Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Ota

Hitoshi Ota 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: 20260179556
    Abstract: A feed line, a scan line, and a control line are shared by a certain pixel cluster section and a pixel cluster section adjacent in an X direction to each other. The feed line supplies a power supply voltage of a light emitting element provided to the pixel cluster section, and a control signal designating a light emission period of the light emitting element is supplied to the control line. The feed line, the scan line which is a relay wiring line of the scan line, and the control line which is a relay wiring line of the control line overlap each other in plan view between a certain pixel cluster section and the pixel cluster section adjacent in the X direction to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi OTA
  • Publication number: 20260044006
    Abstract: The display device includes the first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a first color filter through which light from the first light-emitting element passes, and a second color filter through which the light from the second light-emitting element passes. The relative positional relationship between the center of the first light-emitting element and the center of the first color filter is different from the relative positional relationship between the center of the second light-emitting element and the center of the second color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi KOSHIHARA, Hitoshi Ota
  • Publication number: 20260040780
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first reflection layer, a second reflection layer, a light emission function layer, a first optical adjustment layer, a second optical adjustment layer, a first driving circuit, a second driving circuit, a first conductive portion being in contact with the second electrode at a first position in a normal line direction of the substrate and being configured to electrically couple the second electrode and the first reflection layer, and a second conductive portion being in contact with the third electrode at a second position in the normal line direction and being configured to electrically couple the third electrode and the second reflection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi OTA
  • Patent number: 12481122
    Abstract: An optical display device includes an image display element configured to emit image light, a deflection member configured to deflect the image light emitted from the image display element, an optical device including a lens barrel for accommodating a lens group including an objective lens and an eyepiece, and a moving mechanism provided at the lens barrel of the optical device and configured to hold a state in which at least the deflection member is moved in a direction intersecting an optical axis of the lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Yuiga Hamade, Mitsutaka Ide
  • Patent number: 12474587
    Abstract: The display device includes the first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a first color filter through which light from the first light-emitting element passes, and a second color filter through which the light from the second light-emitting element passes. The relative positional relationship between the center of the first light-emitting element and the center of the first color filter is different from the relative positional relationship between the center of the second light-emitting element and the center of the second color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Koshihara, Hitoshi Ota
  • Publication number: 20250308454
    Abstract: A display device includes first light emitting elements, second light emitting elements, a first data transfer line, a second data transfer line, a first data line, a second data line, first pixel circuits coupled to the first data line, second pixel circuits coupled to the second data line, a first switching circuit controlling electrical coupling between the first data line and the second data transfer line, and a second switching circuit controlling electrical coupling between the second data line and the second data transfer line, the first data line is supplied, from the second data transfer line via the first switching circuit, with a signal for causing each of the plurality of first light emitting elements to emit light, and the second data line is supplied, from the second data transfer line via the second switching circuit, with a signal for causing each of the plurality of second light emitting elements to emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TAMURA, Hitoshi OTA, Robina ATSUCHI, Takehiko KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20250299632
    Abstract: A display device that includes a plurality of first light-emitting elements, a plurality of second light-emitting elements, a data transfer line, a first data line extending in a first direction, a second data line extending in the first direction and adjacent to the first data line along the first direction, a plurality of first pixel circuits coupled to the first data line and respectively coupled to the plurality of first light-emitting elements, a plurality of second pixel circuits coupled to the second data line and respectively coupled to the plurality of second light-emitting elements, a first switch circuit that controls electrical coupling between the first data line and a data transfer line, and a second switch circuit that controls electrical coupling between the second data line and the data transfer line. In a plan view, the first switch circuit overlaps at least one of the plurality of first light-emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OTA, Takehiko KUBOTA, Tsuyoshi TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20250279055
    Abstract: A display device that includes a pixel circuit including first to fourth transistors and a light-emitting element, and a data potential generating circuit that generates a data potential, wherein in a first period, the second transistor is on, the third transistor and the fourth transistor are off, a gate of the first transistor is supplied with a first potential via a data line, in a second period, the second transistor and the third transistor are on, the fourth transistor is off, the data line and the gate and a drain of the first transistor are electrically coupled to each other, and in a third period, the second transistor is on, the third transistor and the fourth transistor are off, and the gate of the first transistor is supplied with the data potential via the data line and the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OTA, Takehiko KUBOTA, Tsuyoshi TAMURA
  • Patent number: 12406625
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device includes a scanning line that extends in a first direction, a light emitting element, a driving transistor that supplies a driving current to the light emitting element, a first conductive layer that is supplied a fixed potential and extends in the first direction, a second conductive layer that is supplied the fixed potential and is disposed on a different layer than the first conductive layer, and a third conductive layer that is electrically connected to a first terminal of the driving transistor and to the light emitting element, and is disposed on a same layer as the second conductive layer. The third conductive layer is surrounded by the second conductive layer in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: Lumitek Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Ryoichi Nozawa
  • Publication number: 20250255113
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a substrate, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, a light-emitting function layer provided between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, a partition wall having conductivity, being in contact with the common electrode, and surrounding the pixel electrode, the light-emitting function layer, and the common electrode in plan view, a conductive layer provided between the partition wall and the substrate, a constant potential being supplied to the conductive layer, and an insulating layer provided between the partition wall and the conductive layer in cross-sectional view and including a contact hole for electrically coupling the partition wall to the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi OTA
  • Patent number: 12356813
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a DA conversion circuit to convert 10 bits of data into an analog voltage output to a data line. The DA conversion circuit includes a first DA conversion circuit to convert upper 5 bits into a voltage and outputs converted voltage to the data line, a second DA conversion circuit to convert lower 5 bits into a voltage and outputs converted voltage to a relay line, and a coupling capacitance including one end electrically coupled to the second DA conversion circuit and another end electrically coupled to the data line, wherein the first DA conversion circuit includes a capacitance element corresponding to the upper 5 bits and is arranged in the Y direction along the data line, and the second DA conversion circuit includes a capacitance element corresponding to the lower 5 bits and is arranged in the Y direction along the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Ota
  • Patent number: 12300176
    Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting element, a data line, a wiring line, a first constant potential line to which a first constant potential is supplied, a first transistor configured to supply a drive current corresponding to a video signal supplied via the wiring line and the data line to the light-emitting element, a second transistor configured to electrically couple the data line to the first constant potential line, and a switching element configured to electrically couple the data line to the wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiko Kubota, Hitoshi Ota
  • Publication number: 20250107284
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a common electrode; a plurality of structural bodies, each including a first semiconductor layer electrically coupled to the first electrode, a second semiconductor layer, and a light emission function layer provided between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; and a driving printed wired board including a pixel electrode and a driving circuit electrically coupled to the pixel electrode. The plurality of structural bodies include a first structural body provided at a position overlapping the pixel electrode in plan view, the pixel electrode being electrically coupled to the second semiconductor layer, and a second structural body provided at a position not overlapping the pixel electrode in plan view, the pixel electrode not being electrically coupled to the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuiga HAMADE, Narumi ISHIBASHI, Hitoshi OTA
  • Patent number: 12254840
    Abstract: A DA converter circuit includes an upper DA converter circuit that includes a first capacitance element including one end coupled to a data line and that outputs a voltage corresponding to five high-order bits to the data line, a lower DA converter circuit that includes a second capacitance element including one end coupled to a relay line and that outputs a voltage corresponding to five low-order bits to the relay line, and a capacitor including one end coupled to the relay line and the other end coupled to the data line. In the first capacitance element, an insulating layer is sandwiched between a first electrode and a second electrode. In the second capacitance element, an insulating layer is sandwiched between a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The insulating layer of the first capacitance element is thicker than the insulating layer of the second capacitance element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Ota
  • Publication number: 20250063906
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes a first transistor, a power supply line layer connected to one current terminal of the first transistor, a capacitive element including a first capacitive electrode connected to a gate of the first transistor, and a second capacitive electrode, a signal line, and a pixel electrode connected to the other current terminal of the first transistor, the first capacitive electrode is provided on a layer over the gate of the first transistor, and the power supply line layer is provided on a layer between the first capacitive electrode and the signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Lumitek Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi OTA, Ryoichi NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240386851
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device includes a scanning line that extends in a first direction, a light emitting element, a driving transistor that supplies a driving current to the light emitting element, a first conductive layer that is supplied a fixed potential and extends in the first direction, a second conductive layer that is supplied the fixed potential and is disposed on a different layer than the first conductive layer, and a third conductive layer that is electrically connected to a first terminal of the driving transistor and to the light emitting element, and is disposed on a same layer as the second conductive layer. The third conductive layer is surrounded by the second conductive layer in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Lumitek Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi OTA, Ryoichi NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240369846
    Abstract: The display device includes the first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a first color filter through which light from the first light-emitting element passes, and a second color filter through which the light from the second light-emitting element passes. The relative positional relationship between the center of the first light-emitting element and the center of the first color filter is different from the relative positional relationship between the center of the second light-emitting element and the center of the second color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi KOSHIHARA, Hitoshi Ota
  • Publication number: 20240355298
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a data signal supply circuit, a first switching element including a first end electrically coupled to the data signal supply circuit, and a second end, a first capacitor electrically coupled to the second end of the first switching element and configured to hold an electric charge according to a gradation voltage, a second switching element including a first end electrically coupled to the second end of the first switching element, and a second end, a pixel circuit including a light-emitting element and a transistor, and a data line electrically coupled to the pixel circuit. The first capacitor is disposed to overlap the transistor in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi OTA
  • Publication number: 20240296798
    Abstract: A DA converter circuit includes an upper DA converter circuit that includes a first capacitance element including one end coupled to a data line and that outputs a voltage corresponding to five high-order bits to the data line, a lower DA converter circuit that includes a second capacitance element including one end coupled to a relay line and that outputs a voltage corresponding to five low-order bits to the relay line, and a capacitor including one end coupled to the relay line and the other end coupled to the data line. In the first capacitance element, an insulating layer is sandwiched between a first electrode and a second electrode. In the second capacitance element, an insulating layer is sandwiched between a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The insulating layer of the first capacitance element is thicker than the insulating layer of the second capacitance element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi OTA
  • Patent number: 12080235
    Abstract: A pixel circuit provided corresponding to a scanning line and a data line includes a transistor and an OLED serving as one example of a light emitting element. In a compensation period, a gate node and a drain node of the transistor are electrically coupled to each other to cause a voltage of the gate node of the transistor to be a voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage. In the gate writing period, a voltage of the gate node of the transistor is varied from a voltage corresponding to the threshold voltage into a voltage corresponding to luminance of the OLED, and the voltage corresponding to luminance of the OLED is applied to the drain node of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiko Kubota, Hitoshi Ota