Patents by Inventor Kazuto KIKUTA

Kazuto KIKUTA 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: 10957232
    Abstract: A circuit device (100) includes: a pixel clock judgment circuit (110) that outputs a pixel clock judgment signal ERPX that is activated if an edge of a pixel clock signal PXCK has not been detected in a detection period that is set by a reference clock signal RFCK; a signal judgment circuit (120) that judges whether or not a display control signal DCS is normal based on the reference clock signal RFCK, and outputs a signal judgment signal EPDC that is activated if the display control signal DCS is anomalous; and a mask circuit (130) that masks the display control signal DCS when at least one of the pixel clock judgment signal ERPX and the signal judgment signal EPDC is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takekuni Yamamoto, Kazuto Kikuta
  • Patent number: 10778247
    Abstract: A circuit device in which a processing load of a processing device with respect to error detection performed on image data can be reduced, and an electro-optical device, an electronic apparatus, a mobile body, an error detection method and the like. The circuit device includes: an interface unit that receives image data; and an error detection unit that performs error detection. The interface unit receives the image data including display image data and error detection data that includes at least position information regarding an error detection region, and the error detection unit performs the error detection on the display image data based on the display image data of the error detection region that is specified by the position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Kikuta, Chisato Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20200168143
    Abstract: A circuit device (100) includes: a pixel clock judgment circuit (110) that outputs a pixel clock judgment signal ERPX that is activated if an edge of a pixel clock signal PXCK has not been detected in a detection period that is set by a reference clock signal RFCK; a signal judgment circuit (120) that judges whether or not a display control signal DCS is normal based on the reference clock signal RFCK, and outputs a signal judgment signal EPDC that is activated if the display control signal DCS is anomalous; and a mask circuit (130) that masks the display control signal DCS when at least one of the pixel clock judgment signal ERPX and the signal judgment signal EPDC is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takekuni YAMAMOTO, Kazuto KIKUTA
  • Publication number: 20190013826
    Abstract: A circuit device in which a processing load of a processing device with respect to error detection performed on image data can be reduced, and an electro-optical device, an electronic apparatus, a mobile body, an error detection method and the like. The circuit device includes: an interface unit that receives image data; and an error detection unit that performs error detection. The interface unit receives the image data including display image data and error detection data that includes at least position information regarding an error detection region, and the error detection unit performs the error detection on the display image data based on the display image data of the error detection region that is specified by the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto KIKUTA, Chisato HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9030385
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which corrects pixel data corresponding to pixels configuring a display image of a display device having light emitting elements includes an information storage unit which, in units of one or a plurality of pixels of the display device, stores information corresponding to operating currents of light emitting elements included in the one or plurality of pixels, and a pixel data correction unit which corrects the pixel data based on the information corresponding to the operating currents stored in the information storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuto Kikuta
  • Patent number: 8780144
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus that performs display control of an image displayed on a display unit, includes a first control circuit for controlling image data of a frame in question or a display timing control signal corresponding to the image data so as to display each pixel forming the image with different brightness at given intervals, and a second control circuit for controlling the image data or the display timing control signal by different control from that by the first control circuit so as to display each pixel forming the image with different brightness at given intervals, wherein the first control circuit and the second control circuit control image data of an identical frame or a display timing control signal corresponding to the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuto Kikuta
  • Patent number: 8643581
    Abstract: An image processing device performing a frame rate control a display timing control signal corresponding to an image data, includes: a brightness distribution generating unit that generates a brightness distribution on the basis of the image data; an image type determining unit that determines a type of an image on the basis of the brightness distribution; and a frame rate control unit that performs frame rate control corresponding to the determined image type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuto Kikuta
  • Publication number: 20110254874
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus performing display control based on image data corresponding to each of pixels forming a display image includes an image data correcting section correcting the image data of each pixel based on information corresponding to an operating current of each pixel and a display control section compensating for the steps of gradation lost by image data correction by adjusting the lighting time of each pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuto KIKUTA
  • Publication number: 20110254850
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus performing frame rate control on image data corresponding to each of dots forming a display image includes a frame rate generating section generating the frame rate of a dot according to a difference in gradation between the dot and a dot around the dot and a frame rate control section performing frame rate control on the image data on a dot-by-dot basis based on the frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuto KIKUTA
  • Publication number: 20110227961
    Abstract: An image processing device performing a frame rate control a display timing control signal corresponding to an image data, includes: a brightness distribution generating unit that generates a brightness distribution on the basis of the image data; an image type determining unit that determines a type of an image on the basis of the brightness distribution; and a frame rate control unit that performs frame rate control corresponding to the determined image type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuto KIKUTA
  • Publication number: 20110050744
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which corrects pixel data corresponding to pixels configuring a display image of a display device having light emitting elements includes an information storage unit which, in units of one or a plurality of pixels of the display device, stores information corresponding to operating currents of light emitting elements included in the one or plurality of pixels, and a pixel data correction unit which corrects the pixel data based on the information corresponding to the operating currents stored in the information storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuto KIKUTA
  • Publication number: 20110043551
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus that performs display control of an image displayed on a display unit, includes a first control circuit for controlling image data of a frame in question or a display timing control signal corresponding to the image data so as to display each pixel forming the image with different brightness at given intervals, and a second control circuit for controlling the image data or the display timing control signal by different control from that by the first control circuit so as to display each pixel forming the image with different brightness at given intervals, wherein the first control circuit and the second control circuit control image data of an identical frame or a display timing control signal corresponding to the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuto KIKUTA