Patents by Inventor Atsunari Tsuda

Atsunari Tsuda 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: 20160148052
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of kinds of medical apparatus information, which are information acquired from a plurality of medical apparatuses, a generating unit that generates information for presentation including at least a part of the plurality of kinds of medical apparatus information acquired by the acquiring unit, and a presenting unit that outputs the generated information for presentation to an image display apparatus that displays an image. The generating unit generates the information for presentation including at least the medical apparatus information acquired by the medical apparatus, visual recognition of a display unit of which by a user of the image display apparatus is difficult.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsunari TSUDA, Toshikazu UCHIYAMA, Hitomi WAKAMIYA, Masahide TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20160103326
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes an image processing unit that controls a display drive units. The image processing unit controls the pair of display drive units so as to move the emission areas in any one of a first direction in which an image formed by the image light emitted from one of the display drive units and an image formed by the image light emitted from the other of the display drive units move close to each other in cooperation and a second direction in which an image formed by the image light emitted from one of the display drive units and an image formed by the image light emitted from the other of the display drive units move apart from each other in cooperation to change a focal distance of an image in a virtual image which is visually recognized by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fusashi KIMURA, Atsunari TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20160034251
    Abstract: A head mounted display device is used by being mounted on a body of a user and includes an image display unit through which outside scenery is transmitted and which displays an image such that the image is visually recognizable together with the outside scenery. Further, the head mounted display device includes a right headphone and a left headphone outputting a sound. Further, the head mounted display device includes a target detection unit that detects a target of the user in the visual line direction; a distance detection unit that detects a distance between the detected target and the user; and an information output control unit that controls the output of the sound of the right headphone and the left headphone according to the detected distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kaori SENDAI, Atsunari TSUDA, Masahide TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20160035137
    Abstract: A head mounted display device includes an image display unit which is used by being mounted on a body of a user, through which outside scenery is transmitted, and which displays an image such that the image is visually recognizable together with the outside scenery. The head mounted display device includes a target detection unit that detects a target of the user in a visual line direction and a data acquisition unit that acquires data of the image displayed by the image display unit. The head mounted display device includes an image display control unit that allows the image to be displayed in a position in which the image is visually recognized by overlapping at least a part of the target detected by the target detection unit based on the data acquired by the data acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kaori SENDAI, Atsunari TSUDA, Masahide TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20160035136
    Abstract: A head mounted display is worn on the body of a user before use and includes an image display unit that transmits an outside scene and displays an image in a visually recognizable manner along with the outside scene and a camera that performs image capturing in directions of sight lines of the user. A control section of the head mounted display includes an image generation section that generates a display image from a captured image from the camera and an image display control section that causes the image display unit to display the display image generated by the image generation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kaori SENDAI, Atsunari TSUDA, Masahide TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20160035351
    Abstract: A head mounted display device includes an image display unit that allows a user to visually recognize an image and through which outside scenery is transmitted and a microphone that detects a voice. In addition, the head mounted display device further includes a data acquisition unit that acquires data and an additional data display control unit that allows the image display unit to display an image based on the voice detected by the microphone and the data acquired by the data acquisition unit when the outside scenery is visually recognized by the user through the image display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kaori SENDAI, Atsunari TSUDA, Masahide TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20150363979
    Abstract: A head mounted display which allows a user to visually recognize a virtual image and external scenery, and includes an image display unit that forms the virtual image which is visually recognized by the user, and a superimposition processing unit that causes the image display unit to form the virtual image based on superimposition information for superimposing invisible information which is not shown in an appearance of an object on the object included in the external scenery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Masahide Takano, Atsunari TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20150348328
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes an image display unit cause a user to visually recognize image light as a virtual image on the basis of image data and cause the user to visually recognize an outside scene in a state in which the image display unit is worn on the head of the user, an image pickup unit configured to pick up an image of the outside scene, and a control unit configured to cause, when a mark image, which is an image of a specific mark, is included in the picked-up image, using the image display unit, the user to visually recognize a specific virtual image associated with a combination of a kind of the mark image and a shape of the mark image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Atsunari TSUDA, Masahide TAKANO, Toshikazu UCHIYAMA, Hitomi WAKAMIYA
  • Patent number: 9030449
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a display portion that displays images; a power source portion; a converter that has an antenna receiving wireless signals including display controlling signals and image signals from the external based on a wireless transmission method and that converts the wireless signals received from the antenna into wire signals; and a driving circuit that is electrically connected to the power source portion and the converter, respectively, to display the images on the display portion based on the power supplied from the power source portion and the image signals and the display controlling signals output from the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kobayashi, Fusashi Kimura, Atsunari Tsuda, Yuki Okuhara
  • Publication number: 20140256429
    Abstract: An image display system includes an image transmitter, a first display device that displays a first image, and a second display device that displays a second image, the second display device includes a display device side receiving unit that receives the second image, a display unit that displays the second image, a visual direction acquiring unit that acquires a current visual direction of the user, and a display device side transmitting unit that transmits the current visual direction, and the image transmitter includes a transmitter side receiving unit that receives the current visual direction, an extracting unit that extracts the first image as an image of a partial area in a whole image and the second image as an image of an area in response to the current visual direction in the whole image, and a transmitter side transmitting unit that transmits the first and second images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kobayashi, Atsunari Tsuda
  • Patent number: 8508441
    Abstract: A self-luminescent display device includes a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels including a self-luminescent pixel is arranged, an external light sensor which measures an external light intensity, a temperature sensor which measures an environmental temperature, an image correcting unit which corrects image data input to the image correcting unit on the basis of statistical data of the image data, a light adjusting unit which produces a light adjusting signal on the basis of a measurement signal of the external light sensor, a temperature control unit which produces a temperature correcting signal on the basis of a measurement signal of the temperature sensor, and a display control unit which produces a brightness correcting signal for correcting light emitting brightness of the pixels in the pixel unit on the basis of the light adjusting signal and the temperature correcting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Fusashi Kimura, Atsunari Tsuda
  • Patent number: 8125431
    Abstract: The electro-optical device is directly connected to a battery and includes a display panel, a driver, and a voltage adjusting circuit. The driver amplifies an input voltage and supplies the amplified voltage to the display panel. The voltage adjusting circuit includes a plurality of conversion circuits, a switching unit, and a control circuit. The plurality of conversion circuits convert a voltage input from the battery into different voltages and supply the converted voltages to the driver. The switching unit performs switching for supplying the voltage to one of the plurality of conversion circuits. The control circuit controls the switching unit to switch the conversion circuit that supplies the voltage input from the battery when it is detected that a voltage gain of the driver has changed. Thus, the power consumption can be reduced without having an adverse effect on image display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fusashi Kimura, Masaki Takahashi, Atsunari Tsuda
  • Patent number: 8018450
    Abstract: An electrooptic device includes a display panel; an illuminating unit; an ambient-light measuring unit; a luminance control unit; a display-mode switching unit; and a storage unit, wherein when the display panel is switched to the transmission display mode by the display-mode switching unit, the gamma value for the transmission display is obtained from the plurality of tables stored in the storage unit, and the gamma value for the transmission display is applied; and when the display panel is switched to the reflection display mode by the display-mode switching unit, the gamma value for the reflection display is obtained from the plurality of tables stored in the storage unit, and the gamma value for the reflection display is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Fusashi Kimura, Masaki Takahashi, Atsunari Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20100265228
    Abstract: A self-luminescent display device includes a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels including a self-luminescent pixel is arranged, an external light sensor which measures an external light intensity, a temperature sensor which measures an environmental temperature, an image correcting unit which corrects image data input to the image correcting unit on the basis of statistical data of the image data, a light adjusting unit which produces a light adjusting signal on the basis of a measurement signal of the external light sensor, a temperature control unit which produces a temperature correcting signal on the basis of a measurement signal of the temperature sensor, and a display control unit which produces a brightness correcting signal for correcting light emitting brightness of the pixels in the pixel unit on the basis of the light adjusting signal and the temperature correcting signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fusashi Kimura, Atsunari Tsuda
  • Patent number: 7518691
    Abstract: An electrooptical device includes a substrate that holds an electrooptical substance, a first substrate line and a second substrate line provided on the substrate, a semiconductor device provided on the substrate, a first input bump and a second input bump provided on a surface of the semiconductor device, the surface being close to the substrate, an output bump provided on the surface of the semiconductor device to be connected to the first substrate line, a base material mounted on the substrate, a first line provided on the base material to be electrically connected to the first input bump, and a second line provided on the base material to be electrically connected to the second input bump via the second substrate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kobayashi, Atsunari Tsuda, Fusashi Kimura, Sakiko Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7483020
    Abstract: A display drive device is provided that comprises a drive circuit for driving a display unit in which pixels are formed, a nonvolatile storage circuit for storing screen information indicating a position of a pixel to be driven in the display unit, a control circuit for reading the screen information from the nonvolatile storage circuit, and a drive setup circuit for setting a position based on the screen information read by the control circuit in the drive circuit. The display drive device may also comprise a nonvolatile storage circuit for storing setup information to change a drive voltage to be supplied to the drive circuit, a control circuit for reading the setup information from the nonvolatile storage circuit at predetermined intervals, and a voltage supply circuit for supplying a drive voltage based on the setup information read by the control circuit to the drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsunari Tsuda, Shingo Wakimoto
  • Publication number: 20080309304
    Abstract: The electro-optical device is directly connected to a battery and includes a display panel, a driver, and a voltage adjusting circuit. The driver amplifies an input voltage and supplies the amplified voltage to the display panel. The voltage adjusting circuit includes a plurality of conversion circuits, a switching unit, and a control circuit. The plurality of conversion circuits convert a voltage input from the battery into different voltages and supply the converted voltages to the driver. The switching unit performs switching for supplying the voltage to one of the plurality of conversion circuits. The control circuit controls the switching unit to switch the conversion circuit that supplies the voltage input from the battery when it is detected that a voltage gain of the driver has changed. Thus, the power consumption can be reduced without having an adverse effect on image display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fusashi Kimura, Masaki Takahashi, Atsunari Tsuda
  • Patent number: 7345501
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a first substrate that holds an electro-optical material, a first IC that is mounted on the first substrate and that has a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals that are formed on the first substrate to be connected to the plurality of first terminals, respectively, a plurality of wiring lines formed on the first substrate, first connection state diagnostic terminals that are included in the plurality of first terminals and that are used for diagnosing connection states between the first terminals and the second terminals, second connection state diagnostic terminals that are included in the plurality of second terminals and that are connected to the first connection state diagnostic terminals, respectively, a connection state diagnostic unit that is provided in the first IC to diagnose whether the first and second connection state diagnostic terminals are electrically connected to each other, and a connection state diagnosis result output unit that i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Hasegawa, Atsunari Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20070188439
    Abstract: An electrooptic device includes: a display panel; an illuminating unit that emits light onto the display panel; an ambient-light measuring unit that measures the illuminance of ambient light; a luminance control unit including a light control profile for obtaining the optimum surface luminance of the display panel, the luminance control unit obtaining the optimum surface luminance on the basis of the measured illuminance of the ambient light using the light control profile, and controlling the luminance of the light to be emitted from the illuminating unit to provide the display panel with the optimum surface luminance; a display-mode switching unit that switches the display panel to a transmission display mode when the illuminance of the ambient light measured by the ambient-light measuring unit is lower than a predetermined illuminance, and switches the display panel to a reflection display mode when the illuminance of the ambient light is higher than the predetermined illuminance; and a storage unit that s
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fusashi Kimura, Masaki Takahashi, Atsunari Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20070182727
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a display portion that displays images; a power source portion; a converter that has an antenna receiving wireless signals including display controlling signals and image signals from the external based on a wireless transmission method and that converts the wireless signals received from the antenna into wire signals; and a driving circuit that is electrically connected to the power source portion and the converter, respectively, to display the images on the display portion based on the power supplied from the power source portion and the image signals and the display controlling signals output from the converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi KOBAYASHI, Fusashi KIMURA, Atsunari TSUDA, Yuki OKUHARA