Patents by Inventor Hiroumi KINJO

Hiroumi KINJO 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: 20240126391
    Abstract: A detection device includes a substrate having a detection region, a coupling region, and a wiring region between the detection region and the coupling region, a plurality of detection elements disposed in the detection region of the substrate, a plurality of terminals disposed in the coupling region of the substrate and electrically coupled to the detection elements, a plurality of coupling wires adjacently disposed with a gap interposed therebetween in the wiring region of the substrate and electrically coupling the detection elements to the terminals, an insulating layer provided to the wiring region of the substrate and covering the coupling wires, and a plurality of through holes formed in the wiring region of the substrate and passing through the substrate and the insulating layer in a thickness direction between the coupling wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroumi KINJO, Masatomo HISHINUMA
  • Publication number: 20240114616
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a stretchable device includes: a resin base member; and a strain gauge, a signal line, and an output line stacked on the resin base member. The resin base member includes: a plurality of bodies disposed separately from each other; and a plurality of hinges that couple the bodies adjacently disposed while meandering in an intersecting direction intersecting an imaginary line that couples the bodies adjacently disposed. The hinges include a first hinge and a second hinge that couple the bodies adjacently disposed. A meander length of the second hinge in the intersecting direction is longer than a meander length of the first hinge in the intersecting direction. The strain gauge is provided to the first hinge. The signal line and the output line are provided to the second hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke HYODO, Takumi SANO, Hiroumi KINJO, Masatomo HISHINUMA
  • Patent number: 11910655
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base, a driving transistor placed on the base, a first insulating layer placed on the driving transistor, a cathode electrode placed on the first insulating layer, an organic layer including a light-emitting layer placed on the cathode electrode, an anode electrode that covers the organic layer, a second insulating layer placed on the first insulating layer and having an opening superposed on the cathode electrode, and a barrier wall placed on the second insulating layer. The anode electrode is electrically connected to the driving transistor through a first contact hole formed in the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroumi Kinjo
  • Publication number: 20240036430
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal element, includes forming an alignment layer on a support, forming a cholesteric liquid crystal layer containing a plasticizer and having elasticity on the alignment layer, adhering a flexible substrate to the cholesteric liquid crystal layer via a first adhesive layer, peeling the cholesteric liquid crystal layer adhered to the flexible substrate, off from the support and the alignment layer, adhering the cholesteric liquid crystal layer to a rigid substrate via a second adhesive layer and removing the flexible substrate and the first adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroumi KINJO, Koichi IGETA, Shinichiro OKA
  • Publication number: 20240040818
    Abstract: To provide a display device, in which deterioration in characteristics is small even when some of layers are exposed to a solvent or an atmosphere when photolithography is performed, and a method for manufacturing the display device. The display device having a pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels includes: a substrate; a lower electrode provided on an upper side of the substrate; an organic EL layer provided on the lower electrode and including an emission layer configured to emit a different color for each sub-pixel; and an upper electrode disposed on an upper side of the organic EL layer. An exposure protection layer having transparency and conductivity provided for each sub-pixel is formed between the organic EL layer and the upper electrode. No emission layer is formed between the exposure protection layer and the upper electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro USHIKUBO, Hayata AOKI, Jun NITTA, Hiroumi KINJO
  • Publication number: 20240040872
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a lower electrode arranged on a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer arranged on the first insulating layer, having an opening overlapping the lower electrode, and being in a lattice form, a feed line arranged on the second insulating layer, having a first line portion, a second line portion, and a third line portion being continuous with the first and second line portions and having a different width from the first and second line portions, an organic layer arranged in the opening and covering the lower electrode, and an upper electrode being in contact with the first, second and third line portions, and covering the organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayata AOKI, Hiroumi KINJO, Masumi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240030384
    Abstract: A laminated structure includes a substrate, and a gallium nitride film on the substrate. Further, a laminated structure includes a substrate, an alignment layer having a c-axis orientation or a (111) orientation of a face-centered cubic structure, over the substrate, and a gallium nitride film on the alignment film. Furthermore, a laminated structure includes a substrate, a protective layer on the substrate, an alignment layer having a c-axis orientation or a (111) orientation of a face-centered cubic structure, over the protective layer, and a gallium nitride film on the alignment film. A surface arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of a surface of the substrate is less than 0.33 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masumi NISHIMURA, Shinichiro OKA, Hiroumi KINJO, Hayata AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240023392
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first lower electrode and a second lower electrode, a power supply line, a first organic layer including a light emitting layer and covering the first lower electrode, a second organic layer including a light emitting layer and covering the second lower electrode, a first upper electrode being in contact with the power supply line and covering the first organic layer, a second upper electrode being in contact with the power supply line and covering the second organic layer, and a first inorganic insulating film covering the first upper electrode and the second upper electrode and exposing the power supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayata AOKI, Masumi NISHIMURA, Hiroumi KINJO
  • Publication number: 20240019902
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a stretchable device includes: a resin base member; and an array layer stacked on the resin base member. The resin base member includes: bodies separated from each other; and hinges that couple the bodies. Each hinge includes bends. Each bend is divided into an inner peripheral portion positioned on an inner side and an outer peripheral portion positioned on an outer side with respect to a center serving as a boundary in a width direction intersecting a direction in which the bend extends. The inner peripheral portions included in one of the hinges constitute an inner peripheral region. The outer peripheral portions included in one of the hinges constitute an outer peripheral region. The array layer includes gauge lines overlapping the respective hinges. At least part of each gauge line overlaps one of the inner peripheral region and the outer peripheral region alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Masatomo HISHINUMA, Hiroumi KINJO
  • Publication number: 20240015993
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a photovoltaic cell device includes a transparent substrate including a first main surface and a second main surface opposed to the first main surface, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the second main surface side of the transparent substrate and including a cholesteric liquid crystal including liquid crystal molecules, and photovoltaic cells disposed on at least one of the first main surface side and the second main surface side of the transparent substrate, each formed into a strip shape, and arranged with a predetermined gap between the photovoltaic cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichiro OKA, Koichi IGETA, Yasuyuki YAMADA, Hiroumi KINJO
  • Publication number: 20230389393
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a rib including an aperture and an upper surface, a partition on the upper surface, a first electrode overlapping the aperture, an organic layer including a first end portion on the upper surface and covering the first electrode, a second electrode including a second end portion on the upper surface and covering the organic layer, a first inorganic layer on the rib, and a second inorganic layer covering the partition, the second electrode, and the first inorganic layer. At least a part of the first inorganic layer is located between the first end portion and the partition and is in contact with the second inorganic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroumi KINJO, Hayata AOKI, Masumi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230389359
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a substrate, pixel circuits, an insulating layer, first electrodes, an organic layer, linear second electrodes, a sensor area, a relay wire, and a first connection portion and a second connection portion. At least one of the second electrodes includes a first line portion and a second line portion separated via the sensor area in plan view. The relay wire is connected to the first line portion by the first connection portion and connected to the second line portion by the second connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroumi KINJO
  • Publication number: 20230380222
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, an insulating layer, a first electrode layer, a rib including an opening which overlaps the first electrode, and a trench which does not overlap the first electrode, an organic layer which includes a light emitting layer and covers the first electrode and the rib, a filling member in the trench, and a second electrode covering the organic layer, the rib and the filling member. The organic layer includes a first portion covering the first electrode, a second portion covering a portion of the rib between the opening and the trench, and a third portion located in the trench and apart from the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroumi KINJO
  • Publication number: 20230375421
    Abstract: A force sensor includes an input surface that is pressed, and a first sensor and a second sensor stacked in order in a force direction with respect to the input surface. The input surface has a detection region in which force is detected, one of the first sensor and the second sensor is a force distribution sensor having a plurality of individual detection regions dividing the detection region and configured to detect the force input to the individual detection regions, and the other of the first sensor and the second sensor is a force sensor having a comprehensive detection region overlapping at least two or more of the individual detection regions and configured to detect the force input to the comprehensive detection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroumi KINJO
  • Patent number: 11818930
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a lower electrode arranged on a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer arranged on the first insulating layer, having an opening overlapping the lower electrode, and being in a lattice form, a feed line arranged on the second insulating layer, having a first line portion, a second line portion, and a third line portion being continuous with the first and second line portions and having a different width from the first and second line portions, an organic layer arranged in the opening and covering the lower electrode, and an upper electrode being in contact with the first, second and third line portions, and covering the organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayata Aoki, Hiroumi Kinjo, Masumi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20230328880
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first insulating base, a wiring layer and a sensor electrode. The first insulating base is made into a mesh-like form. The wiring layer is disposed over a first band portion of the first insulating base. The sensor electrode is disposed over a first island-shaped portion of the first insulating base. The second substrate includes a second insulating base, a common electrode and a sensor sheet. The second insulating base is made into a mesh-like form. The common electrode is made into a mesh-like form. The sensor sheet overlaps a second island-shaped portion of the second insulating base in plan view and is disposed below the common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Masatomo HISHINUMA, Hiroumi KINJO
  • Patent number: 11781925
    Abstract: A force sensor including an array layer that includes array substrates arranged on an identical plane such that end portions thereof are adjacent to each other, the force sensor includes the array layer having a first surface on which array electrodes are disposed and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a conductive layer layered on the first surface of the array layer; a protection layer layered on the conductive layer; and a counter electrode interposed between the conductive layer and the protection layer, wherein a bonding member which bonds the adjacent array substrates and covers a joint between the adjacent array substrates is provided on the second surface of the array layer, the conductive layer is composed of a single member layered across each of the array substrates, and a sealing portion having a frame shape is provided on an outer circumference side of the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroumi Kinjo
  • Publication number: 20230263016
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a substrate; a planarization layer provided on the substrate; a plurality of electrodes provided on the planarization layer and arrayed in a first direction and a second direction; a bank provided on the planarization layer and the electrodes and formed in a grid pattern so as to surround each of the electrodes; and a light-emitting layer provided on the electrodes. The bank protrudes with respect to the electrodes in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, and a cutout is formed in part of the bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroumi KINJO, Hayata AOKI, Jun NITTA
  • Publication number: 20230236078
    Abstract: A force sensor includes an array substrate having a first surface provided with a plurality of array electrodes, a counter substrate having an opposite surface facing the first surface, a guard electrode disposed on the first surface and extending between the array electrodes, a sensor layer made of a conductive elastomer and placed over the first surface, the array electrodes, and the guard electrode, and a common electrode provided on the opposite surface. The array substrate and the guard electrode are equipotential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroumi KINJO
  • Publication number: 20230236079
    Abstract: A force sensor includes a resin substrate, an array substrate, a sensor layer, a common electrode, and a protective film that are sequentially stacked. The array substrate includes a stretchable base material stacked on the resin substrate, and an array layer stacked on the resin substrate with the stretchable base material interposed between the array layer and the resin substrate, and the stretchable base material includes a plurality of first extension parts extending in a first direction parallel to the resin substrate and arranged in a second direction parallel to the resin substrate and intersecting the first direction, a plurality of second extension parts extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction, and a plurality of body parts provided at parts where the first extension parts intersect the second extension parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroumi KINJO, Masatomo HISHINUMA