Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro NAGATO

Nobuhiro NAGATO 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).

  • Device and method for controlling a self-luminous display panel
    Patent number: 11037495
    Abstract: A display driver comprises drive circuitry and emission control circuitry. The display driver is configured to drive a display panel. The display panel may be a self-luminous display panel. The emission control circuitry is configured to generate a control signal to control the display panel during a first frame period to successively move a plurality of non-light-emitting areas successively inserted at an end of a display area of the display panel in a predetermined direction, the plurality of non-light-emitting areas having gradually changing widths in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose, Ken Sato, Nobuhiro Nagato
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SELF-LUMINOUS DISPLAY PANEL
    Publication number: 20200286429
    Abstract: A display driver comprises drive circuitry and emission control circuitry. The display driver is configured to drive a display panel. The display panel may be a self-luminous display panel. The emission control circuitry is configured to generate a control signal to control the display panel during a first frame period to successively move a plurality of non-light-emitting areas successively inserted at an end of a display area of the display panel in a predetermined direction, the plurality of non-light-emitting areas having gradually changing widths in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Masao ORIO, Hirobumi FURIHATA, Takashi NOSE, Ken SATO, Nobuhiro NAGATO