Patents by Inventor Yu NAWATA

Yu NAWATA 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: 11170722
    Abstract: Provided is a display device with which a suitable image can be displayed with a simple device configuration. The display device has: a display panel which displays an image on the basis of a plurality of image patterns; a plurality of light sources which illuminate, from the back surface, respective regions of the display panel that has been divided into a plurality of regions; a storage unit which stores luminance information in which the respective image patterns and the luminance of the respective light sources in the image pattern are associated with each other; and a luminance control unit which controls the luminance of each of the light sources on the basis of the luminance information. The luminance control unit gradually changes the luminance of the light sources from the luminance of the light source before a change to the luminance of the light source after the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Nawata, Yasuyuki Fujitsuka
  • Publication number: 20210043151
    Abstract: Provided is a display device with which a suitable image can be displayed with a simple device configuration. The display device has: a display panel which displays an image on the basis of a plurality of image patterns; a plurality of light sources which illuminate, from the back surface, respective regions of the display panel that has been divided into a plurality of regions; a storage unit which stores luminance information in which the respective image patterns and the luminance of the respective light sources in the image pattern are associated with each other; and a luminance control unit which controls the luminance of each of the light sources on the basis of the luminance information. The luminance control unit gradually changes the luminance of the light sources from the luminance of the light source before a change to the luminance of the light source after the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yu NAWATA, Yasuyuki FUJITSUKA