Patents by Inventor Toshinori Uehara
Toshinori Uehara 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: 11188172Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection apparatus includes: a plurality of detection electrodes; a drive signal generation circuit configured to generate a drive signal; a detection circuit configured to be coupled to the detection electrodes to detect a detection signal based on the drive signal; and a first selection circuit. A first point in time when the drive signal makes a transition from a first potential to a second potential overlaps a first period in which the first selection circuit couples a detection electrode as a first selection target among the detection electrodes to the detection circuit. A second point in time when the drive signal makes a transition from the second potential to the first potential overlaps a second period in which the first selection circuit couples a detection electrode as a second selection target, which is not included in the first selection target, to the detection circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Toshinori Uehara
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Publication number: 20210318772Abstract: A display device comprises a first power supply line supplying a first potential, a second power supply line supplying a second potential, a third power supply line supplying a touch driving signal, and a display unit including a plurality of sub-pixels. The display unit comprises a plurality of first electrodes respectively provided in the plurality of sub-pixels and electrically connected to the first power supply line, a second electrode provided to be common among the plurality of sub-pixels and electrically connected to the second power supply line, a light emitting layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, a plurality of third electrodes electrically connected to the third power supply line, and a signal control circuit supplying a signal synchronized with a touch driving signal to the second electrode in a period in which a touch driving signal is supplied to the plurality of third electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Hayato Kurasawa, Yoshitoshi Kida, Toshinori Uehara, Takayuki Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20210278950Abstract: Included are a first cover base including an alkali glass layer, a first alkali-free glass layer provided on one face of the alkali glass layer, and a second alkali-free glass layer provided on another face of the alkali glass layer and a sensor that is provided on the first alkali-free glass layer of the first cover base and includes a plurality of first electrodes configured to detect the unevenness of a surface of an object to be detected that comes into contact with or close to the first cover base and a switching element. At least the first electrodes are formed above the first alkali-free glass layer and in a transmissive area that passes an image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Shoji Hinata, Toshinori Uehara, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yuji Suzuki, Yasuhiro Kanaya
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Patent number: 11113498Abstract: According to one embodiment, a detection device includes a substrate, a drive electrode provided on the substrate, a detection electrode provided on the substrate and capacitively coupling with the drive electrode, and a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor, electrically connected to the drive electrode, and the first thin film transistor has a withstand voltage higher than a withstand voltage of the second thin film transistor.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yoshitaka Ozeki, Hayato Kurasawa, Toshinori Uehara, Koshiro Moriguchi
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Publication number: 20210240960Abstract: A detection apparatus is provided and includes detection electrodes; detection circuit configured to be coupled to detection electrodes to detect detection signals corresponding to changes in capacitance of detection electrodes; coupling circuit configured to cause detection electrodes to be a coupled state in which detection electrodes are coupled to detection circuit and non-coupled state in which detection electrodes are uncoupled from detection circuit; drive electrode arranged at a position adjacent to detection electrodes; conductor arranged between detection electrodes and drive electrode; and drive signal generation circuit configured to be coupled to drive electrode to supply drive signal to drive electrode; wherein detection electrodes are provided to one face of insulating substrate, and wherein height of drive electrode from the one face is greater than height of the detection electrodes from the one face.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventor: Toshinori UEHARA
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Patent number: 11073930Abstract: A display device comprises a first power supply line supplying a first potential, a second power supply line supplying a second potential, a third power supply line supplying a touch driving signal, and a display unit including a plurality of sub-pixels. The display unit comprises a plurality of first electrodes respectively provided in the plurality of sub-pixels and electrically connected to the first power supply line, a second electrode provided to be common among the plurality of sub-pixels and electrically connected to the second power supply line, a light emitting layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, a plurality of third electrodes electrically connected to the third power supply line, and a signal control circuit supplying a signal synchronized with a touch driving signal to the second electrode in a period in which a touch driving signal is supplied to the plurality of third electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Yoshitoshi Kida, Toshinori Uehara, Takayuki Nakanishi
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Patent number: 11073952Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection apparatus includes: a detection electrode block including detection electrodes arranged in a first direction; a detection circuit configured to be coupled to the detection electrodes to detect detection signals; and a coupling circuit. The coupling circuit has a first mode of coupling the detection electrodes to the detection circuit by r coupling patterns corresponding to a first row to an r-th row of a Walsh Hadamard matrix in a first period, and a second mode of coupling the detection electrodes to the detection circuit by n coupling patterns (n>r) corresponding to the first row to an n-th row of the Hadamard matrix in a second period longer than the first period. The coupling circuit does not couple the detection electrodes to the detection circuit by a coupling pattern corresponding to an (r+1)-th row of the Hadamard matrix in the first mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Toshinori Uehara
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Patent number: 11062111Abstract: According to an aspect, a fingerprint detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of drive electrodes provided on one surface side of the substrate and arranged in a first direction; and a plurality of detection electrodes provided on the one surface side and arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The detection electrodes intersect the drive electrodes in a normal direction of the substrate. Each of the detection electrodes includes: a plurality of first line portions; a plurality of second line portions extending in a direction intersecting the first line portions; and a plurality of bent portions each connecting one of the first line portions and one of the second line portions adjacent to the one of the first line portions to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Yoshitaka Ozeki, Toshinori Uehara, Yuji Suzuki
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Patent number: 11054954Abstract: According to an aspect, a fingerprint detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of drive electrodes provided on one surface side of the substrate and arranged in a first direction; a plurality of detection electrodes provided on the one surface side and arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and an insulating layer provided in a normal direction of the substrate between each of the drive electrodes and the corresponding detection electrodes. The detection electrodes intersect the drive electrodes in the normal direction of the substrate. The detection electrodes include: a first metallic layer; and a second metallic layer positioned closer to the one surface than the first metallic layer to the one surface. The first metallic layer has a reflectance of visible light lower than that of the second metallic layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Yoshitaka Ozeki, Toshinori Uehara, Yuji Suzuki
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Publication number: 20210182522Abstract: A fingerprint sensor is provided and includes substrate; sensor electrodes on substrate; first switches coupled to sensor electrodes; organic layer covering sensor electrodes; control line drive circuit in first direction; signal line drive circuit in second direction orthogonal to first direction; signal lines coupled to first switches; control lines coupling first switches to control line drive circuit; sensor drive electrode surrounding sensor electrodes; second switches between signal line drive circuit and signal lines; and first number of third switches between signal line drive circuit and first number of second switches, wherein distance of sensor drive electrode from surface of substrate is larger than distance of sensor electrodes from surface of substrate, and wherein first number is less than number of all second switches.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Fumihito SHIBANO, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Toshinori UEHARA, Kimiyo NONOYAMA, Hayato KURASAWA
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Patent number: 11036332Abstract: Included are a first cover base including an alkali glass layer, a first alkali-free glass layer provided on one face of the alkali glass layer, and a second alkali-free glass layer provided on another face of the alkali glass layer and a sensor that is provided on the first alkali-free glass layer of the first cover base and includes a plurality of first electrodes configured to detect the unevenness of a surface of an object to be detected that comes into contact with or close to the first cover base and a switching element. At least the first electrodes are formed above the first alkali-free glass layer and in a transmissive area that passes an image.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Shoji Hinata, Toshinori Uehara, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yuji Suzuki, Yasuhiro Kanaya
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Patent number: 10990786Abstract: A detection apparatus includes: a plurality of detection electrodes; a detection circuit configured to be coupled to the detection electrodes; and a coupling circuit configured to cause the detection electrodes to be a coupled state in which the detection electrodes are coupled to the detection circuit and a non-coupled state in which the detection electrodes are uncoupled from the detection circuit. The detection apparatus has a plurality of selection patterns of the detection electrodes causing detection electrodes as first selection targets among the detection electrodes to be the coupled state and causing detection electrodes as second selection targets to be the non-coupled state. The selection patterns do not include any selection patterns causing detection electrodes as the first selection targets to be the non-coupled state and causing detection electrodes as the second selection targets to be the coupled state.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Toshinori Uehara
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Patent number: 10977472Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: an insulating substrate including a plurality of detection electrodes; a transmission conductor disposed adjacent to the detection electrodes; a drive signal generator coupled to the transmission conductor; and a detector coupled to the detection electrodes. The drive signal generator generates a detection drive signal and supplies the detection drive signal to the transmission conductor. The detector detects a detection signal corresponding to a change in capacitance in the detection electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yuji Suzuki, Toshinori Uehara, Hayato Kurasawa
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Patent number: 10969920Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a display function layer between the first substrate and the second substrate and displaying an image; first electrodes in a detection region of the first substrate; second electrodes in the detection region above the second substrate; a first electrode selection circuit in a peripheral region outside the detection region of the first substrate; and a second electrode selection circuit in a region overlapping with the peripheral region above the second substrate. The first electrode selection circuit selects some of the first electrodes, and supplies detection drive signals having phases determined on the basis of a certain code to the selected first electrodes. The second electrode selection circuit selects some of the second electrodes on the basis of a certain code, and couples the selected second electrodes to a single output signal line.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Toshinori Uehara, Yuji Suzuki
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Patent number: 10963663Abstract: A fingerprint sensor is provided and includes a substrate; sensor electrodes arranged in a matrix on the substrate; switches coupled to the sensor electrodes; a control line drive circuit; a signal line drive circuit; signal lines coupling the signal line drive circuit to the sensor electrodes through the switches; control lines transmitting a selection signal to the switches from the control line drive circuit; and a sensor drive electrode surrounding the matrix of the sensor electrodes, wherein a distance of the sensor drive electrode from a surface of the substrate is larger than a distance of the sensor electrodes from the surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Fumihito Shibano, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Toshinori Uehara, Kimiyo Nonoyama, Hayato Kurasawa
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Publication number: 20210042491Abstract: A display panel including a display function layer displaying an image in a display area, a cover member including a first face and a second face disposed on an opposite side of the first face and faces the display panel, and a fingerprint sensor including a plurality of first detection electrodes disposed in a sensor base and configured to detect unevenness of an object brought into contact with or approaching the first face of the cover member, a shield electrode disposed to face the plurality of first detection electrodes and configured to suppress a change in capacitance between the first detection electrodes and the shield electrode, and switching elements disposed in correspondence with the first detection electrodes, the fingerprint sensor being arranged between the cover member and the display panel and arranged to overlap with the display area when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first face are included.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Toshinori UEHARA, Yoshitoshi KIDA, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Hayato KURASAWA, Yuji SUZUKI, Shoji HINATA, Toshiya YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 10901141Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a light source, a lightguide, and reflective elements. The lightguide includes a first end facing the light source, a first surface opposed to the display panel, and a second surface. The reflective elements are disposed inside the lightguide, the elements configured to reflect light passing through the first end to spread in the lightguide and to transmit the light through the first surface. Reflective elements are arranged to be apart from the first or second surface with a certain distance and has a reflective surface facing the first surface and projects toward the second surface, the reflective surface is inclined such that the light from the first end can be irradiated to the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Hayato Kurasawa, Masashi Mitsui
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Patent number: 10860830Abstract: A display panel including a display function layer displaying an image in a display area, a cover member including a first face and a second face disposed on an opposite side of the first face and faces the display panel, and a fingerprint sensor including a plurality of first detection electrodes disposed in a sensor base and configured to detect unevenness of an object brought into contact with or approaching the first face of the cover member, a shield electrode disposed to face the plurality of first detection electrodes and configured to suppress a change in capacitance between the first detection electrodes and the shield electrode, and switching elements disposed in correspondence with the first detection electrodes, the fingerprint sensor being arranged between the cover member and the display panel and arranged to overlap with the display area when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first face are included.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Yoshitoshi Kida, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Yuji Suzuki, Shoji Hinata, Toshiya Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20200327293Abstract: A fingerprint detection device includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, the first surface serving as a detection surface configured to detect unevenness of an object in contact or in proximity; a detection electrode provided on the second surface side of the substrate and configured to detect unevenness of a finger in contact or in proximity on the basis of an electrostatic capacitance change; and a drive circuit provided on the second surface side of the substrate and configured to supply a drive signal to the detection electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Hayato KURASAWA, Toshinori UEHARA, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI
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Publication number: 20200310618Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes at least a first touch detection period, in which first touch detection is performed, and a fingerprint detection period, in which fingerprint detection is performed. In the first touch detection period, a plurality of second electrodes in a second detection area in a first detection area are simultaneously selected, a plurality of first electrodes in the first detection area are simultaneously selected, and a first detection signal corresponding to a capacitance change between first electrodes and second electrodes are sequentially output. In the fingerprint detection period, the second electrodes in a plurality of divided areas obtained by dividing a second detection area are sequentially selected, the first electrodes in the divided areas are sequentially selected, and a second detection signal corresponding to a capacitance change between the first electrodes and the second electrodes is output.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Kohei AZUMI, Toshinori UEHARA