Patents by Inventor Junichi Taira

Junichi Taira 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: 9659976
    Abstract: Deterioration of display quality due to a difference of leak current in each pixel is suppressed. A pixel 30G includes a pixel capacitor 36 and a switching element 14 which controls supplying and blocking of voltage with respect to the pixel capacitor 36, and modulates irradiation light of a first wavelength (530 nm) according to the voltage of the pixel capacitor 36. A pixel 30R includes the pixel capacitor 36 and the switching element 14 that controls supplying and blocking of voltage with respect to the pixel capacitor 36, and modulates irradiation light of a second wavelength (620 nm) which is longer than the first wavelength according to the voltage of the pixel capacitor 36. A capacitance value of the pixel capacitor 36 of the pixel 30G is larger than a capacitance value of the pixel capacitor 36 of the pixel 30R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kawata, Junichi Taira
  • Patent number: 9204136
    Abstract: A display device includes a backlight unit, a light guiding plate which is overlappingly arranged on an optical panel, light emitting elements which are arranged on the side surface of the light guiding plate, and a light source driving unit which drives the light emitting elements. The light source driving unit intermittently turns on all of the light emitting elements when displaying a 3D image on the optical panel. In contrast to this, when displaying a 2D image on the optical panel, each light emitting intensity of the light emitting elements in a part of rows is set to be the same as that in a 3D mode, and each light emitting intensity of the light emitting elements in a part of rows other than that is set to be lower than that in the 3D mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Momose, Nobutaka Urano, Junichi Taira
  • Publication number: 20150340386
    Abstract: Deterioration of display quality due to a difference of leak current in each pixel is suppressed. A pixel 30G includes a pixel capacitor 36 and a switching element 14 which controls supplying and blocking of voltage with respect to the pixel capacitor 36, and modulates irradiation light of a first wavelength (530 nm) according to the voltage of the pixel capacitor 36. A pixel 30R includes the pixel capacitor 36 and the switching element 14 that controls supplying and blocking of voltage with respect to the pixel capacitor 36, and modulates irradiation light of a second wavelength (620 nm) which is longer than the first wavelength according to the voltage of the pixel capacitor 36. A capacitance value of the pixel capacitor 36 of the pixel 30G is larger than a capacitance value of the pixel capacitor 36 of the pixel 30R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kawata, Junichi Taira
  • Publication number: 20140035802
    Abstract: A display device includes a backlight unit, a light guiding plate which is overlappingly arranged on an optical panel, light emitting elements which are arranged on the side surface of the light guiding plate, and a light source driving unit which drives the light emitting elements. The light source driving unit intermittently turns on all of the light emitting elements when displaying a 3D image on the optical panel. In contrast to this, when displaying a 2D image on the optical panel, each light emitting intensity of the light emitting elements in a part of rows is set to be the same as that in a 3D mode, and each light emitting intensity of the light emitting elements in a part of rows other than that is set to be lower than that in the 3D mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi MOMOSE, Nobutaka URANO, Junichi TAIRA
  • Patent number: 5959399
    Abstract: After adhesive resin is applied to a surface of a flat panel, a front panel is glued thereto. One side of the front panel is contacted to the adhesive resin layer with the front panel tilted toward the surface of the flat panel. Then, the front panel is moved slowly to be close and parallel to the front panel. Finally, the front panel is pressed to the surface of the flat panel. Afterward, the adhesive resin is hardened. It is preferable that the thickness of the adhesive resin applied to the surface of the flat panel is decreasing from the side to which the side of the front panel is contacted, to the opposite side. By the above-mentioned method, an image display apparatus having multilayer structure comprising of a flat panel for displaying image, an adhesive resin layer and a front panel can be manufactured efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Nozomu Arimoto, Takami Okamoto, Mutsuo Masuda, Hideaki Maki, Atsushi Suzuki, Tsutomu Utsumi, Tetsu Ebihara, Junichi Taira
  • Patent number: 5743778
    Abstract: After adhesive resin is applied to a surface of a flat panel, a front panel is glued thereto. One side of the front panel is contacted to the adhesive resin layer with the front panel tilted toward the surface of the flat panel. Then, the front panel is moved slowly to be close and parallel to the front panel. Finally, the front panel is pressed to the surface of the flat panel. Afterward, the adhesive resin is hardened. It is preferable that the thickness of the adhesive resin applied to the surface of the flat panel is decreasing from the side to which the side of the front panel is contacted, to the opposite side. By the above-mentioned method, an image display apparatus having multilayer structure comprising of a flat panel for displaying image, an adhesive resin layer and a front panel can be manufactured efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Nozomu Arimoto, Takami Okamoto, Mutsuo Masuda, Hideaki Maki, Atsushi Suzuki, Tsutomu Utsumi, Tetsu Ebihara, Junichi Taira
  • Patent number: 4770684
    Abstract: An apparatus for production of compression-solidified snow comprises a pressure chamber with a rust preventive inner face, a pressure head for applying pressure to snow, a boost-typed pressure cylinder installed at one end of the pressure chamber and equipped with the pressure head, a hopper having an inner face which allows snow to slide thereon smoothly, and a pusher installed in a snow compression zone at the other end of the pressure chamber. A method of compressing snow into solidified snow lump is characterized in that snow having a temperature of 0.degree. to -30.degree. C. is compressed and formed with a pressure of 10 to 200 kg/cm.sup.2 at a head displacement velocity of 0.1 to 150 mm/sec for pressure holding time of 0.about.300 seconds into a solid having a density of 0.6 g/cm.sup.3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Tsukada, Takahiro Abe, Sugio Ishihara, Junichi Taira, Hiroo Akabane
  • Patent number: 4745763
    Abstract: An apparatus for production of compression-solidified snow comprises a pressure chamber with a rust preventive inner face, a pressure head for applying pressure to snow, a boost-typed pressure cylinder installed at one end of the pressure chamber and equipped with the pressure head, a hopper having an inner face which allows snow to slide thereon smoothly, and a pusher installed in a snow compression zone at the other end of the pressure chamber. A method of compressing snow into solidified snow lump is characterized in that snow having a temperature of 0.degree. to -30.degree. C. is compressed and formed with a pressure of 10 to 200 kg/cm.sup.2 at a head displacement velocity of 0.1 to 150 mm/sec for pressure holding time of 0-300 seconds into a solid having a density of 0.6 g/cm.sup.3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Tsukada, Takahiro Abe, Sugio Ishihara, Junichi Taira, Hiroo Akabane