Patents by Inventor Hirohito Kuriyama

Hirohito Kuriyama 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: 20230300457
    Abstract: A video recording device includes: a first imaging unit (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit sets a delay time until start of a recording process performed by the recording unit after input of the command voice to be different in accordance with the enabled imaging unit and sets a delay time of a case where the first imaging unit is enabled to be longer than a delay time of a case where the second imaging unit is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Hirohito KURIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11696021
    Abstract: A video recording device includes: a first imaging unit (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit sets a delay time until start of a recording process performed by the recording unit after input of the command voice to be different in accordance with the enabled imaging unit and sets a delay time of a case where the first imaging unit is enabled to be longer than a delay time of a case where the second imaging unit is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hirohito Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20220132019
    Abstract: A video recording device includes: a first imaging unit (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit sets a delay time until start of a recording process performed by the recording unit after input of the command voice to be different in accordance with the enabled imaging unit and sets a delay time of a case where the first imaging unit is enabled to be longer than a delay time of a case where the second imaging unit is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Hirohito KURIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11223757
    Abstract: A video recording device includes: a first imaging unit (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit sets a delay time until start of a recording process performed by the recording unit after input of the command voice to be different in accordance with the enabled imaging unit and sets a delay time of a case where the first imaging unit is enabled to be longer than a delay time of a case where the second imaging unit is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hirohito Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20200084365
    Abstract: A video recording device includes: a first imaging unit (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit sets a delay time until start of a recording process performed by the recording unit after input of the command voice to be different in accordance with the enabled imaging unit and sets a delay time of a case where the first imaging unit is enabled to be longer than a delay time of a case where the second imaging unit is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hirohito Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 10511757
    Abstract: A video recording device includes: a first imaging unit (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit sets a delay time until start of a recording process performed by the recording unit after input of the command voice to be different in accordance with the enabled imaging unit and sets a delay time of a case where the first imaging unit is enabled to be longer than a delay time of a case where the second imaging unit is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hirohito Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20170347009
    Abstract: A video recording device includes: a first imaging unit (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit sets a delay time until start of a recording process performed by the recording unit after input of the command voice to be different in accordance with the enabled imaging unit and sets a delay time of a case where the first imaging unit is enabled to be longer than a delay time of a case where the second imaging unit is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Hirohito KURIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9774776
    Abstract: A video recording device (100) includes: a first imaging unit (123) (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit (121) of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (124) (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit (133) that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit (104) sets a delay time until start of a recording process performed by the recording unit after input of the command voice to be different in accordance with the enabled imaging unit and sets a delay time of a case where the first imaging unit (123) is enabled to be longer than a delay time of a case where the second imaging unit (124) is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hirohito Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20160227095
    Abstract: A video recording device (100) includes: a first imaging unit (123) (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit (121) of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (124) (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit (133) that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit (104) sets a delay time until start of a recording process performed by the recording unit after input of the command voice to be different in accordance with the enabled imaging unit and sets a delay time of a case where the first imaging unit (123) is enabled to be longer than a delay time of a case where the second imaging unit (124) is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Hirohito KURIYAMA
  • Patent number: 8947324
    Abstract: A display apparatus, that can prevent thermal destruction and burning with a simple structure, has been disclosed. In the apparatus it is judged that there is possibility of a pattern, whose area with high brightness is small, being displayed frequently, when a state in which the total light emission pulse number remains large occurs with high frequency, and if such a state is detected, the total light emission pulse number (sustain frequency) is reduced to prevent the thermal destruction and burning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayahito Kojima, Shigeki Kameyama, Hirohito Kuriyama, Yoshikazu Kanazawa, Toshio Ueda
  • Patent number: 8416155
    Abstract: Provided is a technique of a PDP device capable of preventing error display arising from changes in discharge characteristics in a reset period particularly due to a long-period operation. In the PDP device, a slope of a slope waveform in the reset period is changed corresponding to operation time of the PDP device. And, the slope waveform is made to have a configuration having a stepwise plurality of slopes in a predetermined reset period. For example, when the operation time becomes long, rising and falling slope waveforms of a reset waveform are configured by two steps, and a first slope thereof is made steeper than a slope before the change, and a second slope is made gentle than the slope before the change. When the operation become longer, the first slope is made further steeper and the subsequent second slope is made further gentler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kaminaka, Takashi Shiizaki, Takashi Sasaki, Hirohito Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 8242977
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a technique capable of achieving image quality improvement by the control of reset thinning drive (second drive) in a PDP drive control and of restricting or reducing the generation of hunting in ON/OFF control of the second drive and flickering of background luminance particularly in the case of low-luminance display. In this PDP apparatus, in addition to the control of the second drive using the SF load ratio, the APL value (k) and APL variation value (q) of the field are used, and when the APL variation value (q) is less than a predetermined threshold value, even when the SF load ratio is changed from zero to a value other than zero between SFs, the execution of the first drive is not started, and the execution of the second drive is continued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirohito Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 8009123
    Abstract: In the PDP device, for example, two types of SF lighting patterns (A and B modes) are equally divided and arranged in spatially different regions in a field. For example, the patterns are arranged in a zigzag manner in units of pixels. At all lighting steps, existence of an absence of light-on SF which becomes a cause of false contour is permitted only in one mode. Accordingly, a generation rate of absence of light-on SF per field when the modes are combined is low, and the level of false contour can be reduced. Further, the spatial arrangement of each mode is optionally changed among the fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Limited
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ishida, Akira Yamamoto, Ayahito Kojima, Shingo Kubo, Takashi Shiizaki, Hirohito Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 7944407
    Abstract: A display apparatus, that can prevent thermal destruction and burning with a simple structure, has been disclosed. In the apparatus it is judged that there is possibility of a pattern, whose area with high brightness is small, being displayed frequently, when a state in which the total light emission pulse number remains large occurs with high frequency, and if such a state is detected, the total light emission pulse number (sustain frequency) is reduced to prevent the thermal destruction and burning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Limited
    Inventors: Ayahito Kojima, Shigeki Kameyama, Hirohito Kuriyama, Yoshikazu Kanazawa, Toshio Ueda
  • Publication number: 20100194787
    Abstract: White noise images and white noise-like pattern images are discerned by making use of the fact that the address current is increased when such an image is entered and detecting the address current by an address current detection circuit. When the detected address current exceeds a given value ? and persists for a given period of time, a CPU controls a contrast control circuit to lower the contrast of the video signal, thus reducing the power consumption of an address driver circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Toshihiro TSUTSUI, Hidenao Kubota, Hirohito Kuriyama, Yuzo Nishinaka
  • Publication number: 20100141691
    Abstract: A display apparatus, that can prevent thermal destruction and burning with a simple structure, has been disclosed. In the apparatus it is judged that there is possibility of a pattern, whose area with high brightness is small, being displayed frequently, when a state in which the total light emission pulse number remains large occurs with high frequency, and if such a state is detected, the total light emission pulse number (sustain frequency) is reduced to prevent the thermal destruction and burning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY
    Inventors: Ayahito Kojima, Shigeki Kameyama, Hirohito Kuriyama, Yoshikazu Kanazawa, Toshio Ueda
  • Publication number: 20090153535
    Abstract: Provided is a technique of a PDP device capable of preventing error display arising from changes in discharge characteristics in a reset period particularly due to a long-period operation. In the PDP device, a slope of a slope waveform in the reset period is changed corresponding to operation time of the PDP device. And, the slope waveform is made to have a configuration having a stepwise plurality of slopes in a predetermined reset period. For example, when the operation time becomes long, rising and falling slope waveforms of a reset waveform are configured by two steps, and a first slope thereof is made steeper than a slope before the change, and a second slope is made gentle than the slope before the change. When the operation become longer, the first slope is made further steeper and the subsequent second slope is made further gentler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kaminaka, Takashi Shizaki, Takashi Sasaki, Hirohito Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20090085839
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a technique capable of achieving image quality improvement by the control of reset thinning drive (second drive) in a PDP drive control and of restricting or reducing the generation of hunting in ON/OFF control of the second drive and flickering of background luminance particularly in the case of low-luminance display. In this PDP apparatus, in addition to the control of the second drive using the SF load ratio, the APL value (k) and APL variation value (q) of the field are used, and when the APL variation value (q) is less than a predetermined threshold value, even when the SF load ratio is changed from zero to a value other than zero between SFs, the execution of the first drive is not started, and the execution of the second drive is continued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventor: Hirohito Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 7466292
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a plasma display apparatus, which represents the luminance of one frame in accordance with a combination of plural sub-frames having luminance levels corresponding to a plurality of weighted values, additionally includes a sub-frame having a luminance level lower than the minimum gray scale level of luminance which can be represented by the number of bits in the input video data. Such plasma display apparatus turns on a desired combination of the sub-frames so as to increase the resolution of the luminance without increasing the conventional number of gray scale levels included in the input video data. In a preferred embodiment, especially when the added smaller luminance sub-frame is included in a combination of sub-frames for a low luminance area, the resolution of the gray scale of the low luminance area can be increased, and the representation of gray scale can be enhanced in a low luminance area to which the sight of a person is more sensitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Limited
    Inventors: Ayahito Kojima, Hiroyuki Wakayama, Hirohito Kuriyama, Akira Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080284687
    Abstract: A display apparatus, that can prevent thermal destruction and burning with a simple structure, has been disclosed. In the apparatus it is judged that there is possibility of a pattern, whose area with high brightness is small, being displayed frequently, when a state in which the total light emission pulse number remains large occurs with high frequency, and if such a state is detected, the total light emission pulse number (sustain frequency) is reduced to prevent the thermal destruction and burning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY
    Inventors: Ayahito Kojima, Shigeki Kameyama, Hirohito Kuriyama, Yoshikazu Kanazawa, Toshio Ueda