Seiko Epson Corporation

Hidehiro Akahane

Hidehito Iisaka

Takashi Toyooka

Akihiko Maruyama

Nobuhiro Koike

Kenichi Okuhara

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Yasunaga Miyazawa

Makoto Furuhata

Yoshitaka Iijima

Akihiro Sawada

Noriaki Shimura

Eiji Morikuni

Takashi Kawaguchi

Shohei Yoshida

Osamu Takahashi

Shinji Nakamiya

Masaru Kubota

Tsuneaki Furukawa

Kenji Iida

Hidenori Makiba

Keiichiro Oguchi

Youichi Hayashi

Mikiko Ito

An image recording method for an image recording medium is used in an image display apparatus that changes an image on a light valve and changes quantity of light which is incident on the light valve via a light control element according to an input image signal. The image recording method includes accommodating a range of brightness information which an object to be imaged indicates, in an entire range of brightness information which an image recording apparatus can record in the image recording medium; and recording a light-control control signal for controlling the light control element when an image signal is recorded on the image recording medium. The light control element is generated on the basis of the range of the brightness information uniformly expanded, in synchronization with the image signal.

Image recording method, image recording apparatus, image recording medium, image display method, and image display apparatus for reading and recording actual brightness

A projector includes a light diffusing unit that is vibratably provided to diffuse incident light by a vibration and to emit diffused light, the light diffusing unit having a unique resonance frequency, a vibration generating unit that has a piezoelectric element for vibrating the light diffusing unit, and a control unit that controls the vibration generating unit to vibrate the light diffusing unit at a frequency corresponding to the unique resonance frequency of the light diffusing unit. An image is displayed using the diffused light emitted from the light diffusing unit.

Projector, screen, projector system, and scintillation removing apparatus for removing scintillation on an image display using a vibration generating unit

An image display device having an optical modulation element, which modulates light emitted from a light source according to display information, and displaying a display image based on the display information includes: a unit adjusting the amount of illumination light with respect to light emitted from the light source on the basis of brightness information on the brightness of the display image based on the display information; a color conversion processing unit that performs a color conversion process according to the brightness information with respect to the display information so that the display image can be color-reproduced within a predetermined color space; and a display and driving unit that drives the optical modulation element on the basis of the display information having been subjected to the color conversion process so as to display the display image.

Image display device, image display method, and image display program

A piezoactuator has a diaphragm, and the diaphragm has flat piezoelectric elements that oscillate in a longitudinal oscillation mode and a sinusoidal oscillation mode. A first electrode for detecting oscillation in the longitudinal oscillation mode, and a second electrode for detecting the amplitude of oscillation in the sinusoidal oscillation mode, are disposed on the surface of the diaphragm. When the piezoactuator is driven with a drive signal, the phase difference of a first detection signal output from the first electrode and a second detection signal output from the second electrode is detected. The frequency at which the detected phase difference becomes the maximum phase difference is then obtained, and a drive signal of a matching frequency is applied to the piezoelectric elements.

Piezoactuator and drive circuit therefor

A mechanism having at least a function of measuring an arbitrary elapsed time is provided, which disables the function from being reset after the function is started, and enables the function to be reset after the function is stopped. The function is continuously held in an electrical ON state after being started, except when being normally stopped. This provides a time measurement device and method in which an electrical operating state and a mechanical operating state can coincide.

Time measurement device and method

A time correction system has a timepiece with pointers for displaying the time, and a correction instruction device. The correction instruction device has a timing section for timing reference time data, a time input section for inputting pointed time data corresponding to the time indicated by the pointers, a comparison section for comparing the reference time data and the pointed time data, and a communication section for outputting a correction instruction signal based on the results of this comparison to the pointer type timepiece. The pointer type timepiece has an external signal detection circuit for receiving the correction instruction signal, a drive control section for controlling the driving of the pointers, and a time correction control circuit for matching the readings of the pointers with the reference time data based on the received correction instruction signal.

Time correction system, time correction instruction device, pointer type timepiece, and time correction method

A time keeping apparatus has a display mode for displaying time and a power-saving mode for reducing power consumption. The time keeping apparatus has a time display unit for displaying time, a calendar display unit for displaying a present date, a control unit for stopping, in the power-saving mode, both time display by the time display unit and calendar display by the calendar display unit, and a time information storage unit for storing information relating to an elapsed time of the power-saving mode. Upon switching back to the display mode, the calendar display displays a present date on the basis of information relating to the elapsed time stored by the time information storage unit.

Time keeping apparatus and method for controlling the same

A pulse motor driving device having a rotation detecting unit adapted to detect whether or not a pulse motor rotates. In this device, a control unit performs an operation of increasing the effective value of the driving power of the pulse motor and periodically performs an operation of lowering the effective value of the driving power thereof when it is detected by the rotation detecting unit that the pulse motor does not rotate. Further, the control unit interrupts the operation of lowering the effective value of the driving power of the pulse motor when a magnetic field is detected by a magnetic detecting unit.

Pulse motor driving device, pulse motor driving method, timepiece device, and timepiece device control method

A time measurement device includes a first motor ( ) for indicating standard time, a second motor ( ) for indicating a chronograph, a generator ( ) which generates driving power for driving the first and second motors by converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, and a zero reset mechanism ( ) for mechanically resetting the chronograph to zero. A compact time measurement device, operable from a low power, is thus provided.

Time measurement device

In a time measurement device ( ) having, at least, both a function of measuring standard time and a function of measuring any elapsed time, when a predetermined amount of time passes from a temporary suspension of a watch hand in position in the middle of the measurement of the elapsed time, the suspension of the watch hand is automatically released and the watch hand is driven to a watch hand position indicating the elapsed time. Provided thereby is the time measurement device which automatically releases the temporary suspension state in time measurement after the predetermined amount of time, thereby shortening the temporary suspension time and reducing power consumed to drive the watch hand to an originally expected watch hand position at the release of the temporary suspension.

Time measurement device and time measurement method

A control circuit of a switching state detecting device for a switch controls the value of a resistive element connected between one end of the switch (SW), of which the switching state is to be detected, and the power source or ground line, so the range of operating voltage can be widened, the current flowing at the time of switching on is suppressed so that power consumption of an electronic apparatus provided with the switching state detecting device for a switch is reduced, and improvement in detection precision can be made by causing the detection current to flow in a sure manner.

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