Patents by Inventor Takafumi Kawaguchi

Takafumi Kawaguchi 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: 6930115
    Abstract: When used concurrently with an antitumor agent, a compound having a Rho kinase inhibitory activity, such as (R)-(+)-N-(4-pyridyl)-4-(1-aminoethyl)benzamide, reinforces an antitumor effect of the antitumor agent and is useful as an antitumor effect potentiator. Particularly, a compound having a Rho kinase inhibitory activity used with an antitumor agent in combination can reduce the dose of the antitumor agent, which in turn affords provision of a sufficient effect and/or reduction of side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Fujii, Hiroshi Tanaka, Makio Otsuki, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Kouichi Oshita
  • Publication number: 20040179014
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel (500) is provided with a connection switching circuit (502) for connecting a video signal line driving circuit (300) to a plurality of video signal lines (Ls). The connection switching circuit (502) includes analog switches (SWi) that correspond to the video signal lines (Ls) and one side of each of the analog switches (SWi) is connected to one of the video signal lines (Ls). The video signal lines (Ls) are grouped together into groups of two video signal lines (Ls) that are spaced apart by one video signal line. The groups of video signal lines (Ls) respectively correspond to output terminals (TSj) of the video signal line driving circuit (300). The other sides of the analog switches (SWi) connected to the video signal lines (Ls) of the same group are connected to one another, and connected to one output terminal (TSj).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taketoshi Nakano, Ken Inada, Takafumi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 6771282
    Abstract: In a matrix display device, when cells of first to third colors composing one pixel are first to third cells, the second cell is disposed on one side of the first cell in a signal line alignment direction while disposing the third cell on the other side of the first cell in a scanning line alignment direction, and the first to third cells form the shape of a letter L. One pixel and another pixel adjacent to either side of the former pixel in the scanning line alignment direction are a first pixel in the shape of the letter L and a second pixel in the shape of the letter L and in a state rotating by 180° with respect to the first pixel, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yanagi, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Taketoshi Nakano
  • Patent number: 6765551
    Abstract: A column electrode driving circuit for an image display device for selecting, from among a plurality of reference voltage levels, reference voltage levels respectively corresponding to gray scale levels in input data, and outputting the respective selected voltage levels to at least one data line. The input data includes data of a first color, a second color, and a third color. The reference voltage levels are independently selected corresponding to the gray scale levels in the input data of the first, second, and third colors. Among the reference voltage levels independently selected corresponding to a given gray scale level in the input data of the first, second, and third colors, the reference voltage level selected corresponding to at least one color is different from the reference voltage level or levels selected corresponding to the other color or colors, the given gray scale level being within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taketoshi Nakano, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Toshihiro Yanagi
  • Patent number: 6741229
    Abstract: A device for displaying a video signal which is supplied to the device along with a vertical synchronizing signal, includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a switching element connected to each of the plurality of pixels, and a driving circuit for writing the video signal into each of the plurality of pixels via the switching element. The driving circuit writes the video signal to each of the plurality of pixels with a cycle TW1 shorter than one cycle of the vertical synchronizing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yanagi, Takafumi Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20040051706
    Abstract: A display apparatus of the present invention is provided with (i) a second memory for storing therein data of one frame for a whole display area of a display section, (ii) a first memory, provided in addition of the second memory, for storing therein data of one frame for a partial display area, (iii) a control section for causing the data respectively read out from the memories, to be respectively written in the display areas to which the data correspond to, and casing the partial display area to move to an predetermined position within a display screen of the display section, when a predetermined time lapses. The display apparatus has an improved display quality by moving the partial display area without affecting an image displayed in an area other than the partial display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Taketoshi Nakano, Toshihiro Yanagi, Takafumi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 6677925
    Abstract: In an active-matrix LCD device, a coupling signal in accordance with a sum of outputs of data signal lines is detected by a detection-use bus line crossing each of the data signal lines. The coupling signal is superimposed via a coupling capacitor on an input signal that serves as a reference, and is inverted and amplified by a inverting-amplifying section, then it is outputted as a common electrode signal. With this, a waveform that corresponds to a sum of the outputs is coupled with the common electrode signal. As a result, the common electrode signal is caused to have an influence that corresponds to a fluctuation of a potential of the common electrode due to outputs of the data signal lines and that is reverse in phase, thereby enabling to prevent horizontal shadow due to the outputs of the data signal lines. Thus, it is possible to realize an active-matrix-type LCD device in which horizontal shadow can be prevented with low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takafumi Kawaguchi, Toshihiro Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20030203909
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ushio, Youichiro Naito, Naoki Sugiyama, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Makio Ohtsuki, Kenji Chiba
  • Publication number: 20030165576
    Abstract: When used concurrently with an antitumor agent, a compound having a Rho kinase inhibitory activity, such as (R)-(+)-N-(4-pyridyl)-4-(1-aminoethyl)benzamide, reinforces an antitumor effect of the antitumor agent and is useful as an antitumor effect potentiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Akihiro Fujii, Hiroshi Tanaka, Makio Otsuki, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Kouichi Oshita
  • Publication number: 20030107543
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel has pixel-forming portions driven by the same scanning signal line Lg. The pixel-forming portions are assigned dispersedly to two mutually adjacent rows of pixels sandwiching the scanning signal line Lg from above and below, in a horizontally periodical pattern having a cycle of “up, down, up” or “down, up, down” as to which of the up row and the down row is selected in the assignment of three pixel electrodes. The liquid crystal panel having a three-column-cycle staggered structure such as the above, is driven by a column electrode driving circuit built for a 1-H inversion driving method, whereby a quasi dot inversion driving is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Taketoshi Nakano, Asahi Yamato, Takafumi Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20030063048
    Abstract: In an active matrix display device in which a data line switching circuit is provided and a plurality of data lines are grouped so as to be connected to one output of a data line drive circuit in order to reduce the number of the outputs of the data line drive circuit, switching elements constituting respective switching sections for selecting the data lines have a short life span so as to be unreliable in the long term. In contrast, a data line switching circuit in accordance with the present invention is provided with switching sections each composed of a plurality of switching elements connected in parallel to each other, so that the life span of the switching elements can be prolonged and the long-term reliability of the switching elements can be improved without obstructing the attempts such as narrowing a frame part and downsizing the whole device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taketoshi Nakano, Keishi Nishikubo, Takafumi Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20020158859
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a bus line section; and at least one driver for driving the bus line section included in the display panel. Each of the at least one driver includes an amplifier for generating a non-driving signal based on an input signal, the non-driving signal not contributing to driving of the bus line section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Taketoshi Nakano, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Toshihiro Yanagi, Keishi Nishikubo
  • Publication number: 20020075204
    Abstract: A plurality of column electrode driving circuits is used in a matrix type display device including a plurality of row electrode driving circuits each for driving a plurality of row electrodes and the plurality of column electrode driving circuits each for driving a plurality of column electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Taketoshi Nakano, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Toshihiro Yanagi, Keishi Nishikubo
  • Publication number: 20020000968
    Abstract: In a matrix display device, when cells of first to third colors composing one pixel are first to third cells, the second cell is disposed on one side of the first cell in a signal line alignment direction while disposing the third cell on the other side of the first cell in a scanning line alignment direction, and the first to third cells form the shape of a letter L. One pixel and another pixel adjacent to either side of the former pixel in the scanning line alignment direction are a first pixel in the shape of the letter L and a second pixel in the shape of the letter L and in a state rotating by 180° with respect to the first pixel, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yanagi, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Taketoshi Nakano
  • Publication number: 20010052897
    Abstract: A column electrode driving circuit for an image display device for selecting, from among a plurality of reference voltage levels, reference voltage levels respectively corresponding to gray scale levels in input data, and outputting the respective selected voltage levels to at least one data line. The input data includes data of a first color, a second color, and a third color. The reference voltage levels are independently selected corresponding to the gray scale levels in the input data of the first, second, and third colors. Among the reference voltage levels independently selected corresponding to a given gray scale level in the input data of the first, second, and third colors, the reference voltage level selected corresponding to at least one color is different from the reference voltage level or levels selected corresponding to the other color or colors, the given gray scale level being within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Taketoshi Nakano, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Toshihiro Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20010050678
    Abstract: A line electrode driving apparatus of an image display apparatus of the present invention in which a start pulse is supplied to the second resigter corresponding to the first output terminal of a gate line, not to the first register of an output terminal corresponding to a dummy line that is provided on a side portion. Gate signals are consecutively outputted from the second through the 257-th output terminal, thereafter a gate signal is outputted from the first output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Keishi Nishikubo, Takafumi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 6298779
    Abstract: In a rotary press, ink transferring rollers and water transferring rollers provided in printing units are capable of separately and speed-variably controlled respectively by ink transferring rollers driving unit and water transferring driving unit independently of drive of print cylinder of the printing unit. Accordingly, spoilage can be avoided and printing failure such as doubling and hickey can be prevented, thereby improving print quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Gotanda, Takafumi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 6151006
    Abstract: An active matrix type display device according to the present invention includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix shape, scanning lines connected to the plurality of pixels, and signal lines connected to the plurality of pixels; and a signal line driving circuit for receiving an analog video signal and driving each signal line with a signal line driving signal corresponding to a signal level of the analog video signal. The signal line driving circuit generates a pulse signal having a duty ratio corresponding to the signal level of the analog video signal and outputs the pulse signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yanagi, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Makoto Takeda
  • Patent number: 6118421
    Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix, a plurality of data lines respectively connected to the pixel electrodes in a plurality of columns, a plurality of gate lines respectively connected to the pixel electrodes in a plurality of rows, and a plurality of switching devices, respectively connected to the pixel electrodes, for connecting and disconnecting the corresponding pixel electrode and the corresponding data line based on a signal sent from the corresponding gate line. The method includes the step of applying a driving voltage having a waveform corresponding to image data used for display to each data line while inverting the driving voltage gate line by gate line and frame by frame, so as to maintain an average value of the driving voltage in each frame within a certain range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takafumi Kawaguchi, Toshihiro Yanagi, Makoto Takeda, Hisao Okada
  • Patent number: 5745087
    Abstract: A gray scale signal duty ratio conversion section employs D flip-flops and AND gates so as to generate detection pulses for rises and falls of the gray scale signal T based on the gray scale signal T input from the control circuit and the clock signal CKT. Among the rise-detection pulses and fall-detection pulses, only the fall-detection pulses are delayed by the D flip-flop by one clock, and the delayed fall-detection pulses and the rise-detection pulses are input to an RS flip-flop so that the altered gray scale signal T' is obtained as an output of the RS flip-flop. The altered gray scale signal T' thus obtained is a signal whose HIGH period is longer than the input gray scale T by one clock. Thus, it is possible to compensate for the phenomenon associated with a TFT liquid crystal display device driven by the gray-scale driving method where a voltage applied to a liquid crystal capacitance may vary with the turning off of the TFT is from the voltage it was charged with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Tomiyoshi, Takafumi Kawaguchi