Patents by Inventor Kenichi Kusunoki

Kenichi Kusunoki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240188404
    Abstract: A display apparatus with a novel structure is provided. The display apparatus includes a display surface, a flexible non-rectangular substrate over which part of the display surface is formed, and a light-emitting device formed over the flexible substrate. The light-emitting device includes pixel regions formed in a matrix. The display surface has a convex or concave region when part of the flexible non-rectangular substrate is bent. A novel light-emitting apparatus, a novel display apparatus, a novel input/output apparatus, or a novel semiconductor apparatus can be achieved. The display apparatus enables the degree of design flexibility of a display apparatus to be increased and design of the display apparatus to be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Hideaki KUWABARA, Yoshiaki OIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240169914
    Abstract: A display device that has high display quality is provided. A highly reliable display device is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. A light-emitting element is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a first transistor. The other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a second transistor. A gate electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a third transistor. A semiconductor layer of the second transistor and a semiconductor layer of the third transistor each include indium, zinc and a third metal. The ratio of the number of indium atoms to the total number of the indium atoms, zinc atoms, and atoms of the third metal in the semiconductor layer of the second transistor is higher than or equal to 30 atomic % and lower than or equal to 100 atomic %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • Publication number: 20240164166
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a light detection function and including a high-resolution display portion is provided. The semiconductor device is a display apparatus including a light-emitting device, a light-receiving device, and a substrate. The light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, a first electron-transport layer, an electron-injection layer, and a second electrode stacked in this order over the substrate. The light-receiving device includes a third electrode, an active layer, a first hole-transport layer, the electron-injection layer, and the second electrode stacked in this order over the substrate. The first electrode is supplied with a first potential. The second electrode is preferably supplied with a second potential lower than the first potential. The third electrode is preferably supplied with a third potential higher than the second potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Taisuke KAMADA, Akio YAMASHITA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Tomoaki ATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20240090291
    Abstract: A multifunctional display apparatus with high resolution is provided. The display apparatus includes a first pixel; the first pixel includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, and a first light-receiving device; the first light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting layer; the second light-emitting device includes a second light-emitting layer; the second light-emitting device has a function of emitting white light; the first light-emitting device has a function of emitting visible light of a color different from that of the second light-emitting device; the first light-receiving device has a function of sensing light emitted from the first light-emitting device; a side surface of the first light-emitting layer faces a side surface of the second light-emitting layer; and the distance between the side surface of the first light-emitting layer and the side surface of the second light-emitting layer is less than or equal to 8 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Takayuki IKEDA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • Publication number: 20240090302
    Abstract: A high-resolution display apparatus having a function of sensing light is provided. A high-definition display apparatus having a function of sensing light is provided. The display apparatus includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, a third light-emitting device, a first light-receiving device, and a second light-receiving device in a first pixel. The first light-emitting device has a function of emitting red light. The second light-emitting device has a function of emitting green light. The third light-emitting device has a function of emitting blue light. The first light-receiving device has a function of sensing light emitted from at least one of the three light-emitting devices. The second light-receiving device has a function of sensing infrared light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Yasuhiro NIIKURA
  • Publication number: 20240072065
    Abstract: A display device includes a liquid crystal element, a transistor, a scan line, and a signal line. The liquid crystal element includes a pixel electrode, a liquid crystal layer, and a common electrode. The scan line and the signal line are each electrically connected to the transistor. The scan line and the signal line each include a metal layer. The transistor is electrically connected to the pixel electrode. A semiconductor layer of the transistor includes a stack of a first metal oxide layer and a second metal oxide layer. The first metal oxide layer includes a region with lower crystallinity than the second metal oxide layer. The transistor includes a first region connected to the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode, the common electrode, and the first region are each configured to transmit visible light. Visible light passes through the first region and the liquid crystal element and exits from the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Daisuke KUROSAKI, Yasutaka NAKAZAWA, Kazunori WATANABE, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • Patent number: 6938449
    Abstract: By using a hydraulic forming device 20, a metal plate body 11 is placed on a support section 21b with a hollow section 21a formed on a lower die 21 filled with hydraulic fluid A. Subsequently, a blank holder 23 is lowered to clamp the peripheral edge section of the placed metal plate body 11 with the support section 21b. Then, the upper die 22 is lowered relative to the lower die 21 to pressedly deform the central section of the metal plate body 11 and to compress the hydraulic fluid A to increase the fluid pressure. A rib-like convex section 12 is transferred onto the metal plate body 11 by the increased fluid pressure of the hydraulic fluid A and a formed section 22a. Further, the fluid pressure of the hydraulic fluid A is kept for a predetermined time. Then, the increased fluid pressure of the hydraulic fluid A is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Araco Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Kusunoki, Masanao Shiomi, Naoki Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 6860135
    Abstract: In a forming press, a blank is pressed formed into a press-formed workpiece by means of an upper die and a lower die, while a peripheral edge portion of the blank is clamped by means of a die and a blank holder insert of the forming press. Subsequently, a central portion of the press-formed workpiece is partially held by means of the upper die and the lower die so as to draw a peripheral portion of the press-formed workpiece away from the central portion thereof, thereby removing strain from the press-formed workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshioka, Kenichi Kusunoki, Yuichi Yagami, Mikio Wada, Tsuyoshi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20040079128
    Abstract: By using a hydraulic forming device 20, a metal plate body 11 is placed on a support section 21b with a hollow section 21a formed on a lower die 21 filled with hydraulic fluid A. Subsequently, a blank holder 23 is lowered to clamp the peripheral edge section of the placed metal plate body 11 with the support section 21b. Then, the upper die 22 is lowered relative to the lower die 21 to pressedly deform the central section of the metal plate body 11 and to compress the hydraulic fluid A to increase the fluid pressure. A rib-like convex section 12 is transferred onto the metal plate body 11 by the increased fluid pressure of the hydraulic fluid A and a formed section 22a. Further, the fluid pressure of the hydraulic fluid A is kept for a predetermined time. Then, the increased fluid pressure of the hydraulic fluid A is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Kenichi Kusunoki, Masanao Shiomi, Naoki Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20030145643
    Abstract: In a forming press, a blank is pressed formed into a press-formed workpiece by means of an upper die and a lower die, while a peripheral edge portion of the blank is clamped by means of a die and a blank holder insert of the forming press. Subsequently, a central portion of the press-formed workpiece is partially held by means of the upper die and the lower die so as to draw a peripheral portion of the press-formed workpiece away from the central portion thereof, thereby removing strain from the press-formed workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshioka, Kenichi Kusunoki, Yuichi Yagami, Mikio Wada, Tsuyoshi Takahashi