Patents by Inventor Hisashi Tomitani
Hisashi Tomitani 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).
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Patent number: 11587522Abstract: A display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, two electrodes in the liquid crystal display panel, a switching element having a source and a drain one of which is coupled to one of the two electrodes, a scan line coupled to a gate of the switching element, a signal line coupled to the other of the drain and the source, an inversion driver, and a scan circuit configured to provide, to the scan line, any of a first potential, a second potential, and a third potential lower than the second potential. The scan circuit switches a potential of the scan line from the second potential to the third potential at a timing at which the potential of the other of the two electrodes is made lower than that of the one of the two electrodes in a period in which the source and the drain are electrically disconnected.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hisashi Tomitani
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Patent number: 11443702Abstract: A display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal between two substrates; and first, second, and third light sources emitting light in different colors. A light emission period includes a first light emission period is which luminance of the first light source is higher than luminance of the second and third light sources, and at least one of the second and third light sources emits light, a second light emission period in which the luminance of the second light source is higher than the luminance of the first and the third light sources, and at least one of the first and third light sources emits light, and a third light emission period in which the luminance of the third light source is higher than the luminance of the first and second light sources, and at least one of the first and second light sources emits light.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hisashi Tomitani
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Patent number: 11222588Abstract: A display device is provided and includes display area including pixels arrayed next to one another in first direction and in second direction that is different from first direction, wherein pixels include light-emitting element configured to emit light by current flowing therethrough, drive transistor, and holding capacitance, while one terminal of light-emitting element is coupled to one of source and drain of drive transistor, first potential is supplied to other terminal of light-emitting element, second potential that is higher than first potential is supplied to other one of source and drain of drive transistor, holding capacitance is coupled between source and gate of drive transistor, and display device being configured to write initialization potentials into gates of respective drive transistors in accordance with voltage across drain and source of drive transistor, then write video writing potentials into the gates of the respective drive transistors.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hisashi Tomitani
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Publication number: 20210335312Abstract: A display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel; two electrodes in the liquid crystal display panel; a switching element having a source and a drain one of which is coupled to one of the two electrodes; a scan line coupled to a gate of the switching element; a signal line coupled to the other of the drain and the source; an inversion driver; and a scan circuit configured to provide, to the scan line, any one of a first potential, a second potential, and a third potential lower than the second potential. The scan circuit switches a potential of the scan line from the second potential to the third potential at a timing at which the potential of the other of the two electrodes is made lower than that of the one of the two electrodes in a period in which the source and the drain are electrically disconnected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventor: Hisashi TOMITANI
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Publication number: 20210304688Abstract: A display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal between two substrates; and first, second, and third light sources emitting light in different colors. A light emission period includes a first light emission period is which luminance of the first light source is higher than luminance of the second and third light sources, and at least one of the second and third light sources emits light, a second light emission period in which the luminance of the second light source is higher than the luminance of the first and the third light sources, and at least one of the first and third light sources emits light, and a third light emission period in which the luminance of the third light source is higher than the luminance of the first and second light sources, and at least one of the first and second light sources emits light.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hisashi TOMITANI
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Patent number: 11094269Abstract: A display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal between two substrates; and first, second, and third light sources emitting light in different colors. A light emission period includes a first light emission period in which luminance of the first light source is higher than luminance of the second and third light sources, and at least one of the second and third light sources emits light, a second light emission period in which the luminance of the second light source is higher than the luminance of the first and the third light sources, and at least one of the first and third light sources emits light, and a third light emission period in which the luminance of the third light source is higher than the luminance of the first and second light sources, and at least one of the first and second light sources emits light.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hisashi Tomitani
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Publication number: 20210012714Abstract: A display device is provided and includes display area including pixels arrayed next to one another in first direction and in second direction that is different from first direction, wherein pixels include light-emitting element configured to emit light by current flowing therethrough, drive transistor, and holding capacitance, while one terminal of light-emitting element is coupled to one of source and drain of drive transistor, first potential is supplied to other terminal of light-emitting element, second potential that is higher than first potential is supplied to other one of source and drain of drive transistor, holding capacitance is coupled between source and gate of drive transistor, and display device being configured to write initialization potentials into gates of respective drive transistors in accordance with voltage across drain and source of drive transistor, then write video writing potentials into the gates of the respective drive transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventor: Hisashi TOMITANI
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Patent number: 10825388Abstract: A display device includes a display area including a plurality of pixels arrayed next to one another in a first direction and in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a control circuit. Each of the pixels includes a light-emitting element configured to emit light by a current flowing therethrough, a drive transistor, and a holding capacitance.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hisashi Tomitani
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Publication number: 20200335051Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of light sources, a display panel including a liquid crystal layer, and a driver configured to cause the light sources to emit light in series in a time-divisional matter to display an image on the display panel. The driver is configured to cause at least one of the light sources to emit light in a period from a first light emission starting time until a light emission stopping time when the image is displayed with a first brightness, and configured to cause at least one of the light sources to emit light in a period from a second light emission starting time until the light emission stopping time when the image is displayed with a second brightness.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hisashi TOMITANI
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Patent number: 10756158Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, a display element provided on the substrate, a driver provided on the substrate configured to drive the display element and a first wire electrically connected to the display element. The first wire includes a first bent portion projecting in a first direction and provided in a first location, and a second bent portion projecting in a direction opposite to the first direction and provided in a second location different from the first location in the first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hisashi Tomitani
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Publication number: 20200251059Abstract: A display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal between two substrates; and first, second, and third light sources emitting light in different colors. A light emission period includes a first light emission period in which luminance of the first light source is higher than luminance of the second and third light sources, and at least one of the second and third light sources emits light, a second light emission period in which the luminance of the second light source is higher than the luminance of the first and the third light sources, and at least one of the first and third light sources emits light, and a third light emission period in which the luminance of the third light source is higher than the luminance of the first and second light sources, and at least one of the first and second light sources emits light.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hisashi TOMITANI
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Publication number: 20190221632Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, a display element provided on the substrate, a driver provided on the substrate configured to drive the display element and a first wire electrically connected to the display element. The first wire includes a first bent portion projecting in a first direction and provided in a first location, and a second bent portion projecting in a direction opposite to the first direction and provided in a second location different from the first location in the first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2018Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventor: Hisashi Tomitani
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Publication number: 20190164485Abstract: A display device includes a display area including a plurality of pixels arrayed next to one another in a first direction and in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a control circuit. Each of the pixels includes a light-emitting element configured to emit light by a current flowing therethrough, a drive transistor, and a holding capacitance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventor: Hisashi TOMITANI
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Patent number: 9928775Abstract: An EL (Electro Luminescence) display device controlling luminosity by a current value supplied to a light emitting element. The EL display device includes a power source supplying a current to the light emitting element and includes a first variable power source and a second variable power source outputting a lower potential than the first variable power source, and a control part changing an output potential of the first variable power source and an output potential of the second variable power source according to acquired maximum luminosity data. Furthermore, the EL display device includes a gate signal output part and a data signal output part, and the control part may change a power source potential of the gate signal output part or a power source potential of the data signal output part according to the maximum luminosity data.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hisashi Tomitani
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Publication number: 20160133183Abstract: An EL display device controlling luminosity by a current value supplied to a light emitting element. The EL display device includes a power source supplying a current to the light emitting element and includes a first variable power source and a second variable power source outputting a lower potential than the first variable power source, and a control part changing an output potential of the first variable power source and an output potential of the second variable power source according to acquired maximum luminosity data. Furthermore, the EL display device includes a gate signal output part and a data signal output part, and the control part may change a power source potential of the gate signal output part or a power source potential of the data signal output part according to the maximum luminosity data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventor: Hisashi TOMITANI
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Patent number: 7133004Abstract: A flat display device includes pixels, thin-film transistors, gate electrodes, source electrodes, storage capacitance elements, first storage capacitance electrodes, and second storage capacitance electrodes. A first compensation voltage that is applied to each of the first storage capacitance electrodes and a second compensation voltage that is applied to each of the second storage capacitance electrodes have mutually different voltage polarities. A polarity of a video signal voltage, which is applied via the source electrode to a source terminal of the thin-film transistor, which is included in the thin-film transistors connected to the same gate electrode and is connected to the first storage capacitance electrode, is set to be opposite to a polarity of a video signal voltage, which is applied via the source electrode to a source terminal of the thin-film transistor that is connected to the second storage capacitance electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hisashi Tomitani
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Publication number: 20050190176Abstract: A flat display device includes pixels, thin-film transistors, gate electrodes, source electrodes, storage capacitance elements, first storage capacitance electrodes, and second storage capacitance electrodes. A first compensation voltage that is applied to each of the first storage capacitance electrodes and a second compensation voltage that is applied to each of the second storage capacitance electrodes have mutually different voltage polarities. A polarity of a video signal voltage, which is applied via the source electrode to a source terminal of the thin-film transistor, which is included in the thin-film transistors connected to the same gate electrode and is connected to the first storage capacitance electrode, is set to be opposite to a polarity of a video signal voltage, which is applied via the source electrode to a source terminal of the thin-film transistor that is connected to the second storage capacitance electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Inventor: Hisashi Tomitani
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Patent number: 5940064Abstract: A liquid crystal module comprises a liquid crystal panel including mutually orthogonal row electrodes and column electrodes and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the electrodes as a display element, a row electrode driving circuit driving the row electrodes of the liquid crystal panel, and a column electrode driving circuit driving the column electrodes. A detecting electrode detects scanning signals applied to the row and column electrodes of the liquid crystal panel by electrically coupling to the electrodes with electrostatic coupling capacity. A coordinate detecting circuit converts the signals obtained from the detecting electrode into row and column coordinates. A correction arithmetic circuit corrects positional differences by using correction parameters of the device which have been obtained from output values of the coordinate detecting circuit beforehand. The display-integrated coordinate input device improves detection precision at the edges of a matrix panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1997Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Kai, Masahiro Yamamoto, Naoyuki Ito, Shouzou Fujiwara, Takeshi Okuno, Hideo Koseki, Masahito Matsunami, Hisashi Tomitani