Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Yata

Tatsuya Yata 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: 11605357
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first sub display area and a second sub display area, and an illumination device, wherein the illumination device includes a first light source opposed to the first sub display area, a second light source opposed to the second sub display area, and a partition positioned between the first and second light sources and the display panel, and the partition includes a first side surface surrounding the first light source, a second side surface surrounding the second light source, and a connector which connects the first side surface and the second side surface, and the connector is formed of curved surfaces, or two or more flat surfaces, or a combination of curved surfaces and flat surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shigenori Aoki, Tatsuya Yata, Tsutomu Harada
  • Publication number: 20220343868
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first sub display area and a second sub display area, and an illumination device, wherein the illumination device includes a first light source opposed to the first sub display area, a second light source opposed to the second sub display area, and a partition positioned between the first and second light sources and the display panel, and the partition includes a first side surface surrounding the first light source, a second side surface surrounding the second light source, and a connector which connects the first side surface and the second side surface, and the connector is formed of curved surfaces, or two or more flat surfaces, or a combination of curved surfaces and flat surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shigenori Aoki, Tatsuya Yata, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 11417286
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first sub display area and a second sub display area, and an illumination device, wherein the illumination device includes a first light source opposed to the first sub display area, a second light source opposed to the second sub display area, and a partition positioned between the first and second light sources and the display panel, and the partition includes a first side surface surrounding the first light source, a second side surface surrounding the second light source, and a connector which connects the first side surface and the second side surface, and the connector is formed of curved surfaces, or two or more flat surfaces, or a combination of curved surfaces and flat surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shigenori Aoki, Tatsuya Yata, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 11391981
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a pixel including: a first sub-pixel including a first color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of reddish green; a second sub-pixel including a second color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak failing on a spectrum of bluish green; a third sub-pixel including a third color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of red; and a fourth sub-pixel including a fourth color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of blue. The first, second, third, and fourth sub-pixels each include a reflective electrode reflecting light transmitted through the color filter. Each of the third and fourth sub-pixels is greater in size than the first and second sub-pixels. The first sub-pixel with the second sub-pixel has a size equal to or greater than that of the third sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yata, Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 11348541
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first sub display area and a second sub display area, and an illumination device, wherein the illumination device includes a first light source opposed to the first sub display area, a second light source opposed to the second sub display area, and a partition positioned between the first and second light sources and the display panel, and the partition includes a first side surface surrounding the first light source, a second side surface surrounding the second light source, and a connector which connects the first side surface and the second side surface, and the connector is formed of curved surfaces, or two or more flat surfaces, or a combination of curved surfaces and flat surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shigenori Aoki, Tatsuya Yata, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 11249343
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes display panel; and illumination device opposed to display panel, illumination device including first light guide, second light guide arranged adjacent to first light guide in first direction, third light guide arranged adjacent to first light guide in second direction intersecting first direction, and fourth light guide arranged adjacent to second light guide in the second direction, light diffusion layer disposed between display panel and each of the first, second, third, and fourth light guides, wherein light diffusion layer exhibit first diffusion degree in first direction and second diffusion degree in second direction, second diffusion degree is different from the first diffusion degree, illumination device includes first ridge between first and second light guides and second ridge between first and third light guides, and under light diffusion layer, first brightness in first ridge is different from second brightness in second ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yata, Shigenori Aoki
  • Patent number: 11243426
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first arrangement layer and a second arrangement layer. The first layer includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel are arranged periodically in one direction. The second layer is opposed to the first layer, and the second layer includes a first element, a second element, and a third element which are arranged periodically to correspond to the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel, respectively, and separate emission light to light of wavelength corresponding to a first color, light of wavelength corresponding to a second color, and light of wavelength corresponding to a third color to be emitted on the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Chikyu Nakaoka, Masaaki Kabe, Tatsuya Yata, Kojiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11199740
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first arrangement layer and a second arrangement layer. The first layer includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel are arranged periodically in one direction. The second layer is opposed to the first layer, and the second layer includes a first element, a second element, and a third element which are arranged periodically to correspond to the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel, respectively, and separate emission light to light of wavelength corresponding to a first color, light of wavelength corresponding to a second color, and light of wavelength corresponding to a third color to be emitted on the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Chikyu Nakaoka, Masaaki Kabe, Tatsuya Yata, Kojiro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20210173257
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes display panel; and illumination device opposed to display panel, illumination device including first light guide, second light guide arranged adjacent to first light guide in first direction, third light guide arranged adjacent to first light guide in second direction intersecting first direction, and fourth light guide arranged adjacent to second light guide in the second direction, light diffusion layer disposed between display panel and each of the first, second, third, and fourth light guides, wherein light diffusion layer exhibit first diffusion degree in first direction and second diffusion degree in second direction, second diffusion degree is different from the first diffusion degree, illumination device includes first ridge between first and second light guides and second ridge between first and third light guides, and under light diffusion layer, first brightness in first ridge is different from second brightness in second ridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuya YATA, Shigenori AOKI
  • Publication number: 20210166639
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first sub display area and a second sub display area, and an illumination device, wherein the illumination device includes a first light source opposed to the first sub display area, a second light source opposed to the second sub display area, and a partition positioned between the first and second light sources and the display panel, and the partition includes a first side surface surrounding the first light source, a second side surface surrounding the second light source, and a connector which connects the first side surface and the second side surface, and the connector is formed of curved surfaces, or two or more flat surfaces, or a combination of curved surfaces and flat surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Shigenori Aoki, Tatsuya Yata, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 10957263
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first sub display area and a second sub display area, and an illumination device, wherein the illumination device includes a first light source opposed to the first sub display area, a second light source opposed to the second sub display area, and a partition positioned between the first and second light sources and the display panel, and the partition includes a first side surface surrounding the first light source, a second side surface surrounding the second light source, and a connector which connects the first side surface and the second side surface, and the connector is formed of curved surfaces, or two or more flat surfaces, or a combination of curved surfaces and flat surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Shigenori Aoki, Tatsuya Yata, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 10928671
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first sub-display area and a second sub-display area and an illumination device which illuminates the display panel, the illumination device including a first light guide opposing the first sub-display area, a second light guide opposing the second sub-display area, and a light diffusion layer disposed between the display panel and each of the first light guide and the second light guide, the light diffusion layer exhibiting a first diffusion degree in a first direction along which the first light guide and the second light guide are arranged, which is higher than a second diffusion degree in a second direction crossing the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yata, Shigenori Aoki
  • Patent number: 10908464
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes scanning and video signal lines, pixel electrodes and first and second common electrodes. The pixel electrodes include first and second pixel electrodes with linear electrodes and connection portion. In the first pixel electrodes, the linear electrodes overlap the first common electrode, and the connection portion overlaps first slit between the first and second common electrodes. In the second pixel electrodes, the linear electrodes overlap the second common electrode, and the connection portion overlaps second slit between the second and first common electrodes. Different potentials are applied to the first and second common electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Matsushima, Tatsuya Yata
  • Patent number: 10908452
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical element, including a first liquid crystal lens formed of liquid crystal molecules, a polarizer opposed to the first liquid crystal lens, a first modulating portion located between the first liquid crystal lens and the polarizer to modulate incident light and a first unmodulating portion located between the first liquid crystal lens and the polarizer and adjacent to the first modulating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Tatsuya Yata, Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 10877351
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a photodetector includes a sensor unit including at least one photosensor, a liquid crystal element including a first substrate includes a plurality of first control electrodes, a second substrate including a second control electrode, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate, a liquid crystal controller which controls a voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal layer for forming a first lens that is opposed to the photosensor in the liquid crystal layer, and a sensor controller which controls the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Tatsuya Yata, Takeo Koito
  • Publication number: 20200363678
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a pixel including: a first sub-pixel including a first color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of reddish green; a second sub-pixel including a second color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak failing on a spectrum of bluish green; a third sub-pixel including a third color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of red; and a fourth sub-pixel including a fourth color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of blue. The first, second, third, and fourth sub-pixels each include a reflective electrode reflecting light transmitted through the color filter. Each of the third and fourth sub-pixels is greater in size than the first and second sub-pixels. The first sub-pixel with the second sub-pixel has a size equal to or greater than that of the third sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya YATA, Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 10841546
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes an optical modulation element configured to emit image light corresponding to an image by using illumination light from an illumination device, a polarization control element configured to emit first polarized light, and second polarized light on the basis of the image light receiving from the optical modulation element, a polarization separation element configured to transmit the first polarized light as transmitted light and reflect the second polarized light as reflected light, and a projector configured to project the transmitted light onto a first projection area of a projection plane, and projects reflected light onto a second projection area of the projection plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yata, Naoyuki Takasaki
  • Patent number: 10788720
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a reflective layer, a liquid crystal element opposing the display panel and a controller that controls the liquid crystal element. The liquid crystal element includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a first control electrode, a second control electrode, a third control electrode, and a fourth control electrode. The controller applies a first voltage for forming a first lens of a first shape, to the first control electrode and the second control electrode, and a second voltage for forming a second lens of a second shape, to the third control electrode and the fourth control electrode. The first shape is different from the second shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yata, Takayuki Nakanishi, Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 10768469
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a pixel including: a first sub-pixel including a first color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of reddish green; a second sub-pixel including a second color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of bluish green; a third sub-pixel including a third color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of red; and a fourth sub-pixel including a fourth color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of blue. The first, second, third, and fourth sub-pixels each include a reflective electrode reflecting light transmitted through the color filter. Each of the third and fourth sub-pixels is greater in size than the first and second sub-pixels. The first sub-pixel with the second sub-pixel has a size equal to or greater than that of the third sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yata, Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 10672364
    Abstract: An image display device includes an image display unit including first pixels each constituted of sub-pixels of three or more colors included in a first color gamut and second pixels each constituted of sub-pixels of three or more colors included in a second color gamut different from the first color gamut, the first pixels and the second pixels being arranged in a matrix and adjacent to each other; and a processing unit that determines an output of the sub-pixels included in each pixel of the image display unit corresponding to an input image signal. The processing unit determines an output of the sub-pixels included in the other one of the pixels based on part of components of an input image signal corresponding to one of the first pixel and the second pixel that are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Tatsuya Yata