Patents by Inventor Hisao Ikeda

Hisao Ikeda 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: 20200257337
    Abstract: To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size, a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed, or a display device that can display an image along a curved surface. The display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel each including a pair of substrates. The first display panel and the second display panel each include a first region which can transmit visible light, a second region which can block visible light, and a third region which can perform display. The third region of the first display panel and the first region of the second display panel overlap each other. The third region of the first display panel and the second region of the second display panel do not overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Hisao IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10719284
    Abstract: Provided is a display system or a display device that is suitable for increasing in size. The display system includes a first display panel, a second display panel, a detection means, and a compensation means. The first display panel includes a first display region. The second display panel includes a second display region. The first display region and the second display region include a first region where they overlap. The detection means has a function of detecting the size of the first region. The compensation means has a function of compensating an image displayed on the first display region in accordance with the change in the size of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yuichi Yanagisawa, Daiki Nakamura, Nozomu Sugisawa, Hisao Ikeda, Naoyuki Senda, Kensuke Yoshizumi
  • Publication number: 20200185420
    Abstract: Provided is a display device with extremely high resolution, a display device with higher display quality, a display device with improved viewing angle characteristics, or a flexible display device. Same-color subpixels are arranged in a zigzag pattern in a predetermined direction. In other words, when attention is paid to a subpixel, another two subpixels exhibiting the same color as the subpixel are preferably located upper right and lower right or upper left and lower left. Each pixel includes three subpixels arranged in an L shape. In addition, two pixels are combined so that pixel units including subpixel are arranged in matrix of 3×2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Hisao IKEDA, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Kohei YOKOYAMA, Yasuhiro JINBO, Yoshitaka DOZEN, Takaaki NAGATA, Shinichi HIRASA
  • Publication number: 20200163187
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting device whose amount of light can be adjusted, or the like. The amount of light emitted from the light-emitting device can be adjusted by controlling the magnitude of the constant current pulse by a control signal. Specifically, the light-emitting device includes a constant current supply configured to be supplied with a control signal and a control pulse signal and configured to supply a constant current pulse; a control device configured to supply the control signal; a driver circuit configured to supply the control pulse signal; and a light-emitting panel configured to be supplied with the constant current pulse. The control signal is a signal for controlling the magnitude of the constant current pulse. The light-emitting panel includes a light-emitting element. The current density of the light-emitting element is greater than or equal to 10 mA/cm2 and less than or equal to 1000 mA/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hisao Ikeda, Akihiro Kaita, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10642314
    Abstract: To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size, a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed, or a display device that can display an image along a curved surface. The display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel each including a pair of substrates. The first display panel and the second display panel each include a first region which can transmit visible light, a second region which can block visible light, and a third region which can perform display. The third region of the first display panel and the first region of the second display panel overlap each other. The third region of the first display panel and the second region of the second display panel do not overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Hisao Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10592193
    Abstract: To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size. To provide a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed. In a display device, a plurality of display panels are arranged to partly overlap one another. In two of the overlapping display panels, a display panel positioned on the display surface side includes a region transmitting visible light that is adjacent to a display portion, and the region transmitting visible light overlaps with a pixel of a display panel positioned on the lower side. Furthermore, in at least a display portion of the display panel placed on the lower side, an aperture ratio of the pixel overlapping with the region transmitting visible light of the display panel on the upper side is higher than an aperture ratio of another pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Nozomu Sugisawa, Yuichi Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 10591783
    Abstract: A display device with a wide viewing angle is provided. A display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display device includes a first display element, a second display element, and an insulating layer. The first display element includes a first pixel electrode configured to reflect visible light. The second display element is configured to emit visible light. The second display element includes a second pixel electrode and a common electrode. The first pixel electrode is positioned on an opposite side of the insulating layer from the second pixel electrode. The common electrode is positioned on an opposite side of the second pixel electrode from the insulating layer. A shortest distance X between a first plane and a second plane is longer than or equal to 500 nm and shorter than or equal to 200 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Daisuke Kubota, Hisao Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10583641
    Abstract: A yield in the step of bonding two members together is improved. A bonding apparatus includes a stage capable of supporting a first member having a sheet-like shape, a fixing mechanism capable of fixing one end portion of a second member having a sheet-like shape so that the second member overlaps with the first member, and a pressurizing mechanism capable of moving from a side of the one end portion of the second member to a side of the other end portion and spreading a bonding layer under pressure between the first member and the second member. The first member and the second member are bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakatsu Ohno, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Shingo Eguchi, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Hisao Ikeda, Kohei Yokoyama, Hiroki Adachi, Satoru Idojiri
  • Patent number: 10573667
    Abstract: Provided is a display device with extremely high resolution, a display device with higher display quality, a display device with improved viewing angle characteristics, or a flexible display device. Same-color subpixels are arranged in a zigzag pattern in a predetermined direction. In other words, when attention is paid to a subpixel, another two subpixels exhibiting the same color as the subpixel are preferably located upper right and lower right or upper left and lower left. Each pixel includes three subpixels arranged in an L shape. In addition, two pixels are combined so that pixel units including subpixel are arranged in matrix of 3×2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Kouhei Toyotaka, Hideaki Shishido, Hiroyuki Miyake, Kohei Yokoyama, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Yoshitaka Dozen, Takaaki Nagata, Shinichi Hirasa
  • Publication number: 20200059581
    Abstract: A small light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device which is less likely to produce a shadow is provided. A structure including a switching circuit for supplying a pulsed constant current and a light-emitting panel supplied with the pulsed constant current has been conceived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hisao IKEDA, Kazuhiko FUJITA, Akihiro KAITA
  • Patent number: 10555386
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting device whose amount of light can be adjusted, or the like. The amount of light emitted from the light-emitting device can be adjusted by controlling the magnitude of the constant current pulse by a control signal. Specifically, the light-emitting device includes a constant current supply configured to be supplied with a control signal and a control pulse signal and configured to supply a constant current pulse; a control device configured to supply the control signal; a driver circuit configured to supply the control pulse signal; and a light-emitting panel configured to be supplied with the constant current pulse. The control signal is a signal for controlling the magnitude of the constant current pulse. The light-emitting panel includes a light-emitting element. The current density of the light-emitting element is greater than or equal to 10 mA/cm2 and less than or equal to 1000 mA/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hisao Ikeda, Akihiro Kaita, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10547831
    Abstract: To provide a display device that gives a viewer a strong stereoscopic effect or sense of depth in a two-dimensional image and a display device that gives a viewer a natural stereoscopic effect or sense of depth in a two-dimensional image, a display device includes a frame portion, and a display portion which has a display surface on a frame portion side and is located so as to be apart from the frame portion with a distance therebetween. The display portion overlaps with an opening of the frame portion, and an end portion of the display portion overlaps with the frame portion. The distance between the frame portion and the display portion is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanagisawa, Masao Kasuga, Hisao Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20190391427
    Abstract: To display a high-quality video regardless of a usage environment. To provide a display device which is lightweight and less likely to be broken. To reduce power consumption of the display device. The display device includes a first display element, a first transistor connected to the first display element, a second display element, and a second transistor connected to the second display element. The first display element is a reflective display element. The first display element and the first transistor are bonded to the second display element and the second transistor with an adhesive layer. Light from the second display element is extracted to the display surface on the first display element side. The light is condensed or guided by a light-condensing means or a light-guiding means provided in a path of the light from the second display element to the display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hisao IKEDA, Fumito ISAKA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10490618
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting device comprising a first light-emitting element that emits red light, a second light-emitting element that emits green light, a third light-emitting element that emits blue light, and a color filter, where the color filter comprises a first coloring layer that selectively transmits red light, a second coloring layer that selectively transmits green light, and a third coloring layer that selectively transmits blue light, the first to third light-emitting elements respectively correspond to the first to third coloring layers, wherein each of the first to third light-emitting elements has a first electrode, an electroluminescent layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the electroluminescent layer, and wherein the electroluminescent layer includes a layer in contact with the second electrode, and a metal oxide or a benzoxazole derivative is included in the layer in contact with the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichiro Sakata, Hisao Ikeda, Yasuo Nakamura, Keiko Saito
  • Publication number: 20190339800
    Abstract: To provide a novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable. To provide a novel input and output device that is highly convenient or reliable. To provide a novel data processing device that is highly convenient or reliable. To provide a method for manufacturing a novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable. The display panel includes a pixel, a third conductive film electrically connected to the pixel, an insulating film including an opening portion overlapping with the third conductive film, and an electrode including a first region in contact with the third conductive film and a second region functioning as a contact point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhiro JINBO, Shingo EGUCHI, Hisao IKEDA, Tetsuji ISHITANI, Taisuke KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20190339743
    Abstract: To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size, a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed, or a display device that can display an image along a curved surface. The display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel each including a pair of substrates. The first display panel and the second display panel each include a first region which can transmit visible light, a second region which can block visible light, and a third region which can perform display. The third region of the first display panel and the first region of the second display panel overlap each other. The third region of the first display panel and the second region of the second display panel do not overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Hisao IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10451912
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a control portion. The control portion has a function of receiving image data, and a function of generating and supplying first data and second data on the basis of the image data. The display panel includes a pixel and an optical element. The pixel includes a first display element and a second display element. The second display element includes a region adjacent to the first display element. The optical element includes a first region overlapping with the second display element. The first region has a function of directing light which enters a region overlapping with the second display element to the first display element. The first display element is a reflective display element. The second display element is a light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hisao Ikeda, Fumito Isaka
  • Patent number: 10442172
    Abstract: A processing apparatus of a stack is provided. The stack includes two substrates attached to each other with a gap provided between their end portions. The processing apparatus includes a fixing mechanism that fixes part of the stack, a plurality of adsorption jigs that fix an outer peripheral edge of one of the substrates of the stack, and a wedge-shaped jig that is inserted into a corner of the stack. The plurality of adsorption jigs include a mechanism that allows the adsorption jigs to move separately in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction. The processing apparatus further includes a sensor sensing a position of the gap between the end portion in the stack. A tip of the wedge-shaped jig moves along a chamfer formed on an end surface of the stack. The wedge-shaped jig is inserted into the gap between the end portions in the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kayo Kumakura, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida, Kohei Yokoyama, Masakatsu Ohno, Satoru Idojiri, Hisao Ikeda, Hiroki Adachi, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Shingo Eguchi, Yasuhiro Jinbo
  • Patent number: 10448531
    Abstract: A novel foldable and highly portable display device is provided. Further, a novel display device capable of displaying information or the like on a seamless large screen is provided. The display device includes a flexible display panel, a first housing provided with a storage portion that includes a space in which pulled one end of the display panel is stored, a folding mechanism connected to the first housing, and a second housing connected to the folding mechanism. The other end of the display panel is connected to the second housing so that the display panel can be drawn in accordance with an opening operation of the folding mechanism and stored in accordance with a closing operation of the folding mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Chida, Hisao Ikeda, Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Patent number: 10429999
    Abstract: To provide a novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable. To provide a novel input and output device that is highly convenient or reliable. To provide a novel data processing device that is highly convenient or reliable. To provide a method for manufacturing a novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable. The display panel includes a pixel, a third conductive film electrically connected to the pixel, an insulating film including an opening portion overlapping with the third conductive film, and an electrode including a first region in contact with the third conductive film and a second region functioning as a contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Jinbo, Shingo Eguchi, Hisao Ikeda, Tetsuji Ishitani, Taisuke Kamada