Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Mori
Tomohiko Mori 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: 8675031Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention comprises a pixel including a plurality of sub pixels. The plurality of sub pixels include a red sub pixel (R), a green sub pixel (G), a blue sub pixel (B), a yellow sub pixel (Ye) and a cyan sub pixel (C). The aperture area size of one of the cyan sub pixel (C) and the blue sub pixel (B) is larger than the aperture area size of any of the other of the cyan (C) and blue (B) sub pixels, the green sub pixel (G) and the yellow sub pixel (Ye); and the aperture area size of the red sub pixel (R) is larger than the aperture area size of any of the other of the cyan (C) and blue (B) sub pixels, the green sub pixel (G), and the yellow sub pixel (Ye).Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kohzoh Nakamura, Shun Ueki, Kazunari Tomizawa, Tomohiko Mori, Yuichi Yoshida
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Patent number: 8654116Abstract: A signal conversion circuit is disclosed which is suitably used in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device, and a multiprimary liquid crystal display device having such a signal conversion circuit. A signal conversion circuit according to one embodiment of the present invention is for use in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device, and converts an input video signal to a multiprimary signal corresponding to four or more primary colors. When generating a multiprimary signal for displaying dark skin, the signal conversion circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention applies a conversion to the video signal so that a color difference ?u?v?=((u??u60?)2+(v??v60?)2) is 0.03 or less, the color difference ?u?v? being defined by CIE1976 chromaticity coordinates (u?, v?) representing a chromaticity when the pixel is viewed from the frontal direction and CIE1976 chromaticity coordinates (u60?, v60?) representing a chromaticity when the pixel is viewed from a 60° oblique direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Tomohiko Mori, Shun Ueki, Takao Muroi
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Patent number: 8576262Abstract: A liquid crystal device (100A) according to the present invention has first and second pixels (P1 and P2). Each of the first and second pixels (P1 and P2) includes first, second and third subpixels (R, G, and B). When the input signal indicates that each pixel should represent the first color, the luminances of the respective third subpixels (B1 and B2) of the first and second pixels (P1 and P2) are different from each other. But when the input signal indicates that each pixel should represent the second color, the average luminance of the respective third subpixels (B1 and B2) is substantially the same as when the first color is specified, and the luminances of the respective third subpixels (B1 and B2) are substantially equal to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2009Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohiko Mori, Kazunari Tomizawa, Yuichi Yoshida
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Patent number: 8576261Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100A) of the present invention includes an active matrix substrate (220); a counter substrate (240); and a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer (260). The liquid crystal display device (100) has a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a plurality of subpixels. The plurality of subpixels include a red subpixel (R), a green subpixel (G), and a blue subpixel (B). When each of adjacent two of the plurality of pixels represents an achromatic color at a certain grayscale level, a luminance of a blue subpixel (B) included in one of the two adjacent pixels is different from a luminance of a blue subpixel (B) included in the other of the two adjacent pixels.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi Yoshida, Kazunari Tomizawa, Tomohiko Mori, Kozo Nakamura, Shun Ueki
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Patent number: 8570351Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) according to the present invention includes pixels (P1) and (P2), each of which includes three subpixels (R1, G1, B1) and (R2, G2, B2). When the input signal indicates that a chromatic color should be represented, one of the subpixels (B1 and B2) is turned ON and at least one of the subpixels (R1, R2, G1 and G2) is turned ON, too. If the average luminance of the subpixels (B1 and B2) in a situation where the input signal indicates that the chromatic color should be represented is substantially equal to that of the subpixels (B1 and B2) in another situation where the input signal indicates that an achromatic color should be represented, the luminances of those subpixels (B1 and B2) in the former situation are different from those of the subpixels (B1 and B2) in the latter situation.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2009Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohiko Mori, Kazunari Tomizawa, Yuichi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20130271356Abstract: A signal conversion circuit (20) is used for a multiple-primary color liquid crystal display device (100) which performs color display using four primary colors of red displayed by a red-sub pixel (R), green displayed by green-sub pixel (G), blue displayed by blue-sub pixel (B), and yellow displayed by yellow-sub pixel (Ye), and converts an input three-primary color video signal into a multiple-primary color video signal corresponding to four primary colors. The signal conversion circuit (20) performs signal conversion such that a gray scale level of the yellow-sub pixel (Ye) is higher than a gray scale level of the green-sub pixel (G) in at least some cases from among cases in which a red gray-scale level r, a green gray-scale level g, and a blue gray-scale level b which are displayed by the three-primary color video signal satisfy a relationship of r>g>b.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Yoshida, Tomohiko Mori, Kazunari Tomizawa, Kohzoh Nakamura, Shun Ueki
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Patent number: 8461572Abstract: There is provided a polymer or low-molecular-weight compound multilayer type organic EL device configured such that a light-emitting layer formed on a hole transport layer includes a mixture of a polymer material and a low-molecular weight material. With such a configuration, the low-molecular-weight material added to the polymer material serves as a binder filling the gap of the steric hindrance to form entanglement of the polymer material and the low-molecular-weight material. This results in that the interface between the hole transport layer and the light-emitting layer is an interface high in adhesion and also high in carrier injectability. Further, optimization of the formation conditions and materials can achieve still higher reliability and longer lifetime.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Masayuki Katayama, Kazushige Kojima, Tetsuya Katoh, Kunio Akedo, Toshikazu Satoh, Koji Noda, Tomohiko Mori, Yoshihiro Kikuzawa, Koichi Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20130113847Abstract: The liquid crystal display device (100) of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel (10) having a plurality of pixels (P), and a backlight (20) having at least one light source (22) that emits light to the liquid crystal panel (10). Each of the plurality of pixels (P) includes four or more sub-pixels (R, G, B, Ye), and the light source unit (22) includes a red light source (22R), a green light source (22G), and a blue light source (22B). According to the present invention, a liquid crystal display device which can perform display of wide color reproduction range with low power consumption is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohiko Mori, Kazunari Tomizawa, Makoto Hasegawa, Yuichi Yoshida
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Patent number: 8436875Abstract: A multiple primary color display device which suppresses the reduction in the display quality when an input signal corresponding to green in an sRGB color space is input from outside is provided. A display device according to the present invention has a pixel defined by a plurality of sub pixels. The plurality of sub pixels include at least a red sub pixel for displaying red, a green sub pixel for displaying green, a blue sub pixel for displaying blue, and a yellow sub pixel for displaying yellow. When an input signal corresponding to green in the sRGB color space is input from outside, the display device according to the present invention provides display using the yellow sub pixel in addition to the green sub pixel.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shun Ueki, Kozo Nakamura, Tomohiko Mori, Kazunari Tomizawa, Yuichi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20130010213Abstract: A signal conversion circuit is disclosed which is suitably used in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device, and a multiprimary liquid crystal display device having such a signal conversion circuit. A signal conversion circuit according to one embodiment of the present invention is for use in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device, and converts an input video signal to a multiprimary signal corresponding to four or more primary colors. When generating a multiprimary signal for displaying dark skin, the signal conversion circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention applies a conversion to the video signal so that a color difference ?u?v?=((u??u60?)2+(v??v60?)2) is 0.03 or less, the color difference ?u?v? being defined by CIE1976 chromaticity coordinates (u?, v?) representing a chromaticity when the pixel is viewed from the frontal direction and CIE1976 chromaticity coordinates (u60?, v60?) representing a chromaticity when the pixel is viewed from a 60° oblique direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Tomohiko Mori, Shun Ueki, Takao Muroi
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Patent number: 8350796Abstract: A display device for displaying an image may include display and control sections. The display section, provided by a liquid crystal display (LCD), may be configured to display the image with a luminance in accordance with a display signal voltage, the display section including pixels, each pixel in the LCD including first and second subpixels connected to same source and gate lines. The control section may be configured to divide each frame into first to m-th subframe periods, m being an integer greater than or equal to two, the control section configured to generate first to m-th display signals for the subframe periods for output to the display section such that dividing each frame into the subframe periods does not change a sum luminance output of the display section within each frame. The control section may create a difference between luminances of the first and second subpixels.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Tomohiko Mori
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Publication number: 20120313981Abstract: A display device (100) according to the present invention includes a pixel defined by a plurality of sub pixels. The plurality of sub pixels are a red sub pixel (R) to display red, a green sub pixel (G) to display green, a blue sub pixel (B) to display blue, and a yellow sub pixel (Ye) to display yellow. When an input signal corresponding to green of the sRGB color space is externally input, the display device (100) according to the present invention provides display by use of the green sub pixel (G) and also the yellow sub pixel (Ye). According to the present invention, a multiple primary color display device which suppresses decline of the display quality when an input signal corresponding to green of the sRGB color space is externally input is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shun Ueki, Kohzoh Nakamura, Kazunari Tomizawa, Tomohiko Mori, Yuichi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20120281033Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) according to the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel (10) and a driving circuit (20) that supplies display signals to a plurality of subpixels of the liquid crystal display panel (10). The plurality of subpixels are a red subpixel (R), a green subpixel (G), a blue subpixel (B), and a yellow subpixel (Ye). When achromatic colors of at least some gray levels among all gray levels are to be displayed by the pixel, display signals which are supplied to a first subpixel group composed of certain two subpixels are display signals of the same grayscale level, whereas display signals which are supplied to a second subpixel group composed of the other two subpixels are display signals of a different grayscale level from the grayscale level of the display signals supplied to the first subpixel group. The first subpixel group includes the yellow subpixel (Ye), and the second subpixel group includes the blue subpixel (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Yoshida, Kazunari Tomizawa, Tomohiko Mori
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Patent number: 8294739Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a signal conversion circuit is disclosed which is suitably used in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device, and a multiprimary liquid crystal display device having such a signal conversion circuit. A signal conversion circuit according to one embodiment of the present invention is for use in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device, and converts an input video signal to a multiprimary signal corresponding to four or more primary colors. When generating a multiprimary signal for displaying dark skin, the signal conversion circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention applies a conversion to the video signal so that a color difference ?u?v?=((u??u60?)2+(v??v60?)2) is 0.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Tomohiko Mori, Shun Ueki, Takao Muroi
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Patent number: 8245656Abstract: A sewing machine including an image capturing unit disposed at a position capable of capturing images of the stitches formed on the workpiece cloth and capturing images of the stitches at least from either upper and undersides of the workpiece cloth; an extracting section that extracts, from the image data of the stitches captured by the image capturing unit, a region occupied by an opposite side thread appearing at an interlace of the needle thread and the bobbin thread; a calculating section calculating an area of the extracted region; an evaluating section that evaluates a tension balance between the needle thread and the bobbin thread based on the area calculated by the calculating section; and a controller controlling the thread tension adjustment mechanism to modify the tension balance of the stitches based on a result of evaluation by the evaluating section.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohiko Mori, Yasuo Miyake
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Publication number: 20120206326Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention comprises a pixel including a plurality of sub pixels. The plurality of sub pixels include a red sub pixel (R), a green sub pixel (G), a blue sub pixel (B), a yellow sub pixel (Ye) and a cyan sub pixel (C). The aperture area size of one of the cyan sub pixel (C) and the blue sub pixel (B) is larger than the aperture area size of any of the other of the cyan (C) and blue (B) sub pixels, the green sub pixel (G) and the yellow sub pixel (Ye); and the aperture area size of the red sub pixel (R) is larger than the aperture area size of any of the other of the cyan (C) and blue (B) sub pixels, the green sub pixel (G), and the yellow sub pixel (Ye).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohzoh Nakamura, Shun Ueki, Kazunari Tomizawa, Tomohiko Mori, Yuichi Yoshida
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Patent number: 8243105Abstract: The display device of an embodiment of the present invention includes a display section which includes a pixel having a plurality of sub pixels and displays an image whose luminance is based on a luminance gradation of an inputted display signal, wherein the display section is arranged so that an integral value obtained by carrying out the following steps (a) to (d) is not more than 0.0202, the step (a) of measuring surface luminance of the display section and oblique luminance of the display section viewed at 60° from a front direction of the display section, the step (b) of standardizing the front luminance and the oblique luminance so as to calculate front standardized brightness x and oblique standardized brightness, the step (c) of determining n of x^(n/2.2) so that an integral value of a difference between x^(n/2.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Tomohiko Mori, Shinji Horino, Makoto Shiomi
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Publication number: 20120113379Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) according to the present invention comprises the steps of: providing a liquid crystal display panel (200), which includes an active-matrix substrate, a counter substrate, and a vertical alignment liquid crystal layer interposed between the active-matrix substrate and the counter substrate; if an achromatic color should be represented, obtaining the chromaticity of the liquid crystal display panel (200) when viewed straight on with respect to each grayscale level and determining a range in which the chromaticity of the liquid crystal display panel (200) when viewed obliquely is adjustable by changing the luminances of respective blue subpixels belonging to the two pixels within their adjustable range; and setting the luminances of the blue subpixels so that the chromaticity of the liquid crystal display panel when viewed obliquely becomes as close to the chromaticity of the liquid crystal display panel when viewed straight on as possible within the adjustable range with reType: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Yuichi Yoshida, Tomohiko Mori
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Publication number: 20120111266Abstract: A protective gum solution coating apparatus for coating a protective gum solution on a lithographic printing plate precursor comprises a pair of upstream side rollers in a gum section, a pair of downstream side rollers in the gum section, and a protective gum solution feeding device, wherein, in a plane orthogonal to the axes of the rollers. An upper roller of the pair of downstream side rollers inclines to a direction opposite to a direction where the lithographic printing plate precursor progresses so that an angle “a” between a line which links the centers of the lower roller and the upper roller of the pair of downstream side rollers and a line which links the center of the lower roller of the pair of downstream side rollers and the contact point CP becomes 0<a?5 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Seiji Noge, Yukihiro Yamakoshi, Tomohiko Mori
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Patent number: 8042479Abstract: A sewing machine includes a detection device that detects whether a feed distance by which the piece of work cloth is shifted by a feed dog in the back-and-forth or right-and-left direction has reached a predetermined distance, a counting device that counts a number of forward feed stitches and a number of backward feed stitches which are sewn when the piece of work cloth is shifted backward and forward, respectively, by the predetermined feed distance detected by the detection device or a number of leftward feed stitches and a number of rightward feed stitches which are sewn when the piece of work cloth is shifted leftward and rightward, respectively, by the predetermined feed distance, and a correction value setting device that sets a correction value to correct the feed distance based on a result of the counting of the number of stitches by the counting device.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomohiko Mori