Patents by Inventor Akihiko Ito

Akihiko Ito 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).

  • Patent number: 9418293
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a trigger recognition unit configured to acquire a captured image of a trigger and recognize predetermined trigger information included in the captured image, and a content acquisition unit configured to acquire a content including augmented reality information which is based on a state at a time of capturing the captured image or a state of content acquisition in a past and which corresponds to the predetermined trigger information recognized by the trigger recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Ito, Tetsuo Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20160125820
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a data line driving circuit that supplies a video signal, in which a data voltage having magnitude of voltage applied to the data lines in the amount of k (k>1) in accordance with an input video divided into frames is subjected to time division multiplexing, to a signal line, a selection circuit that selects at least one data line which becomes a supply destination of the video signal supplied to the signal line, a scanning line driving circuit that selects at least one scanning line, a control circuit that controls a predetermined precharge voltage to be applied to the data lines in the amount of k in the precharge time period, and a correction circuit that corrects a gradation level difference between the pixel applied with the precharge voltage and the pixel applied with no precharge voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Akihiko Ito
  • Publication number: 20160118002
    Abstract: An electro-optic apparatus includes a control circuit that performs control such that, during a period when one of the scanning lines is selected, the selection circuit selects all of the k data lines during each of a first pre-charge period and a second pre-charge period that are provided in series prior to a period when the data voltages, which are time-division multiplexed in the video signal, are to be supplied to the k data lines and the selected k data lines are supplied with, during the first pre-charge period, a voltage having a predetermined polarity and, during the second pre-charge period, a voltage having the same polarity as identical polarities of the data voltages to be supplied during the period subsequent to the second pre-charge period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventor: Akihiko ITO
  • Publication number: 20150348457
    Abstract: A display device including: a scanning line driving circuit which selects scanning lines of a first set in the even row and one of two scanning lines in the odd row in a first unit period, and selects scanning lines of a second set in the even row and the other of two scanning lines in the odd row in a second unit period; and a signal line driving circuit which supplies a first grayscale potential to four pixels corresponding to an intersection of the scanning lines of the first set and the two signal lines in the first unit period, and supplies a second grayscale potential to four pixels corresponding to an intersection of the scanning lines of the second set and the two signal lines in the second unit period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Akihiko ITO
  • Publication number: 20150336751
    Abstract: To provide a levitation air plate that can be easily manufactured and can float a substance being conveyed such as a glass while maintaining its high rigidity and controlling a floating amount in high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: KOUICHI TSUNODA, AKIHIKO ITO, TAKAHIRO YASUDA, HIDEO OZAWA
  • Patent number: 9180714
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-sensitive transfer recording medium having a base material, and an undercoating layer and a dye layer sequentially laminated and formed on the base material. The undercoating layer is formed by applying and then drying an undercoating layer-forming application liquid containing polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyvinyl alcohol whose tensile strength measured based on JIS K 7113 is not lower than 8 kg/mm2. The dye layer is formed by applying and then drying a dye layer-forming application liquid containing an anthraquinone compound as a thermal migratory dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Ono, Yasuo Sugishita, Takehito Yamato, Akihiko Ito, Ken Oshinomi
  • Patent number: 9183263
    Abstract: Provided are providing an ECG unit which is formed of content information and related information related thereto, and is linked to another ECG unit through the related information, calculating an association-degree score between the pieces of content information based on a degree of association of an attribute between the pieces of content information, collecting a history of operation performed for making a transition from a link-source-ECG unit to a link-destination-ECG unit, as a usage log of the ECG unit, calculating a transition score between the ECG units in a manner that a weight of a larger correction coefficient is assigned to a number of usage logs, as there are more attributes of content information having low degree of association with each other between the link-source-ECG unit and the link-destination-ECG unit, and generating an ECG unit linked to another ECG unit, based on the association-degree score and the transition score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama, Akihiko Ito
  • Publication number: 20150319428
    Abstract: A driving circuit perform first driving in which, in a first write period, a grayscale potential in an odd-numbered row is supplied to the pixels of a first group and, in a second write period, the grayscale potential is supplied to the pixels in an even-numbered row, and can perform second driving in which, in the first write period, the grayscale potential in the even-numbered row is supplied to the pixels of a second group and, in the second write period, the grayscale potential is supplied to the pixels in the odd-numbered row. In a right eye display period, the first driving is performed in a unit period U1 and the second driving is performed in a unit period U2. In a left eye display period, the second driving is performed in the unit period U1 and the first driving is performed in the unit period U2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventor: Akihiko ITO
  • Patent number: 9177495
    Abstract: In one unit period of a display period, each pair of two scanning lines is selected and a gray scale potential corresponding to an image signal of pixels of one scanning line of each pair of scanning lines is supplied to each signal line. In another unit period, the other scanning line of each pair of scanning lines is selected and a gray scale potential corresponding to an image signal of the pixels of the other scanning line is supplied to each signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiko Ito
  • Publication number: 20150279291
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes, on a substrate, three sub-pixels, three sampling switches, three data lines, three image signal lines, and three lead wiring lines. The three sub-pixels correspond to red, green and blue, respectively. The three sub-pixels are included in a unit pixel. The three sampling switches correspond to the three sub-pixels, respectively. The three data lines electrically connect the three sub-pixels and the three sampling switches with each other, respectively. The three image signal lines, which are provided on a side opposite to the three sub-pixels with respect to the three sampling switches, correspond to the three sampling switches, respectively. The three lead wiring lines electrically connect the three sampling switches and the three image signal lines with each other, respectively. Among the three sampling switches, a sampling switch corresponding to green is disposed close to the three image signal lines compared to other two sampling switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Akihiko ITO
  • Patent number: 9141693
    Abstract: [Object] To lead a user to various types of information easily with an electronic book as a starting point. [Solving Means] A server apparatus includes a storage, a communication section, and a controller. The storage stores an electronic book obtained by digitizing a book having at least one page in which at least one information item is represented, and associated information that is associated with the information item. The communication section communicates with an external electronic apparatus. The controller generates, when the electronic book is displayed by the external electronic apparatus and the information item of the electronic book is designated, an electronic book unit by adding first metadata to the information item so that display processing of the associated information is executed on the external electronic apparatus, and controls the communication section to transmit the generated electronic book unit to the external electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Ito, Daisuke Kawamura, Kazuhiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 9131212
    Abstract: Each control period includes a right eye display period and a left eye display period. A driving circuit supplies grayscale potential based on a right eye image to each pixel in each of the three unit periods of the right eye display period, and supplies the grayscale potential based on a left eye image to each pixel in each of the three unit periods of the left eye display period. The driving circuit performs overdriving in two unit periods from the beginning of each display period, sets the polarity of a voltage applied to each pixel in the two unit periods from the beginning of each display period reverse in the right eye display period of the control period and in the right eye display period of the control period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiko Ito
  • Patent number: 9111496
    Abstract: A signal supply circuit supplies, to a control line, a control signal which is set so as to have a precharge potential during a precharge period before start of a writing period and which is set so as to have a gray scale potential corresponding to a designated gray scale of each pixel in a time division manner during the writing period. A plurality of switches controls connection between the signal lines and the control line. A control circuit controls the plurality of switches so as to be concurrently turned on during a precharge period and controls the plurality of switches so as to be turned on sequentially during a plurality of unit periods of the writing period. The control circuit sets an initial unit period after elapse of the precharge period among the plurality of unit periods so as to be longer than the other unit periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiko Ito
  • Patent number: 9113159
    Abstract: A driving circuit perform first driving in which, in a first write period, a grayscale potential in an odd-numbered row is supplied to the pixels of a first group and, in a second write period, the grayscale potential is supplied to the pixels in an even-numbered row, and can perform second driving in which, in the first write period, the grayscale potential in the even-numbered row is supplied to the pixels of a second group and, in the second write period, the grayscale potential is supplied to the pixels in the odd-numbered row. In a right eye display period, the first driving is performed in a unit period U1 and the second driving is performed in a unit period U2. In a left eye display period, the second driving is performed in the unit period U1 and the first driving is performed in the unit period U2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiko Ito
  • Patent number: 9105227
    Abstract: A plurality of pixels are arranged at each intersection of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines, and respectively includes a liquid crystal element displaying grayscales according to a grayscale potential of each signal line during the selection of each scanning line. To two pixels which are adjacent to each other in an extending direction of a signal line and correspond to two scanning lines selected by a scanning line driving circuit in each selection period, a signal line driving circuit supplies a grayscale potential according to a grayscale computed as the weighted average of grayscales designated by display data supplied to a display control circuit for each of the two pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiko Ito
  • Patent number: 9093016
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes, on a substrate, three sub-pixels, three sampling switches, three data lines, three image signal lines, and three lead wiring lines. The three sub-pixels correspond to red, green and blue, respectively. The three sub-pixels are included in a unit pixel. The three sampling switches correspond to the three sub-pixels, respectively. The three data lines electrically connect the three sub-pixels and the three sampling switches with each other, respectively. The three image signal lines, which are provided on a side opposite to the three sub-pixels with respect to the three sampling switches, correspond to the three sampling switches, respectively. The three lead wiring lines electrically connect the three sampling switches and the three image signal lines with each other, respectively. Among the three sampling switches, a sampling switch corresponding to green is disposed close to the three image signal lines compared to other two sampling switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiko Ito
  • Patent number: 9088375
    Abstract: A screen display apparatus for controlling the size each display area to appropriately display content information of each display area into one display screen. The screen display apparatus includes a selection accept block for accepting selection of first content information displayed in a first display area, a content information acquisition block for acquiring the content information associated with the selected first content information, this content information being second content information located on a layer below the first content information, and, in order to allocate a second display area for displaying the second content information to the display screen, a display area control block for controlling either or both of the first display area and the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Ito, Hiroaki Nakano, Shusuke Eshita, Tetsuo Maruyama, Kazuhiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 9047844
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving an electro-optical device is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines that intersect the plurality of scanning lines, and are divided so that the neighboring data lines form another group of data lines, a plurality of pixels provided to correspond to the intersection of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, a data line driving circuit that supplies a correction voltage being simultaneously supplied to the group of data lines and having a fixed polarity with respect to a predetermined potential, and a driving voltage being time-serially supplied to the group of data lines in response to an image signal and having a polarity that is inverted for each frame with respect to the predetermined potential, and a scanning line driving circuit that supplies a scanning signal through the plurality of scanning lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiko Ito
  • Patent number: 9030507
    Abstract: A plurality of pixel circuits include liquid crystal elements which are arranged corresponding to each intersection of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines, and display a gradation corresponding to a gradation signal of the signal line at the time of selecting the scanning line. A driving circuit sequentially selects the plurality of scanning lines as a selection unit in a first writing period of a right eye period, supplies a gradation signal corresponding to a specified gradation of a right eye image which corresponds to a specified scanning line in the selection unit to each pixel circuit, and sequentially selects a scanning line other than the specified scanning line, and supplies a gradation signal which corresponds to the specified gradation corresponding to the specified gradation to each pixel circuit, in a second writing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiko Ito
  • Patent number: 9019264
    Abstract: In one unit period of a display period, each first pair of scanning lines is selected and a gray scale potential corresponding to pixels of one scanning line of the first pair of scanning lines is supplied to each signal line. In another unit period, each second pair of scanning lines is selected and a gray scale potential corresponding to pixels of one scanning line of the second pair of scanning lines is supplied to each signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiko Ito