Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Miyake
Hiroyuki Miyake 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).
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Patent number: 11715741Abstract: An aperture ratio of a semiconductor device is improved. A driver circuit and a pixel are provided over one substrate, and a first thin film transistor in the driver circuit and a second thin film transistor in the pixel each include a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode layer, an oxide semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer, source and drain electrode layers over the oxide semiconductor layer, and an oxide insulating layer in contact with part of the oxide semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer, the oxide semiconductor layer, and the source and drain electrode layers. The gate electrode layer, the gate insulating layer, the oxide semiconductor layer, the source and drain electrode layers, and the oxide insulating layer of the second thin film transistor each have a light-transmitting property.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichiro Sakata, Hiroyuki Miyake, Hideaki Kuwabara, Tatsuya Takahashi
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Patent number: 11710745Abstract: An oxide semiconductor layer which is intrinsic or substantially intrinsic and includes a crystalline region in a surface portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is used for the transistors. An intrinsic or substantially intrinsic semiconductor from which an impurity which is to be an electron donor (donor) is removed from an oxide semiconductor and which has a larger energy gap than a silicon semiconductor is used. Electrical characteristics of the transistors can be controlled by controlling the potential of a pair of conductive films which are provided on opposite sides from each other with respect to the oxide semiconductor layer, each with an insulating film arranged therebetween, so that the position of a channel formed in the oxide semiconductor layer is determined.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Hiroyuki Miyake
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Publication number: 20230215879Abstract: First to fourth switches are provided so that conduction states are able to be controlled independently of each other. The first switch, the third switch, and the second switch are electrically connected in series between a first wiring and a third wiring. The fourth switch has a function of controlling a conduction state between the light-emitting element and a fourth wiring. In a first transistor, a gate is electrically connected to a node to which the third switch and the second switch are electrically connected, one of a source and a drain is electrically connected to a second wiring, and the other is electrically connected to the light-emitting element. A capacitor includes first and second electrodes, the first electrode is electrically connected to a node to which the first switch and the third switch are electrically connected, and the second electrode is electrically connected to the light-emitting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 11676971Abstract: A display device including a display portion with an extremely high resolution is provided. The display device includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element. The pixel circuit includes a first element layer including a first transistor and a second element layer including a second transistor. A channel formation region of the first transistor includes silicon. The first transistor has a function of driving the light-emitting element. The second transistor functions as a switch. A channel formation region of the second transistor includes a metal oxide. The metal oxide functions as a semiconductor. The second element layer is provided over the first element layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 11675236Abstract: A display device with less light leakage and excellent contrast is provided. A display device having a high aperture ratio and including a large-capacitance capacitor is provided. A display device in which wiring delay due to parasitic capacitance is reduced is provided. A display device includes a transistor over a substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the transistor, a signal line electrically connected to the transistor, a scan line electrically connected to the transistor and intersecting with the signal line, and a common electrode overlapping with the pixel electrode and the signal line with an insulating film provided therebetween. The common electrode includes stripe regions extending in a direction intersecting with the signal line.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryo Hatsumi, Daisuke Kubota, Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 11664391Abstract: To provide a light-emitting device in which variation in luminance among pixels caused by variation in threshold voltage of transistors can be suppressed. The light-emitting device includes a transistor including a first gate and a second gate overlapping with each other with a semiconductor film therebetween, a first capacitor maintaining a potential difference between one of a source and a drain of the transistor and the first gate, a second capacitor maintaining a potential difference between one of the source and the drain of the transistor and the second gate, a switch controlling conduction between the second gate of the transistor and a wiring, and a light-emitting element to which drain current of the transistor is supplied.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 11650703Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for providing a detection function of detecting that an external approaching object approaches a sensor region of a touch sensor, without increasing an area of the touch sensor and making a circuit complex. According to an aspect, a display device includes a first detection electrode that detects a position of an external approaching object within a detection surface, and plural second detection electrodes that detect that the external approaching object approaches the detection surface. The second detection electrodes extend in a second direction and are arranged in a first direction intersecting the second direction. The second detection electrodes overlap the first detection electrode in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takaaki Kono, Yoshio Owaki, Makoto Hayashi, Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 11644869Abstract: To increase the detection sensitivity of a touch panel, provide a thin touch panel, provide a foldable touch panel, or provide a lightweight touch panel. A display element and a capacitor forming a touch sensor are provided between a pair of substrates. Preferably, a pair of conductive layers forming the capacitor each have an opening. The opening and the display element are provided to overlap each other. A light-blocking layer is provided between a substrate on the display surface side and the pair of conductive layers forming the capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Kusunoki, Hiroyuki Miyake, Kazunori Watanabe
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Patent number: 11644918Abstract: A circuit which detects an output current from a pixel and an output current from an input device, and converts the output current into data is provided. The current detection circuit includes an integer circuit, a comparator, a counter, and a latch. The integrator circuit integrates the potential of a first signal during a period determined by a second signal and outputting it as a third signal. The comparator compares the potential of the third signal with a first potential and outputting a fourth signal. The counter outputs the number of pulses included in a fifth signal as a sixth signal during a period determined by the fourth signal. The latch holds the sixth signal. The integrator circuit preferably further includes an operational amplifier and some capacitors. The first signal is supplied from a pixel included in a display device or an input portion included in an input device.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 11647663Abstract: To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size, a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed, or a display device that can display an image along a curved surface. The display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel each including a pair of substrates. The first display panel and the second display panel each include a first region which can transmit visible light, a second region which can block visible light, and a third region which can perform display. The third region of the first display panel and the first region of the second display panel overlap each other. The third region of the first display panel and the second region of the second display panel do not overlap each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Hisao Ikeda
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Publication number: 20230135641Abstract: A superimposed image display device is configured to: acquire a recommended lane in which a vehicle is recommended to travel on a road on which the vehicle is currently traveling; identify a lane of travel that is a lane in which the vehicle is currently traveling on the road on which the vehicle is currently traveling; acquire a confidence indicating how confident an identification result of the lane of travel is; and display a guide object providing guidance on the recommended lane in a display mode according to the confidence.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Daisuke KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11636819Abstract: A scan line to which a selection signal or a non-selection signal is input from its end, and a transistor in which a clock signal is input to a gate, the non-selection signal is input to a source, and a drain is connected to the scan line are provided. A signal input to the end of the scan line is switched from the selection signal to the non-selection signal at the same or substantially the same time as the transistor is turned on. The non-selection signal is input not only from one end but also from both ends of the scan line. This makes it possible to inhibit the potentials of portions in the scan line from being changed at different times.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 11637129Abstract: An object is to prevent an operation defect and to reduce an influence of fluctuation in threshold voltage of a field-effect transistor. A field-effect transistor, a switch, and a capacitor are provided. The field-effect transistor includes a first gate and a second gate which overlap with each other with a channel formation region therebetween, and the threshold voltage of the field-effect transistor varies depending on the potential of the second gate. The switch has a function of determining whether electrical connection between one of a source and a drain of the field-effect transistor and the second gate of the field-effect transistor is established. The capacitor has a function of holding a voltage between the second gate of the field-effect transistor and the other of the source and the drain of the field-effect transistor.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
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Publication number: 20230107990Abstract: In a pulse output circuit in a shift register, a power source line which is connected to a transistor in an output portion connected to a pulse output circuit at the next stage is set to a low-potential drive voltage, and a power source line which is connected to a transistor in an output portion connected to a scan signal line is set to a variable potential drive voltage. The variable potential drive voltage is the low-potential drive voltage in a normal mode, and can be either a high-potential drive voltage or the low-potential drive voltage in a batch mode. In the batch mode, display scan signals can be output to a plurality of scan signal lines at the same timing in a batch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Seiko AMANO, Hiroyuki MIYAKE
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Patent number: 11614816Abstract: Sensing time of a touch sensor is shortened to increase responsiveness of touch sensing. A display device includes a gate driver, a plurality of touch sensors, and a plurality of touch wirings. The gate driver has a function of supplying a scan signal to the plurality of touch wirings at the same timing, and the touch sensors in different positions sense a plurality of touches at the same timing. In this manner, the responsiveness of touch sensing is increased. The gate driver has a function of controlling a scan signal for refreshing display and a scan signal used by the touch sensor for sensing.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Takahiro Fukutome
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Patent number: 11609613Abstract: A display device with low power consumption is provided. Furthermore, a display device in which an image is displayed in a region that can be used in a folded state is provided. The conceived display device includes a display portion that can be opened and folded, a sensing portion that senses a folded state of the display portion, and an image processing portion that generates, when the display portion is in the folded state, an image in which a black image is displayed in part of the display portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Hiroyuki Miyake, Seiko Inoue, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20230079181Abstract: Provided is a display device with extremely high resolution, a display device with higher display quality, a display device with improved viewing angle characteristics, or a flexible display device. Same-color subpixels are arranged in a zigzag pattern in a predetermined direction. In other words, when attention is paid to a subpixel, another two subpixels exhibiting the same color as the subpixel are preferably located upper right and lower right or upper left and lower left. Each pixel includes three subpixels arranged in an L shape. In addition, two pixels are combined so that pixel units including subpixel are arranged in matrix of 3×2.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Hisao IKEDA, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Kohei YOKOYAMA, Yasuhiro JINBO, Yoshitaka DOZEN, Takaaki NAGATA, Shinichi HIRASA
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Patent number: 11605655Abstract: First to fourth switches are provided so that conduction states are able to be controlled independently of each other. The first switch, the third switch, and the second switch are electrically connected in series between a first wiring and a third wiring. The fourth switch has a function of controlling a conduction state between the light-emitting element and a fourth wiring. In a first transistor, a gate is electrically connected to a node to which the third switch and the second switch are electrically connected, one of a source and a drain is electrically connected to a second wiring, and the other is electrically connected to the light-emitting element. A capacitor includes first and second electrodes, the first electrode is electrically connected to a node to which the first switch and the third switch are electrically connected, and the second electrode is electrically connected to the light-emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
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Publication number: 20230019691Abstract: A display device with less light leakage and excellent contrast is provided. A display device having a high aperture ratio and including a large-capacitance capacitor is provided. A display device in which wiring delay due to parasitic capacitance is reduced is provided. A display device includes a transistor over a substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the transistor, a signal line electrically connected to the transistor, a scan line electrically connected to the transistor and intersecting with the signal line, and a common electrode overlapping with the pixel electrode and the signal line with an insulating film provided therebetween. The common electrode includes stripe regions extending in a direction intersecting with the signal line.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Ryo HATSUMI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20230013965Abstract: Provided is a superimposed-image display device configured such that when there is a guidance divergence point, which is a guidance target, ahead in a traveling direction of a vehicle, a plurality of guidance objects that provide guidance on an entry route that enters the guidance divergence point and an exit route are displayed. When a course including the entry route, the guidance divergence point, and the exit route is displayed using a plurality of guidance objects, the plurality of guidance objects are displayed so as to match the elevation of the line of sight of an occupant and displayed so as to be shifted to locations that are on the opposite side to an exit direction at the guidance divergence point relative to the front of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Kawai