Patents Assigned to Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8345187
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamoto, Akiyoshi Tobe
  • Patent number: 8344613
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8342898
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ishii, Satoru Kase, Eiji Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20120327322
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ochiai, Tohru Sasaki, Tesuya Nagata
  • Patent number: 8339351
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kozo Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8339549
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Sonoda, Chikae Matsui, Noboru Kunimatsu, Yuko Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8339390
    Abstract: Provided are a power supply circuit and a display device which are capable of enhancing power efficiency even when applied to a display panel whose current consumption varies. The power supply circuit boosts and outputs an input voltage using a booster chopper circuit. A frequency control circuit changes a frequency of a clock signal, which controls a switch of the chopper circuit, in accordance with a load of the power supply circuit. The frequency control circuit divides an operation of the display device into a display effective period at a high load and a vertical retrace period at a low load, based on a vertical synchronizing signal and a horizontal synchronizing signal. The frequency control circuit sets the frequency of the clock signal in a high-load period to be higher than that in a low-load period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Takada, Naruhiko Kasai, Takuya Eriguchi, Yuki Okada, Mitsuru Goto, Yoshihiro Kotani
  • Patent number: 8338867
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a highly sensitive photo-sensing element and a sensor driver circuit are prepared by planer process on an insulating substrate by using only polycrystalline material. Both the photo-sensing element and the sensor driver circuit are made of polycrystalline silicon film. As the photo-sensing element, a photo transistor is formed by using TFT, which comprises a first electrode 11 prepared on an insulating substrate 10, a photoelectric conversion region 14 and a second electrode 12, and a third electrode 13 disposed above the photoelectric conversion region 14. An impurity layer positioned closer to an intrinsic layer (density of active impurities is 1017 cm?3 or lower) is provided on the regions 15 and 16 on both sides under the third electrode 13 or on one of the regions 15 or 16 on one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Tai, Hideo Sato, Mutsuko Hatano, Masayoshi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8339356
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Utsumi, Yasushi Tomioka, Akitoyo Konno, Katsumi Kondo
  • Patent number: 8339560
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes the step of forming a preset basic pattern in a plurality of places on an insulation substrate by exposing and developing a photosensitive material film which is formed on the insulation substrate, wherein the exposure is performed using a direct writing exposure device. The exposure is performed using the direct writing exposure device in which the light quantity distribution of the pattern of light formed by the spatial optical modulating element is corrected such that a fluctuation quantity of a size of the basic pattern formed in the plurality of places becomes not more than 0.2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Tojo, Nobuyasu Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8339556
    Abstract: Provided is an electro-optical device which allows high-speed response and has high luminance and contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kagawa, Shintaro Takeda
  • Patent number: 8334957
    Abstract: The present invention realizes a bright image display by enhancing a numerical aperture of pixels. At least a portion of a pixel electrode is overlapped to a thin film transistor by way of a first insulation film, the pixel electrode is connected to an output electrode of the thin film transistor via a contact hole which is formed in the first insulation film, the counter electrode is arranged above the pixel electrode by way of a second insulation film in a state that the counter electrode is overlapped to the pixel electrode, the counter electrode is formed at a position avoiding the contact hole formed in the first insulation film as viewed in a plan view, and at least a portion of the counter electrode is overlapped to the thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ochiai, Tohru Sasaki, Hirotaka Imayama, Masateru Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8334945
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having a back light for irradiating a liquid crystal panel with light. An LED as a light emitting element is provided on a light guide panel provided in the back light, and a reflection member is provided on an optical sheet in the vicinity of an inclined plane of the light guide panel to reflect the light going out of the inclined plane toward the light guide panel. Furthermore, a convex portion of the light guide panel is formed between a plurality of light emitting elements, and an adhesive member is also provided between the convex portion and the optical sheet to ensure tight adhesion between the light guide panel and the optical sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20120314176
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: AKI TSUCHIYA, Takashi Yamamoto, Akira Ishii, Naoki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Arai
  • Publication number: 20120314172
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which can be manufactured at a low cost is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate, a CF substrate of a size smaller than a size of the TFT substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate. A ground pad is formed on a portion of the TFT substrate where the CF substrate does not overlap with the TFT substrate. A transparent conductive film is formed on an upper surface of the CF substrate. The transparent conductive film of the CF substrate and the ground pad formed on the TFT substrate are electrically connected with each other via a thermocompression bonding conductive tape. A double-sided adhesive tape is arranged between the thermocompression bonding conductive tape and an upper surface of the CF substrate and between the thermocompression bonding conductive tape and the TFT substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji OOHIRA
  • Patent number: 8330930
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a plurality of column spacers and a first alignment film which are formed above the first substrate; an insulating layer which is formed on the second substrate and a second alignment film which is formed on the insulating layer; and column spacer receiving members which are provided between the insulating layer and the second alignment film in places opposed to the plurality of column spacers, the column spacer receiving members each being made of a material different from both of a material of the insulating layer and a material of the second alignment film, in which a thickness of the second alignment film in places above the column spacer receiving members is ? or less of a thickness of the second alignment film in places in which the second alignment film is formed directly on the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Matsumori, Yasushi Tomioka, Kotaro Araya
  • Patent number: 8330734
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a touch panel and a front window which can enhance reliability thereof and facilitates repair thereof is provided. The touch panel and the front window are mounted on a liquid crystal display device using a thermoplastic adhesive material. Electronic parts are arranged on a lower side of a touch-panel-use flexible printed circuit board, and electronic parts are arranged on a lower side of a main flexible printed circuit board. The respective electronic parts are covered with the front window in a plan view. A light emitting diode is mounted on the main flexible printed circuit board, and faces a light guide plate in a resin mold. Due to such a constitution, an external shape of the liquid crystal display device can be made small as a whole, and relatively expensive light emitting diodes can be reproduced and reused by repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 8328944
    Abstract: A vacuum evaporation apparatus includes an evaporation source, a combined conveyance body in which a glass substrate is superposed and aligned on a shadow mask fixed to a holding member, and a weight plate placed on the glass substrate presses the glass substrate to the shadow mask by gravity for holding the glass substrate, and a convey mechanism for conveying the combined conveyance body. The weight plate includes a shock absorbing member for absorbing an impact applied to the combined conveyance body in an in-plane direction of the glass substrate. The shock absorbing member includes a sliding body connected to the weight plate via a spring and having multiple recesses formed in a surface of the sliding body facing the glass substrate, and includes slide balls disposed in the multiple recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masataka Eida, Takehiko Soda, Kazushi Miyata
  • Patent number: 8330755
    Abstract: An image display with high brightness where a long time can be secured for light emission of self-luminous elements can be implemented using only line memories. The period for the writing in of a display voltage (period for writing in of data) continues for a number of lines (three lines), and the reset pulse becomes of a “high” state. Subsequently, operation for three lines is carried out collectively during a triangular wave period (period for writing in of a triangular wave voltage), and only the light emission controlling pulse becomes of a “high” state. During the period for the writing in of a triangular wave voltage, the writing in of a triangular wave voltage from the second time onward is rewriting of a triangular wave voltage, and thus, the period for rewriting the display voltage (dotted line portion) becomes unnecessary, and a longer period for light emission, where the light emission controlling pulse becomes of a “high” state, can be secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naruhiko Kasai, Masato Ishii, Tohru Kohno, Hajime Akimoto
  • Patent number: 8330711
    Abstract: A plurality of data signal lines each of which is connected to at least one pixel circuit in one pixel circuit column and is not connected to the pixel circuits of other pixel circuit columns are provided to one pixel circuit column, and the pixel circuits in the pixel circuit column are connected to any one of the plurality of data signal lines. An image display device having such a constitution can alleviate lowering of display quality attributed to transmission delay or voltage drop of a scanning signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Kajiyama, Takeshi Izumida, Norihiro Nakamura