Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Moriwaki

Kazuhiko Moriwaki 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: 5784040
    Abstract: An image information processor for a liquid crystal display by a digital driver is intended to provide image display near to a source image by making continuous-tone image display by pseudo representations. The image information processor generates L-bit image display data based on P-bit source image data, L being less than P. Added to source image data of a picture element of the Nth frame (where N is a natural number of 2 or greater) is error data corresponding to the picture element of the (N-1)th frame at the same position as the picture element of the Nth frame. The high-order L bits of the P-bit data resulting from the addition are used as image display data of the picture element of the Nth frame and at least one bit of the remaining low-order bit data is held as error data of the picture element of the Nth frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsugu Kobayashi, Makoto Fujioka, Atsuyoshi Tanioka, Kazuhiko Moriwaki, Makoto Shimizu, Hisao Uehara
  • Patent number: 5596349
    Abstract: An image information processor for a liquid crystal display by a digital driver is intended to provide image display near to a source image by making continuous-tone image display by pseudo representations. The image information processor generates L-bit image display data based on P-bit source image data, L being less than P. Added to source image data of a picture element of the Nth frame (where N is a natural number of 2 or greater) is error data corresponding to the picture element of the (N-1)th frame at the same position as the picture element of the Nth frame. The high-order L bits of the P-bit data resulting from the addition are used as image display data of the picture element of the Nth frame and at least one bit of the remaining low-order bit data is held as error data of the picture element of the Nth frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsugu Kobayashi, Makoto Fujioka, Atsuyoshi Tanioka, Kazuhiko Moriwaki, Makoto Shimizu, Hisao Uehara
  • Patent number: 5574477
    Abstract: A single liquid-crystal display can be used to be either of direct-vision or projection type, if required. Separate display devices for monitor and OHP are not required. Further, power consumption can be reduced, with the service life of the display being prolonged to improve economy.The liquid-crystal display includes a display housing which receives a liquid-crystal panel, a driver circuit unit and a cooling fan, the display housing being detachably mountable in a back light stand. When the display housing is mounted or dismounted in the back light stand, the fan and back light can automatically be turned on or off to reduce the power consumption. The liquid-crystal panel can be prevented from being degraded by cooling it by way of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Shimizu, Masahiro Okuyama, Kazuhiko Moriwaki, Atsuyoshi Tanioka, Hisao Uehara, Norio Miura
  • Patent number: 5537233
    Abstract: In a display housing, first and Second liquid-crystal panels are disposed in parallel with each other, and a fluorescent lamp is positioned beside both ends of a gap between these panels. Thus, when used for a transmission type display, e.g. an OHP, the first liquid-crystal panel for light shutter is set in a transmission condition to transmit light from a light source for the OHP or the like and to irradiate the second liquid-crystal panel for displaying an image, thereby projecting the image in a magnified size onto a screen or the like. When used for a direct-vision type display, e.g. a monitor for a personal computer or the like, the first liquid-crystal panel is set in a shading condition to effect diffuse reflection of light from the fluorescent lamp by the first liquid-crystal panel and to irradiate the second liquid-crystal panel, thereby providing a direct-vision image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Miura, Hisao Uehara, Atsuyoshi Tanioka, Kazuhiko Moriwaki, Makoto Shimizu, Masahiro Okuyama