Patents by Inventor Kazuya Ueda

Kazuya Ueda 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: 20070247559
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device used as a display part of an electronic apparatus which exhibits high brightness and favorable display quality. The liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner; vertical-alignment type liquid crystal which is sealed between the pair of substrates; a plurality of pixel regions, each pixel region including a sub pixel having a pixel electrode on one substrate and a sub pixel having a pixel electrode on one substrate, a slit formed between the pixel electrodes; and a singular point control part which includes projecting portions which are formed on end portions of the pixel electrodes on the slit-side and controls singular points of the liquid crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Tasaka, Takahiro Sasaki, Yohei Nakanishi, Masakazu Shibasaki, Takashi Sasabayashi, Hidefumi Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Hideaki Tsuda, Kazuya Ueda
  • Patent number: 7286200
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display used as a display section of an electronic apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, and it is aimed at providing a liquid crystal display which can achieve high viewing angle characteristics and a method of manufacturing the same. A configuration is employed which includes a pair of substrates provided opposite to each other, a liquid crystal sealed between the pair of substrates, protrusions formed on at least one of the pair of substrates for regulating the alignment of the liquid crystal, and a plurality of pixel regions having both of a first area in which the protrusions are disposed at first intervals a2 and which has a first threshold voltage for driving of the liquid crystal and a second area in which the protrusions are disposed at second intervals a2 smaller than the first intervals and which has a second threshold voltage lower than the first threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Inoue, Kazuya Ueda, Yasutoshi Tasaka, Hidefumi Yoshida, Kunihiro Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kimiaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7262824
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display used as a display section of an electronic apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, and it is aimed at providing a liquid crystal display which can achieve high viewing angle characteristics and a method of manufacturing the same. A configuration is employed which includes a pair of substrates provided opposite to each other, a liquid crystal sealed between the pair of substrates, protrusions formed on at least one of the pair of substrates for regulating the alignment of the liquid crystal, and a plurality of pixel regions having both of a first area in which the protrusions are disposed at first intervals a2 and which has a first threshold voltage for driving of the liquid crystal and a second area in which the protrusions are disposed at second intervals a2 smaller than the first intervals and which has a second threshold voltage lower than the first threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Sasabayashi, Yoshio Koike, Kazuya Ueda, Hideaki Tsuda
  • Patent number: 7253862
    Abstract: A slit pattern, which is an orientation control element extending in an oblique direction relative to an edge of a pixel electrode on a surface of a TFT substrate, is formed in the pixel electrode to extend in a substantially parallel direction to an extending direction of a bank-shaped pattern. Furthermore, as an orientation control element, fine slit patterns (concave portions in the pixel electrode) are formed locally in a part near the edge of the pixel electrode except in the pixel electrode to extend in an oblique direction relative to an extending direction of the edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Arihiro Takeda, Shingo Kataoka, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kazuya Ueda, Takahiro Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7250996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transflective liquid crystal display capable of display in both of transmissive and reflective modes and a method of manufacturing the same and provides a transflective liquid crystal display which can achieve high display characteristics in both of the transmissive and reflective modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hidefumi Yoshida, Yasutoshi Tasaka, Kunihiro Tashiro, Katsufumi Ohmuro, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kazuya Ueda, Masakazu Shibasaki
  • Patent number: 7239366
    Abstract: A slit pattern, which is an orientation control element extending in an oblique direction relative to an edge of a pixel electrode on a surface of a TFT substrate, is formed in the pixel electrode to extend in a substantially parallel direction to an extending direction of a bank-shaped pattern. Furthermore, as an orientation control element, fine slit patterns (concave portions in the pixel electrode) are formed locally in a part near the edge of the pixel electrode except in the pixel electrode to extend in an oblique direction relative to an extending direction of the edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Arihiro Takeda, Shingo Kataoka, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kazuya Ueda
  • Patent number: 7230665
    Abstract: A slit pattern, which is an orientation control element extending in an oblique direction relative to an edge of a pixel electrode on a surface of a TFT substrate, is formed in the pixel electrode to extend in a substantially parallel direction to an extending direction of a bank-shaped pattern. Furthermore, as an orientation control element, fine slit patterns (concave portions in the pixel electrode) are formed locally in a part near the edge of the pixel electrode except in the pixel electrode to extend in an oblique direction relative to an extending direction of the edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Arihiro Takeda, Shingo Kataoka, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kazuya Ueda, Takahiro Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20070035685
    Abstract: Sub picture element electrodes made of ITO are formed in a picture element region which is sectioned by gate bus lines and data bus lines. These sub picture element electrodes are electrically connected to each other with a wiring connection. This wiring connection includes a metal connection portion which is formed simultaneously with the data bus lines and the like, and an ITO connection portion which is formed simultaneously with the sub picture element electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidefumi Yoshida, Yasutoshi Tasaka, Hideaki Tsuda, Yohei Nakanishi, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kazuya Ueda
  • Publication number: 20070019120
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal sealed between the substrates; plural pixel regions each having a first pixel electrode formed on one of the pair of substrates and a second pixel electrode separated from the first pixel electrode; a TFT having a source electrode which is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode; a control capacitance portion which has a control capacitance electrode electrically connected to the source electrode and opposed to at least part of the second pixel electrode via an insulating film, and which thereby establishes capacitive coupling between the source electrode and the second pixel electrode; linear projections formed on the other substrate; and apertures formed in the first and second pixel electrodes so as to occupy parts of overlap regions of the linear projections and the first and second pixel electrodes as viewed perpendicularly to the substrate surfaces, for controlling the positions of singular points of alignment ve
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Tasaka, Masakazu Shibasaki, Yohei Nakanishi, Hidefumi Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kazuya Ueda, Hideaki Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20070019144
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid crystal displays used in television receivers and display sections of electronic apparatus and, more particularly, to a liquid crystal display in which a polymeric material included in a liquid crystal material is polymerized to impart a pre-tilt angle to the liquid crystal material. The invention provides a liquid crystal display in which gradation/luminance characteristics in an oblique direction are improved and in which reduction in luminance is suppressed. The liquid crystal display includes a TFT substrate and an opposite substrate provided opposite to each other and a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal material and a polymer sealed between the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei Nakanishi, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kazuya Ueda, Hideaki Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20070013633
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display used in a television receiver or a display section of an electronic apparatus and provides a liquid crystal display having a wide viewing angle and high viewing angle characteristics. The viewing angle characteristics of low gradations are improved by the capacitive coupling HT method. The viewing angle characteristics of high gradations above the intermediate gradation are improved by the driving HT method. A liquid crystal is driven using the capacitive coupling HT method and the driving HT method in combination to combine the effect of improvement of both methods, thereby improving the viewing angle characteristics of a liquid crystal display for a wide range from a low gradation to a high gradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kamada, Yohei Nakanishi, Kazuya Ueda, Hidefumi Yoshida, Hideaki Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20060293006
    Abstract: The diversity receiving apparatus of the present invention can arbitrarily determine the master branch which is the reference to synchronize the output timing among the symbols of the signals received by a plurality of branches depending on the receiving condition. This structure allows the master branch to be replaced with another branch in excellent receiving condition when the master branch gets into bad receiving condition or when the antenna signal wire on the master side comes off or breaks, thereby achieving the selection and synthesis of carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Tomohiko Taniguchi, Keilchi Toiyama, Kazuya Ueda
  • Publication number: 20060286948
    Abstract: A receiving device receives by multiple antennas a signal carrier-modulated with digital multivalued modulation, compares the distance between received signal points with a threshold preliminarily stored, to select complex signals to be synthesized when demodulating, and adjusts a ratio for synthesizing to correct likelihood for error correction. With such a makeup, a receiving device is provided that is resistant to a noise signal to ensure a favorable reception state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tomohiko Taniguchi, Keiichi Toiyama, Kazuya Ueda
  • Publication number: 20060268186
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display device having the substrate, and a driving method of a liquid crystal display device and provide a substrate for a liquid crystal display device capable of providing superior display characteristics, a liquid crystal display device having it, and a driving method of a liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kamada, Yohei Nakanishi, Kazuya Ueda, Hidefumi Yoshida, Hideaki Tsuda
  • Patent number: 7133481
    Abstract: An input signal DT contains a segment synchronization signal compliant with the ATSC standard. A clock multiplication section 111 multiplies a clock CK. A switchable sampling section 112 selects a sample point from among a plurality of timing points that are defined by the multiplied clock, and samples the input signal DT at the selected sample point. Moreover, the switchable sampling section 112 switches sample points from one to another in a synchronization-unestablished state. Once the segment synchronization is established, a synchronization detection device may maintain a synchronization-established state until the field synchronization detection fails, or the synchronization detection device may output a synchronization detection signal after shifting it in the time direction based on a bit error rate RT of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Azakami, Takaaki Konishi, Hisaya Kato, Naoya Tokunaga, Kazuaki Suzuki, Kazuya Ueda
  • Publication number: 20060215066
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate for a liquid crystal display, a liquid crystal display having the substrate, and a method of driving the display and provides a substrate for a liquid crystal display which allow high display characteristics to be achieved, a liquid crystal display having the substrate, and a method of driving the display. The substrate includes two TFTs having gate electrodes connected to a gate bus line and drain electrodes connected to a drain bus line, a pixel electrode connected to a source electrode, a pixel electrode connected to another source electrode and separated from the pixel electrode, another TFT having a gate electrode connected to another gate bus line and a source electrode connected to the pixel electrode, and a buffer capacitor portion having a buffer capacitor electrode connected to another drain electrode and another buffer capacitor electrode connected to a storage capacitor bus line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuya Ueda, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Yohei Nakanishi, Hidefumi Yoshida, Hideaki Tsuda, Masakazu Shibasaki, Yasutoshi Tasaka
  • Publication number: 20060125970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display used as a display section of an electronic apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, and it is aimed at providing a liquid crystal display which can achieve high viewing angle characteristics and a method of manufacturing the same. A configuration is employed which includes a pair of substrates provided opposite to each other, a liquid crystal sealed between the pair of substrates, protrusions formed on at least one of the pair of substrates for regulating the alignment of the liquid crystal, and a plurality of pixel regions having both of a first area in which the protrusions are disposed at first intervals a2 and which has a first threshold voltage for driving of the liquid crystal and a second area in which the protrusions are disposed at second intervals a2 smaller than the first intervals and which has a second threshold voltage lower than the first threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Inoue, Kazuya Ueda, Yasutoshi Tasaka, Hidefumi Yoshida, Kunihiro Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Kimiaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7054395
    Abstract: A digital demodulation apparatus automatically controls gain based on a state of receiving a digital modulated signal. The digital demodulation apparatus amplifies a digital modulated signal wave received through the air with the gain automatically controlled so as to have a predetermined amplitude. In the digital demodulation apparatus, a receive level variation detector detects receive level variation, an amount of noise components of the received digital signal wave. A gain controller 15 controls the gain with a receive level variation adaptive control signal based on the detected receive level variation, the amount of noise components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Azakami, Takaaki Konishi, Hisaya Kato, Naoya Tokunaga, Hiroaki Ozeki, Kazuya Ueda
  • Publication number: 20060109406
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display used as a display section of an electronic apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, and it is aimed at providing a liquid crystal display which can achieve high viewing angle characteristics and a method of manufacturing the same. A configuration is employed which includes a pair of substrates provided opposite to each other, a liquid crystal sealed between the pair of substrates, protrusions formed on at least one of the pair of substrates for regulating the alignment of the liquid crystal, and a plurality of pixel regions having both of a first area in which the protrusions are disposed at first intervals a2 and which has a first threshold voltage for driving of the liquid crystal and a second area in which the protrusions are disposed at second intervals a2 smaller than the first intervals and which has a second threshold voltage lower than the first threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Takashi Sasabayashi, Arihiro Takeda, Kazuya Ueda, Yoshio Koike, Hideaki Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20060097970
    Abstract: Fine electrode patterns pattern-formed in the shape of fine teeth of a comb bilaterally symmetrical with respect to band-shaped portions are formed at even intervals in a pixel electrode, and band-shaped dielectric layers are pattern-formed at even intervals to cover the fine electrode patterns in a display pixel. By the existence of the dielectric layer and the fine electrode pattern complementing this, a portion formed with these layer and fine electrode pattern is a high threshold voltage region, and relatively, a low threshold voltage region where the dielectric layer does not exist is formed. By the aforementioned construction, it becomes possible to improve a delay in response speed at low gray levels and increase the speed of halftone response, whereby a very reliable image display having moving image performance almost equal to that of a CRT is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicants: Fujitsu Display Technologies Corporation, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Arihiro Takeda, Shingo Kataoka, Kimiaki Nakamura, Hideaki Tsuda, Takahiro Sasaki, Kazuya Ueda, Masahiro Ikeda, Katsunori Misaki, Naoto Kondo, Akira Komorita