Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu Hashimoto
Yoshiharu Hashimoto 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: 11933865Abstract: A magnetic resonance member 1 includes a crystal structure and is capable of electron spin quantum operations with microwaves of different frequencies corresponding to arrangement orientations of a vacancy and an impurity in a crystal lattice. A magnetic field transmission unit 4 senses a measurement target magnetic field at plural measurement positions different from each other, and applies application magnetic fields corresponding to the measurement target magnetic field sensed at the plural measurement positions to the magnetic resonance member 1 along respective different directions corresponding to the aforementioned arrangement orientations. A measurement control unit 21 controls a high frequency power supply 12, and determines detection values detected by a detecting device (an irradiating device 5 and a light receiving device 6) of the physical phenomena corresponding to the plural measurement positions.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: SUMIDA CORPORATION, Kyoto UniversityInventors: Yoshiharu Yoshii, Masateru Hashimoto, Tsutomu Ootsuka, Shingo Hamada, Yuki Takemura, Kan Hayashi, Norikazu Mizuochi
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Patent number: 8614656Abstract: A drive circuit which outputs an output signal to an output terminal, includes a drive transistor configured to output a gradation current to the output terminal; a single differential amplifier; a resistance element connected with the drive transistor; and a plurality of switches. The plurality of switches are controlled such that a precharge voltage is outputted from the differential amplifier to the output terminal in a first period while blocking off an output from the drive transistor and such that a gradation current is outputted from the drive transistor to the output terminal in a second period after the first period.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2006Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Yoshiharu Hashimoto, Teru Yoneyama
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Patent number: 8390557Abstract: A display panel drive circuit is provided with a first display output terminal to be connected with a data line of a display panel, first and second output stages, and a control circuit. The first output stage is directly connected with the first display output terminal and configured to output a data signal with the positive polarity with respect to a standard voltage level. The second output stage is also directly connected with the first display output terminal and configured to output a data signal with the negative polarity with respect to the standard voltage level. The control circuit controls the first and second output stages so that one of the first and second output stages is selectively activated while the other of the first and second output stages is deactivated.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8310599Abstract: A television set includes a television set body section which has a display panel in which pixels are arranged at intersections of scan lines and data lines in a matrix; and first and second input terminals provided for the television set body section. A first video signal is displayed on the display panel in a first drive system when the first video signal supplied to the first input terminal is selected. A second video signal is displayed on the display panel in a second drive system when the second video signal supplied to the second input terminal is selected.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8232942Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes scanning lines organized in sets of at least two, data lines overlapping the scanning lines at intersection regions, pixels located at the overlaps, a scanning line driver sequentially scanning the sets of scanning lines, a data line driver applying a voltage corresponding to an image data to each pixel through a corresponding data line, and a common electrode applying a reference voltage to the pixels. The sets of scanning lines each include adjacent first and second scanning lines. First and second pixels are associated with the first and second scanning lines, respectively. The scanning line driver drives the second pixel after the first pixel in a first period and the first pixel after the second pixel in a second period. The data line driver inverts a polarity of the pixel voltage with regard to the reference voltage every N horizontal scanning periods (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2).Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20120154367Abstract: A display panel drive circuit is provided with a first display output terminal to be connected with a data line of a display panel, first and second output stages, and a control circuit. The first output stage is directly connected with the first display output terminal and configured to output a data signal with the positive polarity with respect to a standard voltage level. The second output stage is also directly connected with the first display output terminal and configured to output a data signal with the negative polarity with respect to the standard voltage level. The control circuit controls the first and second output stages so that one of the first and second output stages is selectively activated while the other of the first and second output stages is deactivated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiharu HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 8144137Abstract: A display panel drive circuit is provided with a first display output terminal to be connected with a data line of a display panel, first and second output stages, and a control circuit. The first output stage is directly connected with the first display output terminal and configured to output a data signal with the positive polarity with respect to a standard voltage level. The second output stage is also directly connected with the first display output terminal and configured to output a data signal with the negative polarity with respect to the standard voltage level. The control circuit controls the first and second output stages so that one of the first and second output stages is selectively activated while the other of the first and second output stages is deactivated.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2006Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8111230Abstract: In a drive circuit of a display apparatus in which a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines are orthogonalized, a first data latch circuit latches image data for every line in response to a horizontal signal. A decoder circuit decodes the latched image data. A gradation voltage selecting circuit selects voltage lines based on the decoded image data, to connect each of the plurality of data lines with any of the voltages lines. A data determining circuit generates determination signals based on the selected voltage lines such that each of a plurality of gradation amplifiers is selectively set to an inactive state based on the determination signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationsInventors: Daisaburou Nakai, Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8102345Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a circuit for driving a color liquid crystal display in a normal driving mode and a power saving mode, wherein in the normal driving mode, voltages corresponding to image display data are applied to data electrodes of the color liquid crystal display, and wherein in the power saving mode, voltages corresponding to highly significant bit signals of the image display data are applied as display data signals to the data electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8094113Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of data lines; a plurality of scan lines which intersect the plurality of data lines; pixels arranged at intersections of the plurality of data lines and the plurality of scanning lines; and a data line driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of data lines, and comprising a first data line driving section and a second data line driving section. 4×n (n: an optional natural number) frames are set as one cycle, and each of the plurality of data lines is circularly driven by one of the first data line driving section and the second data line driving section during one cycle.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Junya Yokota, Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8068083Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel; and a data driver configured to output drive voltages from a plurality of output nodes to drive the display panel. The data driver includes a plurality of output amplifiers, each of which is configured to receive a gradation voltage corresponding to a pixel data and to output the drive voltage in response to the gradation voltage; and a driver-side demultiplexer configured to connect the plurality of output amplifiers to selection output nodes selected from among the plurality of output nodes. The display panel includes a plurality of data lines; and a panel-side demultiplexer configured to connect selection data lines selected from among the plurality of data lines with the plurality of output nodes.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Shirai, Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8044902Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a circuit for driving a color liquid crystal display in a normal driving mode and a power saving mode, wherein in the normal driving mode, voltages corresponding to image display data are applied to data electrodes of the color liquid crystal display, and wherein in the power saving mode, voltages corresponding to highly significant bit signals of the image display data are applied as display data signals to the data electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8022892Abstract: In an apparatus for driving a plurality of display units in a mobile electronic apparatus, each including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan line and a plurality of pixels each provided at one of the data lines and one of the scan lines, at least one of a common data driver circuit and a common scan driver circuit is provided. The common data driver circuit includes a plurality of first switch groups, each first switch group being connected to the data lines of one of the display units for driving the data lines of the one of the display units. The common scan driver circuit includes a plurality of second switch groups, each second switch group being connected to the scan lines of one of the display units for driving the scan lines of the one of the display units.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Daisaburou Nakai, Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7999780Abstract: An amplifier circuit includes an operational amplifier having first and second input nodes and one output node which is connected to a data line for which a pixel is provided; a feedback circuit having first and second elements which are connected to one of the first and second input nodes at their one ends; and a first switch section. The first switch section switches an operation mode between a first drive mode in which the other end of the first element is connected to the output node and a second drive mode in which the other end of the second element is connected to the output node.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Yoshiharu Hashimoto, Takayuki Shu, Masayuki Kumeta
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Publication number: 20110169879Abstract: A display panel drive circuit is provided with a first display output terminal to be connected with a data line of a display panel, first and second output stages, and a control circuit. The first output stage is directly connected with the first display output terminal and configured to output a data signal with the positive polarity with respect to a standard voltage level. The second output stage is also directly connected with the first display output terminal and configured to output a data signal with the negative polarity with respect to the standard voltage level. The control circuit controls the first and second output stages so that one of the first and second output stages is selectively activated while the other of the first and second output stages is deactivated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiharu HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 7956854Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel containing data lines; a driving circuit configured to generate a data signal in response to a first pixel data of k (k is an natural number) bits and to supply the data signal to one of the data lines; and a capacitor. A switch circuit connects or disconnects the data line to or from the capacitor in response to upper m bits (m is a natural number smaller than k) of the first pixel data.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2006Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Apparatus and method for LCD panel drive for achieving time-divisional driving and inversion driving
Patent number: 7936326Abstract: A method is provided for driving a liquid crystal display panel including first and second data line sets each including an even number of arrayed data lines, and a plurality of pixels sharing a common electrode having a constant potential. The method is composed of: time-divisionally selecting data lines from each of the first and second data line sets; and providing data signals on the selected data lines to write the data signals into the pixels therethrough. An order of selecting the data lines from each of the first and second data lines and polarities of the data signals written into the pixels are determined so that polarities of the data signals on the data lines selected from the first data line set are opposite to those of the data lines selected from the second data line set.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2005Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Yoshiharu Hashimoto, Masayuki Kumeta, Kouji Matsuura -
Patent number: 7924257Abstract: A driver circuit for driving a display device includes N-number of grayscale selecting circuits, which correspond to N-number of data electrodes, each for selecting one grayscale voltage from among a plurality of grayscale voltages in accordance with an image signal; one voltage follower circuit for subjecting the grayscale voltages, which have been selected by the grayscale selecting circuits, to an impedance conversion to thereby drive the data electrodes; and a changeover control circuit for exercising control so as to divide one horizontal interval into at least (N+1)-number of intervals, drive a Kth data electrode by the output of the amplifier circuit by inputting only an output of a Kth grayscale selecting circuit to the amplifier circuit in a Kth (K=1 to N) interval, and drive the Kth data electrode by the output of the Kth grayscale selecting circuit in at least some intervals other than the Kth interval.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2007Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20100315402Abstract: A method of driving a display panel in which a voltage polarity reverse cycle of a data signal is three or more scan periods, and multiple scan lines are driven by switching between a first and a second scan orders by a predetermined period. The method includes setting a display pattern as a first maximum current pattern, the display pattern in which the multiple scan lines are driven in the first scan order and a number of charge and discharge of the data signal becomes a maximum number, and specifying that the number of charge and discharge of the data signal when displaying the first maximum current pattern in the second scan order is to be ½ of that of the data signal when displaying the first maximum current pattern in the first scan order. Further, the voltage polarity reverse cycle for specifying the first and the second scan orders is one frame period.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiharu Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7852311Abstract: A liquid crystal display of this invention includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and pixels provided at each intersection of the plurality of scan lines and the plurality of data lines. The liquid crystal display further includes a plurality of pixel groups constituted of the pixels provided at each intersection of the consecutive plurality of data lines and one of the plurality of scan lines, in which signals of the same polarity are outputted to all data lines included in each of the plurality of pixel groups by a time-sharing drive that sequentially outputs signals, and reversed polarity signals are outputted to the plurality of pixel groups adjacent to each other, so that signals with polarities inverted after each frame are outputted to the data lines included in the pixel groups.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Yoshiharu Hashimoto