Patents Assigned to Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
  • Patent number: 9495902
    Abstract: An electro-optical device including: first display elements divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Momose
  • Patent number: 9357612
    Abstract: A lighting portion is attached to a reflective liquid crystal display portion. A first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate made of a glass substrate etc. are attached to each other with a sealing layer coated on those peripheral portions therebetween. The back surface of the first transparent substrate is attached to the reflective liquid crystal display portion, and an organic EL element is formed on the front surface of the first transparent substrate. The organic EL element is sealed in a space surrounded by the first transparent substrate, the second transparent substrate, and the sealing layer. The organic EL element is formed in a region corresponding to a pixel region of the reflective liquid crystal display portion. A desiccant layer is formed on the front surface of the second transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Tanase, Kazunobu Mameno, Norio Koma, Manabu Takemoto
  • Patent number: 9262985
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit includes a first circuit block, a second circuit block, and power wiring lines that supply a plurality of reference potentials. The first circuit block and the second circuit block are connected to a common power wiring line that is one of the power wiring lines and supplies a common reference potential. A width of the common power wiring line in the first circuit block is smaller than a width of the common power wiring line in the second circuit block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Kobashi, Takashi Toya
  • Patent number: 9207493
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a back light unit that has a light source, an optical member that is arranged so as to face the irradiation direction of the light of the light source, and a spacer that supports the optical member from the light source side and is arranged in a state in which the optical member is arranged parallel to the direction of gravity or inclined with respect to the direction of gravity, and a display panel that is arranged so as to be superimposed on the optical member of the back light unit. In the back light unit, the number of spacers arranged in an upper half area of the optical member with respect to the direction of gravity is configured to be smaller than that of the spacers arranged in a lower half area of the optical member with respect to the direction of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20150156847
    Abstract: A lighting portion is attached to a reflective liquid crystal display portion. A first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate made of a glass substrate etc. are attached to each other with a sealing layer coated on those peripheral portions therebetween. The back surface of the first transparent substrate is attached to the reflective liquid crystal display portion, and an organic EL element is formed on the front surface of the first transparent substrate. The organic EL element is sealed in a space surrounded by the first transparent substrate, the second transparent substrate, and the sealing layer. The organic EL element is formed in a region corresponding to a pixel region of the reflective liquid crystal display portion. A desiccant layer is formed on the front surface of the second transparent substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji TANASE, Kazunobu MAMENO, Norio KOMA, Manabu TAKEMOTO
  • Patent number: 8970104
    Abstract: A lighting portion is attached to a reflective liquid crystal display portion. A first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate made of a glass substrate etc. are attached to each other with a sealing layer coated on those peripheral portions therebetween. The back surface of the first transparent substrate is attached to the reflective liquid crystal display portion, and an organic EL element is formed on the front surface of the first transparent substrate. The organic EL element is sealed in a space surrounded by the first transparent substrate, the second transparent substrate, and the sealing layer. The organic EL element is formed in a region corresponding to a pixel region of the reflective liquid crystal display portion. A desiccant layer is formed on the front surface of the second transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Tanase, Kazunobu Mameno, Norio Koma, Manabu Takemoto
  • Patent number: 8866797
    Abstract: A display device with a position detecting function includes: an optical position detecting device which includes a position detecting light source for alternately emitting position detecting infrared light having a light amount attenuated along a predetermined direction and position detecting infrared light having a light amount attenuated along a reverse direction of the predetermined direction, and a light receiving element for receiving the position detecting infrared light reflected by a target object inside a detection region, and which detects a position of the target object on the basis of a light amount detection result of the light receiving element; and an image creating device which includes an image display region of an electric optical panel in a region overlapped with the detection region, wherein the light receiving element is constituted by a semiconductor element formed on the electric optical panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Kanechika Kiyose
  • Patent number: 8841837
    Abstract: A lighting portion is attached to a reflective liquid crystal display portion. A first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate made of a glass substrate etc. are attached to each other with a sealing layer coated on those peripheral portions therebetween. The back surface of the first transparent substrate is attached to the reflective liquid crystal display portion, and an organic EL element is formed on the front surface of the first transparent substrate. The organic EL element is sealed in a space surrounded by the first transparent substrate, the second transparent substrate, and the sealing layer. The organic EL element is formed in a region corresponding to a pixel region of the reflective liquid crystal display portion. A desiccant layer is formed on the front surface of the second transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Tanase, Kazunobu Mameno, Norio Koma, Manabu Takemoto
  • Patent number: 8833957
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a light source unit including a light source and a circuit substrate electrically connected to the light source. The light source is placed in the circuit substrate such that at least part of the light source overlaps the circuit substrate in the thicknesswise direction of the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Mita, Yoshinori Momose, Akemi Maruyama, Shintaro Hama
  • Publication number: 20140145912
    Abstract: An electro-optical device including: first display elements divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi MOMOSE
  • Patent number: 8698703
    Abstract: An electro-optical device including: first display elements divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Momose
  • Patent number: 8698704
    Abstract: An electro-optical device including: first display elements divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Momose
  • Patent number: 8654101
    Abstract: An optical position detecting unit can be configured at low cost and so as to have lower power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunori Onishi
  • Patent number: 8628205
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes: an arrangement surface on which a plurality of light sources are arranged, and a plurality of reflection surfaces erected from a plurality of edges of the arrangement surface. The light emitted from the light sources and the light reflected from the reflection surfaces irradiate to an irradiation area surrounded by the reflection surfaces which are each inclined at an inclination angle smaller than 90 degrees with respect to the arrangement surface. At least one reflection surface includes a large inclination area inclined at a large inclination angle and a small inclination area inclined at a small inclination angle. The light source arranged close to the large inclination area is disposed closer to the outside frame of the irradiation area than the other light sources arranged close to the small inclination area in plan view from the irradiation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20140009062
    Abstract: A lighting portion is attached to a reflective liquid crystal display portion. A first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate made of a glass substrate etc. are attached to each other with a sealing layer coated on those peripheral portions therebetween. The back surface of the first transparent substrate is attached to the reflective liquid crystal display portion, and an organic EL element is formed on the front surface of the first transparent substrate. The organic EL element is sealed in a space surrounded by the first transparent substrate, the second transparent substrate, and the sealing layer. The organic EL element is formed in a region corresponding to a pixel region of the reflective liquid crystal display portion. A desiccant layer is formed on the front surface of the second transparent substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji TANASE, Kazunobu MAMENO, Norio KOMA, Manabu TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140001965
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit includes a first circuit block, a second circuit block, and power wiring lines that supply a plurality of reference potentials. The first circuit block and the second circuit block are connected to a common power wiring line that is one of the power wiring lines and supplies a common reference potential. A width of the common power wiring line in the first circuit block is smaller than a width of the common power wiring line in the second circuit block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka KOBASHI, Takashi TOYA
  • Patent number: 8558778
    Abstract: A shift register including a plurality of unit circuits sequentially transfers a start signal supplied to a first one of the unit circuits. Each unit circuit includes a clock terminal, an inverted clock terminal, a control terminal to which an output signal output from the output terminal of a subsequent unit circuit is supplied, a power supply terminal, a first transistor disposed between the clock terminal and the output terminal, a second transistor disposed between the output terminal and the power supply terminal, a capacitor, and a controller that supplies the start signal or the output signal of a previous unit circuit to the gate of the first transistor, and that controls the first transistor to be turned OFF later than a time at which the output signal of the subsequent unit circuit is supplied to the control terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshii, Yukiya Hirabayashi, Koji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8552935
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit includes a first circuit block, a second circuit block, and power wiring lines that supply a plurality of reference potentials. The first circuit block and the second circuit block are connected to a common power wiring line that is one of the power wiring lines and supplies a common reference potential. A width of the common power wiring line in the first circuit block is smaller than a width of the common power wiring line in the second circuit block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Kobashi, Takashi Toya
  • Patent number: 8536568
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a higher contrast in a display device having a lighting device as a front light. A lighting portion is attached to a reflective liquid crystal display portion. A first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate made of a glass substrate etc. are attached to each other with a sealing layer coated on those peripheral portions therebetween. The back surface of the first transparent substrate is attached to the reflective liquid crystal display portion, and an organic EL element is formed on the front surface of the first transparent substrate. The organic EL element is sealed in a space surrounded by the first transparent substrate, the second transparent substrate, and the sealing layer. The organic EL element is formed in a region corresponding to a pixel region of the reflective liquid crystal display portion. A desiccant layer is formed on the front surface of the second transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Tanase, Kazunobu Mameno, Norio Koma, Manabu Takemoto
  • Patent number: 8537152
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit includes a first circuit block, a second circuit block, and power wiring lines that supply a plurality of reference potentials. The first circuit block and the second circuit block are connected to a common power wiring line that is one of the power wiring lines and supplies a common reference potential. A width of the common power wiring line in the first circuit block is smaller than a width of the common power wiring line in the second circuit block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Kobashi, Takashi Toya