Patents by Inventor Takashi Shoji

Takashi Shoji 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: 20110242351
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging device including: a plurality of common pixel sections arranged in a matrix form so that pixel signals of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in the same row can be output; a plurality of row address lines used to select some of the photoelectric conversion elements in each row; and a scan section that allows for the pixel signals of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to be output through addressing adapted to select the plurality of row address lines one at a time in sequence, in which the plurality of row address lines are connected to the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in the same row in each of the common pixel sections so that the scan section can individually select the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in the same row in each of the common pixel sections during addressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi SHOJI
  • Patent number: 8026885
    Abstract: A display device and system are disclosed, wherein the display system is so configured that an n-fold rate increasing circuit is arranged with a signal generating device instead of with the display device to realize a low-cost n-fold rate impulse-type drive. The n-fold rate display data is output to the display device from the signal generating device, and the display device includes a circuit to subject the input n-fold rate display data to the data conversion process for the n-fold rate impulse drive. In addition to the n-fold rate display data, an identification signal for identifying the position of the turn of the frames of the original video signal is input to the display device to prevent the erroneous data conversion operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Maruyama, Yoshihisa Ooishi, Kikuo Ono, Takashi Shoji
  • Patent number: 7995018
    Abstract: A hold-type display device reduces the blur of a moving image and makes less conspicuous the color shift caused due to different blur positions among RGB. In the case where the relative brightness of the video data of one or two of the three primary colors RGB changes from between 0 and 0.5 inclusive for the previous frame to between 0 and 0.5 inclusive for the present frame, the video image of the one or two colors is delayed by one frame and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Ooishi, Junichi Maruyama, Takashi Shoji, Kikuo Ono
  • Patent number: 7952554
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal driver of a liquid crystal display having a structure to switch between image data for partial display from a partial memory and non-display (background pattern), changes in a partial-display area are detected according to a setting command of the partial-display area, and a mask switch is controlled so as to select the background pattern. Timing to write to the last line of the changed partial-display area in the partial memory is determined by an address counter for controlling the partial memory, and the mask switch is controlled so as to select the image data of the partial memory from a next frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Awakura, Yasuyuki Kudo, Takashi Shoji, Shigeru Ota
  • Patent number: 7775417
    Abstract: A method of producing a conductive circuit board including imparting tackiness through the use of a tackiness-imparting compound to the surface of the conductive circuit on a printed wiring board, attaching a solder powder to the tacky area and then heating the printed wiring board to melt the solder to form a solder circuit. The characteristic feature of this method is that the tackiness-imparted printed wiring board is kept in a liquid, etc at not more than 10° C. before attaching the solder powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Showda Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi Shoji, Takekazu Sakai
  • Publication number: 20100140490
    Abstract: There is provided a radiographic imaging device including: a radiation detector; a switching power supply; a storage section; a reading section; and a control section that controls the switching power supply so as to implement switching control and cause electricity to be accumulated in the storage section at a time when charge is not being read by the reading section, and stop switching control at a time when charge is being read by the reading section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji TSUBOTA, Takashi SHOJI, Yutaka YOSHIDA, Naoyuki NISHINO, Kiyoshi KONDOU, Yuji KURACHI, Yasunori OHTA
  • Publication number: 20100135464
    Abstract: A portable radiographic imaging device includes an operation unit, a controller, and an execution unit. The operation unit is operated when a target function is selected from plural different functions relating to radiographic image capturing. When a first condition, that expresses that a predetermined region has been placed at a predetermined placement portion, is established, the controller carries out control such that a function that should be effective when the first condition is established is selected. When a second condition, that expresses that the predetermined region is not placed at the placement portion, is established, the controller carries out control such that a function that should be effective when the second condition is established is selected. When the operation unit is operated, the execution unit executes a function that is controlled by the controller to be selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki NISHINO, Keiji TSUBOTA, Yasunori OHTA, Yutaka YOSHIDA, Takashi SHOJI, Kiyoshi KONDOU, Yuji KURACHI
  • Patent number: 7709804
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a substrate, a lower electrode disposed on the substrate, a radiation detecting layer formed on the upper surface of the lower electrode, an upper electrode formed on the upper surface of the radiation detecting layer, a protection layer which is formed on the upper electrode, whose end portion extends to an end surface of the substrate and which covers the upper electrode, and a reinforcement member which is formed from the lower surface of the substrate to the surface of the protection layer and which covers the end portion of the protection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sakamoto, Futoshi Yoshida, Takashi Shoji, Takeshi Asano
  • Publication number: 20100085477
    Abstract: The display device including: a display panel; a backlight; a memory for converting frame rate of an input video signal and outputting a video signal; an interpolation frame generation unit for generating an interpolation frame based on the video signal output from the memory; a histogram generator for generating a histogram based on the input video signal; and a backlight brightness calculation unit for calculating a backlight control signal, the display device further comprising: wherein image data for display, which is obtained by an N-th frame of the input video signal, and image data of the interpolation frame generated based on the N-th frame and an (N+1)-th frame of the input video signal, is input to the display panel; and wherein the backlight control signal calculated based on the histogram generated based on the image data of the N-th frame is used for displaying the image data for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshihisa OOISHI, Junichi Maruyama, Takashi Shoji, Kikuo Ono, Masahiro Fukata
  • Publication number: 20100065615
    Abstract: A method of producing a conductive circuit board including imparting tackiness through the use of a tackiness-imparting compound to the surface of the conductive circuit on a printed wiring board, attaching a solder powder to the tacky area and then heating the printed wiring board to melt the solder to form a solder circuit. The characteristic feature of this method is that the tackiness-imparted printed wiring board is kept in a liquid, etc at not more than 10° C. before attaching the solder powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi Shoji, Takekazu Sakai
  • Publication number: 20100038411
    Abstract: A conductive circuit board is produced by imparting tackiness to the conductive circuit surface on a printed wiring board, attaching solder powder to the tacky area by supplying a slurry containing solder powder, and then heating the printed wiring board to melt the solder, thereby forming a solder circuit. In the solder circuit prepared by this method, tackiness is imparted to portions of the circuit with an insufficient amount of solder attached thereto and solder powder is attached to these tacky areas, or a solder paste is applied to the portions of the circuit with an insufficient amount of solder attached, and the solder powder or solder paste is melted to rectify the solder circuit, thereby producing a conductive circuit board with little variation in the amount of solder attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi Shoji, Takekazu Sakai
  • Patent number: 7649575
    Abstract: A display device displays corrected externally-supplied video signals, and includes plural pixels, a scanning driver and a signal driver which applies display voltages to signal lines coupled to the pixels. The signal driver includes a first converter which converts a format of the externally supplied video signals into a first format, a memory which stores the video signals from the first converter temporarily, a correction circuit which computes correction values based upon the video signals from the first converter and the video signals in the memory and corrects the video signals from the first converter based upon the correction values, and a second converter which converts the first format of the video signals from the correction circuit to a format of the display voltages. The memory stores the correction values also, and the correction circuit corrects the video signals in the memory based upon the correction values in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Mamba, Takashi Shoji, Toshimitsu Matsudo
  • Publication number: 20100009070
    Abstract: A method for forming a solder layer on the surface of a conductive circuit on a printed-wiring board includes discharging slurry containing solder powder onto the surface and heating the substrate. The slurry is discharged by dint of the pressure in a tank for the slurry. In a discharging device to be used in the method, the tank for storing the slurry is provided with a discharge pipe (2) for the slurry and a delivery pipe (1) for gas or solvent to be used for adjusting the pressure in the tank. In this device, one common pipe may be used both for discharging the slurry from the tank and delivering the slurry to the tank and one common pipe may be used for both delivering gas into the tank and sucking the gas from the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi Shoji, Takekazu Sakai
  • Publication number: 20090261148
    Abstract: A method for producing a solder circuit board includes the steps of imparting tackiness to a surface of an electrically conductive circuit electrode on a printed-wiring board to form a tacky part, causing only one solder particle to adhere to the tacky part, and heating the printed-wiring board, thereby melting the solder particle to form a bump part which corresponds to the tacky part and to which an electronic part is to be connected and forming a solder circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi Shoji, Takekazu Sakai
  • Patent number: 7573057
    Abstract: High frequency offset component information is previously acquired from a solid-state radiation detector. Low frequency offset component information is acquired from the solid-state radiation detector before an operation for recording image information on the solid-state radiation detector is performed. The image signal, which has been outputted from the solid-state radiation detector having been subjected to the operation for recording the image information, is corrected in accordance with offset information, which is constituted of the high frequency offset component information and the low frequency offset component information. The image signal is thus capable of being corrected quickly and accurately such that offset components are removed from the image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Shoji
  • Publication number: 20090194673
    Abstract: An image detection apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes: a conversion unit that converts an emitted radiation ray to an electric charge; a group of pixel units, each of the pixel units including a storage capacitor that stores an electric charge and a switching component connected to the storage capacitor; a plurality of data lines that respectively connect the switching components of the pixel units to first input terminals of a signal detection components so that, when a switching component is turned on, the storage capacitor connected thereto conducts to an input terminal of the signal detection components connected thereto; and a plurality of storage capacitor lines that are separate from each other and that connect the storage capacitors of the pixel units of the pixel group to second input terminals of the signal detection components corresponding to the respective pixel units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi SHOJI
  • Publication number: 20090189881
    Abstract: In the case where one horizontal period becomes shorter as a high frame rate drive of 120 Hz or higher is introduced or the resolution is increased, the time for the writing in of a voltage to the holding capacitor of pixels cannot be sufficiently secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Ooishi, Junichi Maruyama, Takashi Shoji, Kikuo Ono
  • Patent number: 7542098
    Abstract: A display device having an on-screen display (OSD) function receives a YUV video signal such as the camera video signal or broadcast video signal of YUV format from a camera or recording medium, receives an RGB-OSD signal from a circuit device (serial interface) of another system different from this YUV video signal, causes a memory within an OSD processor to store the OSD signal, converts an RGB video signal resulting from conversion of the YUV video signal to a panel-matched RGB video signal synchronized with a display synchronization signal, reads a panel-matched RGB OSD signal from the memory of the OSD processor in synchronism with this display synchronization signal, composes those RGB video signal and OSD signal, using an OSD composer, and supplies the resulting RGB composite video signal and the display synchronization signal to a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Mamba, Takashi Shoji, Naruhiko Kasai
  • Publication number: 20090122087
    Abstract: There is provided a display device capable of delivering adequate video display performance even when a lighting period of a backlight is varied in accordance with the content or the like of image data. The device has circuits (8050, 8060) for varying a lighting period of a backlight (8090) for illuminating a display panel (8010) in accordance with image data (8002), setting information (8003), and the like from an external device; and circuits (8070, 8080) for adjusting the timing of start (and turning off) of lighting of the backlight in accordance with the length of the lighting period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Junichi MARUYAMA, Yoshihisa Ooishi, Yuki Okada, Takashi Shoji, Kikuo Ono, Ikuko Imajo, Masashi Baba
  • Patent number: 7528376
    Abstract: A photo timer includes an X-ray dose detector for detecting the dose of X-rays irradiated from an X-ray irradiation apparatus, a stop-signal output means for outputting a stop signal to stop irradiation of the X-rays from the X-ray irradiation apparatus when the detected X-ray dose exceeds a predetermined value, and a communication means for sending the stop signal to the X-ray irradiation apparatus by wireless means. A radiographic apparatus includes the photo timer, a solid state detector for recording image information by irradiation of X-rays which carry the image information and outputting an image signal representing the image information, and a communication means for sending the image signal to a photography control means by wireless means. Further, cables are not required to connect the X-radiographic apparatus (photo timer) and the X-ray irradiation apparatus, or the X-radiographic apparatus and the photography control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Shoji