Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Nara

Tomoyuki Nara 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).

  • Publication number: 20240096296
    Abstract: Image processing device comprises a maximum luminance setting unit that associates a maximum luminance value included in a corresponding area of a luminance image with each of a plurality of areas obtained by classifying a display area of a second liquid crystal panel into multiple areas to include an overlapping area overlapping a plurality of first pixels of a first liquid crystal panel for one pixel, an order setting unit that sets the order of the plurality of areas in descending order of maximum luminance values, and a transmittance setting unit that sets the transmittance of the pixel of interest based on the maximum luminance value are provided. The transmittance setting unit sets the transmittance of the pixel of interest based on a transmittance coefficient indicating a proportion at which each of the plurality of first pixels overlapping the overlapping area influences the overlapping area with transmitted light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: TOMOYUKI NARA, NAOKO GOTO, TATSUNORI NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11538425
    Abstract: A display device includes: light-emitting elements in a backlight divided into a plurality of areas, the light-emitting elements being arranged in such a manner as to correspond to the plurality of areas; and a drive unit configured to drive the light-emitting elements in the plurality of areas by time division based on an input image every prescribed period of time, the drive unit turning on all the light-emitting elements in the plurality of areas in a partial period of the prescribed period of time and driving those light-emitting elements in at least one of the plurality of areas based on the input image in a remaining period of the prescribed period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoto Inoue, Naoko Goto, Tomoyuki Nara
  • Patent number: 11397351
    Abstract: In a display device, a drive circuit drives LEDs arranged in n rows (n is an integer equal to or greater than two) so as to correspond to a plurality of areas of a backlight, row by row through division into n time slots or every k rows (k is an n's divisor equal to or greater than two and is smaller than n) through division into n/k time slots in accordance with the status of use of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoto Inoue, Naoko Goto, Tomoyuki Nara
  • Publication number: 20220043302
    Abstract: In a display device, a drive circuit drives LEDs arranged in n rows (n is an integer equal to or greater than two) so as to correspond to a plurality of areas of a backlight, row by row through division into n time slots or every k rows (k is an n's divisor equal to or greater than two and is smaller than n) through division into n/k time slots in accordance with the status of use of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: NAOTO INOUE, NAOKO GOTO, TOMOYUKI NARA
  • Publication number: 20220020336
    Abstract: A display device includes: light-emitting elements in a backlight divided into a plurality of areas, the light-emitting elements being arranged in such a manner as to correspond to the plurality of areas; and a drive unit configured to drive the light-emitting elements in the plurality of areas by time division based on an input image every prescribed period of time, the drive unit turning on all the light-emitting elements in the plurality of areas in a partial period of the prescribed period of time and driving those light-emitting elements in at least one of the plurality of areas based on the input image in a remaining period of the prescribed period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: NAOTO INOUE, NAOKO GOTO, TOMOYUKI NARA
  • Patent number: 10128089
    Abstract: There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including a focus ring capable of preventing a part of a heat transfer sheet from adhering to and remaining on a mounting table. The plasma processing apparatus comprises: a chamber for performing a plasma process on a target object; a mounting table configured to mount thereon the target object; and a focus ring configured to surround the target object, the focus ring being in contact with the mounting table via a flexible heat transfer sheet. Further, the heat transfer sheet has a contact surface in contact with the mounting table and an anti-adhesion layer formed on the contact surface, and the anti-adhesion layer is located between said contact surface of the heat transfer sheet and a mounting surface of the mounting table. Furthermore, the anti-adhesion layer contains heat conductive particulates, and the heat transfer sheet is formed in an annular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Jun Watanabe, Takuya Okada, Tomoyuki Nara
  • Publication number: 20160035543
    Abstract: There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including a focus ring capable of preventing a part of a heat transfer sheet from adhering to and remaining on a mounting table. The plasma processing apparatus comprises: a chamber for performing a plasma process on a target object; a mounting table configured to mount thereon the target object; and a focus ring configured to surround the target object, the focus ring being in contact with the mounting table via a flexible heat transfer sheet. Further, the heat transfer sheet has a contact surface in contact with the mounting table and an anti-adhesion layer formed on the contact surface, and the anti-adhesion layer is located between said contact surface of the heat transfer sheet and a mounting surface of the mounting table. Furthermore, the anti-adhesion layer contains heat conductive particulates, and the heat transfer sheet is formed in an annular shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Jun Watanabe, Takuya Okada, Tomoyuki Nara
  • Patent number: 9196512
    Abstract: There is provided a focus ring capable of preventing a part of a heat transfer sheet from adhering to and remaining on a mounting table. The focus ring is arranged to surround a periphery of a substrate mounted on the mounting table having a temperature control device. Further, the focus ring includes a flexible heat transfer sheet. Furthermore, the focus ring is in contact with the mounting table via the heat transfer sheet, and the heat transfer sheet has a contact surface in contact with the mounting table and an anti-adhesion layer formed on the contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Jun Watanabe, Takuya Okada, Tomoyuki Nara
  • Patent number: 8863012
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a system that automatically shows multiple fertilization design patterns suitable for the soil and crop, in linkage with map data and in accordance with fertilization design conditions each including a different fertilizer pattern and priority condition so as to allow the user to compare the multiple fertilization patterns on the same screen. The system includes units configured to receive designation of an agricultural field on the map, then to receive a fertilization design condition including a fertilizer pattern and a priority condition, to design fertilization patterns for the agricultural field, and to display the designed fertilization patterns on the same screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nara, Noriko Yamagata
  • Publication number: 20110315318
    Abstract: There is provided a focus ring capable of preventing a part of a heat transfer sheet from adhering to and remaining on a mounting table. The focus ring is arranged to surround a periphery of a substrate mounted on the mounting table having a temperature control device. Further, the focus ring includes a flexible heat transfer sheet. Furthermore, the focus ring is in contact with the mounting table via the heat transfer sheet, and the heat transfer sheet has a contact surface in contact with the mounting table and an anti-adhesion layer formed on the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Jun Watanabe, Takuya Okada, Tomoyuki Nara
  • Publication number: 20110246915
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a system that automatically shows multiple fertilization design patterns suitable for the soil and crop, in linkage with map data and in accordance with fertilization design conditions each including a different fertilizer pattern and priority condition so as to allow the user to compare the multiple fertilization patterns on the same screen. The system includes units configured to receive designation of an agricultural field on the map, then to receive a fertilization design condition including a fertilizer pattern and a priority condition, to design fertilization patterns for the agricultural field, and to display the designed fertilization patterns on the same screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki NARA, Noriko YAMAGATA
  • Patent number: 5709956
    Abstract: An extruded product comprising a rigid portion (1) and a flexible portion (2) which are co-extruded, wherein the rigid portion (1) is made of a resin or resin composition having a deflection temperature under load of from 80.degree. to 120.degree. C. as measured by JIS K 7207 A-method, and the flexible portion (2) is made of a resin composition comprising from 5 to 75 wt % of a vinyl chloride resin, from 5 to 70 wt % of a partially crosslinked acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer and from 10 to 65 wt % of a plasticizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoichi Yamabe, Tomoyuki Nara, Toshiyuki Narita