Patents by Inventor Toshifumi Ogata

Toshifumi Ogata 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: 11716814
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plastic substrate and a first inner lead bonding (ILB) electrode on the plastic substrate. The first ILB electrode includes a first bonding segment, a second bonding segment, and a first connection segment. The first bonding segment is extended in a first direction oblique to a vertical direction of the display panel. The first connection segment is configured to provide an electrical connection between the first bonding segment and the second bonding segment. The first ILB electrode is configured to be bonded to an integrated circuit chip using one of the first bonding segment or the second bonding segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ogata, Atsushi Maruyama, Goro Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 11556195
    Abstract: An input-display device includes a display screen on a display substrate and capacitive sensing electrodes for capacitive sensing in a sensing region of the display screen. The input-display device also includes a touch and display driver integration (TDDI) circuit on the display substrate, the TDDI circuit including a source driver circuit driving a subset of display pixels of the display screen based on a processed image signal, and an analog frontend for the capacitive sensing, interfacing with the capacitive sensing electrodes to obtain touch signals. The input-display device also includes an image processing circuit generating the processed image signal based on a received image signal and a display parameter, a touch processing circuit generating a touch output signal by processing the touch signals based on instructions of a touch firmware, and a memory physically separate from the display substrate, the memory storing the display parameter and the touch firmware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Petr Shepelev, Daisuke Ito, Toshifumi Ogata
  • Publication number: 20220338353
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plastic substrate and a first inner lead bonding (ILB) electrode on the plastic substrate. The first ILB electrode includes a first bonding segment, a second bonding segment, and a first connection segment. The first bonding segment is extended in a first direction oblique to a vertical direction of the display panel. The first connection segment is configured to provide an electrical connection between the first bonding segment and the second bonding segment. The first ILB electrode is configured to be bonded to an integrated circuit chip using one of the first bonding segment or the second bonding segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ogata, Atsushi Maruyama, Goro Sakamaki
  • Publication number: 20220272844
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plastic substrate and a first inner lead bonding (ILB) electrode on the plastic substrate. The first ILB electrode includes a first bonding segment, a second bonding segment, and a first connection segment. The first bonding segment is extended in a first direction oblique to a vertical direction of the display panel. The first connection segment is configured to provide an electrical connection between the first bonding segment and the second bonding segment. The first bonding segment is configured to be bonded to a first display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) chip, and the second bonding segment is configured to be bonded to a second DDIC chip configured differently from the first DDIC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ogata, Atsushi Maruyama, Goro Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 11425820
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plastic substrate and a first inner lead bonding (ILB) electrode on the plastic substrate. The first ILB electrode includes a first bonding segment, a second bonding segment, and a first connection segment. The first bonding segment is extended in a first direction oblique to a vertical direction of the display panel. The first connection segment is configured to provide an electrical connection between the first bonding segment and the second bonding segment. The first bonding segment is configured to be bonded to a first display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) chip, and the second bonding segment is configured to be bonded to a second DDIC chip configured differently from the first DDIC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ogata, Atsushi Maruyama, Goro Sakamaki
  • Publication number: 20210405794
    Abstract: An input-display device includes a display screen on a display substrate and capacitive sensing electrodes for capacitive sensing in a sensing region of the display screen. The input-display device also includes a touch and display driver integration (TDDI) circuit on the display substrate, the TDDI circuit including a source driver circuit driving a subset of display pixels of the display screen based on a processed image signal, and an analog frontend for the capacitive sensing, interfacing with the capacitive sensing electrodes to obtain touch signals. The input-display device also includes an image processing circuit generating the processed image signal based on a received image signal and a display parameter, a touch processing circuit generating a touch output signal by processing the touch signals based on instructions of a touch firmware, and a memory physically separate from the display substrate, the memory storing the display parameter and the touch firmware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Petr Shepelev, Daisuke Ito, Toshifumi Ogata
  • Patent number: 10943542
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises circuitry and a timing generator. The circuitry is configured to generate an emission control signal that controls light emission of pixels of a display panel such that a first vertical sync period comprises a plurality of control cycles for the light emission of the pixels. The timing generator is configured to, when a length of the first vertical sync period is changed, start a next vertical sync period following the first vertical sync period at timing based on a length of the control cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ogata, Atsushi Maruyama, Goro Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 10679030
    Abstract: An example method of illuminating an optical fingerprint sensor integrated with a display, where the display includes a fingerprint (FP) pixel region and an outer pixel region exclusive of the FP pixel region, is described. The method includes: processing image data in display driver circuitry configured to drive the display to present an image; adjusting a first brightness setting, during the processing of the image data, corresponding to both the FP pixel region and the outer pixel region to provide illumination for the optical fingerprint sensor; and adjusting a second brightness setting, during the processing of the image data, corresponding to only the outer pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Petr Shepelev, Erik Thompson, Michitoshi Honma, Toshifumi Ogata, Goro Sakamaki, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata
  • Publication number: 20200082760
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises circuitry and a timing generator. The circuitry is configured to generate an emission control signal that controls light emission of pixels of a display panel such that a first vertical sync period comprises a plurality of control cycles for the light emission of the pixels. The timing generator is configured to, when a length of the first vertical sync period is changed, start a next vertical sync period following the first vertical sync period at timing based on a length of the control cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Toshifumi OGATA, Atsushi MARUYAMA, Goro SAKAMAKI
  • Patent number: 10490721
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a first light-emitting element row disposed on the substrate; a first wire disposed on the substrate and passing between two light-emitting elements adjacent in the first light-emitting element row; and a first bonding wire which has one end connected to one of the two light-emitting elements and another end connected to the other of the two light-emitting elements, and crosses over the first wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Kiba, Hisaki Fujitani, Toshifumi Ogata
  • Publication number: 20190278967
    Abstract: An example method of illuminating an optical fingerprint sensor integrated with a display, where the display includes a fingerprint (FP) pixel region and an outer pixel region exclusive of the FP pixel region, is described. The method includes: processing image data in display driver circuitry configured to drive the display to present an image; adjusting a first brightness setting, during the processing of the image data, corresponding to both the FP pixel region and the outer pixel region to provide illumination for the optical fingerprint sensor; and adjusting a second brightness setting, during the processing of the image data, corresponding to only the outer pixel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Petr SHEPELEV, Erik THOMPSON, Michitoshi HONMA, Toshifumi OGATA, Goro SAKAMAKI, Takashi NOSE, Hirobumi FURIHATA
  • Patent number: 10278245
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed above the substrate. In the plurality of light-emitting elements, a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element different in a rate of decrease in light output along with a temperature increase are included. The plurality of light-emitting elements include: a first serial element group including some light-emitting elements connected in series among the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a second serial element group connected in parallel with the first serial element group and including some light-emitting elements connected in series among the plurality of light-emitting elements. A ratio between a total number of first light-emitting elements and a total number of second light-emitting elements is different between the first serial element group and the second serial element group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi Abe, Yasuharu Ueno, Koji Omura, Kenji Sugiura, Toshifumi Ogata, Atsuyoshi Ishimori, Toshiaki Kurachi
  • Patent number: 10256388
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a first light emitter and a second light emitter which are disposed on the substrate; and a reflector which is disposed on the substrate and reflects light emitted by the first light emitter. The first light emitter, the reflector, and the second light emitter are aligned in stated order in a direction from a center toward a periphery of the substrate in a plan view. The first light emitter, the reflector, and the second light emitter decrease in height in stated order, the height being measured from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ogata, Keiji Kiba, Shogo Yano
  • Patent number: 10199597
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus is provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes a substrate, a light-emitting element on the substrate, a first sealing layer which seals the light-emitting element, and a second b sealing layer. The substrate includes a base, an interconnect layer disposed on the base and electrically connected to the light-emitting element, a metal layer which covers a portion of the interconnect layer, and an electrically insulating layer which covers another portion of the interconnect layer. The second sealing layer seals a boundary between the metal layer and the electrically insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi Abe, Toshifumi Ogata, Naoki Tagami, Toshiaki Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20190013449
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate, a light-emitting element row disposed on the substrate, a first wire disposed on the substrate, a bonding wire electrically connecting the light-emitting element row and the first wire, a sealant that seals the light-emitting element row, and an enclosing component that is in a shape of a ring and surrounds the sealant. The first wire includes a first outer wire and a first inner wire that run in parallel along the ring, and a first connecting wire that is located between the first outer wire and the first inner wire and electrically connects the first outer wire and the first inner wire. The enclosing component covers a surface of the substrate exposed between the first outer wire and the first inner wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshifumi OGATA
  • Patent number: 10151434
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes a first light emitter that emits light having a first color temperature and a second light emitter that emits light having a second color temperature higher than the first color temperature. The first light emitter includes a first light emitting element and a first sealant. The first sealant seals the first light emitting element and includes a first wavelength converter that converts a wavelength of light emitted by the first light emitting element. The second light emitter includes a second light emitting element and a second sealant. The second sealant seals the second light emitting element and includes a second wavelength converter that converts a wavelength of light emitted by the second light emitting element. In a plan view, the first light emitting element has a surface area greater than a surface area of the second light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ogata, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yuya Yamamoto, Keiji Kiba
  • Patent number: 10153408
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes a first relay line and a second relay line. The first and second relay lines are disposed between a first region and a second region of a substrate. Further, the first and second relay lines extend at least partially parallel to each other in a second direction that crosses a first direction in which the first region and the second region are aligned. The first relay line electrically connects a first light-emitting element group disposed in the first region and a third light-emitting element group disposed in the second region. The second relay line electrically connects a second light-emitting element group disposed in the first region and a fourth light-emitting element group disposed in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi Abe, Toshifumi Ogata, Toshiaki Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20180351060
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a first light-emitting element row disposed on the substrate; a first wire disposed on the substrate and passing between two light-emitting elements adjacent in the first light-emitting element row; and a first bonding wire which has one end connected to one of the two light-emitting elements and another end connected to the other of the two light-emitting elements, and crosses over the first wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji KIBA, Hisaki FUJITANI, Toshifumi OGATA
  • Patent number: 10088133
    Abstract: A mounting substrate includes: a substrate; a first terminal, a fifth terminal, and a sixth terminal which are disposed in a first region; a second terminal disposed in a second region; a third terminal and a seventh terminal which are disposed in a third region; and a fourth terminal disposed in a fourth region. The mounting substrate includes: a first connecting line which electrically connects the fifth terminal and the second terminal; a second connecting line which electrically connects the sixth terminal and the third terminal; and a third connecting line which electrically connects the seventh terminal and the fourth terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi Abe, Toshifumi Ogata, Toshiaki Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20180219147
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a first light emitter and a second light emitter which are disposed on the substrate; and a reflector which is disposed on the substrate and reflects light emitted by the first light emitter. The first light emitter, the reflector, and the second light emitter are aligned in stated order in a direction from a center toward a periphery of the substrate in a plan view. The first light emitter, the reflector, and the second light emitter decrease in height in stated order, the height being measured from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi OGATA, Keiji KIBA, Shogo YANO