Patents by Inventor Hiroki Aizawa

Hiroki Aizawa 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: 20090184985
    Abstract: A display driving circuit to supply a gray scale voltage corresponding to display data to a display panel, the display driving circuit including: a generation circuit to divide a reference voltage to generate a plurality of levels of the gray scale voltages; an interface circuit; a selection circuit to select the gray scale voltage corresponding to the display data from the plurality of levels of voltages; a first register to store a setting value that adjusts the amplitude of a gamma characteristic curve from outside via the interface circuit; and a second register to store a setting value that adjusts the gradient of the gamma characteristic curve from outside via the interface circuit; and a third register to store a setting value for micro adjusting the gamma characteristic curve from outside via the interface circuit; wherein the first, second and third registers are assigned different addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Akihito Akai, Kazuo Ookado, Kazunari Kurokawa, Hiroki Aizawa
  • Patent number: 7511693
    Abstract: A display driver adjustable for a gamma specification of a liquid display panel, including: a system interface receiving display data from an external; a memory storing the display data; a grayscale voltage generator generating a plurality of grayscale voltages; a gamma adjusting circuit adjusting the gamma specification; and an output circuit outputting the grayscale voltage in response to the display data from the memory to the liquid display panel, wherein the gamma adjusting circuit includes: a gradient adjustment register controlling variable resistors of a ladder resistor; an amplitude/reference adjustment register; and a micro adjustment register, wherein the gradient adjustment register, the amplitude/reference adjustment register and micro adjustment register, are independently set in accordance with red, green and blue, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Akihito Akai, Kazuo Ookado, Kazunari Kurokawa, Hiroki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20080106245
    Abstract: A voltage supply circuit includes an output transistor causing a first current to flow to an output terminal of the voltage supply circuit based on a control voltage applied from an error amplifier to a control terminal of the output transistor; and an overcurrent protection circuit including a reference transistor causing a second current to flow to the output terminal, the second current having an amount corresponding to an amount of the first current, the overcurrent protection circuit regulating a level of the control voltage based on comparison between a detection voltage caused based on the second current and a reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20070139297
    Abstract: A display device mounted on an outside device includes a first display panel, a second display panel, a data driver applying a tone voltage through a common data line, and a scan driver applying a scan signal to the first and second display panels through a scan line for each of the first and second display panels. The display device selects a first display mode or a second display mode in accordance with an instruction from the outside device. The first display mode provides that the first display panel indicates a display state and the second display panel indicates a non-display state, and the second display mode provides that the first display panel indicates the non-display state and the second display panel indicates the display state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Toshimitsu Matsudo, Kazuo Okado, Hiroki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20070120811
    Abstract: A display driver used in common for a first screen and a second screen. The display driver includes a data line drive circuit which supplies gray scale voltages to the first and second screens in accordance with display data via data lines in common for the first and second screens, and a scan line drive circuit which supplies scan signals to the first and second screens via scan lines, with the scan lines in the first screen being different from the scan lines in the second screen. The scan line drive circuit scans the second screen in one of a one-line-at-a-time operation and a plural-line-at-a-time operation by using the scan signals every time the scan line drive circuit scans at least one frame of the first screen in a one-line-at-a-time operation by using the scan signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Kazuo Okado, Hiroki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20070103492
    Abstract: An image display adjusting device wherein a difference portion obtains a difference between an input signal f0 preceding by one frame as an input signal f1 held by one frame by a memory portion and a current input signal f1, a multiplication portion 106 multiplies this difference signal (f1?f0) by a highlight coefficient ?, and an addition portion 107 adds a multiplication output signal ? (f1?f0) thereof as correction data to the current input signal f1 to obtain an output signal having its responsiveness improved, the device provided with highlight coefficient controlling portions for performing predetermined decoding by inputting the input signal f1 or the difference signal (f1?f0) and converting it to a signal having a change characteristic different from that signal and outputting a highlight coefficient ? adapted to the input signal or the difference signal by using that decode value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroki Aizawa, Minoru Yoneda, Toshimasa Otsuki, Kazuhiko Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 7193637
    Abstract: A driving display device includes a gray scale voltage generating circuit for generating a plurality of levels of gray scale voltages from a reference voltage, an amplitude adjustment register capable of setting the amplitude of a characteristic curve of a plurality of levels of the gray scale voltages with respect to gray scale numbers, and a gradient adjustment register capable of setting the gradient of the characteristic curve. With this arrangement, the gradient and amplitude of the gray scale number-gray scale voltage characteristic are adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Akihito Akai, Kazuo Ookado, Kazunari Kurokawa, Hiroki Aizawa
  • Patent number: 7180474
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a data driver that is common to a main screen and a sub screen, and the data driver applies, to the main screen, a tone voltage corresponding to display data from a CPU, and during a vertical blanking time-period of the main screen, the data driver applies, to the sub screen, a tone voltage corresponding to black data or white data, and also includes a scan driver scans the main screen and scans the sub screen during the vertical blanking time-period of the main screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Toshimitsu Matsudo, Kazuo Okado, Hiroki Aizawa
  • Patent number: 7176947
    Abstract: There is provided a device for driving a display apparatus. A data line drive section is common to a main screen and a sub-screen, supplies to the main screen gray scale voltages corresponding to display data from CPU, and supplies to the sub-screen a gray scale voltage corresponding to black or white data during a vertical blanking period of the main screen. A scan line drive section scans the main screen, and also scans the sub-screen during the vertical blanking period of the main screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Kazuo Okado, Hiroki Aizawa
  • Patent number: 7023458
    Abstract: A driving display device includes a gray scale voltage generating circuit for generating a plurality of levels of gray scale voltages from a reference voltage, an amplitude adjustment register capable of setting the amplitude of a characteristic curve of a plurality of levels of the gray scale voltages with respect to gray scale numbers, and a gradient adjustment register capable of setting the gradient of the characteristic curve. With this arrangement, the gradient and amplitude of the gray scale number-gray scale voltage characteristic are adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Akihito Akai, Kazuo Ookado, Kazunari Kurokawa, Hiroki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20060033695
    Abstract: A display driver adjustable for a gamma specification of a liquid display panel, including: a system interface receiving display data from an external; a memory storing the display data; a grayscale voltage generator generating a plurality of grayscale voltages; a gamma adjusting circuit adjusting the gamma specification; and an output circuit outputting the grayscale voltage in response to the display data from the memory to the liquid display panel, wherein the gamma adjusting circuit includes: a gradient adjustment register controlling variable resistors of a ladder resistor; an amplitude/reference adjustment register; and a micro adjustment register, wherein the gradient adjustment register, the amplitude/reference adjustment register and micro adjustment register, are independently set in accordance with red, green and blue, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Akihito Akai, Kazuo Ookado, Kazunari Kurokawa, Hiroki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20050200584
    Abstract: A driving display device includes a gray scale voltage generating circuit for generating a plurality of levels of gray scale voltages from a reference voltage, an amplitude adjustment register capable of setting the amplitude of a characteristic curve of a plurality of levels of the gray scale voltages with respect to gray scale numbers, and a gradient adjustment register capable of setting the gradient of the characteristic curve. With this arrangement, the gradient and amplitude of the gray scale number-gray scale voltage characteristic are adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Akihito Akai, Kazuo Ookado, Kazunari Kurokawa, Hiroki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20050052477
    Abstract: A driving circuit provided by the present invention is characterized in that the driving circuit selects a gray-scale voltage in accordance with high-order bits of display data from a group of gray-scale voltages with their voltage level varying step by step from fractional time period to fractional time period, which are set in advance, and outputs the selected gray-scale voltage during a time period between the start of a scanning period and a time at which a number assigned to a fractional time period matches quantitative information contained in low-order bits of the display data. In addition, the driving circuit provided by the present invention is also characterized in that the time ratio of the first fractional time period is set at a relatively high value while the time ratios of the second and subsequent fractional time periods are each set at a relatively low value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Akihito Akai, Takuya Eriguchi, Kazuo Okado, Hiroki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20040222943
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a data driver that is common to a main screen and a sub screen, and the data driver applies, to the main screen, a tone voltage corresponding to display data from a CPU, and during a vertical blanking time-period of the main screen, the data driver applies, to the sub screen, a tone voltage corresponding to black data or white data, and also includes a scan driver scans the main screen and scans the sub screen during the vertical blanking time-period of the main screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Toshimitsu Matsudo, Kazuo Okado, Hiroki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20040155848
    Abstract: There is provided a device for driving a display apparatus. A data line drive section is common to a main screen and a sub-screen, supplies to the main screen gray scale voltages corresponding to display data from CPU, and supplies to the sub-screen a gray scale voltage corresponding to black or white data during a vertical blanking period of the main screen. A scan line drive section scans the main screen, and also scans the sub-screen during the vertical blanking period of the main screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Kazuo Okado, Hiroki Aizawa