Patents by Inventor Yusuke KOMURO

Yusuke KOMURO 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: 12360424
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel including a first liquid crystal layer, a first polarizing plate provided on a light incidence side of the liquid crystal panel, a second polarizing plate provided on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, a first phase difference adjusting element arranged between the first polarizing plate and the liquid crystal panel and including a second liquid crystal layer, a second phase difference adjusting element arranged between the liquid crystal panel and the second polarizing plate and including a third liquid crystal layer, and a control unit configured to control a phase difference of the second liquid crystal layer and a phase difference of the third liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihide Haruyama, Yusuke Komuro
  • Patent number: 12333972
    Abstract: A projection-type display apparatus including a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of panel pixels, an optical path shifting element configured to shift a position of a projection pixel for each of unit periods, included in one frame period, and a display control circuit configured to control the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shifting element. The display control circuit supplies a data signal to the plurality of panel pixels per the unit period, supplies a signal based on pixel data, as the data signal, to a peripheral panel pixel arranged at a periphery among the plurality of panel pixels in a unit period as a part in one frame period, and supplies a signal having a gray scale level equal to or less than a threshold value as the data signal in a unit period other than the unit period as the part in the one frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Mizusako, Toru Aoki, Yusuke Komuro
  • Patent number: 12260795
    Abstract: A projection type display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel including a first panel pixel, a liquid crystal panel including a second panel pixel, an optical path shift element that shifts projection positions of the first panel pixel and the second panel pixel, and a display control circuit that controls the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shift element. The display control circuit causes the optical path shift element to shift the projection position from a first unit period to a fourth unit period of one frame period for each unit period. A centroid of a path on which the first panel pixel is projected from the first unit period to the fourth unit period is different from a centroid of a path on which the second panel pixel is projected from the first unit period to the fourth unit period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Aoki, Kazuhisa Mizusako, Yusuke Komuro
  • Patent number: 12211409
    Abstract: A projection-type display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel including a panel pixel, an optical path shifting element that shifts a projected pixel projected from the panel pixel, and a display control circuit that controls the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shifting element. The display control circuit supplies, to the liquid crystal panel, the same data signal and controls the projected pixel to be at a same position in each of a unit period f1-1 and a unit period f2-1, and controls the optical path shifting element to cause a shift direction from the projected pixel before the shift toward the projected pixel after the shift from a unit period f1-2 to a unit period f1-4 to be opposite to the shift direction from the projected pixel before the shift toward the projected pixel after the shift from a unit period f2-2 to a unit period f2-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Aoki, Hiroyuki Hosaka, Yusuke Komuro
  • Patent number: 12198587
    Abstract: A projection-type display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel including a panel pixel, an optical path shifting element that shifts a projected pixel projected from the panel pixel, and a display control circuit that controls the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shifting element. The display control circuit supplies, to the liquid crystal panel, the same data signal and controls the projected pixel to be at a same position in a unit period f1-1 and a unit period f2-1 period, and controls the optical path shifting element to cause the position of the projected pixel in each of a unit period f1-2 to a unit period f1-4, to be different from the position of the projected pixel in a respective one of a unit period f2-2 to a unit period f2-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Aoki, Hiroyuki Hosaka, Yusuke Komuro
  • Publication number: 20240331600
    Abstract: A projection type display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel including a first panel pixel, a liquid crystal panel including a second panel pixel, an optical path shift element that shifts projection positions of the first panel pixel and the second panel pixel, and a display control circuit that controls the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shift element. The display control circuit causes the optical path shift element to shift the projection position from a first unit period to a fourth unit period of one frame period for each unit period. A centroid of a path on which the first panel pixel is projected from the first unit period to the fourth unit period is different from a centroid of a path on which the second panel pixel is projected from the first unit period to the fourth unit period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru AOKI, Kazuhisa Mizusako, Yusuke Komuro
  • Publication number: 20240321159
    Abstract: A projection-type display apparatus including a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of panel pixels, an optical path shifting element configured to shift a position of a projection pixel for each of unit periods, included in one frame period, and a display control circuit configured to control the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shifting element. The display control circuit supplies a data signal to the plurality of panel pixels per the unit period, supplies a signal based on pixel data, as the data signal, to a peripheral panel pixel arranged at a periphery among the plurality of panel pixels in a unit period as a part in one frame period, and supplies a signal having a gray scale level equal to or less than a threshold value as the data signal in a unit period other than the unit period as the part in the one frame period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa MIZUSAKO, Toru AOKI, Yusuke KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20240071271
    Abstract: A projection-type display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel including a panel pixel, an optical path shifting element that shifts a projected pixel projected from the panel pixel, and a display control circuit that controls the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shifting element. The display control circuit supplies, to the liquid crystal panel, the same data signal and controls the projected pixel to be at a same position in each of a unit period f1-1 and a unit period f2-1, and controls the optical path shifting element to cause a shift direction from the projected pixel before the shift toward the projected pixel after the shift from a unit period f1-2 to a unit period f1-4 to be opposite to the shift direction from the projected pixel before the shift toward the projected pixel after the shift from a unit period f2-2 to a unit period f2-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru AOKI, Hiroyuki HOSAKA, Yusuke KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20240071270
    Abstract: A projection-type display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel including a panel pixel, an optical path shifting element that shifts a projected pixel projected from the panel pixel, and a display control circuit that controls the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shifting element. The display control circuit supplies, to the liquid crystal panel, the same data signal and controls the projected pixel to be at a same position in a unit period f1-1 and a unit period f2-1 period, and controls the optical path shifting element to cause the position of the projected pixel in each of a unit period f1-2 to a unit period f1-4, to be different from the position of the projected pixel in a respective one of a unit period f2-2 to a unit period f2-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru AOKI, Hiroyuki HOSAKA, Yusuke KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20230273493
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel including a first liquid crystal layer, a first polarizing plate provided on a light incidence side of the liquid crystal panel, a second polarizing plate provided on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, a first phase difference adjusting element arranged between the first polarizing plate and the liquid crystal panel and including a second liquid crystal layer, a second phase difference adjusting element arranged between the liquid crystal panel and the second polarizing plate and including a third liquid crystal layer, and a control unit configured to control a phase difference of the second liquid crystal layer and a phase difference of the third liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihide HARUYAMA, Yusuke KOMURO