Patents by Inventor Makiko Ikeda
Makiko Ikeda 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).
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Patent number: 10014609Abstract: A connector is provided that has a terminal, a housing for retaining the terminal, and a reinforcing bracket retained in the housing. The housing includes a fitting concave portion that fits with a counterpart connector and a bottom plate portion that faces a surface of a substrate. The terminal includes a contact portion that makes contact with a counterpart terminal of the counterpart connector inside the fitting concave portion and a substrate connecting portion exposed from a lower surface of the bottom plate portion and connected to a connecting pad on the surface of the substrate. The reinforcing bracket includes a main body portion retained in the housing inside the fitting concave portion and a leg portion exposed from the lower surface of the bottom plate portion and connected to the connecting pad on the surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Koji Chikano, Makiko Ikeda, Kazushige Asakawa
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Publication number: 20180151969Abstract: A connector is provided that has a terminal, a housing for retaining the terminal, and a reinforcing bracket retained in the housing. The housing includes a fitting concave portion that fits with a counterpart connector and a bottom plate portion that faces a surface of a substrate. The terminal includes a contact portion that makes contact with a counterpart terminal of the counterpart connector inside the fitting concave portion and a substrate connecting portion exposed from a lower surface of the bottom plate portion and connected to a connecting pad on the surface of the substrate. The reinforcing bracket includes a main body portion retained in the housing inside the fitting concave portion and a leg portion exposed from the lower surface of the bottom plate portion and connected to the connecting pad on the surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: Molex, LLCInventors: Koji CHIKANO, Makiko IKEDA, Kazushige ASAKAWA
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Patent number: 8094112Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a plurality of pixel portions arranged in a matrix, a signal driver circuit which generates apply voltages corresponding to display data, and applies the apply voltages to the pixel portions, a scan driver circuit which applies a selecting voltage to selected ones of the pixel portions, and a level shifter circuit which converts a voltage level of the display data into a drive voltage level of the signal driver circuit, thereby producing level-shifted display data. The signal driver circuit generates the apply voltages based on the level-shifted display data.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2006Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Video & Information System, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Makiko Ikeda, Naruhiko Kasai, Toshio Futami, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20060125764Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a plurality of pixel portions arranged in a matrix, a signal driver circuit which generates apply voltages corresponding to display data, and applies the apply voltages to the pixel portions, a scan driver circuit which applies a selecting voltage to selected ones of the pixel portions, and a level shifter circuit which converts a voltage level of the display data into a drive voltage level of the signal driver circuit, thereby producing level-shifted display data. The signal driver circuit generates the apply voltages based on the level-shifted display data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2006Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Makiko Ikeda, Naruhiko Kasai, Toshio Futami, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 7038649Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a plurality of pixel portions arranged in a matrix, a signal driver circuit which generates apply voltages corresponding to display data, and applies the apply voltages to the pixel portions, a scan driver circuit which applies a selecting voltage to selected ones of the pixel portions, and a level shifter circuit which converts a voltage level of the display data into a drive voltage level of the signal driver circuit, thereby producing level-shifted display data. The signal driver circuit generates the apply voltages based on the level-shifted display data.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2002Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Video & Information System, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Makiko Ikeda, Naruhiko Kasai, Toshio Futami, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 6633273Abstract: An information processing system includes a bus, a display data generating circuit coupled to the bus, and a display apparatus coupled to the bus. The display apparatus includes a display panel capable of displaying a grayscale image in accordance with display data in a form of a plurality of bits for each of a plurality of pixels of a display panel generated by the display data generating circuit, and a signal driver which supplies driving voltages corresponding to the display data to at least a part of the plurality of data lines to display a grayscale image on the display panel. The signal driver includes a display memory which stores the display data, and is embodied in an integrated circuit. The display data generating circuit transfers the display data to the display memory via the bus.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Makiko Ikeda, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Hiroyuki Nitta, Isao Takita, Naruhiko Kasai, Satoru Tsunekawa, Tatsuhiro Inuzuka
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Patent number: 6583771Abstract: Each of a plurality of multi-display interfaces respectively associated with a liquid crystal panel is provided with setting circuits for setting a horizontal write start position, a horizontal write width, a vertical write start position, a vertical write width and an enlargement rate, a circuit for storing display data, and an ID setting circuit for setting an ID number for the liquid crystal panel. The multi-display interfaces read display data on the same or different regions to display images in various modes.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1999Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Tatsumi Mori, Shigeyuki Nishitani, Naruhiko Kasai, Makiko Ikeda, Hideki Kamimaki
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Publication number: 20020154086Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a plurality of pixel portions arranged in a matrix, a signal driver circuit which generates apply voltages corresponding to display data, and applies the apply voltages to the pixel portions, a scan driver circuit which applies a selecting voltage to selected ones of the pixel portions, and a level shifter circuit which converts a voltage level of the display data into a drive voltage level of the signal driver circuit, thereby producing level-shifted display data. The signal driver circuit generates the apply voltages based on the level-shifted display data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Makiko Ikeda, Naruhiko Kasai, Toshio Futami, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 6384807Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel, a data processing circuit, a signal driver circuit, a scan driver circuit, and a power circuit. The liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of pixels constituted by at least a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix arrangement, a reference electrode opposing the pixel electrodes, and a liquid crystal disposed between the pixel electrodes and the reference electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Video & Information System, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Makiko Ikeda, Naruhiko Kasai, Toshio Futami, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20010011988Abstract: An information processing system includes a bus, a display data generating circuit coupled to the bus, and a display apparatus coupled to the bus. The display apparatus includes a display panel capable of displaying a grayscale image in accordance with display data in a form of a plurality of bits for each of a plurality of pixels of a display panel generated by the display data generating circuit, and a signal driver which supplies driving voltages corresponding to the display data to at least a part of the plurality of data lines to display a grayscale image on the display panel. The signal driver includes a display memory which stores the display data, and is embodied in an integrated circuit. The display data generating circuit transfers the display data to the display memory via the bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2001Publication date: August 9, 2001Inventors: Makiko Ikeda, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Hiroyuki Nitta, Isao Takita, Naruhiko Kasai, Satoru Tsunekawa, Tatsuhiro Inuzuka
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Patent number: 6222518Abstract: An information processing system includes a bus; a display data generating circuit coupled to the bus for generating display data in a form of a plurality of bits for each of a plurality of pixels of a display panel; and a display apparatus coupled to the bus. The display data generating circuit includes a central processing unit and a memory.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1997Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Makiko Ikeda, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Hiroyuki Nitta, Isao Takita, Naruhiko Kasai, Satoru Tsunekawa, Tatsuhiro Inuzuka
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Patent number: 6127995Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel which includes data lines and scanning lines intersecting each other in a matrix arrangement, and a plurality of pixels each including a switching element, a common electrode, and a pixel electrode, with the pixels being disposed at intersections of the data lines and the scanning lines. The apparatus also includes a plurality of signal driver circuits which supply driving voltage signals in accordance with display data to the data lines of the liquid crystal display panel, a scan driver circuit which sequentially selects the scanning lines of the liquid crystal display panel one at time, a power source circuit which supplies power voltages to the signal driver circuits and the scan driver circuit to supply power to the signal driver circuits and the scan driver circuit to enable the signal driver circuits and the scan driver circuit to operate.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 1997Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Video & Information System, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Makiko Ikeda, Naruhiko Kasai, Toshio Futami, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: RE39366Abstract: A liquid crystal driver includes a voltage generator for generating gray scale voltages on the basis of reference voltages, and an output device for selecting one gray scale voltage from the generated gray scale voltages in accordance with display data, for applying inversion/non-inversion control to the selected gray scale voltage with respect to an inversion reference voltage on the basis of the selected gray scale voltage, an AC switching signal and the inversion reference voltage, and for outputting different liquid crystal supply voltages for one and the same display data to a liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1999Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nitta, Hiroyuki Mano, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Isao Takita, Satoru Tsunekawa, Toshio Futami, Makiko Ikeda
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Patent number: RE40916Abstract: A liquid crystal driver includes a voltage generator for generating gray scale voltages on the basis of reference voltages, and an output device for selecting one gray scale voltage from the generated gray scale voltages in accordance with display data, for applying inversion/non-inversion control to the selected gray scale voltage with respect to an inversion reference voltage on the basis of the selected gray scale voltage, an AC switching signal and the inversion reference voltage, and for outputting different liquid crystal supply voltages for one and the same display data to a liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nitta, Hiroyuki Mano, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Isao Takita, Satoru Tsunekawa, Toshio Futami, Makiko Ikeda
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Patent number: RE40973Abstract: A liquid crystal driver includes a voltage generator for generating gray scale voltages on the basis of reference voltages, and an output device for selecting one gray scale voltage from the generated gray scale voltages in accordance with display data, for applying inversion/non-inversion control to the selected gray scale voltage with respect to an inversion reference voltage on the basis of the selected gray scale voltage, an AC switching signal and the inversion reference voltage, and for outputting different liquid crystal supply voltages for one and the same display data to a liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2006Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nitta, Hiroyuki Mano, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Isao Takita, Satoru Tsunekawa, Toshio Futami, Makiko Ikeda
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Patent number: RE42597Abstract: A liquid crystal driver includes a voltage generator for generating gray scale voltages on the basis of reference voltages, and an output device for selecting one gray scale voltage from the generated gray scale voltages in accordance with display data, for applying inversion/non-inversion control to the selected gray scale voltage with respect to an inversion reference voltage on the basis of the selected gray scale voltage, an AC switching signal and the inversion reference voltage, and for outputting different liquid crystal supply voltages for one and the same display data to a liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nitta, Hiroyuki Mano, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Isao Takita, Satoru Tsunekawa, Toshio Futami, Makiko Ikeda
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Patent number: RE42993Abstract: A liquid crystal driver includes a voltage generator for generating gray scale voltages on the basis of reference voltages, and an output device for selecting one gray scale voltage from the generated gray scale voltages in accordance with display data, for applying inversion/non-inversion control to the selected gray scale voltage with respect to an inversion reference voltage on the basis of the selected gray scale voltage, an AC switching signal and the inversion reference voltage, and for outputting different liquid crystal supply voltages for one and the same display data to a liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nitta, Hiroyuki Mano, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Isao Takita, Satoru Tsunekawa, Toshio Futami, Makiko Ikeda
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Patent number: D751990Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Makiko Ikeda, Kazushige Asakawa
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Patent number: D781239Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Makiko Ikeda, Kazushige Asakawa
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Patent number: D795199Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Makiko Ikeda, Kazushige Asakawa