Patents by Inventor RYOJI OKUBO

RYOJI OKUBO 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: 10872440
    Abstract: An image signal processing device receives image signals from source devices and outputs image signals via a plurality of communication paths. The image signal processing device includes a plurality of compression circuits, a transmission circuit and a path/compression-rate setting circuit. The plurality of compression circuits compress image signals to be transmitted via the plurality of communication paths. The transmission circuit outputs the image signals compressed. The path/compression-rate setting circuit, based on each data amount of the image signals received, determines a communication path for transmitting a part or the whole of each of the image signal, and sets a common compression rate for all of the plurality of compression circuits. The path/compression-rate setting circuit divides an image signal having a relatively large data amount, and assigns a part of the divided image signal to a communication path for transmitting an image signal having a relatively small data amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Sekizawa, Takaaki Abe, Ryoji Okubo, Kazuma Tani, Iori Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10353660
    Abstract: Image display system 10 comprises: a plurality of display devices 111; an image processing unit for receiving input of a plurality of input video signals and generating an output video signal for each display device in accordance with a layout for the display devices from the input video signals; a pattern signal generation unit for generating pattern signals indicating a plurality of different test pattern images; a selector for receiving input of the output video signals and the pattern signals and selecting and outputting either the output video signals or the pattern signals; imaging device 120 for capturing an image of the test pattern images displayed on the respective display devices; and a control device 140 for analyzing the captured image captured by the imaging device and generating control information for controlling the image processing unit, based on analysis results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okubo, Ken Mashitani, Masaru Sekizawa, Takaaki Abe, Kazuma Tani
  • Publication number: 20190012810
    Abstract: An image signal processing device receives image signals from source devices and outputs image signals via a plurality of communication paths. The image signal processing device includes a plurality of compression circuits, a transmission circuit and a path/compression-rate setting circuit. The plurality of compression circuits compress image signals to be transmitted via the plurality of communication paths. The transmission circuit outputs the image signals compressed. The path/compression-rate setting circuit, based on each data amount of the image signals received, determines a communication path for transmitting a part or the whole of each of the image signal, and sets a common compression rate for all of the plurality of compression circuits. The path/compression-rate setting circuit divides an image signal having a relatively large data amount, and assigns a part of the divided image signal to a communication path for transmitting an image signal having a relatively small data amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: MASARU SEKIZAWA, TAKAAKI ABE, RYOJI OKUBO, KAZUMA TANI, IORI HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10091477
    Abstract: The projection image display apparatus includes a display element that emits image light generated by modulating light from a light source based, a pixel-shifter that shifts a pixel of a projected image by changing an optical path of the image light, a resampling circuit, a motion-interpolation image processing circuit, and a pixel-shift controller. The resampling circuit generates a plurality of sub-frame image signals having a resolution of the display element, by resampling an image signal having a resolution of the projected image. The motion-interpolation image processing circuit provides a motion-interpolation image process to the sub-frame image signals. The pixel-shift controller receives the sub-frame image signals having undergone the motion-interpolation image process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Yamaguchi, Masutaka Inoue, Takaaki Gyoten, Takaaki Abe, Ryoji Okubo, Kazuma Tani
  • Publication number: 20180074778
    Abstract: Image display system 10 comprises: a plurality of display devices 111; an image processing unit for receiving input of a plurality of input video signals and generating an output video signal for each display device in accordance with a layout for the display devices from the input video signals; a pattern signal generation unit for generating pattern signals indicating a plurality of different test pattern images; a selector for receiving input of the output video signals and the pattern signals and selecting and outputting either the output video signals or the pattern signals; imaging device 120 for capturing an image of the test pattern images displayed on the respective display devices; and a control device 140 for analyzing the captured image captured by the imaging device and generating control information for controlling the image processing unit, based on analysis results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ryoji OKUBO, Ken MASHITANI, Masaru SEKIZAWA, Takaaki ABE, Kazuma TANI
  • Patent number: 9823466
    Abstract: The optical path changing device of the present disclosure includes an optical member having a parallel plate face for changing an optical path, and first, second, and third actuators. The first, the second, and the third actuators are connected with the optical member at first, second, and third vertices of a triangle imaginarily drawn on a plane parallel to the parallel plate face of the optical member. The first, the second, and the third actuators drive the optical member forward and backward in a normal direction of the parallel plate face at the first, the second, and the third vertices serving as points of load. The optical member has a center of gravity within the triangle when seen from the normal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Abe, Masutaka Inoue, Takaaki Gyoten, Ryoji Okubo, Akiyoshi Yamaguchi, Kazuma Tani
  • Publication number: 20170019648
    Abstract: The projection image display apparatus includes a display element that emits image light generated by modulating light from a light source based, a pixel-shifter that shifts a pixel of a projected image by changing an optical path of the image light, a resampling circuit, a motion-interpolation image processing circuit, and a pixel-shift controller. The resampling circuit generates a plurality of sub-frame image signals having a resolution of the display element, by resampling an image signal having a resolution of the projected image. The motion-interpolation image processing circuit provides a motion-interpolation image process to the sub-frame image signals. The pixel-shift controller receives the sub-frame image signals having undergone the motion-interpolation image process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: AKIYOSHI YAMAGUCHI, MASUTAKA INOUE, TAKAAKI GYOTEN, TAKAAKI ABE, RYOJI OKUBO, KAZUMA TANI
  • Publication number: 20170003579
    Abstract: The optical path changing device of the present disclosure includes an optical member having a parallel plate face for changing an optical path, and first, second, and third actuators. The first, the second, and the third actuators are connected with the optical member at first, second, and third vertices of a triangle imaginarily drawn on a plane parallel to the parallel plate face of the optical member. The first, the second, and the third actuators drive the optical member forward and backward in a normal direction of the parallel plate face at the first, the second, and the third vertices serving as points of load. The optical member has a center of gravity within the triangle when seen from the normal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: TAKAAKI ABE, MASUTAKA INOUE, TAKAAKI GYOTEN, RYOJI OKUBO, AKIYOSHI YAMAGUCHI, KAZUMA TANI