Patents Assigned to Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10795514
    Abstract: A display device with a touch detection function includes a first substrate including a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of touch sensor electrodes; and a second substrate that is disposed opposite the first substrate. The first substrate is disposed on a touch operation side with respect to the second substrate, and a part of the plurality of touch sensor electrodes is disposed in a peripheral region located outside an image display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kikuo Ono
  • Patent number: 10795202
    Abstract: Techniques of effective and continuous signal transmission in a display device are described. Techniques of the present subject matter allow lead-out lines of the display device to provide continuous transmittance of signals to data/gate lines. In an example, the display device may include a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction in a matrix arrangement, and a plurality of first lines extending in the first direction and a plurality of second lines extending in the second direction. Further, the display device may also include a plurality of lead-out lines extending in the first direction, such that, a lead-out line from the plurality of lead-out line overlaps a second line from the plurality of second lines to form an overlap region, where, the lead-out lines may be electrically connected to the second lines through a plurality of contact points in the overlap region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Teruhisa Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10788718
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. A plurality of spacers is disposed between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a plurality of gate lines extending in a row direction, a plurality of data lines extending in a column direction, and a plurality of pixel electrodes. A first insulator covers the plurality of gate lines. A semiconductor layer is formed on the first insulator. A common electrode is formed on the second insulator and faces the plurality of pixel electrodes. A plurality of common lines extend along the plurality of data lines and supply common voltage to the common electrode. A plurality of seat regions are formed in which at least one of the plurality of gate lines, the semiconductor layer, and one of the plurality of data lines overlap to face the plurality of spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Teruhisa Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10789901
    Abstract: A LCD device of display panels includes n-bit (n<m) driving first display panel that displays first image based on m-bit input image data, n-bit driving second display panel that displays second image based on the m-bit input image data, and image processor including first gradation converter that converts gradation of the m-bit input image data into n-bit gradation, second gradation converter that converts gradation of the m-bit input image data into m1-bit (m1?m) gradation, and extension processor that performs extension processing of extending gradation expression with the n bits on the input image data converted into the m1-bit gradation. The n-bit driving first display panel displays the first image based on the n-bit input image data, and the n-bit driving second display panel displays the second image based on the n-bit input image data subjected to the extension processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Pasona Knowledge Partner Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nakanishi, Toshikazu Koudo, Katsuhiro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10788698
    Abstract: A portable device and method of manufacturing a display device includes a display panel having a glass substrate and a polarizer adhered to the glass substrate, a touch panel which is made of resin material and adhered to the polarizer of the display panel by a first adhesive material, and a front window which is made of glass And adhered to the touch panel by a second adhesive material. One of the first adhesive material and the second adhesive material is an adhesive sheet, and an other of the first adhesive material and the second adhesive material is an ultraviolet-curing adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 10782581
    Abstract: A display device including a curved display surface. The display device comprises a first substrate bent in a first direction, a second substrate that is bent in the first direction, spacers disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and bases holding the spacers. The first substrate includes data lines and gate lines, the bases includes: a central base disposed on around a center in the first direction of the display surface; an end base disposed on around an end in the first direction of the display surface; and intermediate bases disposed between the central base and the end base in the first direction, and a width in the first direction of one of intermediate bases is larger than a width in the first direction of the central base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Hirata, Hiroaki Goto
  • Patent number: 10782550
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a display panel includes a display region in which an image is to foe displayed, and a non-display region formed into a frame shape surrounding the display region. The non-display region includes a first region in which the gate driver is arranged, and a second region in which the source driver is arranged. The non-display region has a non-light transmitting layer formed therein, which is configured to restrict transmission of light. The non-light transmitting layer has a first slit formed therein, which extends through the first region and the second region and passes through the non-light transmitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ibaraki, Tomohiro Murakoso
  • Patent number: 10783841
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a first and second display panels that display a first image and a second image, respectively based on input image data of m bits, and are both driven by n bits, where n<m, a first gradation decision unit that decides an output gradation of n bits for the first display panel based on a first gradation characteristic, the output gradation of n bits for the first display panel and a second gradation decision unit that decides an output gradation of n bits based on a second gradation characteristic for the second display panel, the output gradation of n bits for the second display panel. At least one of the first and second gradation characteristics includes a gradation inverting portion, where the output gradation decreases when the input gradation rises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Pasona Knowledge Partner Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirotsune, Toshikazu Koudo
  • Patent number: 10768488
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device of the instant application includes a first substrate preparing step of preparing a first substrate including a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines; a second substrate preparing step of preparing a second substrate including a color filter; and a substrate bonding step of bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together using a first seal member. In the substrate bonding step, the first seal member is disposed in a manner that at least a part of the first seal member overlaps the color filter in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Iwato, Makoto Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 10747079
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first data line extending in a first direction; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode that are arranged in the first direction; a first transistor connected to the first pixel electrode; a second transistor connected to the second pixel electrode; and a first gate line electrically connected to the first transistor and the second transistor, wherein in the first pixel electrode, a first length along the first direction is shorter than a second length along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first pixel electrode includes at least one slit, and the slit extends at an angle of less than or equal to 45 degrees with respect to the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10747071
    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: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ochiai, Tohru Sasaki, Hirotaka Imayama, Masateru Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10739627
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first display panel; a first flexible substrate on which a first driver IC outputting a driving signal to the first display panel is mounted; a second flexible substrate being apart from the first flexible substrate, at least a part of the second flexible substrate overlapping the first flexible substrate; and an insulating material disposed between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate. The first flexible substrate is connected to the first display panel so that the first driver IC is on a side of the second flexible substrate. The insulating material is disposed between the first driver IC and the second flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke Katagiri, Masaki Tsubokura
  • Patent number: 10732465
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes: first laminated structures provided on a first substrate; and first spacers provided on a second substrate. A plurality of transistors are provided in each of a plurality of pixels. The respective first spacer is located between two adjacent transistors of the plurality of transistors in corresponding one of the plurality of pixels. The first laminated structure is provided opposite to the first spacer. Each of the plurality of transistors includes a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, and a source and drain electrode. The first laminated structure includes a first film formed in a layer identical to that of the gate electrode and a second film formed in a layer identical to that of one of the semiconductor layer and the source and drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
    Inventor: Takashi Mibu
  • Patent number: 10735630
    Abstract: An image quality adjustment device includes: a lighting controller that controls a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each including arrangement of a plurality of subpixels such that the display panel displays a measurement image in which a part of the plurality of subpixels is lit; and a first electric filter that removes at least a spatial frequency component greater than or equal to fd/2 from a first image obtained by capturing the measurement image displayed on the display panel using an capture device when a panel spatial frequency determined by a pixel pitch of the pixel in a direction in which the plurality of subpixels are arrayed is set to fd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Hirotsune
  • Patent number: 10726933
    Abstract: A plurality of cascade-connected register circuits which comprises a bidirectional shift register include a top register circuit, a bottom register circuit, and main register circuits. The register circuit has an output circuit which outputs one of four-phase clock pulses when a voltage of a first node is an active level; a second output circuit which outputs a non-active level when a voltage of a second node is the active level; a second node reset circuit which sets the second node to the non-active level when a voltage of a second node reset terminal is the active level. The forward scan signal sets the voltage of the first node of the top register circuit to the active level, and the forward scan signal sets the voltage of the second node reset terminal of the bottom register circuit to the active level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ochiai, Mitsuru Goto, Hiroko Sehata, Hiroyuki Higashijima
  • Patent number: 10725350
    Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY INC., PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakayoshi, Kazuhiko Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 10718982
    Abstract: Techniques of reducing bezel size of liquid crystal display (LCD) devices are described. Techniques of the present subject matter allow reduction in the bezel size of an LCD device while maintaining the aspect ratio of pixels of an LCD panel. In an example, an LCD panel of the LCD device may include a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction in a matrix arrangement, and a plurality of gate lines extending in the first direction and a plurality of source lines extending in the second direction. Further, The LCD panel may include a plurality of source lead-out lines extending in the first direction, wherein each of the plurality of source lead-out lines is electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of source lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Teruhisa Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10718983
    Abstract: To form a sufficiently large storage capacitor, a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal held between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal display panel having multiple pixels arranged in matrix. The first substrate has, in a transmissive display area provided in each of the pixels, a laminated structure containing a first transparent electrode, a first insulating film, a second transparent electrode, a second insulating film, and a third transparent electrode which are laminated in this order. The first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode are electrically insulated from each other and together form a first storage capacitor through the first insulating film, and the second transparent electrode and the third transparent electrode are electrically insulated from each other and together form a second storage capacitor through the second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Sasaki, Takahiro Ochiai
  • Patent number: 10718966
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first display panel including a first liquid crystal cell and a pair of first polarizing plates sandwiching the first liquid crystal cell; a second display panel including a second liquid crystal cell and a pair of second polarizing plates sandwiching the second liquid crystal cell; and a bonding member bonding one of the pair of first polarizing plates of the first display panel and one of the pair of second polarizing plates of the second display panel together. An end of the bonding member is located inside an end of the first polarizing plate and an end of the second polarizing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
    Inventors: Takao Imaoku, Kazuhiko Tsuda, Ikuko Imajo, Yusuke Katagiri
  • Patent number: 10719166
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a touch panel includes the steps of providing a substrate, forming a first conductive film on the substrate, forming a first mask on the first conductive film, etching the first conductive film to form electrode portions and lower intersect portions of the touch panel, forming an insulating film made of a negative resist on the first conductive film, and forming a contact hole above the electrode portion by removing the insulating film. The steps further include forming a second conductive film on the insulating film, forming a second mask on the second conductive film, etching the second conductive film to form an upper intersect portion connected between two adjacent electrode portions via the contact hole and intersecting with the lower intersect portion, and forming protective film on the second conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Teramoto