Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Mizuhashi

Hiroshi Mizuhashi 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: 10572047
    Abstract: A display device comprises a first power supply line supplying a first potential, a second power supply line supplying a second potential, a third power supply line supplying a touch driving signal, and a display unit including a plurality of sub-pixels. The display unit comprises a plurality of first electrodes respectively provided in the plurality of sub-pixels and electrically connected to the first power supply line, a second electrode provided to be common among the plurality of sub-pixels and electrically connected to the second power supply line, a light emitting layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, a plurality of third electrodes electrically connected to the third power supply line, and a signal control circuit supplying a signal synchronized with a touch driving signal to the second electrode in a period in which a touch driving signal is supplied to the plurality of third electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Yoshitoshi Kida, Toshinori Uehara, Takayuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10572090
    Abstract: A display panel with a touch detection function, in which display operation is less affected by touch detection operation, a method of driving the display panel with a touch detection function, a driving circuit, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detection function are disclosed. The display panel with a touch detection function includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes; one or more touch detection electrodes; and a drive section selectively applying a DC drive signal or an AC drive signal to the drive electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 10572050
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes first and second substrate units, a display function layer, and a drive element. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, a display unit, and a circuit unit. The first substrate has a first surface including a display region and a peripheral region. The display unit is provided in the display region, and includes first lines, second lines, switch elements, pixel electrodes, and third lines. The circuit unit is provided in the peripheral region, and is electrically connected to one of the second lines and one of the third lines. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and fourth lines. The display function layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. The drive element is provided on the peripheral region. At least a portion of the circuit unit is disposed between the drive element and the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Tadayoshi Katsuta, Gen Koide, Toshiaki Fukushima
  • Patent number: 10564763
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detecting apparatus includes: three or more detectors; three or more detection signal lines; an integration line; three or more switches; and a control circuit. The control circuit controls the number of times an output integration is performed. During the output integration, the control circuit switches a first type switch to a decoupling mode, and switches second type switches to a coupling mode. The first type switch is one switch coupled to a first type detector, and each second type switch is coupled to one or more of second type detectors with which the second type switch corresponds. During the output integration, the integration line outputs an integrated output of outputs from the second type detectors. The output integration is performed a plurality of times corresponding to at least the number of the detectors while a combination of the second type detectors is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Soya, Toshinori Uehara, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
  • Patent number: 10564487
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first substrate including a first conductive layer, and a second substrate including a second conductive layer which is connected to the first conductive layer and which has a thickness larger than a thickness of the first conductive layer, a bridge line which has a thickness larger than the thickness of the first conductive layer and which is connected to the second conductive layer, and an insulating layer which is located between the second conductive layer and the bridge line. The first conductive layer, the second conductive layer and the bridge line form a coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Daichi Suzuki, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Yuji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10545593
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of sub pixels; a plurality of first electrodes, the sub pixel including the first electrode; a plurality of second electrodes, the second electrode being provided commonly for at least one row pixel group, the row pixel group including sub pixels arrayed in a line in a first direction, the plurality of second electrodes being arrayed in a second direction; a light emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the sub pixel including the light emitting layer; an output transistor connected with the first electrode, the output transistor capable of blocking supply of an electric current to the first electrode, the light emitting layer, and the second electrode; and a plurality of third electrodes facing the second electrodes, the third electrode and the second electrode forming capacitance, the third electrode being connected with a plurality of output terminals respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Mitsuhide Miyamoto, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Takayuki Nakanishi, Shuji Hayashi, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 10545589
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a touch detection device includes a touch panel including a transmitting coil and a receiving coil, the touch panel provided with a display function and a touch detection function, and a differential amplifier including two input terminals connected to first and second terminals of the receiving coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Gotoh, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 10540031
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function, a drive circuit, and an electronic unit, which make it possible to realize many functions related to touch detection. The display panel includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes extending in one direction; an electrode drive section integrated into a chip, and applying a drive signal to the drive electrodes; and one or more touch detection electrodes extending in a direction intersecting the direction in which the drive electrodes extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20200012366
    Abstract: An input device is provided and including a substrate; a plurality of first metal or alloy electrodes provided along a first direction on a main surface of the substrate; a plurality of second metal or alloy electrodes provided along a second direction intersecting with the first direction on the same surface as the main surface; and a protective film covering the plurality of first metal or alloy electrodes and the plurality of second metal or alloy electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Koji ISHIZAKI, Hayato KURASAWA, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190391696
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes first and second substrate units, a display function layer, and a drive element. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, a display unit, and a control circuit unit. The first substrate has a first surface including a display region and a peripheral region. The display unit is provided in the display region, and includes first lines, second lines, switch elements, pixel electrodes, and third lines. The control circuit unit is provided in the peripheral region, and includes a first circuit unit including a third line connection line, and a third line switch. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and fourth lines. The display function layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. The drive element is provided on the peripheral region. The first circuit unit is partially disposed between the drive element and the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Toshiaki FUKUSHIMA, Gen KOIDE, Yoshiyuki KII
  • Publication number: 20190377211
    Abstract: A detection device is provided and including a first detector and a second detector each configured to detect that an object is in contact therewith or in proximity thereto; a signal processor configured to perform signal processing on a detection signal output from the first detector and the second detector; and a selector configured to select one of the first detector and the second detector, and couple the selected one of the first detector and the second detector to the signal processor, wherein the first detector or the second detector is configured to perform self-capacitance detection, the signal processor comprises a self-drive signal transmitter configured to output a self-drive signal for performing the self-capacitance detection, and the selector is configured to output the self-drive signal to a detection electrode of the selected one of the first detector and the second detector, and output the detection signal output from the detection electrode of the selected one of the first detector and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Toshinori UEHARA, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Hayato KURASAWA
  • Publication number: 20190369796
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detection apparatus includes: a plurality of drive electrodes, wherein at least one of the drive electrodes includes a plurality of subdivided electrodes; a plurality of first touch detection electrodes; a second touch detection electrode; a first shift register circuit in which a plurality of first shift signal output circuits are sequentially coupled to one another; a second shift register circuit in which a plurality of second shift signal output circuits are sequentially coupled to one another; and a selection circuit that supplies a signal of the first shift register circuit to the drive electrode in a first mode, and supplies a signal of the second shift register circuit to the subdivided electrode in a second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Koji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 10496207
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes first electrodes and a detection electrode. The first electrodes constitute sensor drive electrodes by being supplied with sensor drive signals separately and sequentially or sensor drive electrodes by simultaneously supplying the sensor drive signals to the first electrodes adjacent to each other. A width of the sensor drive electrode including the first electrode on the edge is smaller than a width of the other sensor drive electrode not including the first electrode on the edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Koji Ishizaki, Daisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 10488968
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus with a touch detection function includes: a display device including a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged; a pixel signal line that transmits a pixel signal to the pixel; outer display region wiring including wiring that is electrically coupled to the pixel signal line and extends along a predetermined direction outside the display region; and a touch detection electrode arranged at a position overlapping the outer display region wiring in a non-contact state, a longitudinal direction of the touch detection electrode being along a direction intersecting with the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Koji Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20190354739
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor and includes a first substrate having a first surface; an insulating layer having a second surface opposed to the first surface of the first substrate, and a third surface opposed to the second surface; sensor electrodes arranged in a matrix in the third surface; and a conductive portion arranged in the first surface of the first substrate and configured to supply a drive signal, wherein a height of the conductive portion is higher than a height of one of the sensor electrodes in a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Fumihito SHIBANO, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Toshinori UEHARA, Kimiyo NONOYAMA, Hayato KURASAWA
  • Patent number: 10483475
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of sub pixels; a plurality of first electrodes, the sub pixel having the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes, the second electrode being provided commonly for at least one row pixel group, the row pixel group including sub pixels arrayed in a line in a first direction among the plurality of sub pixels, the plurality of second electrodes being arrayed in a second direction crossing the first direction; a light emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the sub pixel having the light emitting layer; and a plurality of third electrodes facing the second electrodes, the third electrodes and the second electrodes forming capacitances, the third electrodes being connected with a plurality of output terminals respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Mitsuhide Miyamoto, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Takayuki Nakanishi, Shuji Hayashi, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 10474276
    Abstract: To provide a display device with a touch detection function capable of suppressing an increase in price. The display device is provided with a pixel array which includes a plurality of pixels; a plurality of signal lines which supply an image signal to the plurality of pixels; a plurality of drive electrodes which supply a drive signal to the plurality of pixels; and an electrode driving circuit which supplies a magnetic field drive signal to the drive electrode at a time of detecting an external proximity object using the magnetic field, and supplies an electric field drive signal to the drive electrode at a time of detecting the external proximity object using the electric field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Fumitaka Gotoh, Daichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190339801
    Abstract: A display device with a touch sensor includes: plural display pixel electrodes; a common electrode arranged opposite to the display pixel electrodes; a display function layer having an image display function; a display control circuit performing image display control so as to fulfill the display function of the display function layer by applying a voltage for display between the display pixel electrodes and the common electrode based on an image signal; and a touch detection electrode provided opposite to the common electrode and forming capacitance between the touch detection electrode and the common electrode, wherein a drive voltage for display applied to the common electrode by the display control circuit is used as a drive signal for the touch sensor, and a gate potential of TFT circuits included in the display pixel electrodes is increased during a period when the drive signal for the touch sensor is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Takeya TAKEUCHI, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Tadayoshi KATSUTA, Takehiro SHIMA
  • Patent number: 10466843
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detecting apparatus includes: three or more detectors; a generating circuit that performs generation for generating a plurality of pieces of output data corresponding to a plurality of patterns and having resolution lower than resolution corresponding to the number of the detectors based on outputs from the detectors; a calculating circuit that performs calculation for calculating, for each of the detectors, a composite value to be used to derive a detection result of each of the detectors based on the pieces of output data corresponding to the patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Toshio Soya
  • Patent number: 10460143
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes a scanning line, a signal line, a pixel switch, a pixel electrode, a first common electrode, a detection electrode, a current mirror circuit, and an integrator. The integrator includes an operational amplifier including an inverting input terminal and a noninverting input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Toshio Soya