Patents by Inventor Makoto Hayashi

Makoto Hayashi 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: 20230185404
    Abstract: A display device with a touch sensor having a display function and a touch sensor function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode; a first electrode along a first direction; and a second substrate including a second electrode that includes patterns of electrodes along a second direction crossing the first direction and that faces the first electrode and the pixel electrode, wherein upon the display function being activated, the pixel electrode is supplied with a pixel signal, and the second electrode is supplied with common voltage, and upon the touch sensor function being activated, the first electrode is applied with a first signal and the second electrode is configured to receive the first signal to be a second signal as a touch detecting signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Naosuke FURUTANI, Hayato KURASAWA, Makoto HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11650703
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kono, Yoshio Owaki, Makoto Hayashi, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 11650677
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a detection device including a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a detection region, and a drive electrode scan circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the drive electrodes, and an input device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit, and a second electrode coupled to the other end side of the LC circuit. The drive electrode scan circuit supplies the drive signal to at least equal to or more than one of the drive electrodes and supplies, to the others of the drive electrodes, an opposite phase signal as a drive signal having an opposite phase to a phase of the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuto Kakinoki, Makoto Hayashi, Takaaki Kono, Takayuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11620025
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a plurality of electrodes arrayed in a detection region, and an input support device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to the LC circuit and arranged so as to overlap with at least equal to or more than one of the electrodes, and a housing accommodating therein at least the LC circuit. The housing is a conductor, and one end side of the LC circuit is coupled to the housing through a coupling member or a capacitor and another end side of the LC circuit is coupled to the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuto Kakinoki, Makoto Hayashi, Takaaki Kono
  • Patent number: 11614838
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a display device with a detection function that includes a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a display region, an electronic apparatus case including an accommodation portion accommodating the display device with the detection function and a cover covering the display region of the display device with the detection function, and an input device that is mounted on the cover of the electronic apparatus case so as to rotate around a rotating axis extending in a normal direction to a surface of the cover and includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing the detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Hayashi, Yuto Kakinoki, Takaaki Kono
  • Patent number: 11604536
    Abstract: A display device with a touch sensor having a display function and a touch sensor function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode; a first electrode along a first direction; and a second substrate including a second electrode that includes patterns of electrodes along a second direction crossing the first direction and that faces the first electrode and the pixel electrode, wherein upon the display function being activated, the pixel electrode is supplied with a pixel signal, and the second electrode is supplied with common voltage, and upon the touch sensor function being activated, the first electrode is applied with a first signal and the second electrode is configured to receive the first signal to be a second signal as a touch detecting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Naosuke Furutani, Hayato Kurasawa, Makoto Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230073861
    Abstract: A sensor module includes: a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; a plurality of terminals respectively corresponding to the plurality of sensor electrodes; and a plurality of sensor wirings respectively corresponding to the plurality of sensor electrodes. Each of the plurality of sensor wirings electrically connects the respective sensor electrode to the respective terminal without passing through any other sensor electrode. Each of the plurality of sensor electrodes does not overlap at least the plurality of sensor wirings other than the corresponding sensor wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Takayuki NAKANISHI, Makoto HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11567585
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a plurality of electrodes aligned in a detection region, a drive signal supply circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the electrodes, a detection circuit configured to detect signals from the electrodes, an input support device including an LC circuit and a first electrode and a second electrode coupled to the LC circuit and arranged so as to overlap with the electrodes, a first calculation circuit configured to detect the input support device based on an output signal output from the detection circuit, and a second calculation circuit configured to detect a detection target different from the input support device based on the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuto Kakinoki, Makoto Hayashi, Takaaki Kono
  • Publication number: 20220413631
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a detection device including a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a detection region, and a drive electrode scan circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the drive electrodes, and an input device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit, and a second electrode coupled to the other end side of the LC circuit. The drive electrode scan circuit supplies the drive signal to at least equal to or more than one of the drive electrodes and supplies, to the others of the drive electrodes, an opposite phase signal as a drive signal having an opposite phase to a phase of the drive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yuto KAKINOKI, Makoto HAYASHI, Takaaki KONO, Takayuki NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20220413646
    Abstract: A touch detection device is provided and includes a plurality of driving electrodes for detecting an external proximity object in a detection area; a first driving circuit to drive the plurality of driving electrodes; and a second driving circuit to drive the plurality of driving electrodes, wherein the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit sandwich the detection area in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke ITO, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Makoto HAYASHI, Yasuyuki TERANISHI, Tadayoshi KATSUTA
  • Publication number: 20220397999
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a display device with a detection function including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of drive electrodes, and a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a display region, an input device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit, and a second electrode coupled to the other end side of the LC circuit, and a drive electrode scan circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the drive electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto HAYASHI, Yuto KAKINOKI, Takaaki KONO
  • Patent number: 11513639
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of detection electrodes aligned in a detection region, an input device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit, and a second electrode coupled to another end side of the LC circuit, the input support device being disposed on the detection region, and a control circuit configured to detect the input support device based on detection signals that are output from the detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kono, Yuto Kakinoki, Makoto Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11487385
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a detection device including a plurality of sensor electrodes arrayed in a detection region, an input support device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit, and a second electrode coupled to another end side of the LC circuit, and a control circuit including a drive signal supply circuit supplying a drive signal to the sensor electrodes and an adjustment circuit coupled to the sensor electrodes. The adjustment circuit adjusts a circuit constant that is added to a capacitance between the sensor electrode and the first electrode or the second electrode facing the sensor electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuto Kakinoki, Takaaki Kono, Makoto Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220342506
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a display device with a detection function that includes a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a display region, an electronic apparatus case including an accommodation portion accommodating the display device with the detection function and a cover covering the display region of the display device with the detection function, and an input device that is mounted on the cover of the electronic apparatus case so as to rotate around a rotating axis extending in a normal direction to a surface of the cover and includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing the detection electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto HAYASHI, Yuto KAKINOKI, Takaaki KONO
  • Publication number: 20220342503
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a detection device including a plurality of sensor electrodes arrayed in a detection region, an input support device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit, and a second electrode coupled to another end side of the LC circuit, and a control circuit including a drive signal supply circuit supplying a drive signal to the sensor electrodes and an adjustment circuit coupled to the sensor electrodes. The adjustment circuit adjusts a circuit constant that is added to a capacitance between the sensor electrode and the first electrode or the second electrode facing the sensor electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yuto KAKINOKI, Takaaki KONO, Makoto HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11429212
    Abstract: A touch detection device is provided and includes driving electrodes for detecting an external proximity object, extending in first direction and arranged in second direction; first voltage line extending in second direction; second voltage line extending in second direction; third voltage line extending in second direction, third voltage line being narrower in than first voltage line and second voltage line in width; and switching circuit for electrically connecting driving electrodes and first voltage line, second voltage line, or third voltage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ito, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Makoto Hayashi, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Tadayoshi Katsuta
  • Patent number: 11424693
    Abstract: A three-level power conversion device includes a three-level converter and a three-level inverter. When the voltage unbalance at a neutral point of the three levels between a + side voltage and a ? side voltage is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the three-level power conversion device changes the pulse width of a gate pulse at a specific timing of a gate pulse signal for operating a switching element of the three-level converter. The three-level power conversion device performs control so that the voltage at the neutral point approaches zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220260731
    Abstract: A scintillator array includes: a structure having scintillator segments and a first reflective layer, the first reflective layer being provided between the scintillator segments and being configured to reflect light, and the scintillator segments having a sintered compact containing a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor; and a layer having a second reflective layer provided above the structure, the second reflective layer being configured to reflect light. The first reflective layer has a portion extending into the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu KONDO, Yukihiro FUKUTA, Kazumitsu MORIMOTO, Makoto HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220253267
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique capable of displaying an appropriate display image corresponding to a position of an observer. A display device includes a detection electrode, a first screen, and a second screen on a side opposite to the first screen. A distance between the detection electrode and the first screen is longer than a distance between the detection electrode and the second screen, or a dielectric constant between the detection electrode and the first screen is lower than a dielectric constant between the detection electrode and the second screen, or the distance between the detection electrode and the first screen is longer than the distance between the detection electrode and the second screen and the dielectric constant between the detection electrode and the first screen is lower than the dielectric constant between the detection electrode and the second screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Takaaki KONO, Yoshio OWAKI, Makoto HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220229503
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of detection electrodes aligned in a detection region, an input device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit, and a second electrode coupled to another end side of the LC circuit, the input support device being disposed on the detection region, and a control circuit configured to detect the input support device based on detection signals that are output from the detection electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Takaaki KONO, Yuto KAKINOKI, Makoto HAYASHI