Patents by Inventor Kunihiko Tani

Kunihiko Tani 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).

  • Display control device
    Patent number: 5909206
    Abstract: CPU writes display character codes corresponding to a liquid crystal display position to display RAM to cause any desired character to be read from character generator ROM and to be displayed. There are provided a scroll display line designation register for designating a desired display line to be scrolled and a scroll dot quantity register for designating the scroll quantity in pixels. A scroll register supplies, to a segment shift register, character data which is delayed by the designated number of dots with respect to the character data on the designated display line and causes the display line to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Yokota, Gorou Sakamaki, Kunihiko Tani
  • Display control device
    Patent number: 5757353
    Abstract: CPU writes display character codes corresponding to a liquid crystal display position to display RAM to cause any desired character to be read from character generator ROM and to be displayed. There are provided a scroll display line designation register for designating a desired display line to be scrolled and a scroll dot quantity register for designating the scroll quantity in pixels. A scroll register supplies, to a segment shift register, character data which is delayed by the designated number of dots with respect to the character data on the designated display line and causes the display line to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Yokota, Gorou Sakamaki, Kunihiko Tani