Patents by Inventor Chiaki Kon

Chiaki Kon 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: 11935485
    Abstract: A display device that includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines, and a pixel unit in which a pixel is specified by the scanning line and the data line, in which image data of one line is simultaneously displayed for a plurality of adjacent scanning lines, image data to be simultaneously displayed is made different between an N frame and an (N+1) frame that are temporally consecutive, and the image data is shifted by one line, and the image data of a last scanning line of at least one of the N frame or the (N+1) frame is hidden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Chiaki Kon, Noboru Tanigawa, Takafumi Nishioka, Kouichi Hashikaki, Toshinobu Sekiuchi
  • Publication number: 20230020794
    Abstract: A display device that includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines, and a pixel unit in which a pixel is specified by the scanning line and the data line, in which image data of one line is simultaneously displayed for a plurality of adjacent scanning lines, image data to be simultaneously displayed is made different between an N frame and an (N+1) frame that are temporally consecutive, and the image data is shifted by one line, and the image data of a last scanning line of at least one of the N frame or the (N+1) frame is hidden.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Chiaki Kon, Noboru Tanigawa, Takafumi Nishioka, Kouichi Hashikaki, Toshinobu Sekiuchi
  • Patent number: 8638317
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including: a display panel having a display function and a light-receiving/imaging function; a first image processing section configured to generate a detection signal that indicates whether a to-be-detected object has been detected based on a result of first image processing performed on an image taken by the light-receiving/imaging function; a second image processing section configured to perform second image processing on the image processed by the first image processing section, the second image processing having a heavier processing load than the first image processing; and a control section configured to control an operation of the second image processing section in accordance with the detection signal generated by the first image processing section, and, when it is determined that the processing by the second image processing section is not necessary, control the second image processing section to enter a sleep state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Harada, Shinya Hashimoto, Naoya Okada, Tadashi Maekawa, Kazunori Yamguchi, Mitsuru Tateuchi, Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Chiaki Kon
  • Patent number: 8085251
    Abstract: A display-and-image-pickup apparatus includes: a display-and-image-pickup panel having an image display function and an image pickup function; an image producing means for producing a predetermined processed image on the basis of a picked-up image of a proximity object obtained through the use of the display-and-image-pickup panel; an image processing means for obtaining information about the proximity object through selectively using one of two obtaining modes on the basis of at least one of the picked-up image and the processed image; and a switching means for switching processes so that, in the case where the parameter is increasing, one of the two obtaining modes is switched to the other obtaining mode when the parameter reaches a threshold value, and in the case where the parameter is decreasing, the other obtaining mode is switched to the one obtaining mode when the parameter reaches a smaller threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Harada, Shinya Hashimoto, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Mitsuru Tateuchi, Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Chiaki Kon
  • Publication number: 20090123029
    Abstract: A display-and-image-pickup apparatus includes: a display-and-image-pickup panel having an image display function and an image pickup function; an image producing means for producing a predetermined processed image on the basis of a picked-up image of a proximity object obtained through the use of the display-and-image-pickup panel; an image processing means for obtaining information about the proximity object through selectively using one of two obtaining modes on the basis of at least one of the picked-up image and the processed image; and a switching means for switching processes so that, in the case where the parameter is increasing, one of the two obtaining modes is switched to the other obtaining mode when the parameter reaches a threshold value, and in the case where the parameter is decreasing, the other obtaining mode is switched to the one obtaining mode when the parameter reaches a smaller threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Harada, Shinya Hashimoto, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Mitsuru Tateuchi, Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Chiaki Kon
  • Publication number: 20080231564
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including: a display panel having a display function and a light-receiving/imaging function; a first image processing section configured to generate a detection signal that indicates whether a to-be-detected object has been detected based on a result of first image processing performed on an image taken by the light-receiving/imaging function; a second image processing section configured to perform second image processing on the image processed by the first image processing section, the second image processing having a heavier processing load than the first image processing; and a control section configured to control an operation of the second image processing section in accordance with the detection signal generated by the first image processing section, and, when it is determined that the processing by the second image processing section is not necessary, control the second image processing section to enter a sleep state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Harada, Shinya Hashimoto, Naoya Okada, Tadashi Maekawa, Kazunori Yamguchi, Mitsuru Tateuchi, Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Chiaki Kon