Patents by Inventor Hideki Matsuda

Hideki Matsuda 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: 7164428
    Abstract: To provide an image display system, projector, image processing method, program and information storage medium enabling to shorten the time required for calibration when the color and brightness of an image is corrected in consideration of the influence of the ambient light, there is provided a liquid crystal projector having: a calibration signal generation section for generating four types of calibration image signals; a color light sensor for colorimetry of calibration images; a color correction section for correcting image information based on the color information from the color light sensor to correct the color of the image; and a brightness correction section for correcting the image information based on the color information from the color light sensor to correct the brightness of the image. The liquid crystal projector displays the image after the image information is corrected such that the color and brightness of the image are corrected according to the viewing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Wada, Hideki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20060225814
    Abstract: A surface of a steel, as a material for a crankshaft, is nitrocarburized. The steel contains, as alloy elements C having a content 0.10 mass % or more 0.30 mass % or less, Si having a content 0.5 mass % or more and 0.3 mass % or less, Mn having a content 0.3 mass % or more and 1.5 mass % or less, Mo having a content 0.8 mass % or more and 2.0 mass % or less, Cr having a content 0.1 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less, and V having a content 0.1 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less, with a remainder consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities. The contents of the alloy elements fall within ranges: 2.0 mass %?Mn+Cr+Mo?3.0 mass %, 2.3 mass %?C+Mo+5V ?3.7 mass %, and 2.7 mass %?2.16 Cr+Mo+2.54V?4.0 mass %. If a steel sample extracted from a central portion of the nitrocarburized steel free from an influence of the nitrocarburizing treatment is austenitized at 1200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Koki Mizuno, Hideki Matsuda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hisato Takeuchi, Katsunori Takada, Yutaka Kurebayashi
  • Publication number: 20060181686
    Abstract: A projector includes an image distortion sensing section which generates image distortion sensing information, an environmental influence sensing section which generates environmental influence sensing information, a projection area information generation section which generates projection area information, an image distortion correction section which corrects distortion of a projection image and generates correction information indicating the degree of correction, a display area information generation section which generates display area information indicating the display area of the projection image after distortion correction based on the projection area information and the correction information, an environmental influence reduction section which performs processing of reducing environmental influence, a projection section which projects the projection image, and a differential image generation section which generates a differential image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20060181687
    Abstract: A projector including: a sensing section which senses an area including at least a part of a projection image projected onto a projection target area to generate sensing information; a projection target area information generation section which generates projection target area information based on the sensing information; a projection area information generation section which generates projection area information based on the sensing information; an image distortion correction section which corrects distortion of the projection image and generates correction information indicating a degree of the correction; a display area information generation section which generates display area information based on the projection area information and the correction information; and an environmental influence reduction section which performs processing of reducing environmental influence based on the sensing information and the display area information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20060158623
    Abstract: A projector including: an adjustment section which generates edit image information for projecting an edit image including a content image based on input image information and a position change detection image at least partially provided outside the content image; a sensing section which senses a screen onto which the edit image is projected and generates sensing information indicating a sensed image; a projection section which projects the edit image based on the edit image information; and a determination section which determines whether or not a relative position between the projection section and the screen has changed based on the sensing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanobu Kobayashi, Hideki Matsuda, Osamu Wada
  • Publication number: 20060152529
    Abstract: In order to provide an image processing system and the like that can reproduce colors more appropriately, a projector is provided with a calibration signal generation section that generates a calibration signal for a white image and calibration signals for three subtracted-primary-color images, each of which is obtained by subtracting a predetermined input value from the RGB values of a predetermined primary color, one of plurality of kinds of primary colors that together form white; an image projection section for displaying each calibration image, based on the corresponding calibration signal; a sensing section for sensing each displayed calibration image; a primary-color amount information generation section for calculating a difference between sensing signal values and calculating an image signal value for the highest output value of each of the RGB colors, based on that difference; an ambient-light amount information generation section for calculating an ambient-light amount based on differences between
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20060152682
    Abstract: A projector includes a projection angle deriving section which generates projection angle information indicating an angle formed by a projection target area and projection light projected onto the projection target area; a projection distance deriving section which generates projection distance information indicating a distance from an aim area in the projection target area to a projection section which projects the projection light; a control information generation section which generates direction control information for aligning a projection direction of the projection light with a normal direction of the projection target area based on the projection angle information, and generates projection section control information for controlling the projection section so that the projection light is projected onto the aim area based on the projection distance information; a pedestal driver section which drives a pedestal which adjusts the projection direction of the projection light based on the direction control
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuda, Masanobu Kobayashi, Osamu Wada
  • Patent number: 7061506
    Abstract: In order to provide an image processing system and the like that can reproduce colors more appropriately, a projector is provided with a calibration signal generation section that generates a calibration signal for a white image and calibration signals for three subtracted-primary-color images, each of which is obtained by subtracting a predetermined input value from the RGB values of a predetermined primary color, one of plurality of kinds of primary colors that together form white; an image projection section for displaying each calibration image, based on the corresponding calibration signal; a sensing section for sensing each displayed calibration image; a primary-color amount information generation section for calculating a difference between sensing signal values and calculating an image signal value for the highest output value of each of the RGB colors, based on that difference; an ambient-light amount information generation section for calculating an ambient-light amount based on differences between
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7036940
    Abstract: In order to provide an image processing system, a projector, a portable device, and an image processing method that enable the correction of keystone distortion in the horizontal direction automatically and also appropriately, a remote controller operated by the viewer is provided with a projection area imaging function and a direction determination function; a receiver section is used to receive imaging information and direction information; a horizontal keystone distortion correction section is used to select a keystone distortion correction value from a 3D-LUT containing keystone distortion correction values, based on the imaging information and direction information; and a resizing section is used to correct the keystone distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuda, Masanobu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7034852
    Abstract: In order to provide a projection system, projector, program, information storage medium and image processing method which can reduce an unpleasantness to an observer in an image calibration when it is executed in consideration of the ambient light, a calibration information output section selects and outputs calibration information, a color light sensor then measures XYZ values in the respective projected calibration images, and a measurement data is then stored in a sensing value holding section, when a synchronizing signal judgment section judges that no synchronizing signal has been inputted. When all the color correcting measurement data have been provided, a 3D-LUT update section updates a 3D-LUT stored in the 3D-LUT storage section, based on the measurement data. When all the brightness correction measurement data have been provided, a 1D-LUT update section updates a 1D-LUT stored in a 1D-LUT storage section to execute the calibration, based on the measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuda, Kenji Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 7014323
    Abstract: To provide an image processing system and the like which can perform an image distortion correction and focus adjustment approximately at the same time without changing a projecting position intended by a user, a projector includes: a distortion correcting section which corrects image signals to adjust the distortion in an image; an image projection section which includes a lens unit having a focus adjustment function, the lens unit projecting an image based on the corrected image signals; a control section and a focus lens driving section which control the driving of the lens unit so that the focal length of the lens unit to an image projection area changes; a sensing section which senses the projected image; and a distortion correction amount deriving section which derives the focal length to the center of the image projection area and also an amount of distortion correction for the distortion correcting section, based on sensing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Kobayashi, Hideki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20060048860
    Abstract: A mechanical component 1 composed of a steel is surface-hardened by nitriding, and specifically has a surficial layer 2 raised in the surface hardness by the nitriding, and an inner portion 3 not affected by the nitriding and showing a nearly constant hardness. Vickers hardness of the inner portion 3 is adjusted to 190 to 260 HV, Vickers hardness of the surficial portion 2 measured at a reference position corresponded to a 50 ?m depth from the component surface is adjusted to 340 to 460 HV, and effective depth of hardened layer measured from the component surface 4, where a Vickers hardness of 270 HV is achieved, is adjusted to 0.3 mm or more. This makes it possible to provide a mechanical component which is composed of a steel and surface-hardened by nitriding, and is successfully improved in the strength and bending straightening property, and also to provide a method of fabricating the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuda, Mitsuo Takashima, Koichiro Inoue, Yutaka Kurebayashi, Yasushi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 7006344
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bis(4-mercaptophenyl) sulfide derivative represented by general formula 1. This derivative is a monomer that can form a dielectric film suitable for an electronic component. The present invention further provides a method for producing this derivative and an electronic component having high characteristics under excellent humidity and high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Echigo, Kazuyoshi Honda, Yoshiaki Kai, Masaru Odagiri, Hisaaki Tachihara, Hideki Matsuda, Jun Katsube, Kazuo Iwaoka, Takanori Sugimoto, Nobuki Sunagare
  • Publication number: 20050265713
    Abstract: A projector includes a projection section which projects an all-white image and an all-black image onto a screen, a sensor which generates first sensing information by sensing the all-white image and generates second sensing information by sensing the all-black image, a differential image generation section which generates a differential image based on the first and second sensing information, an external light effect removal section, and a projection target area detection section which generates projection target area information on the position of a projection target area corresponding to the screen in the sensing area of the sensor based on the differential image from which the external light effect is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuda, Tetsuro Tokuyama
  • Publication number: 20050213846
    Abstract: A projector includes an image projection section, a sensor that senses a projected first calibration image at a low resolution and generates first sensing information, senses the first calibration image at a high resolution and generates third sensing information, and senses a second calibration image at a high resolution and generates second sensing information, a projection area detection section that generates projection area information, based on the first and second sensing information, a projection-target area detection section that generates projection-target area information, based on the first, second, and third sensing information, and an image distortion correction section that corrects distortion of an image projected by the image projection section, based on the projection area information and the projection-target area information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuda, Masanobu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050213821
    Abstract: A projector is configured of a difference image generation section that generates a difference image between an all-white first calibration image and a second calibration image which includes an image having features at the center and periphery thereof, a center reference position detection section that detects a reference position of a center block area in the difference image, a peripheral reference position detection section that detects a reference position of a peripheral block area, and a projection area information generation section that generates projection area information indicating a position of a projection area, based on those reference positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 6927784
    Abstract: In order to provide an image display system, a projector, a program, an information storage medium, and an image processing method that make it possible to perform calibration without interrupting the display of an image for a presentation or the like, an image processing section of a projector is provided with an area identification section that identifies a display area and a non-display area, based on environmental information measured by a CCD sensor; a brightness change derivation section that derives any change in the brightness of the non-display area; a grayscale correction parameter derivation section that derives a grayscale correction parameter corresponding to the change in brightness; and a 1D-LUT generation section that generates a 1D-LUT used in the correction of brightness in accordance with the grayscale correction parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuda, Osamu Wada
  • Publication number: 20050105057
    Abstract: A projector includes an image projection section which projects a white image and a black image, a sensor which has an exposure adjustment function, generates first sensing information by sensing the white image, and generates second sensing information by sensing the black image, a sensing condition setting section which controls exposure of the sensor so that the sensor senses the white image at an automatic exposure setting and senses the black image at the exposure setting determined when sensing the white image, a difference information generation section which generates difference information based on the first sensing information and the second sensing information, and an endpoint detection section which detects an endpoint of a projection region in a sensing region based on the difference information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuda, Kunio Yoneno
  • Patent number: 6894697
    Abstract: To provide an environment-compliant image display system and program, the system is provided with an environmental correction processing section for correcting an LUT in a 3D-LUT storage section, thus correcting colors, and a ? correction section for correcting ? values in a 1D-LUT storage section, thus correcting brightness, based on environmental information that has been measured by a colored-light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 6847374
    Abstract: To provide an environment-compliant image display system and program, there is provided a color control processing update section which corrects colors by adjusting a LUT in a 3D-LUT storage section and corrects brightness by adjusting ? values in a 1D-LUT storage section, to increase an output value in at least a lower grayscale range when the environment is affected by ambient light, based on environmental information that has been obtained by a colored-light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Matsuda