Patents by Inventor Shinzoh Murakami
Shinzoh Murakami 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: 11943955Abstract: A display device includes: a fold portion; and connection wires electrically connecting a terminal to a wire in a display region. In the fold portion, an inorganic-insulating-film first slit provided to an inorganic insulating film and a film-layer first slit provided to a film layer extend in a direction to intersect with an edge of a frame region. The display device includes: either an inorganic-insulating-film second slit intersecting with the inorganic-insulating-film first slit; or a film-layer second slit intersecting with the film-layer first slit. Either the inorganic-insulating-film second slit or the film-layer second slit is provided between pluralities of the connection wires adjacent to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinzoh Murakami
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Publication number: 20230411324Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a driver 12 including a first side part, a first terminal, a first wire connected to the first terminal, a second terminal located further away from a display area than the first terminal and closer to an end of the first side part than the first terminal, a second wire connected to the second terminal, a first bump disposed to overlap the first terminal, a second bump disposed to overlap the second terminal, and a third bump located closer to the display area than the second bump and closer to the end of the first side part than the first bump. The second wire is extended out from the second terminal toward the end of the first side part, and the third bump has an oblong shape in planar view and has a longitudinal direction parallel with an inclined portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventor: Shinzoh MURAKAMI
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Patent number: 11579497Abstract: A substrate for a display includes a substrate section on which a flexible substrate and a driver are mounted, a flexible substrate side terminal area, disposed in a mounting area on the substrate section for the flexible substrate, to which a signal is inputted from the flexible substrate, a driver side terminal area, disposed in a mounting area on the substrate section for the driver, through which at least a part of the signal is inputted and outputted to the driver, a wire, disposed to extend from the mounting area on the substrate section for the flexible substrate to the mounting area for the driver and connected to the flexible substrate side terminal area and the driver side terminal area, through which the signal is transmitted, and a shield section, disposed to overlap the wire via an insulating film on the substrate section, that is kept at a constant potential.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukio Shimizu, Shinzoh Murakami
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Publication number: 20220190075Abstract: A terminal connection portion, which includes an IC including a plurality of input bumps and a plurality of output bumps, and a terminal connection portion including a plurality of input terminal electrodes and a plurality of output terminal electrodes, is provided in a frame region, and in the terminal connection portion, an electrode insulating film is provided on the input terminal electrodes and the output terminal electrodes. A protruding portion is provided on the electrode insulating film, and the protruding portion overlaps with the IC in a plan view, and overlaps with the input bumps and the output bumps when viewed from a direction parallel to a substrate surface of a resin substrate layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventor: SHINZOH MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20210399261Abstract: A display device includes: a fold portion; and connection wires electrically connecting a terminal to a wire in a display region. In the fold portion, an inorganic-insulating-film first slit provided to an inorganic insulating film and a film-layer first slit provided to a film layer extend in a direction to intersect with an edge of a frame region. The display device includes: either an inorganic-insulating-film second slit intersecting with the inorganic-insulating-film first slit; or a film-layer second slit intersecting with the film-layer first slit. Either the inorganic-insulating-film second slit or the film-layer second slit is provided between pluralities of the connection wires adjacent to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventor: SHINZOH MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20210247641Abstract: A substrate for a display includes a substrate section on which a flexible substrate and a driver are mounted, a flexible substrate side terminal area, disposed in a mounting area on the substrate section for the flexible substrate, to which a signal is inputted from the flexible substrate, a driver side terminal area, disposed in a mounting area on the substrate section for the driver, through which at least a part of the signal is inputted and outputted to the driver, a wire, disposed to extend from the mounting area on the substrate section for the flexible substrate to the mounting area for the driver and connected to the flexible substrate side terminal area and the driver side terminal area, through which the signal is transmitted, and a shield section, disposed to overlap the wire via an insulating film on the substrate section, that is kept at a constant potential.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: YUKIO SHIMIZU, SHINZOH MURAKAMI
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Patent number: 10866472Abstract: An array substrate includes at least: a glass substrate on which a driver is mounted; a panel side output terminal disposed in a mounting area of the glass substrate and connected to the driver; a first terminal portion; a gate insulation film including a first contact hole at a position overlapping a first terminal portion; a second terminal portion disposed to overlap at least a first contact hole and an opening edge of the first contact hole; a first interlayer insulation film including a second contact hole at a position overlapping a second terminal portion not to overlap the first contact hole; and a third terminal portion disposed to overlap at least the second contact hole and an opening edge of the second contact hole.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukio Shimizu, Shinzoh Murakami, Takeshi Horiguchi
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Publication number: 20190204655Abstract: An array substrate includes at least: a glass substrate on which a driver is mounted; a panel side output terminal disposed in a mounting area of the glass substrate and connected to the driver; a first terminal portion; a gate insulation film including a first contact hole at a position overlapping a first terminal portion; a second terminal portion disposed to overlap at least a first contact hole and an opening edge of the first contact hole; a first interlayer insulation film including a second contact hole at a position overlapping a second terminal portion not to overlap the first contact hole; and a third terminal portion disposed to overlap at least the second contact hole and an opening edge of the second contact hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: YUKIO SHIMIZU, SHINZOH MURAKAMI, TAKESHI HORIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20190041685Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes: a first bump group including multiple first bumps aligned in a long side direction; a second bump group including multiple second bumps aligned in the long side direction; and a third bump group including multiple third bumps between the first bump group and the second bump group, wherein on the surface to be connected to the display device, in a short side direction perpendicular to the long side direction, no second bump is disposed or at least one of the multiple second bumps is disposed at least one of positions facing the multiple third bumps, the at least one of the multiple second bumps being a dummy bump.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: SHINZOH MURAKAMI, YUKIO SHIMIZU, TAKESHI HORIGUCHI
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Patent number: 8867325Abstract: There is provided an optical pickup apparatus. In an optical pickup apparatus, a focus diffraction region includes focus regions of which a number of types is equal to a number of types of light that can be emitted by a light source. The types of the focus regions correspond to the respective types of light, the respective focus regions diffract the corresponding types of light toward same positions of focus light-receiving regions. The focus regions include a plurality of focus segmented regions. The plurality of focus segmented regions of the respective types of focus regions are periodically distributed in the focus diffraction region, and at least some of the focus segmented regions are disposed to be adjacent to focus segmented regions for different types of light.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shinzoh Murakami
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Patent number: 8547814Abstract: In a diffractive element, its grating pattern is so configured that a diffraction angle of a diffracted light beam of a light source that is subject to the first-order diffraction in a diffraction area is matched with an angle of a light beam passing through the diffractive area emitted from a light source and a light source position is matched with a light originating point of the light source that emits a light beam to be transmitted, and the center of light intensity distribution is matched with that of the light source passing through the diffractive element by inclining an optical axis of the light source. A position of the diffractive element is adjusted based on an electric current value generated when a reflected return path light beam of the light source is diffracted by the diffractive element and enters the light source.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinzoh Murakami, Mototaka Taneya, Takahide Ishiguro, Katsushige Masui, Satoru Fukumoto, Takeshi Horiguchi
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Patent number: 8406109Abstract: An optical pickup apparatus is provided. Segmented regions included in a focus diffraction region includes focus segmented regions corresponding in number with different light emitted by a light source. Different focus segmented regions are arranged adjacent to each other alternately in a direction perpendicular to a parallel dividing line. Segmented regions included in a tracking diffraction region includes tracking segmented regions corresponding in number with different light emitted by the light source. Different tracking segmented regions are arranged adjacent to each other alternately in a direction perpendicular to the parallel dividing line.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoru Fukumoto, Shinzoh Murakami
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Publication number: 20130016597Abstract: An optical pickup apparatus is provided. Segmented regions included in a focus diffraction region includes focus segmented regions corresponding in number with different light emitted by a light source. Different focus segmented regions are arranged adjacent to each other alternately in a direction perpendicular to a parallel dividing line. Segmented regions included in a tracking diffraction region includes tracking segmented regions corresponding in number with different light emitted by the light source. Different tracking segmented regions are arranged adjacent to each other alternately in a direction perpendicular to the parallel dividing line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: Satoru Fukumoto, Shinzoh Murakami
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Publication number: 20130010178Abstract: There is provided an optical pickup apparatus. In an optical pickup apparatus, a focus diffraction region includes focus regions of which a number of types is equal to a number of types of light that can be emitted by a light source. The types of the focus regions correspond to the respective types of light, the respective focus regions diffract the corresponding types of light toward same positions of focus light-receiving regions. The focus regions include a plurality of focus segmented regions. The plurality of focus segmented regions of the respective types of focus regions are periodically distributed in the focus diffraction region, and at least some of the focus segmented regions are disposed to be adjacent to focus segmented regions for different types of light.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Sharp Kabusshiki KaishaInventor: Shinzoh Murakami
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Publication number: 20120063281Abstract: In a diffractive element, its grating pattern is so configured that a diffraction angle of a diffracted light beam of a light source that is subject to the first-order diffraction in a diffraction area is matched with an angle of a light beam passing through the diffractive area emitted from a light source and a light source position is matched with a light originating point of the light source that emits a light beam to be transmitted, and the center of light intensity distribution is matched with that of the light source passing through the diffractive element by inclining an optical axis of the light source. A position of the diffractive element is adjusted based on an electric current value generated when a reflected return path light beam of the light source is diffracted by the diffractive element and enters the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinzoh MURAKAMI, Mototaka Taneya, Takahide Ishigro, Katsushige Masui, Satoru Fukumoto, Takeshi Horiguchi
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Patent number: 8059515Abstract: Provided is an optical pickup apparatus that can be made compact and is capable of producing stable push-pull signals. The optical pickup apparatus includes a light source, an objective lens, a diffraction element, a light-receiving element, and a control-driving section. The diffraction element receives light reflected from an optical recording medium. The light-receiving element receives light beams diffracted by the diffraction element. The light-receiving element has a plurality of light-receiving regions. The light-receiving region produces an output signal responsive to the quantity of the incident light beam. The control-driving section obtains differences among the output signals from a plurality of the light-receiving regions by calculation to derive a push-pull signal, and drives the objective lens under control on the basis of the push-pull signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinzoh Murakami, Takehiro Shiomoto, Katsushige Masui, Osamu Hamaoka
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Patent number: 7952977Abstract: A diffracting portion is disposed in an optical path between a light source and an optical disc. The diffracting portion diffracts the reflected light from recording layers of the optical disc toward a light receiving portion. The diffracting portion includes a first diffraction region having a first diffraction efficiency and a second diffraction region having a second diffraction efficiency lower than the first diffraction efficiency. The first diffraction region includes a FES diffracting portion and first to fourth TES diffracting portions. The second diffraction region includes fifth and sixth TES diffracting portions. First-order diffraction lights from the non-light-collecting recording layer enter on the fifth and the sixth TES diffracting portions, and are diffracted toward the light receiving portion by the fifth and the sixth TES diffracting portions.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazunori Matsubara, Shinzoh Murakami
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Patent number: 7817509Abstract: There is provided an optical pickup apparatus and a beam splitter which are capable of suppressing an adverse effect resulting from light reflected by a non-light-condensed layer that is different from a light-condensed layer. In respective TES light-receiving sections, interposed light-receiving elements are disposed so as to be adjacent to first sub beam-receiving elements. The interposed light-receiving elements are disposed away from both of positions where a main beam reflected by a light-condensing recording layer is condensed and where respective sub beams reflected by the light-condensing recording layer are condensed, and disposed so as to be adjacent to the first sub beam-receiving elements. The interposed light-receiving elements receive the main beam reflected by a non-light-condensing recording layer In a compensating section, results of light received by the first sub beam-receiving elements are compensated based on results of light received by the interposed light-receiving elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2008Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shinzoh Murakami
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Publication number: 20100097919Abstract: Provided is an optical pickup apparatus that can be made compact and is capable of producing stable push-pull signals. The optical pickup apparatus includes a light source, an objective lens, a diffraction element, a light-receiving element, and a control-driving section. The diffraction element receives light reflected from an optical recording medium. The light-receiving element receives light beams diffracted by the diffraction element. The light-receiving element has a plurality of light-receiving regions. The light-receiving region produces an output signal responsive to the quantity of the incident light beam. The control-driving section obtains differences among the output signals from a plurality of the light-receiving regions by calculation to derive a push-pull signal, and drives the objective lens under control on the basis of the push-pull signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventors: Shinzoh MURAKAMI, Takehiro Shiomoto, Katsushige Masui, Osamu Hamaoka
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Patent number: 7684306Abstract: There is provided an optical pickup apparatus that can obtain a stable servo signal by reducing stray light generated by diffraction in a recording layer other than a recording layer on which light is condensed. A hologram element provided in an optical pickup apparatus for recording information onto a recording medium and/or reproducing information on the recording medium by use of light includes fourth and fifth divisions where at least first-order diffracted light among diffracted light beams obtained by reflection and diffraction on a recording layer other than a light-condensed recording layer on which light is condensed by an objective lens so as not to be directed toward first and second light-receiving elements for detecting focus position information and third to eighth light-receiving elements for detecting track position information.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazunori Matsubara, Shinzoh Murakami, Tetsuo Ueyama, Kazuhiro Tsuchida, Yukio Watanabe, Osamu Miyazaki