Patents by Inventor Terukazu Sugimoto
Terukazu Sugimoto 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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Patent number: 11301086Abstract: A touch panel driving device is provided for sequentially performing a scanning of selecting a pair of transmission signal lines from N number of transmission signal lines and a pair of reception signal lines from M number of reception signal lines. The touch panel driving device includes a reception circuit for respectively receiving, from the pair of reception signal lines, reception signals whose waveforms are changed due to a capacitance change caused by a touch operation and for generating a detection value for detecting the touch operation by comparing the received reception signals, and a plurality of noise filters provided in signal paths from the M number of reception signal lines to the reception circuit for performing a filtering operation of the same filtering characteristics on each of the reception signals supplied to the reception circuit from the pair of reception signal lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Muguruma, Terukazu Sugimoto, Katsumi Takayama, Hiroyuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 10592058Abstract: A touch panel driving device, for sequentially performing scanning for selecting a pair of adjacent transmission signal lines and a pair of adjacent reception signal lines on a touch panel, includes a reception circuit configured to receive reception signals whose waveforms are changed by a capacitance change caused by an operation from the pair of reception signal lines of the touch panel and generate a detection value for monitoring a touch panel operation. The reception circuit generates the detection value by comparing levels of the reception signals from the reception signal lines while sequentially switching capacitance values of a measurement capacitance unit connected to one of the reception signal lines. The measurement capacitance unit includes capacitance units each forming a certain capacitance value by parallel connection or series connection of capacitors as a capacitance unit forming one capacitance value used for switching the capacitance value of the measurement capacitance unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATIONInventors: Terukazu Sugimoto, Takashi Muguruma, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Katsumi Takayama, Cheng-Che Ho, Fumikazu Omoto
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Publication number: 20200004400Abstract: A touch panel driving device is provided for sequentially performing a scanning of selecting a pair of transmission signal lines from N number of transmission signal lines and a pair of reception signal lines from M number of reception signal lines. The touch panel driving device includes a reception circuit for respectively receiving, from the pair of reception signal lines, reception signals whose waveforms are changed due to a capacitance change caused by a touch operation and for generating a detection value for detecting the touch operation by comparing the received reception signals, and a plurality of noise filters provided in signal paths from the M number of reception signal lines to the reception circuit for performing a filtering operation of the same filtering characteristics on each of the reception signals supplied to the reception circuit from the pair of reception signal lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Takashi MUGURUMA, Terukazu SUGIMOTO, Katsumi TAKAYAMA, Hiroyuki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20190243483Abstract: A touch panel driving device, for sequentially performing scanning for selecting a pair of adjacent transmission signal lines and a pair of adjacent reception signal lines on a touch panel, includes a reception circuit configured to receive reception signals whose waveforms are changed by a capacitance change caused by an operation from the pair of reception signal lines of the touch panel and generate a detection value for monitoring a touch panel operation. The reception circuit generates the detection value by comparing levels of the reception signals from the reception signal lines while sequentially switching capacitance values of a measurement capacitance unit connected to one of the reception signal lines. The measurement capacitance unit includes capacitance units each forming a certain capacitance value by parallel connection or series connection of capacitors as a capacitance unit forming one capacitance value used for switching the capacitance value of the measurement capacitance unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Terukazu SUGIMOTO, Takashi MUGURUMA, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Katsumi TAKAYAMA, Cheng-Che HO, Fumikazu OMOTO
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Patent number: 9666138Abstract: A display driving device performs display drive based on display data with respect to a display unit including pixels arranged at respective intersections of data lines and scanning lines. The device includes: a current setting unit configured to store current gradation values which are set for the respective scanning lines that constitute a frame of the display data; a current gradation control unit configured to, at each of scan timings for the respective scanning lines within one frame, generate a constant current corresponding to a current gradation value for a corresponding scanning line among the current gradation values stored in the current setting unit; and a data line driving unit configured to supply the constant current generated by the current gradation control unit to the respective data lines for time periods corresponding to pixel gradation values defined by the display data.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Muguruma, Terukazu Sugimoto, Keisuke Kawana, Yukio Kamiyama, Kazuhiro Iwata
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Patent number: 9607550Abstract: A scanning line driving device drives scanning lines in a display unit including data lines each connected to a plurality of pixels arranged in a column direction and the scanning lines each connected to a plurality of pixels arranged in a row direction, the pixels arranged at respective intersections of the data lines and the scanning lines. The device is configured to sequentially keep each of the scanning lines in a selected state pursuant to a predetermined order and output a scanning line drive signal, which is set to a low level in a high-luminance display drive and to a high level in a low-luminance display drive, to all the scanning lines during a blanking period between a period in which one scanning line is kept selected and a period in which a next scanning line is kept selected.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATIONInventors: Terukazu Sugimoto, Keisuke Kawana
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Patent number: 9361832Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit having m scanning lines and a first and a second scanning line drive unit for respectively applying scanning signals to one ends and the other ends of the scanning lines. The first scanning line drive unit performs a forward scanning signal output to sequentially select the scanning lines, while outputting scanning signals having a first blanking period from the odd-numbered output terminals and scanning signals having a second blanking period shifted from the first blanking period, from the even-numbered output terminals, and the second scanning line drive unit performs, in synchronization with the first scanning line drive unit, a reverse scanning signal output to sequentially select the scanning lines, while outputting scanning signals having the second blanking period from the odd-numbered output terminals and scanning signals having the first blanking period from the even-numbered output terminals.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATIONInventor: Terukazu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9355586Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of display panels arranged adjacent to each other in a line scanning direction to form one screen; a master controller configured to drive one of the display panels; and one or more slave controllers configured to drive the other display panels, each of the slave controllers corresponding to each of the other display panels. The master controller is configured to drive the display panel based on a scanning control signal and a clock signal which are generated, and output the generated scanning control signal and the generated clock signal and each of the slave controllers is configured to drive the corresponding display panel based on the scanning control signal and the clock signal inputted from the master controller.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATIONInventor: Terukazu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9324263Abstract: A display driver for driving data lines according to gradation values of pixels in a display unit is provided. The display driver includes a correction value generating unit configured to count the number of display data for each of the gradation values in display data corresponding to pixels on each of scanning lines on a scanning line basis, and generate correction values of the display data based on the counting result, and a driving signal generating unit configured to perform a correction process to the display data by using the correction values generated by the correction value generating unit, and generate a data line driving signal for driving each of the data lines based on the corrected display data.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATIONInventors: Terukazu Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 9196221Abstract: A display device includes L number of display panels where L is a positive integer greater than 1; a driving circuit having L number of controllers for driving the respective display panels; and a central control unit configured to control the driving circuit. The controllers are configured to be synchronized with one another based on a clock signal from the central control unit, and each of the controllers is configured to sequentially and continuously select each one of K number of lines (where K is a positive integer greater than 1) arranged in a row in the corresponding display panel, and allow the selected line to emit light. Further, a direction for sequentially and continuously selecting each one of the lines is set to be the same in all the display panels.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATIONInventors: Masaru Yokoyama, Takahisa Uehira, Terukazu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20150170573Abstract: A scanning line driving device drives scanning lines in a display unit including data lines each connected to a plurality of pixels arranged in a column direction and the scanning lines each connected to a plurality of pixels arranged in a row direction, the pixels arranged at respective intersections of the data lines and the scanning lines. The device is configured to sequentially keep each of the scanning lines in a selected state pursuant to a predetermined order and output a scanning line drive signal, which is set to a low level in a high-luminance display drive and to a high level in a low-luminance display drive, to all the scanning lines during a blanking period between a period in which one scanning line is kept selected and a period in which a next scanning line is kept selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Terukazu SUGIMOTO, Keisuke KAWANA
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Publication number: 20150170612Abstract: A display driving device performs display drive based on display data with respect to a display unit including pixels arranged at respective intersections of data lines and scanning lines. The device includes: a current setting unit configured to store current gradation values which are set for the respective scanning lines that constitute a frame of the display data; a current gradation control unit configured to, at each of scan timings for the respective scanning lines within one frame, generate a constant current corresponding to a current gradation value for a corresponding scanning line among the current gradation values stored in the current setting unit; and a data line driving unit configured to supply the constant current generated by the current gradation control unit to the respective data lines for time periods corresponding to pixel gradation values defined by the display data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Takashi MUGURUMA, Terukazu SUGIMOTO, Keisuke KAWANA, Yukio KAMIYAMA, Kazuhiro IWATA
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Publication number: 20150002564Abstract: A display driver for driving data lines according to gradation values of pixels in a display unit is provided. The display driver includes a correction value generating unit configured to count the number of display data for each of the gradation values in display data corresponding to pixels on each of scanning lines on a scanning line basis, and generate correction values of the display data based on the counting result, and a driving signal generating unit configured to perform a correction process to the display data by using the correction values generated by the correction value generating unit, and generate a data line driving signal for driving each of the data lines based on the corrected display data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Terukazu SUGIMOTO, Hiroyuki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20140292744Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of display panels arranged adjacent to each other in a line scanning direction to form one screen; a master controller configured to drive one of the display panels; and one or more slave controllers configured to drive the other display panels, each of the slave controllers corresponding to each of the other display panels. The master controller is configured to drive the display panel based on a scanning control signal and a clock signal which are generated, and output the generated scanning control signal and the generated clock signal and each of the slave controllers is configured to drive the corresponding display panel based on the scanning control signal and the clock signal inputted from the master controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: FUTABA CORPORATIONInventor: Terukazu SUGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20140267199Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit having m scanning lines and a first and a second scanning line drive unit for respectively applying scanning signals to one ends and the other ends of the scanning lines. The first scanning line drive unit performs a forward scanning signal output to sequentially select the scanning lines, while outputting scanning signals having a first blanking period from the odd-numbered output terminals and scanning signals having a second blanking period shifted from the first blanking period, from the even-numbered output terminals, and the second scanning line drive unit performs, in synchronization with the first scanning line drive unit, a reverse scanning signal output to sequentially select the scanning lines, while outputting scanning signals having the second blanking period from the odd-numbered output terminals and scanning signals having the first blanking period from the even-numbered output terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Futaba CorporationInventor: Terukazu SUGIMOTO
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Patent number: 8049683Abstract: There is provided a driving circuit capable of driving current flowing in cathode electrodes with high accuracy and displaying without brightness variation. For driving a cathode electrode in a display panel, a first current mirror circuit is fabricated by connecting a gate of first FET and a gate of second FET and a second current mirror circuit is fabricated by connecting a gate of a third FET connected in series to the second FET and a gate of a fourth FET. A brightness signal controls the magnitude of current flowing in the first FET, so that the current flowing to the cathode electrode via the fourth FET can be controlled with high accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Futaba CorporationInventor: Terukazu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 7834821Abstract: The present invention discloses a fluorescent display apparatus and a method for driving the same. In accordance with the apparatus and the method, a display data outputted from a display controller 10 is converted by and stored in a shift register 11 and a latch circuit 12. While a data outputted from gate circuits A1-Ak is set to have a blanking period and displayed by a fluorescent display 14, a second display data outputted from gate circuits Ak+1-An is provided to a selector 16 to be outputted as a control data for a second emitting means. The second data may be outputted to have a different brightness from the fluorescent display 14 by a port switching signal provided to the selector 16.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2007Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Futaba CorporationInventor: Terukazu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20090066260Abstract: There is provided a driving circuit capable of driving current flowing in cathode electrodes with high accuracy and displaying without brightness variation. For driving a cathode electrode in a display panel, a first current mirror circuit is fabricated by connecting a gate of first FET and a gate of second FET and a second current mirror circuit is fabricated by connecting a gate of a third FET connected in series to the second FET and a gate of a fourth FET. A brightness signal controls the magnitude of current flowing in the first FET, so that the current flowing to the cathode electrode via the fourth FET can be controlled with high accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: Futaba CorporationInventor: Terukazu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20080042548Abstract: The present invention discloses a fluorescent display apparatus and a method for driving the same. In accordance with the apparatus and the method, a display data outputted from a display controller 10 is converted by and stored in a shift register 11 and a latch circuit 12. While a data outputted from gate circuits A1-Ak is set to have a blanking period and displayed by a fluorescent display 14, a second display data outputted from gate circuits Ak+1-An is provided to a selector 16 to be outputted as a control data for a second emitting means. The second data may be outputted to have a different brightness from the fluorescent display 14 by a port switching signal provided to the selector 16.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2007Publication date: February 21, 2008Applicant: Futaba CorporationInventor: Terukazu Sugimoto