Patents by Inventor Fusashi Kimura
Fusashi Kimura 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).
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Publication number: 20130249946Abstract: Ahead-mounted display device includes: an image display unit including an image light generating unit that generates image light representing an image and a light guide unit that guides the image light to the eyes of a user, and allowing the user to visually recognize a virtual image in a state where the image display unit is mounted on the head of the user; a detecting unit that is disposed in the image display unit and detects at least one of an impact and displacement; and a control unit that generates a given command based on detection data detected in the detecting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Fusashi Kimura
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Publication number: 20130241948Abstract: An optical transmission-type head mounted display apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires image data; an image display unit that generates image light based on the image data, and outputs the image light in order to cause a user to see the image light as a virtual image; and a control unit that performs control so as to reduces an output level of the image light corresponding to a part of regions of the virtual image from among the image light to a level at which the user cannot see the virtual image in a specific condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Fusashi Kimura
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Patent number: 8508441Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Atsunari Tsuda
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Publication number: 20120206443Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes: an image-light generating unit for right eye that generates image light from image data for right eye and emits the image light; an image-light generating unit for left eye that generates image light from image data for left eye and the image light; a light guide units that guide the emitted image lights to the left and right eyes of the user; and a display control unit that transmits control signals for controlling the emission of the image lights respectively to the image-light generating unit for right eye and the image-light generating unit for left eye. The display control unit transitions, according to a condition set in advance, the head-mounted display device to a power saving state for causing one of the image-light generating unit for right eye and the image-light generating unit for left eye to stop the emission of the image light.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Fusashi KIMURA, Shinichi KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20120200592Abstract: A control device that controls an image display device that forms an image on the basis of an image signal includes: an acquiring unit that acquires, from the image display device, individual information for specifying a control form of the image display device connected to the control device; and a control unit that controls the image display device on the basis of the acquired individual information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Fusashi KIMURA
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Patent number: 8125431Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 17, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Masaki Takahashi, Atsunari Tsuda
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Patent number: 8018450Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices CorporationInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Masaki Takahashi, Atsunari Tsuda
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Patent number: 7978297Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a substrate; a plurality of wiring lines which is formed on the substrate; and an IC which is mounted on the substrate so as to be electrically connected to the plurality of wiring lines. At least a pair of wiring lines among the plurality of wiring lines include a first conductive layer formed on the substrate and a second conductive layer formed on at least the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer have different resistance values. The first conductive layer of one of the pair of wiring lines has a plurality of first resistors each extending toward the other wiring line, and the second conductive layer of the other wiring line has a second resistor extending toward the one wiring line. The plurality of first resistors is connected to the second resistor.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Shinichi Kobayashi, Yuki Okuhara, Kenichi Tajiri
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Patent number: 7889158Abstract: An electrooptic device includes: a first panel; a second panel on the back of the first panel; a first receiver circuit that measures a first ambient light incident on the first panel; a second receiver circuit that measures a second ambient light incident on the second panel; and a control circuit that measures the brightness of the environment where the first panel is placed on the basis of the luminance of the first ambient light whose ratio to that of the second ambient light is at or below a predetermined value, and that controls the display state of an image displayed on the first panel on the basis the brightness of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2007Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Masaki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20100265228Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Atsunari Tsuda
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Patent number: 7714411Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a substrate; a plurality of wiring lines which is formed on the substrate; and an IC which is mounted on the substrate so as to be electrically connected to the plurality of wiring lines. At least a pair of wiring lines among the plurality of wiring lines include a first conductive layer formed on the substrate and a second conductive layer formed on at least the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer have different resistance values. The first conductive layer of one of the pair of wiring lines has a plurality of first resistors each extending toward the other wiring line, and the second conductive layer of the other wiring line has a second resistor extending toward the one wiring line. The plurality of first resistors is connected to the second resistor.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices CorporationInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Shinichi Kobayashi, Yuki Okuhara, Kenichi Tajiri
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Publication number: 20090195565Abstract: A first gray scale area, and a second gray scale area are set for the liquid crystal display device of the invention. Both of the gray scale areas contain a plurality of gray scale values, and gray scale values in the second gray scale area are larger than those in the first gray scale area. When the image data belong to the first gray scale value, the image data is corrected such the lightness is increased. When the image data belong to the second gray scale area, the image data is not corrected, or corrected with a smaller correction amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: Epson Imaging Devices CorporationInventor: Fusashi KIMURA
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Patent number: 7551171Abstract: A voltage supply circuit includes a first holding element with a first end and a second end that supplies a voltage held between the first end and the second end to a load, the second end being connected to a ground, and a second holding element with a first end and a second end, the first end of the second holding element being electrically connected to the first end of the first holding element. The voltage supply circuit also includes a charging circuit that charges the second holding element with a voltage higher than the voltage to be supplied to the load in a first mode, and a potential adjusting circuit that shifts a potential at the second end of the second holding element towards a potential at the first end of the first holding element according to the voltage held by the first holding element or the second holding element in a second mode exclusive with respect to the first mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2005Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Inventors: Fusashi Kimura, Satoshi Yatabe, Kenichi Tajiri
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Patent number: 7518691Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 20, 2005Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shinichi Kobayashi, Atsunari Tsuda, Fusashi Kimura, Sakiko Miyagawa
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Publication number: 20080309304Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATIONInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Masaki Takahashi, Atsunari Tsuda
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Publication number: 20080239207Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a substrate; a plurality of wiring lines which is formed on the substrate; and an IC which is mounted on the substrate so as to be electrically connected to the plurality of wiring lines. At least a pair of wiring lines among the plurality of wiring lines include a first conductive layer formed on the substrate and a second conductive layer formed on at least the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer have different resistance values. The first conductive layer of one of the pair of wiring lines has a plurality of first resistors each extending toward the other wiring line, and the second conductive layer of the other wiring line has a second resistor extending toward the one wiring line. The plurality of first resistors is connected to the second resistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATIONInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Shinichi Kobayashi, Yuki Okuhara, Kenichi Tajiri
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Patent number: 7408543Abstract: A power-supply circuit includes a capacitor, which is connected to a terminal at a first end while being grounded at the second end, for supplying a hold voltage between both ends thereof to a load; a capacitor connected, via a diode, to the terminal at a first end; an operational amplifier for raising a voltage at the second end of the capacitor, in response to a reduction in the hold voltage, such that the hold voltage becomes equal to a target voltage; and a transistor.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Satoshi Yatabe, Kenichi Tajiri
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Publication number: 20070222742Abstract: An electrooptic device includes: a first panel; a second panel on the back of the first panel; a first receiver circuit that measures a first ambient light incident on the first panel; a second receiver circuit that measures a second ambient light incident on the second panel; and a control circuit that measures the brightness of the environment where the first panel is placed on the basis of the luminance of the first ambient light whose ratio to that of the second ambient light is at or below a predetermined value, and that controls the display state of an image displayed on the first panel on the basis the brightness of the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATIONInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Masaki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20070188439Abstract: 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 sType: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATIONInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Masaki Takahashi, Atsunari Tsuda
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Publication number: 20070182727Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi KOBAYASHI, Fusashi KIMURA, Atsunari TSUDA, Yuki OKUHARA