Patents by Inventor Tsunemitsu SHIMIZU

Tsunemitsu SHIMIZU 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).

  • Display control apparatus which controls the brightness of the display and a related display control method
    Patent number: 9535652
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a display control section that controls to display an image showing an operation of an equipment on a display portion provided in a vehicle and illuminate the display portion with a first brightness, and a counting section that counts a time which elapses after the equipment is activated. The display control section changes the brightness of the display portion from the first brightness to a second brightness which is lower in brightness than the first brightness in a case that an ignition switch of the vehicle is not turned on until the time counted by the counting section exceeds a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsunemitsu Shimizu, Hiromi Yamazaki, Akira Masuda
  • DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20100245404
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a display control section that controls to display an image showing an operation of an equipment on a display portion provided in a vehicle and illuminate the display portion with a first brightness, and a counting section that counts a time which elapses after the equipment is activated. The display control section changes the brightness of the display portion from the first brightness to a second brightness which is lower in brightness than the first brightness in a case that an ignition switch of the vehicle is not turned on until the time counted by the counting section exceeds a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsunemitsu SHIMIZU, Hiromi YAMAZAKI, Akira MASUDA