Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Hosaka

Hiroyuki Hosaka 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: 11947201
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal layer as a first liquid crystal layer, a first polarizing element, a second polarizing element, a first phase difference adjusting element arranged between the first polarizing element and the liquid crystal panel and including a liquid crystal layer as a second liquid crystal layer, a second phase difference adjusting element arranged between the liquid crystal panel and the second polarizing element and including a liquid crystal layer as a third liquid crystal layer, and a first phase difference controlling element driving unit and a second phase difference controlling element driving unit as control units configured to control a value of a voltage applied to the first phase difference adjusting element and the second phase difference adjusting element, based on image data input to the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosaka, Akihide Haruyama
  • Publication number: 20240071270
    Abstract: A projection-type display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel including a panel pixel, an optical path shifting element that shifts a projected pixel projected from the panel pixel, and a display control circuit that controls the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shifting element. The display control circuit supplies, to the liquid crystal panel, the same data signal and controls the projected pixel to be at a same position in a unit period f1-1 and a unit period f2-1 period, and controls the optical path shifting element to cause the position of the projected pixel in each of a unit period f1-2 to a unit period f1-4, to be different from the position of the projected pixel in a respective one of a unit period f2-2 to a unit period f2-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru AOKI, Hiroyuki HOSAKA, Yusuke KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20240071271
    Abstract: A projection-type display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel including a panel pixel, an optical path shifting element that shifts a projected pixel projected from the panel pixel, and a display control circuit that controls the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shifting element. The display control circuit supplies, to the liquid crystal panel, the same data signal and controls the projected pixel to be at a same position in each of a unit period f1-1 and a unit period f2-1, and controls the optical path shifting element to cause a shift direction from the projected pixel before the shift toward the projected pixel after the shift from a unit period f1-2 to a unit period f1-4 to be opposite to the shift direction from the projected pixel before the shift toward the projected pixel after the shift from a unit period f2-2 to a unit period f2-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru AOKI, Hiroyuki HOSAKA, Yusuke KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20240015271
    Abstract: A projector including an electro-optical panel in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed, an optical path shifting element configured to change an optical path of light emitted from the plurality of pixels, and a control circuit configured to control a state of the optical path shifting element such that light emitted from a predetermined pixel among the plurality of pixels reaches a first position on a display screen in the first unit period, control a state of the optical path shifting element such that light emitted from the predetermined pixel reaches a second position on the display screen in the second unit period, and control a state of the optical path shifting element in a transition period in which a unit period transitions from the first unit period to the second unit period based on a type of image indicated by an input image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru AOKI, Hiroyuki HOSAKA
  • Patent number: 11804158
    Abstract: In a projection-type display device including a liquid crystal panel where panel pixels are arranged in a first direction and a second direction, the polarity of the image signal supplied to each of all panel pixels is set to the same polarity in the same unit period among a plurality of unit periods, and the polarity of the image signal is reversed upon transition from the current frame period to the next frame period. The polarity of the image signal is reversed when a projection pixel is shifted by a light path shifting element unit in the first direction or in the second direction upon transition of the unit period, and the polarity of the image signal is not reversed when it is shifted along a third direction or a fourth direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Publication number: 20230273466
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal layer as a first liquid crystal layer, a first polarizing element, a second polarizing element, a first phase difference adjusting element arranged between the first polarizing element and the liquid crystal panel and including a liquid crystal layer as a second liquid crystal layer, a second phase difference adjusting element arranged between the liquid crystal panel and the second polarizing element and including a liquid crystal layer as a third liquid crystal layer, and a first phase difference controlling element driving unit and a second phase difference controlling element driving unit as control units configured to control a value of a voltage applied to the first phase difference adjusting element and the second phase difference adjusting element, based on image data input to the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosaka, Akihide Haruyama
  • Patent number: 11595627
    Abstract: A liquid crystal projector includes a liquid crystal panel having a pixel circuit that modulates light based on video data corresponding to each of pixels, and a shift device configured to shift the modulated light by the pixel circuit so that a position of a projected pixel on a screen by the modulated light is shifted for each of the pixels, wherein the pixel circuit modulates n pixels of a first group, n being an integer of 2 or more, from among pixels of an image specified by video data in first frame period, and modulates n pixels of a second group in second frame period next to the first frame period, and the n pixels of the first group are different from the n pixels of the second group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Patent number: 11562672
    Abstract: A liquid crystal projector includes a liquid crystal panel, a shift device and a display control circuit. The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of panel pixels. The shift device shifts projection positions of the plurality of panel pixels. The display control circuit controls the liquid crystal panel to cause one of the panel pixels to represent k (k is an integer equal to or more than 3) display pixels that are in a non-adjacent relationship in k unit periods in a frame period, and the display control circuit controls the shift device to vary the projection position for each of the k unit periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Publication number: 20220417480
    Abstract: A projector including an electro-optical panel in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed, an optical path shifting element configured to change an optical path of light emitted from the plurality of pixels, and a control circuit configured to control a state of the optical path shifting element such that light emitted from a predetermined pixel among the plurality of pixels reaches a first position on a display screen in the first unit period, control a state of the optical path shifting element such that light emitted from the predetermined pixel reaches a second position on the display screen in the second unit period, and control a state of the optical path shifting element in a transition period in which a unit period transitions from the first unit period to the second unit period based on a type of image indicated by an input image signal
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru AOKI, Hiroyuki HOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20220383785
    Abstract: In a projection-type display device including a liquid crystal panel where panel pixels are arranged in a first direction and a second direction, the polarity of the image signal supplied to each of all panel pixels is set to the same polarity in the same unit period among a plurality of unit periods, and the polarity of the image signal is reversed upon transition from the current frame period to the next frame period. The polarity of the image signal is reversed when a projection pixel is shifted by a light path shifting element unit in the first direction or in the second direction upon transition of the unit period, and the polarity of the image signal is not reversed when it is shifted along a third direction or a fourth direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki HOSAKA
  • Patent number: 11297290
    Abstract: A projector is provided that includes a light source configured to radiate light, an electro-optical panel including a pixel circuit configured to receive light from the light source and emit the light, and an optical axis shifting element configured to shift an optical axis of the light emitted from the pixel circuit, with the projector being configured to display a pixel on a projection surface, based on the light emitted from the pixel circuit via the optical axis shifting element. When shifting a position of the pixel on the projection surface from a first position to a second position in a first direction, the optical axis shifting element shifts an optical axis of the light emitted from the pixel circuit using a path different from a shortest path from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosaka, Tetsuro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20210280107
    Abstract: A liquid crystal projector includes: a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of panel pixels; a shift device that shifts projection positions of the plurality of panel pixels; and a display control circuit that controls the liquid crystal panel and the shift device, in which the display control circuit controls the liquid crystal panel to cause one of the panel pixels to represent k (k is an integer equal to or more than 3) display pixels that are in a non-adjacent relationship in k unit periods in a frame period, and the display control circuit controls the shift device to vary the projection position for each of the k unit periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki HOSAKA
  • Patent number: 11069315
    Abstract: An image processing device that uses pixels displayed in a liquid crystal panel to display, across a plurality of fields, pixels constituting an image specified with image data includes, a temporary determining unit configured to, based on a gradation level specified for one pixel of a liquid crystal panel and a gradation level specified for another pixel adjacent to the one pixel in one field, make temporary determination on whether to correct the gradation level of at least one of the one pixel or the other pixel, and a cancellation unit configured to cancel the temporary determination when the gradation level specified for each of the one pixel and the gradation level specified for the other pixel are identical to a gradation level in a field that precedes, by a plurality of the fields, the one field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Patent number: 10991286
    Abstract: A projector includes a liquid crystal panel including a predetermined pixel, a light path shifting element changing a light path of light emitted via the predetermined pixel so that a first region in a display surface in a first unit period and a second region in the display surface in a second unit period partially overlap, and a control unit displaying an image corresponding to a first pixel information on the predetermined pixel in one subfield period within the first unit period, displaying an image corresponding to a second pixel information on the predetermined pixel in another subfield period within the first unit period, displaying an image corresponding to the second pixel information on the predetermined pixel in one subfield period within the second unit period, and displaying an image corresponding to a third pixel information on the predetermined pixel in another subfield period of the second unit period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Publication number: 20210076015
    Abstract: A liquid crystal projector includes a liquid crystal panel having a pixel circuit that modulates light based on video data corresponding to each of pixels, and a shift device configured to shift the modulated light by the pixel circuit so that a position of a projected pixel on a screen by the modulated light is shifted for each of the pixels, wherein the pixel circuit modulates n pixels of a first group, n being an integer of 2 or more, from among pixels of an image specified by video data in first frame period, and modulates n pixels of a second group in second frame period next to the first frame period, and the n pixels of the first group are different from the n pixels of the second group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki HOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20200410946
    Abstract: An image processing device that uses pixels displayed in a liquid crystal panel to display, across a plurality of fields, pixels constituting an image specified with image data includes, a temporary determining unit configured to, based on a gradation level specified for one pixel of a liquid crystal panel and a gradation level specified for another pixel adjacent to the one pixel in one field, make temporary determination on whether to correct the gradation level of at least one of the one pixel or the other pixel, and a cancellation unit configured to cancel the temporary determination when the gradation level specified for each of the one pixel and the gradation level specified for the other pixel are identical to a gradation level in a field that precedes, by a plurality of the fields, the one field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki HOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20200145627
    Abstract: A projector is provided that includes a light source configured to radiate light, an electro-optical panel including a pixel circuit configured to receive light from the light source and emit the light, and an optical axis shifting element configured to shift an optical axis of the light emitted from the pixel circuit, with the projector being configured to display a pixel on a projection surface, based on the light emitted from the pixel circuit via the optical axis shifting element. When shifting a position of the pixel on the projection surface from a first position to a second position in a first direction, the optical axis shifting element shifts an optical axis of the light emitted from the pixel circuit using a path different from a shortest path from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HOSAKA, Tetsuro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200098295
    Abstract: A projector includes a liquid crystal panel including a predetermined pixel, a light path shifting element changing a light path of light emitted via the predetermined pixel so that a first region in a display surface in a first unit period and a second region in the display surface in a second unit period partially overlap, and a control unit displaying an image corresponding to a first pixel information on the predetermined pixel in one subfield period within the first unit period, displaying an image corresponding to a second pixel information on the predetermined pixel in another subfield period within the first unit period, displaying an image corresponding to the second pixel information on the predetermined pixel in one subfield period within the second unit period, and displaying an image corresponding to a third pixel information on the predetermined pixel in another subfield period of the second unit period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki HOSAKA
  • Patent number: 10444574
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display to suppress a reverse tilt domain that includes pixel electrodes, a first light-shielding film arranged in a first direction along a first side of the pixel electrodes; a second light-shielding film arranged in a second direction along a second side of the pixel electrodes, a correction unit corrects a first input image signal so that a first difference between a first voltage applied to the first pixel electrode and a second voltage applied to a second pixel electrode, and a second difference between the first voltage and a third voltage to be applied to a third pixel electrode are reduced. A width of the first light-shielding film is narrower than a width of the second light-shielding film. The correction unit corrects the first input image signal so that a decreased amount of the first difference is greater than a decreased amount of the second difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Mizusako, Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Patent number: 10380957
    Abstract: An electrooptic device includes a plurality of first pixels, a plurality of second pixels, a first supplying section that supplies a first data signal to the first pixels and drives the first pixels, a second supplying section that supplies a second data signal to the second pixels and drives the second pixels, and a controller that supplies a third data signal to the first supplying section and supplies a fourth data signal to the second supplying section. The first supplying section generates the first data signal based on the third data signal. The second supplying section generates the second data signal based on the fourth data signal. The controller individually corrects a fifth data signal serving as a source of the third data signal and a sixth data signal serving as a source of the fourth data signal and generates the third data signal and the fourth data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Mizusako, Hiroyuki Hosaka