Patents by Inventor Aya NAKATANI

Aya NAKATANI 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: 10001664
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a panel driver board, and flexible circuit boards. The liquid crystal panel has a substantially round shape and includes linear edge sections formed by linearly cutting out outer edge portions. The panel driver board is configured to supply signals related to image display to the liquid crystal panel. The flexible circuit boards include first ends and second ends. The first ends are mounted to the liquid crystal panel aligned with the linear edge sections with respect to the circumferential direction in a non-display area. The second ends are mounted to the panel driver board. Portions of the flexible circuit boards joining the first ends and the second ends have bending shapes in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Mitani, Aya Nakatani, Keiichi Yamamoto, Seiji Muraoka
  • Patent number: 9928796
    Abstract: A scanning signal is precisely output to a scanning signal line corresponding to a row range even in a case where a plurality of scanning signals (including a precharge signal) are output at the same time. A display control circuit of the display device sets row selection enable signals at H level so that main charging periods are set in a range from an ith row to an mth row, which corresponds to a moving image region, and precharging periods corresponding to the main charging periods are also set. Accordingly, a precise scanning signal in which a precharging period having a necessary length is set and no unnecessary precharging period is set at all is output to each of scanning signal lines connected to a scanning signal line driving circuit, so that deterioration of display quality is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Aya Nakatani, Kohhei Tanaka, Shigeto Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180024395
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a panel driver board, and flexible circuit boards. The liquid crystal panel has a substantially round shape and includes linear edge sections formed by linearly cutting out outer edge portions. The panel driver board is configured to supply signals related to image display to the liquid crystal panel. The flexible circuit boards include first ends and second ends. The first ends are mounted to the liquid crystal panel aligned with the linear edge sections with respect to the circumferential direction in a non-display area. The second ends are mounted to the panel driver board. Portions of the flexible circuit boards joining the first ends and the second ends have bending shapes in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro MITANI, Aya NAKATANI, Keiichi YAMAMOTO, Seiji MURAOKA
  • Patent number: 9858882
    Abstract: By a simple circuit configuration, luminance unevenness is suppressed, and charge remaining after a power source supply is interrupted is suppressed. A slope control unit (52) generates a switch control signal (Von) having a waveform with a falling slope, by switching between a grounded state of being connected to a ground and an ungrounded state, and modulating the waveform of a high voltage (VGH), and in a case where a power supply from the outside is interrupted, the slope control unit (52) is in the ungrounded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Tomiyoshi, Naoto Inoue, Aya Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20170116946
    Abstract: A scanning signal is precisely output to a scanning signal line corresponding to a row range even in a case where a plurality of scanning signals (including a precharge signal) are output at the same time. A display control circuit of the display device sets row selection, enable signals at H level so that main charging periods are set in a range from an ith row to an mth row, which corresponds to a moving image region, and precharging periods corresponding to the main charging periods are also set. Accordingly, a precise scanning signal in which a precharging period having a necessary length is set and no unnecessary precharging period is set at all is output to each of scanning signal lines connected to a scanning signal line driving circuit, so that deterioration of display quality is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Aya NAKATANI, Kohhei TANAKA, Shigeto YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160260374
    Abstract: A display device capable of accurately supplying a voltage used to generate a gate signal and a voltage used to drive a nonvolatile memory is provided using a simple configuration. A DC/DC converter 20 switches between a first state of converting an input voltage (Vin) into a voltage (Vs) used to drive a nonvolatile memory and a second state of converting the input voltage (Vin) into a voltage (Vg) used to generate a gate signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Naoto INOUE, Akira TOMIYOSHI, Aya NAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20160196792
    Abstract: By a simple circuit configuration, luminance unevenness is suppressed, and charge remaining after a power source supply is interrupted is suppressed. A slope control unit (52) generates a switch control signal (Von) having a waveform with a falling slope, by switching between a grounded state of being connected to a ground and an ungrounded state, and modulating the waveform of a high voltage (VGH), and in a case where a power supply from the outside is interrupted, the slope control unit (52) is in the ungrounded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Akira TOMIYOSHI, Naoto INOUE, Aya NAKATANI