Patents Assigned to Joled, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11985773
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including a display panel having a display portion configured to display an image, a plate-shaped member having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, the display panel being disposed on a second principal surface side, the plate-shaped member including a screen portion disposed in a position corresponding to the display portion, an opaque frame member disposed at a peripheral edge of the screen portion, a bonding member that has transparency and is configured to bond the display panel and the plate-shaped member to each other, a holding member disposed on the second principal surface side of the plate-shaped member, and a fixing member configured to fix the frame member and the holding member to the plate-shaped member, the plate-shaped member further including a transparent peripheral edge portion disposed on an outside of the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamakita, Teruo Nanmoku, Masaki Kawasaki, Tetsuro Nakamura, Shunsuke Itakura
  • Patent number: 11977413
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display panel capable of being folded or rolled up, and a plate-shaped member placed on the display panel and capable of being folded or rolled up together with the display panel, the plate-shaped member including a bendable portion that is bent when the plate-shaped member is folded or rolled up together with the display panel, the bendable portion including a region group including a plurality of regions arranged in a bending direction along which the bendable portion is bent when the plate-shaped member is folded or rolled up together with the display panel, the bendable portion having openings with each of the regions having a plurality of through holes formed therein, an opening area ratio of the bendable portion in each of the regions being different from an opening area ratio of the bendable portion in an adjacent one of the regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Nobuo Naito
  • Patent number: 11943958
    Abstract: A display panel according to one embodiment of the disclosure includes: a flexible substrate; a plurality of self-luminescent elements; a plurality of TFT circuits provided between the flexible substrate and the plurality of self-luminescent elements; a first inorganic film covering each of the TFT circuits; a second inorganic film covering each of the self-luminescent elements; and a resin layer covering the second inorganic film and covering at least a portion of the first inorganic film in contact with an end portion of the second inorganic film. The first inorganic film is provided between the plurality of TFT circuits and the plurality of self-luminescent elements, and has a step portion. The step portion is a thinned portion of the first inorganic film opposed to an end portion of the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Ishiyama, Takahiro Seki
  • Patent number: 11942031
    Abstract: A current limiting circuit is a circuit that receives a video signal for a display panel including pixels, and limits current consumption of the pixels. The current limiting circuit includes: a first gain calculation circuit that calculates a first gain for multiplying with the video signal, based on first power consumption that is power consumption of the pixels corresponding to the video signal; a second gain calculation circuit that calculates a second gain for multiplying with the video signal, based on the first power consumption and a rate of change of the first power consumption; a gain selection circuit that selects one of the first gain and the second gain as a gain by which the video signal is to be multiplied; and a gain multiplication circuit that multiplies the video signal by the gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Manabu Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11893932
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and a current limiting circuit that limits current consumption in the plurality of pixels, the current limiting circuit includes a gain computation circuit that computes a screen power value in reference to a pixel value included in a video signal and that determines a gain in reference to the screen power value, and a gain multiplication circuit that multiplies the pixel value by the gain and that outputs a limit signal including the pixel value multiplied by the gain, the display panel includes a display unit, and a lighting control circuit that controls a lighting state of the plurality of pixels in reference to a predicted power value computed according to the limit signal, to reduce a power consumption value in the plurality of pixels to a value equal to or smaller than a control target power value, the gain is 1 when the screen power value is equal to or smaller than the control target power value, and the gain is a value equa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20240040853
    Abstract: Display panels, manufacturing methods thereof, and display devices are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a thin film transistor layer, an insulation film, a first conductive layer disposed above the insulation film, a light-emitting layer including an organic material and disposed above the first conductive layer, a functional layer disposed above the light-emitting layer, and a second conductive layer disposed above the functional layer. The insulation film includes protrusions protruding upwards. The first conductive layer includes pixel electrodes and auxiliary electrodes insulated from the pixel electrodes. The auxiliary electrode is disposed above the protrusion and includes a protruding part having a height higher than that of the pixel electrode in a vertical direction. The functional layer includes through holes disposed above the protrusions. The second conductive layer is connected to the protruding parts via the through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., JOLED Inc.
    Inventor: Hai LIN
  • Publication number: 20240021115
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate temperature obtainer that obtains a substrate temperature of a substrate of a display panel; a power obtainer that obtains an amount of power used by a plurality of segmented regions of the display panel, based on image data displayed on the display panel; a first increased temperature deriver that derives an increased temperature of a panel surface of the display panel based on the amount of power used by the plurality of segmented regions; and a surface temperature estimator that estimates a temperature of the panel surface based on the substrate temperature and the increased temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Takahiro YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240023366
    Abstract: A display unit including: a first substrate and a second substrate that are disposed to face each other; a first organic insulating layer on the first substrate; a plurality of light-emitting elements arrayed in a display region, the display region being on the first organic insulating layer and facing the second substrate; and a first moisture-proof film covering the first organic insulating layer in a peripheral region, the peripheral region being provided on the first substrate and surrounding the display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: JOLED Inc.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Saito, Kenichi Izumi, Shinichi Teraguchi, Tadakatsu Nakadaira, Mikihiro Yokozeki, Shota Nishi, Manabu Kodate
  • Publication number: 20230410747
    Abstract: A control method is a method of a display device including a plurality of pixel circuits. Each of the pixel circuits includes a light emitting element, a drive transistor, and a pixel capacitance. The drive transistor includes a gate and a source. A frame period includes a first subframe period and at least one second subframe period. In the first subframe period, the control method includes: (A) applying a first initialization potential to the source; (B) writing a signal into the pixel capacitance; and (C) causing the light emitting element to emit light. In each of the at least one second subframe period, the control method includes: (D) maintaining the light emitting element in a non-emission state; (E) applying a second initialization potential to the source in (D); and (F) causing the light emitting element to emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJIMURA, Hitoshi TSUGE
  • Patent number: 11812565
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible display panel, a drive board that drives the display panel, a flexible board that connects the display panel and the drive board, a core to which the drive board is fixed, rolls up the display panel and the flexible board, and a connection member including a plate-shaped member that is layered on the display panel, connects the display panel and the core, and is rolled up around the core along with the display panel and the flexible board. The plate-shaped member includes a first part overlapping the display panel and curved when the display panel is rolled up around the core and a second part overlapping the flexible board and curved when the flexible board is rolled up around the core. In a roll-up direction, an elongation rate of the second part is smaller than that of the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Takahiro Seki
  • Patent number: 11806975
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel that is capable of being rolled up, and a protection member, the protection member including a back surface portion layered closer to a back surface of the display panel, a first folded portion folded toward a front surface of the display panel from one end of the back surface portion in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a roll-up direction in which the display panel is rolled up, and a second folded portion folded toward the front surface from another end of the back surface portion in the orthogonal direction. In the display apparatus, the first folded portion includes a first front surface portion arranged at one end of the front surface in the orthogonal direction, and the second folded portion includes a second front surface portion arranged at another end of the front surface in the orthogonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Takahiro Seki
  • Patent number: 11800741
    Abstract: A display unit including a first substrate and a second substrate that are disposed to face each other, a first organic insulating layer on the first substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements arrayed in a display region, the display region on the first organic insulating layer and facing the second substrate and a first moisture-proof film covering the first organic insulating layer in a peripheral region, in which the peripheral region is provided on the first substrate and surrounds the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED, INC.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Saito, Kenichi Izumi, Shinichi Teraguchi, Tadakatsu Nakadaira, Mikihiro Yokozeki, Shota Nishi, Manabu Kodate
  • Patent number: 11758749
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element includes an anode, an organic light emitting layer disposed on an upper side of the anode, a first functional layer disposed over the organic light emitting layer and including NaF, a second functional layer disposed over the first functional layer and including an organic material containing Yb, and a cathode disposed on an upper side of the second functional layer. A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence element, includes forming an anode, forming an organic light emitting layer on an upper side of the anode, forming a first functional layer including NaF over the organic light emitting layer, forming a second functional layer including an organic material containing Yb over the first functional layer, and forming a cathode on an upper side of the second functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kosuke Mishima, Koyo Sakamoto, Muneharu Sato
  • Patent number: 11751451
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a pixel area including pixels each including at least one thin film transistor includes a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode, a first terminal area including a first wiring line disposed thereon connected to the at least one thin film transistor, a first protective film provided on the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode and the first wiring line, a first insulating film provided on the first protective film, a second protective film provided on the first insulating film, a second insulating film provided on the second protective film, a first opening formed in the first terminal area, and partially exposing the first wiring line, and a second opening formed to correspond to the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Atsuhito Murai, Eiichi Sato, Masanori Miura
  • Patent number: 11723235
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display panel in which a plurality of pixel regions are arranged in a matrix form, the display panel including a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a partition wall, a first functional layer, a first light emitting layer, a second functional layer, and a second light emitting layer. As viewed in plan, a ratio of an area of the first functional layer to an area of the pixel region in which the first functional layer is present being lower than a ratio of an area of the second functional layer to an area of the pixel region in which the second functional layer is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED Inc.
    Inventor: Hideki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230237962
    Abstract: A current limiting circuit is a circuit that receives a video signal for a display panel including pixels, and limits current consumption of the pixels. The current limiting circuit includes: a first gain calculation circuit that calculates a first gain for multiplying with the video signal, based on first power consumption that is power consumption of the pixels corresponding to the video signal; a second gain calculation circuit that calculates a second gain for multiplying with the video signal, based on the first power consumption and a rate of change of the first power consumption; a gain selection circuit that selects one of the first gain and the second gain as a gain by which the video signal is to be multiplied; and a gain multiplication circuit that multiplies the video signal by the gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Manabu FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 11705077
    Abstract: A control method is provided for suppressing a flicker phenomenon even if frame periods vary in length. The control method controls an emission period and an extinction period of a frame period, which is a period in which one image continues to be displayed. When a signal indicating start of a frame period is detected, as the frame period, n subframe periods that configure the frame period, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 2, are sequentially started from the first subframe period, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the detection of the signal. All of the n subframe periods are controlled to have a substantially same length determined in advance and to have a substantially same ratio between the emission period and the extinction period, determined in advance, the ratio being referred to as a duty ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 11700734
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element including an anode, a light-emitting layer, a functional layer, and a cathode stacked in this order. The light-emitting layer and the functional layer are in contact with each other. Hole mobility of the light-emitting layer is greater than electron mobility of the light-emitting layer. The electron mobility of the light-emitting layer is equal to or greater than an effective electron mobility of the functional layer. A highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level of a first functional material included in the light-emitting layer is at least 0.4 eV greater than a HOMO level of a second functional material included in the functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Akiyama, Yasuhiro Sekimoto, Muneharu Sato, Shinichiro Ishino, Tomohiko Oda, Mineki Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11678571
    Abstract: A compound of formula (7) is provided wherein L4 is a linking group selected from the group consisting of: provided that an asterisk (*) indicates the position bonding to the nitrogen atom of the carbazolyl group, R6 to R13 are independently a hydrogen atom, or a phenyl group, Ar17 is an unsubstituted phenylphenyl group, and Ar18 is a phenylphenyl group which may be substituted by a phenyl group or a naphthyl group, or a phenyl group which may be substituted by a naphthyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., JOLED Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawamura, Emiko Kambe, Akifumi Nakamura, Yasunori Kijima, Tadahiko Yoshinaga, Shigeyuki Matsunami
  • Patent number: 11678539
    Abstract: A display unit includes a substrate including a pixel region including a plurality of pixels and a peripheral region. The display unit includes a plurality of first electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes is in a corresponding pixel of the plurality of pixels. The display unit includes a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, wherein the second electrode is common for all of the plurality of pixels. The display unit includes an organic layer between the second electrode and the plurality of first electrodes, wherein the organic layer includes a light-emitting layer. The display unit includes a wiring layer between the substrate and the plurality of first electrodes. The display unit includes an auxiliary electrically-conductive layer including an organic electrically-conductive material, wherein the auxiliary electrically-conductive layer is electrically coupled to the second electrode. The auxiliary electrically-conductive layer is in a recess in the wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Terai, Yasuharu Shinokawa, Jiro Yamada, Atsuhito Murai, Masahiko Kondo, Noriteru Maeda