Patents by Inventor Tomonobu Motai

Tomonobu Motai 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: 7737962
    Abstract: A display device, comprising: display elements formed in vicinity of intersections of signal lines and scan lines aligned vertically and horizontally; image pickup units provided corresponding to each of the display elements by at least one piece, each converting incident radiation at predetermined range into an electric signal; electric charge accumulators which accumulate the electric charge in accordance with the electric signal converted by the image pickup units; and signal processing unit which generates digital image data corresponding to image picked up by the image pickup unit, based on accumulated electric charge of the electric charge accumulator for each of a plurality of image pickup conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Hirotaka Hayashi, Masahiro Yoshida, Tomonobu Motai
  • Patent number: 7423622
    Abstract: A display device, comprising: signal lines and scanning lines arranged vertically and horizontally on an insulating substrate; display elements formed in vicinity of the signal lines and the scanning lines on said insulating substrate; a signal line drive circuit which drives the signal lines; and a scanning line drive circuit which drives the scanning lines, wherein said signal line drive circuit includes: a display data storage implemented on said insulating substrate, which stores ordinary display data supplied from outside; and a signal driver formed of polysilicon process on said insulating substrate, which drives the signal lines based on the ordinary display data stored in said display data storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomonobu Motai
  • Publication number: 20070109286
    Abstract: A display device, comprising: display elements formed in vicinity of intersections of signal lines and scan lines aligned vertically and horizontally; image pickup units provided corresponding to each of the display elements by at least one piece, each converting incident radiation at predetermined range into an electric signal; electric charge accumulators which accumulate the electric charge in accordance with the electric signal converted by the image pickup units; and signal processing unit which generates digital image data corresponding to image picked up by the image pickup unit, based on accumulated electric charge of the electric charge accumulator for each of a plurality of image pickup conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Hirotaka Hayashi, Masahiro Yoshida, Tomonobu Motai
  • Patent number: 7205988
    Abstract: A display device, comprising: display elements formed in vicinity of intersections of signal lines and scan lines aligned vertically and horizontally; image pickup units provided corresponding to each of the display elements by at least one piece, each converting incident radiation at predetermined range into an electric signal; electric charge accumulators which accumulate the electric charge in accordance with the electric signal converted by the image pickup units; and signal processing unit which generates digital image data corresponding to image picked up by the image pickup unit, based on accumulated electric charge of the electric charge accumulator for each of a plurality of image pickup conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Hirotaka Hayashi, Masahiro Yoshida, Tomonobu Motai
  • Patent number: 7006176
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a poly-silicon TFT substrate having a condenser type digital analog converter, an another substrate disposed so as to face the poly-silicon TFT substrate, and liquid crystal positioned between the poly-silicon TFT substrate and the another substrate. In this liquid crystal device, a light blocking film is formed on a surface of the another substrate and contacts with the liquid crystal. The light blocking film has a resistance larger than n·?/CLC wherein n is a number of bits of the condenser type digital analog converter, ? is an operation stabilizing time of a condenser per one bit, and CLC is electrostatic capacitance between the poly-silicon TFT substrate and the another substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Sadayasu Fujibayashi, Tomonobu Motai
  • Patent number: 6972779
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a plurality of display pixels PX each including sub-pixels weighted in a preset area ratio and a driving circuit which drives the display pixels. Particularly, the driving circuit is configured to determine the gradation of each display pixel PX by selectively combining the sub-pixels with driving periods weighted in a preset time ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomonobu Motai, Yoshiro Aoki, Kazuo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20050001804
    Abstract: A display device, comprising: signal lines and scanning lines arranged vertically and horizontally on an insulating substrate; display elements formed in vicinity of the signal lines and the scanning lines on said insulating substrate; a signal line drive circuit which drives the signal lines; and a scanning line drive circuit which drives the scanning lines, wherein said signal line drive circuit includes: a display data storage implemented on said insulating substrate, which stores ordinary display data supplied from outside; and a signal driver formed of polysilicon process on said insulating substrate, which drives the signal lines based on the ordinary display data stored in said display data storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomonobu Motai
  • Publication number: 20040212760
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a poly-silicon TFT substrate having a condenser type digital analog converter. an another substrate disposed so as to face the poly-silicon TFT substrate, and liquid crystal positioned between the poly-silicon TFT substrate and the another substrate. In this liquid crystal device, a light blocking film is formed on a surface of the another substrate and contacts with the liquid crystal. The light blocking film has a resistance larger than n·&tgr;/CLC wherein n is a number of bits of the condenser type digital analog converter, &tgr; is an operation stabilizing time of a condenser per one bit, and CLC is electrostatic capacitance between the poly-silicon TFT substrate and the another substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Sadayasu Fujibayashi, Tomonobu Motai
  • Publication number: 20040008172
    Abstract: A display device, comprising: display elements formed in vicinity of intersections of signal lines and scan lines aligned vertically and horizontally; image pickup units provided corresponding to each of the display elements by at least one piece, each converting incident radiation at predetermined range into an electric signal; electric charge accumulators which accumulate the electric charge in accordance with the electric signal converted by the image pickup units; and signal processing unit which generates digital image data corresponding to image picked up by the image pickup unit, based on accumulated electric charge of the electric charge accumulator for each of a plurality of image pickup conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Hirotaka Hayashi, Masahiro Yoshida, Tomonobu Motai
  • Publication number: 20030063109
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a plurality of display pixels PX each including sub-pixels weighted in a preset area ratio and a driving circuit which drives the display pixels. Particularly, the driving circuit is configured to determine the gradation of each display pixel PX by selectively combining the sub-pixels with driving periods weighted in a preset time ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Tomonobu Motai, Yoshiro Aoki, Kazuo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6498596
    Abstract: A driving circuit of a display device like liquid crystal display, which is small in circuit size, ensures good quality images, and can freely change the display gradation, is configured to execute digital-analog conversion by reallocating charges between a primary-side capacitor and a secondary-side capacitor and includes a plurality of such capacitors in the primary side or the secondary side to enable both quick conversion and reliable potential output to signal lines. Also in an output circuit, output of signal potentials not affected by fluctuation of properties of TFT and inverters can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakamura, Tomonobu Motai, Takashi Nakamura, Masao Karube, Hirotaka Hayashi
  • Patent number: 5977940
    Abstract: Each pixel of a liquid crystal display device comprises a switching device for selecting a data signal, a memory portion for storing the data signal selected by the switching device and outputting an analog signal corresponding to the data signal, and a circuit for supplying an AC voltage corresponding to the analog signal to the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer is driven with a data signal stored in the memory portion or with an AC voltage corresponding to an analog signal corresponding to the data signal. With the signal stored in the memory portion, an AC voltage whose effective value or average value is controlled is supplied to the liquid crystal layer. Thus, unless a picture on the display is changed, since it is not necessary to supply the data signal, the peripheral driving circuit can be stopped. Consequently, although a picture is displayed in gradation mode, the power consumption can be remarkably reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masahiko Akiyama, Tsuyoshi Hioki, Tomonobu Motai, Goh Itoh, Haruhiko Okumura