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).
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Publication number: 20240096296Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: TOMOYUKI NARA, NAOKO GOTO, TATSUNORI NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11538425Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoto Inoue, Naoko Goto, Tomoyuki Nara
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Patent number: 11397351Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoto Inoue, Naoko Goto, Tomoyuki Nara
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Publication number: 20220043302Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: NAOTO INOUE, NAOKO GOTO, TOMOYUKI NARA
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Publication number: 20220020336Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: NAOTO INOUE, NAOKO GOTO, TOMOYUKI NARA
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Patent number: 10128089Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Jun Watanabe, Takuya Okada, Tomoyuki Nara
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Publication number: 20160035543Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Jun Watanabe, Takuya Okada, Tomoyuki Nara
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Patent number: 9196512Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Jun Watanabe, Takuya Okada, Tomoyuki Nara
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Patent number: 8863012Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Nara, Noriko Yamagata
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Publication number: 20110315318Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Jun Watanabe, Takuya Okada, Tomoyuki Nara
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Publication number: 20110246915Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: HITACHI SOLUTIONS, LTD.Inventors: Tomoyuki NARA, Noriko YAMAGATA
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Patent number: 5709956Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 18, 1995Date of Patent: January 20, 1998Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoichi Yamabe, Tomoyuki Nara, Toshiyuki Narita