Patents by Inventor Hisaharu Oura

Hisaharu Oura 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: 8842233
    Abstract: A liquid crystal module includes a rear frame, a light guide plate, and a light source unit. The light guide plate is disposed in an interior of the rear frame. The light guide plate has a plurality of protruding components on a first end face of the light guide plate. The protruding components are spaced apart from each other and having distal end faces. The light source unit is disposed along the first end face of the light guide plate. The light source unit has a wiring board and a plurality of light source elements that is disposed on the wiring board. The distal end faces of the protruding components abuts the wiring board of the light source unit, respectively, such that the first end face of the light guide plate and each of the light source elements defines a spacing therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisaharu Oura
  • Patent number: 8797252
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus according to the invention is an in-plane switching liquid crystal display apparatus having gate wirings and source wirings, which intersect one another, and also having pixel electrodes each connected to an associated one of the source wirings, and common electrodes disposed opposite to the pixel electrodes. A scanning signal is inputted to the gate wiring so that one horizontal period has a writing period, in which a pixel potential is written to the pixel electrode, and a nonwriting period, in which no pixel potential is written to the pixel electrode. The pixel potential is outputted to the source wiring in the writing period, while a common potential is inputted to the source wiring in the nonwriting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Nagano, Yuichi Masutani, Hisaharu Oura
  • Publication number: 20130278647
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus according to the invention is an in-plane switching liquid crystal display apparatus having gate wirings and source wirings, which intersect one another, and also having pixel electrodes each connected to an associated one of the source wirings, and common electrodes disposed opposite to the pixel electrodes. A scanning signal is inputted to the gate wiring so that one horizontal period has a writing period, in which a pixel potential is written to the pixel electrode, and a nonwriting period, in which no pixel potential is written to the pixel electrode. The pixel potential is outputted to the source wiring in the writing period, while a common potential is inputted to the source wiring in the nonwriting period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo NAGANO, Yuichi Masutani, Hisaharu Oura
  • Publication number: 20120287371
    Abstract: A liquid crystal module includes a rear frame, a light guide plate, and a light source unit. The light guide plate is disposed in an interior of the rear frame. The light guide plate has a plurality of protruding components on a first end face of the light guide plate. The protruding components are spaced apart from each other and having distal end faces. The light source unit is disposed along the first end face of the light guide plate. The light source unit has a wiring board and a plurality of light source elements that is disposed on the wiring board. The distal end faces of the protruding components abuts the wiring board of the light source unit, respectively, such that the first end face of the light guide plate and each of the light source elements defines a spacing therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisaharu OURA
  • Patent number: 7734108
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing circuit capable of properly determining whether or not image data is a static image or a moving image and performing overdrive processing thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hisaharu Oura
  • Patent number: 7642999
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing circuit capable of sufficiently correcting a temperature characteristic of a response speed, varying depending on gray-scale, of a liquid crystal display, while suppressing an increase in circuit scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hisaharu Oura
  • Patent number: 7629970
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing circuit capable of performing overdrive processing on all gray-scale while suppressing the degradation of the contrast of a liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hisaharu Oura
  • Patent number: 7362302
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to the present invention can prevent interference fringe on a display panel due to a switching noise of a DC/DC converter, therefore a high-quality image can be displayed. Either of input signals for a timing control circuit is also supplied to a PLL circuit and the DC/DC converter is controlled by an output signal of the PLL circuit, thereby enables to synchronize a switching frequency of the DC/DC converter and control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Takaoka, Hisaharu Oura, Susumu Shibata, Tetsuya Ikemoto
  • Publication number: 20070024558
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing circuit capable of performing overdrive processing on all gray-scale while suppressing the degradation of the contrast of a liquid crystal display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisaharu Oura
  • Publication number: 20070024563
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing circuit capable of sufficiently correcting a temperature characteristic of a response speed, varying depending on gray-scale, of a liquid crystal display, while suppressing an increase in circuit scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisaharu Oura
  • Publication number: 20070019878
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing circuit capable of properly determining whether or not image data is a static image or a moving image and performing overdrive processing thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisaharu OURA
  • Publication number: 20050212988
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus according to the invention is an in-plane switching liquid crystal display apparatus having gate wirings and source wirings, which intersect one another, and also having pixel electrodes each connected to an associated one of the source wirings, and common electrodes disposed opposite to the pixel electrodes. A scanning signal is inputted to the gate wiring so that one horizontal period has a writing period, in which a pixel potential is written to the pixel electrode, and a nonwriting period, in which no pixel potential is written to the pixel electrode. The pixel potential is outputted to the source wiring in the writing period, while a common potential is inputted to the source wiring in the nonwriting period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Nagano, Yuichi Masutani, Hisaharu Oura
  • Publication number: 20050052398
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to the present invention can prevent interference fringe on a display panel due to a switching noise of a DC/DC converter, therefore a high-quality image can be displayed. Either of input signals for a timing control circuit is also supplied to a PLL circuit and the DC/DC converter is controlled by an output signal of the PLL circuit, thereby enables to synchronize a switching frequency of the DC/DC converter and control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: ADVANCED DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Hironori Takaoka, Hisaharu Oura, Susumu Shibata, Tetsuya Ikemoto
  • Patent number: 6822633
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to the present invention can prevent interference fringe on a display panel due to a switching noise of a DC/DC converter, therefore a high-quality image can be displayed. Either of input signals for a timing control circuit is also supplied to a PLL circuit and the DC/DC converter is controlled by an output signal of the PLL circuit, thereby enables to synchronize a switching frequency of the DC/DC converter and control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Advanced Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hironori Takaoka, Hisaharu Oura, Susumu Shibata, Tetsuya Ikemoto
  • Patent number: 6515427
    Abstract: The inverter for multi-tube type backlight includes two step-up transformers of one-side grounded type, wherein the two step-up tranformers respectively output electric power to one or a plurality of cold cathode tubes, and wherein outputs of the two step-up tranformers are of identical frequency but of mutually reversed phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Advanced Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hisaharu Oura, Hironori Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20020050973
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to the present invention can prevent interference fringe on a display panel due to a switching noise of a DC/DC converter, therefore a high-quality image can be displayed. Either of input signals for a timing control circuit is also supplied to a PLL circuit and the DC/DC converter is controlled by an output signal of the PLL circuit, thereby enables to synchronize a switching frequency of the DC/DC converter and control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Applicant: ADVANCED DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Hironori Takaoka, Hisaharu Oura, Susumu Shibata, Tetsuya Ikemoto
  • Publication number: 20020047619
    Abstract: The inverter for multi-tube type backlight includes two step-up transformers of one-side grounded type, wherein the two step-up transformers respectively output electric power to one or a plurality of cold cathode tubes, and wherein outputs of the two step-up transformers are of identical frequency but of mutually reversed phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: ADVANCED DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Hisaharu Oura, Hironori Takaoka