Patents Assigned to Hitachi Display, Ltd.
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Patent number: 8358386Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight disposed on the rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight is provided with a plurality of white light-emitting diodes arranged in a plane opposing the liquid crystal display panel. Based on a chromaticity coordinate value representing a color of emission identified for each of the white light-emitting diodes, the white light-emitting diodes are selectively combined for arrangement in proximity in such a manner that the color of emission as a result of averaging over the white light-emitting diodes (1a, 1b) to be arranged in proximity takes a predetermined value of chromaticity coordinates.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ikuko Imajo, Ryutaro Oke, Sachiko Yamazaki, Masashi Baba
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Patent number: 8358394Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, pixel regions formed by gate signal lines and image signal lines formed over the first substrate, a first insulating layer formed over the gate signal lines, thin film transistors connected to the gate signal lines with in a second insulating layer formed thereover, pixel electrodes connected to the thin film transistors, a counter electrode formed of a first transparent conductive layer over the second insulating layer, and a second transparent conductive layer and an external connection terminal disposed outside of the pixel regions. The second transparent conductive layer is formed over the second insulating layer and is electrically connected to the counter electrode and the external connection terminal, and a part of each of the gate signal lines is disposed outside of the pixel regions and is covered by the second transparent conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2012Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuyuki Ohta, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Keiichiro Ashizawa, Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Masahiro Yanai, Nobutake Konishi, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Masahiro Ishii, Makoto Yoneya, Sukekazu Aratani
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Patent number: 8357940Abstract: A bottom gate-type thin film transistor includes a gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film formed on the gate insulating film, having an opening which is formed in a formation region of a gate electrode, and a semiconductor film formed on the interlayer insulating film so as to cover the opening. The interlayer insulating film contains nitrides in an amount larger than that in the gate insulating film, and the semiconductor film includes a microcrystalline semiconductor film or a polycrystalline semiconductor film formed on semiconductor crystalline nuclei which are formed on the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film and contain at least Ge.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Isao Suzumura, Yoshiaki Toyota, Mieko Matsumura
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Patent number: 8358259Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can obviate the generation of leaking of light and display irregularities in the vicinities of so-called dummy pixels. The liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner with liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween, a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines which are formed on one substrate in a matrix array, a plurality of pixel regions defined by the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines, and a reference electrode and a pixel electrode which are formed in the inside of each pixel region. In such a constitution, the plurality of pixel regions are formed in both a display region and a non-display region, and a voltage applied to the reference electrodes is applied to the pixel electrodes in the inside of the pixel regions in the non-display region.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nagatoshi Kurahashi, Masahiro Ishii, Hiroshi Yamagata
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Publication number: 20130011945Abstract: An image displaying device having multiple photosensing devices have successfully suppressed a leakage current from each photosensing device and improved the S/N ratio. In the image displaying device, pixels and photosensing devices are disposed as pairs in a matrix pattern on a substrate. Each of the pixels and each of the photosensing devices are driven independently. Each photosensing device includes a semiconductor layer that is a photoelectric conversion layer connected to at least a first electrode and a second electrode. The contact surfaces of the first and second electrodes with respect to the semiconductor layer are disposed so that their center axes are separated from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.Inventors: Isao SUZUMURA, Yoshiaki Toyota
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Patent number: 8351003Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. A planer electrode and a plurality of overlapping linear electrodes are formed on the first substrate with an insulation film disposed between the planar electrode and the plurality of linear electrodes. A projecting portion is formed on one of the first and second substrates and an alignment film is formed on each of the first and second substrates and on the projection portion. The alignment films are made of a photo-decomposition-type material, and a film thickness of the alignment film on the projecting portion and a film thickness of a portion of the alignment film facing the projecting portion satisfy a predetermined relationship.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidehiro Sonoda, Chikae Matsui, Noboru Kunimatsu
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Patent number: 8350792Abstract: A display device in which a non-display region is formed in a portion of a display region which is formed of a mass of the pixels, out of the plurality of gate signal lines and the plurality of drain signal lines, the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines which are arranged so as to traverse the non-display region when the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines straightly extend imaginarily are formed in a pattern where the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines are routed around the non-display region.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Igeta, Osamu Nagashima
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Patent number: 8351011Abstract: In an liquid crystal display device which includes: an image display part having a plurality of pixels; and a sealing member which is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate while surrounding the image display part and seals the liquid crystal therein, the sealing member includes a liquid crystal filling port which is formed by cutting away a portion of the sealing member, an side-wall edge surface of the first substrate and a side-wall edge surface of the second substrate are made coplanar with a side-wall edge surface of the sealing member along the extending direction of the sealing member on at least one side of the first substrate and the second substrate where the liquid crystal filling port is formed, and the liquid crystal filling port is formed such that a width of the liquid crystal filling port is narrowed along the liquid-crystal filling direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukari Shigekura, Yasuyuki Yamada, Hiroshi Miyairi
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Publication number: 20130002734Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes pixels each having an switching element, drain drivers and gate drivers for operating the switching elements and the pixels, and drain lines and gate lines supplying signals from the drain drivers and the gate drivers to the switching elements being formed on one of a pair of substrates sandwiching a liquid crystal layer. Wiring lines are formed on the one of a pair of substrates for transferring display data signals and a clock signal to the gate drivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Imajo, Tetsuro Izawa, Kimitoshi Ohgiichi, Hiroshi Okawara, Shiro Ueda, Nobuyuki Ishige, Tetsuya Kawamura, Hisashi Ishino, Fumiaki Komori
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Patent number: 8345203Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixels which are mounted on the substrate, each pixel including a pixel electrode; and switching elements which are mounted on the substrate, each switching element being connected to the pixel electrode. The substrate includes: a flexible insulation substrate; a first insulation layer which is formed over the insulation substrate and includes a plurality of insulation films which are spaced apart from each other, and the switching element is formed on any one of the respective insulation films. The display device can enhance flexibility thereof while forming relatively hard background films thereon.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomio Yaguchi, Yasushi Nakano, Tetsuya Nagata
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Patent number: 8342898Abstract: A bonding agent sheet (30) including removed bonding agent portions (31) corresponding to terminal portions (102) is bonded to a mother sealing substrate (400). Further, a mother element substrate (100) including display regions (101) and the terminal portions (102) is bonded to the bonding agent sheet (30) to form a mother panel (200). Then, the mother panel (200) is separated into individual organic EL display panels to form organic EL display devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Ishii, Satoru Kase, Eiji Matsuzaki
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Patent number: 8345187Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: an optical switching member; a light guide panel; and a light source, the light guide panel including, on at least one of a front surface and a back surface thereof, a plurality of surface structures including: a first raised surface extending outward being formed as a free surface; a first light reflection surface entering inside from the first raised surface; a second light reflection surface extending outside from the first light reflection surface; and a second raised surface which continues from the second light reflection surface and is formed as a free surface, whereby a liquid crystal display device may be obtained, which includes a thin light guide panel with a thickness of, for example, 1 mm or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamoto, Akiyoshi Tobe
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Patent number: 8344613Abstract: The invention provides an organic electroluminescence display device that makes it possible to obtain a highly reliable display. The organic electroluminescence display device has an organic electroluminescence element that includes a first layer (3) that contains a first substance that exhibits electron transport properties, and a second substance that exhibits electron-donating properties with respect to the first substance; a second layer (4) that is composed of a third substance that exhibits hole transport properties; a third layer (light-emitting layer (5) that contains a light-emitting substance; and a fourth layer (6) that is formed from a substance that exhibits electron transport properties.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 8345205Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, the first substrate having a plurality of drain signal lines and a plurality of gate signal lines, and a plurality of pixel regions defined by the drain signal lines and the gate signal lines. The pixel regions include a first electrode having a plurality of linear shapes, a second electrode having a planer shape, the second electrode being overlapped with the first electrode through an insulation film, and a thin film transistor having a video signal supplied thereto from the drain signal line. The first electrode is connected with the thin film transistor so that an electric potential of the video signal is supplied thereto, and a standard electric potential is supplied to the second electrode. A third electrode is arranged between the drain signal line and the liquid crystal layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kikuo Ono, Makoto Yoneya, Tsunenori Yamamoto, Junichi Hirakata, Yoshiaki Nakayoshi
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Patent number: 8345182Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including lenticular lenses and color separation filters, associated with a subpixel row direction, on the backlight side with respect to lenticular lenses. In a RGW row, a color separation filter reflecting B wavelengths is arranged, and in a GBW row, a color separation filter reflecting R wavelengths is arranged. Together with collecting light in transmissive aperture parts with lenticular lenses and improving the transmitted quantity of light, the light reflected by color separation filters is returned to the backlight and re-utilized.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Sugita, Masaya Adachi, Shoichi Hirota
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Publication number: 20120327322Abstract: A column for defining the interval between a TFT substrate and an opposed substrate is formed at a crossing point between a drain line and a scanning line. At the crossing point where the column is formed, the drain line is formed to have a wider width to prevent light leakage. Further, at the crossing point where the column is formed, the scanning line is formed to have a narrower width to prevent increase of capacitance between the drain line and the scanning line. The column is formed at a crossing point corresponding to a specific color, e.g., a blue pixel B, so that a difference in transmittance and in characteristic of thin film transistors due to formation of the column is initially compensated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Ochiai, Tohru Sasaki, Tesuya Nagata
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Patent number: 8339549Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal display panel including pixels each having an active device, a pixel electrode, a common electrode and a liquid crystal layer arranged in a dot matrix array. The liquid crystal display panel has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate has the active device, the pixel electrode, the common electrode and a first alignment film. The second substrate has a second alignment film. The first alignment film and the second alignment film are respectively a photo alignment film formed by irradiating a photo decomposition type insulating film with light. The second alignment film has a thickness of at least 10 nm and no greater 50 nm and is thinner than the first alignment film.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidehiro Sonoda, Chikae Matsui, Noboru Kunimatsu, Yuko Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8339351Abstract: A display device includes a memory unit formed in each pixel to store video data and including a first inverter circuit whose input terminal is connected to a first node and whose output terminal is connected to a second node and a second inverter circuit whose input terminal is connected to the second node and whose output terminal is connected to the first node, a first transistor connected between the output terminal of the second inverter circuit and the video line, and a second transistor connected between the first node and the video line, in which at the time of reading the video data, the first transistor is turned ON, and the second transistor is turned OFF, to output the video data stored in the memory unit to the video line.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kozo Yasuda
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Patent number: 8339556Abstract: Provided is an electro-optical device which allows high-speed response and has high luminance and contrast.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kagawa, Shintaro Takeda
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Patent number: 8339356Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a white color light source and a coloring light source, a detection circuit which detects a brightness of an input image signal, an image quality processing calculation circuit, a light source control circuit, and an image control circuit. The coloring light source includes a blue light source. The image quality processing calculation circuit outputs to the light source control circuit a light source control signal for (1) increasing a light intensity of the coloring light source when an average luminance of the input image signal is detected to be higher than a predetermined luminance based on a detection result of the detection circuit, and for (2) turning-on only the white color light source without turning-on the coloring light source when the average luminance of the input image signal is detected to be lower than the predetermined luminance.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuka Utsumi, Yasushi Tomioka, Akitoyo Konno, Katsumi Kondo