Patents by Inventor Masutaka Inoue

Masutaka Inoue 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: 20040183483
    Abstract: The invention provides a flat display device which comprises for pixels arranged along drive lines a voltage drop calculator 27 for calculating a voltage drop occurring in accordance with the position of each pixel, and a video signal converter 30 and a lookup table 31 for correcting the input signal to be supplied to the pixel in accordance with the magnitude of the calculated voltage drop, whereby crosstalk due to the voltage drop is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Masutaka Inoue, Haruhiko Murata, Yukio Mori, Atsuhiro Yamashita, Shigeo Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20040130503
    Abstract: There is provided a stereoscopic video display that enables a viewer to recognize a more real stereoscopic video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Goro Hamagishi, Ken Mashitani, Masutaka Inoue, Masahiro Higashino
  • Patent number: 6710920
    Abstract: This invention provides a stereoscopic display without using eyeglasses which does not require a means to switch images for left and right eyes and by which each viewer can observe a stereoscopic image even when many persons observe an image. The display includes a projector for a left eye 1L, a projector for a right eye 1R, and lenticular lens on a light incident side 2a which forms images for left and right eyes projected from each projector on a diffusing plate 2b alternately. A shutter means 4L, 4R include a plurality of shutter regions which can switch between light transmission and light shading and are placed laterally, and form a narrow-width image light reaching region, of which width is less than that of the shutter region, in each image forming region on the diffusing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., LTD
    Inventors: Ken Mashitani, Goro Hamagishi, Masutaka Inoue, Hideyuki Kanayama
  • Patent number: 6467909
    Abstract: A projection type liquid crystal display comprises a projector 1 including a white light source, a monochrome liquid crystal panel, and a projection lens 7, an image-forming device 2a for forming an image corresponding to each primary color projected from the projector 1 on a diffusion plate 2b, a shutter device 4 formed by arranging a plurality of shutter regions, which can switch light transmission and light shading in the lateral direction, a shutter controlling device 5 for controlling light transmission and light shading of the shutter regions of the shutter device on the basis of timing of projecting an image corresponding to each primary color from the projector and for forming a stripe-shaped image corresponding to a plurality of primary colors in sequence on the diffusion plate 2b, and a plurality of color filters 2c of primary color corresponding to the stripe-shaped image formed on the diffusion plate 2b and disposed on the incident surface side of the diffusion plate 2b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masutaka Inoue, Goro Hamagishi
  • Publication number: 20020141056
    Abstract: A stereoscopic video display device comprises three video generators for respectively feeding red, green, and blue images, and a light beam synthesis system. Each of the video generators comprises a backlight, a liquid crystal display panel comprising a color transmission film for each of the colors, and a liquid crystal panel driver. The backlight comprises a light source and a pinhole array plate. A group of light beams is given to the liquid crystal display panel from each of pinholes in the pinhole array plate. A liquid crystal display panel driver feeds a pixel driving signal to the liquid crystal display panel, to form a pixel area, composed of a plurality of pixels, corresponding to each of the pinholes. Each of the pixels composing the pixel area controls the amount of light transmission of the light beam in each direction from the corresponding pinhole. Consequently, the intensity of the light beam in each of the directions is reproduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: Osaka University
    Inventors: Tetsuro Kobayashi, Ken Mashitani, Masutaka Inoue, Goro Hamagishi, Shun-ichi Kishimoto, Masahiro Higashino
  • Publication number: 20020030887
    Abstract: This invention provides a stereoscopic display without using eyeglasses which does not require means for switching images for right and left eyes and by which a viewer can observe a stereoscopic image even when the viewer moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Goro Hamagishi, Masutaka Inoue
  • Patent number: 6337721
    Abstract: A stereoscopic display, by which a viewer can view a stereoscopic image by striping light and giving the striped light to an LCD panel 1 consisting of a display screen containing a group of left eye pixels and a group of right eye pixels, comprises a first light source 4 arranged apart from the LCD panel 1 by a first distance, a second light source 5 arranged apart from the LCD panel 1 by a second distance, a lenticular screen 6 arranged in front of the first and second light sources 4 and 5, a first diffusing plate 7 for diffusing and transmitting light and forming a striped light image from the first light source, a second diffusing plate 8 for diffusing and transmitting light and forming a striped light image from the second light source, wherein a distance of an optimum viewing position from which a viewer can view a stereoscopic image can be changed by switching between a state where the first light source 4 is on and the first diffusing plate has a diffusing effect and a state where the second light sou
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goro Hamagishi, Masutaka Inoue
  • Publication number: 20010017688
    Abstract: A projection type liquid crystal display comprises a projector 1 including a white light source, a monochrome liquid crystal panel, and a projection lens 7, an image-forming device 2a for forming an image corresponding to each primary color projected from the projector 1 on a diffusion plate 2b, a shutter device 4 formed by arranging a plurality of shutter regions, which can switch light transmission and light shading in the lateral direction, a shutter controlling device 5 for controlling light transmission and light shading of the shutter regions of the shutter device on the basis of timing of projecting an image corresponding to each primary color from the projector and for forming a stripe-shaped image corresponding to a plurality of primary colors in sequence on the diffusion plate 2b, and a plurality of color filters 2c of primary color corresponding to the stripe-shaped image formed on the diffusion plate 2b and disposed on the incident surface side of the diffusion plate 2b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masutaka Inoue, Goro Hamagishi