Patents by Inventor Shigetsugu Yamanaka

Shigetsugu Yamanaka 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: 11943978
    Abstract: A display device includes first power supply terminal electrodes and second power supply terminal electrodes. The first power supply terminal electrodes in a first terminal portion of a frame area at least partially overlap, in a plan view, at least a part of the second power supply terminal electrodes in a second terminal portion of a flexible printed board. The second power supply terminal electrodes are electrically connected to the first power supply terminal electrodes. Either the first power supply terminal electrodes or the second power supply terminal electrodes are inclined from the others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigetsugu Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11869435
    Abstract: In an organic EL display device including a proximity sensor, deterioration in display quality due to irradiation with IR light is suppressed. In a display period during which an image is displayed on a display unit, an emitting unit of the proximity sensor emits the IR light only in a period including a part of an IR light irradiation region turn-off period during which a plurality of light-emission control lines are driven such that no current is supplied to each of organic EL elements included in pixel circuits in a row corresponding to the IR light irradiation region, the period being before a time point at which the writing of a data signal into each of the pixel circuits in each of rows corresponding to the IR light irradiation region is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHAR KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigetsugu Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11864434
    Abstract: In an organic EL display device including a proximity sensor, deterioration in display quality due to irradiation with IR light is suppressed. In the organic EL display device including the proximity sensor is provided with a light shielding unit that prevents a channel layer of a first initialization transistor from being irradiated with IR light, the first initialization transistor being provided in a pixel circuit in order to initialize a voltage that is applied to a control terminal of a drive transistor. The first initialization transistor preferably has a dual-gate structure. The first initialization transistor may have a LDD structure (including a one-side LDD structure).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigetsugu Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20230298520
    Abstract: In an organic EL display device including a proximity sensor, deterioration in display quality due to irradiation with IR light is suppressed. In a display period during which an image is displayed on a display unit, an emitting unit of the proximity sensor emits the IR light only in a period including a part of an IR light irradiation region turn-off period during which a plurality of light-emission control lines are driven such that no current is supplied to each of organic EL elements included in pixel circuits in a row corresponding to the IR light irradiation region, the period being before a time point at which the writing of a data signal into each of the pixel circuits in each of rows corresponding to the IR light irradiation region is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Shigetsugu YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230247868
    Abstract: In an organic EL display device including a proximity sensor, deterioration in display quality due to irradiation with IR light is suppressed. In the organic EL display device including the proximity sensor is provided with a light shielding unit that prevents a channel layer of a first initialization transistor from being irradiated with IR light, the first initialization transistor being provided in a pixel circuit in order to initialize a voltage that is applied to a control terminal of a drive transistor. The first initialization transistor preferably has a dual-gate structure. The first initialization transistor may have a LDD structure (including a one-side LDD structure).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Shigetsugu YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 11367394
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a light-emitting element, a write transistor connected to a data signal line, and a drive transistor that controls a current that flows through the light-emitting element. The plurality of sub-pixels arranged along a first data signal line include adjacent sub-pixels that emit different colors of light, and each include the write transistor having a conduction terminal electrically connected to the first data signal line. The plurality of sub-pixels arranged along a second data signal line include adjacent sub-pixels that emit different colors of light, and each include the write transistor having a conduction terminal electrically connected to the second data signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigetsugu Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20220140056
    Abstract: A display device includes first power supply terminal electrodes and second power supply terminal electrodes. The first power supply terminal electrodes in a first terminal portion of a frame area at least partially overlap, in a plan view, at least a part of the second power supply terminal electrodes in a second terminal portion of a flexible printed board. The second power supply terminal electrodes are electrically connected to the first power supply terminal electrodes. Either the first power supply terminal electrodes or the second power supply terminal electrodes are inclined from the others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: SHIGETSUGU YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 11200851
    Abstract: In a display device having a non-rectangular display panel, when the display panel is divided into a rectangular region and a non-rectangular region by a boundary line extending in a same direction as scanning lines, light emission control lines are driven so that a length of a first non-light emission period in which pixel circuits in each row in the rectangular region are in a non-light emission state and a length of a second non-light emission period in which the pixel circuits in each row in the non-rectangular region are in the non-light emission state are different. With this, a luminance difference that occurs near a boundary between the rectangular region and the non-rectangular region is suppressed, and display quality is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigetsugu Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20210319757
    Abstract: In a display device having a non-rectangular display panel, when the display panel is divided into a rectangular region and a non-rectangular region by a boundary line extending in a same direction as scanning lines, light emission control lines are driven so that a length of a first non-light emission period in which pixel circuits in each row in the rectangular region are in a non-light emission state and a length of a second non-light emission period in which the pixel circuits in each row in the non-rectangular region are in the non-light emission state are different. With this, a luminance difference that occurs near a boundary between the rectangular region and the non-rectangular region is suppressed, and display quality is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: SHIGETSUGU YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210264854
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a light-emitting element, a write transistor connected to a data signal line, and a drive transistor that controls a current that flows through the light-emitting element. The plurality of sub-pixels arranged along a first data signal line include adjacent sub-pixels that emit different colors of light, and each include the write transistor having a conduction terminal electrically connected to the first data signal line. The plurality of sub-pixels arranged along a second data signal line include adjacent sub-pixels that emit different colors of light, and each include the write transistor having a conduction terminal electrically connected to the second data signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: SHIGETSUGU YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 11004397
    Abstract: Provided is a pixel circuit including: an electro-optical element, a driving transistor; a writing control transistor whose first conduction terminal is connected to a data line and whose control terminal is connected to a scanning line; and an initialization transistor whose first conduction terminal is connected to a control terminal of the driving transistor, to whose second conduction terminal an initialization voltage is applied, and whose control terminal is connected to a first control line. In a case of a P-channel transistor, a high-level voltage to be given to the control terminal of the initialization transistor is lower than a high-level voltage to be given to the control terminal of the writing control transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Kobayashi, Tamotsu Sakai, Shigetsugu Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20210110773
    Abstract: Provided is a pixel circuit including: an electro-optical element, a driving transistor; a writing control transistor whose first conduction terminal is connected to a data line and whose control terminal is connected to a scanning line; and an initialization transistor whose first conduction terminal is connected to a control terminal of the driving transistor, to whose second conduction terminal an initialization voltage is applied, and whose control terminal is connected to a first control line. In a case of a P-channel transistor, a high-level voltage to be given to the control terminal of the initialization transistor is lower than a high-level voltage to be given to the control terminal of the writing control transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Fumiyuki KOBAYASHI, Tamotsu SAKAI, Shigetsugu YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 10810935
    Abstract: Image data having parts that change in sine wave shape or cosine wave shape in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction is used as current measurement patterns. A current measuring unit measures current flowing in a power source line from all of organic EL elements included in a display unit. A current distribution pattern generating unit generates a current distribution pattern by performing a two-dimensional inverse discrete Fourier transform on a plurality of current values measured when the current measurement patterns are displayed in order. An image signal correcting unit corrects an image signal on the basis of the current distribution pattern and a cumulative added value of an image signal. Accordingly, the extent of performance degradation of the organic EL elements is estimated, and uneven brightness in the display screen is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigetsugu Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20200265781
    Abstract: Image data having parts that change in sine wave shape or cosine wave shape in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction is used as current measurement patterns. A current measuring unit measures current flowing in a power source line from all of organic EL elements included in a display unit. A current distribution pattern generating unit generates a current distribution pattern by performing a two-dimensional inverse discrete Fourier transform on a plurality of current values measured when the current measurement patterns are displayed in order. An image signal correcting unit corrects an image signal on the basis of the current distribution pattern and a cumulative added value of an image signal. Accordingly, the extent of performance degradation of the organic EL elements is estimated, and uneven brightness in the display screen is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Shigetsugu YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 10621913
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes: a pixel circuit drive unit configured to drive pixel circuits while performing a property measuring process in which a property of circuit elements is measured; a parameter table configured to store parameter values derived from monitoring data obtained in the property measuring process; a compensation computation unit configured to correct externally provided image data based on the parameter values stored in the parameter table, so as to generate a digital video signal to be fed to the pixel circuits; a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature; and a monitoring control section configured to control an execution frequency of the property measuring process in accordance with the sensed temperature. The monitoring control section increases the execution frequency of the property measuring process with an increase in the sensed temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Furukawa, Noritaka Kishi, Kazuyoshi Yoshiyama, Shigetsugu Yamanaka, Naoko Goto, Tamotsu Sakai, Katsuya Otoi
  • Patent number: 10593267
    Abstract: In a current measurement period set in a pause period, a display device of the present invention applies measurement voltages to data lines (S1 to Sm) and measures currents outputted to monitoring lines (M1 to Mm) from m pixel circuits (18), and then applies data voltages generated corresponding to video signals to the data lines (S1 to Sm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daichi Nishikawa, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Kaoru Yamamoto, Noritaka Kishi, Shigetsugu Yamanaka, Masanori Ohara, Noboru Noguchi
  • Patent number: 10522090
    Abstract: A display device that is configured to include two independent shift registers and is capable of performing a monitoring process without causing the degradation of display quality or the occurrence of abnormal operation is implemented. In a display device including: a writing control shift register composed of a plurality of first unit circuits (30) each including a first boost circuit (320) and a first output node reset circuit (330); and a monitoring control shift register composed of a plurality of second unit circuits (40) each including a second boost circuit (420) and a second output node reset circuit (430), current drive capability of the first boost circuit (320) is higher than current drive capability of the second boost circuit (420), and current drive capability of the second output node reset circuit (430) is higher than current drive capability of the first output node reset circuit (330).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetsugu Yamanaka, Noboru Noguchi, Masanori Ohara, Noritaka Kishi
  • Patent number: 10170045
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including multiple pixels, and a driving circuit that drives the display unit following a color assignation rule. The multiple pixels are classified into first through fourth groups such that groups to which the pixels belong are different from all groups to which pixels belong that are adjacent in eight directions, and pixels adjacent in 8 directions to pixels belonging to the same group, are of the same groups. The first through fourth colors are respectively assigned to the pixels of the first through fourth groups in the first subframe, the second through fourth and first colors are respectively assigned in the second subframe, the third, fourth, first, and second colors are respectively assigned in the third subframe, and the fourth and first through third colors are respectively assigned in the fourth subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigetsugu Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20180366061
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes: a pixel circuit drive unit configured to drive pixel circuits while performing a property measuring process in which a property of circuit elements is measured; a parameter table configured to store parameter values derived from monitoring data obtained in the property measuring process; a compensation computation unit configured to correct externally provided image data based on the parameter values stored in the parameter table, so as to generate a digital video signal to be fed to the pixel circuits; a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature; and a monitoring control section configured to control an execution frequency of the property measuring process in accordance with the sensed temperature. The monitoring control section increases the execution frequency of the property measuring process with an increase in the sensed temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: HIROYUKI FURUKAWA, NORITAKA KISHI, KAZUYOSHI YOSHIYAMA, SHIGETSUGU YAMANAKA, NAOKO GOTO, TAMOTSU SAKAI, KATSUYA OTOI
  • Publication number: 20180342208
    Abstract: In a current measurement period set in a pause period, a display device of the present invention applies measurement voltages to data lines (S1 to Sm) and measures currents outputted to monitoring lines (M1 to Mm) from m pixel circuits (18), and then applies data voltages generated corresponding to video signals to the data lines (S1 to Sm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Daichi NISHIKAWA, Yasuyuki OGAWA, Kaoru YAMAMOTO, Noritaka KISHI, Shigetsugu YAMANAKA, Masanori OHARA, Noboru NOGUCHI