Patents by Inventor KOHJI MICHIBAYASHI

KOHJI MICHIBAYASHI 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: 10705377
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a display unit, a backlight including a plurality of light sources, an LED control circuit configured to output a PWM signal (LED control signal) based on a display synchronization signal, such that the light sources are intermittently lighted, and an LED driver configured to control a drive current that is supplied to the light sources, based on the PWM signal, is provided with a monitoring control unit that is configured to perform monitoring at least one of the PWM signal, the drive current, and the display synchronization signal, as a monitoring target. When an abnormality of the monitoring target is detected, the monitoring control unit controls a waveform of the PWM signal such that the drive current that is supplied to the light sources in the backlight becomes zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasutomo Nishihara, Hideo Tohdoh, Kohichi Ohhara, Takuya Handa, Kohji Michibayashi
  • Publication number: 20200174312
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a light reflection part by which light from a display surface side is reflected, and a light transmission part through which light from an opposite side from the display surface side passes; a quarter wave plate disposed on the display panel at an opposite side from the display surface side; and a polarizing plate disposed on the quarter wave plate at an opposite side from a display panel side, the polarizing plate having an absorption axis whose crossing angle relative to a slow axis of the quarter wave plate is set such that light passing through the polarizing plate and then passing through the quarter wave plate is converted into elliptically polarized light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: HIROMI ENOMOTO, TOKUMI HAYASHI, KOHJI MICHIBAYASHI, MASAHIRO OKUNO
  • Publication number: 20200004084
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a display unit, a backlight including a plurality of light sources, an LED control circuit configured to output a PWM signal (LED control signal) based on a display synchronization signal, such that the light sources are intermittently lighted, and an LED driver configured to control a drive current that is supplied to the light sources, based on the PWM signal, is provided with a monitoring control unit that is configured to perform monitoring at least one of the PWM signal, the drive current, and the display synchronization signal, as a monitoring target. When an abnormality of the monitoring target is detected, the monitoring control unit controls a waveform of the PWM signal such that the drive current that is supplied to the light sources in the backlight becomes zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: YASUTOMO NISHIHARA, HIDEO TOHDOH, KOHICHI OHHARA, TAKUYA HANDA, KOHJI MICHIBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10216306
    Abstract: A touch panel-equipped display device includes at least: a display control unit to supply a scan signal and a data signal to a display control element; and a touch position detection control unit to supply a drive signal to a drive electrode, and to detect a position detection signal from a detection electrode to detect a touch position. The display control unit supplies the data signal sequentially to a plurality of display control elements connected respectively to a plurality of pixel electrodes constituting one display pixel. The touch position detection control unit starts supplying the drive signal, in a period that is within a scan write period during which the scan signal is supplied to the display control element and is other than a period during which the data signal is supplied to the display control element corresponding to a color highest in luminosity of a plurality of colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kida, Kenshi Tada, Takenori Maruyama, Hideki Shioe, Yutaka Ishida, Takashi Saitoh, Kazuyoshi Maeda, Hideo Hosorogi, Kohji Michibayashi
  • Publication number: 20180196562
    Abstract: A touch panel-equipped display device includes at least: a display control unit to supply a scan signal and a data signal to a display control element; and a touch position detection control unit to supply a drive signal to a drive electrode, and to detect a position detection signal from a detection electrode to detect a touch position. The display control unit supplies the data signal sequentially to a plurality of display control elements connected respectively to a plurality of pixel electrodes constituting one display pixel. The touch position detection control unit starts supplying the drive signal, in a period that is within a scan write period during which the scan signal is supplied to the display control element and is other than a period during which the data signal is supplied to the display control element corresponding to a color highest in luminosity of a plurality of colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: KAZUTOSHI KIDA, KENSHI TADA, TAKENORI MARUYAMA, HIDEKI SHIOE, YUTAKA ISHIDA, TAKASHI SAITOH, KAZUYOSHI MAEDA, HIDEO HOSOROGI, KOHJI MICHIBAYASHI