Patents by Inventor Tomokazu Ohtsubo

Tomokazu Ohtsubo 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: 10558068
    Abstract: A display apparatus capable of preventing wrinkles from occurring on an optical sheet due to thermal expansion, while suppressing damage caused by the movement of the optical sheet when the optical sheet vibrates, is provided. In order to prevent wrinkles from occurring due to thermal expansion while suppressing damage caused by the movement of the optical sheet when the optical sheet vibrates, a clearance between an engaging hole provided in a central engagement flange and the protrusion engaging with the engaging hole is smaller than a clearance between an engaging hole provided in an engagement flange other than the central engagement flange and the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Tomokazu Ohtsubo
  • Publication number: 20180299722
    Abstract: A display apparatus capable of preventing wrinkles from occurring on an optical sheet due to thermal expansion, while suppressing damage caused by the movement of the optical sheet when the optical sheet vibrates, is provided. In order to prevent wrinkles from occurring due to thermal expansion while suppressing damage caused by the movement of the optical sheet when the optical sheet vibrates, a clearance between an engaging hole provided in a central engagement flange and the protrusion engaging with the engaging hole is smaller than a clearance between an engaging hole provided in an engagement flange other than the central engagement flange and the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: Tomokazu Ohtsubo
  • Patent number: 8614658
    Abstract: A segmented-pixel liquid crystal display has a plurality of pixels of which each has three sub-pixels 10a-10c, namely one middle and two side sub-pixels, arranged next to one another in the column or row direction. The sub-pixels 10a-10c have different brightness levels when the pixel as a whole is in a given middle halftone state, and the middle sub-pixel 10a has the highest brightness level. This eliminates unnaturalness as is conventionally produced when an image with a straight border is displayed, and further improves the gamma characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Takeuchi, Tomokazu Ohtsubo, Toshihide Tsubata
  • Patent number: 8593582
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate has a structure that prevents a drain extraction line from breaking without a plurality of active elements such as thin film transistor elements, metal-insulator-metal elements, MOS transistor elements, diodes, and varistors being disposed, and is suited for use in a large-size liquid crystal television or a like liquid crystal display device equipped with a large-size liquid crystal display panel. The active matrix substrate includes an active element connected, via a drain extraction line, to a storage capacitor upper electrode, wherein the drain extraction line has at least two routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryuji Kurihara, Yuhko Hisada, Toshihide Tsubata, Masanori Takeuchi, Tomokazu Ohtsubo
  • Patent number: 8570267
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, an active matrix display apparatus includes a screen having a plurality of regions each provided with a gate driver, in each of which plurality of regions scanning lines are driven so as to be sequentially selected by use of timing of a gate clock signal supplied to the gate driver, wherein corresponding ones of the gate clock signals for some of the plurality of regions have respective different pulse widths. Thus, it is possible to realize a display apparatus including a screen having a plurality of regions, in which display apparatus a difference in brightness between ones of some of the plurality of regions can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomokazu Ohtsubo
  • Publication number: 20110279764
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate has a structure that prevents a drain extraction line from breaking without a plurality of active elements such as thin film transistor elements, metal-insulator-metal elements, MOS transistor elements, diodes, and varistors being disposed, and is suited for use in a large-size liquid crystal television or a like liquid crystal display device equipped with a large-size liquid crystal display panel. The active matrix substrate includes an active element connected, via a drain extraction line, to a storage capacitor upper electrode, wherein the drain extraction line has at least two routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuji KURIHARA, Yuhko HISADA, Toshihide TSUBATA, Masanori TAKEUCHI, Tomokazu OHTSUBO
  • Patent number: 8031282
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate has a structure that prevents a drain extraction line from breaking without a plurality of active elements such as thin film transistor elements, metal-insulator-metal elements, MOS transistor elements, diodes, and varistors being disposed, and is suited for use in a large-size liquid crystal television or a like liquid crystal display device equipped with a large-size liquid crystal display panel. The active matrix substrate includes an active element connected, via a drain extraction line, to a storage capacitor upper electrode, wherein the drain extraction line has at least two routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryuji Kurihara, Yuhko Hisada, Toshihide Tsubata, Masanori Takeuchi, Tomokazu Ohtsubo
  • Publication number: 20100194735
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, an active matrix display apparatus includes a screen having a plurality of regions each provided with a gate driver, in each of which plurality of regions scanning lines are driven so as to be sequentially selected by use of timing of a gate clock signal supplied to the gate driver, wherein corresponding ones of the gate clock signals for some of the plurality of regions have respective different pulse widths. Thus, it is possible to realize a display apparatus including a screen having a plurality of regions, in which display apparatus a difference in brightness between ones of some of the plurality of regions can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventor: Tomokazu Ohtsubo
  • Publication number: 20090195488
    Abstract: A segmented-pixel liquid crystal display has a plurality of pixels of which each has three sub-pixels 10a-10c, namely one middle and two side sub-pixels, arranged next to one another in the column or row direction. The sub-pixels 10a-10c have different brightness levels when the pixel as a whole is in a given middle halftone state, and the middle sub-pixel 10a has the highest brightness level. This eliminates unnaturalness as is conventionally produced when an image with a straight border is displayed, and further improves the gamma characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Takeuchi, Tomokazu Ohtsubo, Toshihide Tsubata
  • Publication number: 20080192161
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate has a structure that prevents a drain extraction line from breaking without a plurality of active elements such as thin film transistor elements, metal-insulator-metal elements, MOS transistor elements, diodes, and varistors being disposed, and is suited for use in a large-size liquid crystal television or a like liquid crystal display device equipped with a large-size liquid crystal display panel. The active matrix substrate includes an active element connected, via a drain extraction line, to a storage capacitor upper electrode, wherein the drain extraction line has at least two routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuji KURIHARA, Yuhko HISADA, Toshihide TSUBATA, Masanori TAKEUCHI, Tomokazu OHTSUBO
  • Publication number: 20080122772
    Abstract: A segmented-pixel liquid crystal display has a plurality of pixels of which each has three sub-pixels 10a-10c, namely one middle and two side sub-pixels, arranged next to one another in the column or row direction. The sub-pixels 10a-10c have different brightness levels when the pixel as a whole is in a given middle halftone state, and the middle sub-pixel 10a has the highest brightness level. This eliminates unnaturalness as is conventionally produced when an image with a straight border is displayed, and further improves the gamma characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Takeuchi, Tomokazu Ohtsubo, Toshihide Tsubata
  • Patent number: 7375773
    Abstract: The active matrix substrate of the present invention is an active matrix substrate in which a drain extraction line can be prevented from breaking without a plurality of active elements such as TFT (thin film transistor) elements, MIM (metal-insulator-metal) elements, MOS transistor elements, diodes, and varistors being disposed, and is suited for use in large-size liquid crystal television or a like liquid crystal display device equipped with a large-size liquid crystal display panel. The active matrix substrate of the present invention is an active matrix substrate comprising an active element connected, via a drain extraction line, to a storage capacitor upper electrode, wherein the drain extraction line has at least two routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryuji Kurihara, Yuhko Hisada, Toshihide Tsubata, Masanori Takeuchi, Tomokazu Ohtsubo
  • Publication number: 20050162599
    Abstract: The active matrix substrate of the present invention is an active matrix substrate in which a drain extraction line can be prevented from breaking without a plurality of active elements such as TFT (thin film transistor) elements, MIM (metal-insulator-metal) elements, MOS transistor elements, diodes, and varistors being disposed, and is suited for use in large-size liquid crystal television or a like liquid crystal display device equipped with a large-size liquid crystal display panel. The active matrix substrate of the present invention is an active matrix substrate comprising an active element connected, via a drain extraction line, to a storage capacitor upper electrode, wherein the drain extraction line has at least two routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Ryuji Kurihara, Yuhko Hisada, Toshihide Tsubata, Masanori Takeuchi, Tomokazu Ohtsubo