Patents by Inventor NAOKO GOTO

NAOKO GOTO 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: 20190394438
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an evaluation unit configured to evaluate an attribute of each one of pixel blocks in accordance with at least one piece of pixel information in that pixel block, the pixel blocks being specified by dividing an image into a plurality of regions; a process determining unit configured to determine, in accordance with a result of the evaluation performed by the evaluation unit, a process specific to be applied to the at least one piece of pixel information; and an image processing unit configured to process the at least one piece of pixel information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Aya OKAMOTO, Naoko GOTO
  • Patent number: 10388217
    Abstract: The organic EL display device includes: a current monitoring section that measures a current flowing in a circuit element and outputs a digital measured value in accordance with the measured current; and an averaging section (36) that calculates an average value of a plurality of input values. The current monitoring section measures the current flowing in a circuit element in each pixel circuit a plurality of times in a fixed amount of time. For each pixel circuit, the averaging section (36) receives a plurality of measured values outputted from the current monitoring section in a fixed amount of time as a plurality of input values and outputs an average value of the plurality of digital measured values as a value for use in compensation computation to compensate for degradation of the circuit element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Furukawa, Noritaka Kishi, Kazuyoshi Yoshiyama, Tamotsu Sakai, Naoko Goto, Noboru Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20190026275
    Abstract: A digital content provision system is provided that can encourage potential customers to acquire digital content items. The digital content provision system includes: a recommendation data storage unit 13 configured to store recommendation data for introducing or recommending the digital content items; a shelving image generating unit 11 configured to generate, based on the externally inputted recommendation data and externally inputted data related to the digital content items, a shelving image of a plurality of digital content items being arranged and displayed on a shelf and recommendation data being displayed for at least some of the digital content items; and a provision terminal (display unit) 30 configured to display the shelving image generated by the shelving image generating unit 11. The digital content items can be provided in a plurality of stores, and the recommendation data is generated by each of the stores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoko GOTO, Makoto SHIOMI
  • Publication number: 20180366061
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes: a pixel circuit drive unit configured to drive pixel circuits while performing a property measuring process in which a property of circuit elements is measured; a parameter table configured to store parameter values derived from monitoring data obtained in the property measuring process; a compensation computation unit configured to correct externally provided image data based on the parameter values stored in the parameter table, so as to generate a digital video signal to be fed to the pixel circuits; a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature; and a monitoring control section configured to control an execution frequency of the property measuring process in accordance with the sensed temperature. The monitoring control section increases the execution frequency of the property measuring process with an increase in the sensed temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: HIROYUKI FURUKAWA, NORITAKA KISHI, KAZUYOSHI YOSHIYAMA, SHIGETSUGU YAMANAKA, NAOKO GOTO, TAMOTSU SAKAI, KATSUYA OTOI
  • Publication number: 20180233081
    Abstract: In a data line drive/current measurement circuit, m measurement units are disposed in a plurality of semiconductor chips such that the m measurement units are distributed among the plurality of semiconductor chips. A display apparatus includes transistors such that one transistor is provided for two adjacent semiconductor chips. Inter-chip correction data indicating a variation among the semiconductor chips in terms of characteristics of elements in the measurement units is determined based on a result of a current measurement performed for the same transistor using measurement units disposed in different semiconductor chips. The inter-chip correction data is stored in a storage unit and is used in correcting an image signal. The inter-chip correction data may be determined based on a result of measuring a current flowing through a common cathode of organic EL elements for each semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Noritaka KISHI, Hiroyuki FURUKAWA, Katsuya OTOI, Kazuyoshi YOSHIYAMA, Tamotsu SAKAI, Naoko GOTO, Noboru NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170372656
    Abstract: The organic EL display device includes: a current monitoring section that measures a current flowing in a circuit element and outputs a digital measured value in accordance with the measured current; and an averaging section (36) that calculates an average value of a plurality of input values. The current monitoring section measures the current flowing in a circuit element in each pixel circuit a plurality of times in a fixed amount of time. For each pixel circuit, the averaging section (36) receives a plurality of measured values outputted from the current monitoring section in a fixed amount of time as a plurality of input values and outputs an average value of the plurality of digital measured values as a value for use in compensation computation to compensate for degradation of the circuit element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: HIROYUKI FURUKAWA, NORITAKA KISHI, KAZUYOSHI YOSHIYAMA, TAMOTSU SAKAI, NAOKO GOTO, NOBORU NOGUCHI