Patents by Inventor Akio Muraji

Akio Muraji 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: 8469524
    Abstract: A projection display device includes: an aperture part which narrows light traveling toward an imager; a control part which controls the aperture part; a detection part which detects brightness of an image to be projected; and a determination part which determines whether the image is a still image or a moving image. In this arrangement, the control part operates the aperture part so as to narrow the light when the brightness of the image detected by the detection part is darker than predetermined brightness, and operates the aperture part so as to further narrow the light when the brightness of the image detected by the detection part becomes darker than the predetermined brightness. In addition, the control part sets the predetermined brightness for operating the aperture part so as to be darker when the image is the still image than when the image is the moving image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Yamashita, Masahiro Uchiyama, Akio Muraji
  • Publication number: 20120086922
    Abstract: A projection display device includes: an aperture part which narrows light traveling toward an imager; a control part which controls the aperture part; a detection part which detects brightness of an image to be projected; and a determination part which determines whether the image is a still image or a moving image. In this arrangement, the control part operates the aperture part so as to narrow the light when the brightness of the image detected by the detection part is darker than predetermined brightness, and operates the aperture part so as to further narrow the light when the brightness of the image detected by the detection part becomes darker than the predetermined brightness. In addition, the control part sets the predetermined brightness for operating the aperture part so as to be darker when the image is the still image than when the image is the moving image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao YAMASHITA, Masahiro UCHIYAMA, Akio MURAJI
  • Patent number: 8077188
    Abstract: A gamma correction device for a liquid crystal display device including LCD panels. The gamma correction device includes a storage device for storing gamma correction data corresponding to chiral directions of LCD panels. A chiral direction data acquisition circuit acquires chirality data on the chiral direction of a LCD panel arranged in the liquid crystal display device. A control circuit sets a gamma correction datum adapted to the chiral directions of the LCD panel arranged in the liquid crystal display device selectively from the stored gamma correction data based on the acquired chirality data. A gamma correction circuit performs a gamma correction process on image signals provided to the LCD panel using the set gamma correction datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Muraji, Kazunobu Oketani, Satoshi Nakajo, Hiromitsu Okuno, Hisashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080100549
    Abstract: A gamma correction device for a liquid crystal display device including LCD panels. The gamma correction device includes a storage device for storing gamma correction data corresponding to chiral directions of LCD panels. A chiral direction data acquisition circuit acquires chirality data on the chiral direction of a LCD panel arranged in the liquid crystal display device. A control circuit sets a gamma correction datum adapted to the chiral directions of the LCD panel arranged in the liquid crystal display device selectively from the stored gamma correction data based on the acquired chirality data. A gamma correction circuit performs a gamma correction process on image signals provided to the LCD panel using the set gamma correction datum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Muraji, Kazunobu Oketani, Satoshi Nakajo, Hiromitsu Okuno, Hisashi Nakamura