Patents by Inventor Tomoya Terauchi

Tomoya Terauchi 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: 8884979
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes an imager that modulates light emitted from a light source and a projection unit that projects light emitted from the imager on a projection surface. The projection display apparatus includes: an imager controller that controls the imager to display a test pattern image in which a characteristic point is defined by at least three adjacent regions; an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of the test pattern image from an imaging element configured to capture the test pattern image projected on the projection surface; and an adjustment unit that identifies the characteristic point included in the captured image on the basis of the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit and adjusts an image to be projected on the projection surface on the basis of the identified characteristic point. The at least three adjacent regions surround the characteristic point and are adjacent to the characteristic point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Haraguchi, Masutaka Inoue, Yoshinao Hiranuma, Tomoya Terauchi, Susumu Tanase
  • Publication number: 20120140189
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes: an imager; a projection unit; an acquisition unit; a shape correction unit that performs a shape correction process for projecting a shape correction pattern image on the projection plane, calculating shape correction values from the picked-up image of the shape correction pattern image, and correcting the shape of the image projected on the projection plane, based on the shape correction values; and a coordinate calibration unit that performs an interactive calibration process for projecting a calibration pattern image on the projection plane, calculating calibration correction values from the picked-up image of the calibration pattern image, associating coordinates of the picked-up image captured by the image pick-up element and coordinates of the image projected on the projection plane with each other, based on calibration correction values. The interactive calibration process is performed after the shape correction process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Hiranuma, Tomoya Terauchi, Susumu Tanase, Takaaki Abe, Masahiro Haraguchi, Noboru Yoshinobe
  • Publication number: 20120113398
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus (100) includes a housing case (200) that houses a light source unit (110), a color separation and combination unit (140) for modulating the light emitted from the light source, and a projection unit (150) for projecting the light emitted from the color separation and combination unit (140) onto a projection plane (300). The projection display apparatus further includes: a first interface (190A) provided on a first lateral-surface side sidewall (250) and displaying detailed information on errors having occurred within the housing case; and a second interface (190B) provided on a front-surface-side side wall (220) and displaying the levels of the errors having occurred within the housing case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Terauchi, Masutaka Inoue, Susumu Tanase, Takaaki Abe
  • Publication number: 20120081678
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus displays a test pattern image formed of at least parts of three or more line segments defining three or more intersection points. The projection display apparatus computes a positional relationship between the projection display apparatus and the projection surface, based on the three or more intersection points. The test pattern image has a distortion in an opposite direction to a direction of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinao HIRANUMA, Tomoya TERAUCHI, Susumu TANASE, Takaaki ABE, Masahiro Haraguchi, Noboru Yoshinobe
  • Publication number: 20120057138
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus according to a first feature includes: an imager that modulates light emitted from a light source; and a projection unit that projects the image light modulated by the imager onto a projection plane. The projection plane includes a projectable region where the image light can be projected. The projectable region includes a projection region on which the image light is projected based on an image signal and a non-projection region other than the projection region. The projection display apparatus further includes: an adjustment unit that adjusts the shape of the projection region within the projectable region; and a control unit that displays additional information at least in the non-projection region within the projectable region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro HARAGUCHI, Masutaka Inoue, Yoshinao Hiranuma, Tomoya Terauchi, Takaaki Abe, Noboru Yoshinobe
  • Publication number: 20120050623
    Abstract: A video display apparatus includes a light source unit that includes a plurality of single-color light sources emitting light beams of different wavelengths and a control unit that controls actuation of the light source unit. The control unit sets a single-color light emission period in which at least two single-color light sources of the plurality of single-color light sources emit the light beams in a time division manner and a multiple-color light emission period in which at least two single-color light sources of the plurality of single-color light sources emit the light beams simultaneously, within one frame period, based on a result of analyzing the video signal for each image data on a frame basis. Further, the control unit changes a ratio between amounts of the light beams emitted from at least two single-color light sources in the multiple-color light emission period, in accordance with the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro HARAGUCHI, Masutaka Inoue, Tomoya Terauchi, Takaaki Abe
  • Publication number: 20120026170
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus according to embodiments includes a light source that emits color component light beams of a plurality of colors and an imager that modulates the color component light beams of a plurality of colors emitted from the light source. The projection display apparatus includes an element control unit that controls the imager; and a light source control unit that controls the light source. The element control unit controls the imager based on an image output signal obtained by a signal expansion process of an image input signal. The light source control unit performs a power reduction process of reducing power supplied to the light source according to an expansion amount of the image input signal expanded by the signal expansion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki ABE, Masutaka INOUE, Susumu TANASE, Masahiro HARAGUCHI, Yoshinao HIRANUMA, Tomoya TERAUCHI, Noboru YOSHINOBE
  • Patent number: 8102468
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a numbers of sub-pixels corresponding to an amount of motion of a target image between a plurality of reference original frames; an allocating unit configured to allocate the numbers of sub-pixels acquired by the acquisition unit to an interpolated frame, in accordance with an order of the interpolated frame to be interposed between the plurality of reference original frames; and a generating unit configured to generate the interpolated frame, in accordance with the numbers of sub-pixels allocated by the allocating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masutaka Inoue, Tomoya Terauchi
  • Publication number: 20120013634
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes an imager that modulates light emitted from a light source and a projection unit that projects light emitted from the imager on a projection surface. The projection display apparatus includes: an imager controller that controls the imager to display a test pattern image in which a characteristic point is defined by at least three adjacent regions; an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of the test pattern image from an imaging element configured to capture the test pattern image projected on the projection surface; and an adjustment unit that identifies the characteristic point included in the captured image on the basis of the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit and adjusts an image to be projected on the projection surface on the basis of the identified characteristic point. The at least three adjacent regions surround the characteristic point and are adjacent to the characteristic point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro HARAGUCHI, Masutaka INOUE, Yoshinao HIRANUMA, Tomoya TERAUCHI, Susumu TANASE
  • Patent number: 8011792
    Abstract: A lighting unit includes: a light source unit 10 having a plurality of solid state light sources, a liquid crystal panel 30 displaying an image in accordance with an image input signal, a light source controlling unit 260 controlling, in accordance with the image input signal, a light amount of color component lights emitted from light source unit 10, and a speckle degree calculating unit 250 calculating a speckle degree that indicates a degree to which the color component lights generate a speckle displayed in accordance with the image input signal. The light source controlling unit 260 changes a control ratio between a first control mode and a second control mode, in accordance with the speckle degree acquired by the speckle degree calculating unit 250.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masutaka Inoue, Tomoya Terauchi
  • Publication number: 20110175940
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes: an imager configured to modulate light emitted from a light source; a projection unit configured to project light coming from the imager on a projection plane; a detection unit configured to detect a projection frame provided on the projection plane; and an imager controller configured to control the imager so that a position of an image projected on the projection plane is moved in a projectable range within which the projection unit is able to project an image. The imager controller controls the imager so that the image projected on the projection plane fits within the projection frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Terauchi, Yoshinao Hiranuma, Susumu Tanase, Takaaki Abe, Masahiro Haraguchi, Noboru Yoshinobe, Masutaka Inoue
  • Publication number: 20110032488
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes: a light source, a light valve configured to modulate light emitted from the light source, a projection unit configured to project light emitted from the light valve, on a projection surface, and a valve controller configured to initialize the light valve in response to a drive-starting command to start driving the projection display apparatus; and a light-source controller configured to make the light source start operating when the valve controller finishes initialization of the light valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki ABE, Masutaka INOUE, Susumu TANASE, Yoshinao HIRANUMA, Tomoya TERAUCHI, Masahiro HARAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20110025988
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes; an element control unit configured to control a light valve so as to display a test pattern image configuring at least one portion of a respective one of three or more line segments configuring three or more crossing points; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a pickup image of the test pattern image outputted along a predetermined line from an image pickup element configured to pick up the test pattern image projected on a projection plane; a computation unit configured to specify three or more crossing points from three or more line segments included in the pickup image, based upon the pickup image acquired by the acquisition unit, and to compute a positional relationship between the projection image apparatus and the projection plane, based upon the three or more crossing points; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust an image projected on the projection plane, based upon the positional relationship between the projection display apparatus and the project
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro HARAGUCHI, Masutaka INOUE, Yoshinao HIRANUMA, Tomoya TERAUCHI, Susumu TANASE, Takaaki ABE
  • Publication number: 20100245586
    Abstract: A camera for capturing an object that will enter a projection space is attached to the casing of a projection display apparatus. The camera is installed at the position in which, when the camera faces the projection plane, at least one of the back direction and the side direction of the casing is included within the filed of view of the camera. For example, the cameras are installed on both side edges of the casing so as to face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya TERAUCHI, Masutaka INOUE, Susumu TANASE, Yoshinao HIRANUMA, Takaaki ABE, Masahiro HARAGUCHI, Makoto MAEDA, Shinya MATSUMOTO, Azusa TAKEUCHI, Ryoko KUBO
  • Publication number: 20100245780
    Abstract: A detection unit detects an entering object that will enter at least a projection space. When an entering object has been detected by a first detection unit, a controller initiates safety processing, the safety processing being milder than safety processing that is initiated when an error has occurred in the projection display apparatus itself. For example, when an entering object has been detected, the controller controls components of the projection display apparatus so as to switch to the projection of a black image and so as to maintain the state of the projection display apparatus, excluding the switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takaaki ABE, Masutaka Inoue, Susumu Tanase, Yoshinao Hiranuma, Tomoya Terauchi, Masahiro Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20100182668
    Abstract: A projection image display apparatus includes a solid light source, and a projection element configured to scan a projection plane with spot light emitted from the solid light source. The projection image display apparatus includes an element controller configured to control a scanning speed of the projection element on the basis of an image input signal; and a signal corrector configured to correct the image input signal on the basis of the scanning speed of the projection element controlled by the element controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki ABE, Masutaka INOUE, Susumu TANASE, Yoshinao HIRANUMA, Tomoya TERAUCHI, Masahiro HARAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20100165003
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a light source controller; an element controller; and an image analyzing unit. The light source controller controls the amount of the light to be emitted from the light source, based on the target light amount and a time constant. The image analyzing unit calculates saturation based on the signal values of the video input signals of the plurality of colors, and sets the time constant according to the saturation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinao HIRANUMA, Masutaka INOUE, Susumu TANASE, Tomoya TERAUCHI, Takaaki ABE, Masahiro HARAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 7662537
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a lithographic printing plate with a hydrophilic layer mainly made from resins which has a photosensitivity to the light in near infrared region, on which images can be printed directly with laser beam, requiring no development and wiping off operation, and immediately recovering from ink stains without any difficulties when an ink attaches to non-image areas on printing, and a photosensitive resin composition applied to the printing plate. A lithographic printing original plate having a photosensitive layer formed on a support is characterized in that the surface of the photosensitive layer has a phase-separation structure, and the recessed parts are formed on the surface of a photosensitive layer by the dissolution of one component of photosensitive layer constituting the phase-separation and the surface of the photosensitive layer is changed to have affinity for ink by irradiation with light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoya Terauchi, Yuji Inatomi, Toshinori Matsuda, Yuko Kobayashi, Akihiro Koide
  • Publication number: 20090296820
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes: a specification unit configured to specify, based on plural pixels forming the target block, a partial region which is a part of the target block; a search-region shifting unit configured to sequentially shift, within the reference frame a search region which is compared with the partial region; a comparing unit configured to calculate a degree of coincidence between the search region and the partial region, and to specify a coincidence region which is the search region having the highest degree of coincidence with the partial region, as the search region is shifted; and a detecting unit configured to detect the motion vector of the target block based on both positions of the partial region within the target frame ad the coincidence region within the reference frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Hiranuma, Masutaka Inoue, Tomoya Terauchi
  • Publication number: 20090201415
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a numbers of sub-pixels corresponding to an amount of motion of a target image between a plurality of reference original frames; an allocating unit configured to allocate the numbers of sub-pixels acquired by the acquisition unit to an interpolated frame, in accordance with an order of the interpolated frame to be interposed between the plurality of reference original frames; and a generating unit configured to generate the interpolated frame, in accordance with the numbers of sub-pixels allocated by the allocating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masutaka INOUE, Tomoya TERAUCHI