Patents by Inventor Takamasa Inoue

Takamasa Inoue 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).

  • Image display device and image display method
    Patent number: 8436803
    Abstract: An image display device adjusts display luminance in accordance with a surrounding illuminance. Since the display luminance considered to be appropriate differs depending on a user, the image display device includes a display unit operating according to a display luminance calculated based on the surrounding illuminance. For example, in the image display device, a user can set a range of the display luminance as a predetermined rule. The image display device provides a user interface enabling a user to easily input the predetermined rule or perform the setting input without being aware of it. That is, when the surrounding illuminance is above a predetermined illuminance, an input bar indicates only the range where the maximum value can be set as an input screen and when the surrounding illuminance is below the predetermined illuminance, the input bar indicates only the range where the minimum value can be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takamasa Inoue
  • IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD
    Publication number: 20100188325
    Abstract: An image display device adjusts display luminance in accordance with a surrounding illuminance. Since the display luminance considered to be appropriate differs depending on a user, the image display device includes a display unit operating according to a display luminance calculated based on the surrounding illuminance. For example, in the image display device, a user can set a range of the display luminance as a predetermined rule. The image display device provides a user interface enabling a user to easily input the predetermined rule or perform the setting input without being aware of it. That is, when the surrounding illuminance is above a predetermined illuminance, an input bar indicates only the range where the maximum value can be set as an input screen and when the surrounding illuminance is below the predetermined illuminance, the input bar indicates only the range where the minimum value can be set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takamasa Inoue