Patents Assigned to Display It, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11988932
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an imaging device includes a housing, an illumination device, an optical system that has at least one lens, a liquid crystal panel, and an imaging element that constitutes a camera together with the optical system. The incident light control area of the liquid crystal panel has a first region, a second region located so as to be shifted from the first region, and a third region other than the first region and the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hirondo Nakatogawa
  • Patent number: 11988916
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel that includes a display portion including pixels and a non-display portion including an opening, an illumination device, and a color separation element provided between the display panel and the illumination device. The color separation element includes a first element overlapping the pixel and a second element overlapping the opening, the first element separates illumination light from the illumination device into light of a plurality of colors and irradiates the pixel with the light, and the second element separates illumination light from the illumination device into light of a plurality of colors and irradiates the opening with the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Chikyu Nakaoka, Masaaki Kabe
  • Patent number: 11988924
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light control device includes a first substrate including first to third electrodes formed in an annular shape and a fourth electrode, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged in a first direction. The first electrode and the third electrode are arranged in a direction different from the first direction. The fourth electrode is adjacent to the first to third electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tae Kurokawa, Takeo Koito, Masashi Mitsui
  • Patent number: 11991913
    Abstract: A sealing member containing conductive particles and disposed in a seal region is formed between a display panel and a touch panel. A laminated structure formed on the display panel includes a first detection lines. The first detection lines extend from the seal region to a connection region and are connected through the conductive particles to terminals of second detection lines formed on the touch panel. A peripheral edge of the organic barrier is located inward from the conductive particles of the sealing member. The above described structure can facilitate a work for connecting external lines such as FPC to the display panel and the touch panel. Further, the structure can secure stability of electrical connection between the external lines and the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuhide Miyamoto, Hajime Akimoto
  • Patent number: 11989270
    Abstract: A detection device includes an input unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a sensor provided in the input unit and configured to detect biological information of the user when the user operates the input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tada, Takashi Nakamura, Akio Takimoto
  • Patent number: 11988865
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel having a first side surface extending along a first direction and including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer, and a first light emitting module provided along the first side surface. The first light emitting module includes a plurality of first light sources arranged in the first direction, a plurality of second light sources arranged in the first direction, a first light guide provided between the plurality of first light sources and the first side surface, and a second light guide provided between the plurality of second light sources and the first side surface, and an end surface of the first light guide and an end surface of the second light guide face each other with an air layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Zhengyi Gou, Kentaro Okuyama, Hisanori Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11989380
    Abstract: The sensor module includes a sensor substrate, a plurality of sensor electrodes, and a plurality of sensor wirings. The sensor substrate has a sensor region and a sensor frame region surrounding the sensor region. The plurality of sensor electrodes is located over the sensor region and is arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The plurality of sensor wirings respectively corresponds to the plurality of sensor electrodes, is electrically connected to the corresponding sensor electrodes, respectively, and each has a terminal over the sensor frame region. The plurality of terminals is arranged along a side of the sensor region. At least one of the sensor wirings connected to the sensor electrode includes a resistance-adjusting portion in each column. A resistance of the resistance-adjusting portion is higher than a resistance of another portion in the sensor wiring including the resistance-adjusting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takayuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11988917
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first substrate including a first transparent substrate having a first main surface, a first opposite and a side surface, a second substrate including a second transparent substrate having a second main surface and a second opposite surface, and a liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate, a light emitting element opposed to the side surface, a third transparent substrate, and a transparent layer located between the display panel and the third transparent substrate and having a second refractive index that is lower than a first refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yudai Numata
  • Patent number: 11988915
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealant formed bonding the first substrate with the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer surrounded by the sealant, and a light emitting module. The sealant includes a first portion, a second portion opposed to the first portion with the liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, an inlet formed in the second portion, and a filling material filled in the inlet. The liquid crystal layer is arranged over a display area where an image is displayed, a first area between the display area and the first portion, and a second area between the display area and the second portion, in plan view. A first width of the first area is larger than a width of the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsunori Muramoto, Kentaro Kawai, Yoshihide Ohue, Kentaro Okuyama, Tenfu Nakamura, Koji Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11988933
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel configured to modulate a first polarization component, a first viewing angle control panel including a first liquid crystal layer containing twisted liquid crystal molecules, a second viewing angle control panel including a second liquid crystal layer containing twisted liquid crystal molecules, and a polarization axis rotation element provided between the first viewing angle control panel and the display panel. A second polarization axis of a second polarization component which passed through the first viewing angle control panel is different from a first polarization axis of the first polarization component. The polarization axis rotation element is configured to rotate the second polarization axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Toshiharu Matsushima
  • Patent number: 11990457
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels arrayed on the substrate, an inorganic light-emitting element provided to each of the pixels, an anode electrode electrically coupled to the inorganic light-emitting element, a transistor provided on a first surface of the substrate, and coupling wiring that couples the anode electrode and the transistor. The anode electrode protrudes from an inside to an outside of the inorganic light-emitting element in planar view from a normal direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masanobu Ikeda, Yasuhiro Kanaya
  • Patent number: 11990480
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels provided to the substrate, a light emitting element and a plurality of transistors provided to each of the pixels, a plurality of signal lines configured to supply a signal to the pixels, a power supply line configured to supply a drive potential to the pixels, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a third metal layer provided in different layers in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a first insulating film provided between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and a second insulating film provided between the second metal layer and the third metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masanobu Ikeda, Yasuhiro Kanaya, Yoshinori Aoki
  • Publication number: 20240160077
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor substrate, comprising, a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer that overlap a scanning line, an insulating layer that covers the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and a signal line, wherein the insulating layer has a first opening including a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides, the long sides of the first opening are parallel to the second direction, and the short sides of the first opening are parallel to the first direction, and the signal line is connected to the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer via the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hirotaka HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240160066
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel electrode layer in which a plurality of pixel electrodes is arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface on which the pixel electrode layer is arranged, a second substrate including a third surface arranged to face the second surface, a common electrode layer arranged on the third surface, and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the common electrode layer and the pixel electrode layer. Each of the plurality of pixel electrodes includes a plurality of first openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masataka IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240160059
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical sensor-equipped liquid crystal display device includes a display panel and a driver IC. The display panel includes a display area including pixels, a surrounding area surrounding the display area, peripheral circuits provided in the surrounding area, and an optical sensor outputting a detection signal in response to incident light. The peripheral circuit includes a shift register, and a gate switch group connected to the shift register and including a first gate switch and a second gate switch. The first gate switch is connected to a switching element for driving the pixel via a scanning line. The second gate switch is connected to a switching element included in a sensor circuit for driving the optical sensor via a scanning line for sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ABE, Akihiko SAITOH, Teppei YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240164153
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a mother substrate for a display device includes an insulating substrate including a first main surface and a second main surface, a conductive shielding layer provided in the first main surface or the second main surface, and first and second panel portions overlapping the shielding layer. Each of the first panel portion and the second panel portion includes a display area which displays an image and a surrounding area outside the display area. The shielding layer includes a first shielding portion overlapping the first panel portion, a second shielding portion overlapping the second panel portion, and a connection portion provided for connecting the first shielding portion to the second shielding portion and formed into a belt-like shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Shinichi KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240161698
    Abstract: A display device includes a first transistor controlled using a second control signal obtained by shifting a first control signal and electrically connected between an image data signal line and a first node, a second transistor electrically connected between the first node and a second node, a third transistor controlled using the first control signal and electrically connected between the second node and a gate electrode of the second transistor, a fourth transistor controlled using a fourth control signal obtained by shifting a third control signal and electrically connected between a driving power supply line and the second node, a fifth transistor controlled using the third control signal and electrically connected to the first node, a sixth transistor controlled using the third control signal and electrically connected to a light emitting element and a first electrode of the fifth transistor, and the light emitting element connected to the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuo MORITA
  • Publication number: 20240160069
    Abstract: A display device includes a wiring region including a gate wiring, a source wiring intersecting the gate wiring, and a first insulating layer between the gate wiring and the source wiring and an opening region including a pixel electrode on the first insulating layer and adjacent to the wiring region. The first insulating layer includes a first oxide insulating layer and a first nitride insulating layer, the first oxide insulating layer is disposed over the wiring region and the opening region, the first nitride insulating layer is disposed in the wiring region and includes a first opening overlapping the opening region, and the pixel electrode overlaps the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro HANADA, Takuo KAITOH, Tomoyuki ITO, Yoshinori TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11982893
    Abstract: A display device includes an array substrate including a display region and a peripheral region, a counter substrate opposite to the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the array substrate and the counter substrate. The display region includes a plurality of data signal lines and a plurality of scanning signal lines, the peripheral region includes a first wiring pattern arranged with a plurality of wirings connected to each of the plurality of scanning signal lines and a second wiring pattern applied with a certain potential, the first wiring pattern includes a first straight portion extending along the first direction, a second straight portion extending along the second direction, and a bending portion connecting the first straight portion and the second straight portion, and the bending portion includes a first wiring having a staircase-like stepped shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Kentaro Kawai
  • Patent number: 11982910
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate having a first transparent substrate and a pixel electrode, a second substrate having a second transparent substrate, a first common electrode, a second common electrode, and an insulating film disposed between the first common electrode and the second common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer. The first common electrode is disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the insulating film, and includes a first opening and a first electrode portion. The second common electrode is disposed between the insulating film and the second transparent substrate, and includes a second electrode portion overlapping the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kojiro Ikeda, Tenfu Nakamura, Kentaro Okuyama