Patents Assigned to Japan
  • Publication number: 20250022883
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a stretchable device includes: a stretchable substrate comprising bodies and hinges that couple the bodies to each other; and a pair of stretchable resins with the stretchable substrate interposed therebetween. The stretchable device includes a detection region in which a load is capable of being detected and a non-detection region when viewed in a stacking direction in which the stretchable substrate and the stretchable resins overlap. One or more of the hinges are detection hinges each provided with a strain gauge. All of the detection hinges overlap the detection region when viewed in the stacking direction. The stretchable resins each includes: a bonded region that overlaps the non-detection region when viewed in the stacking direction and is bonded to the stretchable substrate; and an unbonded region that overlaps the detection region when viewed in the stacking direction and is not bonded to the stretchable substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke HYODO, Hiroumi KINJO, Masatomo HISHINUMA
  • Publication number: 20250022890
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes first semiconductor layers crossing a first scanning line in a non-display area, the first semiconductor layers being a in number, second semiconductor layers crossing a second scanning line in the non-display area, the second semiconductor layers being b in number, and an insulating film disposed between the first and second semiconductor layers and the first and second scanning lines, wherein a and b are integers greater than or equal to 2, and a is different from b, and the first and second semiconductor layers are both entirely covered with the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masato NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20250022865
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate provided on a driving circuit, an adhesive layer covering the substrate, a first LED chip provided on the adhesive layer, a pixel circuit provided on the adhesive layer, separated from the first LED chip, a light shielding layer provided on the adhesive layer, and a first opening of the same shape as that of the first LED chip when viewed in a plan view and a second opening of the same shape as that of the pixel circuit when viewed in a plan view, an insulating layer covering the driving circuit and the pixel circuit, and a first wiring provided on the insulating layer, connected to the first LED chip and the pixel circuit, wherein the first wiring overlaps the light shielding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi KAMIJO, Yoshikatsu IMAZEKI, Koichi MIYASAKA, Shuichi OSAWA, Yoshifumi KAMEI
  • Publication number: 20250022892
    Abstract: An optical sensor system includes a thin-film transistor (TFT) optical panel including an array of TFT pixels, a charge amplifier configured to temporarily store a charge received from a TFT pixel in the array of TFT pixels and generate a voltage based on the temporarily stored charge, an analog-to-digital converter to generate a digitized value based on the voltage, an accumulator configured to store the digitized value, and a controller circuit configured to cause the temporarily stored charge in the charge amplifier to be reset based on one of the voltage and the digitized value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Xingle WANG, Chungkai CHEN, Naoki TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20250022964
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a first insulating layer, an oxide semiconductor layer having a polycrystalline structure on the first insulating layer, a gate insulating layer on the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate wiring on the gate insulating layer, and a second insulating layer on the gate wiring. The oxide semiconductor layer has a first region, a second region and a third region aligned toward a first direction. The first region overlaps the gate insulating layer and the gate wiring. The third region is in contact with the second insulating layer. A distance from a top surface of the second region to a top surface of the second insulating layer is longer than a distance from a top surface of the third region to the top surface of the second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hajime WATAKABE, Masashi TSUBUKU, Toshinari SASAKI, Takaya TAMARU, Marina MOCHIZUKI, Ryo ONODERA, Masahiro WATABE
  • Publication number: 20250018772
    Abstract: A drainage structure for an air-conditioning device of a vehicle, the vehicle includes: a partition wall configured to partition between an interior and an exterior of a vehicle cabin for a passenger; an evaporator arranged at an outside of the partition wall for the vehicle cabin, the evaporator being configured to cool the air to be supplied to the interior of the vehicle cabin through the heat exchange with the refrigerant; and a cover attached to the partition wall from the front side of the vehicle cabin, the cover being configured to accommodate the evaporator. The drainage structure includes a drain pipe for draining the condensed water generated by the evaporator to the outside by extending in the attachment direction of the cover by being inserted into the cover, wherein the drain pipe has the slit formed so as to be inclined upwards along the extending direction from the lower end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Highly Marelli Japan Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto AOSHIKA, Takahito ISHIKAWA, Hiromichi YANASHIMA, Ryuuji TSUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20250022419
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display region; and a first pixel arranged in a first region on an outer edge of the display region, and a second pixel arranged in a second region surrounded by the first region. Each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first capacitor, a third transistor, and a seventh transistor. A capacitance of a capacitor connected to the gate electrode of the second transistor of the first pixel is different from a capacitance of a capacitor connected to the gate electrode of the second transistor of the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yukio TANAKA, Tetsuo MORITA, Kenji HARADA
  • Publication number: 20250023252
    Abstract: A reflecting device includes a plurality of patch electrodes arranged in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a common wiring connecting the plurality of patch electrodes in series in an array along the first direction. Each of the plurality of patch electrodes comprises a first length along the first direction and a second length along the second direction, and the first length is longer than the second length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki MATSUNAGA, Shinichiro OKA, Mitsutaka OKITA, Daiichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20250020311
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source capable of emitting light and a collimator lens. The collimator lens has a recess facing the light source. The recess includes an interior surface. The interior surface includes a bottom surface smaller than an opening. The interior surface includes an inner side surface tapering toward the bottom surface. The inner side surface is generated by rotating a straight line around an optical axis of the light. The straight line is inclined at an angle of at least 10 degrees and at most 20 degrees with respect to the optical axis. The light enters the bottom surface at a light distribution angle of only three degrees or less with respect to the optical axis, and enters the inner side surface at a light distribution angle of more than three degrees with respect to the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi OKADA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Makoto HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20250023280
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a connector comprises providing a housing and a contact intermediate product, making the holding portion of the housing hold a held portion of the contact intermediate product to attach the contact intermediate product to the housing, and inserting a jig between a contact point and the held portion to deform the contact intermediate product plastically and thereby forming a contact. The contact intermediate product does not enter an allowing portion in a state where it is attached to the housing. After the plastically deformation, a tip portion is situated in the allowing portion, and it is hidden by a movement suppression portion at least in part when viewed along an up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Osamu HASHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20250022965
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a metal oxide layer above a substrate, the metal oxide layer containing aluminum as a main component; an oxide semiconductor layer above the metal oxide layer; a gate electrode facing the oxide semiconductor layer; and a gate insulating layer between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer includes two or more metals including indium, and a ratio of indium in the two or more metals is 50% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi TSUBUKU, Toshinari SASAKI, Hajime WATAKABE, Takaya TAMARU
  • Publication number: 20250022929
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes an oxide semiconductor layer provided above an insulating surface, a gate insulating layer provided above the oxide semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode provided above the oxide semiconductor layer via the gate insulating layer, wherein the gate electrode has a titanium-containing layer and a conductive layer in order from the gate insulating layer side, the gate insulating layer includes a first region overlapping the gate electrode and a second region not overlapping the gate electrode, and a thickness of the titanium-containing layer is 50% or less than a thickness of the gate insulating layer in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hajime WATAKABE, Masashi TSUBUKU, Toshinari SASAKI, Takaya TAMARU
  • Publication number: 20250022966
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a metal oxide layer over an insulating surface and an oxide semiconductor layer over the metal oxide layer. A fluorine concentration of the metal oxide semiconductor layer is greater than or equal to 1×1018 atoms/cm3. In a SIMS analysis, a secondary ion intensity of fluorine detected in the metal oxide layer may be greater than or equal to 10 times a secondary ion intensity of fluorine detected in the oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hajime WATAKABE, Masashi TSUBUKU, Toshinari SASAKI, Takaya TAMARU
  • Publication number: 20250023167
    Abstract: An energy storage rack and an energy storage container are provided. The energy storage rack includes a frame provided with a plurality of layers of accommodation spaces stacked in a first direction. The frame includes four vertical beams arranged in the first direction, and a flow channel is arranged in each of the four vertical beams. Each of the accommodation spaces is provided with two battery packs, a first battery pack has a first inlet and a first outlet, and a second battery pack has a second inlet and a second outlet. The first inlet communicates with the flow channel of the first vertical beam, and the first outlet communicates with the flow channel of the second vertical beam. The second inlet communicates with the flow channel of the third vertical beam, and the second outlet communicates with the flow channel of the fourth vertical beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: AESC Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Yafei He, Yuxing Wang
  • Publication number: 20250024748
    Abstract: A photodetection device includes a lower structure, one or more common line connecting portions and one or more pixel electrodes provided on the lower structure, an organic photoelectric conversion layer that is provided so as to overlap with the one or more pixel electrodes and not to overlap with the one or more common line connecting portions, and a transparent electrode layer that is provided so as to overlap with the organic photoelectric conversion layer and the one or more common line connecting portion, where a part of the transparent electrode layer that overlaps with the one or more pixel electrodes is thicker than other parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Motochika YUKAWA, Isao SUZUMURA, Genki ASOZU
  • Patent number: 12198970
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a display device is provided. The display device includes a mounting substrate and a plurality of light-emitting elements two-dimensionally arrayed and mounted on the mounting substrate. The plurality of light-emitting elements have a planar shape that is non-rotationally symmetric and non-linearly symmetric. The method includes preparing the plurality of light-emitting elements separated from each other, preparing an array guide member, and aligning the plurality of light-emitting elements following the two-dimensional array of the opening portion group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 12200954
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base material, a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first insulating layer, an organic layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the organic layer, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and including an opening portion overlapping with the second electrode, and a third electrode covering the second electrode and the second insulating layer. The first electrode, the organic layer, and the second electrode are separated for each pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12197090
    Abstract: A light adjustment device includes a panel unit including a plurality of light adjustment panels stacked in a first direction, each light adjustment panel including a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate including a first terminal, the second substrate overlapping the first substrate and including a second terminal, and a metal film provided at a side part of the panel unit and extending in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Imazeki, Yoshifumi Kamei, Takeo Koito, Kojiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12195169
    Abstract: A raised structure for reducing frictional drag due to viscosity of a flow toward an object in a direction defining an acute angle with a leading edge of the object. The raised structure includes raised bodies configured to be provided on a surface of the object at the leading edge on a downstream side of a stagnation point of the flow. A height of each raised body changes along a convex curve, and the raised bodies are arranged in an array to define a first uneven shape changing periodically in a first cross section configured to have a constant distance from the stagnation point and be orthogonal to the surface, and a second uneven shape changing in a second cross section configured to be orthogonal to a line composed of the stagnation point and the first cross section, the second uneven shape having concave and convex portions that change periodically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hirota, Yuji Hattori, Yuki Ide, Hikaru Takami, Minoru Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 12197086
    Abstract: A light adjustment device includes a panel unit in which a plurality of light adjustment panels are stacked in a first direction, each of the light adjustment panels including a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate including a first terminal, the second substrate overlapping the first substrate and including a second terminal, a conductive member provided at an end part of the panel unit in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the conductive member extending in the first direction, and a sealing member disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate in each of the light adjustment panels and overlapping a coupling terminal including the first terminal and the second terminal when viewed in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kamei, Yoshikatsu Imazeki, Yoichi Kamijo, Koichi Miyasaka, Shuichi Osawa