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: 11444255
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Nagata, Tatsuya Sakuishi, Kohei Yokoyama, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Taisuke Kamada, Akihiro Chida
  • Patent number: 11431199
    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 batten under the determined charge condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kusunoki, Toshiyuki Isa, Akihiro Chida, Kouhei Toyotaka, Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 11411208
    Abstract: A highly reliable light-emitting device is provided. A yield in a manufacturing process of a light-emitting device is increased. A light-emitting device is provided in which a non-light-emitting portion having a frame-like shape outside a light-emitting portion includes a portion thinner than the light-emitting portion. A light-emitting element and a bonding layer are formed over a substrate. The light-emitting element is sealed by overlapping a pair of substrates and curing the bonding layer. Then, while the cured bonding layer is heated, pressure is applied to at least a portion of the non-light-emitting portion with a member having a projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Chida
  • Publication number: 20220230604
    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: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: Akihiro CHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220179007
    Abstract: A method of estimating the state of charge of a secondary battery that has high estimation accuracy even when degradation of the secondary battery progresses is provided. Furthermore, 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. When the capacity of a secondary battery can be estimated with high accuracy, an anomaly can also be detected in accordance with the value. A novel method of detecting an anomaly of a secondary battery is provided. In the CCCV charging method, the CC time and the CV time are used as learning parameters to construct a learning model. With this learning model, an estimated capacity value with high accuracy can be obtained with use of two data, which are the CC time and the CV time, or three data, which are the CC time, the CV time, and a charge inception voltage value as the minimum input data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiro CHIDA, Mayumi MIKAMI
  • Patent number: 11355729
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiro Chida, Tomoya Aoyama
  • Patent number: 11340306
    Abstract: An object is to predict a deterioration state of a secondary battery even in an environment where temperature and a charging voltage change. A lifetime estimation device of the secondary battery includes a measuring unit for measuring the capacity of the secondary battery in the full charging state; a temperature sensing unit for sensing the ambient temperature of the secondary battery; and a storage unit for storing a table of a proportional coefficient corresponding to temperature in advance, and a predicted deterioration line of the secondary battery is calculated with the use of a nonlinear regression equation approximated to a measured deterioration line obtained by the measuring unit. The lifetime estimation device may construct a lifetime estimation system with the use of a neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Isa, Akihiro Chida, Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 11315527
    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: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Chida
  • Patent number: 11313910
    Abstract: An anomaly detection system for a secondary battery which detects the remaining capacity of the secondary battery on an electric vehicle, cautions against the secondary battery with anomalous characteristics, stops using the secondary battery, changes the secondary battery, or changes charging conditions of the secondary battery is provided. The anomaly detection system is provided; the system compares a value obtained by estimating internal resistance or SOC of a secondary battery based on the measured value of a current or a voltage of the secondary battery with the use of a nonlinear Kalman filter and a value input to an anomaly detection system (network) of AI to predict a change in the internal resistance; the system regards a case where the difference is large as an anomaly; and the system detects an anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Isa, Koji Kusunoki, Akihiro Chida, Kouhei Toyotaka, Ryota Tajima
  • Publication number: 20220102667
    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 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Akihiro CHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220100306
    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: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakuishi, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida, Daiki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220085323
    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: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Chida
  • Patent number: 11205912
    Abstract: A power storage system having excellent characteristics is provided. A power storage system having high safety is provided. A power storage system with little degradation is provided. A storage battery having excellent characteristics is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Osada, Akihiro Chida, Toshiyuki Isa, Kazutaka Kuriki
  • Patent number: 11201308
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Chida
  • Patent number: 11199920
    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 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakuishi, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida, Daiki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11189817
    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: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Akihiro Chida
  • Patent number: 11095763
    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: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida
  • Publication number: 20210227061
    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: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Akihiro CHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210190877
    Abstract: An object is to predict a deterioration state of a secondary battery even in an environment where temperature and a charging voltage change. A lifetime estimation device of the secondary battery includes a measuring unit for measuring the capacity of the secondary battery in the full charging state; a temperature sensing unit for sensing the ambient temperature of the secondary battery; and a storage unit for storing a table of a proportional coefficient corresponding to temperature in advance, and a predicted deterioration line of the secondary battery is calculated with the use of a nonlinear regression equation approximated to a measured deterioration line obtained by the measuring unit. The lifetime estimation device may construct a lifetime estimation system with the use of a neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Toshiyuki ISA, Akihiro CHIDA, Ryota TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210193081
    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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Akihiro CHIDA