Patents by Inventor Arihiro Takeda

Arihiro Takeda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150234243
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device, include a first substrate includes a first pixel electrode including m first strip electrodes, a second pixel electrode including m second strip electrodes, a third pixel electrode including n third strip electrodes, a fourth pixel electrode including m fourth strip electrodes, a fifth pixel electrode including m fifth strip electrodes, and a sixth pixel electrode including n sixth strip electrodes, m and n being positive integers and unequal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Atsuko OONO, Arihiro Takeda, Jin Hirosawa, Satoru Kawasaki, Yuji Maede, Saori Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20150227009
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first substrate is provided with first and second main pixel electrodes electrically connected each other extending along a first direction, respectively. A second substrate includes first to third main common electrodes electrically connected each other extending along the first direction, respectively. The first main pixel electrode is arranged between the first and second main common electrodes, and the second main pixel electrode is arranged between the second and third main common electrodes. Four inter-electrode distances are formed. One of the four inter-electrode distances is set to an optimal inter-electrode distance, and one of the four inter-electrode distances is different from at least one of the other three inter-electrode distances. Herein, the optimal inter-electrode distance is defined as follows: in a range of voltage which is applied between the electrodes, more than 90% of a peak transmissivity is obtained by the optimal inter-electrode distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hitomi HASEGAWA, Jin HIROSAWA, Arihiro TAKEDA, Nobuko FUKUOKA, Yusuke MORITA
  • Patent number: 9091886
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus including first and second substrates which are disposed facing each other, with liquid crystal sealed between said first and second substrates, a first electrode formed on the first substrate and a second electrode formed on the second substrate. There are alignment control layers covering the first and second electrodes, wherein the alignment control layers control the alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules, when no voltage is applied, to be roughly vertical to faces of the first and second substrates. Bumps are formed on at least one surface of the first and second substrates, wherein the bumps determine tilting directions of the liquid crystal molecules when voltage is applied. Both of the alignment control layers and the bumps are made of a polymerizable compound included in and mixed with said liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Arihiro Takeda, Yoshio Koike, Takahiro Sasaki, Hidefumi Yoshida, Kazutaka Hanaoka
  • Patent number: 9086602
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first substrate includes a main pixel electrode and a first alignment film formed on the main pixel electrode having vertical alignment characteristics. A second substrate includes a pair of main common electrodes and a second alignment film formed on the main common electrodes having vertical alignment characteristics. A liquid crystal layer is held between the first substrate and the second substrate having positive dielectric anisotropy. The main pixel electrode is arranged extending in a first direction. The pair of main common electrodes is arranged in the first direction, respectively, so as to sandwich the main pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Keisuke Takano, Jin Hirosawa, Arihiro Takeda, Hirokazu Morimoto
  • Patent number: 9081242
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first gate line and a second gate line extending in a first direction, respectively. A first source line and a second source line extend in a second direction orthogonally crossing the first direction. A pixel electrode includes a first main pixel electrode in the shape of a belt located on an edge of the first source line and extending in the second direction, and a second main pixel electrode in the shape of a belt located on an edge of the second source line and extending in the second direction. A second substrate includes a main common electrode located between the first main pixel electrode and the second main pixel electrode and extending in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Arihiro Takeda, Jin Hirosawa
  • Patent number: 9081239
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer sealed therebetween. The device also includes a first electrode formed on the first substrate and a second electrode formed on the second substrate; a first molecule orientation film formed on the first substrate so as to cover the first electrode; a second molecule orientation film formed on the second substrate so as to cover the second electrode; a plurality of micro structures associated with at least one of the first and second electrodes; and a plurality of rough structural patterns associated with at least one of the first and second electrodes. At least some of the micro structures extend generally parallel to each other, and the rough structural patterns extend in directions different from directions in which the micro structures extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Kataoka, Arihiro Takeda, Takahiro Sasaki, Tsutomu Seino, Yoshio Koike, Hidefumi Yoshida, Yuichi Inoue, Kazutaka Hanaoka, Seiji Tanuma, Takatoshi Mayama, Kimiaki Nakamura, Hideo Chida, Seiji Doi, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Takashi Takagi, Hiroyasu Inoue
  • Patent number: 9052552
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first substrate is provided with first and second main pixel electrodes electrically connected each other extending along a first direction, respectively. A second substrate includes first to third main common electrodes electrically connected each other extending along the first direction, respectively. The first main pixel electrode is arranged between the first and second main common electrodes, and the second main pixel electrode is arranged between the second and third main common electrodes. Four inter-electrode distances are formed. One of the four inter-electrode distances is set to an optimal inter-electrode distance, and one of the four inter-electrode distances is different from at least one of the other three inter-electrode distances. Herein, the optimal inter-electrode distance is defined as follows: in a range of voltage which is applied between the electrodes, more than 90% of a peak transmissivity is obtained by the optimal inter-electrode distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hitomi Hasegawa, Jin Hirosawa, Arihiro Takeda, Nobuko Fukuoka, Yusuke Morita
  • Publication number: 20150109565
    Abstract: A display device includes a first color pixel, a second color pixel neighboring the first color pixel in a first direction, a third color pixel neighboring the second color pixel in the first direction, a fourth color pixel neighboring the first color pixel in a second direction, a fifth color pixel neighboring the second color pixel in the second direction, and a sixth color pixel neighboring the third color pixel in the second direction, wherein each of the first color pixel, the second color pixel, the fourth color pixel and the fifth color pixel has a first long-side length, the third color pixel has a second long-side length which is greater than the first long-side length, and the sixth color pixel has a third long-side length which is less than the first long-side length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Arihiro TAKEDA, Keiji Tago, Kayoko Miyazaki, Ayumi Mori
  • Publication number: 20150029448
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a cross-shaped pixel electrode which includes a main pixel electrode and a sub-pixel electrode, and a second substrate including a common electrode which includes main common electrodes and sub-common electrodes. A first horizontal inter-electrode distance between the main pixel electrode and the main common electrode is less than a second horizontal inter-electrode distance between the sub-pixel electrode and the sub-common electrode and is greater than a vertical inter-electrode distance between the main pixel electrode and the main common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Jin HIROSAWA, Arihiro TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20150022769
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device comprises a pixel electrode including a first main electrode disposed between a first line and a second line and extending like a belt in a first extending direction. A first counter electrode includes a second main electrode extending like a belt in the first extending direction, a second counter electrode having a third main electrode extending like a belt in the first extending direction. The second and third main electrodes are disposed on both sides of the first main electrode, and an initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules is parallel with a direction passing through an interstice between the first end side of the first main electrode and the second line, and through an interstice between the second end side of the first main electrode and the first line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Morita, Jin Hirosawa, Arihiro Takeda, Nobuko Fukuoka, Keiji Tago, Kazuya Daishi
  • Publication number: 20150002770
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a vertical direction to the first substrate and the second substrate by the first molecule orientation film and the second molecule orientation film, respectively, in a non-driving state. A structural pattern is formed so as to extend in a first direction parallel a surface of the liquid crystal layer and so as to form, in a driving state, an electric field periodically changing in a second direction that is parallel to the liquid crystal layer and vertical to the first direction. The liquid crystal molecules substantially tilt in the first direction in the driving state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Shingo Kataoka, Arihiro Takeda, Takahiro Sasaki, Tsutomu Seino, Yoshio Koike, Hidefumi Yoshida, Yuichi Inoue, Kazutaka Hanaoka, Seiji Tanuma, Takatoshi Mayama, Kimiaki Nakamura, Hideo Chida, Seiji Doi, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Takashi Takagi, Hiroyasu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140368780
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display apparatus includes a first substrate including a first electrode and an insulating layer arranged so as to cover an edge of the first electrode, a second substrate including a second electrode facing the first electrode and a second slit from which the second electrode is removed, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first electrode includes a plurality of first slits extending inwardly from the edge of the first electrode. The insulating layer and the plurality of first slits are arranged such that a position of an end of the insulating layer and a position of a tip to which the first slit extends are apart from each other in a region between the edge of the first electrode and the second slit in a direction in which the first slit extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Arihiro TAKEDA, Jin Hirosawa
  • Patent number: 8902390
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a cross-shaped pixel electrode which includes a main pixel electrode and a sub-pixel electrode, and a second substrate including a common electrode which includes main common electrodes and sub-common electrodes. A first horizontal inter-electrode distance between the main pixel electrode and the main common electrode is less than a second horizontal inter-electrode distance between the sub-pixel electrode and the sub-common electrode and is greater than a vertical inter-electrode distance between the main pixel electrode and the main common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Hirosawa, Arihiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 8885132
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device comprises a pixel electrode including a first main electrode disposed between a first line and a second line and extending like a belt in a first extending direction. A first counter electrode includes a second main electrode extending like a belt in the first extending direction, a second counter electrode having a third main electrode extending like a belt in the first extending direction. The second and third main electrodes are disposed on both sides of the first main electrode, and an initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules is parallel with a direction passing through an interstice between the first end side of the first main electrode and the second line, and through an interstice between the second end side of the first main electrode and the first line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Morita, Jin Hirosawa, Arihiro Takeda, Nobuko Fukuoka, Keiji Tago, Kazuya Daishi
  • Patent number: 8842246
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display apparatus includes a first substrate including a first electrode and an insulating layer arranged so as to cover an edge of the first electrode, a second substrate including a second electrode facing the first electrode and a second slit from which the second electrode is removed, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first electrode includes a plurality of first slits extending inwardly from the edge of the first electrode. The insulating layer and the plurality of first slits are arranged such that a position of an end of the insulating layer and a position of a tip to which the first slit extends are apart from each other in a region between the edge of the first electrode and the second slit in a direction in which the first slit extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Arihiro Takeda, Jin Hirosawa
  • Publication number: 20140253851
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first interlayer insulation film located above a first gate line and a second gate line, a first common electrode extending over the first interlayer insulation film, a second interlayer insulation film covering the first common electrode, and a first pixel electrode disposed on the second interlayer insulation film. The first common electrode extends, from a position opposed to the first pixel electrode, beyond the source line in the first direction and beyond the gate line in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Keisuke TAKANO, Jin Hirosawa, Arihiro Takeda, Hirokazu Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8810759
    Abstract: An MVA mode liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric constant anisotropy held between a first substrate and a second substrate. It includes a structural body which controls an alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules to form a multi-domain in each of pixels. The structural body includes a first structural body which overlaps a light-blocking wiring line, and a second structural body which is disposed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first structural body and is narrower than the first structural body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Norihiro Yoshida, Yoshitaka Yamada, Jin Hirosawa, Arihiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 8797485
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including first and second substrates arranged opposite to each other to form a gap, with first and second alignment films provided on the first and second substrates, respectively. A cured material is provided on at least one of the first and second alignment films, and a liquid crystal layer of liquid crystal molecules is provided in the gap. The display includes a pixel electrode with a plurality of elongated members arranged with spaces therebetween, wherein the plurality of elongated members are electrically connected to each other, and a common electrode configured to apply a voltage to the liquid crystal layer in cooperation with the pixel electrode. The plurality of elongated members include first, second, third and fourth elongated members extending, respectively, in first, second, third and fourth directions in plan view. The cured material regulates alignment directions of the liquid crystal molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazutaka Hanaoka, Seiji Tanuma, Yohei Nakanishi, Kazuya Ueda, Shingo Kataoka, Takahiro Sasaki, Arihiro Takeda, Hideaki Tsuda, Takatoshi Mayama, Yuichi Inoue, Norio Sugiura
  • Patent number: 8797490
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates, with a liquid crystal layer sealed therebetween. The device also includes a first electrode formed on the first substrate, a second electrode formed on the second substrate, a first molecule orientation film formed on the first substrate so as to cover the first electrode, a second molecule orientation film formed on the second substrate so as to cover the second electrode, and a plurality of micro structures associated with at least one of the first and second electrodes, wherein at least some of the micro structures extend generally parallel to each other. When a driving voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes, liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are oriented such that no dark line occurs in a vicinity of the plurality of micro structures and no dark line occurs between adjacent micro structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Kataoka, Arihiro Takeda, Takahiro Sasaki, Tsutomu Seino, Yoshio Koike, Hidefumi Yoshida, Yuichi Inoue, Kazutaka Hanaoka, Seiji Tanuma, Takatoshi Mayama, Kimiaki Nakamura, Hideo Chida, Seiji Doi, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Hiroyasu Inoue, Takashi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20140211136
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode and a dummy pixel electrode, a second substrate including a light-shield layer including a first light-shield portion opposed to a position between the pixel electrode and the dummy pixel electrode, a second light-shield portion located in an active area and a third light-shield portion located in a peripheral area, a color filter opposed to the pixel electrode, and a dummy color filter opposed to the dummy pixel electrode, a first columnar spacer creating a first cell gap in the active area, and a second columnar spacer creating a second cell gap that is equal to the first cell gap in the peripheral area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuko FUKUOKA, Arihiro Takeda