Patents by Inventor Fumihoru NAKANO

Fumihoru NAKANO 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).

  • Patent number: 11893195
    Abstract: A detection device includes a shield layer provided with a shield electrode and a shield electrode connection wiring connected to the shield electrode, and a sensor layer located over the shield layer and provided with a sensor electrode and a sensor electrode connection wiring connected to the sensor electrode. The shield electrode has the same planar pattern as the sensor electrode and overlaps the sensor electrode. The shield electrode connection wiring has the same planar pattern as the sensor electrode connection wiring and overlaps the sensor electrode connection wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Fumihoru Nakano, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11886662
    Abstract: A sensing device includes a plurality of sensing electrodes arranged in a row direction and a column direction, a sensing circuit including a plurality of read-out circuits respectively connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes and a control circuit for controlling the plurality of read-out circuits, and an arithmetic circuit that arithmetically is configured to process a sensing signal output from the sensing circuit. The plurality of sensing circuits and the plurality of read-out circuits are connected one-to-one via wiring. The sensing circuit is configured to store a driving table storing multiple sampling frequencies different from each other. The control circuit is configured to read out the multiple sampling frequencies, drives simultaneously the plurality of read-out circuits at the multiple sampling frequencies, and output a plurality of output signals to the arithmetic circuit. The arithmetic circuit is configured to calculate the amount of noise using the multiple sampling frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Fumihoru Nakano
  • Publication number: 20230392960
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a sensor region having a detection region, a plurality of electrodes provided to the detection region, and a detection circuit configured to detect an object to be detected on the detection region frame by frame based on a detected value of each of the electrodes. Length of one frame period for detecting the object to be detected on the detection region differs depending on a relative distance between the sensor region and the object to be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Fumihoru NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20230251738
    Abstract: A sensing device includes a plurality of sensing electrodes arranged in a row direction and a column direction, a sensing circuit including a plurality of read-out circuits respectively connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes and a control circuit for controlling the plurality of read-out circuits, and an arithmetic circuit that arithmetically is configured to process a sensing signal output from the sensing circuit. The plurality of sensing circuits and the plurality of read-out circuits are connected one-to-one via wiring. The sensing circuit is configured to store a driving table storing multiple sampling frequencies different from each other. The control circuit is configured to read out the multiple sampling frequencies, drives simultaneously the plurality of read-out circuits at the multiple sampling frequencies, and output a plurality of output signals to the arithmetic circuit. The arithmetic circuit is configured to calculate the amount of noise using the multiple sampling frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Fumihoru NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11694467
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being disposed facing each other with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, a first electrode selection circuit configured to supply a first drive signal or a second drive signal with a lower potential than that of the first drive signal to the first electrodes according to a supplied signal of a first code or a second code, and a detection circuit configured to detect capacitance generated between the first electrodes and the second electrodes due to the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Fumihoru Nakano
  • Patent number: 11693509
    Abstract: A sensing device includes a plurality of sensing electrodes arranged in the row and column directions to detect a close object, a plurality of wirings connected to each of the plurality of sensing electrodes, a sensing circuit connected to the plurality of wirings and detecting voltage values of a plurality of sensing electrodes in a plurality of sensing periods and a calculation circuit calculating a position of the close object in proximity using the voltage values detected by the sensing circuit. The sensing circuit uses a set of sensing electrodes adjacent to each other in row and column direction as a sensing unit, sets the plurality of sensing periods consecutively, and changes the sensing electrodes included in the sensing unit to be different by one row in the row direction or one column for each sensing periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Fumihoru Nakano, Naoki Takada, Takayuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11681394
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being disposed facing each other with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, a first electrode selection circuit configured to change a combination of a plurality of selected first electrodes for each of a plurality of periods obtained by dividing one frame period and supply a drive signal to the selected first electrodes, and a detection circuit configured to detect capacitance generated between the first electrodes and the second electrodes due to the drive signal. The first electrode selection circuit changes a frequency of the drive signal for each of the periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Fumihoru Nakano
  • Publication number: 20230107028
    Abstract: A detection device includes a shield layer provided with a shield electrode and a shield electrode connection wiring connected to the shield electrode, and a sensor layer located over the shield layer and provided with a sensor electrode and a sensor electrode connection wiring connected to the sensor electrode. The shield electrode has the same planar pattern as the sensor electrode and overlaps the sensor electrode. The shield electrode connection wiring has the same planar pattern as the sensor electrode connection wiring and overlaps the sensor electrode connection wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Fumihoru NAKANO, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230076426
    Abstract: A sensing device includes a plurality of sensing electrodes arranged in the row and column directions to detect a close object, a plurality of wirings connected to each of the plurality of sensing electrodes, a sensing circuit connected to the plurality of wirings and detecting voltage values of a plurality of sensing electrodes in a plurality of sensing periods and a calculation circuit calculating a position of the close object in proximity using the voltage values detected by the sensing circuit. The sensing circuit uses a set of sensing electrodes adjacent to each other in row and column direction as a sensing unit, sets the plurality of sensing periods consecutively, and changes the sensing electrodes included in the sensing unit to be different by one row in the row direction or one column for each sensing periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Fumihoru NAKANO, Naoki TAKADA, Takayuki NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 11513651
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being disposed facing each other with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, a first electrode selection circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the first electrodes, and a detection circuit configured to detect capacitance generated between the first electrodes and the second electrodes due to the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Fumihoru Nakano
  • Publication number: 20220365627
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being disposed facing each other with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, a first electrode selection circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the first electrodes, and a detection circuit configured to detect capacitance generated between the first electrodes and the second electrodes due to the drive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventor: Fumihoru NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20220358780
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being disposed facing each other with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, a first electrode selection circuit configured to supply a first drive signal or a second drive signal with a lower potential than that of the first drive signal to the first electrodes according to a supplied signal of a first code or a second code, and a detection circuit configured to detect capacitance generated between the first electrodes and the second electrodes due to the drive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Fumihoru NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20220350459
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being disposed facing each other with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, a first electrode selection circuit configured to change a combination of a plurality of selected first electrodes for each of a plurality of periods obtained by dividing one frame period and supply a drive signal to the selected first electrodes, and a detection circuit configured to detect capacitance generated between the first electrodes and the second electrodes due to the drive signal. The first electrode selection circuit changes a frequency of the drive signal for each of the periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Fumihoru NAKANO