Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Ishiguchi

Kazuhiro Ishiguchi 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: 8373693
    Abstract: A potential generation circuit and a liquid crystal display device are provided that are capable of reducing power consumption with a simple circuit configuration. The potential generation circuit is a potential generation circuit for generating a common potential that is applied to a capacitive load, and includes a differential amplifier that has a positive input receiving a given set potential and a negative input receiving the common potential that is negatively fed back, a current amplifier that amplifies the output of the differential amplifier and outputs the common potential, a charge recovery capacitor that has one of its ends connected to a reference potential, and an anti-parallel diode that is connected between the other end of the charge recovery capacitor and the common potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi
  • Patent number: 8339341
    Abstract: This invention provides an image display system that includes an image display device having an overdrive processing circuit and allows reduction in memory cost as a whole. The image display system according to this invention includes an image generation device that generates image data, and an image display device that receives the image data from the image generation device, performs overdrive processing based on the received image data, and displays an image. The image generation device includes a rendering circuit that generates image data to be outputted to the image display device for every frame, a memory unit that holds the plural pieces of image data corresponding to at least two frames among the plural pieces of image data generated by the rendering circuit, and a transfer circuit that transfers the plural pieces of image data corresponding to two frames among the plural pieces of image data held by the memory unit to the image display device within one frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi, Akimasa Yuuki
  • Patent number: 8305318
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes pixels, gate lines and source lines, active elements, a gate driver circuit, a source driver circuit, and a timing controller circuit. The source driver circuit conducts a prescribed operation of supplying the source signals of positive polarity and negative polarity having a prescribed voltage to the source lines during a vertical blanking interval, and electrically cutting the source lines off after the supply of the source signals while establishing a short circuit between adjoining source lines supplied with the source signals of opposite polarities, thereby causing the source lines to hold a prescribed DC voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi
  • Patent number: 7982910
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with a storage section that holds characteristic data, a predicted output value calculating section that calculates predicted PCS values (XP, YP, ZP) in a predetermined designated color space, an error calculating section that calculates an error from the difference between the PCS values (X, Y, Z) and the predicted PCS values, a differential coefficient matrix creating section that creates a differential coefficient matrix, an inverse matrix calculating section, a primary-color intensity correction amount calculating section that calculates a corrected primary-color intensity by performing a primary conversion to the difference between the PCS values and the predicted PCS values with an inverse matrix defined as a conversion matrix, and a primary-color intensity correction section that calculates the output primary-color intensity by adding or subtracting to or from a temporal primary-color intensity (IR, IG, IB) the corrected primary-color intensity calculated at the primar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20110169821
    Abstract: An object of the invention to provide a method for maintaining display quality as much as possible and reducing a crosstalk amount. A method for correcting stereoscopic images according to the present invention has (a) at least one of a step of detecting a range of crosstalk and a crosstalk amount occurring on a left image or a right image as black-side correction data, and a step of detecting the range of crosstalk and the crosstalk amount as white-side correction data, based on crosstalk characteristic data, (b) at least one of a step of making the black-side correction data into lower-limit data, and a step of making the white-side correction data into upper-limit data; and (c) a step of gamma-converting the left image or the right image based on at least one of the lower-limit data and the upper-limit data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro ISHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20090267886
    Abstract: A potential generation circuit and a liquid crystal display device are provided that are capable of reducing power consumption with a simple circuit configuration. The potential generation circuit is a potential generation circuit for generating a common potential that is applied to a capacitive load, and includes a differential amplifier that has a positive input receiving a given set potential and a negative input receiving the common potential that is negatively fed back, a current amplifier that amplifies the output of the differential amplifier and outputs the common potential, a charge recovery capacitor that has one of its ends connected to a reference potential, and an anti-parallel diode that is connected between the other end of the charge recovery capacitor and the common potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro ISHIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 7554534
    Abstract: A noise elimination circuit that eliminates a noise of a display control signal of a matrix display device, includes a rising edge detection circuit unit that detects a rising edge of a signal for eliminating a noise, a counter that performs a count operation during a predefined period of time, an initialization circuit unit that generates an initialization signal of the counter, a count enable circuit unit that generates a count allowance signal of the counter, and an initial state detection circuit unit that detects whether or not the counter is in an initial state. The counter starts the count operation from an initial value in response to a rising edge detection by the rising edge detection circuit unit. The counter is initialized again after the count operation during the predefined period of time is completed. An initial state detection signal by the initial state detection circuit unit becomes a signal from which a noise is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jiro Takaki, Kazuhiro Ishiguchi, Akihiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20090140965
    Abstract: This invention provides an image display system that includes an image display device having an overdrive processing circuit and allows reduction in memory cost as a whole. The image display system according to this invention includes an image generation device that generates image data, and an image display device that receives the image data from the image generation device, performs overdrive processing based on the received image data, and displays an image. The image generation device includes a rendering circuit that generates image data to be outputted to the image display device for every frame, a memory unit that holds the plural pieces of image data corresponding to at least two frames among the plural pieces of image data generated by the rendering circuit, and a transfer circuit that transfers the plural pieces of image data corresponding to two frames among the plural pieces of image data held by the memory unit to the image display device within one frame period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi, Akimasa Yuuki
  • Patent number: 7499063
    Abstract: A reference voltage generator circuit is arranged to generate a reference voltage including an image display voltage for outputting an image write voltage and a black display voltage for outputting a black write voltage. When the reference voltage generator circuit switches a reference voltage to either of the voltages, supplying the voltage to a signal line drive IC, and outputs the voltage as the image write voltage or the black write voltage from the signal line drive IC to a liquid crystal panel, the reference voltage is switched so that an image display period for supplying the image display voltage and a black display period for supplying the black display voltage are contained during one horizontal period, and the switching is synchronized with a change in selection line control signals 502, 503, 504 of lines in which an image is written and lines in which black is written for a selection line 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi
  • Patent number: 7436386
    Abstract: An improved transmission type display device features a light source having plural emission colors and means for controlling the chromaticity of display images, and maintaining it with high precision. The device can be manufactured at low cost by easing the spectral sensitivity tolerances required for the chromaticity sensor. The transmission type display device displays color images by making light emitted from light sources pass through a color-blending part (400) and by controlling the light by an optical shutter (500). The device includes: at least three light detection devices (300) installed in positions closer to the light sources than is the optical shutter, and a light source control circuit which controls emission intensities of light sources of different colors to keep the display chromaticity constant so that sensitivity reading values of said light detection devices are kept constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20070296661
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes pixels, gate lines and source lines, active elements, a gate driver circuit, a source driver circuit, and a timing controller circuit. The source driver circuit conducts a prescribed operation of supplying the source signals of positive polarity and negative polarity having a prescribed voltage to the source lines during a vertical blanking interval, and electrically cutting the source lines off after the supply of the source signals while establishing a short circuit between adjoining source lines supplied with the source signals of opposite polarities, thereby causing the source lines to hold a prescribed DC voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro ISHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20070236713
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with a storage section that holds characteristic data, a predicted output value calculating section that calculates predicted PCS values (XP, YP, ZP) in a predetermined designated color space, an error calculating section that calculates an error from the difference between the PCS values (X, Y, Z) and the predicted PCS values, a differential coefficient matrix creating section that creates a differential coefficient matrix, an inverse matrix calculating section, a primary-color intensity correction amount calculating section that calculates a corrected primary-color intensity by performing a primary conversion to the difference between the PCS values and the predicted PCS values with an inverse matrix defined as a conversion matrix, and a primary-color intensity correction section that calculates the output primary-color intensity by adding or subtracting to or from a temporal primary-color intensity (IR, IG, IB) the corrected primary-color intensity calculated at the primar
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi
  • Patent number: 7208713
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a light source having LED chips for emitting different colors of light and an optical sensor for detecting light from a light mixer. A light source control section controls by feedback control luminance of each of the LED chips according to values detected by the optical sensor. The light source unit also includes a temperature control section for controlling the temperature of the light source. The temperature control section is a feedback control system. Keeping the light source at a constant temperature allows suppressing spectrum changes of the LED chips with temperature, thereby suppressing changes in the luminance and chromaticity of the light source unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Advanced Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20070052646
    Abstract: There is disposed a TFT for detecting characteristic having the same characteristic as a pixel TFT disposed at a pixel. The TFT for detecting characteristic detects a gate on voltage for driving the pixel TFT. The TFT for detecting characteristic is driven so as to agree with the pixel TFT in a period of the on state. This provides a display device that is capable of driving the pixel TFT at its optimum driving voltage with a simple circuit configuration, even when the characteristic of the pixel TFT is subjected to temperature change, aged change, and individual variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20070018932
    Abstract: A noise elimination circuit that eliminates a noise of a display control signal of a matrix display device, includes a rising edge detection circuit unit that detects a rising edge of a signal for eliminating a noise, a counter that performs a count operation during a predefined period of time, an initialization circuit unit that generates an initialization signal of the counter, a count enable circuit unit that generates a count allowance signal of the counter, and an initial state detection circuit unit that detects whether or not the counter is in an initial state. The counter starts the count operation from an initial value in response to a rising edge detection by the rising edge detection circuit unit. The counter is initialized again after the count operation during the predefined period of time is completed. An initial state detection signal by the initial state detection circuit unit becomes a signal from which a noise is eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jiro Takaki, Kazuhiro Ishiguchi, Akihiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20060221039
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate (transparent substrate), a second substrate (transparent substrate) placed opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal which is held between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a driving circuit which is provided in each of pixels on the first substrate for driving the liquid crystal, and a photoelectric power generation element which is provided in each of the pixels or each set including some pixels, for supplying generated power for driving the liquid crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20040135750
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a transmission type display device which is composed of a light source having plural emission colors and which can control the chromaticity of display images, maintain it with high precision, and be manufactured at low cost by easing the spectral sensitivity requirements required for the chromaticity sensor. The transmission type display device of the present invention is provided with plural light sources having different emission colors and which displays color images by making the light emitted from said light sources pass through a color-blending part and controlling the light by an optical shutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: ADVANCED DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20040113044
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a light source having LED chips for emitting different colors of light and an optical sensor for detecting light from a light mixer. A light source control section controls by feedback control luminance of each of the LED chips according to values detected by the optical sensor. The light source unit also includes a temperature control section for controlling the temperature of the light source. The temperature control section is a feedback control system. Keeping the light source at a constant temperature allows suppressing spectrum changes of the LED chips with temperature, thereby suppressing changes in the luminance and chromaticity of the light source unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: ADVANCED DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20040075631
    Abstract: A reference voltage generator circuit is arranged to generate a reference voltage including an image display voltage for outputting an image write voltage and a black display voltage for outputting a black write voltage. When the reference voltage generator circuit switches a reference voltage to either of the voltages, supplying the voltage to a signal line drive IC, and outputs the voltage as the image write voltage or the black write voltage from the signal line drive IC to a liquid crystal panel, the reference voltage is switched so that an image display period for supplying the image display voltage and a black display period for supplying the black display voltage are contained during one horizontal period, and the switching is synchronized with a change in selection line control signals 502, 503, 504 of lines in which an image is written and lines in which black is written for a selection line 101.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: Advanced Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ishiguchi