Patents by Inventor Mitsuyasu Asano
Mitsuyasu Asano 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: 11056050Abstract: An image processing unit includes: a gain calculating section obtaining, based on first luminance information for each pixel, a first gain, in which the first gain is configured to increase with an increase in pixel luminance value in a range where the pixel luminance value is equal to or larger than a predetermined luminance value, and in which the pixel luminance value is derived from the first luminance information; and a determination section determining, based on the first luminance information and the first gain, second luminance information for each of the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoya Yano, Makoto Nakagawa, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue, Shoji Araki, Hidehisa Shimizu
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Publication number: 20190325817Abstract: An image processing unit includes: a gain calculating section obtaining, based on first luminance information for each pixel, a first gain, in which the first gain is configured to increase with an increase in pixel luminance value in a range where the pixel luminance value is equal to or larger than a predetermined luminance value, and in which the pixel luminance value is derived from the first luminance information; and a determination section determining, based on the first luminance information and the first gain, second luminance information for each of the pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Tomoya Yano, Makoto Nakagawa, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue, Shoji Araki, Hidehisa Shimizu
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Patent number: 10373551Abstract: An image processing unit includes: a gain calculating section obtaining, based on first luminance information for each pixel, a first gain, in which the first gain is configured to increase with an increase in pixel luminance value in a range where the pixel luminance value is equal to or larger than a predetermined luminance value, and in which the pixel luminance value is derived from the first luminance information; and a determination section determining, based on the first luminance information and the first gain, second luminance information for each of the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoya Yano, Makoto Nakagawa, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue, Shoji Araki, Hidehisa Shimizu
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Publication number: 20180197459Abstract: An image processing unit includes: a gain calculating section obtaining, based on first luminance information for each pixel, a first gain, in which the first gain is configured to increase with an increase in pixel luminance value in a range where the pixel luminance value is equal to or larger than a predetermined luminance value, and in which the pixel luminance value is derived from the first luminance information; and a determination section determining, based on the first luminance information and the first gain, second luminance information for each of the pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Tomoya Yano, Makoto Nakagawa, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue, Shoji Araki, Hidehisa Shimizu
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Patent number: 9940870Abstract: An image processing unit includes: a gain calculating section obtaining, based on first luminance information for each pixel, a first gain, in which the first gain is configured to increase with an increase in pixel luminance value in a range where the pixel luminance value is equal to or larger than a predetermined luminance value, and in which the pixel luminance value is derived from the first luminance information; and a determination section determining, based on the first luminance information and the first gain, second luminance information for each of the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoya Yano, Makoto Nakagawa, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue, Shoji Araki, Hidehisa Shimizu
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Patent number: 9922602Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal display section adapted to display an image based on a video signal; a backlight; and a processing section adapted to correct the video signal and set the luminance of the backlight based on two pieces of information, a peak level of the video signal in a display screen or in each of a plurality of partial display areas into which the display screen is divided, and factor data obtained from a data map made up of a reference position on the display screen and the factor data that are associated with each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Katsu, Tomohiro Nishi, Akihiro Ohta, Mitsuyasu Asano
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Patent number: 9666113Abstract: A display includes: a gain calculation section obtaining, according to an area of a high luminance region in a frame image, a first gain for each pixel in the region; a determination section determining, based on first luminance information for each pixel in the high luminance region and the first gain, second luminance information for each pixel in the high luminance region; and a display section performing display based on the second luminance information.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Nakagawa, Tomoya Yano, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue, Yohei Funatsu
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Publication number: 20170132981Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal display section adapted to display an image based on a video signal; a backlight; and a processing section adapted to correct the video signal and set the luminance of the backlight based on two pieces of information, a peak level of the video signal in a display screen or in each of a plurality of partial display areas into which the display screen is divided, and factor data obtained from a data map made up of a reference position on the display screen and the factor data that are associated with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Katsu, Tomohiro Nishi, Akihiro Ohta, Mitsuyasu Asano
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Patent number: 9583052Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal display section adapted to display an image based on a video signal; a backlight; and a processing section adapted to correct the video signal and set the luminance of the backlight based on two pieces of information, a peak level of the video signal in a display screen or in each of a plurality of partial display areas into which the display screen is divided, and factor data obtained from a data map made up of a reference position on the display screen and the factor data that are associated with each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Katsu, Tomohiro Nishi, Akihiro Ohta, Mitsuyasu Asano
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Patent number: 9520096Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a light source section so configured that independently-controllable emission subsections are formed on a light-exit plane of a light-guide plate; a liquid crystal display panel modulating, based on an input picture signal, light exited from each of the emission subsections in the light source section; and a display controlling section having a partitioning-drive processing section generating, based on the input picture signal, an emission pattern signal representing a light emission pattern of the emission subsections in the light source section, and a partitioning-drive picture signal. The display controlling section performs, based on the partitioning-drive picture signal, display-drive on each pixel in the liquid crystal display panel, and performs, based on the emission pattern signal, light-emission drive through allowing one or more of first light sources and one or more of second light sources to emit concurrently so as to form the emission subsections.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuyasu Asano, Tomohiro Nishi
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Patent number: 9514688Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a light source unit that includes a light-guiding plate with a light-exit plane partitioned into emission subsections, and one or plural sides, and light sources; a liquid-crystal-display panel that includes pixels, and modulates light emitted from the light source unit, thereby performing image display; and a display control unit that includes a partitioning-drive processing section generating each of a light-emission pattern signal and a partitioning-drive image signal, performs light-emission driving for each light source, and performs display driving for each pixel. The partitioning-drive processing section performs a gain correction of multiplying each pixel signal in the input image signal by a predetermined gain factor that is set so that a value increases as a pixel position of the pixel signal goes away from the light source, and generates the light-emission pattern signal and the partitioning-drive image signal, by using gain-corrected pixel signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuyasu Asano, Tomohiro Nishi, Yoshihiro Katsu
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Patent number: 9401115Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a light source section including emission subsections; a LCD panel including pixels each having sub-pixels for four colors of R, G, B, and Z, and modulating light from the emission subsections based on input image signals for three colors of R, G, and B; and a display control section including a partitioning-drive processing section, driving the emission subsections with an emission pattern signal, and driving the four sub-pixels with partitioning-drive image signals for the four colors.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuyasu Asano, Tomohiro Nishi, Tomoya Yano, Ken Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20150379943Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal display section adapted to display an image based on a video signal; a backlight; and a processing section adapted to correct the video signal and set the luminance of the backlight based on two pieces of information, a peak level of the video signal in a display screen or in each of a plurality of partial display areas into which the display screen is divided, and factor data obtained from a data map made up of a reference position on the display screen and the factor data that are associated with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Katsu, Tomohiro Nishi, Akihiro Ohta, Mitsuyasu Asano
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Patent number: 9165497Abstract: There is provided a display device including a temporal direction control unit that causes a gain used to control a video signal to respond to an input video signal at high speed when the input video signal sharply increases, and causes the gain to respond to the input video signal at low speed when the input video signal gently increases.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue
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Patent number: 9159273Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal display section adapted to display an image based on a video signal; a backlight; and a processing section adapted to correct the video signal and set the luminance of the backlight based on two pieces of information, a peak level of the video signal in a display screen or in each of a plurality of partial display areas into which the display screen is divided, and factor data obtained from a data map made up of a reference position on the display screen and the factor data that are associated with each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Katsu, Tomohiro Nishi, Akihiro Ohta, Mitsuyasu Asano
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Publication number: 20150097875Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a light source unit that includes a light-guiding plate with a light-exit plane partitioned into emission subsections, and one or plural sides, and light sources; a liquid-crystal-display panel that includes pixels, and modulates light emitted from the light source unit, thereby performing image display; and a display control unit that includes a partitioning-drive processing section generating each of a light-emission pattern signal and a partitioning-drive image signal, performs light-emission driving for each light source, and performs display driving for each pixel. The partitioning-drive processing section performs a gain correction of multiplying each pixel signal in the input image signal by a predetermined gain factor that is set so that a value increases as a pixel position of the pixel signal goes away from the light source, and generates the light-emission pattern signal and the partitioning-drive image signal, by using gain-corrected pixel signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuyasu ASANO, Tomohiro Nishi, Yoshihiro Katsu
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Patent number: 8933872Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a light source unit that includes a light-guiding plate with a light-exit plane partitioned into emission subsections, and one or plural sides, and light sources; a liquid-crystal-display panel that includes pixels, and modulates light emitted from the light source unit, thereby performing image display; and a display control unit that includes a partitioning-drive processing section generating each of a light-emission pattern signal and a partitioning-drive image signal, performs light-emission driving for each light source, and performs display driving for each pixel. The partitioning-drive processing section performs a gain correction of multiplying each pixel signal in the input image signal by a predetermined gain factor that is set so that a value increases as a pixel position of the pixel signal goes away from the light source, and generates the light-emission pattern signal and the partitioning-drive image signal, by using gain-corrected pixel signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuyasu Asano, Tomohiro Nishi, Yoshihiro Katsu
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Patent number: 8890792Abstract: A display control apparatus may include a necessary light emission level calculation unit that calculates a necessary attention block light emission level of a back light in an attention block which satisfies a necessary luminance based on an image signal. A first neighborhood block light emission level calculation unit may calculate a light emission level of first neighborhood blocks which satisfies a deficient luminance by a light emission contribution amount to the attention block through light emission in first neighborhood blocks of the attention block which satisfies the deficient luminance by the back light in the attention block. The back light in the attention block emits the light at the largest light emission level at which the light can be emitted and back lights in the first neighborhood blocks emit the light at the first neighborhood block light emission level.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2009Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi Hiramatsu, Mitsuyasu Asano, Tetsuji Inada, Koji Nishida
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Patent number: 8837593Abstract: An image processing apparatus for processing an input moving image including a plurality of access units arranged every first period. The image processing apparatus includes a motion vector calculation unit which calculates a motion vector of an object included in the input moving image every second period, a motion vector conversion unit which converts the motion vector by multiplying the calculated motion vector by a predetermined gain, and a gain calculation unit which calculates the predetermined gain in accordance with a brightness in a user environment and supplies the predetermined gain to the motion vector conversion unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toru Nishi, Kazuhiko Ueda, Mitsuyasu Asano
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Publication number: 20130342587Abstract: A display includes: a gain calculation section obtaining, according to an area of a high luminance region in a frame image, a first gain for each pixel in the region; a determination section determining, based on first luminance information for each pixel in the high luminance region and the first gain, second luminance information for each pixel in the high luminance region; and a display section performing display based on the second luminance information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: MAKOTO NAKAGAWA, TOMOYA YANO, MITSUYASU ASANO, YASUO INOUE, YOHEI FUNATSU