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).

  • Patent number: 11340657
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Hiroyuki Miyake, Seiko Inoue, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220147106
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Seiko INOUE, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220146872
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a circuit technique which enables reduction in power consumption and high definition of a display device. A switch controlled by a start signal is provided to a gate electrode of a transistor, which is connected to a gate electrode of a bootstrap transistor. When the start signal is input, a potential is supplied to the gate electrode of the transistor through the switch, and the transistor is turned off. The transistor is turned off, so that leakage of a charge from the gate electrode of the bootstrap transistor can be prevented. Accordingly, time for storing a charge in the gate electrode of the bootstrap transistor can be shortened, and high-speed operation can be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi Umezaki, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 11329594
    Abstract: An apparatus that reduces leakage current and noise in various environments. The apparatus includes a motor, an inverter to supply power to the motor and a plurality of switching elements configured to convert input DC power into three-phase AC power, and a processor to control the plurality of switching elements. The processor generates a carrier, obtains a rising and falling edge timing of a PWM control signal of each phase based on superposition of a zero phase voltage, and drives a motor by shifting the PWM control signal of each phase to allow a rising edge timing and a falling edge timing of a PWM control signal of one phase among the PWM control signal of the each phase to be different from a rising edge timing and a falling edge timing of a PWM control signal of other phase among the PWM control signal of the each phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Kosaku Adachi, Yoji Imahori
  • Patent number: 11315954
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 11307687
    Abstract: 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 integrator 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 11308910
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device including a narrowed bezel obtained by designing a gate driver circuit. A gate driver of a display device includes a shift register unit, a demultiplexer circuit, and n signal lines. By connecting the n signal lines for transmitting clock signals to one stage of the shift register unit, (n?3) output signals can be output. The larger n becomes, the smaller the rate of signal lines for transmitting clock signals which do not contribute to output becomes; accordingly, the area of the shift register unit part is small compared to a conventional structure in which one stage of a shift register unit outputs one output signal. Therefore, the gate driver circuit can have a narrow bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Kouhei Toyotaka, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11299843
    Abstract: In any type of washing machine, an amount of laundry introduced into the washing machine may be measured in a short time with high accuracy. A washing machine includes a rotational spin tub into which laundry is introduced; a driving unit including a motor for rotating the spin tub; and at least one processor configured to control the driving unit to rotate the spin tub at first rotational speed, control the driving unit to rotate the spin tub at second rotational speed, and identify weight of the laundry based on acceleration at the time of changing of rotational speed of the spin tub from the first rotational speed to the second rotational speed and the second rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kanagawa, Hiroyuki Miyake, Shin Kagami
  • Publication number: 20220107535
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo HATSUMI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 11289031
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising a backlight and a pixel portion including first to 2n-th scan lines, wherein, in a first case of expressing a color image, first pixels controlled by the first to n-th scan lines are configured to express a first image using at least one of first to third hues supplied in a first rotating order, and second pixels controlled by the (n+1)-th to 2n-th scan lines are configured to express a second image using at least one of the first to third hues supplied in a second rotating order, wherein, in a second case of expressing a monochrome image, the first and second pixels controlled by the first to 2n-th scan lines are configured to express the monochrome image by external light reflected by the reflective pixel electrode, and wherein the first rotating order is different from the second rotating order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Hiroyuki Miyake, Kouhei Toyotaka
  • Publication number: 20220068977
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Junichiro SAKATA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Hideaki KUWABARA, Tatsuya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220069020
    Abstract: A flexible touch panel is provided. Both reduction in thickness and high sensitivity of a touch panel are achieved. The touch panel includes a first flexible substrate, a first insulating layer over the first substrate, a transistor and a light-emitting element over the first insulating layer, a color filter over the light-emitting element, a pair of sensor electrodes over the color filter, a second insulating layer over the sensor electrodes, a second flexible substrate over the second insulating layer, and a protective layer over the second substrate. A first bonding layer is between the light-emitting element and the color filter. The thickness of the first substrate and the second substrate is each 1 ?m to 200 ?m inclusive. The first bonding layer includes a region with a thickness of 50 nm to 10 ?m inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 11258142
    Abstract: A secondary battery with a novel structure that can be bent repeatedly is provided. In the secondary battery, an exterior body includes a front surface, a back surface, a first sealing portion, and a second sealing portion. The front surface includes a first long side, a second long side, a third side, and a fourth side. The third side and the fourth side face each other. The third side and the fourth side are substantially perpendicular to the first long side. The front surface includes a third sealing portion. The first sealing portion is along the third side. The second sealing portion is along the fourth side. The third sealing portion includes a region overlapping with the first sealing portion and a region overlapping with the second sealing portion. At least one of the first terminal and the second terminal overlaps with the first sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Publication number: 20220052627
    Abstract: Provided is an inverter for reducing electric power consumption and noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Kosaku ADACHI
  • Patent number: 11237445
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a circuit technique which enables reduction in power consumption and high definition of a display device. A switch controlled by a start signal is provided to a gate electrode of a transistor, which is connected to a gate electrode of a bootstrap transistor. When the start signal is input, a potential is supplied to the gate electrode of the transistor through the switch, and the transistor is turned off. The transistor is turned off, so that leakage of a charge from the gate electrode of the bootstrap transistor can be prevented. Accordingly, time for storing a charge in the gate electrode of the bootstrap transistor can be shortened, and high-speed operation can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Umezaki, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 11226517
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Hatsumi, Daisuke Kubota, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Publication number: 20220013591
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Hisao IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220013545
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device with high capacitance while the aperture ratio is increased or a semiconductor device whose manufacturing cost is low. The semiconductor device includes a transistor, a first insulating film, and a capacitor including a second insulating film between a pair of electrodes. The transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film in contact with the gate electrode, a first oxide semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the first oxide semiconductor film. One of the pair of electrodes of the capacitor includes a second oxide semiconductor film. The first insulating film is over the first oxide semiconductor film. The second insulating film is over the second oxide semiconductor film so that the second oxide semiconductor film is between the first insulating film and the second insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichi OKAZAKI, Masami JINTYOU, Takahiro IGUCHI, Yasuharu HOSAKA, Junichi KOEZUKA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220005536
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a decrease in the yield by electrostatic destruction can be prevented is provided. A scan line driver circuit for supplying a signal for selecting a plurality of pixels to a scan line includes a shift register for generating the signal. One conductive film functioning as respective gate electrodes of a plurality of transistors in the shift register is divided into a plurality of conductive films. The divided conductive films are electrically connected to each other by a conductive film which is formed in a layer different from the divided conductive films are formed. The plurality of transistors includes a transistor on an output side of the shift register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Masayuki SAKAKURA, Yuugo GOTO, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Daisuke KUROSAKI
  • Patent number: 11204658
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Takahiro Fukutome