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: 20210193053
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display area including a pixel circuit disposed to correspond to an intersection between a scanning line and a data line; a data signal output circuit configured to output a first data signal; and a first capacitive element including one end and the other end, the one end being supplied with the first data signal, and the other end being coupled to the data line, wherein the display area is disposed between the first capacitive element and the data signal output circuit in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OTA, Takeshi KOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210183989
    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: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OTA, Ryoichi NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210151534
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a first side and a second side, a display region having a light-emitting element that includes an electrode, a pixel electrode disposed between the substrate and the electrode in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a light-emitting function layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the electrode in the thickness direction, a drive circuit disposed between the first side and the display region in plan view, and a conductive layer having a first portion extending between the first side and the display region in plan view and along the first direction, and a second portion extending between the second side and the display region in plan view and along the second direction, wherein a width of the first portion in the second direction is greater than a width of the second portion in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi OTA
  • Patent number: 10964260
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided that includes a first wiring, a first data line and a second data line, a first pixel circuit coupled to the first data line, a second pixel circuit coupled to the second data line, a first switch having a first end coupled to the first wiring and a second end coupled to the first data line, and a second switch having a first end coupled to the first wiring and a second end coupled to the second data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Takeshi Koshihara
  • Patent number: 10964773
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Ryoichi Nozawa
  • Publication number: 20200365083
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a first data transfer line that intersects a scan line, a second data transfer line, a first transistor that controls coupling between the first data transfer line and the second transfer line. The two or more second data transfer lines are respectively coupled to the first data transfer line via first capacitors, and when a collection of pixel circuits that are coupled to the same first data transfer line via the second data transfer lines is referred to as a pixel string, the second data transfer lines are provided to pixel circuits less than the pixel circuits included in the pixel string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OTA, Takeshi KOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200365084
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device includes a light-emitting element, a drive transistor that supplies a driving current corresponding to a gradation voltage to the light-emitting element, a first conductive layer that is electrically connected to a gate of the drive transistor, and a second conductive layer that is supplied a fixed potential and that is disposed on a same layer as the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are disposed apart and electrically insulated from one another, and in plan view, the first conductive layer is surrounded by the second conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OTA, Ryoichi NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200321422
    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 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OTA, Ryoichi NOZAWA
  • Patent number: 10777632
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a first circuit configured to supply a first data signal to a first pixel circuit through a first data transmission line, a second circuit configured to supply a second data signal to a second pixel circuit through a second data transmission line, a first signal line connected to the first circuit, and a second signal line connected to the second circuit. One of the first signal line and the second signal line is at least partially formed in a wiring layer that differs from that of the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Ota
  • Patent number: 10777130
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes a first transistor, an organic electroluminescent element that emits light with luminance corresponding to magnitude of a current supplied via the first transistor, and a capacitive element. The capacitive element includes a first electrode connected to a gate of the first transistor, a second electrode, and a dielectric film provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode is formed on the same layer as the second electrode, and is arranged in a position away from the second electrode with the dielectric film interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Ryoichi Nozawa
  • Patent number: 10769996
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a first data transfer line that intersects a scan line, a second data transfer line, a first transistor that controls coupling between the first data transfer line and the second transfer line. The two or more second data transfer lines are respectively coupled to the first data transfer line via first capacitors, and when a collection of pixel circuits that are coupled to the same first data transfer line via the second data transfer lines is referred to as a pixel string, the second data transfer lines are provided to pixel circuits less than the pixel circuits included in the pixel string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Takeshi Koshihara
  • Publication number: 20200234643
    Abstract: A first storage capacitor is provided with respect to a data line. A pixel circuit includes a first transistor supplying current according to a voltage between a gate and a source, a light emitting element emitting light corresponding to current supplied by the first transistor, and a second transistor which is turned on or off between the data lines and the gate node. In a first period, an initial potential is supplied to the data line by turning on the second transistor, and in a second period, a data signal of a potential corresponding to a gradation level is supplied to the other end of the first storage capacitor by turning on the second transistor. After the second period, the second transistor is turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OTA, Hideto ISHIGURO
  • Patent number: 10714564
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Ryoichi Nozawa
  • Patent number: 10665160
    Abstract: An electrooptical device includes a plurality of pixels that are disposed corresponding to each of intersection positions at which a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines intersect with each other, and each of which includes a light emitting element which emits light by a driving current; and a control circuit that performs a control such that the light emitting element emits light or does not emit light. The control circuit causes the light emitting element to transition between a light-emitting state and a non-light-emitting state, in a transition period, in a case where the light emitting element of each pixel corresponding to the unselected scanning line is to transition between a light-emitting state and a non-light-emitting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Ota
  • Patent number: 10665161
    Abstract: A transistor circuit outputs a drive current in accordance with a data signal. An OLED that is connected to the transistor circuit emits light with luminance corresponding to the drive current. A discharge transistor, when the OLED does not emit the light, is turned on to connect a discharge feeder line to a node at which the transistor circuit is connected to the OLED. An absolute value of a threshold voltage of the discharge transistor is lower than an absolute value of a threshold voltage of a drive transistor in the transistor circuit. When the data signal indicates zero, the discharge transistor can cause a flow of the drive current from the transistor circuit to bypass the OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Ota
  • Patent number: 10657885
    Abstract: A first storage capacitor is provided with respect to a data line. A pixel circuit includes a first transistor supplying current according to a voltage between a gate and a source, a light emitting element emitting light corresponding to current supplied by the first transistor, and a second transistor which is turned on or off between the data lines and the gate node. In a first period, an initial potential is supplied to the data line by turning on the second transistor, and in a second period, a data signal of a potential corresponding to a gradation level is supplied to the other end of the first storage capacitor by turning on the second transistor. After the second period, the second transistor is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Hideto Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20200051504
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a data signal supply circuit, a first switching element electrically coupled to the data signal supply circuit, a first capacitor disposed in a display region and electrically coupled to the first switching element, a second switching element including a first end electrically coupled to the first switching element, and a second end, a second capacitor disposed in the display region and including a first end electrically coupled to the second end of the second switching element, and a second end, a data line electrically coupled to the second end of the second capacitor, a pixel circuit electrically coupled to the data line, and a first metal layer disposed between the first capacitor and the second capacitor and supplied with a fixed potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi OTA
  • Publication number: 20200051510
    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: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi OTA
  • Patent number: 10535308
    Abstract: An electro-optical device that includes a display unit includes a scan line drive circuit, supplies a predetermined control signal including at least one scan signal to each row, and includes at least a logic circuit generates a control signal, and an output circuit outputs the control signal to the pixel circuit, a first power supply line supplies a first operation voltage to the pixel circuit, a second power supply line supplies a second operation voltage to the scan line drive circuit and is disposed separately from a portion of the first power supply line which is located within a pixel circuit, and a third power supply line supplies the first operation voltage to the output circuit from the first power supply line and is disposed separately from a portion of the second power supply line which is located within the scan line drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Ota
  • Publication number: 20190378888
    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: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OTA, Ryoichi NOZAWA