Patents by Inventor Yoshinari Shirata

Yoshinari Shirata 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: 9664952
    Abstract: A moisture-proof structure includes: a sealing layer surrounding or covering a moisture-proof target between a first base material and a second base material; a moisture-proof material provided in contact with an outer side of the sealing layer and in a peripheral section of the first base material and the second base material, in which the peripheral section is located outside the sealing layer; and an uneven structure provided in a part of the first base material that makes contact with the moisture-proof material and in a part of the second base material that makes contact with the moisture-proof material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Kenichi Nagaoka, Noboru Murabayashi, Yoshinari Shirata
  • Publication number: 20160026035
    Abstract: Provided is a display device that makes it possible to restrain color unevenness or display unevenness. A display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a first structure provided on the first substrate; and a second structure provided on the second substrate. Relative positional relation between the first structure and the second structure is adjusted two-dimensionally in accordance with a non-planarity characteristic of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi NAGAOKA, Yoshinari SHIRATA, Tatsuya INOKUCHI, Noboru MURABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140168916
    Abstract: A moisture-proof structure includes: a sealing layer surrounding or covering a moisture-proof target between a first base material and a second base material; a moisture-proof material provided in contact with an outer side of the sealing layer and in a peripheral section of the first base material and the second base material, in which the peripheral section is located outside the sealing layer; and an uneven structure provided in a part of the first base material that makes contact with the moisture-proof material and in a part of the second base material that makes contact with the moisture-proof material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Nagaoka, Noboru Murabayashi, Yoshinari Shirata
  • Patent number: 6992729
    Abstract: A video processing method comprises the steps of dividing an entire input data region into three of first, second and third regions in order from the low level side thereof; setting, as an output data characteristic to input data, a trapezoidal characteristic which is nonlinear and continuous as a whole and consists of a linear portion in the first region where the gain is greater than one, a linear portion in the second region where the gain is equal to one exactly or approximately, and a linear portion in the third region where the gain is smaller than one; setting, as another output data characteristic to the input data, an S-shaped characteristic which is nonlinear and continuous as a whole and consists of linear portions in the first and third regions where the gain is smaller than one, and a linear portion in the second region where the gain is greater than one; selecting either the trapezoidal characteristic or the S-shaped characteristic; and correcting the digital luminance data in accordance with th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinari Shirata, Yoshiki Koura
  • Publication number: 20020008784
    Abstract: A video processing method comprises the steps of dividing an entire input data region into three of first, second and third regions in order from the low level side thereof; setting, as an output data characteristic to input data, a trapezoidal characteristic which is nonlinear and continuous as a whole and consists of a linear portion in the first region where the gain is greater than one, a linear portion in the second region where the gain is equal to one exactly or approximately, and a linear portion in the third region where the gain is smaller than one; setting, as another output data characteristic to the input data, an S-shaped characteristic which is nonlinear and continuous as a whole and consists of linear portions in the first and third regions where the gain is smaller than one, and a linear portion in the second region where the gain is greater than one; selecting either the trapezoidal characteristic or the S-shaped characteristic; and correcting the digital luminance data in accordance with th
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshinari Shirata, Yoshiki Koura
  • Publication number: 20010043784
    Abstract: A picture quality adjustment method is disclosed wherein, if a user performs a picture quality adjustment operation once, even if a picture quality adjustment operation is not performed any more for video software of the same authoring, genre or image characteristic, an image of an optimum picture quality can be obtained. When a disk ID of a disk to be played back is not stored in a first memory, it is discriminated whether or not characteristic describing information then and corresponding picture quality adjustment data are stored in a second memory. If such data are not stored, then the picture quality is set to a preset condition, but if such data are stored, then the picture quality adjustment data are read out and picture quality adjustment is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Yoshinari Shirata, Yoshiki Koura, Masayoshi Miura