Patents by Inventor Takahiro Fukutome

Takahiro Fukutome 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: 11262981
    Abstract: An adder circuit inhibiting overflow is provided. A first memory, a second memory, a third memory, and a fourth memory are included. A step of supplying first data with a sign to the first memory and supplying the first data with a positive sign stored in the first memory, to the second memory; a step of supplying the first data with a negative sign stored in the second memory, to the third memory; a step of generating second data by adding the first data with a positive sign stored in the second memory and the first data with a negative sign stored in the third memory; and a step of storing the second data in the fourth memory are included. When the second data stored in the fourth memory are all second data with a positive sign or all second data with a negative sign, all the second data stored in the fourth memory are added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hajime Kimura, Takahiro Fukutome
  • Publication number: 20220027799
    Abstract: A classification model which classifies contents is provided. Learning contents and contents are included. The learning contents are provided with a first feature and a learning label, and the contents are provided with a second feature. The content classification method includes a step of generating a plurality of first classification models by machine learning using the plurality of learning contents, a step of generating a second classification model with the use of the plurality of first classification models, and a step of providing judgment data for the plurality of contents with the use of the second classification model and performing display on a GUI. The judgment data includes a classification label or a score. The GUI designates a particular numerical range of the score and displays a corresponding content in a list form. Note that features provided for the contents are management parameters (metadata).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Junpei MOMO, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Publication number: 20210398025
    Abstract: A novel content classification method is provided. A content classification method using machine learning for a learning model and a classifier fabrication method are provided. In Step 1, a data set containing a plurality of contents is acquired. Learning labels are attached to m contents, and the learning labels are not attached to the remaining contents. In Step 2, a first learning model is created by machine learning using the m contents. In Step 3, judgment labels are attached to the plurality of contents using the first learning model and are displayed on a GUI. In Step 4, new learning labels are attached to k contents in the plurality of contents. In Step 5, a second learning model is created by the machine learning using the k contents. In Step 6, judgment labels are attached to the plurality of contents using the second learning model and are displayed on the GUI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunitaka YAMAMOTO, Junpei MOMO, Kazuki HIGASHI, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Patent number: 11204658
    Abstract: Sensing time of a touch sensor is shortened to increase responsiveness of touch sensing. A display device includes a gate driver, a plurality of touch sensors, and a plurality of touch wirings. The gate driver has a function of supplying a scan signal to the plurality of touch wirings at the same timing, and the touch sensors in different positions sense a plurality of touches at the same timing. In this manner, the responsiveness of touch sensing is increased. The gate driver has a function of controlling a scan signal for refreshing display and a scan signal used by the touch sensor for sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Takahiro Fukutome
  • Publication number: 20210391388
    Abstract: A flexible semiconductor device including a light-emitting element and a sensor element is provided. The semiconductor device includes a sensor device, a processor, and a communication device. The sensor device includes a first pixel and a second pixel formed over a flexible substrate. The first pixel includes a light-emitting element and a first transistor. The second pixel includes a sensor element having a photoelectric conversion function and a second transistor. Light emitted from the light-emitting element has a peak wavelength. A range of wavelength sensed by the sensor element includes the peak wavelength. A semiconductor layer of the first transistor and a semiconductor layer of the second transistor include the same element. A pixel electrode of the light-emitting element has a function of being electrically connected to the first transistor and a function of blocking diffusion light to the sensor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAGAWA, Takayuki IKEDA, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Patent number: 11200859
    Abstract: An electronic device with reduced power consumption is provided. The electronic device has a function of transmitting data. First data and second data are supplied to the electronic device. The electronic device has a function of generating a first hash value from the first data, and transmitting the first data. The electronic device has a function of generating a second hash value from the second data, comparing the first hash value with the second hash value, transmitting the second data when the first hash value is different from the second hash value, and not transmitting the second data when the first hash value is the same as the second hash value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ikeda, Takahiro Fukutome
  • Publication number: 20210366368
    Abstract: A novel display device where a light-emitting element is turned on by a triangle wave is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a method for driving a display device including a first pixel, a second pixel, a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring. The first wiring is electrically connected to the first pixel and the second pixel. The second wiring and the third wiring are electrically connected to the first pixel and the second pixel, respectively. At a first time, the first pixel reaches the maximum luminance corresponding to first display data and the second pixel reaches the maximum luminance corresponding to second display data. The first pixel and the second pixel are initialized at a second time different from the first time by input of a reset signal to the first wiring to stop light emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori WATANABE, Kei TAKAHASHI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Publication number: 20210294446
    Abstract: Sensing time of a touch sensor is shortened to increase responsiveness of touch sensing. A display device includes a gate driver, a plurality of touch sensors, and a plurality of touch wirings. The gate driver has a function of supplying a scan signal to the plurality of touch wirings at the same timing, and the touch sensors in different positions sense a plurality of touches at the same timing. In this manner, the responsiveness of touch sensing is increased. The gate driver has a function of controlling a scan signal for refreshing display and a scan signal used by the touch sensor for sensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Publication number: 20210272507
    Abstract: Variations in a receiving circuit employing differential signaling are reduced. The receiving circuit converts a first signal and a second signal which are supplied through differential signaling into a third signal which is a single-ended signal and outputs the third signal. The receiving circuit includes an operational amplifier, a first element, a first transistor, and a first circuit. The first element is connected to the first circuit through a first node to which the first transistor is connected. The first signal and the second signal that is the inverse of the first signal are supplied to the operational amplifier. The operational amplifier supplies an output signal to the first element, and a first preset potential is supplied to the first node through the first transistor. A signal including variations of the operational amplifier is stored in the first element in accordance with the first preset potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Takeya HIROSE, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Patent number: 11049468
    Abstract: A display device or the like with a novel structure which can ensure a sufficiently long period for writing data signals in pixels is provided. A display device or the like with a novel structure which can display an image of one frame without greatly degrading display quality is provided. The display device includes a gate driver and a pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a plurality of pixels. The gate driver is configured to output a first scan signal to a first gate line in a first frame period. The gate driver is configured to output a second scan signal to a second gate line in a second frame period. The second gate line is a gate line next to the first gate line. The pixels are configured to hold data signals, which are written in the pixels in the first frame period, in the first frame period and the second frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Mori, Hironori Matsumoto, Takahiro Fukutome
  • Publication number: 20210168951
    Abstract: An electronic device including a flexible display panel is provided. The electronic device includes a display panel, a first component, a movable module, and a housing. The housing includes a first movable portion, a second component, and a third component. The third component includes a first space where the first component is stored. The display panel includes a flexible display portion. The display portion includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region is fixed to the second component. The second region is fixed to the first component stored in the third component. The movable module has a function of holding a first angle that is formed between the second component and the third component by the first movable portion. The third region positioned between the first region and the second region has a function of forming a curved surface according to the first angle. The first component slides in the first space according to the first angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Akio ENDO, Shigeru ONOYA, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Publication number: 20210150241
    Abstract: Environmental information is managed by a neural network. An image detection module includes a first neural network, a first communication module, a first position sensor, a first processor, and a passive element. The first neural network includes an imaging device. The imaging device has a function of obtaining an image, and the first position sensor has a function of detecting positional information on where the image is obtained. When the first neural network determines whether the image has learned features, the first processor can transmit the positional information on where the image is obtained. The first processor receives a detection result through the first communication module, and the first processor can operate the passive element in accordance with the detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Fukutome, Hiromichi GODO
  • Publication number: 20210090513
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a display device and a source driver. Each of a plurality of pixels included in the display device is supplied with a first data potential and a second data potential included in a range of a first potential or higher to a second potential or lower. The first data potential makes the pixel display an image with a first gray level. The pixel performs calculation with the first data potential and the second data potential to generate a third data potential. The third data makes the pixel display an image with a second gray level. A reference potential of the first data potential is an intermediate potential between the first potential and the second potential, and the gray level width that can be displayed by the second data potential is larger than the gray level width that can be displayed by the first data potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei TAKAHASHI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Shigeru ONOYA, Takahiro FUKUTOME, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10951850
    Abstract: An offset component of multiplication by a transistor is to be reduced. An imaging device includes a pixel region, a first circuit, a second circuit, a third circuit, and a fourth circuit. The pixel region includes a plurality of pixels, and a pixel includes a first transistor. An offset potential and a weight potential are supplied to the pixel selected by the first circuit and the second circuit. The pixel obtains a first signal by photoelectric conversion with use of light. The first transistor multiplies the first signal by the weight potential. The first transistor generates a first offset term and a second offset term with use of a multiplication term of the first signal by the weight potential and the offset potential. The third circuit subtracts the first offset term, and the fourth circuit subtracts the second offset term. The fourth circuit determines the multiplication term, and the fourth circuit outputs a determination result through the neural network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Roh Yamamoto, Takahiro Fukutome
  • Publication number: 20210074346
    Abstract: An object is to shorten the time for rewriting data in memory cells. A memory module includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell, a selection transistor, and a wiring WBL1. The first memory cell includes a first memory node. The second memory cell includes a second memory node. One end of the first memory cell is electrically connected to the wiring WBL1 through the selection transistor. The other end of the first memory cell is electrically connected to one end of the second memory cell. The other end of the second memory cell is electrically connected to the wiring WBL1. When the selection transistor is on, data in the first memory node is rewritten by a signal supplied through the selection transistor to the wiring WBL1. When the selection transistor is off, data in the first memory node is rewritten by a signal supplied through the second memory node to the wiring WBL1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hajime KIMURA, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Patent number: 10901255
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that is not influenced by a noise in obtaining positional information can be provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with a pixel electrode and a common electrode with a first insulating film interposed therebetween. The pixel electrode and the common electrode partly overlap with each other. The liquid crystal display device further includes a second substrate provided with a pair of electrodes, a resin film covering the pair of electrodes, and a conductive film on the resin film. The pair of electrodes partly overlap with each other with a second insulating film interposed therebetween. The liquid crystal display device further includes a liquid crystal layer between the conductive film on the second substrate side and the pixel electrode and the common electrode on the first substrate side. A predetermined potential is supplied to the conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Tanabe, Takahiro Fukutome, Koji Moriya, Daisuke Kurosaki, Masakatsu Ohno
  • Publication number: 20200380932
    Abstract: A display device or the like with a novel structure which can ensure a sufficiently long period for writing data signals in pixels is provided. A display device or the like with a novel structure which can display an image of one frame without greatly degrading display quality is provided. The display device includes a gate driver and a pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a plurality of pixels. The gate driver is configured to output a first scan signal to a first gate line in a first frame period. The gate driver is configured to output a second scan signal to a second gate line in a second frame period. The second gate line is a gate line next to the first gate line. The pixels are configured to hold data signals, which are written in the pixels in the first frame period, in the first frame period and the second frame period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Hidenori MORI, Hironori MATSUMOTO, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Patent number: 10839883
    Abstract: An object is to shorten the time for rewriting data in memory cells. A memory module includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell, a selection transistor, and a wiring WBL1. The first memory cell includes a first memory node. The second memory cell includes a second memory node. One end of the first memory cell is electrically connected to the wiring WBL1 through the selection transistor. The other end of the first memory cell is electrically connected to one end of the second memory cell. The other end of the second memory cell is electrically connected to the wiring WBL1. When the selection transistor is on, data in the first memory node is rewritten by a signal supplied through the selection transistor to the wiring WBL1. When the selection transistor is off, data in the first memory node is rewritten by a signal supplied through the second memory node to the wiring WBL1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Takahiro Fukutome
  • Publication number: 20200278837
    Abstract: An adder circuit inhibiting overflow is provided. A first memory, a second memory, a third memory, and a fourth memory are included. A step of supplying first data with a sign to the first memory and supplying the first data with a positive sign stored in the first memory, to the second memory; a step of supplying the first data with a negative sign stored in the second memory, to the third memory; a step of generating second data by adding the first data with a positive sign stored in the second memory and the first data with a negative sign stored in the third memory; and a step of storing the second data in the fourth memory are included. When the second data stored in the fourth memory are all second data with a positive sign or all second data with a negative sign, all the second data stored in the fourth memory are added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hajime KIMURA, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Publication number: 20200226457
    Abstract: An imaging device connected to a neural network is provided. An imaging device having a neuron in a neural network includes a plurality of first pixels, a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. Each of the plurality of first pixels includes a photoelectric conversion element. The plurality of first pixels is electrically connected to the first circuit. The first circuit is electrically connected to the second circuit. The second circuit is electrically connected to the third circuit. Each of the plurality of first pixels generates an input signal of the neuron. The first circuit, the second circuit, and the third circuit function as the neuron. The third circuit includes an interface connected to the neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Takayuki IKEDA, Takahiro FUKUTOME