Patents Assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corporation
  • Patent number: 12066701
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a control unit. The display panel includes a first substrate, a light modulation layer configured to switch between transmissive display and non-transmissive display, and a second substrate in this order, and further includes an optical sensor configured to detect a luminance of light incident from a first space located on one main surface side of the display panel and from a second space located on the other main surface side of the display panel. The control unit calculates, based on the luminance, a relationship between brightness of the first space and brightness of the second space as a numerical value and switches display of the light modulation layer based on the numerical value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chiaki Minari, Naru Usukura, Ryuzo Yuki
  • Patent number: 12057085
    Abstract: A set circuit in a unit circuit in a gate driver of a display device includes a setting transistor, a first auxiliary transistor, and a second auxiliary transistor. The setting transistor includes a source terminal connected to an internal node, a gate terminal connected to a set input terminal, and a drain terminal connected to the set input terminal via the first auxiliary transistor and also connected to an input terminal via the second auxiliary transistor in a diode-connected form. Each transistor is controlled to be in an on state and an off state during normal drive and is controlled to be in the off state and the on state during a pause period by a control signal supplied to the input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Nishimura, Kengo Hara, Yohei Takeuchi, Yoshihito Hara, Tohru Daitoh
  • Patent number: 12044943
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes pixel regions each including a pixel electrode and an oxide semiconductor TFT including an oxide semiconductor layer. Each pixel electrode is electrically connected to one of adjacent two of source bus lines. The oxide semiconductor layer in the oxide semiconductor TFT of each pixel region overlaps the pixel electrode of a first adjacent pixel region. The pixel electrode of the each pixel region partially overlaps the oxide semiconductor layer in a second adjacent pixel region. The source bus lines include first and second source bus lines adjacent to each other. Pixels sets each including two pixel regions whose pixel electrodes are connected to the first source bus line and pixel sets each including two pixel regions whose pixel electrodes are connected to the second source bus line are arranged alternately between the first and second source bus lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kawasaki, Tohru Daitoh, Hajime Imai, Teruyuki Ueda, Masaki Maeda, Yoshiharu Hirata, Yoshihito Hara
  • Patent number: 12046215
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scanning signal lines, a plurality of data signal lines, a source driver configured to supply a data signal to the plurality of pixels via a corresponding data signal line of the plurality of data signal lines, and a spare wiring line configured to connect to a disconnected data signal line. For each data signal output to a data signal line with disconnection corrected by the spare wiring line, the source driver sets an output delay amount according to a disconnection position and a line position of a pixel to be supplied with the data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Sawahata
  • Patent number: 12038657
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes an active matrix substrate including a gate driver circuit, a demultiplexer circuit, and a gate switch circuit. The active matrix substrate includes a non-display region and a testing terminal region located outside the non-display region, has first and second in-panel testing terminals in the non-display region, and has first and second out-panel testing terminals in the testing terminal region. The second out-panel testing terminal is connected to the gate driver circuit. The first out-panel testing terminal is connected to the demultiplexer circuit. The second in-panel testing terminal is connected to the gate switch circuit. The first in-panel testing terminal is connected to the demultiplexer circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Takahashi, Yohsuke Fujikawa, Takuya Hachida, Shun Iinuma
  • Patent number: 12026334
    Abstract: A touch panel display driver includes a source driver circuit, a touch detection circuit, a selector circuit, a register a plurality of source terminals, a plurality of touch detection terminals, and a plurality of selection terminals. The selector circuit electrically connects the source driver circuit to each of the source terminals, electrically connects the touch detection circuit to each of the touch detection terminals, and electrically connects each of the selection terminals to the source driver circuit or the touch detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Suehiro, Daiji Kitagawa, Noriyuki Tanaka, Tatsuhiko Suyama, Jin Miyazawa, Yousuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12025893
    Abstract: A display device includes an array substrate, a counter substrate, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode spaced apart from the first pixel electrode in a first direction, a third pixel electrode spaced apart from the second pixel electrode in the first direction, a first wiring line positioned between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a second pixel electrode row including the second pixel electrode and composed of a plurality of pixel electrodes aligned in the second direction, a third pixel electrode row including the third pixel electrode and composed of a plurality of pixel electrodes aligned in the second direction, a first insulating film disposed on a lower-layer side of the first wiring line, and a spacer protruding from the counter substrate toward the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hikaru Yoshino, Junichi Morinaga
  • Patent number: 12021086
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a substrate and a plurality of pixels located on the substrate. Each of the pixels includes an oxide semiconductor layer, a first insulator covering the oxide semiconductor layer, a first contact hole located at the first insulator, a first extraction electrode located on the first insulator and in the first contact hole, and connected to the oxide semiconductor layer, a second insulator covering the first extraction electrode, a second contact hole located at the second insulator, a second extraction electrode located on the second insulator and in the second contact hole, and connected to the first extraction electrode, and a pixel electrode connected to the second extraction electrode. The first and second extraction electrodes are light-transmissive, and a portion of a side surface of at least one of the first and second contact holes is not covered with the first and second extraction electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Okada, Shinpei Higashida
  • Patent number: 12013997
    Abstract: An in-cell touch panel includes a touch electrode, a shielding layer that is conductive and that is disposed between the touch electrode and the touch surface, a conductive layer that is electrically connected to the shielding layer, and a conductive member and a wiring portion that connect the conductive layer to a reference potential. At least part of the shielding layer is disposed so as to overlap a touch detection region. At least part of the conductive layer is disposed so as to overlap a frame region. A sheet resistance value of the conductive layer is lower than a sheet resistance value of the shielding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Haruhito Kagawa
  • Patent number: 12007640
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device capable of switching between a transparent state and a scattering state, reducing or preventing a decrease in transmittance in the transparent state, and reducing or preventing a decrease in luminance in the panel central portion in the scattering state. The liquid crystal display device includes, sequentially from its viewing surface side toward its back surface side: a first liquid crystal panel; a light source; and a second liquid crystal panel, the first liquid crystal panel including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal containing a polymer network and liquid crystal components, the light source being configured to irradiate a back surface side main surface of the first liquid crystal panel with light from an oblique direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Murata, Yasuhiro Haseba, Kazutaka Hanaoka, Kimiaki Nakamura, Mariko Honda, Atsuko Kanashima, Tadashi Hasegawa, Shinji Shimada
  • Publication number: 20240168327
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed more to a viewer side than the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, with a plurality of pixels being arrayed in a matrix shape. Each pixel includes a reflective region for display in a reflection mode. The first substrate includes a thin film transistor provided corresponding to each pixel, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, and a reflective layer located at least in the reflective region. The first substrate further includes a common electrode adjacent to the pixel electrode with a dielectric layer interposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. At least one from among the pixel electrode and the common electrode includes at least one slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Fumikazu SHIMOSHIKIRYOH, Shinichi TERASHITA, Kouichi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240168282
    Abstract: An optical system includes, in order from a pupil surface side to a display surface side, a first reflective polarizing plate, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a half mirror, a second lens having a positive refractive power, and a second reflective polarizing plate. The optical system further includes a first quarter wave plate arranged between a pupil surface and the half mirror, and a second quarter wave plate arranged between the half mirror and a display surface. The second lens has a paraxially convex surface on the pupil surface side. Further, in the case where a paraxial curvature radius of a surface of the first lens on the pupil surface side is r1 and a paraxial curvature radius of a surface of the first lens on the display surface side is r2, the optical system satisfies a conditional expression below: (1) ?3.2<r1/r2<?0.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: Kantatsu Co., Ltd, Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Maruyama, Naru Usukura
  • Patent number: 11988910
    Abstract: A viewing angle-controlling liquid crystal panel sequentially includes a first polarizing plate; a first liquid crystal panel; a second polarizing plate; a second liquid crystal panel; and a third polarizing plate, wherein an azimuthal angle ?P1 of the absorption axis of the first polarizing plate, an azimuthal angle ?1 of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the first substrate and an azimuthal angle ?2 of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the second substrate in the first liquid crystal panel, an azimuthal angle ?P2 of the absorption axis of the second polarizing plate, an azimuthal angle ?3 of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the third substrate and an azimuthal angle ?4 of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the fourth substrate in the second liquid crystal panel, and an azimuthal angle ?P3 of the absorption axis of the third polarizing plate satisfy specific formulas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Murata, Junichi Masuda, Shugo Yagi, Akira Hirai, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Takashi Satoh, Akira Sakai, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Patent number: 11988918
    Abstract: Provided is an optical element including a phase difference layer. The phase difference layer is a laminate of n first phase difference layers and m second phase difference layers. The n first phase difference layers each contain first anisotropic molecules with tilt angles different between a viewing surface side and a back surface side. The m second phase difference layers each contain second anisotropic molecules with tilt angles different between a viewing surface side and a back surface side. Slow axes of the n first phase difference layers are in a same orientation. Slow axes of the m second phase difference layers are in a same orientation. The slow axes of the n first phase difference layers and the slow axes of the m second phase difference layers are anti-parallel to each other and are parallel to or perpendicular to the transmission axis of the first polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Kawahira, Masahiro Hasegawa, Ryosuke Saigusa, Jianeng Xu, Akira Sakai
  • Publication number: 20240164145
    Abstract: A display device includes the following: a plurality of first spacers provided at a first pitch that is constant, in a given direction in the display region except where light-emitting elements are provided, the plurality of first spacers having heights that are identical; and n?1 second spacers provided between two of the plurality of first spacers adjacent to each other in the given direction, except where the light-emitting elements are provided, the n?1 second spacers having heights that are smaller than the heights of the plurality of first spacers, where n is a natural number equal to or greater than two. The pitch in the given direction of all spacers including the plurality of first spacers and the n?1 second spacers is a second pitch that is constant, and that is the first pitch divided into n equal parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Norio MUROFUSHI, Tohru SONODA
  • Publication number: 20240162214
    Abstract: A display device includes an active matrix substrate including a plurality of pixels and a driver unit. The driver unit includes a flexible substrate, a first wiring pattern disposed on the flexible substrate, a demultiplexer circuit or a multiplexer circuit supported by the flexible substrate and connected to the first wiring pattern, and a source driver IC supported by the flexible substrate and connected to the first wiring pattern. The driver unit is connected to a display panel, and a TFT of the plurality of pixels and a TFT of the demultiplexer circuit or the multiplexer circuit have semiconductors different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: KOHHEI TANAKA, KAORU YAMAMOTO, Keiichi YAMAMOTO, Ryo YONEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240160052
    Abstract: A viewing angle-controlling liquid crystal panel sequentially includes a first polarizing plate; a first liquid crystal panel; a second polarizing plate; a second liquid crystal panel; and a third polarizing plate, wherein an azimuthal angle ?P1 of the absorption axis of the first polarizing plate, an azimuthal angle ?1 of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the first substrate and an azimuthal angle ?2 of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the second substrate in the first liquid crystal panel, an azimuthal angle ?P2 of the absorption axis of the second polarizing plate, an azimuthal angle ?3 of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the third substrate and an azimuthal angle ?4 of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the fourth substrate in the second liquid crystal panel, and an azimuthal angle ?P3 of the absorption axis of the third polarizing plate satisfy specific formulas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Koji MURATA, Junichi MASUDA, Shugo YAGI, Akira HIRAI, Hiroshi TSUCHIYA, Takashi SATOH, Akira SAKAI, Kiyoshi MINOURA
  • Patent number: 11982917
    Abstract: The liquid crystal panel of the present invention sequentially includes: a first substrate including a first electrode; a first alignment film; a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules having a positive anisotropy of dielectric constant; a second alignment film; and a second substrate including a second electrode, the liquid crystal molecules being homogeneously aligned with no voltage applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, a polar anchoring energy 2EA and an azimuthal anchoring energy 2EB of the second alignment film being smaller than a polar anchoring energy 1EA and an azimuthal anchoring energy 1EB of the first alignment film, respectively, the polar anchoring energy 2EA of the second alignment film being not greater than the azimuthal anchoring energy 2EB of the second alignment film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Murata, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Takashi Satoh, Shinji Shimada
  • Patent number: 11977293
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source, a first optical member, and a fixing portion. The first optical member includes a light reflection portion configured to reflect light, at least a part of the light reflection portion overlapping with the light source, and a light transmitting portion configured to transmit light, the light transmitting portion not overlapping the light reflection portion. A center of the light source in a plan view is defined as a first center, and a center of the light reflection portion in a plan view is defined as a second center. In the light reflection portion, the second center is located between the fixing portion and the first center at a first temperature, and at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, a position of the second center is closer to the first center than a position of the second center at the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Yasunaga, Hisashi Watanabe, Takeshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 11978419
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of gate bus lines, and a control device. The control device includes a first gate driver connected to one end of each of the plurality of gate bus lines and a second gate driver connected to another end of each of the plurality of gate bus lines. The control device receives an image signal, generates a gate signal based on the image signal, and inputs the gate signal to only the first gate driver or to the first gate driver and the second gate driver, in accordance with a refresh rate of the image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Nojima