Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Hiratsuka

Kazuyuki Hiratsuka 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: 8994294
    Abstract: An LED flash module includes: a module substrate; an energy device disposed on the module substrate; an LED module arranged on the module substrate includes a plurality of LED blocks arranged in a first direction, each LED block including a plurality of LED elements which is arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and emits light with power supplied from the energy device; a charger circuit arranged on the module substrate to charge the energy device; and a control circuit arranged on the module substrate to control emission of LED elements. A wiring length from one of the LED elements to a plus terminal of a power supply portion supplying power to each of the LED elements and a wiring length from the one of the LED elements to a minus terminal of the power supply portion is substantially the same for all of the LED elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Sawada, Kazuyuki Hiratsuka
  • Publication number: 20100253646
    Abstract: An input device includes a base plate having a front surface and a rear surface, and a plurality of first electrodes formed on the front surface of the base plate and parallel to each other, where each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of first electrode elements arranged in a first direction. The input device also includes a plurality of second electrodes formed on the front surface of the base plate and parallel to each other, where each of the second electrodes includes a plurality of second electrode elements arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. Further, a controller is provided for detection of a conductor approaching the first electrodes and the second electrodes in a thickness direction of the base plate. The controller is configured to detect an access position of the conductor with respect to the first direction and the second direction based on a capacitance change in the first electrodes and the second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyuki HIRATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20100214520
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (A1) includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a plurality of first electrodes (2R, 2G), a plurality of second electrodes (3) intersecting the first electrodes, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first electrodes and the second electrodes, a color filter directly or indirectly covering each of the first electrodes, and a driver (7) for supplying image display signals to the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The first electrodes are connected to scanning signal supply terminals of the driver to periodically receive a scanning signal. The second electrodes are connected to control signal supply terminals of the driver to selectively receive a control signal. The driver causes the liquid crystal layer to be in either an ON state or an OFF state by supplying the scanning signal and the control signal to the first electrodes and the second electrodes, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: ROHM Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Miyaki, Kazuyuki Hiratsuka, Yasuhiro Niga