Patents by Inventor Kouichi Anno

Kouichi Anno 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: 8493345
    Abstract: A highly reliable electrostatic-capacitive-type display device with a touch panel which allows a user to perform finger touch inputting and exhibits excellent detection sensitivity is provided. A transparent conductive film is formed above a back surface of an electrostatic-capacitive-type touch panel so as to block noises generated by a display device. A conductive member is provided to supply a voltage to a transparent conductive film formed above a back surface of the touch panel. An electrode which is formed on the electrostatic-capacitive-type touch panel is divided in accordance with a ratio between the number of X electrodes and the number of Y electrodes. A floating electrode is formed in a gap defined between the electrodes so as to adjust an area of the electrode. Due to the shrinkage of the area of the electrode, it is possible to lower a noise level to a level equal to or lower than a signal level. Accordingly, an S/N ratio is increased thus enhancing detection sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouichi Anno
  • Patent number: 8487903
    Abstract: A display device incorporating a touch panel that can be made thinner than a conventional one and requires no countermeasure against misalignment in overlapping is provided by incorporating a touch panel. The display device incorporating a touch panel includes a display panel having a first substrate and a second substrate. The second substrate has a conductive light shielding film formed in a grid pattern on a surface on the opposite side from an observer. The conductive light shielding film is used as a touch panel electrode of electrostatic capacitive coupling system. The conductive light shielding film has a shape with four corners. The corners of the conductive light shielding film are connected to a touch position detection circuit. The display panel has four conductive members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Anno, Shigeyuki Nishitani
  • Patent number: 8487901
    Abstract: The display device is provided with X electrodes XP and Y electrodes YP which cross with a first insulating layer in between and a number of Z electrodes which are electrically floating from each other with a second insulating layer in between. The Z electrodes are arranged so that each Z electrode overlaps both an adjacent X electrode and Y electrode. The pad portion of a first X electrode has such a form that the area is maximum in the vicinity of the fine wire portion of the first X electrode and the area is minimum in the vicinity of the fine wire portion of an adjacent second X electrode, and the area of the pad portion is smaller towards the direction in which the distance increases away from the vicinity of the fine wire portion of the first X electrode. A pulse signal is sequentially applied to one set of X electrodes or Y electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Hayakawa, Koji Nagata, Norio Mamba, Toshiyuki Kumagai, Shinji Sekiguchi, Kouichi Anno, Tsutomu Furuhashi
  • Publication number: 20120287079
    Abstract: Provided is a capacitance type touch panel, including: X electrodes which are arranged in parallel in a first direction; Y electrodes which are arranged in parallel in a second direction; and extraction wirings which are connected to one end portions of the Y electrodes, respectively. Each of the extraction wirings is connected to a terminal corresponding to the each of the extraction wirings, the terminal being formed at one side of the substrate. Provided that adjacent two of the Y electrodes are a first Y electrode and a second Y electrode, another end portion of the first Y electrode and another end portion of the second Y electrode have a coupling capacitance for AC-coupling the another end portion of the first Y electrode and the another end portion of the second Y electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Takumi SATO, Masahiro TERAMOTO, Kouichi ANNO
  • Publication number: 20120274605
    Abstract: A touch panel includes X electrodes which extend in a same direction, and Y electrodes which extend in a direction different from the direction of the X electrodes. The X electrodes and the Y electrodes respectively include intersection portions each formed where the X electrodes and the Y electrodes overlap each other, and electrode portions each formed between the intersection portions, wherein the electrode portions of one of the X electrodes is smaller in area than the electrode portions of one of the Y electrodes, and wherein dummy electrodes are formed close to the electrode portion of one of the X electrode or the Y electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventor: Kouichi ANNO
  • Patent number: 8217916
    Abstract: The display device with a touch panel includes: a display panel; and a touch panel formed to be overlaid on the display panel, in which: the touch panel includes X electrodes and Y electrodes which intersect the X electrodes; the X electrodes and the Y electrodes include intersection portions at which the X electrodes and the Y electrodes intersect each other, and electrode portions each formed between the intersection portions; and either the electrode portions of the X electrode or the electrode portion of the Y electrodes are smaller in area than another thereof so that a capacitance of one line of the X electrodes and a capacitance of one line of the Y electrodes are equal to each other. The display device with a touch panel has a large S/N ratio and a high detection sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouichi Anno
  • Publication number: 20120139829
    Abstract: A technique that can simply determine pass/failure of signal interconnects for chipping or cracking of a substrate without increase in the number of manufacturing steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Kouichi ANNO, Takumi Sato, Masahiro Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20110261009
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic capacitance type touch panel, wherein lead lines are connected to respective end portions of at least either one of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes respectively, the touch panel further comprises an inspection electrode which is laminated to respective end portions of the at least either one of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes with an insulation film sandwiched therebetween on a side where the lead lines are not connected to the at least either one of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes, and a voltage for inspection is supplied to the inspection electrode during an inspection time and a voltage at the same phase as the drive voltage supplied to the at least either one of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes is supplied to the inspection electrode during a usual operation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshinori INAGAKI, Shigeyuki NISHITANI, Kouichi ANNO
  • Publication number: 20110261010
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic capacitance type touch panel in which lead lines are alternately connected to one end portions of a plurality of Y electrodes, the respective lead lines are formed outside an effective touch region, and are connected to terminals which are formed corresponding to the respective lead lines, inspection pads which are connected with the Y electrodes respectively are formed over end portions of the respective Y electrodes on a side where the lead lines are not connected to the respective Y electrodes, the plurality of inspection pads are formed in a region where the lead lines are formed outside the effective touch region, a shield electrode is provided between the lead lines and the respective inspection pads, and a voltage equal to a drive voltage supplied to the Y electrodes is supplied to the shield electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Shigeyuki NISHITANI, Kouichi Anno
  • Patent number: 7995173
    Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal display device to suitably perform color balance adjustment. For this, the liquid crystal display device includes pixel regions each including a light reflection portion and a light transmission portion on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of respective substrates arranged to face each other in an opposed manner while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween, wherein color filters are formed in pixel regions on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate out of the respective substrates, and each color filter is provided with an opening or notch at a part of a portion facing the light reflection portion in an opposed manner, material layers having a layer thickness substantially equal to a height of step generated by the color filters in regions facing the opening or notch of each color filter in an opposed manner on the liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Anno, Hiroko Hayata, Tohru Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20110128246
    Abstract: An electrostatic capacitive coupling type touch panel in which a period before wiring formed outside an input region is chipped or wire-broken due to deterioration of a mask pattern can be prolonged. The touch panel has an input region and plural wirings formed around the input region. The input region has plural X electrodes and plural Y electrodes crossing the X electrodes. The plural wirings are connected to corresponding electrodes of the plural X electrodes and Y electrodes. The plural wirings respectively have a conductive layer and a metal layer formed on the conductive layer. The conductive layer is formed to be wider than the metal layer. The plural wirings have a corner. Among the plural wirings, in the wiring provided in the farthest position from the input region, the corner of the metal layer is chamfered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroshi ESAKA, Shouji IKEDA, Kouichi ANNO
  • Publication number: 20110069036
    Abstract: In a display device including a capacitive coupling touch panel, reaction to touch with nonconductive input means is achieved, and highly accurate position detection is realized with a small number of electrodes even with a small touch area. X-electrodes and Y-electrodes which intersect with each other via a first insulating layer and a Z-electrode which is in a floating state via a second insulating layer are disposed. For the Z-electrode, a material whose thickness changes by pressing due to touch, such as an elastic conductive material, is used. The Z-electrode is arranged so as to overlap both the X-electrode and the Y-electrode neighboring to each other. A pad portion of the X-electrode has a shape such that an area is maximized in the vicinity of a fine line portion of the relevant X-electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventor: Kouichi ANNO
  • Patent number: 7821584
    Abstract: Even when gate lines are pulled around at both left and right picture frame regions, it is possible to prevent a gate wiring pattern which is constituted of the gate lines and gate-line pull-around lines and a storage wiring pattern which is constituted of storage lines and a common line which connects storage lines each other from getting over each other. The gate lines GL1, GL2 are pulled around by the gate-line pull-around lines GLL1, GLL2 in both left and right picture frame regions. The common lines B2, B3 which connect the storage lines STL each other are formed at both left and right picture frame regions. Further, the gate wiring pattern which is constituted of the gate lines GL1, GL2 and the gate-line pull-around lines GLL1, GLL2 and the storage wiring pattern which is constituted of the storage lines STL and the common lines B2, B3 do not cross each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Komeno, Kouichi Anno
  • Publication number: 20100231554
    Abstract: A display device incorporating a touch panel that can be made thinner than a conventional one and requires no countermeasure against misalignment in overlapping is provided by incorporating a touch panel. The display device incorporating a touch panel includes a display panel having a first substrate and a second substrate. The second substrate has a conductive light shielding film formed in a grid pattern on a surface on the opposite side from an observer. The conductive light shielding film is used as a touch panel electrode of electrostatic capacitive coupling system. The conductive light shielding film has a shape with four corners. The corners of the conductive light shielding film are connected to a touch position detection circuit. The display panel has four conductive members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Kouichi ANNO, Shigeyuki NISHITANI
  • Publication number: 20100171911
    Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal display device to suitably perform color balance adjustment. For this, the liquid crystal display device includes pixel regions each including a light reflection portion and a light transmission portion on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of respective substrates arranged to face each other in an opposed manner while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween, wherein color filters are formed in pixel regions on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate out of the respective substrates, and each color filter is provided with an opening or notch at a part of a portion facing the light reflection portion in an opposed manner, material layers having a layer thickness substantially equal to a height of step generated by the color filters in regions facing the opening or notch of each color filter in an opposed manner on the liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Kouichi Anno, Hiroko Hayata, Tohru Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7750996
    Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal display device to suitably perform color balance adjustment. For this, the liquid crystal display device includes pixel regions each including a light reflection portion and a light transmission portion on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of respective substrates arranged to face each other in an opposed manner while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween, wherein color filters are formed in pixel regions on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate out of the respective substrates, and each color filter is provided with an opening or notch at a part of a portion facing the light reflection portion in an opposed manner, material layers having a layer thickness substantially equal to a height of step generated by the color filters in regions facing the opening or notch of each color filter in an opposed manner on the liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Anno, Hiroko Hayata, Tohru Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20100134440
    Abstract: The display device is provided with X electrodes XP and Y electrodes YP which cross with a first insulating layer in between and a number of Z electrodes which are electrically floating from each other with a second insulating layer in between. The Z electrodes are arranged so that each Z electrode overlaps both an adjacent X electrode and Y electrode. The pad portion of a first X electrode has such a form that the area is maximum in the vicinity of the fine wire portion of the first X electrode and the area is minimum in the vicinity of the fine wire portion of an adjacent second X electrode, and the area of the pad portion is smaller towards the direction in which the distance increases away from the vicinity of the fine wire portion of the first X electrode. A pulse signal is sequentially applied to one set of X electrodes or Y electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Kouji HAYAKAWA, Koji NAGATA, Norio MAMBA, Toshiyuki KUMAGAI, Shinji SEKIGUCHI, Kouichi ANNO, Tsutomu FURUHASHI
  • Publication number: 20100085322
    Abstract: A capacitance detection device of a capacitance system includes: a capacitance sensor electrode for detecting a capacitance; a power source for supplying charges to be charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; an electric charge storage capacitor in which an amount of charges to be charged therein changes according to the electric charges charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; and a switch for changing a reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor. The reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor is changed in a period of measuring the capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Norio MAMBA, Koji Nagata, Koji Hayakawa, Kouichi Anno, Toshiyuki Kumagai, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Hisayoshi Kajiwara
  • Publication number: 20100085326
    Abstract: A highly reliable electrostatic-capacitive-type display device with a touch panel which allows a user to perform finger touch inputting and exhibits excellent detection sensitivity is provided. A transparent conductive film is formed above a back surface of an electrostatic-capacitive-type touch panel so as to block noises generated by a display device. A conductive member is provided to supply a voltage to a transparent conductive film formed above a back surface of the touch panel. An electrode which is formed on the electrostatic-capacitive-type touch panel is divided in accordance with a ratio between the number of X electrodes and the number of Y electrodes. A floating electrode is formed in a gap defined between the electrodes so as to adjust an area of the electrode. Due to the shrinkage of the area of the electrode, it is possible to lower a noise level to a level equal to or lower than a signal level. Accordingly, an S/N ratio is increased thus enhancing detection sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventor: Kouichi ANNO
  • Publication number: 20100020032
    Abstract: A display device having an electrostatic capacity touch panel includes: X electrodes XP and Y electrodes YP which intersect each other via a first insulating layer; and a plurality of Z electrodes disposed in a floating state via a second insulating layer. For the second insulating layer, a material such as an elastic insulating material which changes in thickness by pressing of touch is used. The Z electrode is disposed so as to overlap both one of the X electrodes and one of the Y electrodes. A pad part of the X electrode has a largest area in the vicinity of a thin line part of the X electrode, and a smallest area in the vicinity of the thin line part of the adjacent X electrode. An area of the pad part is reduced as the pad part departs from the thin line part of the X electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Norio MAMBA, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Kouichi Anno