Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Muto

Yasuaki Muto 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: 7342558
    Abstract: The initializing period of at least one of a plurality of sub-fields constituting one field is a selective initializing period for selectively initializing discharge cells in which a sustain discharge has occurred in the sustaining period of the preceding sub-field. In the sustaining period of the sub-field prior to the sub-field including the selective initializing period, voltage Vr is applied to a priming electrode (PRi) for causing a discharge between the priming electrode (PRi) and corresponding scan electrode (SCi) using the priming electrode (PRi) as a cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tachibana, Naoki Kosugi, Toshikazu Wakabayashi, Yasuaki Muto
  • Publication number: 20050219156
    Abstract: The initializing period of at least one of a plurality of sub-fields constituting one field is a selective initializing period for selectively initializing discharge cells in which sustain discharge has occurred in the sustaining period of the preceding sub-field. In the sustaining period of the sub-field prior to the sub-field including the selective initializing period, voltage Vr is applied to a priming electrode (PRi) for causing discharge between the priming electrode (PRi) and corresponding scan electrode (SCi) using the priming electrode (PRi) as a cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tachibana, Naoki Kosugi, Toshikazu Wakabayashi, Yasuaki Muto
  • Patent number: 6876395
    Abstract: Video data of a field necessary for I/P conversion and scanning line conversion is stored in a field memory part (7), vertical frequency conversion is performed by a memory control processing part (2), I/P conversion is performed by an I/P conversion processing part (3), scanning line conversion is performed by a scanning line conversion part (4) and horizontal pixel conversion is performed by a horizontal pixel conversion processing part (5) with the data stored in the field memory part, and a synchronous processing part (6) supplies a prescribed clock, a horizontal synchronizing signal and a vertical synchronizing signal to each block. A single system performs vertical frequency conversion, I/P conversion, scanning line conversion and horizontal pixel conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Muto, Toshio Wakahara, Akio Niwa, Takuma Higashi, Tomoko Morita, Yuji Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 5990853
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a projection type image displaying apparatus capable of displaying larger picture images which are bright, uniform and after-image-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Kuratomi, Akio Takimoto, Koji Akiyama, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Toshikatsu Kawakami, Yasuaki Muto, Hiroshi Miyai
  • Patent number: 5847778
    Abstract: In a projection type video display device comprising a light writing type spacial light modulator, disturbances brought about by a resetting pulse and appearing in a projected picture as a black belt or beat are prevented. This is accomplished by causing the resetting pulse, which is to withdraw electric charges produced by incoming writing light and accumulated in spacial light modulator, to occur within a vertical blanking period synchronized with vertical synchronization signal.Further, by changing the pulse width and the voltage of the resetting pulse in accordance with vertical synchronization frequency, pictures of a certain fixed brightness are made available against various vertical synchronization frequencies; and even with a high vertical synchronization frequency, projected pictures are never annoyed by such disturbance that is caused by a resetting pulse dislocated out of the vertical blanking period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Muto, Hiroshi Miyai, Akio Takimoto, Yasunori Kuratomi, Toshikazu Kawakami, Hiroshi Noguchi