Patents by Inventor Takahisa Shiramizu

Takahisa Shiramizu 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: 10319269
    Abstract: A laser light source device includes a semiconductor laser, a current supplying unit to supply a driving current to the semiconductor laser, and a signal generator to generate current intensity data for setting an intensity of the driving current. The signal generator generates, for an input signal corresponding to continuous pixels for a same color, a plurality of sets of the current intensity data indicating current intensities different from each other, and transmits the plurality of sets of the current intensity data to the current supplying unit while sequentially switching the plurality of sets of the current intensity data. The current supplying unit drives the semiconductor laser based on the plurality of different sets of the current intensity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahisa Shiramizu, Tetsuro Mizushima, Junichi Mutoh, Susumu Uragami
  • Patent number: 10302938
    Abstract: A light source device includes a laser light source, a first adjustment mechanism, a second adjustment mechanism, and a mirror. The laser light source emits laser light. The first adjustment mechanism is configured such that the laser light from the laser light source is incident thereto, and performs an emission angle adjustment of the laser light and a focus adjustment of the laser light. The second adjustment mechanism is configured such that the laser light from the first adjustment mechanism is incident thereto, and performs a positional adjustment of the incident laser light. The mirror is configured such that the laser light from the second adjustment mechanism is incident thereto, and emits the incident laser light in a predetermined direction. An image display apparatus includes the above light source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Uragami, Hiroyuki Furuya, Takahisa Shiramizu, Akira Kurozuka, Yuta Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10031336
    Abstract: An image display device includes a light source, a screen, an optical system and a driving unit. The screen is irradiated with light from the light source to form an image. The optical system generates a virtual image with the light from the screen. The driving unit moves the screen in an optical axis direction. The driving unit includes a holder, one or more elastic members and a driving source. The holder holds the screen. The one or more elastic members support the holder so as to enable the holder to reciprocally move in the optical axis direction. The driving source generates force for moving the holder in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Uragami, Takahisa Shiramizu, Akira Kurozuka, Hiroyuki Furuya
  • Patent number: 9905997
    Abstract: An image display device includes a laser light source, a controller, a temperature acquisition unit, and an image forming unit. The laser light source emits a plurality of laser beams including a red laser beam, a green laser beam, and a blue laser beam. The controller controls lighting of the laser light source. The temperature acquisition unit obtains temperature information with respect to the laser light source. The image forming unit creates an image from the plurality of laser beams emitted from the laser light source. The controller varies a light output ratio between the plurality of laser beams, based on the temperature information obtained by the temperature acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Furuya, Takahisa Shiramizu
  • Patent number: 9900567
    Abstract: An image display device includes a light source, a screen, an optical system, a screen driving mechanism unit, a memory unit, and a screen driving circuit unit. An image is formed on the screen by being irradiated with light from the light source. The screen driving mechanism unit moves the screen in an optical axis direction of the light. A smoothed movement profile is obtained by smoothing a movement profile used as a target for moving the screen so as to make a moving speed of the screen vary gently. The memory unit stores screen driving waveform information that has been generated so that the screen follows the smoothed movement profile. The screen driving circuit unit drives the screen driving mechanism unit, based on the screen driving waveform information stored in the memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Uragami, Hiroyuki Furuya, Takahisa Shiramizu, Akira Kurozuka, Yuta Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9835859
    Abstract: An image display device includes a light source that emits a light beam, a screen, a scanning section that scans the screen with the light beam, an optical system, a drive section, and a screen drive circuit. The optical system generates a virtual image by using the light beam that has passed through the screen. The drive section moves the screen at least in parallel to a travel direction of the light beam. The screen drive circuit contains a drive signal table that stores an information group for use in generating a drive signal tailored to stop the screen at different stop locations over different stop periods. The screen drive circuit selects first information in the drive signal table which is associated with displaying of an image and supplies the drive section with a first drive signal generated from the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Furuya, Takahisa Shiramizu, Susumu Uragami, Yoshiro Kashiwabara
  • Publication number: 20170264872
    Abstract: An image display device includes a light source, a screen, an optical system, a screen driving mechanism unit, a memory unit, and a screen driving circuit unit. An image is formed on the screen by being irradiated with light from the light source. The screen driving mechanism unit moves the screen in an optical axis direction of the light. A smoothed movement profile is obtained by smoothing a movement profile used as a target for moving the screen so as to make a moving speed of the screen vary gently. The memory unit stores screen driving waveform information that has been generated so that the screen follows the smoothed movement profile. The screen driving circuit unit drives the screen driving mechanism unit, based on the screen driving waveform information stored in the memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: SUSUMU URAGAMI, HIROYUKI FURUYA, TAKAHISA SHIRAMIZU, AKIRA KUROZUKA, YUTA YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170227763
    Abstract: A light source device includes a laser light source, a first adjustment mechanism, a second adjustment mechanism, and a mirror. The laser light source emits laser light. The first adjustment mechanism is configured such that the laser light from the laser light source is incident thereto, and performs an emission angle adjustment of the laser light and a focus adjustment of the laser light. The second adjustment mechanism is configured such that the laser light from the first adjustment mechanism is incident thereto, and performs a positional adjustment of the incident laser light. The mirror is configured such that the laser light from the second adjustment mechanism is incident thereto, and emits the incident laser light in a predetermined direction. An image display apparatus includes the above light source device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: SUSUMU URAGAMI, HIROYUKI FURUYA, TAKAHISA SHIRAMIZU, AKIRA KUROZUKA, YUTA YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170212347
    Abstract: An image display device includes a light source, a screen, an optical system and a driving unit. The screen is irradiated with light from the light source to form an image. The optical system generates a virtual image with the light from the screen. The driving unit moves the screen in an optical axis direction. The driving unit includes a holder, one or more elastic members and a driving source. The holder holds the screen. The one or more elastic members support the holder so as to enable the holder to reciprocally move in the optical axis direction. The driving source generates force for moving the holder in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: SUSUMU URAGAMI, TAKAHISA SHIRAMIZU, AKIRA KUROZUKA, HIROYUKI FURUYA
  • Publication number: 20170201068
    Abstract: An image display device includes a laser light source, a controller, a temperature acquisition unit, and an image forming unit. The laser light source emits a plurality of laser beams including a red laser beam, a green laser beam, and a blue laser beam. The controller controls lighting of the laser light source. The temperature acquisition unit obtains temperature information with respect to the laser light source. The image forming unit creates an image from the plurality of laser beams emitted from the laser light source. The controller varies a light output ratio between the plurality of laser beams, based on the temperature information obtained by the temperature acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: HIROYUKI FURUYA, TAKAHISA SHIRAMIZU
  • Publication number: 20170059861
    Abstract: An image display device includes a light source that emits a light beam, a screen, a scanning section that scans the screen with the light beam, an optical system, a drive section, and a screen drive circuit. The optical system generates a virtual image by using the light beam that has passed through the screen. The drive section moves the screen at least in parallel to a travel direction of the light beam. The screen drive circuit contains a drive signal table that stores an information group for use in generating a drive signal tailored to stop the screen at different stop locations over different stop periods. The screen drive circuit selects first information in the drive signal table which is associated with displaying of an image and supplies the drive section with a first drive signal generated from the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: HIROYUKI FURUYA, TAKAHISA SHIRAMIZU, SUSUMU URAGAMI, YOSHIRO KASHIWABARA
  • Publication number: 20160343280
    Abstract: A laser light source device includes a semiconductor laser, a current supplying unit to supply a driving current to the semiconductor laser, and a signal generator to generate current intensity data for setting an intensity of the driving current. The signal generator generates, for an input signal corresponding to continuous pixels for a same color, a plurality of sets of the current intensity data indicating current intensities different from each other, and transmits the plurality of sets of the current intensity data to the current supplying unit while sequentially switching the plurality of sets of the current intensity data. The current supplying unit drives the semiconductor laser based on the plurality of different sets of the current intensity data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: TAKAHISA SHIRAMIZU, TETSURO MIZUSHIMA, JUNICHI MUTOH, SUSUMU URAGAMI
  • Patent number: 8840252
    Abstract: An image display apparatus improves usability for a user in the case where a screen image is projected on a ceiling as a screen. The image display apparatus includes: a projection unit capable of vertically changing a projection angle; a projection angle detector detecting the projection angle of the projection unit; and a screen image corrector reversing a projected screen image. The screen image corrector switches the projected screen image from a reversed display to a standard display when the projection angle detected by the projection angle detector is less than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa Shiramizu, Kazutaka Yasuda, Takayuki Ooie
  • Patent number: 8541729
    Abstract: The image display system comprises laser light source units (2 to 4) for emitting green, red and blue laser beams, a laser output control unit (52) and a drive control unit (53). Upon detecting an overlapping in the output timing of the laser beams of two or more of the laser light source units, the drive control unit ceases the application of the drive current to at least one of the two or more laser light source units according to the output control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto, Takahisa Shiramizu
  • Publication number: 20120229779
    Abstract: An image display apparatus improves usability for a user in the case where a screen image is projected on a ceiling as a screen. The image display apparatus includes: a projection unit capable of vertically changing a projection angle; a projection angle detector detecting the projection angle of the projection unit; and a screen image corrector reversing a projected screen image. The screen image corrector switches the projected screen image from a reversed display to a standard display when the projection angle detected by the projection angle detector is less than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahisa SHIRAMIZU, Kazutaka YASUDA, Takayuki OOIE
  • Publication number: 20120062852
    Abstract: An image display device includes a housing that accommodates a plurality of laser light source devices that emit laser light of respective colors, a light modulator, a projection optical system and a controller, a movable body that is ejectable from and retractable into the housing and includes at least the projection optical system, a first switch that turns ON in a use state in which the movable body is ejected from the housing, and a second switch that turns ON in response to an operation of an operating portion by a user. The laser light is emitted from the plurality of laser light source devices when both of the first switch and the second switch turn ON. Accordingly, laser light is securely prevented from being emitted in a nonuse state by a switch erroneously turned ON.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahisa SHIRAMIZU, Nobuo JIKUYA
  • Publication number: 20120062851
    Abstract: The image display system comprises laser light source units (2 to 4) for emitting green, red and blue laser beams, a laser output control unit (52) and a drive control unit (53). Upon detecting an overlapping in the output timing of the laser beams of two or more of the laser light source units, the drive control unit ceases the application of the drive current to at least one of the two or more laser light source units according to the output control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi YOSHIMOTO, Takahisa SHIRAMIZU
  • Patent number: 7771205
    Abstract: A wiring board of the present invention has a terminal section and a wiring section connected to the terminal section. The terminal section is configured so as to have a plurality of long connection terminals placed at predetermined intervals along a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the wiring board is to be inserted; and short connection terminals arranged between adjacent long connection terminals so as to be located behind the respective long connection terminals with respect to the direction of insertion. At least one adjacent pair consisting of a long connection terminal and a short connection terminal is short-circuited, and the length of the thus-short-circuited short connection terminal is made shorter than non-short-circuit short connection terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa Shiramizu, Yoshinobu Soeda, Masaomi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20090233459
    Abstract: A wiring board of the present invention has a terminal section and a wiring section connected to the terminal section. The terminal section is configured so as to have a plurality of long connection terminals placed at predetermined intervals along a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the wiring board is to be inserted; and short connection terminals arranged between adjacent long connection terminals so as to be located behind the respective long connection terminals with respect to the direction of insertion. At least one adjacent pair consisting of a long connection terminal and a short connection terminal is short-circuited, and the length of the thus-short-circuited short connection terminal is made shorter than non-short-circuit short connection terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahisa SHIRAMIZU, Yoshinobu SOEDA, Masaomi INOUE
  • Patent number: 5575575
    Abstract: A small-sized printer includes a printing section equipped with a shuttle head in which impact-type printing units are arranged in juxtaposition in a sub-scanning direction, a cylindrical cam for reciprocating the shuttle head in the sub-scanning direction, and paper feeding rollers for feeding a standard sheet in a main scanning direction; an input device for inputting information; a display device for displaying information; a RAM for storing information; and a CPU for controlling the printing section, the input section, the display device and the RAM and performing calculation on information. The printing section and the paper feeding rollers are provided in a body case in such a way as to be exposed where they are opposed to a case cover, which has a flat platen and spring members at positions opposed to the printing section, and ribs adapted to come into contact with the standard sheet and serving as a positioning device and as a sliding guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Ide, Hiroki Kokubu, Takahisa Shiramizu, Yuji Tanaka, Tetsuo Hayama, Takashi Takeda, Hiroyuki Fukusako, Keisuke Shiba, Akihiro Nishiyama, Norio Amamoto, Hidehito Nakamura, Tsutomu Egashira, Kouji Okada