Patents by Inventor Daisuke YANAGIHARA

Daisuke YANAGIHARA 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: 11537032
    Abstract: An optical path shifting device includes: a holding frame holding a rectangular glass plate; a support part supporting the holding frame in a swingable state; an actuator causing the holding frame to swing; a magnetic sensor detecting a position of the holding frame; and a thermistor detecting a temperature of the magnetic sensor. A drive signal processing circuit includes: an amplifier amplifying a reference signal to generate a drive signal and supplying the drive signal to the actuator; and a signal processing unit inputting the reference signal and an amplifier gain to the amplifier. The signal processing unit performs gain adjustment processing to correct an amplitude value found from an output from the magnetic sensor, based on an output from the thermistor, and to adjust the amplifier gain, based on a corrected value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Wakabayashi, Akira Nemura, Takao Hirakura, Daisuke Yanagihara, Nozomi Fujishige, Kazunori Maeta
  • Patent number: 10921683
    Abstract: A method for controlling an optical device including a movable section including an optical section that refracts incident video image light in accordance with the angle of incidence of the video image light and outputs the refracted video image light and a holding section that supports the optical section, an actuator that causes the movable section to swing, and a drive circuit that applies a drive signal to the actuator via a coupling capacitor and an amplifier, the method including applying voltage that is intermediate potential for a first period and then applying a trapezoidal wave having an upper base corresponding to second voltage and a lower base corresponding to third voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Yanagihara
  • Publication number: 20200371405
    Abstract: A method for controlling an optical device including a movable section including an optical section that refracts incident video image light in accordance with the angle of incidence of the video image light and outputs the refracted video image light and a holding section that supports the optical section, an actuator that causes the movable section to swing, and a drive circuit that applies a drive signal to the actuator via a coupling capacitor and an amplifier, the method including applying voltage that is intermediate potential for a first period and then applying a trapezoidal wave having an upper base corresponding to second voltage and a lower base corresponding to third voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke YANAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200159093
    Abstract: An optical path shifting device includes: a holding frame holding a rectangular glass plate; a support part supporting the holding frame in a swingable state; an actuator causing the holding frame to swing; a magnetic sensor detecting a position of the holding frame; and a thermistor detecting a temperature of the magnetic sensor. A drive signal processing circuit includes: an amplifier amplifying a reference signal to generate a drive signal and supplying the drive signal to the actuator; and a signal processing unit inputting the reference signal and an amplifier gain to the amplifier. The signal processing unit performs gain adjustment processing to correct an amplitude value found from an output from the magnetic sensor, based on an output from the thermistor, and to adjust the amplifier gain, based on a corrected value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi WAKABAYASHI, Akira NEMURA, Takao HIRAKURA, Daisuke YANAGIHARA, Nozomi FUJISHIGE, Kazunori MAETA
  • Patent number: 10495954
    Abstract: A projector including a light source, a power supply section, a power supply control section that controls power supply from the power supply section, a projection lens that projects an image, and a projection system driver that moves the projection lens, wherein the power supply control section performs, as power supply modes, an operation mode in which power is supplied to the light source section to allow the light source section to output light and a first standby mode in which the power supply to the light source section is terminated, and in the first standby mode, power is supplied to the projection system driver to allow the projection lens to move to an attachment/detachment position where the projection lens is attachable and detachable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Furihata, Daisuke Yanagihara
  • Publication number: 20170285450
    Abstract: A projector including a light source, a power supply section, a power supply control section that controls power supply from the power supply section, a projection lens that projects an image, and a projection system driver that moves the projection lens, wherein the power supply control section performs, as power supply modes, an operation mode in which power is supplied to the light source section to allow the light source section to output light and a first standby mode in which the power supply to the light source section is terminated, and in the first standby mode, power is supplied to the projection system driver to allow the projection lens to move to an attachment/detachment position where the projection lens is attachable and detachable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi FURIHATA, Daisuke YANAGIHARA