Patents by Inventor Masafumi Ito
Masafumi Ito 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: 12198618Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Sato, Kenji Maeda, Shinji Yamamoto, Takuya Okamoto, Fumitaka Seki, Masafumi Ito, Yohichi Takazane
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Publication number: 20240119894Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: YUICHI SATO, KENJI MAEDA, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, FUMITAKA SEKI, MASAFUMI ITO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
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Patent number: 11881163Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Sato, Kenji Maeda, Shinji Yamamoto, Takuya Okamoto, Fumitaka Seki, Masafumi Ito, Yohichi Takazane
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Patent number: 11750309Abstract: An audio mixer includes an operation panel having a plurality of faders, a display device, and a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface, the second surface extending from the first surface and the third surface extending from the second surface, in a front-back direction. The plurality of faders are disposed along the first surface and arranged in a left-right direction. The display device is disposed along the third surface. A first reference distance from a common reference point to a first point of the first surface is equal to greater than a second reference distance from the common reference point to a second point of the third surface. The first point is disposed at a frontmost portion of the operation panel. The second point is disposed higher than the first point, at an uppermost portion of the third surface. The common reference position is disposed higher than the second point.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Saito, Masafumi Ito, Shunichi Kamiya, Arata Imai
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Publication number: 20230111513Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: YUICHI SATO, KENJI MAEDA, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, FUMITAKA SEKI, MASAFUMI ITO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
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Patent number: 11557250Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Sato, Kenji Maeda, Shinji Yamamoto, Takuya Okamoto, Fumitaka Seki, Masafumi Ito, Yohichi Takazane
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Publication number: 20220326242Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of assisting the diagnosis of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer, including measuring an amount of an extracellular vesicle having phosphatidylserine and a prostate specific membrane antigen in a biological specimen derived from a subject; and determining whether or not the subject has metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer by using, as an indicator, the amount of the extracellular vesicle having phosphatidylserine and a prostate specific membrane antigen.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research SystemInventors: Kyojiro KAWAKAMI, Yasunori FUJITA, Masafumi ITO, Kosuke MIZUTANI, Tomokazu ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11308884Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit; a display driver configured to drive the display unit; and a display-data generator configured to transfer a screenful of update display data to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller configured to control self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory storing a screenful of the update display data. After a lapse of a predetermined time period from a driving stop time, the display driver reads the update display data stored in the memory and then uses the update display data to drive a screen, the driving stop time being a time when the display unit is stopped from driving based on the update display data. The display driver causes the self-luminous elements of the display unit to emit light, even during a display update or no display update performed on the display driver by the display-data generator.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitaka Seki, Kenji Maeda, Takuya Okamoto, Shinji Yamamoto, Yuichi Sato, Masafumi Ito, Yohichi Takazane
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Publication number: 20220059027Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: YUICHI SATO, KENJI MAEDA, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, FUMITAKA SEKI, MASAFUMI ITO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
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Publication number: 20220059028Abstract: A control apparatus configured to control a display apparatus including a self-luminous element includes: an image judgment unit configured to determine whether or not a ratio of a number of pixels located in a predetermined area of an image and having gradation levels within a gradation range from a first gradation level not equal to a lowest gradation level to a second gradation level not equal to a highest gradation level is equal to or larger than a threshold value; and a drive change unit configured to determine a refresh rate of the display apparatus including the self-luminous element according to a result of the determination made by the image judgment unit. The image judgment unit is configured to determine at least one of (1) the value of the first gradation level and the value of the second gradation level, and (2) the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: MASAFUMI ITO, KENJI MAEDA, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, FUMITAKA SEKI, YUICHI SATO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
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Publication number: 20220059033Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit; a display driver configured to drive the display unit; and a display-data generator configured to transfer a screenful of update display data to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller configured to control self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory storing a screenful of the update display data. After a lapse of a predetermined time period from a driving stop time, the display driver reads the update display data stored in the memory and then uses the update display data to drive a screen, the driving stop time being a time when the display unit is stopped from driving based on the update display data. The display driver causes the self-luminous elements of the display unit to emit light, even during a display update or no display update performed on the display driver by the display-data generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: FUMITAKA SEKI, KENJI MAEDA, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, YUICHI SATO, MASAFUMI ITO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
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Publication number: 20220016932Abstract: An outermost end of a carcass folded-up portion is located in a tire width direction inside than an end in the tire width direction of the outermost inclined belt layer, in the tire radial direction between a carcass main body portion and the innermost inclined belt layer. A carcass cord in the folded-up portion located on the outermost side of the tire and a belt cord of the outermost inclined belt layer cross each other to be inclined in the same direction in a tire circumferential direction as being from one side toward the other side in the tire width direction, a difference in inclination angle is 30° or less, a width of the outermost inclined belt layer is larger than that of the innermost inclined belt layer, and in-plane rigidity per unit width of the innermost inclined belt layer is higher than that of the outermost inclined belt layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Fumitaka KOBAYASHI, Masafumi ITO
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Publication number: 20210288734Abstract: An audio mixer includes an operation panel having a plurality of faders, a display device, and a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface, the second surface extending from the first surface and the third surface extending from the second surface, in a front-back direction. The plurality of faders are disposed along the first surface and arranged in a left-right direction. The display device is disposed along the third surface. A first reference distance from a common reference point to a first point of the first surface is equal to greater than a second reference distance from the common reference point to a second point of the third surface. The first point is disposed at a frontmost portion of the operation panel. The second point is disposed higher than the first point, at an uppermost portion of the third surface. The common reference position is disposed higher than the second point.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Kosuke SAITO, Masafumi ITO, Shunichi KAMIYA, Arata IMAI
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Publication number: 20210255504Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a light-transmitting cover that transmits light; a display panel including at least a polarizer and a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers including a display layer, the polarizer having an opening through. which incoming light from the light-transmitting cover is allowed to pass into an imaging device, the imaging device being positioned opposite to the light-transmitting cover with respect to the display panel; and a filler that fills the opening, and transmits the incoming light.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: KENICHI SANUKI, SHIGENORI MORIOKA, NOBUAKI SUGIHARA, MASAFUMI ITO
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Patent number: 10850567Abstract: This tire improves high traction performance over an extended period of time and/or improves control performance while maintaining traction performance. This tire includes a tread with blocks formed thereon, protrusions (11, 21, 31) extending outward in the tire radial direction and formed on more than one of the blocks, and stepped portions (12, 22) and/or a second concavity (24) formed on a side of the protrusions (11, 21, 31).Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Masafumi Ito
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Publication number: 20200150498Abstract: A display panel that displays an image and a cover panel that is superposed onto a front surface of the display panel and protects the display panel are included. An opening is formed in at least part of the cover panel, a device by which input or output of predetermined information is performed is provided in the opening, and black display is performed in an area of the display panel, which faces the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventor: MASAFUMI ITO
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Patent number: D850412Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Masafumi Ito, Takashi Honda
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Patent number: D969777Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Masafumi Ito
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Patent number: D1015414Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Masafumi Ito
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Patent number: D1067212Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Yves Plattard, Masafumi Ito