Patents by Inventor Akihiro Chida

Akihiro Chida 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: 11984562
    Abstract: A highly safe power storage system is provided. If n (n is an integer over or equal to three) secondary batteries are used in a vehicle such as an electric vehicle, a circuit configuration is used with which the condition of each secondary battery is monitored using an anomaly detection unit; and if an anomaly such as a micro-short circuit is detected, only the detected anomalous secondary battery is electrically separated from the charging system or the discharging system. At least one microcomputer monitors anomalies in n secondary batteries consecutively, selects the anomalous secondary battery or the detected secondary battery which causes an anomaly, and gives an instruction to bypass the secondary battery with each switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Tajima, Toshiyuki Isa, Akihiro Chida
  • Publication number: 20240130157
    Abstract: A highly reliable light-emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A light-emitting element and a terminal electrode are formed over an element formation substrate; a first substrate having an opening is formed over the light-emitting element and the terminal electrode with a bonding layer provided therebetween; an embedded layer is formed in the opening; a transfer substrate is formed over the first substrate and the embedded layer; the element formation substrate is separated; a second substrate is formed under the light-emitting element and the terminal electrode; and the transfer substrate and the embedded layer are removed. In addition, an anisotropic conductive connection layer is formed in the opening, and an electrode is formed over the anisotropic conductive connection layer. The terminal electrode and the electrode are electrically connected to each other through the anisotropic conductive connection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Akihiro CHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230413600
    Abstract: A light-emitting element, a bonding layer, and a frame-like partition are formed over a substrate. The partition is provided to surround the bonding layer and the light-emitting element, with a gap left between the partition and the bonding layer. A pair of substrates overlap with each other under a reduced-pressure atmosphere and then exposed to an air atmosphere or a pressurized atmosphere, whereby the reduced-pressure state of a space surrounded by the pair of substrates and the partition is maintained and atmospheric pressure is applied to the pair of substrates. Alternatively, a light-emitting element and a bonding layer are formed over a substrate. A pair of substrates overlap with each other, and then, pressure is applied to the bonding layer with the use of a member having a projection before or at the same time as curing of the bonding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Chida
  • Patent number: 11817726
    Abstract: Deterioration of a storage battery included in an electronic device is reduced. Power consumption of an electronic device is reduced. A power feeding device having excellent performance is provided. The power feeding device includes a power feeding coil, a control circuit, and a neural network and has a function of charging a storage battery with a wireless signal supplied by the power feeding coil. The control circuit has a function of estimating a remaining capacity value of the storage battery, the control circuit has a function of supplying the estimated remaining capacity value to the neural network, the neural network outputs a value corresponding to the supplied remaining capacity value to the control circuit, the control circuit determines a charge condition for the storage battery on the basis of the value output by the neural network, and the power feeding device has a function of charging the storage battery under the determined charge condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kusunoki, Toshiyuki Isa, Akihiro Chida, Kouhei Toyotaka, Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 11810533
    Abstract: A display device whose aspect ratio can be changed is provided. The display device includes a plurality of display units and a plurality of driver circuit units. The plurality of display units each include a light-emitting portion and a connection region. The plurality of driver circuit units each include a driver circuit portion and a connection region. The connection regions of the adjacent units overlap with each other and one shaft passes through the connection regions. The adjacent units are electrically connected to each other with the one shaft. With such a structure, an angle between the adjacent units electrically connected to each other with one shaft can be changed, which enables the aspect ratio of the display device to be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Chida
  • Publication number: 20230320167
    Abstract: A light-emitting device or a display device that is less likely to be broken is provided. Provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate over the element layer. At least a part of the substrate is bent to the element layer side. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side. Alternatively, provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate covering a top surface and at least one side surface of the element layer. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Akihiro CHIDA
  • Patent number: 11778850
    Abstract: A light-emitting element, a bonding layer, and a frame-like partition are formed over a substrate. The partition is provided to surround the bonding layer and the light-emitting element, with a gap left between the partition and the bonding layer. A pair of substrates overlap with each other under a reduced-pressure atmosphere and then exposed to an air atmosphere or a pressurized atmosphere, whereby the reduced-pressure state of a space surrounded by the pair of substrates and the partition is maintained and atmospheric pressure is applied to the pair of substrates. Alternatively, a light-emitting element and a bonding layer are formed over a substrate. A pair of substrates overlap with each other, and then, pressure is applied to the bonding layer with the use of a member having a projection before or at the same time as curing of the bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Akihiro Chida
  • Patent number: 11723253
    Abstract: A light-emitting device or a display device that is less likely to be broken is provided. Provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate over the element layer. At least a part of the substrate is bent to the element layer side. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side. Alternatively, provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate covering a top surface and at least one side surface of the element layer. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida
  • Patent number: 11669181
    Abstract: A display device with high design flexibility is provided. The display device includes a display element, a touch sensor, and a transistor between two flexible substrates. An external electrode that supplies a signal to the display element and an external electrode that supplies a signal to the touch sensor are connected from the same surface of one of the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakuishi, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida, Daiki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20230147069
    Abstract: A display device, an electronic device, or a lighting device that is unlikely to be broken is provided. A flexible first substrate and a flexible second substrate overlap with each other with a display element provided therebetween. A flexible third substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the first substrate, and a flexible fourth substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the second substrate. The third substrate is formed using a material softer than the first substrate, and the fourth substrate is formed using a material softer than the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya KAWATA, Akihiro CHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230132746
    Abstract: A highly safe power storage system is provided. If n (n is an integer over or equal to three) secondary batteries are used in a vehicle such as an electric vehicle, a circuit configuration is used with which the condition of each secondary battery is monitored using an anomaly detection unit; and if an anomaly such as a micro-short circuit is detected, only the detected anomalous secondary battery is electrically separated from the charging system or the discharging system. At least one microcomputer monitors anomalies in n secondary batteries consecutively, selects the anomalous secondary battery or the detected secondary battery which causes an anomaly, and gives an instruction to bypass the secondary battery with each switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Ryota TAJIMA, Toshiyuki ISA, Akihiro CHIDA
  • Patent number: 11580936
    Abstract: A display device whose aspect ratio can be changed is provided. The display device includes a plurality of display units and a plurality of driver circuit units. The plurality of display units each include a light-emitting portion and a connection region. The plurality of driver circuit units each include a driver circuit portion and a connection region. The connection regions of the adjacent units overlap with each other and one shaft passes through the connection regions. The adjacent units are electrically connected to each other with the one shaft. With such a structure, an angle between the adjacent units electrically connected to each other with one shaft can be changed, which enables the aspect ratio of the display device to be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Chida
  • Patent number: 11563238
    Abstract: A highly safe power storage system is provided. If n (n is an integer over or equal to three) secondary batteries are used in a vehicle such as an electric vehicle, a circuit configuration is used with which the condition of each secondary battery is monitored using an anomaly detection unit; and if an anomaly such as a micro-short circuit is detected, only the detected anomalous secondary battery is electrically separated from the charging system or the discharging system. At least one microcomputer monitors anomalies in n secondary batteries consecutively, selects the anomalous secondary battery or the detected secondary battery which causes an anomaly, and gives an instruction to bypass the secondary battery with each switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Tajima, Toshiyuki Isa, Akihiro Chida
  • Publication number: 20220416183
    Abstract: A flexible display device is manufactured with high yield. A display device having high resistance to repeated bending is provided. The display device is manufactured by forming a separation layer over a support substrate; forming, over the separation layer, an inorganic insulating layer including a first portion and a second portion; forming a display element over the inorganic insulating layer to be overlapped with the first portion; forming a connection electrode over the inorganic insulating layer to be overlapped with the second portion; sealing the display element; separating the support substrate and the inorganic insulating layer using the separation layer; attaching a substrate to the inorganic insulating layer to be overlapped with the first portion; and etching the second portion using the substrate as a mask to expose the connection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Takaaki NAGATA, Tatsuya SAKUISHI, Kohei YOKOYAMA, Yasuhiro JINBO, Taisuke KAMADA, Akihiro CHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220399726
    Abstract: Deterioration of a storage battery included in an electronic device is reduced. Power consumption of an electronic device is reduced. A power feeding device having excellent performance is provided. The power feeding device includes a power feeding coil, a control circuit, and a neural network and has a function of charging a storage battery with a wireless signal supplied by the power feeding coil. The control circuit has a function of estimating a remaining capacity value of the storage battery, the control circuit has a function of supplying the estimated remaining capacity value to the neural network, the neural network outputs a value corresponding to the supplied remaining capacity value to the control circuit, the control circuit determines a charge condition for the storage battery on the basis of the value output by the neural network, and the power feeding device has a function of charging the storage battery under the determined charge condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Toshiyuki ISA, Akihiro CHIDA, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Ryota TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11508787
    Abstract: A display device, an electronic device, or a lighting device that is unlikely to be broken is provided. A flexible first substrate and a flexible second substrate overlap with each other with a display element provided therebetween. A flexible third substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the first substrate, and a flexible fourth substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the second substrate. The third substrate is formed using a material softer than the first substrate, and the fourth substrate is formed using a material softer than the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Kawata, Akihiro Chida
  • Patent number: 11493558
    Abstract: A capacity measurement system of a secondary battery that estimates an SOC with high estimation accuracy in a short time at low cost is provided. The capacity measurement system of a secondary battery is an estimation system of a state of charge of a power storage device that includes a unit for acquiring time-series data of a voltage measured value and a current measured value of a first power storage device; a unit for normalizing the time-series data of the voltage measured value; a unit for normalizing the time-series data of the current measured value; a database creation unit for creating a database where an SOC of the first power storage device is linked to superimposed data of time-series data of a time axis corresponding to a vertical axis and time-series data of a time axis corresponding to a horizontal axis; and a neural network unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Tajima, Akihiro Chida, Masataka Shiokawa
  • Patent number: 11480621
    Abstract: It is difficult to know the remaining amount and the degradation state of a power storage device, and it is also difficult to estimate how long the power storage device can be used. Data obtained through midway discharge and mid-to-full charge is used as the learning data to calculate the degradation state and the capacity. In other words, the learning data includes both a discharge curve of midway discharge and a charge curve of mid-to-full charge, and neural network processing is performed with the use of the learned data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Tajima, Toshiyuki Isa, Akihiro Chida
  • Publication number: 20220302411
    Abstract: A highly reliable flexible light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate, a light-emitting element between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate, a first bonding layer; and a second bonding layer in a frame shape surrounding the first bonding layer. The first bonding layer and the second bonding layer are between the second flexible substrate and the light-emitting element. The light-emitting element includes layer containing a light-emitting organic compound between the pair of electrodes. The second bonding layer has a higher gas barrier property than the first bonding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro CHIDA, Tomoya AOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11448705
    Abstract: It is difficult to know the remaining amount and the degradation state of a power storage device, and it is also difficult to estimate how long the power storage device can be used. Data obtained through midway discharge and mid-to-full charge is used as the learning data to calculate the degradation state and the capacity. In other words, the learning data includes both a discharge curve of midway discharge and a charge curve of mid-to-full charge, and neural network processing is performed with the use of the learned data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Tajima, Toshiyuki Isa, Akihiro Chida