Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Tanaka

Noriyuki Tanaka 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: 20150022506
    Abstract: A display device (1) in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: an LCD driving section (20) and an LCD controller (30) for causing an image based on an image signal to be displayed on an LCD (10); and a CPU (40) for supplying an image signal to the LCD controller (30), the LCD controller (30) being configured to supply, to the CPU (40), a control signal that instructs the CPU (40) to supply an image signal, and the CPU (40) being configured to supply an image signal in a case where the CPU (40) receives a control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuki Takahashi, Akizumi Fujioka, Taketoshi Nakano, Toshihiro Yanagi, Kouji Kumada, Noriyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150009224
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a display device and a method of driving it, capable of displaying images properly even upon asynchronous input of image data while taking advantages of decreased power consumption implemented by intermission driving. When there is an external input of new image data (image F) in a non-refreshing period in an intermission driving display device which performs intermittent refreshing based on the latest image data that is inputted in and read out from a frame memory, a coercive refreshing is started immediately based on the new image data (image F) (see the sixth frame period). Also, when there is an external input of image data (image G) during a refreshing period for the image F, the ongoing frame period including the refreshing of the image F is completed and immediately thereafter, a coercive refreshing based on the image data (image G) is started (see the ninth frame period).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyuki Tanaka, Kouji Kumada
  • Publication number: 20150002532
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a display device in which the occurrence of crosstalk can be suppressed. A display device (10) includes a display unit and a separation unit (34). The display unit displays a synthetic image formed by dividing each of a plurality of images that are different from one another and arraying the divisional images thus obtained in a predetermined order. The separation unit (34) separates the plurality of images contained in the synthetic image. The display unit includes a storage unit (54) and a correction unit (52). The storage unit (54) stores crosstalk levels used when gray scale level data of a pixel displaying an image that a viewer is supposed to see, among the plurality of images contained in the synthetic image, are corrected. The correction unit (52) corrects the gray scale level data of the pixel displaying the image that a viewer is supposed to see, by using the crosstalk levels stored in the storage unit (54).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Sone, Noriyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140368484
    Abstract: Provided is a display device capable of switching a refresh rate while suppressing deterioration in display quality and degradation in liquid crystal. In the case of switching the refresh rate from 60 Hz to 7.5 Hz, a transition period for gradually changing the refresh rate from 60 Hz to 7.5 Hz is provided between a 60-Hz period and a 7.5-Hz period. This transition period is configured by sequentially arraying a 30-Hz period, a 20-Hz period, a 15-Hz period, a 12-Hz period and a 10-Hz period from a start point of the transition period. Hence the refresh rate gradually changes from 60 Hz to 7.5 Hz sequentially through 30 Hz, 20 Hz, 15 Hz, 12 Hz and 10 Hz. The number of positive-polarity frames and the number of negative-polarity frames are respectively 20 in the whole of the transition period, and are equal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyuki Tanaka, Kouji Kumada
  • Publication number: 20140347453
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a display device in which the occurrence of the crosstalk can be suppressed. A display unit includes a display panel (12), a storage unit (54), a confirmation unit (56), and a correction unit (52). The display panel displays a synthetic image. The storage unit stores respective crosstalk levels set with respect to a plurality of areas (13a, 13b, 13c) that the display panel has. The confirmation unit that confirms in which one of the plurality of areas a pixel exists that displays an image that a viewer is supposed to see, among the plurality of images contained in the synthetic image. The correction unit reads the crosstalk level corresponding to the area, among the plurality of areas, in which the confirmation unit confirms the pixel displaying the image that a viewer is supposed to see exist, from the storage unit, and corrects the gray scale level data of the pixel displaying the image that a viewer is supposed to see, by using the crosstalk level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Noriyuki Tanaka, Takuya Sone, Kouji Kumada
  • Publication number: 20140340417
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a display device in which the occurrence of crosstalk can be suppressed. A display device (10) includes a display unit and a separation unit (34). The display unit displays a synthetic image formed by dividing each of a plurality of images that are different from one another and arraying the divisional images thus obtained in a predetermined order. The separation unit (34) separates the plurality of images contained in the synthetic image. The display unit includes a storage unit (54) and a correction unit (52). The storage unit (54) stores crosstalk levels set with respect to respective combinations of gray scale level data including gray scale level data of a pixel displaying an image that a viewer is supposed to see, among the plurality of images contained in the synthetic image, and gray scale level data of a pixel serving as a factor that causes crosstalk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Noriyuki Tanaka, Takuya Sone, Kouji Kumada
  • Publication number: 20140304638
    Abstract: A medical system includes a multi-controller including a plurality of medical care devices; a storage unit that stores operator information, patient information and device information; and a control unit that, based on the operator information, the patient information and the device information, displays an operation screen on the medical care device to be used for medical care such that the operation screen reflects a setting made by the operator to perform the medical care and a setting made by the patient to receive the medical care, the operation screen being displayed on an operation display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: J. MORITA MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Yoshikawa, Masato Wada, Noriyuki Tanaka, Kuniomi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20140234177
    Abstract: A powder stirring device includes a reaction container and a rotation driving device. The reaction container has a cylindrical outer peripheral wall and a pair of end surface walls. The end surface walls are respectively provided at one end and the other end of the outer peripheral wall. The reaction container is arranged in a heat-insulating cover such that an axis of the outer peripheral wall is in parallel with a horizontal direction. The outer peripheral wall has an inner peripheral surface rotationally symmetric with respect to the axis. During the powder process, the powder is stored in the reaction container, and the reaction container is rotated around a rotation axis that passes through the central axis of the outer peripheral wall by the rotation driving device. In this state, a processing gas is supplied into the reaction container. Also, the processing gas in the reaction container is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO TANSO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hongu, Nobutaka Manabe, Hitoshi Takebayashi, Junji Takada, Noriyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140216586
    Abstract: A processing space is provided in a reaction container. One gas inlet port is provided at the lower end of the reaction container. A distribution plate is attached to the one gas inlet port. Another gas inlet port is provided at a lower side surface of the reaction container. Powder that is an object to be processed is stored on the distribution plate in the reaction container. The distribution plate is configured to let a gas pass and not let the powder pass. A nitrogen gas is introduced into the processing space through the distribution plate from the one gas inlet port, and a processing gas is introduced into the processing space from the other gas inlet port without passing through the distribution plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO TANSO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Tanaka, Jiro Hiraiwa, Takahiro Mukai
  • Publication number: 20140078196
    Abstract: An object of the invention of the present application is to drive data signal lines accurately by pulse width modulation driving and display gradations accurately. A PWM pattern generating circuit (12) generates 2q sets of PWM patterns associated with combinations of a gradation and the polarity of a gradation voltage. A selector (15) selects one PWM pattern from among the 2p+q PWM patterns, based on gradation data and a pattern set number. A charge and discharge control circuit (16) controls a charge and discharge circuit (17) to apply a charge voltage and a discharge voltage to a data signal line in a switching manner, based on the selected PWM pattern. One correction pulse may be selected for each data signal line from among a plurality of types of generated correction pulses, and a charge voltage may be applied to the data signal line based on the correction pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouji Kumada, Noriyuki Tanaka, Tatsuhiko Suyama
  • Patent number: 8630175
    Abstract: A traffic shaper which includes a cell buffer for temporarily storing an ATM cell arrived thereat, a first calculator for calculating an estimated cell sending time according to a VC contracted bandwidth, a second calculator for calculating an estimated cell sending time according to a VP contracted bandwidth, a binary tree VP sorting circuit for determining VP to be sent in top priority, a binary tree VC sorting circuit for determining VC to be sent in top priority, and a sending circuit for sending a cell in which the determined VP and VC are both brought to a transmittable state. The VP estimated sending time is revised according to the VC estimated sending time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kohzuki, Takeshi Aimoto, Takeki Yazaki, Noriyuki Tanaka, Yoshinori Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20140009484
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 according to the present invention includes a processing device 12 configured to process an image signal D to be input into a pixel P of a liquid crystal panel 40 configured to provide a display based on light applied from LEDs 54 arranged in a peripheral area R2. The process device 12 includes a receiving section 22, a correction section 24, and a calculation section 28, for example. The calculation section is configured to calculate luminance components to be provided by the respective LEDs 54 to the pixel P based on a distance between each LED 54 and the pixel P, add a total luminance that is a sum of the luminance components to be provided by the LEDs 54 to a predetermined expected luminance to calculate an added luminance, and calculate a correction coefficient HP with respect to the pixel P based on a luminance ratio between the added luminance and the reference luminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Suyama, Kouji Kumada, Noriyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130321493
    Abstract: The display device includes: a display unit configured to display a combined image formed by dividing a plurality of different images into divided images and arranging the divided images in a predetermined order; a separating unit configured to separate the plurality of images included in the combined image; and a correcting unit configured to correct the gray scale data of a pixel that displays one of the plurality of images included in the combined image that the viewer is supposed to see, wherein the correcting unit includes: a shift amount generating unit configured to generate a shift amount used to adjust the gray scale data of each pixel that displays one of the plurality of images included in the combined image; and a determining unit configured to determine a correction amount used to correct the gray scale data using the shift amount generated by the shift amount generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Sone, Noriyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130068627
    Abstract: A control device receives an output signal from a liquid level sensor disposed in an anode chamber. This output signal indicates whether the liquid level of the electrolytic bath in the anode chamber is higher than a reference level. When the liquid level of the electrolytic bath in the anode chamber is higher than the reference level, the control device increases, by a prescribe value, the frequency of a compressor driving voltage that is generated in an inverter circuit. This increases the rotational speed of a motor in the compressor, increases the discharge pressure of hydrogen gas being discharged from the compressor, and decreases the pressure inside the cathode chamber. As a result, the liquid level of the electrolytic bath in the cathode chamber rises, and the liquid level of the electrolytic bath in the anode chamber falls below the reference level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: TOYO TANSO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Shodai, Osamu Yoshimoto, Noriyuki Tanaka, Yasuhiro Yano
  • Patent number: 8366886
    Abstract: A fluorine/fluoride gas generator which has an electrolyte made of mixed molten salt containing hydrogen fluoride in an electrolytic cell including an anode chamber and a cathode chamber, and generates a gas containing fluorine by electrolyzing the electrolyte, includes a raw material supply pipe for supplying an electrolysis raw material, reaching the inside of the electrolyte in the electrolytic cell, a normally-closed valve provided in the middle of the raw material supply pipe, and a bypass pipe provided with a normally-open valve, joining the raw material supply pipe on the downstream side from the normally-closed valve to a gas phase area of the electrolytic cell. Accordingly, the electrolyte is prevented from being suctioned into the raw material supply pipe in the fluorine/fluoride gas generator, and solidification of the electrolyte inside the raw material supply pipe can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Toyo Tanso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Tanaka, Osamu Yoshimoto, Jiro Hiraiwa, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Tetsuro Tojo
  • Publication number: 20130008783
    Abstract: The fluorine gas generation device includes an electrolyzer. An electrolytic bath is formed in the electrolyzer. A cathode is disposed in a cathode chamber, and an anode is disposed in an anode chamber. As a voltage is applied across the cathode and the anode, electrolysis of HF (hydrogen fluoride) takes place. In the electrolyzer, hydrogen gas is primarily generated from the cathode and fluorine gas is primarily generated from the anode. Two heating furnaces are provided for heating NaF pellets packed in HF adsorption columns. Each heating furnace has two HF adsorption columns disposed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: TOYO TANSO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoshio Shodai, Masashi Kodama, Nobutaka Manabe, Noriyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110020187
    Abstract: A surface treatment apparatus 100 includes a diluent gas supplier 1, a fluorine gas supplier 2, a mixer 5 which mixes a diluent gas with a fluorine gas, and a reactor 6 which treats a treatment target by using a mixed gas generated by the mixer 5. A diluent gas supplied from a diluent gas supplier is heated by a heater 8, and the heated diluent gas is mixed with a fluorine gas supplied from a fluorine gas supplier, in the mixer 5. The mixed gas is supplied to the reactor 6. The gas in the reactor 6 is supplied from the reactor 6 to flow paths 219, 220, 221, and 222 by an exhauster 207. The valves 223, 224, 225, and 226 are serially opened, so that the gas in the reactor 6 is supplied to a harm removal apparatus 208 while the gas flow rate is being adjusted by the flow paths 219, 220, 221, and 222.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Toyo Tanso Co., ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Hiraiwa, Hitoshi Takebayashi, Osamu Yoshimoto, Noriyuki Tanaka, Ichiro Fujita, Hiroyoshi Sasaki, Kazutaka Mori
  • Patent number: 7858039
    Abstract: Provided is a tissue piece treating apparatus comprising an automatic controlling means for feeding back the temperature of the treatment liquid or molten paraffin in the bath inside detected by a temperature sensor to switch a heating mode and a cooling mode alternately to control the temperature; a heating means for turning OFF in an air-cooling fan of the ultrasonic vibrator and ON in a plane heater at the heating mode, thereby transferring the heat generated by the ultrasonic vibrator and the plane heater; and, a cooling means for turning ON in the air-cooling fan of the ultrasonic vibrator and OFF in the plane heater at the cooling mode, thereby blocking the heat transfer from the ultrasonic vibrator and the plane heater to the bath inside. These means can suppress the excessive heating of a tissue piece so that they can suppress the heating modification of the tissue piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignees: Jokoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Ishii, Hironobu Minai, Noriyuki Tanaka, Takashi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20100315405
    Abstract: A driving circuit for a liquid crystal display device of at least one embodiment of the present invention includes: a scanning signal line driving circuit turning on switching elements in each horizontal scanning period; a video signal line driving circuit outputting a video signal whose polarity is reversed in synchronization with the each horizontal scanning period, the polarity being reversed in a subsequent horizontal scanning period assigned to one row from the polarity in a preceding horizontal scanning period assigned to the one row, the subsequent horizontal scanning period and the preceding horizontal scanning period being two successive horizontal scanning periods; a reference voltage generating section connected to the video signal line driving circuit; and a storage capacitance electrode driving circuit outputting, to each of storage capacitance voltage supply lines, a voltage of the each storage capacitance voltage supply line, the voltage having a polarity reversed every frame, the reference vol
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Noriyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7795195
    Abstract: There is provided a cosmetic composition, which stably includes disintegrable particles and is excellent in feeling upon use. A gel cosmetic composition, which has a pH of 4 to 9 and includes the following components (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E): (A) disintegrable particles obtainable binding water-insoluble primary particles by use of a water-soluble binder; (B) 15% to 70% by weight of polyol; (C) a thickening polymer compound having a carboxy group; (D) less than 1% by weight of water-soluble salts; and (E) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Tanaka, Keiko Matsuo