Patents by Inventor Masahiro Tada
Masahiro Tada 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: 10964735Abstract: Provided is a solid-state imaging device and an electronic device that can expand a dynamic range in a pixel having a high-sensitivity pixel and a low-sensitivity pixel. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two-dimensional manner, in which the pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit having lower sensitivity than the first photoelectric conversion unit, and a size of the second photoelectric conversion unit in an optical axis direction in which light enters is smaller than a size of the first photoelectric conversion unit in the optical axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo Kido, Masahiro Tada, Takahiro Toyoshima, Yasushi Tateshita, Hikaru Iwata
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Publication number: 20210012082Abstract: A fingerprint detection apparatus comprising: an insulating substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arrayed in a detection region of the insulating substrate, each of the photoelectric conversion elements configured to output a signal in accordance with light incident on each of the photoelectric conversion elements; first switching element, each corresponding to each of the photoelectric conversion elements and including a first semiconductor made of oxide semiconductor; a plurality of gate lines coupled with the first switching elements and extending in a first direction; a plurality of signal lines coupled with the first switching elements and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a gate line drive circuit including a second switching element that includes a second semiconductor made of polycrystalline silicone, the gate line drive circuit being provided in a peripheral region outside the detection region and configured to drive the gate lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Makoto UCHIDA, Takanori TSUNASHIMA, Masahiro TADA, Tomoyuki ITO, Takashi NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20200400491Abstract: Provided are a substrate, an organic material layer provided above the substrate at a position overlapping at least a detection region, a plurality of detection electrodes provided between the substrate and the organic material layer in a direction orthogonal to the substrate, a first switching element provided to each of the detection electrodes, a plurality of gate lines coupled with some first switching elements and extending in a first direction, a plurality of signal lines coupled with some first switching elements and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a drive circuit configured to supply gate drive signals having potentials determined for the respective gate lines based on a predetermined code to the respective first switching elements through the gate lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Hitoshi TANAKA, Masahiro TADA, Takashi NAKAMURA, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Fumitaka GOTOH, Hirofumi KATO
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Publication number: 20200326807Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yoshiro Aoki, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiro Tada, Hirotaka Hayashi, Makoto Shibusawa, Yutaka Umeda, Miyuki Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20200263320Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a group III nitride crystal in which generation of breaking or cracks is less likely to occur. To achieve the object, the method for producing a group III nitride crystal includes: seed crystal preparation including disposing a plurality of crystals of a group III nitride as a plurality of seed crystals on a substrate; and crystal growth including growing group III nitride crystals by contacting a surface of each of the seed crystals with a melt containing at least one group III element selected from gallium, aluminum, and indium and an alkali metal in an atmosphere containing nitrogen. In the seed crystal preparation, the plurality of seed crystals are disposed within a hexagonal region provided on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Yoshio OKAYAMA, Shinsuke KOMATSU, Masahiro TADA, Yusuke MORI, Masayuki IMANISHI, Masashi YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20200263317Abstract: A method of manufacturing a group-III nitride crystal includes: a seed crystal preparation step of preparing a plurality of dot-shaped group-III nitrides on a substrate as a plurality of seed crystals for growth of a group-III nitride crystal; and a crystal growth step of bringing surfaces of the seed crystals into contact with a melt containing an alkali metal and at least one group-III element selected from gallium, aluminum, and indium in an atmosphere containing nitrogen and thereby reacting the group-III element with the nitrogen in the melt to grow the group-III nitride crystal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yusuke MORI, Masayuki IMANISHI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Kousuke MURAKAMI, Shinsuke KOMATSU, Masahiro TADA, Yoshio OKAYAMA
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Patent number: 10748947Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, a manufacturing method, and an electronic apparatus. An imaging device includes: a sensor substrate with an effective pixel area; a transparent sealing member that seals a surface of the sensor substrate; a sealing resin that bonds the sensor substrate and the sealing member; and a reinforcing resin that bonds the sensor substrate and the sealing member. A product of adhesive strength per unit area of the sealing resin and the reinforcing resin in the outer peripheral region and an area of a part bonded in the outer peripheral region is set to be larger than a product of adhesive strength per unit area of the sealing resin in the effective pixel area and an area of a part bonded in the effective pixel area. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor of WCSP.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Masuda, Atsuhiro Ando, Norihiro Kubo, Chihiro Arai, Sotetsu Saito, Masahiro Tada, Shinji Miyazawa
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Patent number: 10732751Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yoshiro Aoki, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiro Tada, Hirotaka Hayashi, Makoto Shibusawa, Yutaka Umeda, Miyuki Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20200231179Abstract: A guidance system includes an outputter configured to output information, a first acquirer configured to acquire position information indicating an occurrence position of a predetermined event that occurred due to at least the feelings of an occupant in a moving body, a second acquirer configured to acquire position information indicating a position of a first moving body, and an output controller that is configured to cause the outputter to output guidance information for providing guidance to the occupant in the first moving body regarding the fact that there is a possibility of the predetermined event occurring in the first moving body according to the position information acquired by the first acquirer and the position information acquired by the second acquirer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Lei Tian, Masahiro Tada
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Patent number: 10651206Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer, a second gate electrode, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, a first contact hole, and a first electrode. The first electrode passes through the first contact hole and electrically connects the first gate electrode, the first region and the second gate electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Masahiro Tada
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Publication number: 20190292379Abstract: The present invention provides the following method for forming a multilayer coating film. The method comprises forming an uncured coating film of a specific primer paint composition (A) on a substrate, forming a top coating film of a specific top paint composition (B) on the uncured coating film, and simultaneously drying the films. The primer paint composition (A) is a paint composition comprising an epoxy resin (a1), a rust preventive pigment (a2), a color pigment (a3), and an extender pigment (a4); and the top paint composition (B) is a paint composition comprising an acrylic resin (b1) and an active methylene blocked polyisocyanate compound (b2).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Keitaro YAMAMOTO, Masahiro TADA, Hirohisa TSUDA, Hideaki KATSUTA
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Publication number: 20190285429Abstract: An information provision apparatus comprises: a processor; and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to function as: an obtaining unit configured to identify a plurality of people and obtain registration information for each of the plurality of people; an information provision unit configured to, in order to cause information to be perceivably outputted from an output unit to the plurality of people, provide predetermined information to the output unit; and a selection unit configured to select the predetermined information, wherein the selection unit, in a case where there is a person for whom the registration information cannot be obtained, selects the predetermined information based on input information obtained via an input unit for the person for whom the registration information cannot be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Masahiro TADA, Lei TIAN
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Publication number: 20190289435Abstract: An information provision apparatus comprises: a processor; and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the information provision apparatus to function as: an identification unit configured to identify a relatedness of a plurality of people; an information provision unit configured to, in order to cause information to be perceivably outputted from an output unit to the people, provide predetermined information to the output unit; and a selection unit configured to, based on the relatedness of the plurality of people, select the predetermined information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Masahiro TADA, Lei TIAN
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Publication number: 20190289436Abstract: An information providing apparatus comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive a message; one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions which, when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, cause the information providing apparatus to function as: an output control unit configured to output the received message in a manner perceptible to a plurality of persons; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the received message is a message addressed to a specific person among the plurality of persons, wherein the output control unit, in a case where it is determined that the received message is a message addressed to the specific person, changes an output mode of the received message, based on an attribute shared between the specific person and another person among the plurality of persons.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Masahiro Tada, Lei Tian
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Publication number: 20190250749Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yoshiro AOKI, Takashi NAKAMURA, Masahiro TADA, Hirotaka HAYASHI, Makoto SHIBUSAWA, Yutaka UMEDA, Miyuki ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 10317761Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to an aspect of the invention includes a display region having a plurality of sub pixels. The sub pixels each include a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor electrically coupled to the pixel electrode. A transient leak current of each thin film transistor included in the sub pixels at both ends of the display region among the sub pixels provided on a line passing through the center of the display region in plan view is smaller than a transient leak current of each thin film transistor included in the sub pixels in a central portion including the center.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yukio Tanaka, Daiichi Suzuki, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiro Tada, Youichi Asakawa
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Patent number: 10318036Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Yoshiro Aoki, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiro Tada, Hirotaka Hayashi, Makoto Shibusawa, Yutaka Umeda, Miyuki Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20190172863Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, a manufacturing method, and an electronic apparatus—An imaging device includes: a sensor substrate with an effective pixel area; a transparent sealing member that seals a surface of the sensor substrate; a sealing resin that bonds the sensor substrate and the sealing member; and a reinforcing resin that bonds the sensor substrate and the sealing member. A product of adhesive strength per unit area of the sealing resin and the reinforcing resin in the outer peripheral region and an area of a part bonded in the outer peripheral region is set to be larger than a product of adhesive strength per unit area of the sealing resin in the effective pixel area and an area of a part bonded in the effective pixel area. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor of WCSP.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki MASUDA, Atsuhiro ANDO, Norihiro KUBO, Chihiro ARAI, Sotetsu SAITO, Masahiro TADA, Shinji MIYAZAWA
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Publication number: 20190096933Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic device that can expand a dynamic range in a pixel having a high-sensitivity pixel and a low-sensitivity pixel. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two-dimensional manner, in which the pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit having lower sensitivity than the first photoelectric conversion unit, and a size of the second photoelectric conversion unit in an optical axis direction in which light enters is smaller than a size of the first photoelectric conversion unit in the optical axis direction. The present technology can be applied to a backside-illumination CMOS image sensor, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: HIDEO KIDO, MASAHIRO TADA, TAKAHIRO TOYOSHIMA, YASUSHI TATESHITA, HIKARU IWATA
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Patent number: 10241605Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes touch-sensor electrodes, an array substrate including pixel electrodes, gate lines, source lines, switching elements, a light-shielding layer, and a plurality of stripe-like common electrodes, a counter-substrate, and a liquid crystal layer, wherein the common electrodes included in the array substrate are used not only as electrodes for display, but also as touch-sensor electrodes and, in a touch operation, a touch drive signal is input to each drive unit electrode including a plurality of common electrodes, and the light-shielding layer is divided into parts each of which corresponds to the drive unit electrode, and is provided to extend across a region opposed to a region of the drive unit electrode.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takanori Tsunashima, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiro Tada, Kazuhide Mochizuki