Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Mihara

Tomohiro Mihara 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).

  • Patent number: 11573758
    Abstract: A display device includes: a video playback unit configured to play video media including multiple frames; a first memory unit configured to store a video signal of the video media that is being played; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a readout control signal representing a readout timing for playing each frame in the video media in a first display device different from an own display device in a multi-display system formed from multiple display devices; a readout control unit configured to cause frames of the video signal corresponding to the readout controls signal to be sequentially read out from the first memory unit in accordance with the acquired readout control signal; and a display control circuit configured to display, on a display unit, the frames of the video signal that have been read out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Mihara
  • Publication number: 20210042081
    Abstract: A display device includes: a video playback unit configured to play video media including multiple frames; a first memory unit configured to store a video signal of the video media that is being played; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a readout control signal representing a readout timing for playing each frame in the video media in a first display device different from an own display device in a multi-display system formed from multiple display devices; a readout control unit configured to cause frames of the video signal corresponding to the readout controls signal to be sequentially read out from the first memory unit in accordance with the acquired readout control signal; and a display control circuit configured to display, on a display unit, the frames of the video signal that have been read out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventor: Tomohiro MIHARA
  • Patent number: 10452335
    Abstract: A display system includes an arrangement of a plurality of display apparatuses. Each of the plurality of display apparatuses includes a display panel that displays an image, a processor configured to process the image for display, a memory storing the image information for processing by the processor to display on the display panel, and a send and receive hardware interface that at least receives setting information of one of the plurality of display apparatuses. A first display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses displaying an arrangement image, the first display apparatus further comprises a coordinate acquiring hardware that acquires a coordinate in the first display apparatus, the coordinate specifies a position of a second display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses displayed in the arrangement image, and a first send and receive hardware interface of the first display apparatus receives setting information of the second display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Mihara
  • Patent number: 10339898
    Abstract: An image display device having a display panel, the device being utilized to form an image display system in which a plurality of the image display devices are arrayed in one or both of vertical and horizontal directions to display one image as a whole while an image allocated to each device is displayed via the corresponding display panel, the image display device includes a reading processing unit that reads out image information and delays start of output of this image information by a predetermined period of time determined based on the number of the image display devices which forms the image display system and a row to which the present device belongs in the vertical arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mihara, Tatsuo Nishimata
  • Publication number: 20190027116
    Abstract: An image display device having a display panel, the device being utilized to form an image display system in which a plurality of the image display devices are arrayed in one or both of vertical and horizontal directions to display one image as a whole while an image allocated to each device is displayed via the corresponding display panel, the image display device includes a reading processing unit that reads out image information and delays start of output of this image information by a predetermined period of time determined based on the number of the image display devices which forms the image display system and a row to which the present device belongs in the vertical arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Tomohiro MIHARA, Tatsuo NISHIMATA
  • Publication number: 20190012131
    Abstract: A display system includes an arrangement of a plurality of display apparatuses. Each of the plurality of display apparatuses includes a display panel that displays an image, a processor configured to process the image for display, a memory storing the image information for processing by the processor to display on the display panel, and a send and receive hardware interface that at least receives setting information of one of the plurality of display apparatuses. A first display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses displaying an arrangement image, the first display apparatus further comprises a coordinate acquiring hardware that acquires a coordinate in the first display apparatus, the coordinate specifies a position of a second display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses displayed in the arrangement image, and a first send and receive hardware interface of the first display apparatus receives setting information of the second display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventor: Tomohiro MIHARA
  • Patent number: 10089961
    Abstract: An image display device having a display panel, the device being utilized to form an image display system in which a plurality of the image display devices are arrayed in one or both of vertical and horizontal directions to display one image as a whole while an image allocated to each device is displayed via the corresponding display panel, the image display device includes a reading processing unit that reads out image information and delays start of output of this image information by a predetermined period of time determined based on the number of the image display devices which forms the image display system and a row to which the present device belongs in the vertical arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mihara, Tatsuo Nishimata
  • Patent number: 10082997
    Abstract: A display system includes a plurality of display apparatuses. Each of the plurality of display apparatuses includes a display panel that displays an image and a sending and receiving unit that at least receives setting information of one of the plurality of display apparatuses. A first display apparatus that is one of the plurality of display apparatuses further includes a coordinate acquiring unit that acquires a coordinate. A first sending and receiving unit of the first display apparatus receives setting information of a second display apparatus specified by the coordinate from the second display apparatus. A first display panel of the first display apparatus displays a setting image that indicates the setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Mihara
  • Publication number: 20160372081
    Abstract: An image display device having a display panel, the device being utilized to form an image display system in which a plurality of the image display devices are arrayed in one or both of vertical and horizontal directions to display one image as a whole while an image allocated to each device is displayed via the corresponding display panel, the image display device includes a reading processing unit that reads out image information and delays start of output of this image information by a predetermined period of time determined based on the number of the image display devices which forms the image display system and a row to which the present device belongs in the vertical arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro MIHARA, Tatsuo NISHIMATA
  • Publication number: 20160313968
    Abstract: A display system includes a plurality of display apparatuses. Each of the plurality of display apparatuses includes a display panel that displays an image and a sending and receiving unit that at least receives setting information of one of the plurality of display apparatuses. A first display apparatus that is one of the plurality of display apparatuses further includes a coordinate acquiring unit that acquires a coordinate. A first sending and receiving unit of the first display apparatus receives setting information of a second display apparatus specified by the coordinate from the second display apparatus. A first display panel of the first display apparatus displays a setting image that indicates the setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Tomohiro MIHARA
  • Patent number: 9049474
    Abstract: A moving image distribution server for distributing to a reproducing apparatus moving image data including video data and audio data and capable of prescribing decoding times and reproducing times for the video data and the audio data, the moving image distribution server including a data storage unit for storing in advance the moving image data including information as to the decoding times and the reproducing times for the video data and the audio data, a phase adjustment variable storage unit for storing a predetermined phase adjustment variable, and a first rewriter for reading the moving image data stored in the data storage unit, and changing the information included therein as to the decoding times or the reproducing times based on the predetermined phase adjustment variable to adjust the phase relationship between the video data and the audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisakazu Aoyanagi, Tomohiro Mihara
  • Patent number: 8620134
    Abstract: Upon receipt of an MPEG stream, a time information converter modifies the PTSs of the audio data in the stream so that the timing for outputting the audio sound is delayed by the amount of time that is required for the processing of the video signal to be performed in a video signal processor while keeping the PTSs of the video data in the stream unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Viewtechnology, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Koyanagi, Tomohiro Mihara
  • Publication number: 20120036547
    Abstract: A moving image distribution server for distributing to a reproducing apparatus moving image data including video data and audio data and capable of prescribing decoding times and reproducing times for the video data and the audio data, the moving image distribution server including a data storage unit for storing in advance the moving image data including information as to the decoding times and the reproducing times for the video data and the audio data, a phase adjustment variable storage unit for storing a predetermined phase adjustment variable, and a first rewriter for reading the moving image data stored in the data storage unit, and changing the information included therein as to the decoding times or the reproducing times based on the predetermined phase adjustment variable to adjust the phase relationship between the video data and the audio data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisakazu Aoyanagi, Tomohiro Mihara
  • Patent number: 8107538
    Abstract: A moving image distribution system is capable of making phase adjustment of video data and audio data while preventing the cost of a display apparatus from increasing, by adjusting time information with a moving image distribution server. The moving image distribution server stores moving image data, reads the moving image data, changes information included therein as to decoding times or reproducing times of video data or audio data included in the moving image data based on a predetermined phase adjustment variable, and then distributes the moving image data. A reproducing apparatus receives the moving image data distributed from the moving image distribution server, decodes the moving image data according to the information included therein as to the decoding times and the reproducing times, and reproduces the moving image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Viewtechnology, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisakazu Aoyanagi, Tomohiro Mihara
  • Publication number: 20070040818
    Abstract: A moving image distribution system is capable of making phase adjustment of video data and audio data while preventing the cost of a display apparatus from increasing, by adjusting time information with a moving image distribution server. The moving image distribution server stores moving image data, reads the moving image data, changes information included therein as to decoding times or reproducing times of video data or audio data included in the moving image data based on a predetermined phase adjustment variable, and then distributes the moving image data. A reproducing apparatus receives the moving image data distributed from the moving image distribution server, decodes the moving image data according to the information included therein as to the decoding times and the reproducing times, and reproduces the moving image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisakazu Aoyanagi, Tomohiro Mihara
  • Publication number: 20070019739
    Abstract: Upon receipt of an MPEG stream, a time information converter modifies the PTSs of the audio data in the stream so that the timing for outputting the audio sound is delayed by the amount of time that is required for the processing of the video signal to be performed in a video signal processor while keeping the PTSs of the video data in the stream unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Koyanagi, Tomohiro Mihara
  • Patent number: 5655990
    Abstract: A shift map used for controlling the shifting of a transmission in an electric vehicle based on the accelerator opening degree and the vehicle speed as parameters has a medium shift stage region in a higher shift stage region established in a medium vehicle speed operation region at a lower accelerator opening degree. When the vehicle travels down a downward slope at the lower accelerator opening degree while generating a regenerative braking force, the transmission is downshifted from a higher shift stage to a medium shift stage to increase the regenerative braking force, thereby providing an enhancement in braking feeling and an improvement in energy recovery efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Ooyama, Tomohiro Mihara