Patents by Inventor Masashi Otsubo

Masashi Otsubo 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).

  • Patent number: 11462644
    Abstract: A TFT module includes TFTs; gate bus lines; a plurality of source bus lines; unit electrodes connected with the source bus lines via the TFTs; a gate driver configured to supply a scan signal from a first end of the gate bus lines and a source driver configured to supply a data signal from a first end of the source bus lines, the gate driver and the source driver being provided in a second region lying around a first region in which the unit electrodes are provided; current sensing circuits provided in the second region; and feedback lines. Each of the feedback lines is connected with a corresponding current sensing circuit and with a second end of a corresponding source bus line or gate bus line, the second end being opposite to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Otsubo, Akio Takahashi, Akinori Kubota
  • Patent number: 11018439
    Abstract: A scanned antenna according to an embodiment includes a plurality of first antenna elements and a plurality of second antenna elements. The first antenna elements are driven by a gate driver connected to a plurality of first gate bus lines and a first source driver connected to a plurality of first source bus lines. The second antenna elements are driven by a gate driver connected to a plurality of second gate bus lines and a second source driver connected to a plurality of second source bus lines. The gate driver and the gate driver operate independently of each other, and the first source driver and the second source driver operate independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Otsubo, Yoshinobu Hirayama, Akinori Kubota
  • Publication number: 20200168746
    Abstract: A TFT module 101 includes: a substrate; a plurality of TFTs (10); a plurality of gate bus lines (GL); a plurality of source bus lines (SL); a plurality of unit electrodes (UE) connected with the source bus lines via the TFTs; a gate driver (GD) configured to supply a scan signal from a first end of the plurality of gate bus lines and a source driver (SD) configured to supply a data signal from a first end of the plurality of source bus lines, the gate driver and the source driver being provided in a second region (R2) lying around a first region in which the plurality of unit electrodes (UE) are provided; a plurality of current sensing circuits (SC) provided in the second region; and a plurality of feedback lines (FBL). Each of the feedback lines is connected with a corresponding current sensing circuit and with a second end of a corresponding source bus line or gate bus line, the second end being opposite to the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Masashi OTSUBO, Akio TAKAHASHI, Akinori KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20190140363
    Abstract: A scanned antenna according to an embodiment includes a plurality of first antenna elements and a plurality of second antenna elements. The first antenna elements are driven by a gate driver connected to a plurality of first gate bus lines and a first source driver connected to a plurality of first source bus lines. The second antenna elements are driven by a gate driver connected to a plurality of second gate bus lines and a second source driver connected to a plurality of second source bus lines. The gate driver and the gate driver operate independently of each other, and the first source driver and the second source driver operate independently of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: MASASHI OTSUBO, YOSHINOBU HIRAYAMA, AKINORI KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20120223881
    Abstract: In a display control circuit 200 of a display device, a memory control unit 22 sequentially writes image data for one frame included in a display data signal DAT in a prescribed address range of a frame memory 21 on the basis of the starting address that is calculated by a starting address calculation unit 25 and that corresponds to a position serving as a starting point on a screen in accordance with a display position selection signal SEL and on the basis of the display resolution of the display data signal DAT determined by a resolution determination unit 23. With this, the image is not displayed on the entire display screen but can be partially displayed in a predetermined range from the starting point. This leads to display suitable for display devices for specialty applications (typically, for amusements and the like).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi Otsubo