Patents by Inventor Takashi Hatakenaka
Takashi Hatakenaka 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).
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Publication number: 20240135894Abstract: A panel drive circuit having an input interface to which an image signal is input, a gamma correction circuit that corrects an image processing signal generated by an image processing circuit performing image processing on the image signal input to the input interface, such that a gamma correction signal thus generated has predetermined gamma characteristics, an unevenness correction circuit that corrects the gamma correction signal generated through the correction by the gamma correction circuit, based on correction data for reducing unevenness of a display panel, and an D/A convertor that has a variable output voltage range, and performs D/A conversion on an unevenness correction signal generated through the correction by the unevenness correction circuit and outputs the signal thus generated to the display panel, and the unevenness correction circuit changes the correction method according to the output voltage range of the D/A convertor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: IIX INC.Inventors: Makoto HATAKENAKA, Takashi SAKAMOTO, Mitsuo HAGIWARA, Norimasa SENDA, Yoshihide MINEGISHI, Hiroshi MURASE
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Publication number: 20240071337Abstract: An unevenness correction data generation device suppressing the appearance of color unevenness when turning on R, G and B together includes a pattern generation unit causing red, green and blue images, in which display panel subpixels are turned on at the same gray level, to be displayed, a monochrome camera, a control unit generating first red, green and blue luminance correction data based on shooting data of the monochrome camera, a pattern generation unit causing the display panel to display a white image by causing red, green and blue images corrected with the respective luminance correction data to be displayed simultaneously, a color camera shooting the white image in color, and a control unit generating color correction data for correcting color unevenness based on shooting data of the color camera and generates unevenness correction data based on the red, green and blue luminance correction data and the color correction data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: IIX INC.Inventors: Makoto HATAKENAKA, Takashi SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi MURASE, Mitsuo HAGIWARA, Hideaki SUZUKI, Kazunori YOSHIZAWA
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Patent number: 9619873Abstract: An image processing device includes: a calculator that calculates a gray scale histogram for each color component of an image signal; a calculator that calculates, for each color component, a maximum and a minimum of classes having a frequency greater than zero in the gray scale histogram; a determiner that generates, for each color component, a histogram having classes each having an absolute difference value between the frequencies of adjacent classes in the gray scale histogram, and compares the absolute difference values in the histograms with a value to determine, from the presence or absence of an absolute difference value exceeding the value, an image type of the image; a generator that generates a gray scale correction curve from the calculated maximum and minimum for each color component; and a corrector that performs gray scale correction on the image signal using the gray scale correction curve.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuka Tsuda, Nobuhiko Yamagishi, Toshiyuki Shimizu, Takashi Hatakenaka, Junko Shinohara, Hironobu Yasui, Tomonori Fukuta, Isao Otsuka, Yoshiaki Kato
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Publication number: 20150332444Abstract: An image processing device includes: a calculator that calculates a gray scale histogram for each color component of an image signal; a calculator that calculates, for each color component, a maximum and a minimum of classes having a frequency greater than zero in the gray scale histogram; a determiner that generates, for each color component, a histogram having classes each having an absolute difference value between the frequencies of adjacent classes in the gray scale histogram, and compares the absolute difference values in the histograms with a value to determine, from the presence or absence of an absolute difference value exceeding the value, an image type of the image; a generator that generates a gray scale correction curve from the calculated maximum and minimum for each color component; and a corrector that performs gray scale correction on the image signal using the gray scale correction curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuka TSUDA, Nobuhiko YAMAGISHI, Toshiyuki SHIMIZU, Takashi HATAKENAKA, Junko SHINOHARA, Hironobu YASUI, Tomonori FUKUTA, Isao OTSUKA, Yoshiaki KATO
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Patent number: 8780156Abstract: An ink sheet damage calculating unit compares image element density data of each of areas into which an image is divided by an image area dividing unit with a first threshold to calculate the total number of pixels each having density data equal to or larger than the first threshold for each area, and then compares the total number of pixels calculated for each area with a second threshold. A printing operation selecting unit uses a remaining area of an already-used ink area for formation of a next print image when the total number of pixels is smaller than the second threshold in every one of all the areas, and uses an ink area in a new unit area for formation of a next print image when the total number of pixels is equal to or larger than the second threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Ichirou Furuki, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Takashi Hatakenaka
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Publication number: 20130286139Abstract: An ink sheet damage calculating unit compares image element density data of each of areas into which an image is divided by an image area dividing unit with a first threshold to calculate the total number of pixels each having density data equal to or larger than the first threshold for each area, and then compares the total number of pixels calculated for each area with a second threshold. A printing operation selecting unit uses a remaining area of an already-used ink area for formation of a next print image when the total number of pixels is smaller than the second threshold in every one of all the areas, and uses an ink area in a new unit area for formation of a next print image when the total number of pixels is equal to or larger than the second threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Ichirou Furuki, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Takashi Hatakenaka
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Patent number: 7683921Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling a thermal head which is capable of maintaining high image sharpness even in high-speed printing. In the method of controlling a thermal head according to the present invention, resistors constituting the thermal head is energized and non-energized, thereby realizing an image with a predetermined gradation. Further, one line period includes one energizing period in which energization is performed and one non-energizing period in which non-energization is performed, and the resistors are energized during the energizing period after the non-energizing period in the one line period.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Takashi Hatakenaka
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Patent number: 7600846Abstract: An accumulated-heat correction apparatus for a thermal head, wherein print data of each line are outputted to the thermal head, and a conduction time of the thermal head is controlled on the basis of the print data, includes cumulative-data calculation means for calculating cumulative data which is ascribable to accumulated heat of the thermal head up to a previous line (n?1), next-line data calculation means for calculating print data of a next line (n+1), correction-data generation means for calculating correction data (?Ts) which corrects print data of a current line n, by using the cumulative data and the next-line data, and head control means for controlling the conduction time of the thermal head on the basis of the correction data (?Ts) which has been generated by the correction-data generation means.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Takashi Hatakenaka
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Publication number: 20080062238Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling a thermal head which is capable of maintaining high image sharpness even in high-speed printing. In the method of controlling a thermal head according to the present invention, resistors constituting the thermal head is energized and non-energized, thereby realizing an image with a predetermined gradation. Further, one line period includes one energizing period in which energization is performed and one non-energizing period in which non-energization is performed, and the resistors are energized during the energizing period after the non-energizing period in the one line period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventor: Takashi Hatakenaka
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Publication number: 20080001984Abstract: An accumulated-heat correction apparatus for a thermal head, wherein print data of each line are outputted to the thermal head, and a conduction time of the thermal head is controlled on the basis of the print data, includes cumulative-data calculation means for calculating cumulative data which is ascribable to accumulated heat of the thermal head up to a previous line (n?1), next-line data calculation means for calculating print data of a next line (n+1), correction-data generation means for calculating correction data (?Ts) which corrects print data of a current line n, by using the cumulative data and the next-line data, and head control means for controlling the conduction time of the thermal head on the basis of the correction data (?Ts) which has been generated by the correction-data generation means.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2007Publication date: January 3, 2008Inventor: Takashi Hatakenaka