Patents by Inventor Mamoru Shibasaki
Mamoru Shibasaki 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: 11594982Abstract: Provided is a parallel inverter device with which, among inverter devices each including a DC/AC inverter and the like, control of a parallel operation accompanied with an increase in power capacity or the like can be easily performed without using a control line for connecting between the inverter devices. A parallel inverter device (1) includes a switcher (15) in which, on an output line to which a load (40) is connected, two MOSFETs connected in series to the load are arranged so as to face each other so that their energization directions are opposite directions. ON/OFF of each MOSFET of the switcher (15) is controlled based on a polarity of an AC voltage output from a filter circuit (10) of the parallel inverter device (1) and a direction of a current flowing to the load (40) on the output line so that a cross current is interrupted.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: DENRYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Mamoru Shibasaki, Hirotoshi Ezawa, Naotsugu Ogura, Shin-ichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220294363Abstract: Provided is a parallel inverter device with which, among inverter devices each including a DC/AC inverter and the like, control of a parallel operation accompanied with an increase in power capacity or the like can be easily performed without using a control line for connecting between the inverter devices. A parallel inverter device (1) includes a switcher (15) in which, on an output line to which a load (40) is connected, two MOSFETs connected in series to the load are arranged so as to face each other so that their energization directions are opposite directions. ON/OFF of each MOSFET of the switcher (15) is controlled based on a polarity of an AC voltage output from a filter circuit (10) of the parallel inverter device (1) and a direction of a current flowing to the load (40) on the output line so that a cross current is interrupted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2019Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Mamoru SHIBASAKI, Hirotoshi EZAWA, Naotsugu OGURA, Shin-ichi KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9052576Abstract: There is provided a projection apparatus including a plurality of light-emitting devices for respectively emitting lights of a plurality of colors, a projecting unit for forming an optical image of a plurality of color components for each frame and sequentially projecting the optical image, and a power control unit for adjusting power to be supplied to the plurality of light-emitting devices to correct a decrease in luminance due to heat generation of the plurality of light-emitting devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Mamoru Shibasaki, Hideo Suzuki
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Patent number: 8794765Abstract: A projection unit projects the optical image formed by the optical image formation unit toward a projection target. A temperature detection unit detects a temperature of each type of the semiconductor light emitting elements during light emission. A measurement unit measures an intensity of light from each type of the semiconductor light emitting elements during light emission. A light emission control unit (a) corrects a measurement result from the measurement unit using a detection result from the temperature detection unit and (b) controls the light emission intensity for each of the semiconductor light emitting elements based on the corrected measurement result.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Shibasaki, Hiroki Masuda
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Patent number: 8733945Abstract: There is provided a light source unit comprising an excitation light shining device for emitting excitation light, a luminescent plate having a luminescent light emitting area on a base material and adapted to emit a luminescent light of a predetermined wavelength band by excitation light from the excitation shining device, two types of light source devices for emitting light of wavelength bands different from that of the light from the luminescent plate, a light guiding optical system for guiding the light from the luminescent plate and the rays from the light sources to a predetermined plane, and a light source control device for controlling the emission from the excitation light shining device and the light sources, wherein a synthetic light or a single-color light are emitted by controlling the emissions from the excitation light shining device and the light sources by the light source control device.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Ogino, Osamu Umamine, Hiroki Masuda, Masanori Ohta, Naotsugu Ogura, Mamoru Shibasaki, Hideyuki Kurosaki, Masahiro Ogawa
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Patent number: 8500289Abstract: A projector is provided which can reduce power consumption while preventing the deterioration of a luminescent material by heat by controlling a luminescent wheel to rotate or stop rotating. The projector of the invention includes a light source unit having an excitation light source, a luminescent wheel on which a luminescent material layer is laid circumferentially which becomes luminous using light emitted from the excitation light source as excitation light and a wheel motor for driving the luminescent wheel, a display device, a light guiding optical system which guides light emitted from the light source unit to the display device, a projection side optical system which projects projection light generated in the display device, and a motor control part which determines whether to stop or drive the wheel motor in such a state that excitation light is shone on to the luminescent material layer by the excitation light source.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mamoru Shibasaki
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Patent number: 8485671Abstract: A projector apparatus includes a light source configured to emit light beams of a plurality of color components, emissions of the light beams being controlled individually, a projection unit configured to form images respectively corresponding to the color components using the light beams from the light source for each frame and to sequentially project the images, a driving unit configured to drive the light source so that the light beams are emitted as light pulses having respectively predetermined pulse widths for a period in which the projection unit projects each of the images, a detector configured to detect deterioration levels of the light source respectively for the color components, and a controller configured to control the pulse widths of the light beams emitted from the light source based on the deterioration levels.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mamoru Shibasaki
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Patent number: 8465158Abstract: A plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements separately emits light of each of a plurality of colors. A reference signal output section outputs a reference signal for each of the plurality of colors. A selection section selects a reference signal for each of the plurality of colors output from the reference signal output section in accordance with a light-emission timing of each of the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements. An operation control section, provided for each of the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements, holds an operation value fitted to a light-emitting characteristic of a corresponding semiconductor light-emitting element and converts the reference signal selected by the selection section by an operation. A drive section drives corresponding one of the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements on the basis of a signal which has converted by the operation control section.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Suzuki, Mamoru Shibasaki
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Patent number: 8444276Abstract: A light source device includes: a light source section which comprises plural laser diodes; a pulse driving section which divides the laser diodes of the light source section into plural groups, each group having the same number of the laser diodes, and drives the laser diodes of the each group by a pulse having a predetermined period and a predetermined duty ratio; and a light source driving section which controls a phase of the pulse for the each group so that the same number of the laser diodes are emitted in succession when the laser diodes of the each group are driven by the pulse driving section.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mamoru Shibasaki
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Patent number: 8444273Abstract: A light source device includes a first light source configured to emit light in a first wavelength band, a light-source light generation section configured to generate light of each of a plurality of colors by time division by using the first light source, a second light source configured to generate light of a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, and a light source control section. The light source control section is configured to cause each of the light-source light generation section and the second light source to generate light in one period, and to control a drive timing of each of the first and second light sources to adjust a light-emission timing and a light-emission period of light generated by each of the light-source light generation section and the second light source.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mamoru Shibasaki
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Patent number: 8408719Abstract: A projection apparatus projecting images of respective color components sequentially includes a light source section having a plurality of light emitting elements (where n is a natural number greater than one), and a driving control section for driving each of the light emitting elements making up the light source section, by a pulse width modulation scheme with a phase difference based on ?/n (where ? is a lighting period unit), in synchronism with a projection period unit of the image of each color component.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mamoru Shibasaki
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Patent number: 8405014Abstract: To provide a light source unit which prevents a reduction of light emitting efficiency in a luminescent material layer and a projector, a projector includes a light source unit, a display device and a projector control device, the light source unit includes an excitation light shining device, a luminescent wheel on which a luminescent material layer is laid circumferentially which receives the excitation light to emit luminescent light of a predetermined wavelength band, two types of light source devices for emitting light rays of wavelength bands which are different from the predetermined wavelength band, and a light source control device for controlling individually the emission of light by the excitation light shining device and the two types of light source devices and for controlling the rotating speed of the luminescent wheel in accordance with a period of time when the excitation light shining device is turned on.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mamoru Shibasaki
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Patent number: 8403493Abstract: A light source controller is configured to control timings of driving the first and second light sources and the light-source light generator, so that the light-source light of two or more colors generated by the light-source light generator and the light-source light emitted from the second light source are cyclically generated, by setting a light-emitting period of at least one light-source light color having a higher luminous efficiency out of the two or more colors generated by the light-source light generator, shorter than those of the other light-source light colors, and setting a drive power of the first light source during generation of the light-source light color whose light-emitting period is set short, greater than a drive power of the first light source during generation of the other light-source light colors.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Ogawa, Mamoru Shibasaki
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Patent number: 8403492Abstract: A light source device includes: a first light source configured to emit a first source light in a first wavelength range; a source light generator configured to generate, from the first light, a color-varying source light having time varying color; a second light source configured to emit a second source light in a second wavelength range that is different from the first wavelength range; and a light source controller configured to control driving timing for turning on and off each of the first light source and the second light source so as to cyclically select one of the color-varying source light and the second source light to be output as an output source light.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mamoru Shibasaki
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Patent number: 8348435Abstract: There is provided a light source unit comprising an excitation light shining device for emitting excitation light, a luminescent plate having a luminescent light emitting area on a base material and adapted to emit a luminescent light of a predetermined wavelength band by excitation light from the excitation shining device, two types of light source devices for emitting light of wavelength bands different from that of the light from the luminescent plate, a light guiding optical system for guiding the light from the luminescent plate and the rays from the light sources to a predetermined plane, and a light source control device for controlling the emission from the excitation light shining device and the light sources, wherein a synthetic light or a single-color light are emitted by controlling the emissions from the excitation light shining device and the light sources by the light source control device.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Ogino, Osamu Umamine, Hiroki Masuda, Masanori Ohta, Naotsugu Ogura, Mamoru Shibasaki, Hideyuki Kurosaki, Masahiro Ogawa
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Patent number: 8342694Abstract: A projection apparatus includes a plurality of light sources individually emitting light in a plurality of colors, a projection section using light from the light sources to generate images corresponding to respective plural color components of the light source light for each period, to sequentially project the images, a measurement section measuring a brightness of the light sources for each of the plurality of colors, an average brightness calculation section calculating, at each image projection term for the same color component, an average brightness of the brightness measured by the measurement section at the image projection term, and a light source control section adjusting the brightness of the light sources so that an average chromaticity based on the average brightness calculated by the average brightness calculation section and indicating the brightness is equal or approximate to a target chromaticity.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mamoru Shibasaki
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Publication number: 20120320109Abstract: A light source device includes a first light source configured to emit light in a first wavelength band, a light-source light generation section configured to generate light of each of a plurality of colors by time division by using the first light source, a second light source configured to generate light of a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, and a light source control section. The light source control section is configured to cause each of the light-source light generation section and the second light source to generate light in one period, and to control a drive timing of each of the first and second light sources to adjust a light-emission timing and a light-emission period of light generated by each of the light-source light generation section and the second light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Mamoru SHIBASAKI
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Publication number: 20120262678Abstract: A projector apparatus includes a light source configured to emit light beams of a plurality of color components, emissions of the light beams being controlled individually, a projection unit configured to form images respectively corresponding to the color components using the light beams from the light source for each frame and to sequentially project the images, a driving unit configured to drive the light source so that the light beams are emitted as light pulses having respectively predetermined pulse widths for a period in which the projection unit projects each of the images, a detector configured to detect deterioration levels of the light source respectively for the color components, and a controller configured to control the pulse widths of the light beams emitted from the light source based on the deterioration levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mamoru SHIBASAKI
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Publication number: 20120262677Abstract: There is provided a light source unit comprising an excitation light shining device for emitting excitation light, a luminescent plate having a luminescent light emitting area on a base material and adapted to emit a luminescent light of a predetermined wavelength band by excitation light from the excitation shining device, two types of light source devices for emitting light of wavelength bands different from that of the light from the luminescent plate, a light guiding optical system for guiding the light from the luminescent plate and the rays from the light sources to a predetermined plane, and a light source control device for controlling the emission from the excitation light shining device and the light sources, wherein a synthetic light or a single-color light are emitted by controlling the emissions from the excitation light shining device and the light sources by the light source control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi OGINO, Osamu UMAMINE, Hiroki MASUDA, Masanori OHTA, Naotsugu OGURA, Mamoru SHIBASAKI, Hideyuki KUROSAKI, Masahiro OGAWA
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Publication number: 20120249976Abstract: A projection unit projects the optical image formed by the optical image formation unit toward a projection target. A temperature detection unit detects a temperature of each type of the semiconductor light emitting elements during light emission. A measurement unit measures an intensity of light from each type of the semiconductor light emitting elements during light emission. A light emission control unit (a) corrects a measurement result from the measurement unit using a detection result from the temperature detection unit and (b) controls the light emission intensity for each of the semiconductor light emitting elements based on the corrected measurement result.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Mamoru Shibasaki, Hiroki Masuda