Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Ohashi

Noriyuki Ohashi 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: 11778399
    Abstract: A headphone volume control method calculates a level of a sound signal, which is captured by a microphone, during a first period, determines a target value of a sound volume based on the above-mentioned level, and gradually changes a reproduction volume of content to be reproduced to the above-mentioned target value over a second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriyuki Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11758343
    Abstract: An audio mixer includes a user interface, panners, a first adder, a localization device, a second adder, and an output circuit. The user interface supplies a first parameter and a second parameter for each channel based on a user operation. The first parameter indicates a position in a right-left direction. The second parameter specifies internalization or externalization. The panners respectively correspond to channels and, based on the first parameter, pan a sound signal corresponding to the each channel to generate first stereo signals. The first adder generates a second stereo signal by mixing first stereo signals respectively corresponding to externalization channels. The localization device generates two third stereo signals. The second adder generates a fourth stereo signal by mixing the two third stereo signals and first stereo signals respectively corresponding to internalization channels. The output circuit outputs the fourth stereo signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Ohashi, Shunichi Kamiya, Arata Imai
  • Publication number: 20220312139
    Abstract: An audio mixer includes a user interface, panners, a first adder, a localization device, a second adder, and an output circuit. The user interface supplies a first parameter and a second parameter for each channel based on a user operation. The first parameter indicates a position in a right-left direction. The second parameter specifies internalization or externalization. The panners respectively correspond to channels and, based on the first parameter, pan a sound signal corresponding to the each channel to generate first stereo signals. The first adder generates a second stereo signal by mixing first stereo signals respectively corresponding to externalization channels. The localization device generates two third stereo signals. The second adder generates a fourth stereo signal by mixing the two third stereo signals and first stereo signals respectively corresponding to internalization channels. The output circuit outputs the fourth stereo signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Noriyuki OHASHI, Shunichi KAMIYA, Arata IMAI
  • Publication number: 20220124445
    Abstract: A headphone volume control method calculates a level of a sound signal, which is captured by a microphone, during a first period, determines a target value of a sound volume based on the above-mentioned level, and gradually changes a reproduction volume of content to be reproduced to the above-mentioned target value over a second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Noriyuki OHASHI
  • Patent number: 11245997
    Abstract: A headphone volume control method calculates a level of a sound signal, which is captured by a microphone, during a first period, determines a target value of a sound volume based on the above-mentioned level, and gradually changes a reproduction volume of content to be reproduced to the above-mentioned target value over a second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriyuki Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11187935
    Abstract: A display panel includes an array substrate in which a plurality of pixel electrodes are arranged, and the counter substrate. A non-display area of the array substrate is provided with the transfer electrode for supplying a potential to the counter substrate. The counter substrate includes: a first film; a counter electrode placed closer to the array substrate in relation to the first film, and supplied with the potential from the transfer electrode; and an alignment film stacked on the counter electrode. The counter substrate includes first grooves provided between a display area and a transfer overlapping area overlapping with the transfer electrode, the first grooves penetrating the counter electrode and at least a portion of the first film. The first grooves extend in a first longitudinal direction, and are formed in broken line in the first longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriyuki Ohashi, Yasuhiro Kuroe
  • Publication number: 20210341804
    Abstract: A display device includes an array substrate; a counter substrate facing the array substrate; a color filter disposed on the array substrate or the counter substrate, the color filter being composed of a plurality of colored films; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the array substrate and overlapping the plurality of colored films; a common electrode disposed on the array substrate and closer to the counter substrate than the plurality of pixel electrodes are, the common electrode overlapping the plurality of pixel electrodes with an inter-electrode insulating film interposed between the common electrode and the plurality of pixel electrodes; and a conductive light-blocking portion disposed on the array substrate and overlapping at least a color boundary between the plurality of colored films, the conductive light-blocking portion being closer to the counter substrate than the common electrode is, the conductive light-blocking portion being connected to the common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: YASUHIRO KUROE, NORIYUKI OHASHI, YASUYOSHI KAISE
  • Publication number: 20210204080
    Abstract: A headphone volume control method calculates a level of a sound signal, which is captured by a microphone, during a first period, determines a target value of a sound volume based on the above-mentioned level, and gradually changes a reproduction volume of content to be reproduced to the above-mentioned target value over a second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: Noriyuki OHASHI
  • Patent number: 10928696
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes signal input portions for inputting signals, a signal receiving portion that receives the signals input from the signal input portions, and a plurality of connection wires provides connections between the signal input portions and the signal receiving portion. The plurality of connection wires constitutes a connection wire group in which three connection wires are arranged overlapping one another with insulating layers being interposed therebetween, and the connection wire group is provided with a switching contact portion at which transmission paths of the signals respectively input to the connection wires are switched to the other connection wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kuroe, Noriyuki Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20200379293
    Abstract: A display panel includes an array substrate in which a plurality of pixel electrodes are arranged, and the counter substrate. A non-display area of the array substrate is provided with the transfer electrode for supplying a potential to the counter substrate. The counter substrate includes: a first film; a counter electrode placed closer to the array substrate in relation to the first film, and supplied with the potential from the transfer electrode; and an alignment film stacked on the counter electrode. The counter substrate includes first grooves provided between a display area and a transfer overlapping area overlapping with the transfer electrode, the first grooves penetrating the counter electrode and at least a portion of the first film. The first grooves extend in a first longitudinal direction, and are formed in broken line in the first longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: NORIYUKI OHASHI, YASUHIRO KUROE
  • Patent number: 10809575
    Abstract: A display device substrate including: a circuit portion; a first organic insulating film disposed on an upper layer side of the circuit portion; a second organic insulating film disposed on an upper layer side of the first organic insulating film; an alignment film disposed on an upper layer side of the second organic insulating film; and a film formation area regulating portion including a recess in a part of the second organic insulating film and disposed to regulate a film formation area of the alignment film and to overlap the circuit portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriyuki Ohashi, Shohichi Andoh, Yoshihiro Shioaku
  • Patent number: 10788694
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a display area in which an image is to be displayed; a non-display area in which no image is to be displayed; a first mark that is arranged in the non-display area; a second mark that is arranged in the non-display area on a layer different from a layer on which the first mark is arranged and is adjacent to or superimposed on the first mark in a plan view; a light-transmitting portion that is arranged in the non-display area in such a manner as to overlap at least the first mark in a plan view; and a light-shielding portion that is arranged in the non-display area on a side opposite to the light-transmitting portion with respect to the first mark and the second mark and overlaps the light-transmitting portion in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriyuki Ohashi, Yasuhiro Kuroe, Yoshihiro Shioaku
  • Publication number: 20200301219
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes signal input portions for inputting signals, a signal receiving portion that receives the signals input from the signal input portions, and a plurality of connection wires provides connections between the signal input portions and the signal receiving portion. The plurality of connection wires constitutes a connection wire group in which three connection wires are arranged overlapping one another with insulating layers being interposed therebetween, and the connection wire group is provided with a switching contact portion at which transmission paths of the signals respectively input to the connection wires are switched to the other connection wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KUROE, Noriyuki OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200292874
    Abstract: Display pixel includes colored pixels of n colors. In a case where a colored pixel being one of the colored pixels including the curved line portion and being located at an outermost end side in an array direction is defined as a display end pixel, the array direction being a direction in which the colored pixels are repeatedly arrayed with the colored pixels of the n colors being a unit, a first light blocking portion is provided in line with a shape of the curved line portion in the display end pixel, and a second light blocking portion having a shape and a size substantially the same as a shape and a size of the first light blocking portion is provided in each of the colored pixels of (n?1) colors consecutively arrayed next to the display end pixel toward the display region in the array direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Noriyuki OHASHI, Yasuhiro KUROE
  • Patent number: 10651130
    Abstract: A display device includes a display section including a first substrate and a second substrate, the display section displaying an image according to an electric signal, a terminal pad electrically connecting a conductor to a signal source or a ground node, and an information code expressing optically-readable information. The second substrate has a substrate overlapping area overlapping the first substrate in a plan view and a substrate non-overlapping area not overlapping the first substrate. At least a part of the terminal pad serves as a light-transmitting portion. The terminal pad and the information code are disposed in the substrate non-overlapping area on one plate surface of the second substrate such that they overlap each other in a plan view, with the light-transmitting portion covering the information code from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kuroe, Yoshihiro Shioaku, Noriyuki Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20200110302
    Abstract: A display panel includes display pixels, a display area in which an image is displayed, and a non-display area in which no image is displayed. A boundary between the display area and the non-display area has a shape including a curve portion. The display pixels include center section display pixels and peripheral section display pixels. The center section display pixels are disposed in a center section of the display area. The peripheral section display pixels are disposed in sections of the display panel including the boundary between the display area and the non-display area. The peripheral section display pixels are formed as if by dividing the center section display pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KUROE, Noriyuki OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190324315
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a display area in which an image is to be displayed; a non-display area in which no image is to be displayed; a first mark that is arranged in the non-display area; a second mark that is arranged in the non-display area on a layer different from a layer on which the first mark is arranged and is adjacent to or superimposed on the first mark in a plan view; a light-transmitting portion that is arranged in the non-display area in such a manner as to overlap at least the first mark in a plan view; and a light-shielding portion that is arranged in the non-display area on a side opposite to the light-transmitting portion with respect to the first mark and the second mark and overlaps the light-transmitting portion in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: NORIYUKI OHASHI, YASUHIRO KUROE, YOSHIHIRO SHIOAKU
  • Publication number: 20190304921
    Abstract: A display device includes a display section including a first substrate and a second substrate, the display section displaying an image according to an electric signal, a terminal pad electrically connecting a conductor to a signal source or a ground node, and an information code expressing optically-readable information. The second substrate has a substrate overlapping area overlapping the first substrate in a plan view and a substrate non-overlapping area not overlapping the first substrate. At least a part of the terminal pad serves as a light-transmitting portion. The terminal pad and the information code are disposed in the substrate non-overlapping area on one plate surface of the second substrate such that they overlap each other in a plan view, with the light-transmitting portion covering the information code from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: YASUHIRO KUROE, YOSHIHIRO SHIOAKU, NORIYUKI OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190285920
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate that is pasted together with the first substrate so as to overlap the first substrate and is larger than the first substrate, and a driver mounting portion that is included in a part of the second substrate so as not to overlap the first substrate and on which a driver driving the display panel is mounted, and the driver mounting portion having an identification symbol for identifying the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: YASUHIRO KUROE, YOSHIHIRO SHIOAKU, NORIYUKI OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190121180
    Abstract: A display device substrate including: a circuit portion; a first organic insulating film disposed on an upper layer side of the circuit portion; a second organic insulating film disposed on an upper layer side of the first organic insulating film; an alignment film disposed on an upper layer side of the second organic insulating film; and a film formation area regulating portion including a recess in a part of the second organic insulating film and disposed to regulate a film formation area of the alignment film and to overlap the circuit portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Noriyuki OHASHI, Shohichi ANDOH, Yoshihiro SHIOAKU