixel circuits; a plurality of light emitting elements connected to the plurality of pixel circuits, and arranged in a matrix on the insulating layer; a filtering layer including a light transmitting section at least in a part of a region facing the light emitting element and a light shielding section formed in a same plane as the light transmitting section, and formed on an opposite side from the pixel circuit in relation to the light emitting element; a light reflecting section formed in a region facing the light shielding section, and between the light emitting element and the filtering layer; and a light receiving element formed in a region facing the light shielding section, and on the pixel circuit side in relation to the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: JOLED, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakamura, Katsuhide Uchino, Nobutoshi Asai, Hiroshi Sagawa
  • Publication number: 20150317938
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Akizumi FUJIOKA, Atsushi SAKAMOTO, Kazuo NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9142605
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display panel based on active matrix driving having a display area made up of N pixel control lines, M video signal lines orthogonally intersecting the N pixel control lines, and pixel circuits arranged at intersections between the N pixel control lines and M video signal lines, wherein positional identification patterns are arranged on every k (k being a natural number) pixel control lines inside each of the pixel circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20150256001
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: Kazuo NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150127186
    Abstract: A power supply device including: (a) a power supply unit group composed of a plurality of power supply units and connected with a power consuming appliance; and (b) a control device configured to control the power supply unit group, wherein the control device and each of the power supply units are connected to each other by a communicating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Shiho Moriai, Tsuyoshi Masato, Shinichi Uesaka, Atsushi Ozawa, Masanobu Katagi, Tomoyuki Ono, Kazuhito Tsuchida, Shin Hotta, Kazuo Nakamura, Kentaro Marutani
  • Publication number: 20150108464
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display panel based on active matrix driving having a display area made up of N pixel control lines, M video signal lines orthogonally intersecting the N pixel control lines, and pixel circuits arranged at intersections between the N pixel control lines and M video signal lines, wherein positional identification patterns are arranged on every k (k being a natural number) pixel control lines inside each of the pixel circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Kazuo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9014866
    Abstract: A power supply device including: (a) a power supply unit group composed of a plurality of power supply units and connected with a power consuming appliance; and (b) a control device configured to control the power supply unit group, wherein the control device and each of the power supply units are connected to each other by a communicating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shiho Moriai, Tsuyoshi Masato, Shinichi Uesaka, Atsushi Ozawa, Masanobu Katagi, Tomoyuki Ono, Kazuhito Tsuchida, Shin Hotta, Kazuo Nakamura, Kentaro Marutani
  • Patent number: 9001099
    Abstract: An image display includes: a display panel in which a plurality of pixels including first display elements, respectively, are two-dimensionally arranged; a drive section deriving, from a plurality of pieces of still image data and display times of a plurality of still images based on the plurality of pieces of still image data, an accumulated display time of each first display element in each still image data when the plurality of still images are sequentially displayed from one to another, and deriving, from the accumulated display time of each first display element derived in each still image data and degradation characteristic data stored in a memory section, a correction amount of each still image data in each pixel, and further sequentially displaying a plurality of still images based on a plurality of pieces of still image data corrected with use of the obtained correction amount from one to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Munenori Ono, Katsuhide Uchino, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Kazuo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8963418
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display panel based on active matrix driving having a display area made up of N pixel control lines, M video signal lines orthogonally intersecting the N pixel control lines, and pixel circuits arranged at intersections between the N pixel control lines and M video signal lines, wherein positional identification patterns are arranged on every k (k being a natural number) pixel control lines inside each of the pixel circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8884993
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus, including: a luminance degradation information production section adapted to produce luminance degradation information regarding degradation of a luminance in accordance with a temperature condition upon emission; a luminance degradation value calculation section adapted to calculate a luminance degradation value regarding degradation of the luminance for each pixel circuit; and a correction section adapted to correct the gradation value of an image signal to be inputted to the pixel circuit based on the luminance degradation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yamashita, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Kazuo Nakamura, Tetsuro Yamamoto, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 8847860
    Abstract: An image display unit comprises a display area including pixels, and an imaging unit disposed at its rear side behind the display area. Light transmissive sections are located within the display area and correspond to the pixels. The light transmissive sections are configured to separately receive light incident upon the image display unit, and pass the received light to the imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakamura, Katsuhide Uchino, Jiro Yamada, Ken Tamayama, Hiroshi Sagawa
  • Patent number: 8830144
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a plurality of pixel circuits formed in a matrix on a substrate; an insulating layer covering the plurality of pixel circuits; a plurality of light emitting elements connected to the plurality of pixel circuits, and arranged in a matrix on the insulating layer; a filtering layer including a light transmitting section at least in a part of a region facing the light emitting element and a light shielding section formed in a same plane as the light transmitting section, and formed on an opposite side from the pixel circuit in relation to the light emitting element; a light reflecting section formed in a region facing the light shielding section, and between the light emitting element and the filtering layer; and a light receiving element formed in a region facing the light shielding section, and on the pixel circuit side in relation to the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakamura, Katsuhide Uchino, Nobutoshi Asai, Hiroshi Sagawa
  • Publication number: 20140247201
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display panel based on active matrix driving having a display area made up of N pixel control lines, M video signal lines orthogonally intersecting the N pixel control lines, and pixel circuits arranged at intersections between the N pixel control lines and M video signal lines, wherein positional identification patterns are arranged on every k (k being a natural number) pixel control lines inside each of the pixel circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140217384
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a plurality of pixel circuits formed in a matrix on a substrate; an insulating layer covering the plurality of pixel circuits; a plurality of light emitting elements connected to the plurality of pixel circuits, and arranged in a matrix on the insulating layer; a filtering layer including a light transmitting section at least in a part of a region facing the light emitting element and a light shielding section formed in a same plane as the light transmitting section, and formed on an opposite side from the pixel circuit in relation to the light emitting element; a light reflecting section formed in a region facing the light shielding section, and between the light emitting element and the filtering layer; and a light receiving element formed in a region facing the light shielding section, and on the pixel circuit side in relation to the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakamura, Katsuhide Uchino, Nobutoshi Asai, Hiroshi Sagawa
  • Patent number: 8760047
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display panel based on active matrix driving having a display area made up of N pixel control lines, M video signal lines orthogonally intersecting the N pixel control lines, and pixel circuits arranged at intersections between the N pixel control lines and M video signal lines, wherein positional identification patterns are arranged on every k (k being a natural number) pixel control lines inside each of the pixel circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140139649
    Abstract: A stereoscopic video display system includes a display device for displaying stereoscopic video, an image pickup element for generating image data, a position determiner for processing the image data received by the image pickup element to determine position information of at least one object identified in the image data, and a plurality of light output sections each having one or more light transmitters. Each light transmitter is configured to output timing signals having a signal strength based on the determined position information. The stereoscopic video display system also includes at least one set of shutter eyeglasses including a light receiving section for receiving timing signals output from at least one of the light transmitters of the light output sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Kazuo Nakamura, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 8670025
    Abstract: A stereoscopic video display system includes a display device for displaying stereoscopic video, an image pickup element for generating image data, a position determiner for processing the image data received by the image pickup element to determine position information of at least one object identified in the image data, and a plurality of light output sections each having one or more light transmitters. Each light transmitter is configured to output timing signals having a signal strength based on the determined position information. The stereoscopic video display system also includes at least one set of shutter eyeglasses including a light receiving section for receiving timing signals output from at least one of the light transmitters of the light output sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Kazuo Nakamura, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 8599223
    Abstract: A display device includes a first reference pixel section configured to be driven to emit light at a predetermined luminance, a second reference pixel section configured to be driven to emit light when an amount of luminance degradation is to be detected, and a correcting unit configured to correct luminance degradation of effective pixels that contribute to display on the basis of a detection result of luminances of the first reference pixel section and the second reference pixel section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Kazuo Nakamura, Katsuhide Uchino