Patents by Inventor Hiromi Yanai

Hiromi Yanai 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: 9159291
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device performs display by changing the number of gray scales depending on external light intensity, and switches the display mode in accordance with a content to be displayed on a display. By controlling a display mode-specific video signal generation circuit depending on external light intensity, an inputted video signal is outputted as an analog value, is outputted with a digital value of a binary, or is outputted with a multiple digital value. As a result, display gradation of a pixel changes timely. Accordingly, a clear image can be displayed. For example, a display device which secures visibility can be obtained in a wide range from under fluorescent light in a dark place or indoor to under outdoor sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshifumi Tanada, Mitsuaki Osame, Hajime Kimura, Ryota Fukumoto, Hiromi Yanai
  • Publication number: 20140030276
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cancer immunopotentiating agent containing a compound that blocks RANKL action. The present invention relates to a cancer immunopotentiating agent containing a RANKL antagonist such as an anti-RANKL neutralizing antibody as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: ORIENTAL YEAST CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taishin Akiyama, Hiromi Yanai, Nobuko Akiyama, Hisataka Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8599124
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device in which images can be seen under a dark place to intense external light. In the display device, display is performed by changing the gray scale number depending on external light intensity, and display modes can be switched depending on contents displayed on the screen. An analog mode and a digital mode are switched depending on external light intensity. In an analog digital switching circuit, when a video signal is an analog value, a signal is outputted to a pixel array without any change and, when the video signal is a digital value, the signal is outputted to a circuit that performs a digital operation such as a latch circuit. Consequently, display gray scales of a pixel are changed appropriately. Accordingly, a clear image can be displayed. For example, it is possible to ensure visibility in a wide range of a dark place or under indoor florescent light to outdoor sun light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshifumi Tanada, Mitsuaki Osame, Hajime Kimura, Ryota Fukumoto, Hiromi Yanai
  • Patent number: 8237641
    Abstract: A display device in which characteristic change of an organic light emitting layer due to deterioration or temperature change can be detected to keep the constant luminance of a light emitting element is provided. A monitor region is provided in addition to a pixel portion for display. A plurality of monitor elements is arranged in the monitor region. A switching circuit is provided so as to prevent a large amount of current from flowing in a shorted monitor element among the plurality of monitor elements. As a result, by monitoring potential change between electrodes of the monitor element, the voltage or the current that is supplied to a light emitting element in the pixel portion for display can be corrected in accordance with time degradation or temperature change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Yanai, Shuhei Nagatsuka, Akihiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 8223104
    Abstract: A display device includes a phase comparator which compares whether phases of two signals which are input are different from each other or not; a counter circuit which counts the number of the cases where a phase shift is detected in the phase comparator; and a phase shift circuit which can output a signal in which the phase shift is restored by shifting a phase of one of the two signals in accordance with a degree of the number of phase shifts which is counted in the counter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Nagatsuka, Akihiro Kimura, Hiromi Yanai
  • Publication number: 20120056862
    Abstract: To provide a display device whose display can be recognized even in dark places or under the strong outside light. The display device performs display by controlling the number of gray scales in accordance with the intensity of outside light, which means a display mode can be switched in accordance with the data to be displayed on the display screen. A video signal generation circuit is controlled in each display mode in such a manner that it directly outputs an input video signal with an analog value, outputs a signal with a binary digital value, or outputs a signal with a multivalued digital value. As a result, gray scales displayed in pixels are timely changed. Accordingly, clear images can be displayed while maintaining high visibility in various environments, in the wide range from, for example, dark places or indoors (e.g., under a fluorescent lighting) to outdoors (e.g., under the sunlight).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshifumi Tanada, Mitsuaki Osame, Hajime Kimura, Ryota Fukumoto, Hiromi Yanai
  • Publication number: 20110285305
    Abstract: A display device in which characteristic change of an organic light emitting layer due to deterioration or temperature change can be detected to keep the constant luminance of a light emitting element is provided. A monitor region is provided in addition to a pixel portion for display. A plurality of monitor elements is arranged in the monitor region. A switching circuit is provided so as to prevent a large amount of current from flowing in a shorted monitor element among the plurality of monitor elements. As a result, by monitoring potential change between electrodes of the monitor element, the voltage or the current that is supplied to a light emitting element in the pixel portion for display can be corrected in accordance with time degradation or temperature change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromi Yanai, Shuhei Nagatsuka, Akihiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 8059109
    Abstract: To provide a display device whose display can be recognized even in dark places or under the strong outside light. The display device performs display by controlling the number of gray scales in accordance with the intensity of outside light, which means a display mode can be switched in accordance with the data to be displayed on the display screen. A video signal generation circuit is controlled in each display mode in such a manner that it directly outputs an input video signal with an analog value, outputs a signal with a binary digital value, or outputs a signal with a multivalued digital value. As a result, gray scales displayed in pixels are timely changed. Accordingly, clear images can be displayed while maintaining high visibility in various environments, in the wide range from, for example, dark places or indoors (e.g., under a fluorescent lighting) to outdoors (e.g., under the sunlight).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshifumi Tanada, Mitsuaki Osame, Hajime Kimura, Ryota Fukumoto, Hiromi Yanai
  • Patent number: 7995012
    Abstract: A display device in which characteristic change of an organic light emitting layer due to deterioration or temperature change can be detected to keep the constant luminance of a light emitting element is provided. A monitor region is provided in addition to a pixel portion for display. A plurality of monitor elements is arranged in the monitor region. A switching circuit is provided so as to prevent a large amount of current from flowing in a shorted monitor element among the plurality of monitor elements. As a result, by monitoring potential change between electrodes of the monitor element, the voltage or the current that is supplied to a light emitting element in the pixel portion for display can be corrected in accordance with time degradation or temperature change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Yanai, Shuhei Nagatsuka, Akihiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20110181786
    Abstract: To provide a display device whose display can be recognized even in dark places or under the strong outside light. The display device performs display by controlling the number of gray scales in accordance with the intensity of outside light, which means a display mode can be switched in accordance with the data to be displayed on the display screen. A video signal generation circuit is controlled in each display mode in such a manner that it directly outputs an input video signal with an analog value, outputs a signal with a binary digital value, or outputs a signal with a multivalued digital value. As a result, gray scales displayed in pixels are timely changed. Accordingly, clear images can be displayed while maintaining high visibility in various environments, in the wide range from, for example, dark places or indoors (e.g., under a fluorescent lighting) to outdoors (e.g., under the sunlight).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshifumi Tanada, Mitsuaki Osame, Hajime Kimura, Ryota Fukumoto, Hiromi Yanai
  • Patent number: 7724247
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a display device of which the display is visible in a dark place or under strong external light. The present invention is a display device which performs display, changing the grayscale number corresponding to the external light strength, and a display device which can switch the display mode corresponding to contents displayed on the screen. The display contents include a text display mode displaying mainly characters and symbols, a picture display mode displaying images with a small number of colors such as a comic, a video mode displaying natural images with a large number of colors such as a photograph and a moving image, and the like. By switching the grayscale number arbitrarily according to these display modes, visibility can be ensured in a wide range from a dark place or under an indoor fluorescent light to under outdoor sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mitsuaki Osame, Yoshifumi Tanada, Ryota Fukumoto, Hiromi Yanai
  • Publication number: 20100066653
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device in which images can be seen under a dark place to intense external light. In the display device, display is performed by changing the gray scale number depending on external light intensity, and display modes can be switched depending on contents displayed on the screen. An analog mode and a digital mode are switched depending on external light intensity. In an analog digital switching circuit, when a video signal is an analog value, a signal is outputted to a pixel array without any change and, when the video signal is a digital value, the signal is outputted to a circuit that performs a digital operation such as a latch circuit. Consequently, display gray scales of a pixel are changed appropriately. Accordingly, a clear image can be displayed. For example, it is possible to ensure visibility in a wide range of a dark place or under indoor florescent light to outdoor sun light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshifumi Tanada, Mitsuaki Osame, Hajime Kimura, Ryota Fukumoto, Hiromi Yanai
  • Patent number: 7636078
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device in which images can be seen under a dark place to intense external light. In the display device, display is performed by changing the gray scale number depending on external light intensity, and display modes can be switched depending on contents displayed on the screen. An analog mode and a digital mode are switched depending on external light intensity. In an analog digital switching circuit, when a video signal is an analog value, a signal is outputted to a pixel array without any change and, when the video signal is a digital value, the signal is outputted to a circuit that performs a digital operation such as a latch circuit. Consequently, display gray scales of a pixel are changed appropriately. Accordingly, a clear image can be displayed. For example, it is possible to ensure visibility in a wide range of a dark place or under indoor florescent light to outdoor sun light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshifumi Tanada, Mitsuaki Osame, Hajime Kimura, Ryota Fukumoto, Hiromi Yanai
  • Patent number: 7324123
    Abstract: Outside light is received using a light sensor, and in accordance with the outside light intensity, each of a first display mode which expresses multiple gray scales and a second display-y mode which expresses a gray scale smaller in number than that in the first display mode is switched and used. The switching is controlled by a display controller based on data of the outside light intensity. Accordingly, the visibility can be ensured in a wide range of situations, from under a fluorescent lamp in a dark place or inside, to under sunlight outside. In the second display mode, frequencies of a start pulse and a clock pulse to be inputted to a source signal line driver circuit are reduced and a driving voltage is decreased by the display controller; accordingly, a frame period can be longer than that in the first display mode and power consumption can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshifumi Tanada, Mitsuaki Osame, Hajime Kimura, Ryota Fukumoto, Hiromi Yanai, Hideaki Shishido
  • Patent number: 7323924
    Abstract: A low-power consumption level shifter circuit is provided by preventing a through current which is generated when a level of a signal is changed. In order to prevent a through current which flows when a level of a signal of the input is changed, the p-channel TFTs are controlled so that the p-channel TFTs and the n-channel TFT or the p-channel TFTs and the n-channel TFT are not turned on at once. A high level signal is inputted to the gate of the n-channel TFT, and at the moment when the n-channel TFT is turned on, the p-channel TFT is turned off. Similarly, at the moment when the n-channel TFT is turned on, the p-channel TFT is turned off. The p-channel TFTs and the n-channel TFT, or the p-channel TFTs and the n-channel TFT are not turned on at once, thereby a path in which the through current flows is cut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Osame, Hiromi Yanai
  • Publication number: 20070195078
    Abstract: A display device includes a phase comparator which compares whether phases of two signals which are input are different from each other or not; a counter circuit which counts the number of the cases where a phase shift is detected in the phase comparator; and a phase shift circuit which can output a signal in which the phase shift is restored by shifting a phase of one of the two signals in accordance with a degree of the number of phase shifts which is counted in the counter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei NAGATSUKA, Akihiro KIMURA, Hiromi YANAI
  • Publication number: 20070146254
    Abstract: A display device in which characteristic change of an organic light emitting layer due to deterioration or temperature change can be detected to keep the constant luminance of a light emitting element is provided. A monitor region is provided in addition to a pixel portion for display. A plurality of monitor elements is arranged in the monitor region. A switching circuit is provided so as to prevent a large amount of current from flowing in a shorted monitor element among the plurality of monitor elements. As a result, by monitoring potential change between electrodes of the monitor element, the voltage or the current that is supplied to a light emitting element in the pixel portion for display can be corrected in accordance with time degradation or temperature change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromi YANAI, Shuhei NAGATSUKA, Akihiro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20060273999
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device in which images can be seen under a dark place to intense external light. In the display device, display is performed by changing the gray scale number depending on external light intensity, and display modes can be switched depending on contents displayed on the screen. An analog mode and a digital mode are switched depending on external light intensity. In an analog digital switching circuit, when a video signal is an analog value, a signal is outputted to a pixel array without any change and, when the video signal is a digital value, the signal is outputted to a circuit that performs a digital operation such as a latch circuit. Consequently, display gray scales of a pixel are changed appropriately. Accordingly, a clear image can be displayed. For example, it is possible to ensure visibility in a wide range of a dark place or under indoor florescent light to outdoor sun light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshifumi Tanada, Mitsuaki Osame, Hajime Kimura, Ryota Fukumoto, Hiromi Yanai
  • Publication number: 20060262066
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device performs display by changing the number of gray scales depending on external light intensity, and switches the display mode in accordance with a content to be displayed on a display. By controlling a display mode-specific video signal generation circuit depending on external light intensity, an inputted video signal is outputted as an analog value, is outputted with a digital value of a binary, or is outputted with a multiple digital value. As a result, display gradation of a pixel changes timely. Accordingly, a clear image can be displayed. For example, a display device which secures visibility can be obtained in a wide range from under fluorescent light in a dark place or indoor to under outdoor sunlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yoshifumi Tanada, Mitsuaki Osame, Hajime Kimura, Ryota Fukumoto, Hiromi Yanai
  • Publication number: 20060262054
    Abstract: Outside light is received using a light sensor, and in accordance with the outside light intensity, each of a first display mode which expresses multiple gray scales and a second display-y mode which expresses a gray scale smaller in number than that in the first display mode is switched and used. The switching is controlled by a display controller based on data of the outside light intensity. Accordingly, the visibility can be ensured in a wide range of situations, from under a fluorescent lamp in a dark place or inside, to under sunlight outside. In the second display mode, frequencies of a start pulse and a clock pulse to be inputted to a source signal line driver circuit are reduced and a driving voltage is decreased by the display controller; accordingly, a frame period can be longer than that in the first display mode and power consumption can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Jun KOYAMA, Yoshifumi TANADA, Mitsuaki OSAME, Hajime KIMURA, Ryota FUKUMOTO, Hiromi YANAI, Hideaki SHISHIDO