Patents by Inventor Shuichi Fujiwara

Shuichi Fujiwara 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: 20200186371
    Abstract: A task management unit 21 that manages contents assigned to a task executed by users, a state transition of the task, and the like, a chat management unit 22 that manages message exchange in a chat room associated with the task, contents assigned to the chat, and the like, an information processing unit 23 that performs a predetermined information processing by using task management information and chat management information, and an information presentation unit 24 that presents a result of the information processing to the user are included, and a result of the information processing indicating an execution state of the task and the chat can be presented to the user when execution of the task is completed in cooperation with the chat, thereby providing useful information for improving the task execution to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohiro Shioya, Shuichi Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Kawase
  • Patent number: 8970566
    Abstract: An image display apparatus for displaying an image produced by image signals on a display section includes: a plurality of input terminals for receiving each of the image signals supplied from a plurality of input sources; an input selector for selecting a predetermined input terminal from the plural input terminals; a judging section for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to the input terminal selected by the input selector; an operating section which receives requirement of search processing for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to each of the plural input terminals; an image signal correcting section which generates image signals for producing a source search screen indicating search status for each of the input source names corresponding to the input terminals; and a control section for displaying an image of the source search screen produced by the image signals at least on the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20120320007
    Abstract: An image display apparatus for displaying an image produced by image signals on a display section includes: a plurality of input terminals for receiving each of the image signals supplied from a plurality of input sources; an input selector for selecting a predetermined input terminal from the plural input terminals; a judging section for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to the input terminal selected by the input selector; an operating section which receives requirement of search processing for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to each of the plural input terminals; an image signal correcting section which generates image signals for producing a source search screen indicating search status for each of the input source names corresponding to the input terminals; and a control section for displaying an image of the source search screen produced by the image signals at least on the display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichi FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 8264480
    Abstract: An image display apparatus for displaying an image produced by image signals on a display section includes: a plurality of input terminals for receiving each of the image signals supplied from a plurality of input sources; an input selector for selecting a predetermined input terminal from the plural input terminals; a judging section for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to the input terminal selected by the input selector; an operating section which receives requirement of search processing for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to each of the plural input terminals; an image signal correcting section which generates image signals for producing a source search screen indicating search status for each of the input source names corresponding to the input terminals; and a control section for displaying an image of the source search screen produced by the image signals at least on the display section in response to search processing executed through the operation sec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20120002175
    Abstract: A projector which includes: a light source lamp; a cool down unit which performs a cool down process for the light source lamp; a mode selection unit through which a normal mode for executing the cool down process at the time of power off or a special mode for eliminating the cool down process at the time of power off is selected; and a control unit which controls the light source lamp and the cool down unit based on the result of the mode selection determined through the mode selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8054387
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a remote control device that transmits a predetermined key code signal, excluding a unique key code (signal) for identifying the device itself, and an operation information signal of a user, a receiving unit that receives the signals to be transmitted by the remote control device, an arithmetic unit, and an ID number setting unit that sets an ID number peculiar to a main body. The arithmetic unit receives the operation information signal when information specified by a set of the key code received by the receiving unit and numerals is consistent with information specified by the ID number set by the ID number setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Hayama, Shuichi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20100146429
    Abstract: An image display apparatus for displaying an image produced by image signals on a display section includes: a plurality of input terminals for receiving each of the image signals supplied from a plurality of input sources; an input selector for selecting a predetermined input terminal from the plural input terminals; a judging section for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to the input terminal selected by the input selector; an operating section which receives requirement of search processing for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to each of the plural input terminals; an image signal correcting section which generates image signals for producing a source search screen indicating search status for each of the input source names corresponding to the input terminals; and a control section for displaying an image of the source search screen produced by the image signals at least on the display section in response to search processing executed through the operation sec
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuichi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7701452
    Abstract: An image display apparatus for displaying an image produced by image signals on a display section includes: a plurality of input terminals for receiving each of the image signals supplied from a plurality of input sources; an input selector for selecting a predetermined input terminal from the plural input terminals; a judging section for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to the input terminal selected by the input selector; an operating section which receives requirement of search processing for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to each of the plural input terminals; an image signal correcting section which generates image signals for producing a source search screen indicating search status for each of the input source names corresponding to the input terminals; and a control section for displaying an image of the source search screen produced by the image signals at least on the display section in response to search processing executed through the operation sec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20070207766
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a remote control device that transmits a predetermined key code signal, excluding a unique key code (signal) for identifying the device itself, and an operation information signal of a user, a receiving unit that receives the signals to be transmitted by the remote control device, an arithmetic unit, and an ID number setting unit that sets an ID number peculiar to a main body. The arithmetic unit receives the operation information signal when information specified by a set of the key code received by the receiving unit and numerals is consistent with information specified by the ID number set by the ID number setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi HAYAMA, Shuichi FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 7209135
    Abstract: The invention provides an image display apparatus that efficiently adjusts a video display even when a change takes place in an input signal. The image display apparatus includes a video input device that receives a video signal, a video display that displays an optical image based on an input signal S1 from the video input device, and a video signal adjusting device that adjusts the display setting of the video display based on a signal mode of the input signal S1. The image display apparatus further includes a determining device that causes the video display adjusting device to adjust the display setting of the video display. The determining device includes an apparatus startup detector unit that detects whether a startup of the image display apparatus creates a change in the input signal, and a signal change detector unit that detects the change in the input signal. The determining device determines whether to cause the video display adjusting device to adjust the display setting only when it is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Akaiwa, Shuichi Fujiwara, Miki Nagano
  • Patent number: 7119855
    Abstract: In an image display having a image generator for forming and displaying an optical image in accordance with inputted image signal and a controller for controlling the image generator, a controller (5) has a display-condition switching controller (510, 511) for switching a display-condition of the optical image formed by the image generator, an operation signal receiver (506) for receiving an operation signal for switching the display-condition of the optical image, and a display switching determining portion (509) for monitoring the received operation signal to determine the display-condition to be switched, the display-condition switching controller (510, 511) conducting switching operation based on a judgment of the display switching determining portion (509).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Fujiwara, Takefumi Sakakibara
  • Publication number: 20060203133
    Abstract: An image display apparatus for displaying an image produced by image signals on a display section includes: a plurality of input terminals for receiving each of the image signals supplied from a plurality of input sources; an input selector for selecting a predetermined input terminal from the plural input terminals; a judging section for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to the input terminal selected by the input selector; an operating section which receives requirement of search processing for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to each of the plural input terminals; an image signal correcting section which generates image signals for producing a source search screen indicating search status for each of the input source names corresponding to the input terminals; and a control section for displaying an image of the source search screen produced by the image signals at least on the display section in response to search processing executed through the operation sec
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuichi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7061476
    Abstract: A technique to adjust each projector of a multi-projector system by simple operations when an identical image is projected on a screen by a plurality of projectors. A communication control unit controls serial communications with an external device through a serial communication port P1 or P2. When receiving a stack definition packet through the serial communication port P1, a control unit stores ID information into a memory based on number information that represents a number of working projectors included in the input stack definition packet, increments the number information in the stack definition packet, and transmits the updated stack definition packet through the serial communication port P2. In response to a command input through the serial communication port P1, the control unit determines whether or not an address of the input command designates itself as the projector of interest, based on address information included in the command and the ID information stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Fujiwara, Shoichi Akaiwa
  • Publication number: 20040183793
    Abstract: The invention provides an image display apparatus that efficiently adjusts a video display even when a change takes place in an input signal. The image display apparatus includes a video input device that receives a video signal, a video display that displays an optical image based on an input signal S1 from the video input device, and a video signal adjusting device that adjusts the display setting of the video display based on a signal mode of the input signal S1. The image display apparatus further includes a determining device that causes the video display adjusting device to adjust the display setting of the video display. The determining device includes an apparatus startup detector unit that detects whether a startup of the image display apparatus creates a change in the input signal, and a signal change detector unit that detects the change in the input signal. The determining device determines whether to cause the video display adjusting device to adjust the display setting only when it is needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Akaiwa, Shuichi Fujiwara, Miki Nagano
  • Patent number: 6741240
    Abstract: The invention provides an image display apparatus that efficiently adjusts a video display even when a change takes place in an input signal. The image display apparatus includes a video input device that receives a video signal, a video display that displays an optical image based on an input signal S1 from the video input device, and a video signal adjusting device that adjusts the display setting of the video display based on a signal mode of the input signal S1. The image display apparatus further includes a determining device that causes the video display adjusting device to adjust the display setting of the video display. The determining device includes an apparatus startup detector unit that detects whether a startup of the image display apparatus creates a change in the input signal, and a signal change detector unit that detects the change in the input signal. The determining device determines whether to cause the video display adjusting device to adjust the display setting only when it is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Akaiwa, Shuichi Fujiwara, Miki Nagano
  • Patent number: 6715881
    Abstract: The presentation support system comprises a projector that displays presentation images utilized in a presentation, a presentation support device that produces support information for supporting the presentation according to the progress status of the presentation, and a support information display device that displays the support information. The projector is equipped with a support controller that supplies the support information display device with the support information supplied from the presentation support device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20040027486
    Abstract: In an image display having a image generator for forming and displaying an optical image in accordance with inputted image signal and a controller for controlling the image generator, a controller (5) has a display-condition switching controller (510, 511) for switching a display-condition of the optical image formed by the image generator, an operation signal receiver (506) for receiving an operation signal for switching the display-condition of the optical image, and a display switching determining portion (509) for monitoring the received operation signal to determine the display-condition to be switched, the display-condition switching controller (510, 511) conducting switching operation based on a judgment of the display switching determining portion (509).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Fujiwara, Takefumi Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 6603516
    Abstract: An image display apparatus is provided that can easily confirm whether an image signal is suitable to the setting of an image display unit. The image display apparatus may include an image input unit, where image signals are input, an image display unit forming an optical image on the basis of the input image signals, a signal information detector for detecting signal information of the input image signals according to an input system of the image input unit, and a signal information output unit for outputting signal information detected by this signal information detector. Since the image display apparatus includes the signal information detector and the signal information output unit, it is possible to easily confirm whether the input image signals are suitable to the setting of the image display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Fujiwara, Shoichi Akaiwa
  • Patent number: 6540365
    Abstract: A projection-type display apparatus includes an on-screen-display-menu generating section for generating image data corresponding to an on-screen-display menu; an image synthesizing section for synthesizing image data for projection sent from an image source and the image data corresponding to the on-screen-display menu; and an image-distortion compensation section for applying image-distortion compensation processing used to reduce the distortion of the projected image obtained when an image is projected in an inclined direction against a screen, to the image data synthesized by the image synthesizing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Epson
    Inventors: Shuichi Fujiwara, Shoichi Akaiwa
  • Patent number: 6483502
    Abstract: A liquid crystal projector is provided which automatically sets optimal sample parameters based on input analog image signals, capable of accurately performing image reproduction. The liquid crystal projector stores judging data formed by weighting and grouping the display modes using horizontal scanning data of analog image signals, vertical scanning data, and synchronizing signal polarity data. Then, the input horizontal scanning data, vertical scanning data, and synchronizing signal polarity data are detected by a judging condition detecting unit, and the display mode of the input analog image signals is automatically identified based on these detection results and the grouped judging data. Then, the sampling parameters are automatically set, based on the judging results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichi Fujiwara