Patents by Inventor Martin Paul BUCKTHORPE

Martin Paul BUCKTHORPE 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 device and liquid crystal panel driving method
    Patent number: 10725319
    Abstract: Provided is a display device capable of high-quality three-dimensional displaying. During three-dimensional displaying for a viewing position ?, in a first term, an entirety of a first predetermined region of a second liquid crystal panel takes on a light-blocking state and a first adjacent region, which is adjacent to the first predetermined region in the first direction, takes on a light-transmitting state. In a second term, at least one of two side regions in the first predetermined region takes on the light-transmitting state, a remaining region of the first predetermined region takes on the light-blocking state, and at least part of the first adjacent region takes on the light-transmitting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehiro Murao, Ryoh Kikuchi, Takayuki Yamada, Nathan James Smith, Andre Filipe Marques Da Silva, Martin Paul Buckthorpe
  • DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVING METHOD
    Publication number: 20190011717
    Abstract: Provided is a display device capable of high-quality three-dimensional displaying. During three-dimensional displaying for a viewing position ?, in a first term, an entirety of a first predetermined region of a second liquid crystal panel takes on a light-blocking state and a first adjacent region, which is adjacent to the first predetermined region in the first direction, takes on a light-transmitting state. In a second term, at least one of two side regions in the first predetermined region takes on the light-transmitting state, a remaining region of the first predetermined region takes on the light-blocking state, and at least part of the first adjacent region takes on the light-transmitting state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: TAKEHIRO MURAO, RYOH KIKUCHI, TAKAYUKI YAMADA, Nathan James SMITH, Andre Filipe MARQUES DA SILVA, Martin Paul BUCKTHORPE