Patents by Inventor Takanori Sumiya

Takanori Sumiya 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: 8094107
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) driver integrated circuit (IC) includes a grayscale voltage generating circuit generating grayscale voltages from a set of supply reference voltages. A converting section having connection terminals drives each of data lines of an LCD display panel through one of the connection terminals based on one of the grayscale voltages. The grayscale voltage generating circuit includes a resistance circuit having resistances connected in series and voltage buffers connected to the resistance circuit to bias the resistance circuit. When two of the LCD driver ICs are used, non-inversion input terminals of pairs of the voltage buffers in a first of the two LCD driver ICs and a corresponding voltage buffer in the second LCD driver IC are commonly connected to the reference voltage generating circuit, and connection terminals in the first LCD driver IC are connected to connection terminals in the second LCD driver IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Nishimura, Takanori Sumiya, Hideki Akahori
  • Publication number: 20070247409
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) driver integrated circuit includes a grayscale voltage generating circuit configured to generate a plurality of grayscale voltages from a set of supply reference voltages; and a converting section having connection terminals and configured to drive each of a plurality of data lines of a liquid crystal display panel through one of the connection terminals based on one of the plurality of grayscale voltages which is determined based on an input data, when each of a plurality of scanning lines of the liquid crystal display panel is driven. The grayscale voltage generating circuit includes a resistance circuit having resistances connected in series; and a plurality of voltage buffers connected to the resistance circuit to bias the resistance circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Nishimura, Takanori Sumiya, Hideki Akahori
  • Patent number: 6700560
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device capable of independently adjusting gradation for each of RGB. A control circuit outputs a clock signal, an image signal for each of RGB, and an adding circuit control signal. A gradation voltage generation circuit outputs a gradation voltage. A color correction voltage for each of RGB is generated in a color correction voltage generation circuit based on an input signal for color correction. A signal electrode drive circuit receives the clock signal, a control signal, the image signal, the adding circuit control signal, the gradation voltage, and the color correction voltage. A gradation voltage corresponding to a gradation value of the image signal for each of RGB is selected from the gradation voltage. The color correction voltage for each of RGB is added to the gradation voltage, then a sub-pixel data signal is generated and sent to a liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: NEC LED Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takanori Sumiya
  • Publication number: 20020000964
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device capable of independently adjusting gradation for each of RGB. A control circuit outputs a clock signal, an image signal for each of RGB, and an adding circuit control signal. A gradation voltage generation circuit outputs a gradation voltage. A color correction voltage for each of RGB is generated in a color correction voltage generation circuit based on an input signal for color correction. A signal electrode drive circuit receives the clock signal, a control signal, the image signal, the adding circuit control signal, the gradation voltage, and the color correction voltage. A gradation voltage corresponding to a gradation value of the image signal for each of RGB is selected from the gradation voltage. The color correction voltage for each of RGB is added to the gradation voltage, then a sub-pixel data signal is generated and sent to a liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Takanori Sumiya