Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Yamada

Yasuyuki Yamada 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: 7999777
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a first substrate, a second substrate, and a positive liquid crystal sandwiched between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of sub pixels which include a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the first substrate. The liquid crystal display panel is configured to drive the liquid crystal by generating an electric field using a difference in potential between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first substrate includes a first alignment film, a plurality of video lines, and a first polarizer, and the second substrate includes a second alignment film, and a second polarizer. Relationships exist among extension directions of the video lines and directions of alignment axis orthogonal thereto, of the alignment films a polarization axis of at least one of the polarizer, and angles therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masateru Morimoto, Yasuyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 7968784
    Abstract: A timer may be for timing a current time period corresponding to an amount of time since a previous operation of an operator. Circuitry may be for processing data to carry out a performance based on a set tempo. The circuitry may be configured to change a position of the performance to a specified position of the performance in a case where the operator is operated and the current time period equals or exceeds a specified time period. The circuitry may be configured to change the tempo based on the current time period in a case where the operator is operated and the current time period is less than the specified time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Yamada, Hiroya Kurio
  • Patent number: 7935368
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a stable and safe edible material. By mixing a dehydrated edible fiber mass and an edible non-fiber material, an edible material, which is superior in shape retention properties to the dehydrated edible fiber mass and the edible non-fiber material, can be obtained. This edible material has a high stability and a high safety because of having a reinforced concrete-like structure wherein the edible fiber serves as the reinforcing steel while the edible non-fiber material serves as the concrete. A liquid oil such as EV olive oil, rapeseed oil, sesame oil or soybean oil can be easily and safely converted into a solid fat merely by adding from 2 to 3% of a popular food material that has been naturally and safely taken since early times. In producing the above edible material, no trans processing that has been warned as the dangerousness thereof by the governments and public corporations in Europe, USA and Canada is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110075090
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed to face each other with liquid crystal interposed therebetween and a sealing material which is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate to seal the liquid crystal, wherein a side surface of the liquid crystal display device has a cut surface, and a first resin layer which is formed along the sealing material and has a height less than a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate in a display region and the sealing material are exposed at the cut surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Yukari SHIGEKURA, Hiroshi Miyairi, Yasuyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110013824
    Abstract: To provide an inspection area setting method including: extracting patterns from a plurality of sampling positions in a design layout data of a die of a semiconductor integrated circuit; classifying the extracted patterns into a plurality of types fewer than number of the extracted patterns, based on similarity of geometric feature attributes; and fixing a plurality of candidate areas smaller than a size of the die, and setting a candidate area including the largest number of types of the patterns classified at classifying, among the fixed candidate areas, as an inspection area in defect inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: Yasuyuki YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20100233692
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a substance, which is easy to handle and enables the measurement of ATP with a high sensitivity regardless of the concentration of protein, and further a measuring method of ATP using the substance. Such object is solved with a fluorescence labelled fusion protein obtained by attaching two types of fluorescent substances of potential donor and acceptor for fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) respectively to a protein which can cause structural changes depending on ATP binding, namely ? protein, which is the subunit of ATP synthetase, and further solved by contacting the fluorescence labelled fusion protein with a subject substance and then measuring the fluorescence spectra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicants: THE NEW INDUSTRY RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITY, RIKKYO GAKUIN
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noji, Hiromi Imamura, Ryota Iino, Yasuyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 7796226
    Abstract: An absorption axis of a polarizer on a viewer's side is set to an arbitrary direction to cope with problems attributed to polarization sunglasses or the like. Video lines extend in a reference direction as a whole while being bent locally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: IPS Alpha Technology, Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Yamada, Masateru Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7768291
    Abstract: The present invention inspects a defect of a photo sensor element or a photo sensor line. A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels formed on a display region of the substrate, and a plurality of video lines for applying a video voltage to the plurality of pixels. The substrate includes at least one photo sensor element which is formed on a region outside the display region, a photo sensor line which is connected with at least one photo sensor element, and at least one first switching element which connects at least one photo sensor element and at least one video line out of the plurality of video lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sho Yanagisawa, Nobuyuki Ishige, Yasuyuki Yamada, Hirokazu Itakura
  • Publication number: 20100123864
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate having a first portion and a second portion; a pad formed in the first portion; a second substrate facing the second portion; a conductive film formed on the opposite face of the second substrate from the face facing the first substrate; liquid crystal arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate; a conductive resin disposed on the pad so as to extend on the conductive film and electrically connecting the pad with the conductive film; and an insulating layer formed on the first substrate and including a dam part arranged next to the conductive resin in the first portion. The height from the surface of the pad to the surface of the conductive film is 0.31 mm or less in a position avoiding the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Saori SUGIYAMA, Yasuyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20100103363
    Abstract: In an liquid crystal display device which includes: an image display part having a plurality of pixels; and a sealing member which is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate while surrounding the image display part and seals the liquid crystal therein, the sealing member includes a liquid crystal filling port which is formed by cutting away a portion of the sealing member, an side-wall edge surface of the first substrate and a side-wall edge surface of the second substrate are made coplanar with a side-wall edge surface of the sealing member along the extending direction of the sealing member on at least one side of the first substrate and the second substrate where the liquid crystal filling port is formed, and the liquid crystal filling port is formed such that a width of the liquid crystal filling port is narrowed along the liquid-crystal filling direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Yukari SHIGEKURA, Yasuyuki YAMADA, Hiroshi MIYAIRI
  • Publication number: 20100106447
    Abstract: A defect analyzing apparatus capable of acquiring standard data easily and a defect analyzing method are provided. The defect analyzing apparatus includes: a storage section storing data including information of a processing pattern corresponding to a predetermined processing to a semiconductor wafer; a first extracting section extracting a first frequency distribution of each of characteristics in a plurality of sample places in a semiconductor chip; a second extracting section extracting a second frequency distribution of each of the characteristics in a plurality of defect places in the semiconductor chip; and a detecting section detecting discrepancies between the first and second frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventor: Yasuyuki YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20100079718
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged so as to be opposed to each other for sandwiching a liquid crystal; an image display portion; a sealing material which seals the liquid crystal; and a light-shielding film which is formed on a liquid crystal side of the second substrate so that a part of the light-shielding film extends beyond the image display portion to overlap with the sealing material, and which has openings in the image display portion, at least in regions of the multiple pixels, in which the part of the light-shielding film that overlaps with the sealing material has a recessed portion formed on a sealing material side of the light-shielding film continuously or discontinuously along a circumferential direction of the sealing material, to a depth that is smaller than a thickness of the light-shielding film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Kuninobu SEKIYA, Yasuyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20100060815
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with first signal wires on a first side and second signal wires on a second side in a display region which faces the first side, first gate signal lines to which a signal is supplied through the first signal wires and second gate signal lines to which a signal is supplied through the second signal wires, a first conductive film arranged to cover at least the first signal wires, a second conductive film arranged to cover at least the second signal wires, a first reference signal line electrically connected to the first conductive film on the first conductive film side and a second reference signal line electrically connected to the second conductive film on the second conductive film side, the first conductive film and the second conductive film are electrically separated from each other when a signal is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Yasuyuki YAMADA, Saori Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20090229448
    Abstract: A first control may be for setting a tempo upon which a performance position, which may be set with a second control, may be based. Circuitry may be selectively passing inputted musical tone signal. A processor may be configured for processing data for controlling an output signal of the circuitry based on the performance position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Yamada, Hiroya Kurio, Ryushi Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20090229449
    Abstract: A timer may be for timing a current time period corresponding to an amount of time since a previous operation of an operator. Circuitry may be for processing data to carry out a performance based on a set tempo. The circuitry may be configured to change a position of the performance to a specified position of the performance in a case where the operator is operated and the current time period equals or exceeds a specified time period. The circuitry may be configured to change the tempo based on the current time period in a case where the operator is operated and the current time period is less than the specified time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Yamada, Hiroya Kurio
  • Publication number: 20090115712
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a first substrate, a second substrate, and a Positive liquid crystal sandwiched between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of sub pixels which include a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the first substrate. The liquid crystal display panel is configured to drive the liquid crystal by generating an electric field using a difference in potential between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first substrate includes a first alignment film, a plurality of video lines, and a first polarizer, and the second substrate includes a second alignment film, and a second polarizer. Relationships exist among extension directions of the video lines and directions of alignment axis orthogonal thereto, of the alignment films a polarization axis of at least one of the polarizer, and angles therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Masateru MORIMOTO, Yasuyuki YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20090115946
    Abstract: An absorption axis of a polarizer on a viewer's side is set to an arbitrary direction to cope with problems attributed to polarization sunglasses or the like. Video lines extend in a reference direction as a whole while being bent locally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Yamada, Masateru Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7525038
    Abstract: The disclosure presented here involves an effect device that can easily connect with other effect devices in parallel. A preferred embodiment of this device is equipped with a number of components including an effect add means that adds effects, a mixing means that mixes the musical signals, a mode switching means that configures the operation from parallel mode to serial mode, and a phase reversal means that reverses the phase of the musical sound signals. Various combinations using the above means are possible and are presented in this disclosure. The output terminal outputs the musical sound signals that were selected, mixed, and or treated by the enabled features of the underlying embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20080295676
    Abstract: A preamp for use with a musical instrument includes a processing circuit that processes an electrical signal and an output device that outputs the electrical signal to an external device. The preamp also includes a battery that supplies electric power to the processing circuit. A switch switches in those cases where a voltage of the battery has dropped below a specific voltage, such that the electrical signal is output from the output device instead of an output of the processing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Yasuyuki YAMADA
  • Patent number: 7435890
    Abstract: A tuning device includes a pitch extraction device with which the pitch of an input signal is extracted and a deviation detection device with which the deviation of the pitch that has been extracted by the pitch extraction device from a standard pitch is detected. The deviation that has been detected by the deviation detection device is displayed by an indicator of a mechanical meter. The tuning device also includes an ultrasonic motor that drives the indicator. A controller drives the ultrasonic motor in conformance with the deviation that has been detected by the deviation detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Yamada