Patents by Inventor Norio Yasunishi

Norio Yasunishi 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).

  • Patent number: 7042940
    Abstract: A digital video signal transmission apparatus is provided with (a) a digital video signal conversion circuit for converting each chrominance signal of an input digital video signal in such a manner that every plural frames (1) in one frame of the plural frames each chrominance signal is converted into a signal having plural bits, (2) in the other frames of the plural frames, each chrominance signal is converted into a signal having 1 bit, so that an average of gradation levels of the respective chrominance signals in plural frames after the conversion is substantially equal to gradation levels of the respective chrominance signals in a single frame before conversion, (b) a flag signal generation circuit for generating a flag signal for setting the respective chrominance signals in each pixel signal, so that one of the chrominance signal has plural bits, while the other chrominance signal has one bit, (c) a converted data combination circuit for assigning each signal to each of the chrominance signal in accord
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Yasunishi, Futoshi Satoh
  • Patent number: 6900796
    Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of row electrodes intersecting a plurality of column electrodes, a scanning voltage applied to each of the row electrodes, and a signal voltage applied to each of the column electrodes, the method comprising the steps of: a) determining, for each of the column electrodes, correction data for correcting the signal voltage based on an increment or a decrement of an effective voltage value between each of row electrodes and each of the column electrodes; and b) applying a correction voltage for correcting the signal voltage to each of the column electrodes in accordance with the correction data. An increment or decrement of the effective voltage value may be due to i) at least either a blunt waveform or induced distortion of the signal voltage or ii) at least either a blunt waveform or induced distortion of the scanning voltage, or iii) both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Yasunishi, Futoshi Satoh
  • Patent number: 6850251
    Abstract: A control circuit for use in a display device capable of displaying gray scale including a plurality of column electrodes and a plurality of row electrodes intersecting each other and pixels provided around the intersections thereof, includes a display data converting section for receiving input display data, dividing the input display data into binary display data and gray scale display data in such a manner as to enable pulse width modulation one frame in a plurality of frames, and outputting the binary display data and the gray scale display data: a pulse controlling section for determining the timing of applying a voltage to each of the plurality of column electrodes for the gray scale display data; and a column electrode driving section for applying a voltage corresponding to the gray scale display data to at least one said column electrode based on the timing of applying a voltage determined by the pulse controlling section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Yasunishi, Futoshi Satoh
  • Patent number: 6597335
    Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Yasunishi, Satoshi Ueno
  • Publication number: 20020097211
    Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: NORIO YASUNISHI, SATOSHI UENO
  • Publication number: 20020085113
    Abstract: A digital video signal transmission apparatus is provided with (a) a digital video signal conversion circuit for converting each chrominance signal of an input digital video signal in such a manner that every plural frames (1) in one frame of the plural frames each chrominance signal is converted into a signal having plural bits, (2) in the other frames of the plural frames, each chrominance signal is converted into a signal having 1 bit, so that an average of gradation levels of the respective chrominance signals in plural frames after the conversion is substantially equal to gradation levels of the respective chrominance signals in a single frame before conversion, (b) a flag signal generation circuit for generating a flag signal for setting the respective chrominance signals in each pixel signal, so that one of the chrominance signal has plural bits, while the other chrominance signal has one bit, (c) a converted data combination circuit for assigning each signal to each of the chrominance signal in accord
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Norio Yasunishi, Futoshi Satoh
  • Publication number: 20010048407
    Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of row electrodes and a plurality of column electrodes, a scanning voltage being applied to each of the plurality of row electrodes, a signal voltage being applied to each of the plurality of column electrodes, and the plurality of row electrodes intersecting the plurality of column electrodes, the method comprising the steps of: a) determining, for each of the plurality of column electrodes, correction data for correcting the signal voltage based on an increment or decrement of an effective voltage value between each of the plurality of row electrodes and the plurality of column electrodes; and b) applying a correction voltage for correcting the signal voltage to each of the plurality of column electrodes in accordance with the correction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Norio Yasunishi, Futoshi Satoh
  • Patent number: 6320562
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a plurality of row electrodes to which a scanning voltage is applied; a plurality of column electrodes provided so as to cross the plurality of row electrodes, to which a display data voltage is applied; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the plurality of row electrodes and the plurality of column electrodes, which provides a display function at intersections between the plurality of row electrodes and the plurality of column electrodes in response to a RMS value of a voltage applied between the plurality of row electrodes and the plurality of column electrodes, includes: a section for outputting a display data signal representing the display data voltage having three or more voltage levels; a compensation circuit for outputting a compensation data signal based on a RMS value difference between the display data voltage and a respective resultant display data voltage applied to the plurality of column electrodes; and a driving circuit for applying a compensatio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Ueno, Norio Yasunishi, Koki Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Furukawa
  • Patent number: 6229583
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a display data transformer for receiving input image data for one frame, for dividing a selection period for each row electrode in the frame into subframes of a number equal to or greater than a number of gray-scale bits representing a gray-scale level of the input image data, the scanning signal being applied to the row electrode during the corresponding selection period, and for generating binary display data in which respective binary data is associated with each subframe according to the gray-scale bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norio Yasunishi
  • Patent number: 6094243
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a display data transformer for receiving input image data for one frame, for dividing a selection period for each row electrode in the frame into subframes of a number equal to or greater than a number of gray-scale bits representing a gray-scale level of the input image data, the scanning signal being applied to the row electrode during the corresponding selection period, and for generating binary display data in which respective binary data is associated with each subframe according to the gray-scale bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norio Yasunishi
  • Patent number: 5786799
    Abstract: A driving method for a liquid crystal display is provided with the steps of (a) applying a row select voltage to each of the row electrodes simultaneously, the row select voltage corresponding to an element of an orthogonal matrix and being either +1 or -1 ; (b) conducting an exclusive-or operation with respect to each element of a row select vector and a display vector, the row select vector indicating the row select voltages by vector notation and the display vector indicating a display data by the vector notation, and conducting a summation of each exclusive-or operation; (c) applying to the column electrode a voltage of a level which varies depending on the summation so as to simultaneously drive the plurality of rows; and (d) in a case where all the display data correspond to ON display or OFF display in the step (c), assigning the row select voltage, applied to either the selected row electrode having the lowest select voltage among driving voltages within one frame period for the ON display or the sele
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyohisa Matsui, Norio Yasunishi, Hiromasa Asada, Koki Taniguchi, Toshihiro Ohba
  • Patent number: 5610628
    Abstract: A driving device for a display apparatus having excellent contrast and a high display quality without crosstalk and display irregularities, and a driving method for the same are provided. In the driving device, scanning signals and data signals having a plurality of periodical inactive portions in one frame are applied to respective display dots. In the inactive term, a fixed voltage is applied to each of the display dots. The signal applied to the display dot is divided into small terms by the inactive portions, resulting in more high frequency components in a voltage signal applied to the display dot. As a result, the frequency components of a driving signal applied to the display dot are averaged. Further, a complete orthogonal function having 2.sup.r base function series is used, and a desired display data is completely reproduced on the display apparatus by an arithmetic process assuming auxiliary data in accordance with the number of the scanning electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Yamamoto, Kiyohisa Matsui, Yutaka Ishii, Norio Yasunishi, Toshihiro Nakamura, Hajime Washio, Koki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 5594466
    Abstract: A driving device for a display apparatus having excellent contrast and a high display quality without crosstalk and display irregularities, and a driving method for the same are provided. In the driving device, scanning signals and data signals having a plurality of periodical inactive portions in one frame are applied to respective display dots. In the inactive term, a fixed voltage is applied to each of the display dots. The signal applied to the display dot is divided into small terms by the inactive portions, resulting in more high frequency components in a voltage signal applied to the display dot. As a result, the frequency components of a driving signal applied to the display dot are averaged. Further, a complete orthogonal function having 2.sup.r base function series is used, and a desired display data is completely reproduced on the display apparatus by an arithmetic process assuming auxiliary data in accordance with the number of the scanning electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Yamamoto, Kiyohisa Matsui, Yutaka Ishii, Norio Yasunishi, Toshihiro Nakamura, Hajime Washio, Koki Taniguchi