Patents Assigned to NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10185214
    Abstract: The present invention provides a projector with high brightness, the projector including: a first light source that outputs a first light containing a first fluorescence generated in a first fluorescence region; a second light source that outputs a second light containing a second fluorescence generated in a second fluorescence region; first to third image display elements; a light separation optical system that generates an illumination light illuminating the first to third image display elements with colors different from each other from the input first light and second light and radiates the illumination light to the first to third image display elements; and a controller that causes the first to third image display elements to display an image according to an input video signal and colors of the illumination light radiated to the first to third image display elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10174926
    Abstract: The present invention realizes a light source unit and a method of cooling the light source unit that reduces any increase in the ambient temperature of a red solid-state light source and thus reduces any decrease in brightness of the red solid-state light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10176140
    Abstract: This electronic device includes connector to which an external device is connected via a communication cable, controller, and output unit. Connector includes at least first and second pins. A predetermined voltage is supplied from the external device to the first pin. Controller includes a communication unit to which a signal is input from the external device via a pin other than the first and second pins of connector, and outputs, when the communication unit is in an activated state, a first signal indicating the activated state. Output unit outputs, when the first signal has not been output, a detection signal indicating that a connection has not been established with the external device to the external device via the second pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 10168837
    Abstract: An adjustment method for adjusting the direction of infrared light projected so that infrared light to pass over a displayed image from a projection device that is rotatable with orthogonal first and second axes as axes of rotation, the method including: arranging the projection device such that the plane containing the first axis and a line perpendicular to the upper edge or lower edge of the displayed image is orthogonal to the plane in which the displayed image is displayed; displaying a first image representing a first target on the line; and rotating the projection device with the second axis as the axis of rotation such that the irradiation position of the infrared light upon an indicator in the first image, in which is displayed a captured image, coincides with the position of the first target on the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Inoue
  • Patent number: 10157582
    Abstract: A display device includes a video input unit that receives a video signal; a display control unit that corrects the video signal; and a display unit that has a screen on which a video according to the corrected video signal is displayed. The display device further includes a gradation correction map generation device that generates a gradation correction map which indicates a corresponding relationship between a plurality of positions on the screen and a correction value for gradation of the video signal at each of the positions; the gradation correction map generation device generates the gradation correction map according to a luminance unevenness map which indicates a corresponding relationship between the plurality of the positions and uncorrected luminance, which is luminance when correction is not performed, at each of the positions, and a second gamma characteristic which indicates a corresponding relationship between luminance at a specific position on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Matsui
  • Patent number: 10146117
    Abstract: A projection type display apparatus including: an illumination unit that emits a plurality of color lights having a predetermined polarization direction; a plurality of optical path adjustment units that totally reflect the plurality of color lights, respectively; a plurality of optical modulation units that modulates the plurality of color lights totally reflected by the plurality of optical path adjustment units, respectively, to emit a plurality of modulated color lights; a synthesis unit that emits the plurality of modulated color lights emitted from the optical modulation units in a same direction; and a correction unit that is arranged on an optical path between the illumination unit and the synthesis unit and that changes a polarization state of light that entered the correction unit to convert light that is incident on the synthesis unit into linearly polarized light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10134321
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a driver, a detector, and an acquisition part. The driver drives the display panel based on a video signal. The detector obtains a first detection value by detecting reflective light from reflective media, which occurs when ambient light is irradiated to reflective media, while obtaining a second detection value by detecting reflective light from reflective media, which occurs when the display panel irradiates its display light to reflective media. The driver corrects a drive value for the display panel such that the second detection value approaches the first detection value or such that the chromaticity represented by the second detection value approaches the chromaticity represented by the first detection value, and therefore the acquisition part acquires information concerning the color temperature of ambient light based on the corrected drive value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Itakura
  • Patent number: 10133891
    Abstract: A portable terminal includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform data communication with a wireless tag in a non-contact manner, a position determination unit configured to determine a position of the portable terminal, a control unit configured to generate guide information for guiding the portable terminal to a communicable area where communication with the wireless tag is enabled on the basis of the position determined by the position determination unit if communication is disabled when communication with the wireless tag is performed, and a display unit configured to display the generated guide information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Hiroi
  • Publication number: 20180329201
    Abstract: A phosphor wheel is obtained by providing a phosphor on a rotatable substrate. The phosphor is formed of a plurality of small pieces, and the small pieces are arranged such that the phosphor has a ring shape, or a shape obtained by cutting away a portion from a ring shape about an axis of rotation of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi KATO
  • Patent number: 10122977
    Abstract: A projector includes: a light source that emits light of a first color and a second color; a first image formation element that forms a first image light of the first color; a second image formation element that forms a second image light of the second color; a projection lens that projects the first image light and the second image light to the outside; a first optical system that guides light of the first color that is emitted from the light source to the first image formation element, and guides light of the first color from the first image formation element to the projection lens; and a second optical system that guides light of the second color that is emitted from the light source to the second image formation element, and guides light of the second color from the second image formation element to the projection lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Eisaku Shouji
  • Patent number: 10117312
    Abstract: A light source device includes: an excitation light source unit that emits excitation light; a phosphor wheel unit that includes a wheel that produces fluorescence by the excitation light and that, by causing the wheel to rotate, changes the position on the wheel that is irradiated by the excitation light; a detection unit that detects rotation of the wheel; and a control unit that changes intensity of the excitation light on the basis of the detection result of the detection unit and the fluorescence characteristic of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Suzuki, Takashi Kaido
  • Patent number: 10108080
    Abstract: A projection type display apparatus including: an illumination unit that emits a plurality of color lights having a predetermined polarization direction; a plurality of optical path adjustment units that totally reflect the plurality of color lights, respectively; a plurality of optical modulation units that modulates the plurality of color lights totally reflected by the plurality of optical path adjustment units, respectively, to emit a plurality of modulated color lights; a synthesis unit that emits the plurality of modulated color lights emitted from the optical modulation units in a same direction; and a correction unit that is arranged on an optical path between the illumination unit and the synthesis unit and that changes a polarization state of light that entered the correction unit to convert light that is incident on the synthesis unit into linearly polarized light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10104352
    Abstract: A projector includes: first and second display panels and a projection unit that superposes images formed by the first and second display panels and that projects the superposed images on a projection surface. The first and second display panels are arranged such that the image formed by one display panel is projected to a position shifted by a predetermined distance in at least one of the row direction and column direction of the picture element array with respect to the position where the image formed by the other display panel is projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Kato
  • Patent number: 10089961
    Abstract: An image display device having a display panel, the device being utilized to form an image display system in which a plurality of the image display devices are arrayed in one or both of vertical and horizontal directions to display one image as a whole while an image allocated to each device is displayed via the corresponding display panel, the image display device includes a reading processing unit that reads out image information and delays start of output of this image information by a predetermined period of time determined based on the number of the image display devices which forms the image display system and a row to which the present device belongs in the vertical arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mihara, Tatsuo Nishimata
  • Patent number: 10082997
    Abstract: A display system includes a plurality of display apparatuses. Each of the plurality of display apparatuses includes a display panel that displays an image and a sending and receiving unit that at least receives setting information of one of the plurality of display apparatuses. A first display apparatus that is one of the plurality of display apparatuses further includes a coordinate acquiring unit that acquires a coordinate. A first sending and receiving unit of the first display apparatus receives setting information of a second display apparatus specified by the coordinate from the second display apparatus. A first display panel of the first display apparatus displays a setting image that indicates the setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Mihara
  • Patent number: 10084999
    Abstract: An illuminating device includes: a light source emitting excitation light; a wheel including a wheel substrate transmitting the excitation light and an illuminating light generating member provided on the first surface of the wheel substrate to generate illuminating light by the excitation light; a photo detector, arranged on the second surface side that is opposite to the first surface of the wheel substrate, detects light that passed through the wheel; and a control unit that determines whether a defect or degeneration has occurred in the illuminating light generating member, based on the light detected by the photo detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Usami
  • Patent number: 10073667
    Abstract: A monitor device is one of a plurality of monitors connected in series. The monitor device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires the number of the monitors; a calculation unit that calculates a region to be displayed by the monitor device, of an image corresponding to an image signal, and a display size of an image corresponding to the region, based on the acquired number of the monitors and arrangement of the monitor device in the serial connection; a display unit that displays the image corresponding to the region according to the display size; and a communication unit that outputs the acquired number of the monitors to one of the monitors when the one of the monitors is arranged at a subsequent stage of the monitor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiromi Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 10055188
    Abstract: Provided are a network unit whose first port is connectable to a control computer or a display device on a prior stage in a daisy chain manner and whose second port is connectable to a display device on a subsequent stage in the daisy chain manner; a storage unit wherein in response to a request to search for display devices as targets for determining display device IDs thereof, the request being transmitted from the control computer to the display devices, the storage unit stores addresses of display devices connected to the second port as transmission sources, where the addresses are transmitted from the individual display devices on subsequent stages and received by the network unit; and a control unit that receives a total number which is the total number of the display devices and transmitted from the control computer, where the control unit determines the display device ID to be assigned to its own display device according to the received total number and the number of the addresses stored in the storag
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Terao
  • Patent number: 10039176
    Abstract: A discharge lamp lighting device includes: a storage unit that stores information; a lamp drive unit that supplies drive power to the discharge lamp; a voltage detection unit that detects the lamp voltage of the discharge lamp; and a control unit that, on the basis of the voltage detection value supplied from the voltage detection unit, stores in the storage unit error log information that indicates the operating state of the discharge lamp when change of the lamp voltage indicates a predetermined voltage characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Tagishi, Hiroki Tanaka, Yasuji Kawai
  • Patent number: D831094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Junsi Lee, Masakazu Suzuki, Tomonori Yamaguchi, Toshiaki Mizushima, Takayuki Yoshimoto