Patents by Inventor Shigehiro Masuji
Shigehiro Masuji 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).
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Patent number: 8475032Abstract: A backlight device, where expense reduction is promoted by standardizing lengths of LED boards to one type. The backlight device includes: a light guide plate; and LED boards which are arranged facing end surfaces of side surface portions of the light guide plate and on which LEDs introducing light to the light guide plate are mounted, wherein lengths of long sides of the LED boards arranged on long sides facing end surfaces in a long side direction of the light guide plate and lengths of long sides of the LED boards arranged on short sides facing end surfaces in a short side direction of the light guide plate are all the same.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: JVC Kenwood CorporationInventor: Shigehiro Masuji
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Patent number: 8354982Abstract: A display has light emitting elements, a first driver, a power source, and a second driver. Each light emitting element includes “n” emission layers formed one over another to form a color dot in each pixel. The first driver drives the emission layers to emit light or no light. The power source passes a current through the first driver to the light emitting element. The second driver individually weights the n emission layers and makes the emission layers emit light so that each dot may express a gradation level.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: JVC Kenwood CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Ohshima, Shigehiro Masuji, Naoto Hirohata
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Patent number: 8339536Abstract: A display module is equipped with a display panel having a display screen for displaying images on a front side of the panel. A panel chassis is provided on a rear side of the display panel with respect to the display screen. The display module is assembled with a plurality of fixing members. Each fixing member has a panel holder to hold the display panel as covering a portion of a periphery of the display screen and a chassis coupling member coupled to the panel chassis so that the display panel is interposed between the panel holder and the panel chassis.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: JVC Kenwood CorporationInventors: Michitaka Sakamoto, Shigehiro Masuji, Hidetoshi Ishibashi, Takenori Yaguchi
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Patent number: 8294847Abstract: An optical unit for use in a backlight device of a liquid crystal display apparatus, includes a light-diffusing component to diffract incident light and a light-collecting component having multiple microlenses each having a shape of a hemisphere- or semi-oval-like protrusion on a light-emitting side of the light-collecting component. The components are provided in this order on an optical path of light emitted from a light source of the backlight device. The light-diffusing component includes a diffusing section having a first surface that faces the light source and an opposite second surface, and first and second prisms provided on the first and second surfaces, respectively. Each prism has a cross section like a teeth of a saw. Each first prism has a summit protruding towards the light source. Each second prism has a summit protruding in an opposite direction of the first prism.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yamagishi, Shigehiro Masuji, Naoto Hirohata
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Patent number: 8264822Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an image display apparatus main body and a pedestal part supporting the image display apparatus main body. The image display main body has a display module, a center frame, a left R cover, a right R cover, and an upper pedestal fixing member connecting part. The display module displays an image on a front face. The center frame is connected to the back face of the display module, and a part thereof is exposed to the outside. The left R cover and the right R cover are connected to the center frame, and cover the back face of the display module. The upper pedestal fixing member connecting part is provided protruding backward from the center frame. The pedestal part has a bottom plate part, a pedestal fixing member, and an upper center frame connecting part. The pedestal fixing member is provided in the bottom plate part.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: JVC Kenwood CorporationInventors: Michitaka Sakamoto, Shigehiro Masuji, Takenori Yaguchi, Hideki Hoshino
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Publication number: 20120188789Abstract: The backlight device includes: a light guide plate having a rectangular shape; LEDs arranged on end surfaces of side surface portions formed of long and short sides of the light guide plate; and LED board having a long and thin shape and on which the LEDs are mounted, wherein a plurality of LED boards of a same type are arranged on the long and short sides of the light guide plate, and the plurality of LED boards are continuously arranged corresponding to the entire area of the end surface of each side of the light guide plate, and at the same time, the LED boards of any one of long and short sides are not arranged but a predetermined interval is formed at an edge portion constituting a point of contact between the long and short sides of the light guide plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATIONInventor: Shigehiro MASUJI
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Publication number: 20120182763Abstract: A backlight device, where expense reduction is promoted by standardizing lengths of LED boards to one type. The backlight device includes: a light guide plate; and LED boards which are arranged facing end surfaces of side surface portions of the light guide plate and on which LEDs introducing light to the light guide plate are mounted, wherein lengths of long sides of the LED boards arranged on long sides facing end surfaces in a long side direction of the light guide plate and lengths of long sides of the LED boards arranged on short sides facing end surfaces in a short side direction of the light guide plate are all the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATIONInventor: Shigehiro MASUJI
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Patent number: 7819543Abstract: An optical unit for use in a backlight device of a liquid crystal display apparatus, has a first light-collecting and -diffusing optical component, a light-collecting optical component, and a second light-collecting and -diffusing optical component, provided in this order on the optical path of light emitted from a light source. Each light-collecting and -diffusing optical component has a surface provided on which are a plurality of microlenses each having a shape of a hemisphere- or semi-oval-like protrusion, with light collecting and diffusing functions. The light-collecting optical component has a surface provided on which are a plurality of prisms each having a saw-teeth like section, with a light collecting function. Each surface is provided on a light-emitting side of the optical unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yamagishi, Shigehiro Masuji, Naoto Hirohata, Masahiko Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20100265638Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an image display apparatus main body and a pedestal part supporting the image display apparatus main body. The image display main body has a display module, a center frame, a left R cover, a right R cover, and an upper pedestal fixing member connecting part. The display module displays an image on a front face. The center frame is connected to the back face of the display module, and a part thereof is exposed to the outside. The left R cover and the right R cover are connected to the center frame, and cover the back face of the display module. The upper pedestal fixing member connecting part is provided protruding backward from the center frame. The pedestal part has a bottom plate part, a pedestal fixing member, and an upper center frame connecting part. The pedestal fixing member is provided in the bottom plate part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITEDInventors: Michitaka Sakamoto, Shigehiro Masuji, Takenori Yaguchi, Hideki Hoshino
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Publication number: 20100238378Abstract: An optical unit for use in a backlight device of a liquid crystal display apparatus, includes a light-diffusing component to diffract incident light and a light-collecting component having multiple microlenses each having a shape of a hemisphere- or semi-oval-like protrusion on a light-emitting side of the light-collecting component. The components are provided in this order on an optical path of light emitted from a light source of the backlight device. The light-diffusing component includes a diffusing section having a first surface that faces the light source and an opposite second surface, and first and second prisms provided on the first and second surfaces, respectively. Each prism has a cross section like a teeth of a saw. Each first prism has a summit protruding towards the light source. Each second prism has a summit protruding in an opposite direction of the first prism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yamagishi, Shigehiro Masuji, Naoto Hirohata
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Publication number: 20100220257Abstract: A display module is equipped with a display panel having a display screen for displaying images on a front side of the panel. A panel chassis is provided on a rear side of the display panel with respect to the display screen. The display module is assembled with a plurality of fixing members. Each fixing member has a panel holder to hold the display panel as covering a portion of a periphery of the display screen and a chassis coupling member coupled to the panel chassis so that the display panel is interposed between the panel holder and the panel chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. a corporation of JapanInventors: Michitaka Sakamoto, Shigehiro Masuji, Hidetoshi Ishibashi, Takenori Yaguchi
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Patent number: 7710440Abstract: A video signal is processed using dither coefficients. Dither coefficients pattern signals are generated. Each pattern signal carries positive and negative dither coefficients arranged in an (n×m) matrix where “n” and “m” being positive integers larger than zero, the sum total of the coefficients being zero. One of the pattern signal is selected for each predetermined unit of picture carried by the video signal. Or, it is selected according to locations of dither coefficients on pixels arranged on a display panel. Dither coefficients of the selected pattern signal are added to an input video signal, thus outputting a video signal to be supplied to the display panel. Instead of the dither coefficients pattern signals, dither pattern signals can be generated, each carrying positional data indicating locations of dither coefficients on the pixels on the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Shigehiro Masuji, Hideki Aiba
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Publication number: 20090225254Abstract: A display module includes a base plate having a front surface section and a rear surface section that has at least one edge section, a display panel provided on the front surface section of the base plate, a circuit board provided in a specific zone of the rear surface section of the base plate in which the specific zone is closer to the edge section of the rear surface section of the base plate than a center of the rear surface section is, and a protecting cover to protect the circuit board and the base plate. The protecting cover has a higher section and a lower section that is closer to the base plate than the higher section is so that the higher section at least partially covers the circuit board while the lower section at least partially covers the base plate. The higher and lower sections give a space inside the display module but outside the protecting cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Matsuzawa, Michitaka Sakamoto, Hidetoshi Ishibashi, Shigehiro Masuji
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Publication number: 20090225533Abstract: An optical unit for use in a backlight device of a liquid crystal display apparatus, has a first light-collecting and -diffusing optical component, a light-collecting optical component, and a second light-collecting and -diffusing optical component, provided in this order on the optical path of light emitted from a light source. Each light-collecting and -diffusing optical component has a surface provided on which are a plurality of microlenses each having a shape of a hemisphere- or semi-oval-like protrusion, with light collecting and diffusing functions. The light-collecting optical component has a surface provided on which are a plurality of prisms each having a saw-teeth like section, with a light collecting function. Each surface is provided on a light-emitting side of the optical unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yamagishi, Shigehiro Masuji, Naoto Hirohata, Masahiko Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20090189834Abstract: A display has light emitting elements, a first driver, a power source, and a second driver. Each light emitting element includes “n” emission layers formed one over another to form a color dot in each pixel. The first driver drives the emission layers to emit light or no light. The power source passes a current through the first driver to the light emitting element. The second driver individually weights the n emission layers and makes the emission layers emit light so that each dot may express a gradation level.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITEDInventors: Yoshinori Ohshima, Shigehiro Masuji, Naoto Hirohata
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Patent number: 7528810Abstract: A display has light emitting elements, a first driver, a power source, and a second driver. Each light emitting element includes “n” emission layers formed one over another to form a color dot in each pixel. The first driver drives the emission layers to emit light or no light. The power source passes a current through the first driver to the light emitting element. The second driver individually weights the n emission layers and makes the emission layers emit light so that each dot may express a gradation level.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2005Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, LimitedInventors: Yoshinori Ohshima, Shigehiro Masuji, Naoto Hirohata
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Publication number: 20060256100Abstract: A video signal is processed using dither coefficients. Dither coefficients pattern signals are generated. Each pattern signal carries positive and negative dither coefficients arranged in an (n×m) matrix where “n” and “m” being positive integers larger than zero, the sum total of the coefficients being zero. One of the pattern signal is selected for each predetermined unit of picture carried by the video signal. Or, it is selected according to locations of dither coefficients on pixels arranged on a display panel. Dither coefficients of the selected pattern signal are added to an input video signal, thus outputting a video signal to be supplied to the display panel. Instead of the dither coefficients pattern signals, dither pattern signals can be generated, each carrying positional data indicating locations of dither coefficients on the pixels on the display panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Shigehiro Masuji, Hideki Aiba
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Patent number: 7110010Abstract: A video signal is processed using dither coefficients. Dither coefficients pattern signals are generated. Each pattern signal carries positive and negative dither coefficients arranged in an (n×m) matrix where “n” and “m” being positive integers larger than zero, the sum total of the coefficients being zero. One of the pattern signal is selected for each predetermined unit of picture carried by the video signal. Or, it is selected according to locations of dither coefficients on pixels arranged on a display panel. Dither coefficients of the selected pattern signal are added to an input video signal, thus outputting a video signal to be supplied to the display panel. Instead of the dither coefficients pattern signals, dither pattern signals can be generated, each carrying positional data indicating locations of dither coefficients on the pixels on the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1999Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Shigehiro Masuji, Hideki Aiba
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Publication number: 20050264550Abstract: A display has light emitting elements, a first driver, a power source, and a second driver. Each light emitting element includes “n” emission layers formed one over another to form a color dot in each pixel. The first driver drives the emission layers to emit light or no light. The power source passes a current through the first driver to the light emitting element. The second driver individually weights the n emission layers and makes the emission layers emit light so that each dot may express a gradation level.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2005Publication date: December 1, 2005Inventors: Yoshinori Ohshima, Shigehiro Masuji, Naoto Hirohata
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Patent number: 6965389Abstract: A video signal processing apparatus processes an input video signal for displaying an image based on the video signal. Detected is a gradation level of the input video signal. A color saturation level of the input video signal is depressed in a predetermined color saturation level range only when the detected gradation level is located in a predetermined gradation level range. A first input video signal having a first gradation level (or number of bits) is converted into a second video signal having a second gradation level (or number of bits) that is lower (or smaller) than first gradation level (or number of bits), for displaying an image based on the input video signal. Error data is generated in response to a data portion of the first input video signal. The data portion corresponds to a difference between the first and the second gradation levels (or number of bits).Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2000Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Shigehiro Masuji, Hideki Aiba