Patents by Inventor Takayuki Murai

Takayuki Murai 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: 20130314458
    Abstract: In order to display an image with a high contrast ratio while suppressing power consumed by a multi-display device and to adjust brightness of images displayed on image display devices, the multi-display device includes light emission APL value adjusting means 102. The light emission APL value adjusting means 102 sends, to light emission control means, a light emission APL value that has been adjusted, on the basis of light emission APL values calculated by light emission APL value calculating means of image display devices 11 to 19, so that total light emission power value of image-display light-emitting means 6 does not exceed an allowable power value and images are displayed at predetermined brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Murai, Hideki Ichioka, Kohji Fujiwara, Naoko Kondoh
  • Patent number: 8456495
    Abstract: In a method of controlling power of a light emitting device for image display that irradiates illumination light from divided regions, light emission brightness data of each light emitting element of the light emitting device is determined based on image data for image display (S20). Power in each region and total light emission power are computed based on the light emission brightness data of each light emitting element for each region (S40). If the computed total light emission power exceeds predetermined allowable power, the power in each region is limited so that the total light emission power is equal to or less than the predetermined allowable power (S50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohji Fujiwara, Takayuki Murai, Tomohiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8457583
    Abstract: By switching to a method that allocates frequency diversity as an independent signal sequence during the time when an influence of fading is small, adaptively corresponding to an increase and decrease of fading, performs stable wireless communication, and frequency resources are effectively utilized. A wireless communication system selects and performs quadruple diversity which is composed of space diversity using two uncorrelated antennas and frequency diversity using two waves of frequencies f1 and f2 or double diversity of only the space diversity. A matching filter 211 evaluates that the influence of fading is small when all tap information from adaptive matched filters 207 to 210 indicates a value greater than or equal to a threshold, and while switching selector switches 104 and 215 and performing only the space diversity, transmitting and receiving independent two transmission data that is respectively modulated by modulators 102 and 103.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Takayuki Murai
  • Publication number: 20130120481
    Abstract: An image display apparatus comprising: a driver apparatus; and a total of N device groups of a first group to an N-th group (2?N) each of which includes one or a plurality of light emitting devices, the image display apparatus uses the driver apparatus to make each of the device groups emit light preventing light emission capable periods from overlapping one another and displays an image by using the obtained light as backlight; wherein the driver apparatus includes: a power output circuit that outputs light emission power used for the light emission of the light emitting device; and a switch mechanism that switches, in accordance with arrival of the light emission capable period of a device group K (1?K?N), an output destination of the light emission power output from the power output circuit to the device group K.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Murai, Kohji Fujiwara, Toshiyuki Gotoh
  • Patent number: 8441429
    Abstract: A PLL as a clock generation circuit that generates a PWM clock based on a reference clock, which PWM clock is used for controlling, in a pulse width modulation method, a lamp on time and a lamp off time of a light source illuminating a liquid crystal panel by synchronizing with a video signal that performs display in a set period on the liquid crystal panel, includes a configuration that generates a PWM clock that can maintain a fixed ratio of the lamp on time to the lamp off time within one period even if the set period is changed, by changing a pulse interval of the reference clock in conjunction with the change in the set period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Tanaka, Takayuki Murai
  • Patent number: 8390656
    Abstract: There is provided an image display device capable of suppressing the occurrence of a color shift while ensuring a sufficient color reproduction range. An in-area maximum luminance obtaining unit (151) divides an input image (31) into a plurality of areas and obtains, for each of RGB colors, a maximum luminance value (34) in each area. A weighting coefficient calculating unit (152) obtains the maximum luminance values (34) for the respective RGB colors for all of the areas, and determines weighting coefficients (35) which are required upon an LED luminance adjustment process, based on an mean value of the maximum luminances values (34) for each color. An LED luminance adjusting unit (153) adjusts the luminances of respective RGB color LEDs in each area to suppress the occurrence of a color shift, based on the maximum luminance values (34) obtained by the in-area maximum luminance obtaining unit (151) and the weighting coefficients (35) determined by the weighting coefficient calculating unit (152).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takao Muroi, Kohji Fujiwara, Takayuki Murai
  • Patent number: 8378116
    Abstract: A surface treating agent containing a novel phenylnaphthylimidazole compound represented by the following formula is brought into contact with the surface of copper or a copper alloy. In the formula, when A1 is a phenyl group, then A2 represents a 1-naphthyl group or a 2-naphthyl group, and when A1 is a 1-naphthyl group or a 2-naphthyl group, then A2 represents a phenyl group; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Shikoku Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohiko Hirao, Yoshimasa Kikukawa, Takayuki Murai
  • Publication number: 20120306942
    Abstract: A micon unit (11) performs, along at least one direction within the plane of planar light, brightness correction processing for adjusting brightness distribution of the planar light on light source color video signals (RSd, Gsd and BSd) so as to change them into light source color video signals (RSd?, GSd? and BSd?), and the micon unit (11) further calculates the total light emission power of all LEDs (52) based on the light source color video signals (RSd?, GSd? and BSd?), and performs, when the total light emission power exceeds an allowable light emission power, light emission power correction processing on the light source color video signals (RSd?, GSd? and BSd?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Fujiwara, Takayuki Murai
  • Publication number: 20120299979
    Abstract: Specifically provided is a light emitting device for image display, wherein each of light emitting elements, a PWM control unit which PWM-controls a current to be supplied to the light emitting element, a control condition setting unit which, according to the APL of image data, determines and updatably sets the PWM limiting condition for limiting the PWM value that is the duty ratio of the PWM control, and the reference current value that is the value of the current flowing to the light emitting element in response to turn-on of the PWM control, and a PWM value calculation unit which on the basis of the image data, the PWM limit condition, and the reference current value, calculates the PWM value of each area, and the PWM control unit performs the PWM control on the basis of the reference current value and the calculated PWM value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Murai, Kohji Fujiwara, Tomohiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120299891
    Abstract: The light emitting device is divided into a plurality of areas, and has, as main configuration elements, an area drive circuit (2), which generates LED data and LCD data, an LED controller (4), and a backlight unit (5), which is provided with a plurality of LEDs (52) corresponding to each of the areas. The power calculating unit of the LED controller (4) is mainly configured of a power calculating circuit (42), a power limiter circuit (43), and a limit value updating circuit (45), and the emission power to be supplied to each of the LEDs (52) is calculated for each are on the basis of image data. The power calculating unit performs the calculation such that the sum (Psum) of the emission power does not exceed a power limit value (Plimit) currently set, and updates the power limit value (Plimit) by following a previously set pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Fujiwara, Takayuki Murai
  • Publication number: 20120199385
    Abstract: A surface treating agent containing a novel phenylnaphthylimidazole compound represented by the following formula is brought into contact with the surface of copper or a copper alloy. In the formula, when A1 is a phenyl group, then A2 represents a 1-naphthyl group or a 2-naphthyl group, and when A1 is a 1-naphthyl group or a 2-naphthyl group, then A2 represents a phenyl group; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SHIKOKU CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirohiko Hirao, Yoshimasa Kikukawa, Takayuki Murai
  • Publication number: 20120147066
    Abstract: Disclosed is a backlight unit (16) for supplying backlight to a liquid crystal panel (15a), the backlight unit being provided with a plurality of LEDs (16b) that function as a light source of the backlight, and an LED driver (5) that comprises a plurality of control channels (1-12 ch) to each of which one or more of the LEDs are connected, and that PWM-controls lighting of the connected LEDs. The LED driver (5) can set the frequency or phase of the PWM control independently for each of the control channels (1-12 ch). Consequently, the flexibility of control of LEDs can be increased while the number of necessary LED drivers is reduced to a minimum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Fujiwara, Takayuki Murai
  • Publication number: 20120139823
    Abstract: A backlight unit according to the present invention includes a plurality of LED drivers (5a) to (5i), an LED controller (61) that generates a control information group in which lighting control information for selected LED drivers is arranged and a cascade line that connects the LED drivers in cascade. The LED controller (61) enables the selected LED drivers (5), and feeds the control information group to the cascade line, and the enabled LED drivers (5) perform an operation (acquisition operation) of acquiring the lighting control information on itself among the control information group whereas the LED drivers (5) that are not enabled do not perform the acquisition operation. According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the performance of unnecessary operations of the backlight unit. The present invention can be utilized in a liquid crystal display device that uses LEDs as a light source of backlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Fujiwara, Takayuki Murai
  • Publication number: 20120139445
    Abstract: Provided is a backlight unit (49) which includes a plurality of LEDs (11). The LEDs (11) are two-dimensionally disposed, thereby having the collection of light emitted from the LEDs (11) in a state of planar light. Furthermore, the backlight unit (49) has the planar light divided into a plurality of sections, and includes a luminance variable system (for instance, a system having disposition which a difference in the density of LEDs (11)), which can change luminance, corresponding to each section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji FUJIWARA, Takayuki MURAI, Kingfoong LEW
  • Patent number: 8183386
    Abstract: A surface treating agent containing a novel phenylnaphthylimidazole compound represented by the following formula is brought into contact with the surface of copper or a copper alloy. In the formula, when A1 is a phenyl group, then A2 represents a 1-naphthyl group or a 2-naphthyl group, and when A1 is a 1-naphthyl group or a 2-naphthyl group, then A2 represents a phenyl group; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Shikoku Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohiko Hirao, Yoshimasa Kikukawa, Takayuki Murai
  • Publication number: 20120098876
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling a light source installed in a liquid crystal display device. An embodiment includes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image by virtue of having liquid crystals whose orientation changes in response to application of a voltage; a backlight unit with a built-in PWM light modulation type LED for emitting light to be supplied to the liquid crystal display panel; and a control unit for controlling the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit. When the response speed of liquid crystal molecules is relatively high, the LED is driven at a relatively low drive frequency, and when the response speed of the liquid crystal molecules is relatively low, the LED is driven at a relatively high drive frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Murai, Kohji Fujiwara, Hideki Ichioka
  • Publication number: 20120086684
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including: a VA-IPS mode liquid crystal display panel; a backlight unit incorporating a PWM dimming type light source; and a control unit that controls the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit, in which the control unit obtains response speed data of orientation change of liquid crystal molecules, and changes a duty factor of a PWM dimming signal according to the response speed data. In a case where the response speed of the liquid crystal molecules is relatively high, LEDs are driven with a relatively small duty factor. In a case where the response speed of the liquid crystal molecules is relatively low, the LEDs are driven with a relatively large duty factor, and black insertion is not performed. The liquid crystal display device prevents an image quality malfunction (multiple outlines).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Ichioka, Takayuki Murai, Kohji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20120086628
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including: a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight unit incorporating a PWM dimming type light source; and a control unit that controls the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit. The control unit obtains response speed data of orientation change of liquid crystal molecules, and changes a duty factor of a PWM dimming signal according to the response speed data. In a case where the response speed of the liquid crystal molecules is relatively high, LEDs are driven with a relatively small duty factor. In a case where the response speed of the liquid crystal molecules is relatively low, the LEDs are driven with a relatively large duty factor, and black insertion is not performed. The liquid crystal display device prevents an image quality malfunction that is apt to occur depending on the degrees of inclination of the liquid crystal molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Ichioka, Takayuki Murai, Kohji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20120086740
    Abstract: In at least one example embodiment, the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image by virtue of having liquid crystals whose orientation changes in response to application of a voltage; a backlight unit with a built-in PWM light modulation type LED for emitting light to be supplied to the liquid crystal display panel; and a control unit for controlling the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit. In cases where the response speed of liquid crystal molecules is relatively high, the LED is driven at a relatively low drive frequency, whereas in cases where the response speed of the liquid crystal molecules is relatively low, the LED is driven at a relatively high drive frequency. According to the present invention, problems with image quality that tend to occur depending on the degree of tilting of the liquid crystal molecules (ghost outlines) are prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Murai, Kohji Fujiwara, Hideki Ichioka
  • Publication number: 20110319026
    Abstract: By switching to a method that allocates frequency diversity as an independent signal sequence during the time when an influence of fading is small, adaptively corresponding to an increase and decrease of fading, performs stable wireless communication, and frequency resources are effectively utilized. A wireless communication system selects and performs quadruple diversity which is composed of space diversity using two uncorrelated antennas and frequency diversity using two waves of frequencies f1 and f2 or double diversity of only the space diversity. A matching filter 211 evaluates that the influence of fading is small when all tap information from adaptive matched filters 207 to 210 indicates a value greater than or equal to a threshold, and while switching selector switches 104 and 215 and performing only the space diversity, transmitting and receiving independent two transmission data that is respectively modulated by modulators 102 and 103.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: Takayuki Murai