Patents by Inventor Yasushi Adachi

Yasushi Adachi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240315110
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel electrode; a counter electrode provided over the pixel electrode; and a functional layer provided between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode. The functional layer has a first portion overlapping an end of the pixel electrode, and a second portion overlapping a middle of the pixel electrode. The first portion is thicker than the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Kota ADACHI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, YASUSHI ASAOKA
  • Publication number: 20240284698
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a light-emitting layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, and containing quantum dots and a first hole transport material; and a hole transport layer positioned between the first electrode and the light emitting layer, and containing a second hole transport material solubility of which to a solvent in which the quantum dots are soluble is lower than solubility of the first hole transport material. A difference in ionization potential between the second hole transport material and the first hole transport material is smaller than a difference in ionization potential between the second hole transport material and the quantum dots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Kota ADACHI, YASUSHI ASAOKA
  • Publication number: 20240260386
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, on the substrate, a light-emitting element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer and a charge transfer layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the display device includes a light-emitting region of the light-emitting element and a non-light-emitting region that is a peripheral portion of the light-emitting region, a protruding portion is provided in a layer lower than the charge transfer layer in part of the non-light-emitting region, and the charge transfer layer is formed as a continuous film in a display region including the light-emitting region and the non-light-emitting region on the substrate, and includes a thin film portion, on the protruding portion, being thinner than a portion in the light-emitting region and a portion in the non-light-emitting region other than the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yasushi ASAOKA, Sentaro KIDA, Takahiro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20240258459
    Abstract: A display device includes a function layer including a body portion positioned in a light-emitting region and an edge portion positioned in a non-light-emitting region, and a bank formed in the non-light-emitting region and including an inner wall surface that is a surface on a side of the light-emitting region. The edge portion includes an overhanging portion including a portion having a thickness larger than a thickness of the body portion, and the overhanging portion is formed on the bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Sentaro KIDA, Yasushi ASAOKA, Takahiro ADACHI
  • Patent number: 11196874
    Abstract: To provide an image processing device including a generator that generates output image data from input image data, a calculation processor that calculates an evaluation value indicating a degree of information loss of the output image data, a determiner that compares the evaluation value with a predetermined threshold value and determines a magnitude of the degree of information loss, and a display that displays information in accordance with a determination result by the determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Takashima, Daisaku Imaizumi, Teruhiko Matsuoka, Yasushi Adachi
  • Patent number: 10855882
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus processes input image data and generates output image data. The image processing apparatus includes a feature-value calculating unit, an output-gradation-number setting unit, and an image processor. The feature-value calculating unit calculates a feature value from the input image data. The output-gradation-number setting unit sets, as the number of output gradations, any one gradation number of candidates for the number of output gradations based on the feature value calculated by the feature-value calculating unit. The image processor processes the input image data and generates the output image data having the number of output gradations which is set by the output-gradation-number setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisaku Imaizumi, Teruhiko Matsuoka, Masahiko Takashima, Yasushi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20200336604
    Abstract: To provide an image processing device including a generator that generates output image data from input image data, a calculation processor that calculates an evaluation value indicating a degree of information loss of the output image data, a determiner that compares the evaluation value with a predetermined threshold value and determines a magnitude of the degree of information loss, and a display that displays information in accordance with a determination result by the determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: MASAHIKO TAKASHIMA, DAISAKU IMAIZUMI, TERUHIKO MATSUOKA, YASUSHI ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20200014820
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus processes input image data and generates output image data. The image processing apparatus includes a feature-value calculating unit, an output-gradation-number setting unit, and an image processor. The feature-value calculating unit calculates a feature value from the input image data. The output-gradation-number setting unit sets, as the number of output gradations, any one gradation number of candidates for the number of output gradations based on the feature value calculated by the feature-value calculating unit. The image processor processes the input image data and generates the output image data having the number of output gradations which is set by the output-gradation-number setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: DAISAKU IMAIZUMI, TERUHIKO MATSUOKA, MASAHIKO TAKASHIMA, YASUSHI ADACHI
  • Patent number: 10388251
    Abstract: A display device (10) includes: an integrated control unit (31) that allows selection from among at least a high-luminance mode and a luminance-unevenness-suppression-preferred mode in accordance with an input instruction; and an unevenness correction unit (36) that performs color unevenness correction for each pixel in both the high-luminance mode and the luminance-unevenness-suppression-preferred mode. In the luminance-unevenness-suppression-preferred mode, the unevenness correction unit (36) performs a pixel value limitation process for uniformly shifting, for each pixel, a pixel value in image data to a lower pixel value to thereby decrease the pixel value to a pixel value lower than that in the high-luminance mode, and thereafter, performs the color unevenness correction. Accordingly, even if the use of the display device varies, image processing that is appropriate for various uses is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Terumitsu Katougi, Hideki Ohnishi, Yasushi Adachi, Makoto Hayasaki, Gaku Furuichi
  • Publication number: 20170316754
    Abstract: A display device (10) includes: an integrated control unit (31) that allows selection from among at least a high-luminance mode and a luminance-unevenness-suppression-preferred mode in accordance with an input instruction; and an unevenness correction unit (36) that performs color unevenness correction for each pixel in both the high-luminance mode and the luminance-unevenness-suppression-preferred mode. In the luminance-unevenness-suppression-preferred mode, the unevenness correction unit (36) performs a pixel value limitation process for uniformly shifting, for each pixel, a pixel value in image data to a lower pixel value to thereby decrease the pixel value to a pixel value lower than that in the high-luminance mode, and thereafter, performs the color unevenness correction. Accordingly, even if the use of the display device varies, image processing that is appropriate for various uses is implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Terumitsu KATOUGI, Hideki OHNISHI, Yasushi ADACHI, Makoto HAYASAKI, Gaku FURUICHI
  • Patent number: 9525868
    Abstract: A determining apparatus of the present invention includes: a feature extracting section configured to extract, as a feature from at least one captured image, at least one piece of information on the at least one captured image out of (i) a piece of information on a blur, (ii) a piece of information on a skew, and (iii) a piece of information on an image type; and a captured image determining section configured to determine whether or not the at least one captured image is suitable for conversion into a compressed image in a platform independent file format, by determining whether or not the extracted feature satisfies a given condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisaku Imaizumi, Yasushi Adachi
  • Patent number: 9513169
    Abstract: A display calibration system includes: a display section subject to calibration; a correction data outputting section configured to perform a calibration process to determine, for each of the pixels of the display section, correction data for non-uniformity correction; and a first storage section configured to store reference data to be used in the calibration process. The reference data represents, for individual color patches of a first predetermined number, correspondences between RGB values and reference values. The correction data outputting section obtains, on a basis of the reference data and the measurement values of the color patches of a second predetermined number that is less than the first predetermined number, the pieces of correction data with respect to RGB values of the individual color patches of the predetermined second number. With this arrangement, it is possible to shorten a processing time of the calibration process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Ohnishi, Terumitsu Katougi, Makoto Hayasaki, Gaku Furuichi, Yasushi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20150213771
    Abstract: A display calibration system includes: a display section subject to calibration; a correction data outputting section configured to perform a calibration process to determine, for each of the pixels of the display section, correction data for non-uniformity correction; and a first storage section configured to store reference data to be used in the calibration process. The reference data represents, for individual color patches of a first predetermined number, correspondences between RGB values and reference values. The correction data outputting section obtains, on a basis of the reference data and the measurement values of the color patches of a second predetermined number that is less than the first predetermined number, the pieces of correction data with respect to RGB values of the individual color patches of the predetermined second number. With this arrangement, it is possible to shorten a processing time of the calibration process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki OHNISHI, Terumitsu KATOUGI, Makoto HAYASAKI, Gaku FURUICHI, Yasushi ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20150146020
    Abstract: A determining apparatus of the present invention includes: a feature extracting section configured to extract, as a feature from at least one captured image, at least one piece of information on the at least one captured image out of (i) a piece of information on a blur, (ii) a piece of information on a skew, and (iii) a piece of information on an image type; and a captured image determining section configured to determine whether or not the at least one captured image is suitable for conversion into a compressed image in a platform independent file format, by determining whether or not the extracted feature satisfies a given condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Daisaku Imaizumi, Yasushi Adachi
  • Patent number: 8345310
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided with a halftone frequency determining section for determining a halftone frequency of an input image data including a plurality of color components. The halftone frequency determining section includes: a threshold value setting section for setting a threshold value for a segment block that is consisting of a plurality of pixels, the threshold value being for use in binarization; a threshold value adjusting section for adjusting the threshold value according to input image data in order to remove an influence of an unnecessary color component; a maximum transition number averaging section for averaging maximum transition numbers of the binary data according to the adjusted threshold value in order to obtain a maximum transition number average; and a halftone frequency estimating section for estimating the halftone frequency from the maximum transition number average. With this, it is possible to determine the halftone frequency accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasushi Adachi
  • Patent number: 7773776
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided with a halftone frequency determining section for determining a halftone frequency of an image data consisting of plural color components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasushi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20100030645
    Abstract: An advertisement distributing system, advertisement distributing server, and advertisement distributing method, program and recording medium are provided for encouraging the users to buy a product in such a manner that the most suitable program video scene is selected in accordance with the advertisement distributed by an advertiser, and distributed to the users with the advertisement. An advertising video searching unit of a server, based on an advertisement ID received from a first terminal device, searches through advertisement video, extracts a video ID corresponding to the advertisement ID and outputs it to a viewing history searching unit. A viewing history searching unit determines whether the video ID has been stored in viewing history that reflects user's taste, and outputs the corresponding video ID if it is found, to a content synthesizer. The content synthesizer distributes the advertisement data and video data to the first terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Keiko Watanuki, Haruo Hinode, Masayuki Nakazawa, Ikuo Keshi, Yasushi Adachi, Tatsushi Aiba, Tomoaki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7541025
    Abstract: The invention provides a technology which utilizes donor lymphocyte infusion and by which malignant tumor can be treated without causing such an adverse effect as graft versus host disease. Thus, a method for the treatment of malignant tumor is provided which comprises performing, in a patient requiring such treatment, donor lymphocyte infusion for the graft versus tumor reaction-based treatment of tumor and then performing radiation treatment, infusion of lymphocytes derived from the host or a third party identical in HLA type to the host, and intra bone marrow-bone marrow transplantation using bone marrow cells derived from the host or a third party identical in HLA type to the host, for the prevention and treatment of the graft versus host disease induced by the donor lymphocyte infusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Jimro Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Ikehara, Yasushi Adachi, Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7295344
    Abstract: A parameter representing whether an effective density pixel exists in an objective image is calculated. As to each interest pixel in the objective image having one pixel neighboring a downstream side in a first direction, the interest pixel is defined as an effective density pixel when a first condition and a second condition is an effective density pixel are satisfied, and in other case, the interest pixel is defined as an ineffective density pixel. The objective image is converted to an update image on one-line reduced lines in the first direction. A parameter representing whether an effective density pixel exists in the update image is calculated. The conversion and the calculation are repeated about the update image as the objective image. When the objective image converts one line in the first direction, the number of continuous pixels of the effective density pixels spatially continuing is calculated based on each parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasushi Adachi
  • Patent number: 7130469
    Abstract: An edge pixel is extracted from an input image by an edge determination section, an object image section is extracted by an object-image extraction section, and a first characteristic amount of the object image section in a first local pixel block containing a first target pixel is calculated by a first-characteristic-amount calculation section. A classification is made as to whether the first target pixel is a character edge pixel or a dot edge pixel by an edge-class determination section on the basis of the result of extraction for the edge pixel and the first characteristic amount. A second characteristic amount of a second local pixel block containing a second target pixel is calculated by a second-characteristic-amount calculation section on the basis of the edge classification result. The image of the second target pixel is classified by an image-class determination section on the basis of the second characteristic amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasushi Adachi