Patents by Inventor Toshikazu Koudo

Toshikazu Koudo 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: 11398198
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display panel disposed closer to an observer and a second display panel disposed farther from the observer than the first display panel. An image display region of the second display panel is larger than an image display region of the first display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS INC.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Koudo, Tetsuo Fukami
  • Patent number: 11170738
    Abstract: A display device according to present disclosure comprising: a first display panel that displays a first image; a second display panel disposed on a back surface side of the first display panel to display a second image; and an image processor that acquires input image data and generates first image data corresponding to the first image and second image data corresponding to the second image based on the input image data, wherein the image processor includes a first filter circuit that performs first low-pass filter processing on the input image data, and the first filter circuit reduces a degree of the first low-pass filter processing when input gradation of the input image data is less than first gradation as compared with a case that the input gradation is greater than or equal to the first gradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nakanishi, Toshikazu Koudo, Katsuhiro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11132967
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a plurality of display panels disposed in a superposed manner, comprising: a first display panel that displays a first image; a second display panel disposed on a back surface side of the first display panel to display a second image; and an image processor that generates first image data for the first image and second image data for the second image based on the input image data, wherein the image processor includes: a differential filter that performs differential filter processing on a luminance signal calculated from the input image data and outputs a differential detection value; a background level detection circuit that detects a background level using the luminance signal; a gain determination circuit that determines a filter gain using the differential detection value and the background level; and a low-pass filter that performs low-pass filter processing using the filter gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nakanishi, Toshikazu Koudo, Katsuhiro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20210256924
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a plurality of display panels disposed in a superposed manner, comprising: a first display panel that displays a first image; a second display panel disposed on a back surface side of the first display panel to display a second image; and an image processor that generates first image data for the first image and second image data for the second image based on the input image data, wherein the image processor includes: a differential filter that performs differential filter processing on a luminance signal calculated from the input image data and outputs a differential detection value; a background level detection circuit that detects a background level using the luminance signal; a gain determination circuit that determines a filter gain using the differential detection value and the background level; and a low-pass filter that performs low-pass filter processing using the filter gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hideyuki NAKANISHI, Toshikazu KOUDO, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 11081068
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that displays an input video signal according to a present disclosure comprises: a first liquid crystal display panel and a second liquid crystal display panel disposed to be laminated; a first video signal generator that generates a first video signal for the first liquid crystal display panel by performing stereoscopic vision suppression processing of suppressing stereoscopic vision due to parallax on the video signal; and a second video signal generator that generates a second video signal for the second liquid crystal display panel using the first video signal, wherein when the video signal indicates a black spot, the first video signal generator performs the stereoscopic vision suppression processing with intensity different from that in a case where the video signal indicates a bright spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Koudo, Hideyuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11081071
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that displays an input video signal, the liquid crystal display device comprising: a first liquid crystal display panel and a second liquid crystal display panel disposed to be laminated; a gamma corrector that generates a corrected video signal by performing gamma correction decided depending on a first control signal input from an outside with respect to the video signal; a first video signal generator that generates a first video signal for the first liquid crystal display panel using the corrected video signal; and a second video signal generator that generates a second video signal for the second liquid crystal display panel using the first video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Koudo
  • Publication number: 20210166646
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display panel disposed closer to an observer and a second display panel disposed farther from the observer than the first display panel. An image display region of the second display panel is larger than an image display region of the first display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Toshikazu KOUDO, Tetsuo FUKAMI
  • Patent number: 10930230
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display panel disposed closer to an observer and a second display panel disposed farther from the observer than the first display panel. An image display region of the second display panel is larger than an image display region of the first display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Koudo, Tetsuo Fukami
  • Patent number: 10923014
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first display panel displaying a color image; a second display panel displaying a monochrome image; and an image processor generating first image data corresponding to the color image and second image data corresponding to the monochrome image based on an input video signal. The image processor generates the first image data and the second image data such that a graph representing transmittance of the first display panel for input gradation corresponding to the input video signal and a graph representing transmittance of the second display panel for the input gradation corresponding to the input video signal intersect each other at predetermined input gradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Pasona Knowledge Partner Inc.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Koudo, Masahiro Ishii, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Ikuko Mori
  • Patent number: 10789901
    Abstract: A LCD device of display panels includes n-bit (n<m) driving first display panel that displays first image based on m-bit input image data, n-bit driving second display panel that displays second image based on the m-bit input image data, and image processor including first gradation converter that converts gradation of the m-bit input image data into n-bit gradation, second gradation converter that converts gradation of the m-bit input image data into m1-bit (m1?m) gradation, and extension processor that performs extension processing of extending gradation expression with the n bits on the input image data converted into the m1-bit gradation. The n-bit driving first display panel displays the first image based on the n-bit input image data, and the n-bit driving second display panel displays the second image based on the n-bit input image data subjected to the extension processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Pasona Knowledge Partner Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nakanishi, Toshikazu Koudo, Katsuhiro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10783841
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a first and second display panels that display a first image and a second image, respectively based on input image data of m bits, and are both driven by n bits, where n<m, a first gradation decision unit that decides an output gradation of n bits for the first display panel based on a first gradation characteristic, the output gradation of n bits for the first display panel and a second gradation decision unit that decides an output gradation of n bits based on a second gradation characteristic for the second display panel, the output gradation of n bits for the second display panel. At least one of the first and second gradation characteristics includes a gradation inverting portion, where the output gradation decreases when the input gradation rises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Pasona Knowledge Partner Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirotsune, Toshikazu Koudo
  • Publication number: 20200258459
    Abstract: A LCD device of display panels includes n-bit (n<m) driving first display panel that displays first image based on m-bit input image data, n-bit driving second display panel that displays second image based on the m-bit input image data, and image processor including first gradation converter that converts gradation of the m-bit input image data into n-bit gradation, second gradation converter that converts gradation of the m-bit input image data into m1-bit (m1?m) gradation, and extension processor that performs extension processing of extending gradation expression with the n bits on the input image data converted into the m1-bit gradation. The n-bit driving first display panel displays the first image based on the n-bit input image data, and the n-bit driving second display panel displays the second image based on the n-bit input image data subjected to the extension processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki NAKANISHI, Toshikazu KOUDO, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200226968
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first display panel displaying a color image; a second display panel displaying a monochrome image; and an image processor generating first image data corresponding to the color image and second image data corresponding to the monochrome image based on an input video signal. The image processor generates the first image data and the second image data such that a graph representing transmittance of the first display panel for input gradation corresponding to the input video signal and a graph representing transmittance of the second display panel for the input gradation corresponding to the input video signal intersect each other at predetermined input gradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Toshikazu KOUDO, Masahiro ISHII, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI, Ikuko MORI
  • Publication number: 20200193926
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that displays an input video signal, the liquid crystal display device comprising: a first liquid crystal display panel and a second liquid crystal display panel disposed to be laminated; a gamma corrector that generates a corrected video signal by performing gamma correction decided depending on a first control signal input from an outside with respect to the video signal; a first video signal generator that generates a first video signal for the first liquid crystal display panel using the corrected video signal; and a second video signal generator that generates a second video signal for the second liquid crystal display panel using the first video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Toshikazu KOUDO
  • Publication number: 20200193920
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that displays an input video signal according to a present disclosure comprises: a first liquid crystal display panel and a second liquid crystal display panel disposed to be laminated; a first video signal generator that generates a first video signal for the first liquid crystal display panel by performing stereoscopic vision suppression processing of suppressing stereoscopic vision due to parallax on the video signal; and a second video signal generator that generates a second video signal for the second liquid crystal display panel using the first video signal, wherein when the video signal indicates a black spot, the first video signal generator performs the stereoscopic vision suppression processing with intensity different from that in a case where the video signal indicates a bright spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Toshikazu KOUDO, Hideyuki NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 10679574
    Abstract: A LCD device of display panels includes n-bit (n<m) driving first display panel that displays first image based on m-bit input image data, n-bit driving second display panel that displays second image based on the m-bit input image data, and image processor including first gradation converter that converts gradation of the m-bit input image data into n-bit gradation, second gradation converter that converts gradation of the m-bit input image data into m1-bit (m1?m) gradation, and extension processor that performs extension processing of extending gradation expression with the n bits on the input image data converted into the m1-bit gradation. The n-bit driving first display panel displays the first image based on the n-bit input image data, and the n-bit driving second display panel displays the second image based on the n-bit input image data subjected to the extension processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nakanishi, Toshikazu Koudo, Katsuhiro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20200175946
    Abstract: A display device according to present disclosure comprising: a first display panel that displays a first image; a second display panel disposed on a back surface side of the first display panel to display a second image; and an image processor that acquires input image data and generates first image data corresponding to the first image and second image data corresponding to the second image based on the input image data, wherein the image processor includes a first filter circuit that performs first low-pass filter processing on the input image data, and the first filter circuit reduces a degree of the first low-pass filter processing when input gradation of the input image data is less than first gradation as compared with a case that the input gradation is greater than or equal to the first gradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki NAKANISHI, Toshikazu KOUDO, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10643518
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first display panel displaying a color image; a second display panel displaying a monochrome image; and an image processor generating first image data corresponding to the color image and second image data corresponding to the monochrome image based on an input video signal. The image processor generates the first image data and the second image data such that a graph representing transmittance of the first display panel for input gradation corresponding to the input video signal and a graph representing transmittance of the second display panel for the input gradation corresponding to the input video signal intersect each other at predetermined input gradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Koudo, Masahiro Ishii, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Ikuko Mori
  • Patent number: 10620733
    Abstract: A touch panel comprising first electrodes that extend in a first direction and second electrodes that extend in the second direction, wherein each of the first electrodes and each of the second electrodes are constructed with conductive wires having mesh shape, each of the first electrodes is formed such that wide portions and narrow portions, each of the narrow portions having a width that is a length in the second direction narrower than each of the wide portions, are alternately arranged in the first direction, and one wide portion and one narrow portion in an endmost first electrode formed at an end are narrower than one wide portion and one narrow portion in an inner first electrode located inside the endmost first electrode, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Koudo, Ken Shiiba
  • Publication number: 20190392749
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first display panel displaying a color image; a second display panel displaying a monochrome image; and an image processor generating first image data corresponding to the color image and second image data corresponding to the monochrome image based on an input video signal. The image processor generates the first image data and the second image data such that a graph representing transmittance of the first display panel for input gradation corresponding to the input video signal and a graph representing transmittance of the second display panel for the input gradation corresponding to the input video signal intersect each other at predetermined input gradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Toshikazu KOUDO, Masahiro ISHII, Katsuhiro KIKUCHI, Ikuko MORI