Patents Assigned to Hitachi Display, Ltd.
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Publication number: 20130250612Abstract: The present invention relates to a technique which makes a backlight used in a liquid crystal display device thin and light-weight. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which includes a display panel and a backlight arranged behind the display panel, wherein the backlight includes a film-like light guide member, a film-like light semi-transmissive member adhered to a first surface of the light guide member which faces the display panel in an opposed manner, a film-like reflective member adhered to a back surface of the light guide member opposite to the first surface, and a spot light source arranged at a position of the light guide member at which light is incident on the light guide member from the first surface or the back surface. A refractive index of the light semi-transmissive member is set smaller than a refractive index of the light guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hitachi Display, Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi KURIHARA
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Patent number: 8542213Abstract: In a touched position detection method for a touch panel for detecting a touched position, based on measured values by a plurality of sensors, presence of a touch is determined when a measured value by a sensor exceeds a touch threshold. As a touch threshold, a value which cannot be attained due to a mere noise but can due to presence of a touch is set. With respect to sensors located in the vicinity of a sensor showing a high measured value, a higher weighted value is applied to modify a measured value in a touched position calculation process than that to be applied to other sensors.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2009Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Doi, Norio Mamba, Koji Nagata, Toshiyuki Kumagai, Koji Hayakawa, Toshiaki Atsuta
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Patent number: 8542179Abstract: A gate signal line driving circuit and a display device includes first and second low voltage application switching elements that supply a low voltage to gate signal lines, a holding capacitor that is connected to a reset target node and supplies an ON signal towards the first and second low voltage application switching elements in a signal low period, first and third control switching elements the one ends of which are connected to the switch input of the first or second low voltage application switching element, and second and fourth control switching elements which each are provided between the switch input of the first or second low voltage application switching element and one end of the holding capacitor. In a startup period, a high voltage is supplied to the holding capacitor through the first to fourth control switching elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Shibata, Yoshihiro Kotani, Takahiro Ochiai, Mitsuru Goto
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Patent number: 8542168Abstract: The present invention provides a display method realizing reduction in a moving picture blurring by forming one frame by two fields of different luminance, in which increase in an unapplied voltage due to shortening of data voltage write time is suppressed. A gate voltage is applied in a light field for a period of time which is twice as long as scan line selection time, thereby decreasing an unapplied voltage. On the other hand, a gate voltage is applied normally in a dark field for the scan line selection time, so that the case where the unapplied voltage increases is eliminated. As a result, an image with high reproducibility can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2007Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ikuko Mori, Kikuo Ono
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Publication number: 20130242249Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate which sandwiches a liquid crystal between itself and the first substrate, wherein the first substrate has thin film transistors and a wiring connection portion in which are formed terminals connected to the thin film transistors, a wiring substrate connected to the terminals is disposed in the wiring connection portion, the second substrate is a plastic substrate, and has an adhesive layer and an inorganic insulating layer formed on top of the adhesive layer, and the adhesive layer covers the wiring connection portion and one portion of the wiring substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hitachi Display, Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi AZUMA, Susumu SASAKI, Tomio YAGUCHI, Takao EBINE, Katsuyuu TAKAHASHI, Shoichi UCHINO, Akiko IWATA
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Publication number: 20130240863Abstract: In an organic electroluminescent light emitting display device comprising a plurality of pixels each of which includes an organic electroluminescent element emitting light by a current supplied thereto, a plurality of active elements including a first active element which acquires a data signal and a second active element which regulates the current supplied to the organic electroluminescent element in accordance with the data signal, and a capacitive element storing the data signal, the present invention utilizes a part of the capacitive element arranged in one of the pixels for a light shielding member which shields the plurality of active elements arranged the one of the pixels from light emitted by the organic electroluminescent element arranged therein or another pixel adjacent thereto so as to suppress image quality deterioration and smear appearing in an image display area of the organic electroluminescent light emitting display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro SATO, Genshiro Kawachi, Yoshiro Mikami, Masaya Adachi
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Patent number: 8537125Abstract: A display device having an electrostatic capacity touch panel includes: X electrodes XP and Y electrodes YP which intersect each other via a first insulating layer; and a plurality of Z electrodes disposed in a floating state via a second insulating layer. For the second insulating layer, a material such as an elastic insulating material which changes in thickness by pressing of touch is used. The Z electrode is disposed so as to overlap both one of the X electrodes and one of the Y electrodes. A pad part of the X electrode has a largest area in the vicinity of a thin line part of the X electrode, and a smallest area in the vicinity of the thin line part of the adjacent X electrode. An area of the pad part is reduced as the pad part departs from the thin line part of the X electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Norio Mamba, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Kouichi Anno
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Patent number: 8537081Abstract: The present invention comprises: a display unit having a plurality of pixels arranged therein, each pixel including an organic EL element 24, a switching TFT, and a drive TFT; a data signal drive circuit for receiving image data for each frame period and outputting an image signal based on the image data; a scanning signal drive circuit for outputting a scanning signal for controlling a timing at which the switching element of each of the plurality of pixels receives the image signal; and a current source (a light emission power supply unit and a cathode potential control circuit together) for outputting a current supplied to the light emitting unit of each of the plurality of pixels through its drive element; wherein the current source modulates the value of the output current within each frame period.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2003Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Awakura, Naruhiko Kasai, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Toshihiro Satou
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Patent number: 8537300Abstract: A display device includes a display panel unit and a backlight unit which radiates light toward the display panel. The display panel unit includes a display panel on an upper surface of a box-shaped panel housing which has first projecting portions on side walls of the housing. The backlight unit incorporates a light source in a bottom portion of a box-shaped light source housing which has second projecting portions on side walls of the light source housing. By bringing the first projecting portions and second projecting portions into contact with each other, a distance between the light source of the backlight unit and the display panel can be held. Further, by forming third projecting portions which project further than the first projecting portions on the panel housing, handling of the display panel unit is facilitated.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Toriyama, Shinji Shimizu, Akio Tezuka, Masafumi Nagaoka
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Patent number: 8537304Abstract: The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel in which liquid crystal is held in a cell between a first substrate and second substrate opposed to each other, an illumination device which is placed on a side of the first substrate of the liquid crystal panel; a polarization layer containing a dichroic dye that has lyotropic liquid crystal properties which is formed by application on a surface of the first substrate of the liquid crystal panel that is opposite from the liquid crystal; and a condenser lens which condenses light from the illumination device to an interior of the cell, and/or a resin layer which protects the polarization layer, which are disposed on a top surface of the polarization layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Kishioka, Shinji Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 8537097Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having an LED drive circuit which can control a dimming control signal even with a pulse width of several tens ?sec or less. The LED drive circuit includes a booster circuit, a first stage current mirror circuit generating a reference current, a second stage current mirror circuit generating a driving current from the reference current, a light-emitting diode column having a light-emitting diode supplied with the driving current, and a dimming control circuit controlling the turning on and off of the light-emitting diode based on a dimming control signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Norimitsu Nishikawa, Satoshi Takahashi
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Patent number: 8534859Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a liquid crystal panel having a display region; and a backlight unit disposed below the liquid crystal panel, in which: the backlight unit includes: at least one mounting substrate on which light emitting diodes are mounted; a radiator plate; and a reflection member; the reflection member has a reflection surface which is formed to have a recess surface shape; the light emitting diodes on the at least one mounting substrate are disposed on a bottom portion of the reflection surface; the at least one mounting substrate is disposed at a position under the bottom portion; the radiator plate is disposed under the at least one mounting substrate; and the radiator plate has, in plan view, a larger area than the at least one mounting substrate and a smaller area than the display region.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ikuko Imajo, Masashi Baba, Sachiko Yamazaki
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Patent number: 8537136Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic capacity type touch panel, which responds to not only an input by a finger but also a touch by a nonconductive input member. Disposed are X electrodes XP and Y electrodes YP that cross each other via a first insulating layer 2, and a Z electrode formed of a transparent elastic conductive resin layer 4 via a second insulating layer 3. The transparent elastic conductive resin layer 4 is a high polymer elastic resin layer in which conductive fine particles are dispersed, and is made of a material in which density of the conductive fine particles is increased by pressure of a touch.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Sekiguchi, Koji Nagata, Kouji Hayakawa
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Patent number: 8537298Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device of IPS mode with a smaller number of layers, a gate electrode is formed on a TFT substrate. A gate insulating film is formed to cover the gate electrode, on which a semiconductor layer is formed. A drain electrode and a source electrode are placed on the semiconductor layer. A planar pixel electrode is formed from ITO on the gate insulating film prior to the formation of the drain electrode, source electrode, image signal line, and the like. This process is performed to prevent the image signal line, the drain electrode, the source electrode, and the like, from being consumed by the cell reaction through a developer during the patterning of the ITO when a pin hole is present in the ITO, in order not to cause disconnection. As a result, it is possible to improve the production yield and achieve high reliability.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Anjo, Tomohiko Ootani
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Publication number: 20130235319Abstract: A display device which can ensure sufficient adhesive strength between each pair of substrates of a liquid crystal display panel and a sealing material includes: a first substrate having a predetermined integrated circuit; a second substrate on one surface of the first substrate in an overlapping manner; and an adhesive material between the first substrate and the second substrate that has an annular planar shape. The adhesive material adheres the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein an outer periphery of the adhesive material includes a zone which includes a plurality of first portions passing substantially the same position as an outer periphery of the surface of the first substrate and a plurality of second portions each connected with the two neighboring first portions and having a center portion thereof in a peripheral direction retracted toward an inner peripheral side of the adhesive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.Inventors: Aki TSUCHIYA, Takashi Yamamoto, Akira Ishii, Naoki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Arai
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Patent number: 8530898Abstract: A display device which uses a TFT having a gate electrode film thereof arranged on a light source side can also suppress the increase of parasitic capacitance while suppressing the generation of a light leakage current. On at least one end of the TFT, between a high concentration region which constitutes a source region or a drain region and a channel region, a first low concentration region which is arranged on a high concentration region side and exhibits low impurity concentration and a second low concentration region which exhibits impurity concentration even lower than the impurity concentration of the first low concentration region are provided in this order.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Noda, Takuo Kaitoh
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Patent number: 8531411Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a rectangular display panel; a first film-like printed circuit board including a first terminal portion, the first film-like printed circuit board extending from one side of the rectangular display panel in a direction; a rectangular touch panel provided so as to be opposed to the rectangular display panel; and a second film-like printed circuit board including a second terminal portion, the second film-like printed circuit board extending from one side of the rectangular touch panel in the direction, the one side of the rectangular touch panel corresponding to a side parallel with and adjacent to the one side of the rectangular display panel, the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion being provided so that a connecting direction of the first terminal portion is different from a connecting direction of the second terminal portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuka Kuwajima, Eiji Oohira
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Patent number: 8531375Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a control circuit and a random number generating circuit. The random number generating circuit includes a plurality of shift registers, an output circuit, and registers which holds initial values. By providing a plurality of initial values, the randomness of random numbers can be enhanced. Further, the random numbers different from each other can be outputted from the plurality of shift registers and hence, it is possible to increase the frequency and to output the increased frequency by an output circuit. Further, by adding a noise control signal which suppresses the number of inversion of a digital signal, electromagnetic wave noises generated from a liquid crystal display device can be reduced. Further, by adopting an intermittent drive clock which intermittently repeats stopping thereof as a basic clock of the plurality of shift registers, electromagnetic wave noises generated from the display device can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Fumiaki Komori
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Patent number: 8531489Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a self-luminous device display having a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a matrix, a drive voltage generation circuit to generate a drive voltage signal for driving light emitting elements, a blanking period control-included data line drive circuit which controls the drive voltage either according to or irrelevantly to the display data, a scan line drive circuit to determine which light emitting elements to drive, and a pixel control circuit to control voltage written to pixels.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2003Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Display, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naruhiko Kasai, Hiroki Awakura, Toshihiro Satou, Hajime Akimoto
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Patent number: 8531377Abstract: A liquid crystal display device used in miniaturized portable equipment includes a distribution circuit to cope with a high-definition multi-grayscale display. A distribution circuit distributes an output of a drive circuit to a plurality of video signal lines within one scanning period, the distribution circuit being divided into a plurality of distribution circuits, and control signals being supplied to each distribution circuit from both end portions of each distribution circuit. When an output part of the drive circuit is configured such that a high withstand-voltage output amplifier and a low withstand-voltage output amplifier are alternately connected with the distribution circuit, a master function and a slave function are imparted to the drive circuit so as to allow the drive circuit to cope with odd-numbered outputs.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Kotani, Kenichi Akiyama