Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Katsu

Yoshihiro Katsu 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: 9922602
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal display section adapted to display an image based on a video signal; a backlight; and a processing section adapted to correct the video signal and set the luminance of the backlight based on two pieces of information, a peak level of the video signal in a display screen or in each of a plurality of partial display areas into which the display screen is divided, and factor data obtained from a data map made up of a reference position on the display screen and the factor data that are associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsu, Tomohiro Nishi, Akihiro Ohta, Mitsuyasu Asano
  • Publication number: 20170132981
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal display section adapted to display an image based on a video signal; a backlight; and a processing section adapted to correct the video signal and set the luminance of the backlight based on two pieces of information, a peak level of the video signal in a display screen or in each of a plurality of partial display areas into which the display screen is divided, and factor data obtained from a data map made up of a reference position on the display screen and the factor data that are associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsu, Tomohiro Nishi, Akihiro Ohta, Mitsuyasu Asano
  • Patent number: 9583052
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal display section adapted to display an image based on a video signal; a backlight; and a processing section adapted to correct the video signal and set the luminance of the backlight based on two pieces of information, a peak level of the video signal in a display screen or in each of a plurality of partial display areas into which the display screen is divided, and factor data obtained from a data map made up of a reference position on the display screen and the factor data that are associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsu, Tomohiro Nishi, Akihiro Ohta, Mitsuyasu Asano
  • Publication number: 20160372057
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus may include a processing device that determines a degree of degeneracy of high luminance signal information of an input image, and obtains a luminance signal curve based on the degree of degeneracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: YOSHIHIRO KATSU, KUNINORI MIYAZAWA, KENKOU HONDA, YUSUKE CHIBA
  • Patent number: 9514688
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a light source unit that includes a light-guiding plate with a light-exit plane partitioned into emission subsections, and one or plural sides, and light sources; a liquid-crystal-display panel that includes pixels, and modulates light emitted from the light source unit, thereby performing image display; and a display control unit that includes a partitioning-drive processing section generating each of a light-emission pattern signal and a partitioning-drive image signal, performs light-emission driving for each light source, and performs display driving for each pixel. The partitioning-drive processing section performs a gain correction of multiplying each pixel signal in the input image signal by a predetermined gain factor that is set so that a value increases as a pixel position of the pixel signal goes away from the light source, and generates the light-emission pattern signal and the partitioning-drive image signal, by using gain-corrected pixel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuyasu Asano, Tomohiro Nishi, Yoshihiro Katsu
  • Publication number: 20150379943
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal display section adapted to display an image based on a video signal; a backlight; and a processing section adapted to correct the video signal and set the luminance of the backlight based on two pieces of information, a peak level of the video signal in a display screen or in each of a plurality of partial display areas into which the display screen is divided, and factor data obtained from a data map made up of a reference position on the display screen and the factor data that are associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsu, Tomohiro Nishi, Akihiro Ohta, Mitsuyasu Asano
  • Patent number: 9159273
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal display section adapted to display an image based on a video signal; a backlight; and a processing section adapted to correct the video signal and set the luminance of the backlight based on two pieces of information, a peak level of the video signal in a display screen or in each of a plurality of partial display areas into which the display screen is divided, and factor data obtained from a data map made up of a reference position on the display screen and the factor data that are associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsu, Tomohiro Nishi, Akihiro Ohta, Mitsuyasu Asano
  • Publication number: 20150097875
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a light source unit that includes a light-guiding plate with a light-exit plane partitioned into emission subsections, and one or plural sides, and light sources; a liquid-crystal-display panel that includes pixels, and modulates light emitted from the light source unit, thereby performing image display; and a display control unit that includes a partitioning-drive processing section generating each of a light-emission pattern signal and a partitioning-drive image signal, performs light-emission driving for each light source, and performs display driving for each pixel. The partitioning-drive processing section performs a gain correction of multiplying each pixel signal in the input image signal by a predetermined gain factor that is set so that a value increases as a pixel position of the pixel signal goes away from the light source, and generates the light-emission pattern signal and the partitioning-drive image signal, by using gain-corrected pixel signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuyasu ASANO, Tomohiro Nishi, Yoshihiro Katsu
  • Patent number: 8933872
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a light source unit that includes a light-guiding plate with a light-exit plane partitioned into emission subsections, and one or plural sides, and light sources; a liquid-crystal-display panel that includes pixels, and modulates light emitted from the light source unit, thereby performing image display; and a display control unit that includes a partitioning-drive processing section generating each of a light-emission pattern signal and a partitioning-drive image signal, performs light-emission driving for each light source, and performs display driving for each pixel. The partitioning-drive processing section performs a gain correction of multiplying each pixel signal in the input image signal by a predetermined gain factor that is set so that a value increases as a pixel position of the pixel signal goes away from the light source, and generates the light-emission pattern signal and the partitioning-drive image signal, by using gain-corrected pixel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuyasu Asano, Tomohiro Nishi, Yoshihiro Katsu
  • Patent number: 8400392
    Abstract: Disclosed is a backlight control apparatus for controlling a backlight used in a liquid crystal display, the backlight having a lighting area that includes a plurality of blocks in each of which a backlight luminance is individually allowed to change. The apparatus includes a backlight control unit that calculates the backlight luminance of each block so that the absolute value of the difference between a backlight lighting ratio and 1 is at or below a first value, and controls the backlight so as to yield the calculated backlight luminances of the respective blocks, the backlight lighting ratio being the ratio between backlight set values of neighboring blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuto Kimura, Masatake Hayashi, Tomio Aoki, Yoshihiro Katsu, Mitsuyasu Asano
  • Patent number: 8248359
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display section, a backlight, and a drive section. The display section is formed from a liquid crystal display apparatus of the transmission type having a display area formed from pixels arranged in a matrix. The backlight is formed from a plurality of light source units disposed individually corresponding to a plurality of display area units which form the display area and configured to illuminate the back side of the display section. The drive section is configured to drive the display section and the backlight based on input signals from the outside. The drive section includes a control section configured to control a light emitting state of the light source unit corresponding to each of the display area units based on a display area unit internal maximum input signal which indicates a maximum value from among the input signals corresponding to the display area unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Inada, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yoshihiro Katsu, Norimasa Furukawa, Ichiro Murakami
  • Patent number: 8067894
    Abstract: A light source system capable of controlling a light emission amount of a light source section more accurately while keeping manufacturing costs low is provided. The light source system includes a light source, a light-sensing device detecting light from the light source, a calculation means, and a light source control means. The calculation means calculates a net light amount by subtracting a measurement environment component from a light amount detected by the light-sensing device. The measurement environment component is independent of a lighting state in the light source. The light source control means controls the light source on the basis of the net light amount obtained by the calculation means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Katsu
  • Publication number: 20110234566
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a light source unit that includes a light-guiding plate with a light-exit plane partitioned into emission subsections, and one or plural sides, and light sources; a liquid-crystal-display panel that includes pixels, and modulates light emitted from the light source unit, thereby performing image display; and a display control unit that includes a partitioning-drive processing section generating each of a light-emission pattern signal and a partitioning-drive image signal, performs light-emission driving for each light source, and performs display driving for each pixel. The partitioning-drive processing section performs a gain correction of multiplying each pixel signal in the input image signal by a predetermined gain factor that is set so that a value increases as a pixel position of the pixel signal goes away from the light source, and generates the light-emission pattern signal and the partitioning-drive image signal, by using gain-corrected pixel signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuyasu Asano, Tomohiro Nishi, Yoshihiro Katsu
  • Publication number: 20100066713
    Abstract: An image display device including an illumination means and a display means is provided. The illumination means has: a light source including a plurality of partial lighting sections; a drive means for driving the partial lighting sections separately; a plurality of photo-reception elements; and a control means for controlling the drive means based on amount of light received with the photo-reception elements to control photo-emission quantity of each of the partial lighting sections. Light from one or a set of partial lighting sections is received commonly with two or more of the photo-reception elements. The control means controls a photo-reception quantity ratio to maintain an initial state value. The photo-reception quantity ratio is a ratio among photo-reception quantity values in the two or more of the photo-reception elements, each of the photo-reception quantity values corresponding to light from the one or the set of partial lighting sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Katsu
  • Patent number: 7566143
    Abstract: Herein disclosed a backlight apparatus for illuminating a color display panel from the back side, which may include a light source section having a composite light source, a light detecting light introducing plate, a plurality of light amount sensors for the individual colors, and control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Norimasa Furukawa, Mitsunari Hoshi, Yoshihiro Katsu, Mitsuru Okabe
  • Publication number: 20090167195
    Abstract: A light source system capable of controlling a light emission amount of a light source section more accurately while keeping manufacturing costs low is provided. The light source system includes a light source, a light-sensing device detecting light from the light source, a calculation means, and a light source control means. The calculation means calculates a net light amount by subtracting a measurement environment component from a light amount detected by the light-sensing device. The measurement environment component is independent of a lighting state in the light source. The light source control means controls the light source on the basis of the net light amount obtained by the calculation means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Katsu
  • Publication number: 20090167674
    Abstract: A light source system includes: a light source having a plurality of lighting sections each including one or more light-emitting diodes and controllable independently of one another; a light-sensing device detecting light from the light source in which the lighting sections are allowed to illuminate independently of one another; and a light source control means for controlling the light source by changing at least light emission intensity of each lighting section on the basis of a detected light amount, wherein the light source control means adjusts light emission currents in each lighting section in consideration of variation, among the plurality of lighting sections, in light emission characteristics showing a relationship between light emission currents flowing through the light-emitting diodes in a lighting section that illuminates and the detected light amount, thereby the light source control means controls the light emission intensity of each lighting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Katsu
  • Publication number: 20090115720
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a light source section including a plurality of lighting sections; a light source driving section for determining a light intensity of each lighting section according to the image signal inputted and driving the light source section so that each lighting section is independently activated with the light intensity determined; a liquid crystal display panel; and a display driving section for driving the liquid crystal display panel based on the image signal. In a case that a display region corresponding to the lighting section includes a high-luminance part and a low-luminance part, the display driving section corrects the image signal in the low-luminance part so that the display luminance of the low-luminance part results in the same level as the display luminance under a maximum light intensity of the corresponding lighting section, and drives the low-luminance part according to the image signal corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Inada, Mitsuyasu Asano, Ichiro Murakami, Norimasa Furukawa, Yoshihiro Katsu, Takeshi Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20080129680
    Abstract: Disclosed is a backlight control apparatus for controlling a backlight used in a liquid crystal display, the backlight having a lighting area that includes a plurality of blocks in each of which a backlight luminance is individually allowed to change. The apparatus includes a backlight control unit that calculates the backlight luminance of each block so that the absolute value of the difference between a backlight lighting ratio and 1 is at or below a first value, and controls the backlight so as to yield the calculated backlight luminances of the respective blocks, the backlight lighting ratio being the ratio between backlight set values of neighboring blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuto Kimura, Masatake Hayashi, Tomio Aoki, Yoshihiro Katsu, Mitsuyasu Asano
  • Publication number: 20070296886
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display section, a backlight, and a drive section. The display section is formed from a liquid crystal display apparatus of the transmission type having a display area formed from pixels arranged in a matrix. The backlight is formed from a plurality of light source units disposed individually corresponding to a plurality of display area units which form the display area and configured to illuminate the back side of the display section. The drive section is configured to drive the display section and the backlight based on input signals from the outside. The drive section includes a control section configured to control a light emitting state of the light source unit corresponding to each of the display area units based on a display area unit internal maximum input signal which indicates a maximum value from among the input signals corresponding to the display area unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Tetsuji Inada, Mitsuyasu Asano, Yoshihiro Katsu, Norimasa Furukawa, Ichiro Murakami