Patents by Inventor Etsuo Yamamoto

Etsuo Yamamoto 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: 20120092317
    Abstract: A display driving circuit which carries out CC driving is configured such that a polarity of a data signal to be supplied to a source line is reversed every two horizontal scanning periods and a signal electric potential written from the source line to a pixel electrode changes in a different direction every two adjacent rows. In at least one example embodiment, this allows, in a display device which carries out CC driving, enhancement of a display quality by removing lateral stripes that are produced in a display video while n-line reversal driving is being carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Etsuo Yamamoto, Shige Furuta, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Seijirou Gyouten
  • Publication number: 20120086689
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention switches, in a display driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device which carries out CC driving, between a two-line reversal driving mode in which a polarity of a data signal supplied to a source line is reversed every two horizontal scanning periods and a one-line reversal driving mode in which a polarity of a data signal supplied to a source line is reversed every one horizontal scanning period. In at least one example embodiment, a polarity signal reverses its polarity every two horizontal scanning periods in the two-line reversal driving mode, and reverses its polarity every one horizontal scanning period in the one-line reversal driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shige Furuta, Etsuo Yamamoto, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Seijirou Gyouten
  • Publication number: 20120037736
    Abstract: A jet mill in which crushed material introduced into a crushing chamber is comminuted by gas being sprayed from a plurality of gas-jet nozzles, wherein high-efficiency pulverization is performed by optimizing various pulverization conditions according to the type of crushed material or other such properties. The direction in which gas is sprayed into the crushing chamber is variable adjustable; the spraying direction of each nozzle is displaced simultaneously by the electromotive actuator; swirl flow is produced in three dimensions, including the flow of a directional component that is perpendicular to the horizontal swirl flow; and a fine-powder discharge port of a first pulverization chamber and a fine powder introduction port of a second pulverization chamber are communicatingly connected by a ventilation duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: Sunrex Kogyo Co., Ltd., Ace Giken Co., Ltd., NanoPlus Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Ito, Masahiro Yamamoto, Etsuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8061636
    Abstract: A jet mill in which crushed material introduced into a crushing chamber is comminuted by gas being sprayed from a plurality of gas-jet nozzles, wherein high-efficiency pulverization is performed by optimizing various pulverization conditions according to the type of crushed material or other such properties. The direction in which gas is sprayed into the crushing chamber is variable adjustable; the spraying direction of each nozzle is displaced simultaneously by the electromotive actuator; swirl flow is produced in three dimensions, including the flow of a directional component that is perpendicular to the horizontal swirl flow; and a fine-powder discharge port of a first pulverization chamber and a fine powder introduction port of a second pulverization chamber are communicatingly connected by a ventilation duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignees: Sunrex Kogyo Co., Ltd., NanoPlus Co., Ltd., Ace Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Ito, Masahiro Yamamoto, Etsuo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110049278
    Abstract: A jet mill in which crushed material introduced into a crushing chamber is comminuted by gas being sprayed from a plurality of gas-jet nozzles, wherein high-efficiency pulverization is performed by optimizing various pulverization conditions according to the type of crushed material or other such properties. The direction in which gas is sprayed into the crushing chamber is variable adjustable; the spraying direction of each nozzle is displaced simultaneously by the electromotive actuator; swirl flow is produced in three dimensions, including the flow of a directional component that is perpendicular to the horizontal swirl flow; and a fine-powder discharge port of a first pulverization chamber and a fine powder introduction port of a second pulverization chamber are communicatingly connected by a ventilation duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicants: Sunrex Kogyo Co., Ltd., NanoPlus Co., Ltd.., Ace Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Ito, Masahiro Yamamoto, Etsuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7850105
    Abstract: A jet mill in which crushed material introduced into a crushing chamber 12 is comminuted by gas being sprayed from a plurality of gas-jet nozzles 20, 21, wherein high-efficiency pulverization is performed by optimizing various pulverization conditions according to the type of crushed material or other such properties. The direction in which gas is sprayed into the crushing chamber 12 is variably adjustable; the spraying direction of each nozzle is displaced simultaneously by the [*18] electromotive actuator; swirl flow is produced in three dimensions, including the flow of a directional component that is perpendicular to the horizontal swirl flow; and a fine-powder discharge port of a first pulverization chamber and a fine powder introduction port of a second pulverization chamber are communicatingly connected by a ventilation duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignees: Sunrex Kogyo Co., Ltd., NanoPlus Co., Ltd., Ace Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Ito, Masahiro Yamamoto, Etsuo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100309184
    Abstract: A circuit which is constituted by a plurality of n-channel transistors includes, in at least one embodiment, a transistor (T1) which has a drain terminal to which an input signal is supplied and a source terminal from which a output signal is supplied; and a transistor (T2) which has a drain terminal to which a control signal is supplied and a source terminal connected to a gate terminal of the transistor (T1). A gate terminal of the transistor (T2) is connected to the source terminal of the transistor (T2). With the arrangement, it is possible to provide (i) a semiconductor device which is constituted by transistors having an identical conductivity type and which is capable of reducing an influence of noise, and (ii) a display device including the semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Etsuo Yamamoto, Yasushi Sasaki, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Shige Furuta
  • Publication number: 20100253393
    Abstract: A single-phase input including transistors all of which have only a single type of channel polarity, which buffer includes: a buffer section 32, including a first series circuit formed by two n-channel transistors connected to each other in series, a second series circuit formed by two n-channel transistors connected to each other in series at a connection point OUT, and a capacitor; and an inverted-signal generating section for generating an inverted-signal from an input signal, the inverted-signal generating section including n-channel transistors but no p-channel transistor, the input signal being inputted to respective gates of the transistors, the inverted-signal being inputted to a gate of the transistor 4, and an output signal being outputted via the connection point OUT. With the buffer, it is possible that a consumption current be reduced and a current drive for a load is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Etsuo Yamamoto, Yuhichiro Murakami, Yasushi Sasaki, Seijirou Gyouten, Shinsaku Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7701426
    Abstract: In each horizontal period, by switching ON switches respectively provided for three data signal lines for R, G and B in a group at the same time only in a predetermined period, the data signal lines in the group are preliminary charged to a predetermined potential at the same time before a data signal supply period. In a subsequent data signal supply period, respective switches of data signal lines for R, G and B are switched ON sequentially, to sequentially supply respective data for R, G and B to pixels on a scanning signal line as selected are supplied via data signal lines. As a result, in a display device driven by time-division based on a group of sequentially provided data signal lines, it is possible to suppress up-throw potential fluctuations when display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Yokoyama, Hajime Washio, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Etsuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7537249
    Abstract: To accurately control opening and closing of a door, a device includes an opening/closing switch lever arranged at an opening end of a striker receiving groove, and configured to shift between a retreated position and an advanced position. When a striker is positioned in an engagement groove of a latch, the opening/closing switch lever is positioned at the retreated position, and when the striker is removed from the engagement groove and then from a receiving groove, the opening/closing switch lever is positioned at the advanced position. The device further includes an opening/closing switch that performs a switching operation when the opening/closing switch lever that has been positioned at the advanced position shifts toward the retreated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Ichinose, Etsuo Yamamoto, Michio Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20090109161
    Abstract: A signal output circuit of one embodiment of the present invention is provided in a unit stage of a shift register. The signal output circuit includes a set-reset flip-flop, and a signal generation circuit for generating an output signal by loading or blocking a clock signal in accordance with a signal inputted thereto. The signal output circuit is arranged such that: the signal generation circuit receives a signal outputted from the flip-flop and the output signal fed back to the signal generating circuit; and the output signal is fed back to a reset input of the flip-flop. This makes it possible to achieve a reduction in the area of the circuit and a simplification of the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Etsuo Yamamoto, Yuhichitoh Murakami, Eiji Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20090085902
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, on each source bus line, an electric charge escaping transistor is provided having the same polarity as a pixel transistor and having a gate to which a turn-off voltage signal of the pixel transistor is supplied. When an active matrix liquid crystal display device is powered off, the turn-off voltage signal is made to reach the GND level before a turn-on voltage signal of the pixel transistor reaches the GND level, so that the pixel transistor and the electric charge escaping transistor are made half-open. This lets electric charges accumulated in the pixel escape to a common electrode TCOM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Etsuo Yamamoto, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Yasushi Sasaki, Seijirou Gyouten
  • Patent number: 7505020
    Abstract: A simultaneous precharge type display device source driver includes supply control circuits each of which is provided on each of source bus lines. Each of the supply control circuits receives (a) a precharge control signal for precharging each of the source bus line and (b) a sampling control signal for writing data, which should be written on pixels, onto the source bus line. The one of two switches turns ON in response to the precharge control signal and the sampling control signal. The other of the switches turns ON in response to the sampling control signal. In the sampling operation, both the switches are turned ON so as to quicken the writing operation. In the precharge operation, the other switch does not operate, so that it is possible to reduce the power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Etsuo Yamamoto, Seijirou Gyouten, Sachio Tsujino, Hoh Riku
  • Patent number: 7434853
    Abstract: A door latch apparatus closes a door of a vehicle by, when a striker and a latch are in a first engagement state, shifting the striker and the latch into a second engagement state through an effective operation of an output lever by driving an actuator. When the shift of the striker and the latch into the second engagement state is restricted, the output lever is allowed to perform a retracting operation by driving the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuo Yamamoto, Michio Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20080241568
    Abstract: In sintering a metal powder after pressure molding into a given configuration, random amorphous flaky metal fine powders (10) are used as metal powder materials. In addition, spherical particulate metal powders 11 are used as main materials, and random amorphous flaky metal fine powders 10 having finer particle size than the metal powders 11 and produced by fracturing a metal fracture material by means of high-velocity gas swirling flow are used as sub-materials, and molding and sintering are performed in a state of dispersing the sub-materials (10) in the main materials (11). Thus, despite being a power metallurgical product, it is possible to obtain a metal product having a dense metallographic structure and excellent in properties such as mechanical strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Ace Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Ito, Masahiro Yamamoto, Etsuo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080048058
    Abstract: A jet mill in which crushed material introduced into a crushing chamber 12 is comminuted by gas being sprayed from a plurality of gas-jet nozzles 20, 21, wherein high-efficiency pulverization is performed by optimizing various pulverization conditions according to the type of crushed material or other such properties. The direction in which gas is sprayed into the crushing chamber 12 is variably adjustable; the spraying direction of each nozzle is displaced simultaneously by the [*18] electromotive actuator; swirl flow is produced in three dimensions, including the flow of a directional component that is perpendicular to the horizontal swirl flow; and a fine-powder discharge port of a first pulverization chamber and a fine powder introduction port of a second pulverization chamber are communicatingly connected by a ventilation duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Kenzo Ito, Masahiro Yamamoto, Etsuo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20060267350
    Abstract: To accurately control opening and closing of a door, a device includes an opening/closing switch lever arranged at an opening end of a striker receiving groove, and configured to shift between a retreated position and an advanced position. When a striker is positioned in an engagement groove of a latch, the opening/closing switch lever is positioned at the retreated position, and when the striker is removed from the engagement groove and then from a receiving groove, the opening/closing switch lever is positioned at the advanced position. The device further includes an opening/closing switch that performs a switching operation when the opening/closing switch lever that has been positioned at the advanced position shifts toward the retreated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Mikio Ichinose, Etsuo Yamamoto, Michio Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20060202485
    Abstract: A door latch apparatus closes a door of a vehicle by, when a striker and a latch are in a first engagement state, shifting the striker and the latch into a second engagement state through an effective operation of an output lever by driving an actuator. When the shift of the striker and the latch into the second engagement state is restricted, the output lever is allowed to perform a retracting operation by driving the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Etsuo Yamamoto, Michio Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20050088387
    Abstract: In each horizontal period, by switching ON switches respectively provided for three data signal lines for R, G and B in a group at the same time only in a predetermined period, the data signal lines in the group are preliminary charged to a predetermined potential at the same time before a data signal supply period. In a subsequent data signal supply period, respective switches of data signal lines for R, G and B are switched ON sequentially, to sequentially supply respective data for R, G and B to pixels on a scanning signal line as selected are supplied via data signal lines. As a result, in a display device driven by time-division based on a group of sequentially provided data signal lines, it is possible to suppress up-throw potential fluctuations when display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Yokoyama, Hajime Washio, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Etsuo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20050052443
    Abstract: A simultaneous precharge type display device source driver includes supply control circuits each of which is provided on each of source bus lines. Each of the supply control circuits receives (a) a precharge control signal for precharging each of the source bus line and (b) a sampling control signal for writing data, which should be written on pixels, onto the source bus line. The one of two switches turns ON in response to the precharge control signal and the sampling control signal. The other of the switches turns ON in response to the sampling control signal. In the sampling operation, both the switches are turned ON so as to quicken the writing operation. In the precharge operation, the other switch does not operate, so that it is possible to reduce the power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Etsuo Yamamoto, Seijirou Gyouten, Sachio Tsujino, Hoh Riku