Patents by Inventor Shiro Suyama

Shiro Suyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20030080923
    Abstract: A three-dimensional representation method for generating a three-dimensional image by displaying two-dimensional images on a plurality of image planes located at different depth positions wherein two-dimensional images are generated in which an object to be presented is projected, along the line of sight of an observer, onto the plurality of image planes located at different depth positions as seen from the observer, the brightness levels of the generated two-dimensional images are changed individually for each image plane and the generated two-dimensional images are displayed on the plurality of image planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Suyama, Hideaki Takada, Kazutake Uehira
  • Publication number: 20030071765
    Abstract: A three-dimensional representation method for generating a three-dimensional image by displaying two-dimensional images on a plurality of image planes located at different depth positions wherein two-dimensional images are generated in which an object to be presented is projected, along the line of sight of an observer, onto the plurality of image planes located at different depth positions as seen from the observer, the brightness levels of the generated two-dimensional images are changed individually for each image plane and the generated two-dimensional images are displayed on the plurality of image planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Suyama, Hideaki Takada, Kazutake Uehira
  • Publication number: 20030067423
    Abstract: A three-dimensional representation method for generating a three-dimensional image by displaying two-dimensional images on a plurality of image planes located at different depth positions wherein two-dimensional images are generated in which an object to be presented is projected, along the line of sight of an observer, onto the plurality of image planes located at different depth positions as seen from the observer, the brightness levels of the generated two-dimensional images are changed individually for each image plane and the generated two-dimensional images are displayed on the plurality of image planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Suyama, Hideaki Takada, Kazutake Uehira
  • Publication number: 20030067422
    Abstract: A three-dimensional representation method for generating a three-dimensional image by displaying two-dimensional images on a plurality of image planes located at different depth positions wherein two-dimensional images are generated in which an object to be presented is projected, along the line of sight of an observer, onto the plurality of image planes located at different depth positions as seen from the observer, the brightness levels of the generated two-dimensional images are changed individually for each image plane and the generated two-dimensional images are displayed on the plurality of image planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Suyama, Hideaki Takada, Kazutake Uehira
  • Patent number: 6525699
    Abstract: A three-dimensional representation method for generating a three-dimensional image by displaying two-dimensional images on a plurality of image planes located at different depth positions wherein two-dimensional images are generated in which an object to be presented is projected, along the line of sight of an observer, onto the plurality of image planes located at different depth positions as seen from the observer, the brightness levels of the generated two-dimensional images are changed individually for each image plane and the generated two-dimensional images are displayed on the plurality of image planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Suyama, Hideaki Takada, Kazutake Uehira
  • Patent number: 6469683
    Abstract: An optical device includes a transparent layer having a desired curved surface configuration, a layer including a variable refractive index material having a dielectric constant anisotropy, at least two transparent electrodes arranged to sandwich the transparent material layer and the variable refractive index material, and a driving device supplying a voltage including driving frequencies f1 and f2 between the transparent electrodes. The difference &Dgr;∈ in the dielectric constant of the variable refractive index material due to the anisotropy is positive at one of the driving frequencies and negative at the driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Suyama, Munekazu Date, Shigeto Kohda, Kinya Kato, Shigenobu Sakai
  • Publication number: 20020047837
    Abstract: An optical device includes a transparent material layer having a desired curved surface configuration, a layer including a variable refractive index material having a dielectric constant anisotropy and having a property in which a sign of a difference &Dgr;&egr; in dielectric constant due to the anisotropy is reversed at driving frequencies f1 and f2, at least two transparent electrodes arranged to sandwich the transparent material layer and the layer including the variable refractive index material, and a driving device supplying a voltage including the driving frequencies f1 and f2 between the transparent electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Suyama, Munekazu Date, Shigeto Kohda, Kinya Kato, Shigenobu Sakai
  • Patent number: 5124769
    Abstract: The thin film transistor comprises source and drain regions, a channel forming region formed between the source and drain regions, a first (main) gate for turning on or off the transistor, and in particular at least one second (sub-) gate for reducing turn-off leakage current. When the n-channel transistor is turned off, for example, a negative voltage is applied to the main gate to form a p-channel layer in the channel forming region under the main gate and a positive voltage is applied to the subgate to form an n-channel layer in the channel forming region under the subgate, for instance, so that a pn junction can be formed between under the main gate and the subgate to reduce the turn-off leakage current. The above-mentioned disclosure can be clearly applied to p-channel transistors. Further, the above four-terminal transistor can be simply modified to a three-terminal transistor by connecting the main gate to the subgate via a diode or a capacitor or by directly connecting the drain region to the subgate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Tanaka, Kenji Nakazawa, Shiro Suyama, Kinya Kato