Patents by Inventor YOHICHI TAKAZANE
YOHICHI TAKAZANE 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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Publication number: 20240119894Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: YUICHI SATO, KENJI MAEDA, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, FUMITAKA SEKI, MASAFUMI ITO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
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Patent number: 11881163Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Sato, Kenji Maeda, Shinji Yamamoto, Takuya Okamoto, Fumitaka Seki, Masafumi Ito, Yohichi Takazane
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Publication number: 20230111513Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: YUICHI SATO, KENJI MAEDA, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, FUMITAKA SEKI, MASAFUMI ITO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
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Patent number: 11557250Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Sato, Kenji Maeda, Shinji Yamamoto, Takuya Okamoto, Fumitaka Seki, Masafumi Ito, Yohichi Takazane
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Patent number: 11308841Abstract: A host control unit is configured to set a transition interval between a first period for which an image is displayed at a first frame rate and a second period for which the image is displayed at a second frame rate different from the first frame rate, the transition interval being a period in which a frame rate is changed between the first frame rate and the second frame rate, and cause a display control unit to reduce a luminance difference of the image data in the transition interval, the luminance difference being caused when the frame rate is changed between the first frame rate and the second frame rate.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Sato, Yohichi Takazane
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Patent number: 11308884Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit; a display driver configured to drive the display unit; and a display-data generator configured to transfer a screenful of update display data to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller configured to control self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory storing a screenful of the update display data. After a lapse of a predetermined time period from a driving stop time, the display driver reads the update display data stored in the memory and then uses the update display data to drive a screen, the driving stop time being a time when the display unit is stopped from driving based on the update display data. The display driver causes the self-luminous elements of the display unit to emit light, even during a display update or no display update performed on the display driver by the display-data generator.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitaka Seki, Kenji Maeda, Takuya Okamoto, Shinji Yamamoto, Yuichi Sato, Masafumi Ito, Yohichi Takazane
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Publication number: 20220059033Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit; a display driver configured to drive the display unit; and a display-data generator configured to transfer a screenful of update display data to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller configured to control self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory storing a screenful of the update display data. After a lapse of a predetermined time period from a driving stop time, the display driver reads the update display data stored in the memory and then uses the update display data to drive a screen, the driving stop time being a time when the display unit is stopped from driving based on the update display data. The display driver causes the self-luminous elements of the display unit to emit light, even during a display update or no display update performed on the display driver by the display-data generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: FUMITAKA SEKI, KENJI MAEDA, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, YUICHI SATO, MASAFUMI ITO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
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Publication number: 20220059028Abstract: A control apparatus configured to control a display apparatus including a self-luminous element includes: an image judgment unit configured to determine whether or not a ratio of a number of pixels located in a predetermined area of an image and having gradation levels within a gradation range from a first gradation level not equal to a lowest gradation level to a second gradation level not equal to a highest gradation level is equal to or larger than a threshold value; and a drive change unit configured to determine a refresh rate of the display apparatus including the self-luminous element according to a result of the determination made by the image judgment unit. The image judgment unit is configured to determine at least one of (1) the value of the first gradation level and the value of the second gradation level, and (2) the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: MASAFUMI ITO, KENJI MAEDA, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, FUMITAKA SEKI, YUICHI SATO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
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Publication number: 20220059027Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: YUICHI SATO, KENJI MAEDA, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, FUMITAKA SEKI, MASAFUMI ITO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
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Patent number: 11189246Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises a host control unit configured to acquire or generate video image data of a video image to be displayed on the display panel; and a display control unit configured to output the video image data transferred from the host control unit to the display panel, the host control unit performing: determining a proper duty ratio of a duty ratio indicating a ratio of a light emission time of the video image to a display time of the video image such that as a frame rate of the video image increases, the ratio of the light emission time of the video image to the display time of the video image decreases; and controlling the display control unit to adjust the duty ratio such that the display panel emits light at the proper duty ratio.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yohichi Takazane, Yuichi Sato
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Patent number: 11156506Abstract: A self-luminous display device comprises a display panel including self-luminous elements that are arranged in a row direction and in a column direction and that are scanned in the column direction from a first end toward a second end; and a flexible unit that is connected to the second end of the display panel in the column direction, that bends, and that extends along the display panel, wherein the flexible unit includes a thermistor that detects a temperature of the display panel, and wherein the flexible unit includes a detour portion that is equipped with the thermistor on a portion that extends in the row direction, that detours, and that extends toward the second end in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yohichi Takazane, Keisuke Hamajima
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Patent number: 11140782Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a curved shape that is curved such that a convex surface thereof faces the outside of a housing of the electronic appliance and also includes a circuit board that is connected to the display panel at a connection point and is curved so as to correspond to the curved shape of the display panel. In the display device, the circuit board extends outward from the display panel and is bent into a U shape in such a manner that an end of the circuit board faces toward a central portion of the display panel. In addition, the circuit board has an extension portion that is formed so as to extend from the connection point in the same direction as an extending direction of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yohichi Takazane
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Publication number: 20210231505Abstract: A self-luminous display device comprises a display panel including self-luminous elements that are arranged in a row direction and in a column direction and that are scanned in the column direction from a first end toward a second end; and a flexible unit that is connected to the second end of the display panel in the column direction, that bends, and that extends along the display panel, wherein the flexible unit includes a thermistor that detects a temperature of the display panel, and wherein the flexible unit includes a detour portion that is equipped with the thermistor on a portion that extends in the row direction, that detours, and that extends toward the second end in a plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: YOHICHI TAKAZANE, KEISUKE HAMAJIMA
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Publication number: 20210233494Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises a host control unit configured to acquire or generate video image data of a video image to be displayed on the display panel; and a display control unit configured to output the video image data transferred from the host control unit to the display panel, the host control unit performing: determining a proper duty ratio of a duty ratio indicating a ratio of a light emission time of the video image to a display time of the video image such that as a frame rate of the video image increases, the ratio of the light emission time of the video image to the display time of the video image decreases; and controlling the display control unit to adjust the duty ratio such that the display panel emits light at the proper duty ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: YOHICHI TAKAZANE, YUICHI SATO
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Publication number: 20210233471Abstract: A control apparatus that controls display of a self-luminous display panel, the control apparatus comprises a current supply unit configured to selectively supply a first current and a second current smaller than the first current to the self-luminous display panel; and an abnormality detection unit configured, when the second current is supplied, to determine that the display of the self-luminous display panel is abnormal when the second current is larger than a second threshold smaller than a first threshold used as a threshold of the first current.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: YOHICHI TAKAZANE, KEISUKE HAMAJIMA
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Publication number: 20210183290Abstract: A host control unit is configured to set a transition interval between a first period for which an image is displayed at a first frame rate and a second period for which the image is displayed at a second frame rate different from the first frame rate, the transition interval being a period in which a frame rate is changed between the first frame rate and the second frame rate, and cause a display control unit to reduce a luminance difference of the image data in the transition interval, the luminance difference being caused when the frame rate is changed between the first frame rate and the second frame rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: YUICHI SATO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
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Publication number: 20200205293Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a curved shape that is curved such that a convex surface thereof faces the outside of a housing of the electronic appliance and also includes a circuit board that is connected to the display panel at a connection point and is curved so as to correspond to the curved shape of the display panel. In the display device, the circuit board extends outward from the display panel and is bent into a U shape in such a manner that an end of the circuit board faces toward a central portion of the display panel. In addition, the circuit board has an extension portion that is formed so as to extend from the connection point in the same direction as an extending direction of the display panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventor: YOHICHI TAKAZANE
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Publication number: 20200205288Abstract: A display device included in an electronic apparatus includes a display unit convexly curved toward the outside of a housing of the electronic device and a substrate disposed closer to the inside of the housing than the display unit and mounted with a drive circuit for driving the display unit. A spacer for fixing the substrate with respect to the display unit is disposed between the display unit and the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventor: YOHICHI TAKAZANE