Patents by Inventor Takashi Nose

Takashi Nose 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).

  • Publication number: 20250149003
    Abstract: A display device includes a backlight device, and a backlight control circuit. The backlight device includes a plurality of light sources configured to illuminate a plurality of zones of a display panel, respectively. The zones are aligned in a first direction, and each zone includes a plurality of subzones aligned in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The backlight control circuit is configured to receive an input image and determine a backlight value for a target light source of the light sources, the target light source corresponding to a target zone of the plurality of zones. Determining the backlight value for the target light source includes: determining local brightness values of respective subzones of the target zone based on the input image; and determining the backlight value for the target light source based on the local brightness values of the subzones of the target zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata, Tomoo Minaki, Kazutoshi Aogaki
  • Publication number: 20250140213
    Abstract: A method for tuning a local dimming function includes measuring a first luminance level of a measurement area of a display panel while the display panel is illuminated with four light sources of a backlight device, the four light sources being arranged in two rows and two columns. The method further includes measuring a second luminance level of the measurement area while the display panel is illuminated with two of the four light sources, the two of the four light sources being arranged in the same row or the same column. The method further includes measuring a third luminance level of the measurement area while the display panel is illuminated with one of the four light sources. The method further includes determining, based on the first, second, and third luminance levels of the measurement area, filter coefficients of a directivity filter used for a local dimming function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose, Akio Sugiyama, Atul Sharma
  • Publication number: 20250124884
    Abstract: A method for demura calibration is provided. The method includes acquiring a plurality of brightness maps of a plurality of light sources of a two-dimensional backlight system for a plurality of test patterns, each test pattern indicating each of the plurality of light sources to be turned on or off. Each of the plurality of light sources is turned on in only one of the plurality of test patterns. The plurality of brightness maps indicate brightness levels of the plurality of light sources for the plurality of test patterns. The method further includes producing a cumulative brightness map by adding together the plurality of brightness maps. The method further includes generating demura compensation factors for the plurality of light sources based on the cumulative brightness map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Atul Sharma, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata, Akio Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 12277877
    Abstract: A display driver IC includes a chromatic aberration correction (CAC) circuit and a drive circuit. The CAC circuit is configured to receive a first input color plane for a first color. The first input color plane includes a center region and a peripheral region that surrounds the center region of the first input color plane. The CAC circuit is further configured to generate an output color plane. The output color plane includes a center region and a scaled peripheral region that surrounds the center region of the output color plane. The center region of the output color plane is the same as the center region of the first input color plane. The scaled peripheral region is generated by scaling the peripheral region. The drive circuit is configured to update a display panel based on the output color plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Aogaki, Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose
  • Publication number: 20250104658
    Abstract: A display device includes, a backlight device, and a backlight control circuit. The backlight device includes a plurality of light sources configured to illuminate a display panel. The backlight control circuit is configured to apply a filter to a target part of the input image to generate a filtered image part. The target part of the input image is displayed in a corresponding region of the display panel illuminated by a target light source of the plurality of light sources. The backlight control circuit is further configured to control a luminance level of the target light source based on a maximum pixel luminance level of the filtered image part and a local average picture level (APL) of the filtered image part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose, Kazutoshi Aogaki
  • Publication number: 20250104579
    Abstract: A display driver IC includes a chromatic aberration correction (CAC) circuit and a drive circuit. The CAC circuit is configured to receive a first input color plane for a first color. The first input color plane includes a center region and a peripheral region that surrounds the center region of the first input color plane. The CAC circuit is further configured to generate an output color plane. The output color plane includes a center region and a scaled peripheral region that surrounds the center region of the output color plane. The center region of the output color plane is the same as the center region of the first input color plane. The scaled peripheral region is generated by scaling the peripheral region. The drive circuit is configured to update a display panel based on the output color plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Aogaki, Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose
  • Patent number: 12142233
    Abstract: A display device that includes a display panel, a backlight device, and a display driver. The backlight device includes light sources configured such that color of light emitted from the light sources varies with luminance levels. The display driver is configured to: process a first input grey level of a first color for a target pixel based on a specified luminance level of a corresponding light source to determine a first output grey level of the first color for the target pixel; and configured to process a second input grey level of a second color for the target pixel based on the specified luminance level to determine a second output grey level of the second color for the target pixel. The first output grey level and the second output grey level are determined to compensate for a change in color of light emitted from the corresponding light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose, Masao Orio, Kazutoshi Aogaki
  • Patent number: 12136398
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight module, and backlight control circuitry. The backlight module is configured to illuminate the display panel, the backlight module comprising a plurality of light sources. The backlight control circuitry is configured to control first luminance of a first light source of the plurality of light sources based at least in part on a first weighted average of brightness values for a first set of pixels of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Kazutoshi Aogaki, Takashi Nose, Masao Orio, Tomoo Minaki, Akio Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 12125447
    Abstract: A display driver includes a display panel, a backlight array, and backlight control circuitry. The backlight array includes a plurality of light sources and is configured to illuminate the display panel. The backlight control circuitry is configured to determine first base luminance for a first light source of the plurality of light sources based at least in part on pixel data for a first set of pixels associated with the first light source. The backlight control circuitry is further configured to determine first compensated luminance for the first light source by modifying the first base luminance based at least in part on a position of the first light source in the backlight array. The backlight control circuitry is further configured to control light emission of the first light source based at least in part on the first compensated luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata, Tomoo Minaki, Kazutoshi Aogaki
  • Patent number: 12100361
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight device, a drive circuit, and a backlight control circuit. The backlight device includes a plurality of light sources configured to illuminate the display panel. The drive circuit is configured to update the display panel based on an input image. The backlight control circuit is configured to apply a filter to a target part of the input image to generate a filtered image part. The target part of the input image is displayed in a corresponding region of the display panel illuminated by a target light source of the plurality of light sources. The backlight control circuit is further configured to control a luminance level of the target light source based on a maximum pixel luminance level of the filtered image part and a local average picture level (APL) of the filtered image part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Kazutoshi Aogaki, Takashi Nose, Masao Orio
  • Publication number: 20240312436
    Abstract: A display driver that includes image processing circuitry and a source driver. The image processing circuitry is configured to perform a burn-in compensation to determine a first compensated luminance value for a first pixel in a first area of a display panel based at least in part on a first accumulated luminance value for the first pixel. The first area has a first pixel layout. The image processing circuitry is further configured to scale a second accumulated luminance value for a second pixel in a second area of the display panel to determine a scaled accumulated luminance value. The second area has a second pixel layout different from the first pixel layout. The image processing circuitry is further configured to perform a burn-in compensation to determine a second compensated luminance value for the second pixel based at least in part on the scaled accumulated luminance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Aogaki, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata
  • Patent number: 12094432
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight module, and a display driver. The backlight module includes a plurality of light sources to illuminate a plurality of zones defined for the display panel. The display driver is configured to store a first light source arrangement type of a first zone of the plurality of zones. The first light source arrangement type is based on an arrangement of one or more light sources with respect to the first zone. The display driver is further configured to process first input pixel data for a first target pixel of the display panel based on the first light source arrangement type of the first zone to generate first output pixel data. The first target pixel is located in the first zone. The display driver is further configured to update the first target pixel based on the first output pixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose, Kazutoshi Aogaki
  • Patent number: 12087197
    Abstract: A display driver comprises control circuitry configured to store a default gamma curve, determine a count of in-region pixels of a target pixel in a display panel and neighboring pixels of the target pixel, the in-region pixels being located in a predetermined region of the display panel, and determine a scale factor based on a ratio of the count of the in-region pixels to a total number of the target pixel and the neighboring pixels. The control circuitry also determines a modified gamma curve by scaling the default gamma curve with the scale factor. The display driver further comprises image processing circuitry configured to apply a gamma transformation based on the modified gamma curve to image data defined for the target pixel to generate output voltage data for the target pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Tomoo Minaki, Masao Orio, Takashi Nose
  • Patent number: 12046178
    Abstract: A display driver includes image processing circuitry and drive circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to generate first voltage data for a first pixel in a first screen area of a display panel using a first gamma parameter. The image processing circuitry is further configured to generate second voltage data for a second pixel in a second screen area of the display panel using a second gamma parameter set. The image processing circuitry is further configured to determine an interpolated gamma parameter set for a third pixel in a connection area of the display panel through interpolation between the first gamma parameter set and the second gamma parameter set. The connection area is disposed between the first screen area and the second screen area. The image processing circuitry is further configured to generate third voltage data for the third pixel using the interpolated gamma parameter set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata, Masao Orio
  • Patent number: 12033572
    Abstract: A display driver includes image processing circuitry and drive circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to determine a total current of a display panel and perform an IR-drop compensation using the total current and a first graylevel for a first subpixel of the display panel to determine a first voltage level for the first subpixel. The drive circuitry is configured to update the first subpixel based at least in part on the first voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose
  • Publication number: 20240222023
    Abstract: To provide a composite capacitor that withstands higher voltages and handles the high-frequency operations of switching elements. In a main capacitor 10 formed of a metallized film, first and second plate conductor terminals 12c, 13c as cathode and anode are continuously connected to first and second plate conductor bodies 12a, 13a. In a parallel plate sub-capacitor 20, a sheet dielectric 21 is inserted into a gap between opposed first and second electrode plate bodies 22a, 23a. First and second electrode plate terminals 22c, 23c are continuously connected to the first and second electrode plate bodies 22a, 23a. The main capacitor 10 and the sub-capacitor 20 are disposed in close proximity to each other. The first and second plate conductor terminals 12c, 13c and the first and second electrode plate terminals 22c, 23c can be connected to each other by the terminals of the same polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi MORI, Takashi NOSE
  • Patent number: 12020666
    Abstract: A display driver that includes image processing circuitry and a source driver. The image processing circuitry is configured to perform a burn-in compensation to determine a first compensated luminance value for a first pixel in a first area of a display panel based at least in part on a first accumulated luminance value for the first pixel. The first area has a first pixel layout. The image processing circuitry is further configured to scale a second accumulated luminance value for a second pixel in a second area of the display panel to determine a scaled accumulated luminance value. The second area has a second pixel layout different from the first pixel layout. The image processing circuitry is further configured to perform a burn-in compensation to determine a second compensated luminance value for the second pixel based at least in part on the scaled accumulated luminance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Aogaki, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata
  • Publication number: 20240203368
    Abstract: A display driver includes a display panel, a backlight array, and backlight control circuitry. The backlight array includes a plurality of light sources and is configured to illuminate the display panel. The backlight control circuitry is configured to determine first base luminance for a first light source of the plurality of light sources based at least in part on pixel data for a first set of pixels associated with the first light source. The backlight control circuitry is further configured to determine first compensated luminance for the first light source by modifying the first base luminance based at least in part on a position of the first light source in the backlight array. The backlight control circuitry is further configured to control light emission of the first light source based at least in part on the first compensated luminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata, Tomoo Minaki, Kazutoshi Aogaki
  • Publication number: 20240083867
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) or a salt thereof (R represents methyl group or fluorine atom) having an mPGES-1 inhibitory activity and useful as an active ingredient of a medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of such diseases as inflammation, pain, or rheumatism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: ASKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto OKADA, Youichi NAKANO, Takashi NOSE, Satoshi MAEDA, Tomoaki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240038183
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight module, and backlight control circuitry. The backlight module is configured to illuminate the display panel, the backlight module comprising a plurality of light sources. The backlight control circuitry is configured to control first luminance of a first light source of the plurality of light sources based at least in part on a first weighted average of brightness values for a first set of pixels of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Kazutoshi Aogaki, Takashi Nose, Masao Orio, Tomoo Minaki, Akio Sugiyama