Patents by Inventor Toshio Futami
Toshio Futami 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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Patent number: 8094112Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a plurality of pixel portions arranged in a matrix, a signal driver circuit which generates apply voltages corresponding to display data, and applies the apply voltages to the pixel portions, a scan driver circuit which applies a selecting voltage to selected ones of the pixel portions, and a level shifter circuit which converts a voltage level of the display data into a drive voltage level of the signal driver circuit, thereby producing level-shifted display data. The signal driver circuit generates the apply voltages based on the level-shifted display data.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2006Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Video & Information System, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Makiko Ikeda, Naruhiko Kasai, Toshio Futami, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 7262755Abstract: A multi-tone display matrix display device including a matrix display panel having a matrix having plural X and Y direction signal lines lying at right angles to each other, intersecting points on the matrix being pixels of an image, an X direction driving section for sequentially scanning X direction signal lines to provide image signals, a Y direction driving section for driving the Y direction signal lines in synchronism with the scanning of the X direction signal lines to sequentially provide select signals to the Y direction signal lines, an A-D converter section for converting an analog signal into a digital signal, a voltage generating section for generating signals at plural voltage levels, and a selector section for selecting an output signal from the voltage generating section based on the output from A-D converter section and providing to output to the X direction driving section as an image signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Kiyokazu Nishioka, Toshio Futami, Kiyoshige Kinugawa
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Publication number: 20070182764Abstract: A multi-tone display matrix display device including a matrix display panel having a matrix having plural X and Y direction signal lines lying at right angles to each other, intersecting points on the matrix being pixels of an image, an X direction driving section for sequentially scanning X direction signal lines to provide image signals, a Y direction driving section for driving the Y direction signal lines in synchronism with the scanning of the X direction signal lines to sequentially provide select signals to the Y direction signal lines, an A-D converter section for converting an analog signal into a digital signal, a voltage generating section for generating signals at plural voltage levels, and a selector section for selecting an output signal from the voltage generating section based on the output from A-D converter section and providing to output to the X direction driving section as an image signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Kiyokazu Nishioka, Toshio Futami, Kiyoshige Kinugawa
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Patent number: 7212181Abstract: This specification discloses a novel multi-tone display matrix display device.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2000Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Kiyokazu Nishioka, Toshio Futami, Kiyoshige Kinugawa
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Publication number: 20060125764Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a plurality of pixel portions arranged in a matrix, a signal driver circuit which generates apply voltages corresponding to display data, and applies the apply voltages to the pixel portions, a scan driver circuit which applies a selecting voltage to selected ones of the pixel portions, and a level shifter circuit which converts a voltage level of the display data into a drive voltage level of the signal driver circuit, thereby producing level-shifted display data. The signal driver circuit generates the apply voltages based on the level-shifted display data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2006Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Makiko Ikeda, Naruhiko Kasai, Toshio Futami, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 7038649Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a plurality of pixel portions arranged in a matrix, a signal driver circuit which generates apply voltages corresponding to display data, and applies the apply voltages to the pixel portions, a scan driver circuit which applies a selecting voltage to selected ones of the pixel portions, and a level shifter circuit which converts a voltage level of the display data into a drive voltage level of the signal driver circuit, thereby producing level-shifted display data. The signal driver circuit generates the apply voltages based on the level-shifted display data.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2002Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Video & Information System, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Makiko Ikeda, Naruhiko Kasai, Toshio Futami, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20050200581Abstract: A multi-tone display matrix display device including a matrix display panel having a matrix having plural X and Y direction signal lines lying at right angles to each other, intersecting points on the matrix being pixels of an image, an X direction driving section for sequentially scanning X direction signal lines to provide image signals, a Y direction driving section for driving the Y direction signal lines in synchronism with the scanning of the X direction signal lines to sequentially provide select signals to the Y direction signal lines, an A-D converter section for converting an analog signal into a digital signal, a voltage generating section for generating signals at plural voltage levels, and a selector section for selecting an output signal from the voltage generating section based on the output from A-D converter section and providing to output to the X direction driving section as an image signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2005Publication date: September 15, 2005Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Kiyokazu Nishioka, Toshio Futami, Kiyoshige Kinugawa
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Patent number: 6542141Abstract: A liquid crystal halftone display system including a tone generator which, for pixels having P tones of K tones (1≦P≦K), alternately outputs first N-bit tone display data and second N-bit tone display data in successive frames at one of a first phase and a second phase. Within a block of pixels, the tone generator alternately inverts the phase of the N-bit tone display data at successive first pixels having different ones of the P tones within the block of pixels beginning at a left side of the block of pixels, and alternately inverts the phase of the N-bit tone display data at successive pixels having a same one of the P tones within the block of pixels beginning at the left side of the block of pixels.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2000Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Toshio Tanaka, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Masaaki Kitajima, Toshio Futami, Masaki Mega, Shigeyuki Nishitani, Naruhiko Kasai, Kohji Takahashi
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Publication number: 20020154086Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a plurality of pixel portions arranged in a matrix, a signal driver circuit which generates apply voltages corresponding to display data, and applies the apply voltages to the pixel portions, a scan driver circuit which applies a selecting voltage to selected ones of the pixel portions, and a level shifter circuit which converts a voltage level of the display data into a drive voltage level of the signal driver circuit, thereby producing level-shifted display data. The signal driver circuit generates the apply voltages based on the level-shifted display data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Makiko Ikeda, Naruhiko Kasai, Toshio Futami, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 6384807Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel, a data processing circuit, a signal driver circuit, a scan driver circuit, and a power circuit. The liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of pixels constituted by at least a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix arrangement, a reference electrode opposing the pixel electrodes, and a liquid crystal disposed between the pixel electrodes and the reference electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Video & Information System, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Makiko Ikeda, Naruhiko Kasai, Toshio Futami, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 6191767Abstract: This specification discloses a novel multi-tone display matrix display device.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Kiyokazu Nishioka, Toshio Futami, Kiyoshige Kinugawa
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Patent number: 6191765Abstract: This specification discloses a novel multi-tone display matrix display device.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1998Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Kiyokazu Nishioka, Toshio Futami, Kiyoshige Kinugawa
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Patent number: 6151005Abstract: A liquid-crystal display system comprising a voltage divider circuit, and a gate circuit. The voltage divider circuit divides n voltages of n different voltage levels supplied from a power source for liquid-crystal displays, into m voltages of m different voltage levels (n<m), n and m are integers large than 1 corresponding to display data. A control signal commands the gate circuit to deliver a first voltage during the first period of one horizontal scanning cycle, and to deliver a second voltage during the second period thereof subsequent to the first period. In response to the control signal, the gate circuit corrects a signal corresponding to the display data and delivers the corrected signal during the first period so as to select a circuit which has a time constant not exceeding that of a circuit for delivering a voltage corresponding to the display data, from among circuits for supplying the m divisional voltages, and it delivers the signal left intact, during the second period.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1993Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Isao Takita, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Hiroyuki Nitta, Toshio Futami, Satoru Tsunekawa
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Patent number: 6127995Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel which includes data lines and scanning lines intersecting each other in a matrix arrangement, and a plurality of pixels each including a switching element, a common electrode, and a pixel electrode, with the pixels being disposed at intersections of the data lines and the scanning lines. The apparatus also includes a plurality of signal driver circuits which supply driving voltage signals in accordance with display data to the data lines of the liquid crystal display panel, a scan driver circuit which sequentially selects the scanning lines of the liquid crystal display panel one at time, a power source circuit which supplies power voltages to the signal driver circuits and the scan driver circuit to supply power to the signal driver circuits and the scan driver circuit to enable the signal driver circuits and the scan driver circuit to operate.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 1997Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Video & Information System, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Furuhashi, Makiko Ikeda, Naruhiko Kasai, Toshio Futami, Tetsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 6072451Abstract: A liquid-crystal display system includes a data driver, a scan driver, a liquid-crystal panel, a line memory (204 in FIG. 2) in which input display data (101) for representing any of display-ON, display-OFF and halftone every pixel are stored for, at least, one line, and a halftone pattern generator (200) by which liquid-crystal display data (106) to be applied to the data driver are generated using the contents of the line memory and the input display data.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1992Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Mano, Toshio Tanaka, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Masaaki Kitajima, Toshio Futami, Masaki Mega, Shigeyuki Nishitani, Naruhiko Kasai, Kohji Takahashi
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Patent number: RE39366Abstract: A liquid crystal driver includes a voltage generator for generating gray scale voltages on the basis of reference voltages, and an output device for selecting one gray scale voltage from the generated gray scale voltages in accordance with display data, for applying inversion/non-inversion control to the selected gray scale voltage with respect to an inversion reference voltage on the basis of the selected gray scale voltage, an AC switching signal and the inversion reference voltage, and for outputting different liquid crystal supply voltages for one and the same display data to a liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1999Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nitta, Hiroyuki Mano, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Isao Takita, Satoru Tsunekawa, Toshio Futami, Makiko Ikeda
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Patent number: RE40916Abstract: A liquid crystal driver includes a voltage generator for generating gray scale voltages on the basis of reference voltages, and an output device for selecting one gray scale voltage from the generated gray scale voltages in accordance with display data, for applying inversion/non-inversion control to the selected gray scale voltage with respect to an inversion reference voltage on the basis of the selected gray scale voltage, an AC switching signal and the inversion reference voltage, and for outputting different liquid crystal supply voltages for one and the same display data to a liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nitta, Hiroyuki Mano, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Isao Takita, Satoru Tsunekawa, Toshio Futami, Makiko Ikeda
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Patent number: RE40973Abstract: A liquid crystal driver includes a voltage generator for generating gray scale voltages on the basis of reference voltages, and an output device for selecting one gray scale voltage from the generated gray scale voltages in accordance with display data, for applying inversion/non-inversion control to the selected gray scale voltage with respect to an inversion reference voltage on the basis of the selected gray scale voltage, an AC switching signal and the inversion reference voltage, and for outputting different liquid crystal supply voltages for one and the same display data to a liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2006Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nitta, Hiroyuki Mano, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Isao Takita, Satoru Tsunekawa, Toshio Futami, Makiko Ikeda
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Patent number: RE42597Abstract: A liquid crystal driver includes a voltage generator for generating gray scale voltages on the basis of reference voltages, and an output device for selecting one gray scale voltage from the generated gray scale voltages in accordance with display data, for applying inversion/non-inversion control to the selected gray scale voltage with respect to an inversion reference voltage on the basis of the selected gray scale voltage, an AC switching signal and the inversion reference voltage, and for outputting different liquid crystal supply voltages for one and the same display data to a liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nitta, Hiroyuki Mano, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Isao Takita, Satoru Tsunekawa, Toshio Futami, Makiko Ikeda
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Patent number: RE42993Abstract: A liquid crystal driver includes a voltage generator for generating gray scale voltages on the basis of reference voltages, and an output device for selecting one gray scale voltage from the generated gray scale voltages in accordance with display data, for applying inversion/non-inversion control to the selected gray scale voltage with respect to an inversion reference voltage on the basis of the selected gray scale voltage, an AC switching signal and the inversion reference voltage, and for outputting different liquid crystal supply voltages for one and the same display data to a liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nitta, Hiroyuki Mano, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Isao Takita, Satoru Tsunekawa, Toshio Futami, Makiko Ikeda