Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kamiyoshihara

Masahiro Kamiyoshihara 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).

  • Publication number: 20210231998
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to transmit light applied to a back side thereof to display an image; an optical member provided behind the back side of the display panel such that a first space is formed between the display panel and the optical member; a light-emitting member provided behind a back side of the optical member to apply light to the back side of the display panel through the optical member; and a flow-path forming member forming a flow path that allows air to flow from one of outside of the display apparatus and a part of the first space corresponding to at least one of four outer edges of the display panel to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Noso, Ryo Ohtomo, Takuma Kanno, Masahiro Kamiyoshihara, Tetsuya Ishida, Yasuhiro Matsuura, Jun Kawata, Tomonori Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 11030785
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a first display unit, a second display unit arranged on a back side of the first display unit, a generation unit configured to perform predetermined image processing on first image data to generate second image data, and a control unit configured to select one of a plurality of display modes including a first display mode on which the first display unit displays an image based on the first image data and the second display unit displays an image based on the second image data, and a second display mode on which the first display unit and the second display unit display the image based on the first image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Kamiyoshihara
  • Publication number: 20190236826
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a first display unit, a second display unit arranged on a back side of the first display unit, a generation unit configured to perform predetermined image processing on first image data to generate second image data, and a control unit configured to select one of a plurality of display modes including a first display mode on which the first display unit displays an image based on the first image data and the second display unit displays an image based on the second image data, and a second display mode on which the first display unit and the second display unit display the image based on the first image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Masahiro Kamiyoshihara
  • Patent number: 10311612
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a first display unit, a second display unit arranged on a back side of the first display unit, a generation unit configured to perform predetermined image processing on first image data to generate second image data, and a control unit configured to select one of a plurality of display modes including a first display mode on which the first display unit displays an image based on the first image data and the second display unit displays an image based on the second image data, and a second display mode on which the first display unit and the second display unit display the image based on the first image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Kamiyoshihara
  • Patent number: 10185179
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus according to the present invention includes: a board on which a plurality of light source units are provided; a partition member provided on the board and enclosing each of the light source units; and a fixing member arranged in a boundary portion between two or more light source units that are adjacent to each other and fixing the board and the partition member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Kamiyoshihara, Takuma Kanno
  • Publication number: 20180329259
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus according to the present invention includes: a board on which a plurality of light source units are provided; a partition member provided on the board and enclosing each of the light source units; and a fixing member arranged in a boundary portion between two or more light source units that are adjacent to each other and fixing the board and the partition member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro Kamiyoshihara, Takuma Kanno
  • Patent number: 10061159
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus according to the present invention includes: a board on which a plurality of light source units are provided; a partition member provided on the board and enclosing each of the light source units; and a fixing member arranged in a boundary portion between two or more light source units that are adjacent to each other and fixing the board and the partition member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Kamiyoshihara, Takuma Kanno
  • Patent number: 10049613
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, includes: a first storage unit configured to store first correction data reducing brightness unevenness corresponding to a first gradation value; a second storage unit configured to store second correction data reducing brightness unevenness corresponding to a second gradation value which is lower than the first gradation value; and a correction unit configured to correct gradation values, which are not less than the first gradation value, of the input image data, in use of at least the first correction data, and corrects gradation values, which are less than the first gradation value, of the input image data, in use of at least the second correction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takushi Kimura, Masahiro Kamiyoshihara, Shigeki Kondo, Tatsuro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20170045779
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus according to the present invention includes: a board on which a plurality of light source units are provided; a partition member provided on the board and enclosing each of the light source units; and a fixing member arranged in a boundary portion between two or more light source units that are adjacent to each other and fixing the board and the partition member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro Kamiyoshihara, Takuma Kanno
  • Publication number: 20170032556
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a first display unit, a second display unit arranged on a back side of the first display unit, a generation unit configured to perform predetermined image processing on first image data to generate second image data, and a control unit configured to select one of a plurality of display modes including a first display mode on which the first display unit displays an image based on the first image data and the second display unit displays an image based on the second image data, and a second display mode on which the first display unit and the second display unit display the image based on the first image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Masahiro Kamiyoshihara
  • Patent number: 9560715
    Abstract: A light source apparatus comprises: a substrate; a light emission unit that is provided on the substrate; a plurality of reflection units configured to reflect light from the light emission unit; and a first detection unit that is provided on the substrate and detects the light from the light emission unit, wherein each of the reflection units has a substantially n-sided pyramid shape and is provided such that a bottom surface thereof is in parallel with the substrate, and the first detection unit is provided between a vertex of an n-sided polygon corresponding to the bottom surface of one of two of the reflection units adjacent to each other and a vertex of an n-sided polygon corresponding to the bottom surface of the other of two of the reflection units adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanao Kurita, Masahiro Kamiyoshihara
  • Patent number: 9392672
    Abstract: A light source apparatus according to the present invention, includes a substrate, a plurality of light source units provided on the substrate, a partition wall provided on the substrate and surrounding each of the light source units, and an optical sensor disposed between two or more of the light source units that are adjacent to each other, wherein the number of optical sensors is lower than the number of light source units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanao Kurita, Masahiro Kamiyoshihara, Yasuhiro Matsuura
  • Patent number: 9274370
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a first planar member having a plurality of light sources; a second planar member being parallel to the first planar member; and a reflecting member reflecting light beams from the respective light sources to the second planar member, the reflecting member being provided on an inner side of a polygon which is defined by the light sources as vertices thereof, wherein the reflecting member having a polygonal pyramidal shape with a bottom surface being parallel to the first planar member satisfies at least one of: a condition that a diffusion distance is from 0.8 to 1.3 when a length of each side of a polygon of the bottom surface is 1; and a condition that an angle between a side surface of the polygonal pyramid and the bottom surface is from 40 degree to 60 degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Kamiyoshihara
  • Publication number: 20150359067
    Abstract: A light source apparatus according to the present invention, includes a substrate, a plurality of light source units provided on the substrate, a partition wall provided on the substrate and surrounding each of the light source units, and an optical sensor disposed between two or more of the light source units that are adjacent to each other, wherein the number of optical sensors is lower than the number of light source units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Masanao Kurita, Masahiro Kamiyoshihara, Yasuhiro Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20150302794
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, includes: a first storage unit configured to store first correction data reducing brightness unevenness corresponding to a first gradation value; a second storage unit configured to store second correction data reducing brightness unevenness corresponding to a second gradation value which is lower than the first gradation value; and a correction unit configured to correct gradation values, which are not less than the first gradation value, of the input image data, in use of at least the first correction data, and corrects gradation values, which are less than the first gradation value, of the input image data, in use of at least the second correction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Takushi Kimura, Masahiro Kamiyoshihara, Shigeki Kondo, Tatsuro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20150243206
    Abstract: A light source apparatus comprises: a substrate; a light emission unit that is provided on the substrate; a plurality of reflection units configured to reflect light from the light emission unit; and a first detection unit that is provided on the substrate and detects the light from the light emission unit, wherein each of the reflection units has a substantially n-sided pyramid shape and is provided such that a bottom surface thereof is in parallel with the substrate, and the first detection unit is provided between a vertex of an n-sided polygon corresponding to the bottom surface of one of two of the reflection units adjacent to each other and a vertex of an n-sided polygon corresponding to the bottom surface of the other of two of the reflection units adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Masanao Kurita, Masahiro Kamiyoshihara
  • Publication number: 20140340614
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a first planar member having a plurality of light sources; a second planar member being parallel to the first planar member; and a reflecting member reflecting light beams from the respective light sources to the second planar member, the reflecting member being provided on an inner side of a polygon which is defined by the light sources as vertices thereof, wherein the reflecting member having a polygonal pyramidal shape with a bottom surface being parallel to the first planar member satisfies at least one of: a condition that a diffusion distance is from 0.8 to 1.3 when a length of each side of a polygon of the bottom surface is 1; and a condition that an angle between a side surface of the polygonal pyramid and the bottom surface is from 40 degree to 60 degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Kamiyoshihara