Patents by Inventor Daiji Kitagawa

Daiji Kitagawa 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: 20240411402
    Abstract: A display device with a touch panel starts a first touch detection process within an extension period, and ends the first touch detection process before a normal drive period starts. The display device with a touch panel performs a process of outputting first report data when a length of the extension period is equal to or longer than a predetermined length. The display device with a touch panel performs, after the normal drive period starts, a second touch detection process, a writing process, and a process of outputting second report data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke Suehiro, Daiji Kitagawa, Jin Miyazawa, Yousuke Nakamura
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20240211066
    Abstract: A display device with a touch panel includes a touch panel including a pixel electrode, and a control unit executing a write process of writing a data signal on the pixel electrode and a touch detection process by the touch panel. The control unit determines an executable number of times of the touch detection process based on the length of the pause period, alternately executes the touch detection process and the write process in the display period, and executes the touch detection process a number of times equal to or less than the determined executable number of times in the pause period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Daiji KITAGAWA, Jin Miyazawa, Yousuke Nakamura, Daisuke Suehiro
  • Patent number: 11928283
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a sensor unit configured to detect a touch operation; a first control unit configured to supply a first signal to the display panel; and a second control unit configured to calculate touch information related to the touch operation and to supply the touch information to the first control unit. The first control unit includes: a signal generator configured to generate the first signal based on an image signal supplied from an external image signal supply source; and an overdrive circuit configured to perform a process of increasing an amplitude of the first signal generated by the signal generator. The overdrive circuit is actuated based on the touch information from the second control unit. The first control unit, in response to the actuation of the overdrive circuit, supplies the first signal having the amplitude increased by the overdrive circuit to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Miyazawa, Noriyuki Tanaka, Daiji Kitagawa, Tatsuhiko Suyama, Yousuke Nakamura, Daisuke Suehiro
  • Publication number: 20230333679
    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: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke SUEHIRO, Daiji KITAGAWA, Noriyuki TANAKA, Tatsuhiko SUYAMA, Jin MIYAZAWA, Yousuke NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230273697
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a sensor unit configured to detect a touch operation; a first control unit configured to supply a first signal to the display panel; and a second control unit configured to calculate touch information related to the touch operation and to supply the touch information to the first control unit. The first control unit includes: a signal generator configured to generate the first signal based on an image signal supplied from an external image signal supply source; and an overdrive circuit configured to perform a process of increasing an amplitude of the first signal generated by the signal generator. The overdrive circuit is actuated based on the touch information from the second control unit. The first control unit, in response to the actuation of the overdrive circuit, supplies the first signal having the amplitude increased by the overdrive circuit to the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jin MIYAZAWA, Noriyuki TANAKA, Daiji KITAGAWA, Tatsuhiko SUYAMA, Yousuke NAKAMURA, Daisuke SUEHIRO
  • Patent number: 11726361
    Abstract: An in-cell touch panel includes a mode switching control circuit and a counter substrate electrode control circuit. The mode switching control circuit switches, in a time-division manner, the operation mode of the in-cell touch panel between a display mode in which a display signal is supplied by a display control circuit to pixel electrodes, and a touch detection mode in which a driving signal is supplied by a driving control circuit to touch sensor electrodes. The counter substrate electrode control circuit supplies a counter substrate electrode with a signal that is in synchronization with the driving signal and that has the same polarity as that of the driving signal in a period while the in-cell touch panel is in the touch detection mode, or causes the potential of the counter substrate electrode to be in a floating state in a period while the in-cell touch panel is in the touch detection mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Nagata, Kazutoshi Kida, Daiji Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11675460
    Abstract: A control circuit of an in-cell touch panel device associates a touch position P1 and a touch position P2 with each other when a refresh rate is F1 and a touch-to-touch distance d1 between the successive touch positions P1 and P2 is equal to or less than a determination distance D1. The control circuit associates a touch position P3 and a touch position P4 with each other when a touch-to-touch distance d2 between the touch position P3 detected last in a period in which the refresh rate is F2 lower than F1 and the touch position P4 detected first since a period in which the refresh rate is F1 starts is equal to or less than a determination distance D2 greater than the determination distance D1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daiji Kitagawa, Jin Miyazawa, Yousuke Nakamura, Daisuke Suehiro
  • Publication number: 20230104048
    Abstract: A control circuit of an in-cell touch panel device associates a touch position P1 and a touch position P2 with each other when a refresh rate is F1 and a touch-to-touch distance d1 between the successive touch positions P1 and P2 is equal to or less than a determination distance D1. The control circuit associates a touch position P3 and a touch position P4 with each other when a touch-to-touch distance d2 between the touch position P3 detected last in a period in which the refresh rate is F2 lower than F1 and the touch position P4 detected first since a period in which the refresh rate is F1 starts is equal to or less than a determination distance D2 greater than the determination distance D1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Daiji KITAGAWA, Jin MIYAZAWA, Yousuke NAKAMURA, Daisuke SUEHIRO
  • Patent number: 11604537
    Abstract: A display device includes a touch panel, a panel control unit, and a storage unit configured to store an image signal. The panel control unit provides control to perform a touch detection operation and a write operation in an alternating manner in an image input period and to perform at least the touch detection operation at regular intervals in a suspension period. When an image input period starts, the panel control unit provides control to perform the write operation after an ongoing or subsequent touch detection operation finishes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yousuke Nakamura, Daiji Kitagawa, Jin Miyazawa, Daisuke Suehiro
  • Publication number: 20230060098
    Abstract: An in-cell touch panel includes a mode switching control circuit and a counter substrate electrode control circuit. The mode switching control circuit switches, in a time-division manner, the operation mode of the in-cell touch panel between a display mode in which a display signal is supplied by a display control circuit to pixel electrodes, and a touch detection mode in which a driving signal is supplied by a driving control circuit to touch sensor electrodes. The counter substrate electrode control circuit supplies a counter substrate electrode with a signal that is in synchronization with the driving signal and that has the same polarity as that of the driving signal in a period while the in-cell touch panel is in the touch detection mode, or causes the potential of the counter substrate electrode to be in a floating state in a period while the in-cell touch panel is in the touch detection mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kosuke NAGATA, Kazutoshi KIDA, Daiji KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11475860
    Abstract: A memory liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel with a built-in touch panel is provided with a state control circuit configured to switch a state of a pixel electrode between a floating state and a non-floating state. A pulse signal for touch detection is supplied to a common electrode in a touch detection period. The state control circuit changes the state of the pixel electrode from the non-floating state to the floating state before the start of the touch detection period, and changes the state of the pixel electrode from the floating state to the non-floating state after the end of the touch detection period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiji Kitagawa, Jin Miyazawa, Yousuke Nakamura, Daisuke Suehiro, Noriyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220291802
    Abstract: A display device includes a touch panel, a panel control unit, and a storage unit configured to store an image signal. The panel control unit provides control to perform a touch detection operation and a write operation in an alternating manner in an image input period and to perform at least the touch detection operation at regular intervals in a suspension period. When an image input period starts, the panel control unit provides control to perform the write operation after an ongoing or subsequent touch detection operation finishes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yousuke NAKAMURA, Daiji KITAGAWA, Jin MIYAZAWA, Daisuke SUEHIRO
  • Patent number: 11429227
    Abstract: There is achieved an electronic device including a position detector that can detect a touch position with high accuracy even when thickness reduction proceeds. A touch position detection method includes: a first determination step (S710) of determining whether or not negative-value data is included in mutual capacitance detection data; a second determination step (S720) of determining whether or not a mutual capacitance detection region and a self-capacitance detection region overlap; a third determination step (S730) of determining whether or not the maximum value of the absolute value of negative-value data and the area of a negative-value data region are equal to or greater than thresholds; a correction step (S740) of correcting the mutual capacitance detection data on the basis of self-capacitance detection data; and a touch position specification step (S750) of specifying a touch position on the basis of the mutual capacitance detection data after the correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Mayumi, Daiji Kitagawa, Atsushi Aoki
  • Patent number: 11428997
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel is provided which is capable of performing displaying with sufficiently high quality while reducing power consumption. The liquid crystal panel 20 includes a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of counter electrodes which are smaller in number and larger in individual size than the plurality of pixel electrodes, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the plurality of counter electrodes, and a control unit configured to control a voltage applied to the plurality of pixel electrodes and a voltage applied to the plurality of counter electrodes. In a predetermined case, the control unit operates in a power saving operation mode in which the control unit performs control such that a fixed voltage is applied to the plurality of pixel electrodes and a voltage corresponding to an image signal is applied to the plurality of counter electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Suehiro, Tatsuhiko Suyama, Atsushi Aoki, Daiji Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11397490
    Abstract: In a memory liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel with a built-in touch panel, a black voltage or a white voltage is provided to a pixel electrode in accordance with a value of binary data stored in a memory circuit, and a display voltage generation circuit changes voltage values of the black voltage and the white voltage in synchronization with a continuous pulse voltage for touch detection in a touch detection period so that an absolute value of a voltage between the pixel electrode and a common electrode is maintained at a constant magnitude in each pixel circuit throughout a period from a point in time immediately before the start of the touch detection period to a point in time immediately after the end of the touch detection period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiji Kitagawa, Noriyuki Tanaka, Jin Miyazawa, Yousuke Nakamura, Daisuke Suehiro
  • Publication number: 20220187974
    Abstract: In a memory liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel with a built-in touch panel, a black voltage or a white voltage is provided to a pixel electrode in accordance with a value of binary data stored in a memory circuit, and a display voltage generation circuit changes voltage values of the black voltage and the white voltage in synchronization with a continuous pulse voltage for touch detection in a touch detection period so that an absolute value of a voltage between the pixel electrode and a common electrode is maintained at a constant magnitude in each pixel circuit throughout a period from a point in time immediately before the start of the touch detection period to a point in time immediately after the end of the touch detection period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: DAIJI KITAGAWA, NORIYUKI TANAKA, JIN MIYAZAWA, YOUSUKE NAKAMURA, DAISUKE SUEHIRO
  • Publication number: 20220189428
    Abstract: A memory liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel with a built-in touch panel is provided with a state control circuit configured to switch a state of a pixel electrode between a floating state and a non-floating state. A pulse signal for touch detection is supplied to a common electrode in a touch detection period. The state control circuit changes the state of the pixel electrode from the non-floating state to the floating state before the start of the touch detection period, and changes the state of the pixel electrode from the floating state to the non-floating state after the end of the touch detection period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: DAIJI KITAGAWA, JIN MIYAZAWA, YOUSUKE NAKAMURA, DAISUKE SUEHIRO, NORIYUKI TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220057933
    Abstract: There is achieved an electronic device including a position detector that can detect a touch position with high accuracy even when thickness reduction proceeds. A touch position detection method includes: a first determination step (S710) of determining whether or not negative-value data is included in mutual capacitance detection data; a second determination step (S720) of determining whether or not a mutual capacitance detection region and a self-capacitance detection region overlap; a third determination step (S730) of determining whether or not the maximum value of the absolute value of negative-value data and the area of a negative-value data region are equal to or greater than thresholds; a correction step (S740) of correcting the mutual capacitance detection data on the basis of self-capacitance detection data; and a touch position specification step (S750) of specifying a touch position on the basis of the mutual capacitance detection data after the correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Masashi MAYUMI, Daiji KITAGAWA, Atsushi AOKI
  • Patent number: 11209932
    Abstract: A display device can extend a pause period by using a preset second setting period as a unit when a length of the pause period exceeds the second setting period. Further, detection of a touch position and specification of coordinates are interrupted when a vertical synchronization signal is received while specifying the coordinates of the touch position, and coordinates remaining in a coordinate calculation unit are discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiji Kitagawa, Jin Miyazawa