Patents by Inventor Takayuki Kimoto

Takayuki Kimoto 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: 20240080001
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to one embodiment, includes: a signal generator generating a first signal and a second signal; a first characteristic circuitry acquiring first and second distorted signals by giving first and second distortion characteristic to the first and second signals; a first time-characteristic circuitry acquiring a third distorted signal by giving a first time-characteristic to the first distorted signal and acquiring a fourth distorted signal by giving a second time-characteristic to the second distorted signal; a second characteristic circuitry acquiring a fifth distorted signal by giving a second distortion characteristic to the third distorted signal, and acquiring a sixth distorted signal by giving the second distortion characteristic to the fourth distorted signal; and a processing circuitry estimating at least one of the first distortion characteristic and the second distortion characteristic based on the first signal, the second signal, the fifth distorted signal, and the six
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa KIMOTO, Yoshimasa EGASHIRA, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Takayuki KATO
  • Patent number: 9036008
    Abstract: An image display device which includes a parallax adjustment unit, a display unit, a parallax detector, and a maximum parallax detector. The parallax adjustment unit is configured to obtain a right-eye image signal and a left-eye image signal. The parallax adjustment unit is configured to adjust a parallax between the right-eye image signal and left-eye image signal and output an adjusted image signal that includes an adjusted left-eye and adjusted right-eye signal. The parallax detector is configured to detect an amount of parallax between the right-eye and left-eye image signals. The maximum parallax detector is configured to detect a maximum value. The display unit is configured to display a right-eye image and a left-eye image and to display an augmented image including the right-eye image and the left-eye image as well as a monitor image indicating the amount of parallax detected and the maximum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kimoto, Satoshi Hamada
  • Patent number: 9013462
    Abstract: An image display device 1 includes: a liquid crystal panel 11 having a plurality of pixels; and an overdrive execution section 50 configured to determine, with respect to each of target pixels for which overdrive is performed among the plurality of pixels of the liquid crystal panel 11, a gain usage value to be used for the overdrive, based on a predetermined set gain value, and to apply, based on the gain usage value, a liquid-crystal driving voltage to the corresponding target pixel, wherein with respect to a pixel, among the target pixels, for which it is judged that a gradation value in a current frame obtained from the video signal is an intermediate gradation value, the overdrive execution section 50 performs a gain suppressing operation for determining the gain usage value as a value smaller than the set gain value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Kimoto
  • Patent number: 8836732
    Abstract: An image display device includes a plurality solid-state light sources, a modulator configured to modulate light from a plurality of solid-state light sources, and an image display device configured to generate from a frame of image data, a plurality of subframes each further divided into subfields, and to display the plurality of subframes. The modulator turns off light output from all the solid-state light sources for the duration of one or more of the plurality of subframes, whereby it is possible to reduce motion blur arising from a hold-type display device, in which after-images remain on the retina of a person's eyes when viewing moving objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Kimoto, Takaaki Gyoten, Yoshimasa Fushimi
  • Patent number: 8517541
    Abstract: A projection image display device has a plurality of light sources, a phosphor layer that emits light through excitation by at least any one of the light sources, an optical section, a temperature detector, a light-source intensity controller, an amplitude controller, a luminance controller. The optical section determines an optical path of light emitted from the light sources and the phosphor layer. The temperature detector directly or indirectly detects temperature of the phosphor layer or of the periphery of the phosphor layer. The light-source intensity controller controls intensity of an excitation light source that excites the phosphor layer. The amplitude controller controls the amplitude of a projection image signal. The luminance controller controls luminance of projection images by switching the light-source intensity controller and the amplitude controller according to a detected temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Kimoto, Takaaki Gyoten, Hiroshi Kitano
  • Publication number: 20130050170
    Abstract: An image display device 1 includes: a liquid crystal panel 11 having a plurality of pixels; and an overdrive execution section 50 configured to determine, with respect to each of target pixels for which overdrive is performed among the plurality of pixels of the liquid crystal panel 11, a gain usage value to be used for the overdrive, based on a predetermined set gain value, and to apply, based on the gain usage value, a liquid-crystal driving voltage to the corresponding target pixel, wherein with respect to a pixel, among the target pixels, for which it is judged that a gradation value in a current frame obtained from the video signal is an intermediate gradation value, the overdrive execution section 50 performs a gain suppressing operation for determining the gain usage value as a value smaller than the set gain value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Takayuki KIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120300028
    Abstract: An image display device which includes a parallax adjustment unit, a display unit, a parallax detector, and a maximum parallax detector. The parallax adjustment unit is configured to obtain a right-eye image signal and a left-eye image signal. The parallax adjustment unit is configured to adjust a parallax between the right-eye image signal and left-eye image signal and output an adjusted image signal that includes an adjusted left-eye and adjusted right-eye signal. The parallax detector is configured to detect an amount of parallax between the right-eye and left-eye image signals. The maximum parallax detector is configured to detect a maximum value. The display unit is configured to display a right-eye image and a left-eye image and to display an augmented image including the right-eye image and the left-eye image as well as a monitor image indicating the amount of parallax detected and the maximum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki KIMOTO, Satoshi Hamada
  • Patent number: 8072682
    Abstract: A transmissive screen includes, sequentially from a projection side, a Fresnel lens having a condensing function, a diffusion plate for diffusing incident light, and a front-surface protective panel disposed facing the diffusion plate across an air flow layer of a predetermined interval. The front-surface protective panel partially absorbs visible light, and the visible light absorbance of the front-surface protective panel is made the highest compared with the Fresnel lens and the diffusion plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hirosi Kitano, Takayuki Kimoto, Takaaki Tanaka, Kazuya Chiba
  • Publication number: 20110242496
    Abstract: A projection image display device has a plurality of light sources, a phosphor layer that emits light through excitation by at least any one of the light sources, an optical section, a temperature detector, a light-source intensity controller, an amplitude controller, a luminance controller. The optical section determines an optical path of light emitted from the light sources and the phosphor layer. The temperature detector directly or indirectly detects temperature of the phosphor layer or of the periphery of the phosphor layer. The light-source intensity controller controls intensity of an excitation light source that excites the phosphor layer. The amplitude controller controls the amplitude of a projection image signal. The luminance controller controls luminance of projection images by switching the light-source intensity controller and the amplitude controller according to a detected temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki KIMOTO, Takaaki Gyoten, Hiroshi Kitano
  • Publication number: 20110234647
    Abstract: An image display device includes a plurality solid-state light sources, a modulator configured to modulate light from a plurality of solid-state light sources, and an image display device configured to generate from a frame of image data, a plurality of subframes each further divided into subfields, and to display the plurality of subframes. The modulator turns off light output from all the solid-state light sources for the duration of one or more of the plurality of subframes, whereby it is possible to reduce motion blur arising from a hold-type display device, in which after-images remain on the retina of a person's eyes when viewing moving objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Kimoto, Takaaki Gyoten, Yoshimasa Fushimi
  • Patent number: 7907135
    Abstract: A projector 1 detects a luminance distribution in an effective video period of an inputted video luminance signal, and a coefficient calculating circuit 302 calculates a correction coefficient Ci to correct a gradation (FIG. 6A). Then, surrounding brightness is detected, and the correction coefficient Ci is adjusted based on the surrounding brightness to obtain an adjusted correction coefficient Ci? (FIG. 6B). As shown in FIG. 6C, a luminance can be raised to Q according to a brightness signal even for a pixel of a lowest input luminance by adjusting the correction coefficient. Other correction coefficients in a range of 0 to 255 before adjustment are proportionally distributed to a range of 0 to 255-Q, and added with a correction coefficient Q. A luminance of each pixel which belongs to the effective video period of the video luminance signal is adjusted using the adjusted correction coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Kuwabara, Takayuki Kimoto, Yoshio Seki
  • Publication number: 20110032489
    Abstract: Comprising a casing containing a heat insulating part, a projector as an image display unit, a screen for displaying an image issued from the projector, and cooling part (heat exchanger, compressor) for cooling the inside of the casing, the heat insulating part includes a first heat insulating part disposed in the peripheral area of the projector for insulating from heat, and a second heat insulating part disposed in the peripheral part of the screen for insulating from heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Takayuki Kimoto, Hirosi Kitano, Kazuya Chiba, Takaaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110019270
    Abstract: The transmissive screen includes, sequentially from a projection side, a Fresnel lens having a condensing function, a diffusion plate for diffusing incident light, and a front-surface protective panel disposed facing the diffusion plate across an air flow layer of a predetermined interval. The front-surface protective panel partially absorbs visible light. The visible light absorbance of the front-surface protective panel is made the highest comparing with the Fresnel lens and the diffusion plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Hirosi Kitano, Takayuki Kimoto, Takaaki Tanaka, Kazuya Chiba
  • Publication number: 20110019160
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: an image display unit for forming an optical image; and an outer housing for housing the image display unit. The outer housing includes a window for displaying the optical image to the outside. The image display apparatus includes, in the outer housing, a heat insulator placed so as to surround the image display unit and a cooling device for cooling inside the outer housing, and the cooling device has a variable cooling capacity. The image display apparatus is abatable to changes in the ambient temperature and the internal power consumption and the presence or absence of sunlight and can be installed in a variety of outdoor environment, so that a high degree of reliability can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitano, Takayuki Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20090251448
    Abstract: A projector 1 detects a luminance distribution in an effective video period of an inputted video luminance signal, and a coefficient calculating circuit 302 calculates a correction coefficient Ci to correct a gradation (FIG. 6A). Then, surrounding brightness is detected, and the correction coefficient Ci is adjusted based on the surrounding brightness to obtain an adjusted correction coefficient Ci? (FIG. 6B). As shown in FIG. 6C, a luminance can be raised to Q according to a brightness signal even for a pixel of a lowest input luminance by adjusting the correction coefficient. Other correction coefficients in a range of 0 to 255 before adjustment are proportionally distributed to a range of 0 to 255-Q, and added with a correction coefficient Q. A luminance of each pixel which belongs to the effective video period of the video luminance signal is adjusted using the adjusted correction coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Akihiro Kuwabara, Takayuki Kimoto, Yoshio Seki
  • Patent number: 7463295
    Abstract: The present invention includes a film or video image pickup signal recording/reproduction system having an image pickup apparatus outputting an image pickup signal, a recording apparatus recording the image pickup signal, a reproduction apparatus reproducing the recorded signal, a characteristic conversion apparatus switching the characteristic of the reproduced signal, and a display apparatus displaying the signal output from the characteristic conversion apparatus. The image pickup apparatus has two kinds of gamma curve characteristics. The gamma curve characteristic data is recorded by the recording apparatus and extracted by the reproduction apparatus. The gamma curve characteristic of a reproduction image is switched by the characteristic conversion apparatus depending on the data. The image is output on a display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoji Asada, Akihiro Takeuchi, Akira Usui, Yoshitaka Sakamoto, Takayuki Kimoto, Tamotsu Akeyama
  • Patent number: 7453518
    Abstract: Correlation of videos between fields is determined between a difference between an input interlaced signal and a signal that is delayed by one field with respect to the input interlaced signal. Correlation among N-1 sequential fields is compared with a predetermined pattern to determine whether the input interlaced signal is unquestionably a telecine-converted signal, whether it is unquestionably not a telecine-converted signal, or whether it cannot be said to be unquestionably a telecine-converted signal. If a determination of being unquestionably a telecine-converted signal is continued for a predetermined number or more of fields, an instruction signal, which instructs to perform inter-field interpolation on the input interlaced signal, is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Takayuki Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20060176311
    Abstract: A projector capable of performing color adjustment through a display mode which reduces the occurrence of color contrast phenomena. A main microcontroller (70), which determines a boundary position for dividing the display into a first area and a second area, and a switch control unit (56) switch the output of an output selector (55) according to pixel positions, so that image signals of a part of an image to be displayed in the first area are converted by a color conversion LUT (52) before being output, while image signals of a remaining part of the image to be displayed in the second area are directly output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Takayuki Kimoto, Yoshio Seki, Akihiro Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20050254792
    Abstract: Correlation of videos between fields is determined between a difference between an input interlaced signal and a signal that is delayed by one field with respect to the input interlaced signal. Correlation among N-1 sequential fields is compared with a predetermined pattern to determine whether the input interlaced signal is unquestionably a telecine-converted signal, whether it is unquestionably not a telecine-converted signal, or whether it cannot be said to be unquestionably a telecine-converted signal. If a determination of being unquestionably a telecine-converted signal is continued for a predetermined number or more of fields, an instruction signal, which instructs to perform inter-field interpolation on the input interlaced signal, is outputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventor: Takayuki Kimoto
  • Patent number: D601607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Kimoto, Sadayoshi Azuma, Kazuya Chiba, Mikito Ida, Takayuki Tamura