Patents by Inventor Makoto Shiomi
Makoto Shiomi 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: 20240017237Abstract: A reactor includes a second flow path on a permeation side of a separate membrane. The second flow path includes an inflow port open to a first space between a first seal portion and a flow stop unit, and an outflow port open to a second space between a second seal portion and a flow stop unit. A housing includes a sweep gas supply port for supplying a sweep gas to the first space and a sweep gas exhaust port for discharging the sweep gas from the second space. In a side view of the reactor, a direction in which the sweep gas flows through the second space is opposite to a direction in which the sweep gas flows through the second flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Kosuke NAKAGAWA, Kazuki IIDA, Hirofumi KAN, Atsushi TORII, Makoto SHIOMI, Yukinari SHIBAGAKI, Katsuya SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20240017236Abstract: A reactor includes a second flow path on a permeation side of a separation membrane. The second flow path includes an inflow port open to a first space between a first seal portion and a flow rate adjustment unit, and an outflow port open to a second space between a second seal portion and a flow rate adjustment unit. A housing includes a sweep gas supply port for supplying a sweep gas to the first space and a sweep gas exhaust port for discharging the sweep gas from the second space. In a side view of the reactor, a direction in which the sweep gas flows from the first space to the second space via the flow rate adjustment unit is the same as a direction in which the sweep gas flows through the second flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Kosuke NAKAGAWA, Kazuki IIDA, Hirofumi KAN, Atsushi TORII, Makoto SHIOMI, Yukinari SHIBAGAKI, Katsuya SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230408338Abstract: An inspecting apparatus for inspecting print images printed on a transparent printing medium. The apparatus includes a first transport roller for transporting the transparent printing medium; a second transport roller spaced from the first transport roller, and disposed downstream in a transport direction, for transporting the transparent printing medium; a photographing device for photographing the print images located in an inspection area; and a light emitting device for emitting light for photographing the print images located in the inspection area. The first transport roller and second transport roller have outer circumferential surfaces thereof each with a light absorbing member for absorbing the light from the light emitting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Yoshikazu ICHIOKA, Makoto SHIOMI, Shinsuke YAMASHITA, Shinji HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11788892Abstract: An inspecting apparatus for inspecting print images printed on a transparent printing medium. The apparatus includes a first transport roller for transporting the transparent printing medium; a second transport roller spaced from the first transport roller, and disposed downstream in a transport direction, for transporting the transparent printing medium; a photographing device for photographing the print images located in an inspection area; and a light emitting device for emitting light for photographing the print images located in the inspection area. The first transport roller and second transport roller have outer circumferential surfaces thereof each with a light absorbing member for absorbing the light from the light emitting device.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu Ichioka, Makoto Shiomi, Shinsuke Yamashita, Shinji Hayashi
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Publication number: 20230302822Abstract: A printing system includes a coating device, a printing device, and a controller. The coating device applies a processing liquid to a base material by bringing a coating roller with the processing liquid adhering thereto into contact with the transported base material. The printing device performs printing on a surface of the base material to which the processing liquid has been applied. The controller includes a contact-start-position identifier, an inappropriate-printing-area setter, and a print controller. The contact-start-position identifier identifies a contact start position of the base material in which the coating roller and the base material start to come in contact with each other. The inappropriate-printing-area setter sets, as the inappropriate printing area, an area of the base material that has a predetermined length in a transport direction from the contact start position. The print controller stops the printing device from performing printing on the inappropriate printing area.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Kazuma Tani, Makoto Shiomi, Yasunori Akiyoshi
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Patent number: 11738575Abstract: A printing apparatus for printing on a printing medium. The apparatus includes the following elements: a transport mechanism for transporting the printing medium in a transport direction; a first print head for printing an image on the printing medium, and printing a lead line used as a reference for determining a printing position in a width direction; a second print head for performing printing based on a position of the lead line; a printing position sensor for detecting the position of the lead line in the width direction; and a moving mechanism for moving the printing position sensor in the width direction of the printing medium according to a width dimension of the printing medium.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Yasuda, Kazuki Fukui, Makoto Shiomi
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Patent number: 11645986Abstract: An image processing device generates backlight data from input image data to control outputs of a plurality of light-emitting regions; corrects the backlight data; generates luminance distribution data for the backlight from the backlight data that is corrected; generates second panel data from an input image data to control aperture ratios of a plurality of pixels; corrects the second panel data; generates luminance distribution data for the second liquid crystal panel from the second panel data that is corrected and the luminance distribution data for the backlight; and generates first panel data from the input image data and the luminance distribution data for the second liquid crystal panel to control aperture ratios of a plurality of picture elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoko Goto, Makoto Shiomi
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Publication number: 20230024146Abstract: A first pixel configured to emit light of a first color, a second pixel configured to emit light of a second color; and a third pixel configured to emit light of a third color are provided. The first pixel includes a first subpixel and a second subpixel each including a quantum dot light-emitting layer. A light-emission peak wavelength of the second subpixel is longer than a light-emission peak wavelength of the first subpixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventor: MAKOTO SHIOMI
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Publication number: 20220392415Abstract: An image processing device generates backlight data from input image data to control outputs of a plurality of light-emitting regions; corrects the backlight data; generates luminance distribution data for the backlight from the backlight data that is corrected; generates second panel data from an input image data to control aperture ratios of a plurality of pixels; corrects the second panel data; generates luminance distribution data for the second liquid crystal panel from the second panel data that is corrected and the luminance distribution data for the backlight; and generates first panel data from the input image data and the luminance distribution data for the second liquid crystal panel to control aperture ratios of a plurality of picture elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Naoko GOTO, Makoto SHIOMI
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Patent number: 11501726Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight, a first liquid crystal panel, a second liquid crystal panel, and a driver. The second liquid crystal panel is overlapped with the first liquid crystal panel, and disposed closer to the backlight than to the first liquid crystal panel. The driver is configured to drive the backlight, the first liquid crystal panel, and the second liquid crystal panel. The second liquid crystal panel is lower in resolution than the first liquid crystal panel. The driver drives the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel at different refresh rates.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Murai, Makoto Shiomi
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Publication number: 20220088943Abstract: A printing apparatus for printing on a printing medium. The apparatus includes the following elements: a transport mechanism for transporting the printing medium in a transport direction; a first print head for printing an image on the printing medium, and printing a lead line used as a reference for determining a printing position in a width direction; a second print head for performing printing based on a position of the lead line; a printing position sensor for detecting the position of the lead line in the width direction; and a moving mechanism for moving the printing position sensor in the width direction of the printing medium according to a width dimension of the printing medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Satoshi Yasuda, Kazuki FUKUI, Makoto SHIOMI
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Publication number: 20220090967Abstract: An inspecting apparatus for inspecting print images printed on a transparent printing medium. The apparatus includes a first transport roller for transporting the transparent printing medium; a second transport roller spaced from the first transport roller, and disposed downstream in a transport direction, for transporting the transparent printing medium; a photographing device for photographing the print images located in an inspection area; and a light emitting device for emitting light for photographing the print images located in the inspection area. The first transport roller and second transport roller have outer circumferential surfaces thereof each with a light absorbing member for absorbing the light from the light emitting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Yoshikazu Ichioka, Makoto Shiomi, Shinsuke Yamashita, Shinji Hayashi
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Publication number: 20220044647Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight, a first liquid crystal panel, a second liquid crystal panel, and a driver. The second liquid crystal panel is overlapped with the first liquid crystal panel, and disposed closer to the backlight than to the first liquid crystal panel. The driver is configured to drive the backlight, the first liquid crystal panel, and the second liquid crystal panel. The second liquid crystal panel is lower in resolution than the first liquid crystal panel. The driver drives the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel at different refresh rates.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: TAKAYUKI MURAI, MAKOTO SHIOMI
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Publication number: 20210241703Abstract: To provide a control device capable of reducing power consumption of a display device. A display controller is a control device of a display device including a display including a plurality of light sources to be independently controlled. The display controller performs display processing that involves monitoring an update of an image to be displayed on a screen of the display, and causing a light source corresponding to a display region of the updated image to glow more brightly than another light source, the light source and the other light source being included in the light sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: MAKOTO SHIOMI, NAOKO GOTO, NAOTO INOUE, AYA OKAMOTO, OSAMU TERANUMA, MASAO KURINO, YUKI KATSUMURA
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Publication number: 20210233479Abstract: To provide a control device capable of reducing power consumption of a display device. A display controller is a control device of a display device including a display including a plurality of light sources to be independently controlled. In accordance with levels of unimportance or levels of importance each corresponding to one of display items displayed by one or more applications of the display device, the display controller controls brightness of a light source corresponding to a display region for the one display item. The light source is included in the light sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: MAKOTO SHIOMI, NAOKO GOTO, NAOTO INOUE, AYA OKAMOTO, OSAMU TERANUMA, MASAO KURINO, YUKI KATSUMURA
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Publication number: 20210134236Abstract: To provide a control device capable of reducing power consumption of a display device. A display controller is a control device of a display device including a display including a plurality of light sources to be independently controlled. The control device performs first display processing that involves causing a light source, corresponding to a display region for notice information, to glow more brightly than another light source if the notice information is displayed on a part of the display when the display device is in a lock state. The notice information presents a user a notice, and the light source and the other light source are included in the light sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: MAKOTO SHIOMI, NAOKO GOTO, NAOTO INOUE, AYA OKAMOTO, OSAMU TERANUMA, MASAO KURINO, YUKI KATSUMURA
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Patent number: 10761371Abstract: A change of a color tone of an image to be displayed is suppressed. A liquid crystal display device (1) displays an original image having a first dynamic range in a second dynamic range narrower than the first dynamic range. The liquid crystal display device includes a display control circuit (50) that lowers luminance of a dominant color having luminance higher than predetermined luminance to the predetermined luminance or less and lowers luminance of a non-dominant color.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Makoto Shiomi
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Patent number: 10497333Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a display section including first and second areas (ARa and ARb); a first driver substrate (Fa) for the first area; a second driver substrate (Fb) for the second area; a first-driver-substrate-voltage generating circuit (Pa) that supplies a drive voltage to a first voltage input terminal (xa1) of the first driver substrate; a second-driver-substrate-voltage generating circuit (Pb) that supplies a drive voltage to a second voltage input terminal (xb1) of the second driver substrate; and at least one switch (a1 and B1) that electrically connects or separates the first and second voltage input terminals (xa1 and xb1). In this configuration, the liquid crystal display has restrained luminance difference (luminance disparity) between the areas.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Makoto Shiomi
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Patent number: 10471355Abstract: A more effective image is presented to a third person in accordance with the progress of a prescribed story of a game in which a virtual object is generated. An MR game device (3) includes a spectator-viewing-intended image synthesis unit (353) that generates a spectator viewpoint image of a virtual space containing an image of the virtual object and an image of a competitor as viewed from a virtual space viewpoint of a spectator in accordance with the progress of the prescribed story.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naohiro Hohjoh, Makoto Shiomi
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Publication number: 20190265552Abstract: A change of a color tone of an image to be displayed is suppressed. A liquid crystal display device (1) displays an original image having a first dynamic range in a second dynamic range narrower than the first dynamic range. The liquid crystal display device includes a display control circuit (50) that lowers luminance of a dominant color having luminance higher than predetermined luminance to the predetermined luminance or less and lowers luminance of a non-dominant color.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: MAKOTO SHIOMI