Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Shimotome

Nobuyuki Shimotome 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).

  • Driving circuit for electro-optical apparatus, driving method for electro-optical apparatus, electro-optical apparatus, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 6680721
    Abstract: An active matrix drive type liquid crystal device is equipped with a data line driving circuit (101) composed of a bidirectional shift register which has an odd number of output stages and a scanning line driving circuit (104) composed of a bidirectional shift register which has an odd number of output stages so as to make it possible to horizontally and vertically invert the horizontal scanning direction and the vertical scanning direction easily by using a relatively simple constitution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Murade, Nobuyuki Shimotome
  • Driving circuit for electro-optical apparatus, driving method for electro-optical apparatus, electro-optical apparatus, and electronic apparatus
    Publication number: 20020063676
    Abstract: An active matrix drive type liquid crystal device is equipped with a data line driving circuit (101) composed of a bidirectional shift register which has an odd number of output stages and a scanning line driving circuit (104) composed of a bidirectional shift register which has an odd number of output stages so as to make it possible to horizontally and vertically invert the horizontal scanning direction and the vertical scanning direction easily by using a relatively simple constitution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Murade, Nobuyuki Shimotome
  • Drive circuit for electro-optic apparatus, method of driving the electro-optic apparatus, electro-optic apparatus, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 6377235
    Abstract: An active matrix drive type liquid crystal device is equipped with a data line driving circuit (101) composed of a bidirectional shift register which has an odd number of output stages and a scanning line driving circuit (104). composed of a bidirectional shift register which has an odd number of output stages so as to make it possible to horizontally and vertically invert the horizontal scanning direction and the vertical scanning direction easily by using a relatively simple constitution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Murade, Nobuyuki Shimotome
  • Method of driving display apparatus, display apparatus, and electronic apparatus using the same
    Patent number: 6225990
    Abstract: A display apparatus has a plurality of display scanning lines and supplies image signals for a number of image scanning lines less than the number of the plurality of display scanning lines to display elements controlled by the plurality of display scanning lines. The apparatus includes: storage member for storing image signals corresponding to a number of image scanning lines less than the number of the plurality of display scanning lines at least by an amount corresponding to one image scanning line; control member for reading image signals for one image scanning line stored in the storage member N times (an integer of 1 or more); and driving member for supplying image signals read N times by the control member to display elements controlled by N display scanning lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Aoki, Nobuyuki Shimotome