Patents by Inventor Noriaki Yamaguchi
Noriaki Yamaguchi 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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Patent number: 11927798Abstract: The optical fiber comprises a glass fiber comprising a core and a cladding, a primary resin layer in contact with the glass fiber and covering the glass fiber, and a secondary resin layer covering the primary resin layer, wherein the primary resin layer contains a cured product of a resin composition containing a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, a monomer, a photopolymerization initiator and an aromatic acid compound, a content of the aromatic acid compound is 20 ppm or more and 12000 ppm or less based on a total amount of the resin composition, and Young's modulus of the primary resin layer is 0.6 MPa or less at 23° C.±2° C.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noriaki Iwaguchi, Haruki Okuyama, Takahisa Yamaguchi, Takashi Fujii
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Patent number: 10891895Abstract: A plurality of LED drive circuits are provided so as to correspond one-to-one with plurality of LED units arranged in matrix. In the LED drive circuit, a data voltage is written to a memory capacitor in a charge period that appears every one frame period, in the LED drive circuit, the reset control transistor is turned on and off more than once after a time point at which the charge period ends until a time point at which the next charge period starts, so that a lighting enable period in which a lighting period control operation is performed is provided more than once every one frame period.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidekazu Miyata, Noriaki Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10854167Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a frame memory, a display control circuit that performs a predetermined process on a first video signal using the frame memory and outputs an obtained second video signal, and a panel drive circuit that drives the display panel based on the second video signal. The display control circuit checks whether the frame memory is normal or abnormal, by storing partial video data included in the first video signal, writing to the frame memory, video data obtained by replacing the partial video data with first test data, and comparing with the first test data, second test data included in the video data read from the frame memory.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriaki Yamaguchi, Hidekazu Miyata, Masafumi Yashiki
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Publication number: 20200051523Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a frame memory, a display control circuit that performs a predetermined process on a first video signal using the frame memory and outputs an obtained second video signal, and a panel drive circuit that drives the display panel based on the second video signal. The display control circuit checks whether the frame memory is normal or abnormal, by storing partial video data included in the first video signal, writing to the frame memory, video data obtained by replacing the partial video data with first test data, and comparing with the first test data, second test data included in the video data read from the frame memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Noriaki YAMAGUCHI, Hidekazu MIYATA, Masafumi YASHIKI
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Publication number: 20200005710Abstract: A plurality of LED drive circuits are provided so as to correspond one-to-one with plurality of LED units arranged in matrix. In the LED drive circuit, a data voltage is written to a memory capacitor in a charge period that appears every one frame period, in the LED drive circuit, the reset control transistor is turned on and off more than once after a time point at which the charge period ends until a time point at which the next charge period starts, so that a lighting enable period in which a lighting period control operation is performed is provided more than once every one frame period.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: HIDEKAZU MIYATA, NORIAKI YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20190340995Abstract: Periods P1 to P3 are set when a power of a liquid crystal display device 10 is turned off. In an afterimage deletion period P1, a gate line is driven similarly to a case of a normal operation, and a correction voltage obtained by adding a pull-in voltage to a voltage of a common electrode is applied to a source line. In a voltage drop period P2, a zero voltage is applied to the gate line, the source line, and the common electrode. In a charge discharging period P3, the zero voltage is applied to the source line and the common electrode, and in at least a part of the charge discharging period P3, a voltage that enables charge to move between the source line and the pixel electrode via a TFT is applied to the gate line. A voltage holding unit that, even after an input power voltage is reduced, supplies a voltage, which is almost equal to the input power voltage, until at least the period P3 ends is provided. As a result, flicker or image sticking caused when the power is turned on again is prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: HIDEKAZU MIYATA, NORIAKI YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180082646Abstract: A display device (10) includes a display panel (11), a backlight (12) having a switchable light emission color, a display control circuit (15), and a finish signal output unit (16). The finish signal output unit (16) outputs a finish signal (C1) for instructing turn off of the backlight (12) at an arbitrary timing. The display control circuit (15) divides one frame period into a plurality of subfield periods, and outputs backlight data (D1) and a video signal (V2) including subfield data in each subfield period. When detecting the finish signal (C1), the display control circuit (15) turns off the backlight (12) after controlling the display panel (11) and the backlight (12) so that an achromatic color subfield is displayed. With this, unnatural display when turning off the backlight can be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventor: NORIAKI YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 9922588Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) according to the present invention comprises: a transparent-display-area extraction circuit (15) for extracting an area to be used as a transparent display area from an input image signal (Sin); a subfield generation circuit (21) which divides the input image signal (Sin) into a plurality of subfields to generate a subfield image signal (Ssf) and reads, from a resister (22), transparency setting data (Dts) for forcibly changing the transparent display area to a state of transparent display in all the subfields; and a display panel drive unit (23,30) which displays an image on a crystal liquid panel (60) for each subfield on the basis of the subfield image signal (Ssf) and changes the transparent display area into a state of transparent display on the liquid crystal panel (60) on the basis of the transparency setting data (Dts).Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Noriaki Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 9857645Abstract: For the purpose of providing a display panel that realizes a high light utilization efficiency, a low power consumption, a fast response and a low cost, a display panel of the present invention includes, between a transparent substrate (102) and a TFT substrate (105), (i) a soft material layer (101) that expands or contracts in response to voltage application to the soft material layer (101), (ii) a flexible pixel electrode (102) that expands or contracts together with the soft material layer (101), and (iii) an upper electrode (103).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Sugita, Iichiroh Inoue, Noriaki Yamaguchi, Akiko Miyazaki
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Patent number: 9542893Abstract: A local failure of display video is suppressed. An LED data calculating portion that generates an approximate curve obtained by approximating the distribution of values of an input image, the approximate curve whose amount of change is less than or equal to a predetermined value, and calculates LED data based on the generated approximate curve and a liquid crystal transmittance calculating portion that calculates the liquid crystal transmittance based on the input image and the approximate curve generated by the LED data calculating portion are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: SAHRP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriaki Yamaguchi, Naoko Kondoh, Shigeto Yoshida
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Patent number: 9520097Abstract: In a display control circuit (200) of a display device, an image pattern detection portion (230) detects whether an image is an anti-flicker pattern or not, and when it is an anti-flicker pattern, a backlight source is driven (typically, such that its luminance changes in the opposite phase relative to luminance changes that would occur), on the basis of predicted values, which are predetermined so as to compensate for the luminance changes that would occur. Moreover, the backlight is not turned on during the scanning period. As a result, flicker due to current leakage, etc., can be reduced or eliminated in a display device for which a scanning period and a scan stop period are set.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yutaka Takamaru, Seiji Kaneko, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Kaoru Yamamoto, Kohhei Tanaka, Seiichi Uchida, Noriaki Yamaguchi, Shigeyasu Mori
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Publication number: 20160343285Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) according to the present invention comprises: a transparent-display-area extraction circuit (15) for extracting an area to be used as a transparent display area from an input image signal (Sin); a subfield generation circuit (21) which divides the input image signal (Sin) into a plurality of subfields to generate a subfield image signal (Ssf) and reads, from a resister (22), transparency setting data (Dts) for forcibly changing the transparent display area to a state of transparent display in all the subfields; and a display panel drive unit (23,30) which displays an image on a crystal liquid panel (60) for each subfield on the basis of the subfield image signal (Ssf) and changes the transparent display area into a state of transparent display on the liquid crystal panel (60) on the basis of the transparency setting data (Dts).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventor: Noriaki YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20150325175Abstract: A local failure of display video is suppressed. An LED data calculating portion that generates an approximate curve obtained by approximating the distribution of values of an input image, the approximate curve whose amount of change is less than or equal to a predetermined value, and calculates LED data based on the generated approximate curve and a liquid crystal transmittance calculating portion that calculates the liquid crystal transmittance based on the input image and the approximate curve generated by the LED data calculating portion are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Noriaki YAMAGUCHI, Naoko KONDOH, Shigeto YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20150248034Abstract: For the purpose of providing a display panel that realizes a high light utilization efficiency, a low power consumption, a fast response and a low cost, a display panel of the present invention includes, between a transparent substrate (102) and a TFT substrate (105), (i) a soft material layer (101) that expands or contracts in response to voltage application to the soft material layer (101), (ii) a flexible pixel electrode (102) that expands or contracts together with the soft material layer (101), and (iii) an upper electrode (103).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Yasuhiro Sugita, Iichiroh Inoue, Noriaki Yamaguchi, Akiko Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20140267464Abstract: In a display control circuit (200) of a display device, an image pattern detection portion (230) detects whether an image is an anti-flicker pattern or not, and when it is an anti-flicker pattern, a backlight source is driven (typically, such that its luminance changes in the opposite phase relative to luminance changes that would occur), on the basis of predicted values, which are predetermined so as to compensate for the luminance changes that would occur. Moreover, the backlight is not turned on during the scanning period. As a result, flicker due to current leakage, etc., can be reduced or eliminated in a display device for which a scanning period and a scan stop period are set.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yutaka Takamaru, Seiji Kaneko, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Kaoru Yamamoto, Kohhei Tanaka, Seiichi Uchida, Noriaki Yamaguchi, Shigeyasu Mori
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Patent number: 5538750Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing an instantly soluble powder quickly dissolving by only pouring hot water or water thereupon in the production of powders including tea and flavorous beverages such as coffee according to vacuum freeze-drying, which comprises, in subjecting a solution having the solids content of 5 weight % or more to vacuum freeze-drying, incorporating a gaseous body of 10 volume % or more therein to form foams at the time of freezing, and then subjecting the mixture to vacuum freeze-drying.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: July 23, 1996Assignee: House Foods CorporationInventors: Noriaki Yamaguchi, Rieko Kubota
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Patent number: 4761297Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing dried rice, which is capable of allowing the cooking time to be reduced, and which allows the rice to have an appearance and a texture when cooked as excellent as rice cooked using an electric rice cooker. The method of manufacturing dried rice comprises as steps of: adjusting a water content of polished rice so that it reaches at least 23 wt % after the rice has been washed with water; soaking the rice in a sugar solution so as to allow the sugar to permeate the rice and to remove 6 to 38 wt % of the water contained in the rice; separating the sugar solution adhered to the rice; and drying the rice under conditions in which starch contained therein will not be pregelatinized.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1986Date of Patent: August 2, 1988Assignee: House Food Industrial Company LimitedInventors: Ko Sugisawa, Masaru Shibuki, Noriaki Yamaguchi, Maki Nakano
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Patent number: 4734289Abstract: This invention provides a food material for puffing, which enables easy and uniform puffing without a special appliance and which has good taste, smell and texture. The food material for puffing comprises pre-gelatinized cereal grain, 0.2 to 11% by weight of ethyl alcohol, 0.25 to 16% by weight of fat and/or oil and if desirable other additives, the water content of said food material being between 5 and 45 weight %. The food material is used as a breakfast food or snack as well as for making rice crackers.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1986Date of Patent: March 29, 1988Assignee: House Food Industrial Company LimitedInventors: Noriaki Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Takako Kubo
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Patent number: 4707371Abstract: This invention provides a process for preparing dried pre-gelatinized cereal grain, in particular for instant food, which make it possible to obtain dried pre-gelatinized cereal grain that can be rapidly reconstituted with hot water and that has better taste after reconstitution with hot water than other dried grain materials. The process for preparing dried pre-gelatinized cereal grain involves subjecting pre-gelatinized grain to both high temperature water-immersing treatment and low temperature water-immersing treatment so as to adjust the water content thereof to between 73 and 84 weight % and then drying it.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1986Date of Patent: November 17, 1987Assignee: House Food Industrial Company LimitedInventors: Noriaki Yamaguchi, Shozo Sugano, Kayo Enomoto