Patents by Inventor Koichi Maeyama

Koichi Maeyama 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: 20240111372
    Abstract: Provided are a pen state detection circuit, a pen state detection system, and a pen state detection method that can improve estimation accuracy for a pen state in an electronic pen including at least one electrode. A pen state detection circuit acquires, from a touch sensor, a first signal distribution indicating a change in capacitance associated with approach of a first electrode and uses a machine learning estimator to estimate an instruction position or an inclination angle of an electronic pen from first feature values related to the first signal distribution. The first feature values include first local feature values related to a first local distribution corresponding to sensor electrodes in a number fewer than the number of arranged sensor electrodes exhibiting the first signal distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi MAEYAMA, Hideyuki HARA
  • Publication number: 20240053835
    Abstract: Provided is a pen state detection circuit for detecting a state of an electronic pen based on a signal distribution detected by a touch sensor including a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged in a plane shape, the electronic pen including at least one electrode, the pen state detection circuit, in operation, acquires, from the touch sensor, a first signal distribution and a second signal distribution, generates a two-dimensional signal distribution by synthesizing the first signal distribution and second signal distribution, or generates a two-dimensional feature distribution by synthesizing a first feature distribution relating to a shape of the first signal distribution and a second feature distribution relating to a shape of the second signal distribution, and estimate a position indicated by the electronic pen or a posture of the electronic pen from the two-dimensional signal distribution or two-dimensional feature distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Koichi MAEYAMA
  • Patent number: 11841999
    Abstract: Provided are a pen state detection circuit, a pen state detection system, and a pen state detection method that can improve estimation accuracy for a pen state in an electronic pen including at least one electrode. A pen state detection circuit acquires, from a touch sensor, a first signal distribution indicating a change in capacitance associated with approach of a first electrode and uses a machine learning estimator to estimate an instruction position or an inclination angle of an electronic pen from first feature values related to the first signal distribution. The first feature values include first local feature values related to a first local distribution corresponding to sensor electrodes in a number fewer than the number of arranged sensor electrodes exhibiting the first signal distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Maeyama, Hideyuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20230146504
    Abstract: Provided are a pen state detection circuit, a pen state detection system, and a pen state detection method that can improve estimation accuracy for a pen state in an electronic pen including at least one electrode. A pen state detection circuit acquires, from a touch sensor, a first signal distribution indicating a change in capacitance associated with approach of a first electrode and uses a machine learning estimator to estimate an instruction position or an inclination angle of an electronic pen from first feature values related to the first signal distribution. The first feature values include first local feature values related to a first local distribution corresponding to sensor electrodes in a number fewer than the number of arranged sensor electrodes exhibiting the first signal distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Koichi MAEYAMA, Hideyuki HARA
  • Patent number: 11604521
    Abstract: Provided are a pen state detection circuit, a pen state detection system, and a pen state detection method that can improve estimation accuracy for a pen state in an electronic pen including at least one electrode. A pen state detection circuit acquires, from a touch sensor, a first signal distribution indicating a change in capacitance associated with approach of a first electrode and uses a machine learning estimator to estimate an instruction position or an inclination angle of an electronic pen from first feature values related to the first signal distribution. The first feature values include first local feature values related to a first local distribution corresponding to sensor electrodes in a number fewer than the number of arranged sensor electrodes exhibiting the first signal distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Maeyama, Hideyuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20220365621
    Abstract: A pen state detection circuit is incorporated in electronic equipment having a touch sensor of a capacitive system made of planarly disposed multiple sensor electrodes. The pen state detection circuit is configured to perform acquiring, from the touch sensor, signal distribution indicating a change in capacitance associated with approach of a pen-side electrode included in an electronic pen, and estimating a state of the electronic pen according to an input-output model. In the input-output model features relating to the acquired signal distribution are input and a state quantity of the electronic pen is output. The pen state detection circuit is configured to be capable of setting an input-output model that is different depending on a change in an outer shape of the electronic pen or the electronic equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Koichi MAEYAMA, Hideyuki HARA
  • Publication number: 20210389833
    Abstract: Provided are a pen state detection circuit, a pen state detection system, and a pen state detection method that can improve estimation accuracy for a pen state in an electronic pen including at least one electrode. A pen state detection circuit acquires, from a touch sensor, a first signal distribution indicating a change in capacitance associated with approach of a first electrode and uses a machine learning estimator to estimate an instruction position or an inclination angle of an electronic pen from first feature values related to the first signal distribution. The first feature values include first local feature values related to a first local distribution corresponding to sensor electrodes in a number fewer than the number of arranged sensor electrodes exhibiting the first signal distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Koichi MAEYAMA, Hideyuki HARA
  • Patent number: 10354586
    Abstract: An image signal processing circuit is provided that includes a display panel, a current detection section, a modification processing section, and a correction processing section. The display panel includes a first dummy pixel that is provided outside of an effective pixel region. The current detection section detects a change in a current in the first dummy pixel. The modification processing section modifies a predetermined predicted degradation value based on an actual degradation amount of the detected current. The correction processing section corrects an image signal based on the predetermined predicted degradation value after modification. The image signal is used to drive an effective pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Koichi Maeyama
  • Patent number: 10115346
    Abstract: A display device according to the disclosure includes: a display section having a plurality of unit pixels; and a driving section that, in a first drive mode, performs write driving and thereafter performs light emission driving in a plurality of light-emitting periods on each of the unit pixels. One of predetermined number of light-emitting periods out of the plurality of light-emitting periods other than a first light-emitting period is longer than the first light-emitting period, and another one of the predetermined number of light-emitting periods is shorter than the first light-emitting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Maeyama, Teppei Isobe
  • Patent number: 9870738
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display section that has pixels; and a driving section that drives the display section on the basis of luminance information including a plurality of sub-luminance information pieces. The driving section drives the pixels in a time-division manner on the basis of each sub-luminance information piece during a single display period or a plurality of display periods which is set in each sub-luminance information piece. One or both of a timing of start of each display period and the number of the display periods are changeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Maeyama, Teppei Isobe
  • Publication number: 20170047012
    Abstract: A display device according to the disclosure includes: a display section having a plurality of unit pixels; and a driving section that, in a first drive mode, performs write driving and thereafter performs light emission driving in a plurality of light-emitting periods on each of the unit pixels. One of predetermined number of light-emitting periods out of the plurality of light-emitting periods other than a first light-emitting period is longer than the first light-emitting period, and another one of the predetermined number of light-emitting periods is shorter than the first light-emitting period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Koichi MAEYAMA, Teppei ISOBE
  • Patent number: 9538091
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device which is able to individually set two or more types of exposure conditions with respect to arbitrary pixel groups inside an imaging area section and which reads out an imaging signal, which is obtained from pixel groups where the exposure conditions are individually set, in units of one imaging frame, and an imaging signal processing section which performs signal separation for each exposure condition and performs association with the exposure conditions with respect to the imaging signal which is output from the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: JOLED Inc.
    Inventor: Koichi Maeyama
  • Patent number: 9344761
    Abstract: A video display system includes a video display unit, and an external unit configured to be communicatable with the video display unit. The video display unit includes a display panel and is configured to transmit specific information to the external unit. The specific information includes display panel information related to the display panel. The external unit is configured to derive a parameter from the specific information received from the video display unit and to transmit, to the video display unit, one of the derived parameter and related data related to the derived parameter. The parameter determines image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: JOLED Inc.
    Inventors: Yohei Funatsu, Koichi Maeyama, Daisuke Miki, Yoshito Shiraishi, Shoji Araki
  • Patent number: 9299291
    Abstract: A display unit includes: a display section including a plurality of unit pixels; and a drive section configured to perform a first drive, a second drive, and a third drive on each of the unit pixels in this order, in which each of the first drive and the second drive includes an initialization drive, a writing drive of a pixel voltage, and a light emission drive based on the pixel voltage written by the writing drive, a part of a series of the initialization drive, the writing drive, and the light emission drive differs between the first drive and the second drive, and the third drive includes a light emission drive based on the pixel voltage written by the writing drive in the second drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: JOLED Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Maeyama, Teppei Isobe, Yohei Funatsu, Daisuke Miki
  • Publication number: 20160086548
    Abstract: An image signal processing circuit includes: a display panel including a first dummy pixel provided outside an effective pixel region; a current detection section configured to detect a change in a current in the first dummy pixel; a modification processing section configured to modify a predetermined predicted degradation value, based on an actual degradation amount of the current detected by the current detection section; and a correction processing section configured to correct an image signal, based on the predicted degradation value modified by the modification processing section, the image signal being adapted to drive an effective pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: Koichi Maeyama
  • Patent number: 9288403
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing circuit including a sub frame signal generation unit configured to receive n pieces of image information of n images which are obtained by photographing the same scene under n (n is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) exposure conditions and the n exposure conditions at the time of the photographing as input. When a display video of one scene is constituted by a maximum of n sub frames, the sub frame signal generation unit generates video signals of the maximum of n sub frames by controlling a light emission time of light emission elements for each sub frame according to the n exposure conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Inventor: Koichi Maeyama
  • Publication number: 20150243225
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display section that has pixels; and a driving section that drives the display section on the basis of luminance information including a plurality of sub-luminance information pieces. The driving section drives the pixels in a time-division manner on the basis of each sub-luminance information piece during a single display period or a plurality of display periods which is set in each sub-luminance information piece. One or both of a timing of start of each display period and the number of the display periods are changeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Koichi Maeyama, Teppei Isobe
  • Publication number: 20150187277
    Abstract: A display unit includes: a display section including a plurality of unit pixels; and a drive section configured to perform a first drive, a second drive, and a third drive on each of the unit pixels in this order, in which each of the first drive and the second drive includes an initialization drive, a writing drive of a pixel voltage, and a light emission drive based on the pixel voltage written by the writing drive, a part of a series of the initialization drive, the writing drive, and the light emission drive differs between the first drive and the second drive, and the third drive includes a light emission drive based on the pixel voltage written by the writing drive in the second drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Koichi Maeyama, Teppei Isobe, Yohei Funatsu, Daisuke Miki
  • Publication number: 20150172528
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device which is able to individually set two or more types of exposure conditions with respect to arbitrary pixel groups inside an imaging area section and which reads out an imaging signal, which is obtained from pixel groups where the exposure conditions are individually set, in units of one imaging frame, and an imaging signal processing section which performs signal separation for each exposure condition and performs association with the exposure conditions with respect to the imaging signal which is output from the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Koichi Maeyama
  • Patent number: D950625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsaku Hirano, Koichi Maeyama, Rui Morisawa, Tokusuke Tsujimoto, Koji Izumi