Patents by Inventor Shun Ueki

Shun Ueki 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: 20130300780
    Abstract: In a display device (10) that includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), and a polar liquid (16) and an oil (insulating fluid) (17) that are movable toward an effective display area (P1) or a non-effective display area (P2) in a display space (S) between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3), the contact angle ?0 of the polar liquid (16) in the oil (17) is 150 degrees or more and 180 degrees or less to a water-repellent film (surface film) (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun Ueki, Tomoko Teranishi, Takuma Tomotoshi, Toshiki Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8576261
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100A) of the present invention includes an active matrix substrate (220); a counter substrate (240); and a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer (260). The liquid crystal display device (100) has a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a plurality of subpixels. The plurality of subpixels include a red subpixel (R), a green subpixel (G), and a blue subpixel (B). When each of adjacent two of the plurality of pixels represents an achromatic color at a certain grayscale level, a luminance of a blue subpixel (B) included in one of the two adjacent pixels is different from a luminance of a blue subpixel (B) included in the other of the two adjacent pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshida, Kazunari Tomizawa, Tomohiko Mori, Kozo Nakamura, Shun Ueki
  • Publication number: 20130286496
    Abstract: A display device in which an image with a wide color reproduction range and bright red can be displayed is provided. The display device is a display device such as, for example, a liquid crystal display device, a cathode ray tube, an organic electroluminescent display device, a plasma display panel, and a field emission display. The display device includes a display surface including a pixel having red, green, blue, and yellow sub-pixels, wherein the red sub-pixel preferably has the largest aperture area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Kozo NAKAMURA, Shun Ueki, Tokio Taguchi, Akiko Itou
  • Publication number: 20130271356
    Abstract: A signal conversion circuit (20) is used for a multiple-primary color liquid crystal display device (100) which performs color display using four primary colors of red displayed by a red-sub pixel (R), green displayed by green-sub pixel (G), blue displayed by blue-sub pixel (B), and yellow displayed by yellow-sub pixel (Ye), and converts an input three-primary color video signal into a multiple-primary color video signal corresponding to four primary colors. The signal conversion circuit (20) performs signal conversion such that a gray scale level of the yellow-sub pixel (Ye) is higher than a gray scale level of the green-sub pixel (G) in at least some cases from among cases in which a red gray-scale level r, a green gray-scale level g, and a blue gray-scale level b which are displayed by the three-primary color video signal satisfy a relationship of r>g>b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshida, Tomohiko Mori, Kazunari Tomizawa, Kohzoh Nakamura, Shun Ueki
  • Publication number: 20130242398
    Abstract: A method for making a stamper which has an uneven surface pattern, in which unit structures are arranged in x and y directions at respective periods that are both shorter than the shortest wavelength of an incoming light ray, on the surface of a substrate and satisfies the following Inequality (1): ? ? ? x , y ? m ? ? i ? ? n < 1 ni + ni · sin ? ? ? ? ? i ma ? ? x ( 1 ) where ?min is the shortest wavelength of the incoming light ray, ?imax is the largest angle of incidence of the incoming light ray, ni is the refractive index of an incidence medium, ?x is the period of the uneven surface pattern in the x direction, and ?y is the period of the pattern in the y direction. As a result, diffraction of short-wave light components can be reduced in a broad wavelength range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tokio TAGUCHI, Shun UEKI, Kozo NAKAMURA, Kazuhiko TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20130235445
    Abstract: Oil (an insulating fluid) (17), which does not mix with a polar liquid (16), is enclosed within each of multiple pixel regions (p), in a display element (10) which is equipped with an upper substrate (a first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (a second substrate) (3), the polar liquid (16) which is enclosed within a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3) so as to be movable toward an effective display region (P1) or a non-effective display region (P2). Furthermore, a surface active agent (19) is added to at least one of the polar liquid (16) and the oil (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoko Teranishi, Shun Ueki, Takuma Tomotoshi, Toshiki Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8497957
    Abstract: A display device in which an image with a wide color reproduction range and bright red can be displayed is provided. The display device is a display device such as, for example, a liquid crystal display device, a cathode ray tube, an organic electroluminescent display device, a plasma display panel, and a field emission display. The display device includes a display surface including a pixel having red, green, blue, and yellow sub-pixels, wherein the red sub-pixel preferably has the largest aperture area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kozo Nakamura, Shun Ueki, Tokio Taguchi, Akiko Itou
  • Patent number: 8488085
    Abstract: A display device which has a wide color gamut and is able to display bright red, includes a plurality of pixels each defined by a plurality of subpixels. The plurality of subpixels include first and second red subpixels for displaying red, a green subpixel for displaying green, a blue subpixel for displaying blue, and a yellow subpixel for displaying yellow. The blue subpixel and the yellow subpixel are contiguous with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kozo Nakamura, Shun Ueki, Akiko Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20130163068
    Abstract: A display element (10) includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), a polar liquid (16) that is movably sealed on an effective display region (P1) side or a non-effective display region (P2) side inside a display space (S), a rib (14) that is provided on the lower substrate (3) so as to hermetically compartment the inside of the display space (S) according to each of a plurality of pixel regions (P), and oil (insulating fluid) (17) that is movably sealed inside the display space (S) for each pixel region (P) and does not mix with the polar liquid (16). In addition, when the polar liquid (16) is moved inside the display space (S) for each pixel region (P), signal electrodes (4) are provided on the lower substrate (3) side so that the flow path of the oil (17) inside the display space (S) becomes large.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Matsuoka, Tomoko Teranishi, Shun Ueki, Takuma Tomotoshi
  • Patent number: 8451391
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a pixel defined by at least three sub-pixels including a blue sub-pixel, a backlight which emits, toward the liquid crystal display panel, light that brings a color temperature to a predetermined level when the pixel displays white, and a color tone correction circuit which corrects a color tone of a color displayed by the pixel. When the pixel displays a color containing at least one predetermined color component that is other than a white component and a blue component, the color tone correction circuit performs a correction to set a luminance of the blue sub-pixel lower than an original luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shun Ueki, Kozo Nakamura, Akiko Miyazaki, Tokio Taguchi
  • Patent number: 8436875
    Abstract: A multiple primary color display device which suppresses the reduction in the display quality when an input signal corresponding to green in an sRGB color space is input from outside is provided. A display device according to the present invention has a pixel defined by a plurality of sub pixels. The plurality of sub pixels include at least a red sub pixel for displaying red, a green sub pixel for displaying green, a blue sub pixel for displaying blue, and a yellow sub pixel for displaying yellow. When an input signal corresponding to green in the sRGB color space is input from outside, the display device according to the present invention provides display using the yellow sub pixel in addition to the green sub pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shun Ueki, Kozo Nakamura, Tomohiko Mori, Kazunari Tomizawa, Yuichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20130107145
    Abstract: Disclosed are active shutter glasses and a three-dimensional image recognition unit capable of visually recognizing a three-dimensional image with excellent display quality. The active shutter glasses are active shutter glasses for three-dimensional image recognition. The active shutter glasses comprise a right temple, a left temple, a right-eye lens, and a left-eye lens. The right-eye lens and the left-eye lens comprise liquid crystal cells. The right-eye lens and the left-eye lens have an inclination with respect to a state where the right-eye lens and the left-eye lens are arranged on the same plane, and are arranged on a surface orthogonal to a horizontal surface including the top surfaces of the right temple and the left temple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shun Ueki, Kozo Nakamura, Takahiro Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20130107348
    Abstract: A display element (10) includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), and a polar liquid (16) that is sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3) so as to be moved toward an effective display region (P1) or a non-effective display region (P2). A rib (14) hermetically divides the inside of the display space (S) in accordance with each of a plurality of pixel regions (P). A movement space (K) in which an oil (insulating fluid) (17) is moved is provided for each of the pixel regions (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuma Tomotoshi, Shun Ueki, Toshiki Matsuoka, Kohzoh Nakamura, Tomoko Teranishi
  • Patent number: 8431004
    Abstract: A method for making a stamper which has an uneven surface pattern, in which unit structures are arranged in x and y directions at respective periods that are both shorter than the shortest wavelength of an incoming light ray, on the surface of a substrate and satisfies the following Inequality (1): ? ? ? x , y ? min < 1 ni + ni · sin ? ? ? ? ? i max ( 1 ) where ?min is the shortest wavelength of the incoming light ray, ?imax is the largest angle of incidence of the incoming light ray, ni is the refractive index of an incidence medium, ?x is the period of the uneven surface pattern in the x direction, and ?y is the period of the pattern in the y direction. As a result, diffraction of short-wave light components can be reduced in a broad wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tokio Taguchi, Shun Ueki, Kozo Nakamura, Kazuhiko Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20130083261
    Abstract: The present invention provides active shutter glasses including shutters in which orientations of their components are freely determined, and provides a stereoscopic image projection system. The present invention provides active shutter glasses for a stereoscopic image projection system, the active shutter glasses comprising: a right-eye shutter; and a left-eye shutter, wherein the right-eye shutter and the left-eye shutter each include a liquid crystal layer and a linear polarizing element, at least one of the right-eye shutter and the left-eye shutter includes a layer adopted to change a vibration direction of polarized light, the linear polarizing element is provided at the outer side of the liquid crystal layer, and the layer adapted to change a vibration direction of polarized light is provided at the outer side of the linear polarizing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Nakahara, Shun Ueki, Kozo Nakamura, Akira Sakai
  • Patent number: 8405687
    Abstract: A multi-primary color display device according to the present invention includes pixels, each having a plurality of sub-pixels. The plurality of sub-pixels include first, second, third and fourth sub-pixels for displaying first, second, third and fourth colors having first, second, third and fourth hues. The second and third hues are adjacent to the first hue on both sides thereof on an a*b* plane of an L*a*b* colorimetric system. When a color displayed by each pixel changes from black to an optimal color of the first hue, luminance values of the plurality of sub-pixels are set such that the luminance value of the first sub-pixel starts to be increased and also the luminance values of the second and third sub-pixels start to be increased at a rate of increase lower than the rate of increase of the first sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akiko Miyazaki, Kazunari Tomizawa, Kozo Nakamura, Shun Ueki
  • Publication number: 20130063670
    Abstract: The present invention provides active shutter glasses and a stereoscopic image projection system that allow a stereoscopic image of excellent display quality to be viewed. The present invention provides active shutter glasses for a stereoscopic image projection system in which the active shutter glasses include a shutter section for the right eye and a shutter section for the left eye, the shutter section for the right eye and the shutter section for the left eye each include a liquid crystal cell, and when the glasses are worn, viewing angles of the shutter section for the right eye and the shutter section for the left eye each are wider on the right and left sides than on the upper and lower sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shun Ueki, Takahiro Nakahara, Kozo Nakamura, Akira Sakai
  • Publication number: 20130057455
    Abstract: A display element (10) includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), and a polar liquid (16) that is sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3) so as to be moved toward an effective display region (P1) or a non-effective display region (P2). A display control (DC) supplies predetermined reset signals to signal electrodes (4), reference electrodes (5), and scanning electrodes (6) so that the polar liquid (16) in each of all pixel regions (P) is moved to an initial position that is set on the effective display region (P1) side or the non-effective display region (P2) side opposite the scanning direction before the scanning operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Matsuoka, Kohzoh Nakamura, Shun Ueki, Takuma Tomotoshi
  • Patent number: 8384856
    Abstract: A color filter substrate and a display device are each capable of reducing color separation of a straight line displayed with a mixed color and particularly color separation of a straight white line displayed with a mixed color on a black background. The color filter substrate is a color filter substrate including colored layers of at least four colors, arrayed inside a pixel region, wherein at least one pair of colored layers that are not next to each other when the colored layers of all the colors are arrayed in order of hue is adjacently arranged to each other inside the pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akiko Itou, Kohzoh Nakamura, Shun Ueki, Tokio Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20130010213
    Abstract: A signal conversion circuit is disclosed which is suitably used in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device, and a multiprimary liquid crystal display device having such a signal conversion circuit. A signal conversion circuit according to one embodiment of the present invention is for use in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device, and converts an input video signal to a multiprimary signal corresponding to four or more primary colors. When generating a multiprimary signal for displaying dark skin, the signal conversion circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention applies a conversion to the video signal so that a color difference ?u?v?=((u??u60?)2+(v??v60?)2) is 0.03 or less, the color difference ?u?v? being defined by CIE1976 chromaticity coordinates (u?, v?) representing a chromaticity when the pixel is viewed from the frontal direction and CIE1976 chromaticity coordinates (u60?, v60?) representing a chromaticity when the pixel is viewed from a 60° oblique direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Tomohiko Mori, Shun Ueki, Takao Muroi