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).

  • Publication number: 20160173839
    Abstract: A projector includes a light source unit that supplies light, and a spatial light modulator that modulates light supplied from the light source unit according to an image signal. The spatial light modulator is driven by an applied voltage whose polarity is reversed according to a polarity-reversing frequency which is specific to the spatial light modulator. The light source unit supplies light which is modulated according to pulse width modulation for which fundamental frequency is set based on the polarity-reversing frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi TOYOOKA, Hiroyuki HOSAKA
  • Patent number: 9336741
    Abstract: A video processing circuit includes a boundary detection unit which detects a boundary between a first pixel in which an application voltage which is designated by a video signal Vid-in is lower than a first voltage and a second pixel which exceeds a second voltage in which the application voltage is higher than the first voltage in a normally black mode; and a correction unit which corrects a video signal in which an application voltage to a liquid crystal element corresponding to the first pixel which comes into contact with a boundary detected by the boundary detection unit is designated to be a video signal in which a correction voltage which is higher than the application voltage is designated in a part of period of one frame period, and a correction voltage which is lower than the application voltage is designated in other periods of the one frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Publication number: 20160125817
    Abstract: A video processing circuit includes a specific unit that specifies a first pixel adjacent to a second pixel which displays a higher gradation than a predetermined gradation, among the first pixels which display gradations equal to or lower than the predetermined gradation, based on the video signal in a current frame; a determination unit that determines whether or not the second pixel exists in a frame adjacent to the current frame on the time axis, in a position of the first pixel which is specified; and a correction unit that, in a case in which it is determined that the second pixel exists in the frame adjacent to the current frame, corrects the video signal in the current frame, in such a manner that a difference of an application voltage between the specified first pixel and the second pixel adjacent to the first pixel is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Mizusako, Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Patent number: 9305500
    Abstract: A projector includes a light source unit that supplies light, and a spatial light modulator that modulates light supplied from the light source unit according to an image signal. The spatial light modulator is driven by an applied voltage whose polarity is reversed according to a polarity-reversing frequency which is specific to the spatial light modulator. The light source unit supplies light which is modulated according to pulse width modulation for which fundamental frequency is set based on the polarity-reversing frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Toyooka, Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Patent number: 9241092
    Abstract: A signal processing device which is used in a liquid crystal apparatus, includes a detection portion that detects a boundary between a first pixel correlated with a first signal for applying a first voltage lower than a first reference voltage and a second pixel correlated with a second signal for applying a second voltage higher than a second reference voltage on the basis of signals for controlling voltages applied to pixels, and a correction portion that corrects a signal correlated with M pixels including the first pixel to a third signal for applying a third voltage which is higher than the first voltage and lower than the second voltage in a correction period, wherein the correction portion varies M in the correction period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Publication number: 20150371577
    Abstract: The invention reduces the occurrence of anomalies caused by reverse tilt domains of pseudo-high resolution images employing a light path shift element (the element). A liquid crystal display device includes the element changes a light path of light emitted from a liquid crystal panel, an image signal processing section generates during a first period a first image signal corresponding to a first image, generates during a second period a second image signal corresponding to a second image shifted from the first image by an amount of n pixels, and supplies the first image signal and the second image signal to the panel, and the element driver causes a light path of light emitted from the element during the second period to be shifted in the opposite direction to the direction of the shift, using the light path in the first period as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventor: Hiroyuki HOSAKA
  • Patent number: 9189999
    Abstract: A signal processing device using a liquid crystal device having a plurality of pixels includes a storage unit that stores a signal which controls a level of transmittance in a plurality of pixels, a detection unit that, based on the signal that is stored in the storage unit, detects a first pixel associated with a second value which indicates higher transmittance than a first value, and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel and associated with a fourth value which indicates the higher transmittance than a third value; and a correction unit that corrects the second value so that a difference of the transmittance indicated by the second value and the fourth value decreases. The third value indicates the higher transmittance than the first value, and the fourth value indicates a higher transmittance than the second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Wakabayashi, Hiroyuki Hosaka, Taku Kitagawa, Hidehito Iisaka
  • Patent number: 9142175
    Abstract: A video processing circuit detects a risk boundary that is a part of a boundary between a dark pixel and a bright pixel, and is determined in accordance with the tilt azimuth of liquid crystal molecules from a boundary changed over the previous frame to the current frame and, for at least one side of dark pixels and bright pixels brought into contact with the detected risk boundary, corrects a video signal designating the application voltage of a liquid crystal element corresponding to the pixel of the frame brought into contact with the risk boundary out of a plurality of frames from the current frame to k frames (here, k is a natural number) following the current frame such that a lateral direction electric field generated between the dark pixel and the bright pixel decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosaka, Taku Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 9093046
    Abstract: A signal processing device which is used in a liquid crystal apparatus, includes a detection portion that detects a boundary between a first pixel to which a first voltage lower than a first reference voltage is applied and a second pixel to which a second voltage higher than a second reference voltage is applied on the basis of signals for controlling voltages applied to a plurality of pixels, and a correction portion that corrects the first voltage correlated with the first pixel to a third voltage which is higher than the first voltage and lower than the second voltage correlated with the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Hosaka, Hidehito Iisaka
  • Patent number: 8994633
    Abstract: A video processing circuit for a liquid crystal panel is disclosed. The video processing circuit includes: a risk boundary detecting unit configured to detect a risk boundary that is a portion of boundaries each between a first pixel whose applied voltage that is specified by an input video signal is below a first voltage and a second pixel whose applied voltage exceeds a second voltage higher than the first voltage, the risk boundary being determined by a tilt azimuth of the liquid crystal; an identification unit configured to identify a first pixel that is surrounded by the risk boundary at least two edges, in first pixels adjacent to the boundaries; and a replacement unit configured to replace, a voltage to be applied to a liquid crystal element corresponding to the first pixel, the voltage being specified by the input video signal, with a predetermined third voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosaka, Hidehito Iisaka
  • Patent number: 8872807
    Abstract: A video processing circuit used in a liquid crystal panel, includes: a first boundary detector that analyzes a video signal of a present frame to detect a boundary between a first pixel and a second pixel; a second boundary detector that analyzes a video signal of a frame one frame before the present frame to detect a boundary between the first pixel and the second pixel; a third boundary detector that detects a risk boundary that is determined by a tilt azimuth of the liquid crystal; and a correction portion that corrects an applied voltage to a liquid crystal device corresponding to a first pixel from the applied voltage to a liquid crystal device corresponding to the first pixel to a third voltage or higher, when the applied voltage specified by the video signal input to the first pixel is lower than the third voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosaka, Hidehito Iisaka
  • Publication number: 20140267452
    Abstract: A signal generation circuit of an electro-optical device includes a generation unit that generates correction data corresponding to each pixel circuit based on input image data, a specification unit that, when a value which denotes a difference of two pieces of correction data corresponding to two pixel circuits adjacent to each other is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, specifies the two pixel circuits as boundary pixel circuits, an updating unit that generates updated correction data by modifying each value of a predetermined number of pieces of correction data corresponding to a predetermined number of pixel circuits including at least one of the boundary pixel circuits so as to be a value between two values indicated by the two pieces of correction data corresponding to the boundary pixel circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Wakabayashi, Hiroyuki Hosaka, Hiroaki Ichimura
  • Patent number: 8816948
    Abstract: The video processing circuit includes a boundary detection unit that detects a specific boundary, which is a part of a boundary of a first pixel for which an applied voltage designated by the video signal is less than a first voltage, and a second pixel for which the applied voltage is more than a second voltage larger than the first voltage, the specific boundary being determined by tilt azimuth of the liquid crystal, and a replacement unit that replaces an applied voltage to a liquid crystal element corresponding to the first pixel with a predetermined voltage from the applied voltage designated by the input video signal when the applied voltage designated by the video signal is less than a third voltage smaller than the first voltage with respect to the first pixel adjacent to the specific boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosaka, Hidehito Iisaka
  • Publication number: 20140225936
    Abstract: A video processing circuit for specifying an applied voltage that is applied to a liquid crystal included in each pixel on the basis of a video signal, the video processing circuit includes a correction unit configured to, if the applied voltage specified by the video signal is a voltage of a level lower than a voltage level that is sufficient to an extent that can provide liquid crystal molecules with initial inclination angles, perform correction so that the applied voltage has a voltage level that is sufficient to an extent that can provide the liquid crystal molecules with initial inclination angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HOSAKA, Hidehito IISAKA
  • Patent number: 8686978
    Abstract: A video processing includes: a boundary detecting section which respectively detects, in a current frame and a previous frame, a boundary between a first pixel in which the applied voltage designated by the video signal is lower than a first voltage and a second pixel in which the applied voltage is equal to or higher than a second voltage which is higher than the first voltage; and a correcting section which corrects the voltage applied to the liquid crystal element corresponding to at least one of the first pixel and the second pixel in positions between which a portion which moves from the boundary of the previous frame by one pixel is interposed, within the boundary of the current frame, to correct the input video signal in a direction where a transverse electric field generated in the first pixel and the second pixel is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehito Iisaka, Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Patent number: 8638289
    Abstract: A driving method includes: dividing a unit period into a plurality of sub-frame periods corresponding to the primary colors; writing a primary color component in each sub-frame period by a first scan executed on the plurality of pixels; irradiating, in each sub-frame period, the plurality of pixels with the corresponding primary color of light by the irradiation unit at a timing that is after the first scan and before the first scan of a subsequent sub-frame period; and waiting a wait period that is from when the first scan of one primary color component among the at least three colors ends until when the irradiation unit starts irradiating the one primary color of light, the wait period for the one primary color being different from wait periods for the other colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehito Iisaka, Hiroyuki Hosaka, Taku Kitagawa, Shuichi Nakanishi, Atsushi Kato
  • Publication number: 20130257844
    Abstract: A signal processing device of a liquid crystal apparatus detects a boundary between a first pixel to which a first voltage lower than a first reference voltage is applied and a second pixel to which a second voltage higher than a second reference voltage is applied on the basis of a signal for controlling a voltage applied to pixels, corrects a signal correlated with M pixels including the first pixel to a third voltage which is higher than the first voltage and lower than the second voltage, outputs the third voltage as an applied voltage to the M pixels in a first period, outputs the first voltage as an applied voltage to the M pixels in a second period, and outputs the third voltage as an applied voltage to the M pixels in a third period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Publication number: 20130241968
    Abstract: A signal processing device using a liquid crystal device having a plurality of pixels includes a storage unit that stores a signal which controls a level of transmittance in a plurality of pixels, a detection unit that, based on the signal that is stored in the storage unit, detects a first pixel associated with a second value which indicates higher transmittance than a first value, and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel and associated with a fourth value which indicates the higher transmittance than a third value; and a correction unit that corrects the second value so that a difference of the transmittance indicated by the second value and the fourth value decreases. The third value indicates the higher transmittance than the first value, and the fourth value indicates a higher transmittance than the second value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Wakabayashi, Hiroyuki Hosaka, Taku Kitagawa, Hidehito Iisaka
  • Publication number: 20130241914
    Abstract: A signal processing device which is used in a liquid crystal apparatus, includes a detection portion that detects a boundary between a first pixel to which a first voltage lower than a first reference voltage is applied and a second pixel to which a second voltage higher than a second reference voltage is applied on the basis of signals for controlling voltages applied to a plurality of pixels, and a correction portion that corrects the first voltage correlated with the first pixel to a third voltage which is higher than the first voltage and lower than the second voltage correlated with the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Hosaka, Hidehito Iisaka
  • Publication number: 20130242194
    Abstract: A signal processing device which is used in a liquid crystal apparatus, includes a detection portion that detects a boundary between a first pixel correlated with a first signal for applying a first voltage lower than a first reference voltage and a second pixel correlated with a second signal for applying a second voltage higher than a second reference voltage on the basis of signals for controlling voltages applied to pixels, and a correction portion that corrects a signal correlated with M pixels including the first pixel to a third signal for applying a third voltage which is higher than the first voltage and lower than the second voltage in a correction period, wherein the correction portion varies M in the correction period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Hosaka