Patents by Inventor Hayato Kurasawa

Hayato Kurasawa 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: 11740747
    Abstract: Display device is provided and includes display part including first and second substrates, first and second polarizing plates, display area that includes pixel electrodes, a common electrode and display functional layer each of which is arranged between first and second substrates, display image formed by applying display voltage between pixel electrodes and common electrode in display period, input part including third substrate having back surface facing front surface of display part, detection electrodes formed on back surface of third substrate, and conductive layer provided between back surface of third substrate and front surface of display part, wherein conductive layer overlaps third substrate without through detection electrodes outside display area, and part of detection electrodes is uncovered by conductive layer outside display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Kohei Azumi, Koji Ishizaki, Hideki Kaneko, Tsutomu Harada
  • Publication number: 20230259223
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a touch detection device includes first detection electrodes in a detection area, second detection electrodes in the detection area, extending to intersect the first detection electrodes, first control lines connected to the first detection electrodes, respectively, and provided in a non-detection area, and second control lines connected to the second detection electrodes, respectively, and provided in the non-detection area. The second control lines overlap the first control lines at a plurality of positions as seen in plan view, such that areas of overlapping portions in which the first control lines overlap the second control lines are substantially equalized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Chihiro TANAKA, Naoki TAKADA, Toshihiko TANAKA, Hayato KURASAWA, Koji ISHIZAKI, Tatsuya WAKIMOTO, Masaki MIYATAKE
  • Patent number: 11726360
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a display region for displaying an image; a second electrode opposed to the first electrodes; a plurality of switching elements that are arranged in the display region and coupled to the first electrodes or the second electrode; a gate line for supplying a scanning signal for scanning the switching elements; a data line for supplying a signal to the switching elements that are coupled to the switching elements; and conductive wire that is opposed to the second electrode via an insulating layer and is coupled to the switching elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
  • Patent number: 11726592
    Abstract: A sensor-equipped display device is provided and includes a display panel and a detection electrode. The panel includes a display area in which pixels are arranged with a first pixel pitch in a first direction and a second pixel pitch in a second direction. The electrode includes an pattern having line fragments. The pattern has connection points at which ends of the fragments are connected to each other, and at least part of the connection points is arranged linearly such that an arrangement gaps thereof in the first and second direction is set to a first and second connection point pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Koji Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20230244098
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, lead wirings provided on the first substrate or the second substrate and a first insulator part provided on an upper surface of the second substrate. The lead wirings are arranged in a peripheral region when seen in a plan view and the first insulator part is arranged so as to overlap a display region when seen in a plan view. Second insulator parts or spaces with a permittivity lower than a permittivity of the first insulator part are provided at sides of the first insulator part. The second insulator parts or the spaces are arranged so as to overlap the lead wirings in the peripheral region when seen in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Koji ISHIZAKI, Masanobu IKEDA, Hayato KURASAWA, Yoshihiro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11709566
    Abstract: A touch panel is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the touch panel includes a substrate with first and second surfaces, a drive electrode facing the first surface, a plurality of touch detection electrodes facing the second surface, and a dummy electrode between adjacent touch detection electrodes. Each touch detection electrode includes a first conductive thin wire extending parallel to the first and second surfaces. The dummy electrode includes a second conductive thin wire extending along the first conductive thin wire. The first conductive thin wire includes a first bent portion and a second bent portion alternately arranged with the first conductive thin wire having a zigzag pattern. The second conductive thin wire includes a third bent portion and a slit that are alternately arranged. The third bent portion is arranged on a virtual straight line formed by virtually connecting the first bent portions of one first conductive thin wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Hayato Kurasawa, Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 11703968
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, first electrodes, lines, pixel electrodes, a display functional layer, a common electrode, second electrodes, and a controller. The first electrodes are opposed to the second electrodes with a space therebetween, and an insulating layer is provided between the common electrode and the first and second electrodes. During the display periods, in response to a control signal from the controller, the pixel electrodes are supplied with a pixel signal through the lines, and the common electrode is supplied with a common signal. During the sensing period, in response to the control signal from the controller, the lines are supplied with a first drive signal to generate a magnetic field. The first electrodes are supplied with a second drive signal to generate electrostatic capacitance between themselves and the second electrodes in response to the control signal from the controller, synchronously or asynchronously with the display periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Tadayoshi Katsuta
  • Patent number: 11698558
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel; and a second pixel including the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and a fourth sub-pixel. The first pixel and the second pixel are alternately arranged in a row direction and a column direction. The third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel are alternately arranged in the column direction. A branch electrode in one of two first sub-pixels adjacent in the column direction extends in a first direction, and a branch electrode in the other thereof extends in a second direction. A branch electrode in one of two second sub-pixels adjacent in the column direction extends in the first direction, and a branch electrode in the other thereof extends in the second direction. Each branch electrode in the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel includes a bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Kabe, Jin Hirosawa, Hayato Kurasawa
  • Publication number: 20230185404
    Abstract: A display device with a touch sensor having a display function and a touch sensor function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode; a first electrode along a first direction; and a second substrate including a second electrode that includes patterns of electrodes along a second direction crossing the first direction and that faces the first electrode and the pixel electrode, wherein upon the display function being activated, the pixel electrode is supplied with a pixel signal, and the second electrode is supplied with common voltage, and upon the touch sensor function being activated, the first electrode is applied with a first signal and the second electrode is configured to receive the first signal to be a second signal as a touch detecting signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Naosuke FURUTANI, Hayato KURASAWA, Makoto HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11675456
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes; a plurality of detection electrodes arranged in a matrix in a display area of the substrate; a plurality of detection electrode lines coupled to the respective detection electrodes; a plurality of first electrodes provided in the same layer as the detection electrodes or the detection electrode lines and extending in a first direction; a plurality of switching elements coupled to the respective pixel electrodes; a plurality of signal lines coupled to the switching elements and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; a coupling member provided in a peripheral area outside the display area and configured to couple ends of the first electrodes to each other; and a drive circuit configured to output a first drive signal in a first sensing period in which an electromagnetic induction method is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Fumitaka Gotoh, Gen Koide, Tadayoshi Katsuta
  • Patent number: 11669187
    Abstract: A sensor device is provided and includes detection electrodes each having a mesh shape; and lead lines each including a first part and a second part, wherein the detection electrodes are connected to the lead linens, respectively, the first part has a first end and a second end opposed to the first end, and extends in a first direction, the second part extends in a second direction different from the first direction, the first part is connected to a corresponding one of the detection electrodes at the first end and connected to the second part at the second end, and a width of the first part is different from a width of the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Toshihiko Tanaka, Naoki Takada, Chihiro Tanaka, Koji Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 11662849
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a touch detection device includes first detection electrodes in a detection area, second detection electrodes in the detection area, extending to intersect the first detection electrodes, first control lines connected to the first detection electrodes, respectively, and provided in a non-detection area, and second control lines connected to the second detection electrodes, respectively, and provided in the non-detection area. The second control lines overlap the first control lines at a plurality of positions as seen in plan view, such that areas of overlapping portions in which the first control lines overlap the second control lines are substantially equalized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Chihiro Tanaka, Naoki Takada, Toshihiko Tanaka, Hayato Kurasawa, Koji Ishizaki, Tatsuya Wakimoto, Masaki Miyatake
  • Publication number: 20230154230
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor is provided and includes substrate; sensor electrodes arranged on substrate; first switches coupled to sensor electrodes; organic layer covering sensor electrodes; control line drive circuit in a first direction; signal line drive circuit in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; signal lines coupled to the first switches; control lines coupling first switches to control line drive circuit; sensor drive electrode surrounding sensor electrodes; second switches between signal line drive circuit and signal lines; first number of third switches between signal line drive circuit and first number of second switches, wherein surface of organic layer is lower than sensor drive electrode, and wherein first number is less than number of all second switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Fumihito SHIBANO, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Toshinori UEHARA, Kimiyo NONOYAMA, Hayato KURASAWA
  • Patent number: 11650446
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, lead wirings provided on the first substrate or the second substrate and a first insulator part provided on an upper surface of the second substrate. The lead wirings are arranged in a peripheral region when seen in a plan view and the first insulator part is arranged so as to overlap a display region when seen in a plan view. Second insulator parts or spaces with a permittivity lower than a permittivity of the first insulator part are provided at sides of the first insulator part. The second insulator parts or the spaces are arranged so as to overlap the lead wirings in the peripheral region when seen in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Masanobu Ikeda, Hayato Kurasawa, Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230124285
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrostatic capacitance-type sensor-equipped display device includes a display panel with a display surface which displays an image. The sensor includes a plurality of detection electrodes disposed in a matrix, the detection electrodes being mutually electrically independently provided above the display surface and being configured to detect a variation in electrostatic capacitance, and a plurality of lead lines provided above the display surface, connected to the detection electrodes in a one-to-one correspondence, and formed of a metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki, Hayato Kurasawa
  • Publication number: 20230108719
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises image signal lines, scanning signal lines, pixels, a display area, pixel electrodes, and common electrodes. The common electrodes are configured to detect an object and to display an image in the display area. The common electrodes include first and second common electrodes which are arranged in a first direction. A first slit is provided between the first and second common electrodes. The first and second common electrodes are supplied a signal different from each other. A second slit is provided in the first common electrode. Each of the first slit and the second slit overlaps one of the image signal lines and extends in an extension direction in which the image signal line extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Kenta SEKI, Gen KOIDE, Hayato KURASAWA
  • Patent number: 11604536
    Abstract: A display device with a touch sensor having a display function and a touch sensor function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode; a first electrode along a first direction; and a second substrate including a second electrode that includes patterns of electrodes along a second direction crossing the first direction and that faces the first electrode and the pixel electrode, wherein upon the display function being activated, the pixel electrode is supplied with a pixel signal, and the second electrode is supplied with common voltage, and upon the touch sensor function being activated, the first electrode is applied with a first signal and the second electrode is configured to receive the first signal to be a second signal as a touch detecting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Naosuke Furutani, Hayato Kurasawa, Makoto Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11580768
    Abstract: A sensor is provided and includes a first control line; a first signal line; a first auxiliary line; a first detection electrode; a first detection switch connected to the first detection electrode, the first control line and the first signal line; and a first shielding electrode connected to the first auxiliary line, wherein the first shielding electrode is located to overlap the first signal line via an insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Gen Koide, Hayato Kurasawa, Toshio Soya, Fumitaka Gotoh
  • Patent number: 11561655
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrostatic capacitance-type sensor-equipped display device includes a display panel with a display surface which displays an image. The sensor includes a plurality of detection electrodes disposed in a matrix, the detection electrodes being mutually electrically independently provided above the display surface and being configured to detect a variation in electrostatic capacitance, and a plurality of lead lines provided above the display surface, connected to the detection electrodes in a one-to-one correspondence, and formed of a metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki, Hayato Kurasawa
  • Patent number: 11562595
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor is provided and includes substrate; sensor electrodes on substrate; first switches coupled to sensor electrodes; organic layer covering sensor electrodes; control line drive circuit in first direction; signal line drive circuit in second direction orthogonal to first direction; signal lines coupled to first switches; control lines coupling first switches to control line drive circuit; sensor drive electrode surrounding sensor electrodes; second switches between signal line drive circuit and signal lines; and first number of third switches between signal line drive circuit and first number of second switches, wherein distance of sensor drive electrode from surface of substrate is larger than distance of sensor electrodes from surface of substrate, and wherein first number is less than number of all second switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Fumihito Shibano, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Toshinori Uehara, Kimiyo Nonoyama, Hayato Kurasawa