Patents by Inventor Osamu Ebina

Osamu Ebina 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: 6705730
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to implement a display providing high optical efficiency irrespective of the size of a light valve, and capable of enhancing the uniformity of the luminance of an image to be projected. In order to attain the foregoing object, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a light valve 103 of a projector is located roughly at the focus point of an illumination lens 102. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a light source 101 is also located roughly at the focus point of the illumination lens 102. Consequently, it is possible to implement a miniaturized projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ohshima, Hiroki Kaneko, Kazutaka Tsuji, Akira Arimoto, Osamu Ebina, Masahiko Yatsu
  • Publication number: 20040027312
    Abstract: Hands-free operation is a prerequisite in wearable PCs; a problem in such PCs is that intuitive input or direct input such as pen input or touch panel input is impossible, so that a comfortable input operation cannot be performed. In order to solve this problem, the portable information device of the present invention comprises a portable main body part, and an HMD which is connected to this main body part, and which is mounted on the head. Furthermore, the abovementioned main body part comprises an input display part which displays to the outside image information consisting of a smaller amount of data than the image information displayed on the abovementioned HMD, and which inputs operating information from the outside on a displayed screen, an output part which outputs information to the abovementioned HMD, and a control part which controls the image information that is displayed on the abovementioned HMD on the basis of the operating information that is input in the abovementioned input display part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Norio Owada, Osamu Ebina, Akinori Maeda, Masumi Moritani, Ichiro Ote, Yoshinobu Ohinata, Akihiro Yoshida, Taichi Koriyama, Kimihiko Adachi
  • Patent number: 6513933
    Abstract: An image projector, having a light source, an LCD panel into which a light emitted from the light source enters, and a projection lens into which the light emitted from the LCD panel enters. There exists, in an entrance pupil of the projection lens, a range in which light emitted from respective pixels of the LCD panel overlap with each other at least in a horizontal direction. The image projector forms part of an image display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kaneko, Tetsuya Ooshima, Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Akira Arimoto, Osamu Ebina
  • Publication number: 20030020878
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to implement a display providing high optical efficiency irrespective of the size of a light valve, and capable of enhancing the uniformity of the luminance of an image to be projected. In order to attain the foregoing object, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a light valve 103 of a projector is located roughly at the focus point of an illumination lens 102. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a light source 101 is also located roughly at the focus point of the illumination lens 102. Consequently, it is possible to implement a miniaturized projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ohshima, Hiroki Kaneko, Kazutaka Tsuji, Akira Arimoto, Osamu Ebina, Masahiko Yatsu
  • Patent number: 4812829
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display, an input and a controller. The display displays a three-dimensional image, a vector cursor and a pointing image extending in a direction of movement of the vector cursor. The controller generates a display signal to display the three-dimensional image, vector cursor and pointing image. The controller recognizes the three-dimensional image crossing to the pointing image in response to the pointing signal from the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Ebina, Seigo Ono
  • Patent number: 4777330
    Abstract: A station diagnosis method in a communications network system including a closed ring transmission line and a plurality of data stations which can be connected to the ring transmission line by a plurality of line concentrators disposed in the ring transmission line wherein an internal ring transmission line is formed in the line concentrators so that the operation states of the line concentrators are diagnosed by transmitting diagnosis data through the internal ring transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Nakayashiki, Takeshi Harakawa, Yoshinori Bekki, Hiroyuki Wada, Masahiro Fuse, Hiroshi Nakase, Osamu Ebina, Jiro Kashio
  • Patent number: 4766423
    Abstract: A cursor moves at a constant velocity in a constant direction in a display space for displaying a three-dimensional image. When two parameters for representing a direction in a three-dimensional space are entered, the cursor changes its direction according to the entered direction at a rate determined by the entered magnitude. When a parameter for changing the velocity is entered, the cursor velocity is changed. It is not necessary to enter a three-dimensional coordinate to control the cursor to reach the desired position, and the manipulation of the cursor is very much simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seigo Ono, Osamu Ebina