Patents by Inventor Kouji Noguchi

Kouji Noguchi 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: 20100328239
    Abstract: A display includes: display pixel electrodes; common electrodes; a display layer; a display control circuit performing image display control based on an image signal; touch detection electrodes each arranged to form a capacitance between each of the touch detection electrodes and each of the common electrodes; and a touch detection circuit detecting an external proximity object based on a detection signal obtained from the touch detection electrodes with use of a common drive voltage for display applied to the common electrodes by the display control circuit as a touch sensor drive signal. The touch detection circuit includes: an A/D (analog-digital) converter section performing sampling of a detection signal obtained from each of the touch detection electrodes at three or more different sampling frequencies to produce three or more sampling detection signals, and a detection section performing a detection operation based on the three or more sampling detection signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu HARADA, Kouji NOGUCHI, Yoshitoshi KIDA, Koji ISHIZAKI, Takayuki NAKANISHI, Takeya TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20100295804
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display face; a display function layer adapted to vary display on the display face in response to an inputted image signal; a plurality of driving electrodes disposed separately in one direction; a detection scanning control section configured to apply a detection driving voltage to some of the plural driving electrodes and carry out detection driving scanning while shifting an application object of the detection driving voltage in the one direction on the display face and then control the detection driving scanning such that jump shift of carrying out shift with a pitch of twice or more times a driving electrode pitch is included; and a plurality of sensor lines disposed separately in a direction different from the one direction and responding to touch or proximity of a detection object with or to the display face to exhibit an electric variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeya TAKEUCHI, Kouji NOGUCHI, Koji ISHIZAKI, Yasuyuki TERANISHI, Takayuki NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20100295824
    Abstract: The display device with high detection accuracy includes: display pixel electrodes; a common electrode; a display function layer; a display control circuit performing image display control by applying a pixel voltage to each of the display pixel electrodes and applying a common drive voltage to the common electrode, the common drive voltage inverting in synchronization with a drive cycle of the image display control; a touch detection electrode cooperating with the common electrode to form a capacitor; and a touch detection circuit detecting an external proximity object, based on a detection signal obtained from the touch detection electrode in response to the common drive voltage applied to the common electrode. The touch detection circuit corrects the detection signal based on a gray scale of the image signal at the time of acquisition of the detection signal, and performs the detection operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji NOGUCHI, Takayuki NAKANISHI, Koji ISHIZAKI, Takeya TAKEUCHI, Yasuyuki TERANISHI
  • Publication number: 20100289765
    Abstract: The display device with high detection accuracy includes: display pixel electrodes; a common electrode; a display function layer; a display control circuit performing image display control by applying a pixel voltage to each of the display pixel electrodes and applying a common drive voltage to the common electrode, the common drive voltage inverting in synchronization with a drive cycle of the image display control; a touch detection electrode cooperating with the common electrode to form a capacitor; and a touch detection circuit detecting an external proximity object, based on a detection signal obtained from the touch detection electrode in response to the common drive voltage applied to the common electrode. The touch detection circuit performs the detection operation in a inversion period following an inversion timing of the common drive voltage, based on both first and second detection signals obtained before and after the inversion timing, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki, Takayuki Nakanishi, Takeya Takeuchi, Yasuyuki Teranishi
  • Publication number: 20100214262
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a form of a matrix in a plane parallel with the substrate, a display functional layer exerting an image display function on a basis of an image signal supplied to the plurality of pixel electrodes, a driving electrode opposed to the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of detecting electrodes arranged in a form of a plane opposed to the driving electrode, separated and arranged at a pitch of a natural number multiple of an arrangement pitch of the pixel electrodes in one direction in the arrangement plane, and each capacitively coupled with the driving electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Kouji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7543517
    Abstract: A gear made of a resin including a cylindrical toothed portion formed at a radially outer location, a shaft-supporting section formed at a radially inner location around the rotational center of the toothed portion, and a thin plate-shaped web connecting the shaft-supporting section and the toothed portion to each other, wherein the web has a circumferential rib concentric with the toothed portion inside the toothed portion, and a plurality of diametrical ribs diametrically connecting the circumferential rib and the shaft-supporting section to each other along the side of the web, each of the diametrical ribs being formed by a first diametrical rib portion extending obliquely in a direction opposite from a normal rotational direction from the outer periphery of the shaft-supporting section, and a second diametrical rib portion extending obliquely in a direction opposite from an opposite rotational direction from the outer periphery of the shaft-supporting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Noguchi, Kazuyuki Sakamaki
  • Publication number: 20060081082
    Abstract: A gear made of a resin including a cylindrical toothed portion formed at a radially outer location, a shaft-supporting section formed at a radially inner location around the rotational center of the toothed portion, and a thin plate-shaped web connecting the shaft-supporting section and the toothed portion to each other, wherein the web has a circumferential rib concentric with the toothed portion inside the toothed portion, and a plurality of diametrical ribs diametrically connecting the circumferential rib and the shaft-supporting section to each other along the side of the web, each of the diametrical ribs being formed by a first diametrical rib portion extending obliquely in a direction opposite from a normal rotational direction from the outer periphery of the shaft-supporting section, and a second diametrical rib portion extending obliquely in a direction opposite from an opposite rotational direction from the outer periphery of the shaft-supporting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Kouji Noguchi, Kazuyuki Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 7004046
    Abstract: A gear made of a resin including substantially annular toothed portion formed at a radially outer location, a shaft-supporting section formed at a radially inner location around a rotational center of the toothed portion, and a web connecting the shaft-supporting section and the toothed portion to each other. A circumferential rib is formed on the web concentrically with the toothed portion, and diametrical ribs are also formed on the web radiately to connect the circumferential rib and the shaft-supporting section to each other in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Noguchi, Kazuyuki Sakamaki
  • Publication number: 20040187622
    Abstract: A gear made of a resin including substantially annular toothed portion formed at a radially outer location, a shaft-supporting section formed at a radially inner location around a rotational center of the toothed portion, and a web connecting the shaft-supporting section and the toothed portion to each other. A circumferential rib is formed on the web concentrically with the toothed portion, and diametrical ribs are also formed on the web radiately to connect the circumferential rib and the shaft-supporting section to each other in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Noguchi, Kazuyuki Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 6752035
    Abstract: A gear made of a resin including substantially annular toothed portion formed at a radially outer location, a shaft-supporting section formed at a radially inner location around a rotational center of the toothed portion, and a web connecting the shaft-supporting section and the toothed portion to each other. A circumferential rib is formed on the web concentrically with the toothed portion, and diametrical ribs are also formed on the web radiately to connect the circumferential rib and the shaft-supporting section to each other in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Noguchi, Kazuyuki Sakamaki
  • Publication number: 20020029648
    Abstract: A gear made of a resin according to the present invention includes a substantially annular toothed portion formed at a radially outer location, a shaft-supporting section formed at a radially inner location around a rotational center of the toothed portion, and a web connecting the shaft-supporting section and the toothed portion to each other. A circumferential rib is formed on the web concentrically with the toothed portion, and diametrical ribs are also formed on the web radiately to connect the circumferential rib and the shaft-supporting section to each other in a radial direction. In addition, a cross brace is formed on the web on the side of an inner peripheral surface of the circumferential rib. By forming the gear in the above manner, the web is reinforced by the circumferential rim and the diametrical ribs and also reinforced by the cross brace, whereby the rigidity of the web can be enhanced without increasing of the thickness of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Kouji Noguchi, Kazuyuki Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 5652523
    Abstract: An IC device interface unit increases a number of IC devices to be tested at the same time by a semiconductor test system without increasing an overall size of the interface unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventor: Kouji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 5537601
    Abstract: A digital signal processor for processing various types of signals, such as an image signal and an audio signal, a basic signal processing part, a programmable logic part, and a bus for connecting these parts together. Circuit configuration data is transferred to the programmable logic part from an external memory through a data input/output line and the bus under control of the basic signal processing part. The circuit configuration data corresponds to the types of signal processing that is to be performed, and several different types of signal processings can be performed successively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Kimura, Yoshito Nejime, Kouji Noguchi