Patents by Inventor Yasuo Inoue
Yasuo Inoue 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: 11621301Abstract: The present technology relates to a display device and a signal processing device that have made it possible to actively utilize maximumly a color gamut that a display panel can express. Provided is a display device, including: a display section in which display pixels that each include a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel that emit three-basic-color light and a fourth subpixel that emits non-basic-color light are arranged two-dimensionally; a first signal processing section that expands a video signal being input and corresponding to the basic-color light and adapts the video signal to a color gamut that the display section can express; and a second signal processing section that converts an expanded video signal being the video signal having been expanded into a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal that correspond to the basic-color light and a fourth signal that corresponds to the non-basic-color light, and outputs the signals to the display section.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventor: Yasuo Inoue
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Patent number: 11401381Abstract: There are provided a modified silicone compound prepared by reacting: (A) a siloxane diamine represented by the general formula (1); (B) a maleimide compound with at least two N-substituted maleimide groups in the molecular structure; and (C) an amine compound with an acidic substituent; and also provided a thermosetting resin composition, a prepreg, a laminated plate, and a printed wiring board that are formed by using this compound. The multi-layered printed wiring board produced by using the laminated plate formed by using the prepreg obtained from the modified silicone compound and the thermosetting resin composition of the present invention through laminate molding has an excellent glass transition temperature, coefficient of thermal expansion, copper foil adhesion, hygroscopicity, hygroscopic solder heat resistance, and copper-stuck solder heat resistance.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiko Kotake, Masato Miyatake, Shunsuke Nagai, Shintaro Hashimoto, Yasuo Inoue, Shin Takanezawa, Hikari Murai
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Publication number: 20220005880Abstract: The present technology relates to a display device and a signal processing device that have made it possible to actively utilize maximumly a color gamut that a display panel can express. Provided is a display device, including: a display section in which display pixels that each include a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel that emit three-basic-color light and a fourth subpixel that emits non-basic-color light are arranged two-dimensionally; a first signal processing section that expands a video signal being input and corresponding to the basic-color light and adapts the video signal to a color gamut that the display section can express; and a second signal processing section that converts an expanded video signal being the video signal having been expanded into a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal that correspond to the basic-color light and a fourth signal that corresponds to the non-basic-color light, and outputs the signals to the display section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Yasuo Inoue
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Patent number: 11158678Abstract: A display device and a signal processing device for maximum utilization of a color gamut that a display panel can express. A display device includes a display section in which display pixels that each include a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel that emit three-basic-color light and a fourth subpixel that emits non-basic-color light are arranged two-dimensionally; a first signal processing section that expands a video signal being input and corresponding to the basic-color light and adapts the video signal to a color gamut that the display section can express; and a second signal processing section that converts an expanded video signal being the video signal having been expanded into a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal that correspond to the basic-color light and a fourth signal that corresponds to the non-basic-color light, and outputs the signals to the display section.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Inventor: Yasuo Inoue
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Patent number: 11056050Abstract: An image processing unit includes: a gain calculating section obtaining, based on first luminance information for each pixel, a first gain, in which the first gain is configured to increase with an increase in pixel luminance value in a range where the pixel luminance value is equal to or larger than a predetermined luminance value, and in which the pixel luminance value is derived from the first luminance information; and a determination section determining, based on the first luminance information and the first gain, second luminance information for each of the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoya Yano, Makoto Nakagawa, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue, Shoji Araki, Hidehisa Shimizu
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Publication number: 20200082753Abstract: An image processing device includes a control section configured to determine, based on first luminance information for each display pixel, frame luminance information in a single frame and current information. The current information indicates a magnitude of a current that is expected to be consumed in displaying the single frame on a display section. The control section is configured to control, based on the frame luminance information and the current information, light-emitting luminance of the display section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: TOMOYA YANO, YOHEI FUNATSU, YASUO INOUE
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Patent number: 10497304Abstract: An image processing device includes a control section configured to determine, based on first luminance information for each display pixel, frame luminance information in a single frame and current information. The current information indicates a magnitude of a current that is expected to be consumed in displaying the single frame on a display section. The control section is configured to control, based on the frame luminance information and the current information, light-emitting luminance of the display section.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoya Yano, Yohei Funatsu, Yasuo Inoue
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Patent number: 10465089Abstract: The invention provides a varnish produced through reaction between a compound having an amino group and a resin having a functional group capable of reacting with an amino group, and having a polycyclic structure, wherein a portion of a plurality of the functional group of the resin is caused to react with the amino group of the compound in a solvent, and also a varnish produced through reaction between a compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group and a resin having a functional group capable of reacting with a phenolic hydroxyl group, and having a polycyclic structure, wherein a portion of a plurality of the functional group of the resin is caused to react with the phenolic hydroxyl group of the compound in the solvent. The invention also provides a prepreg, a resin-coated film, a metal-foil-clad laminate, and a printed wiring board produced by use of any of the varnishes.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Kouji Morita, Hikari Murai, Shin Takanezawa, Yasuo Inoue, Kazunaga Sakai
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Publication number: 20190325817Abstract: An image processing unit includes: a gain calculating section obtaining, based on first luminance information for each pixel, a first gain, in which the first gain is configured to increase with an increase in pixel luminance value in a range where the pixel luminance value is equal to or larger than a predetermined luminance value, and in which the pixel luminance value is derived from the first luminance information; and a determination section determining, based on the first luminance information and the first gain, second luminance information for each of the pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Tomoya Yano, Makoto Nakagawa, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue, Shoji Araki, Hidehisa Shimizu
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Publication number: 20190252471Abstract: A display device and a signal processing device for maximum utilization of a color gamut that a display panel can express. A display device includes a display section in which display pixels that each include a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel that emit three-basic-color light and a fourth subpixel that emits non-basic-color light are arranged two-dimensionally; a first signal processing section that expands a video signal being input and corresponding to the basic-color light and adapts the video signal to a color gamut that the display section can express; and a second signal processing section that converts an expanded video signal being the video signal having been expanded into a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal that correspond to the basic-color light and a fourth signal that corresponds to the non-basic-color light, and outputs the signals to the display section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Yasuo Inoue
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Patent number: 10373551Abstract: An image processing unit includes: a gain calculating section obtaining, based on first luminance information for each pixel, a first gain, in which the first gain is configured to increase with an increase in pixel luminance value in a range where the pixel luminance value is equal to or larger than a predetermined luminance value, and in which the pixel luminance value is derived from the first luminance information; and a determination section determining, based on the first luminance information and the first gain, second luminance information for each of the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoya Yano, Makoto Nakagawa, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue, Shoji Araki, Hidehisa Shimizu
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Publication number: 20190002728Abstract: The invention provides a varnish produced through reaction between a compound having an amino group and a resin having a functional group capable of reacting with an amino group, and having a polycyclic structure, wherein a portion of a plurality of the functional group of the resin is caused to react with the amino group of the compound in a solvent, and also a varnish produced through reaction between a compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group and a resin having a functional group capable of reacting with a phenolic hydroxyl group, and having a polycyclic structure, wherein a portion of a plurality of the functional group of the resin is caused to react with the phenolic hydroxyl group of the compound in the solvent. The invention also provides a prepreg, a resin-coated film, a metal-foil-clad laminate, and a printed wiring board produced by use of any of the varnishes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Kouji MORITA, Hikari MURAI, Shin TAKANEZAWA, Yasuo INOUE, Kazunaga SAKAI
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Publication number: 20180197459Abstract: An image processing unit includes: a gain calculating section obtaining, based on first luminance information for each pixel, a first gain, in which the first gain is configured to increase with an increase in pixel luminance value in a range where the pixel luminance value is equal to or larger than a predetermined luminance value, and in which the pixel luminance value is derived from the first luminance information; and a determination section determining, based on the first luminance information and the first gain, second luminance information for each of the pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Tomoya Yano, Makoto Nakagawa, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue, Shoji Araki, Hidehisa Shimizu
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Patent number: 9940870Abstract: An image processing unit includes: a gain calculating section obtaining, based on first luminance information for each pixel, a first gain, in which the first gain is configured to increase with an increase in pixel luminance value in a range where the pixel luminance value is equal to or larger than a predetermined luminance value, and in which the pixel luminance value is derived from the first luminance information; and a determination section determining, based on the first luminance information and the first gain, second luminance information for each of the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoya Yano, Makoto Nakagawa, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue, Shoji Araki, Hidehisa Shimizu
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Patent number: 9666113Abstract: A display includes: a gain calculation section obtaining, according to an area of a high luminance region in a frame image, a first gain for each pixel in the region; a determination section determining, based on first luminance information for each pixel in the high luminance region and the first gain, second luminance information for each pixel in the high luminance region; and a display section performing display based on the second luminance information.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Nakagawa, Tomoya Yano, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yasuo Inoue, Yohei Funatsu
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Patent number: 9601048Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including a luminance information generating unit that generates fourth luminance information, which becomes the basis of luminance of a fourth pixel, on the basis of variation characteristics with the passage of time regarding light-emission luminance in the fourth pixel of a display unit including a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel which emit three basic color light beams, and the fourth pixel that emits a non-basic color light beam, and first luminance information, second luminance information, and third luminance information which correspond to the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoya Yano, Yasuo Inoue, Yohei Funatsu
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Patent number: 9552762Abstract: There is provided a self-luminous display device including a deterioration amount acquisition section configured to acquire a cumulative deterioration amount for each of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix shape on a screen, each of the pixels including a light emitting element which emits light by itself in accordance with a current amount, a deterioration amount calculation section configured to calculate a deterioration amount when an image is displayed based on a supplied video signal in each of the pixels by using a deterioration characteristic determined in accordance with a luminance of the video signal, and a cumulative information update section configured to reflect the cumulative deterioration amount acquired by the deterioration amount acquisition section in the deterioration amount calculated by the deterioration amount calculation section, and to update the reflected cumulative deterioration amount as a new cumulative deterioration amount.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasuo Inoue, Yohei Funatsu, Takashi Uchida
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Publication number: 20160181147Abstract: A first MISFET which is a semiconductor element is formed on an SOI substrate. The SOI substrate includes a supporting substrate which is a base, BOX layer which is an insulating layer formed on a main surface (surface) of the supporting substrate, that is, a buried oxide film; and an SOI layer which is a semiconductor layer formed on the BOX layer. The first MISFET as a semiconductor element is formed to the SOI layer. In an isolation region, an isolation groove is formed penetrating though the SOI layer and the BOX layer so that a bottom surface of the groove is positioned in the middle of a thickness of the supporting substrate. An isolation film is buried in the isolation groove being formed. Then, an oxidation resistant film is interposed between the BOX layer and the isolation film.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Jiro YUGAMI, Toshiaki IWAMATSU, Katsuyuki HORITA, Hideki MAKIYAMA, Yasuo INOUE, Yoshiki YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 9343527Abstract: A first MISFET which is a semiconductor element is formed on an SOI substrate. The SOI substrate includes a supporting substrate which is a base, BOX layer which is an insulating layer formed on a main surface (surface) of the supporting substrate, that is, a buried oxide film; and an SOI layer which is a semiconductor layer formed on the BOX layer. The first MISFET as a semiconductor element is formed to the SOI layer. In an isolation region, an isolation groove is formed penetrating though the SOI layer and the BOX layer so that a bottom surface of the groove is positioned in the middle of a thickness of the supporting substrate. An isolation film is buried in the isolation groove being formed. Then, an oxidation resistant film is interposed between the BOX layer and the isolation film.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Jiro Yugami, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Katsuyuki Horita, Hideki Makiyama, Yasuo Inoue, Yoshiki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9336705Abstract: Provided is a self-luminous display device including a data calculation section configured to calculate, by using a supplied video signal, data relating to a luminance amount accumulated in a unit of a first block in a target region for luminance control in a screen on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels including a light emitting element which emits light by itself according to a current amount, a resampling section configured to resample the data relating to the luminance amount in the target region, in a unit of a second block, the data relating to the luminance amount being calculated by the data calculation section, the second block being larger than the first block, and a scaling section configured to generate data for luminance control in the target region by scaling the data resampled by the resampling section.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Joled Inc.Inventors: Yasuo Inoue, Yohei Funatsu, Hidehisa Shimizu, Takashi Uchida