Patents by Inventor Jumpei Takahashi

Jumpei Takahashi 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: 20210020863
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate; a TFT layer; a plurality of light-emitting elements; a sealing portion; a display region; and a frame region, wherein the sealing portion includes a first sealing film provided on the plurality of light-emitting elements, a second sealing film provided above the first sealing film, a third sealing film provided above the second sealing film, and a light-transmissive conductive film provided between two sealing films of the first sealing film, the second sealing film, and the third sealing film, an edge of the first sealing film and an edge of the third sealing film are positioned outward of an edge of the second sealing film in the frame region, and the light-transmissive conductive film is electrically connected to a first electrodes or a second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: TOHRU SONODA, TAKASHI OCHI, HISAO OCHI, AKIHIRO MATSUI, TOHRU SENOO, TAKESHI HIRASE, JUMPEI TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210013296
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first conductive layer on a resin substrate layer; a planarization film on the first conductive layer; and OLEDs on the planarization film. There is provided a second conductive layer in a frame area surrounding a display area. The second conductive layer is in contact with second electrodes of the OLEDs on the planarization film and also in contact with the first conductive layer in an external side of the planarization film. The second electrode is electrically connected to the first conductive layer via the second conductive layer. The planarization film includes, in the frame area, a portion where there is provided a trench. The first conductive layer is exposed from the planarization film in the trench. The second electrode is electrically connected to the first conductive layer via the second conductive layer in the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: HISAO OCHI, JUMPEI TAKAHASHI, TOHRU SONODA
  • Publication number: 20210005842
    Abstract: Each of lead wiring lines that constitutes a TFT layer and is provided to extend parallel to each other in a frame region extends to intersect with a perimeter edge surface of a first organic film that constitutes the TFT layer and is provided on each of the lead wiring lines. A second organic film is provided to cover a lower portion of the perimeter edge surface of the first organic film and each of the lead wiring lines on a side of the perimeter edge surface of the first organic film, the lead wiring lines extending from the perimeter edge surface of the first organic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: JUMPEI TAKAHASHI, AKIHIRO MATSUI, TAKASHI OCHI, TOHRU SONODA, YOSHINOBU MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200403182
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate having a display area and a frame area, the display area to display an image, the frame area surrounding the display area; a light-emitting element in the display area; and a sealing film provided in the display area and the frame area so as to cover the light-emitting element, the sealing film including a first inorganic film, an organic film, and a second inorganic film, wherein the first inorganic film covers the light-emitting element, a third inorganic film is provided between the first inorganic film and the organic film, the third inorganic film having higher wettability for a liquid drop, the organic film on the first inorganic film covers the third inorganic film, and the second inorganic film covers the peripheral end portion of the first inorganic film and the organic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: YIXIN YANG, YOSHIFUMI OHTA, JUMPEI TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200335874
    Abstract: The scanning antenna (1000) is a scanning antenna in which antenna units (U) are arranged, the scanning antenna comprising: a TFT substrate (101) including: a first dielectric substrate (1), TFTs, gate bus lines, source bus lines, and patch electrodes (15), a slot substrate (201) including: a second dielectric substrate (51), and a slot electrode (55); a liquid crystal layer (LC) provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate; a sealing portion that envelopes the liquid crystal layer; and a reflective conductive plate (65). The slot electrode includes slots (57) arranged in correspondence with the plurality of patch electrodes. The sealing portion includes a main sealing portion (73Fa) that defines an injection port (74Fa) and an end sealing portion (75Fa) that seals the injection port (74Fa). The end sealing portion (75Fa) is formed of a thermosetting sealant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: MASANOBU MIZUSAKI, JUMPEI TAKAHASHI, HIROSHI TSUCHIYA, KIYOSHI MINOURA
  • Publication number: 20200335564
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display including a plurality of light-emitting devices; a first bank provided outside the display; a second bank provided outside the first bank; and a plurality of peripheral lines formed below, and intersecting with, the first bank and the second bank, wherein each of the peripheral lines includes a plurality of bends provided between the first bank and the second bank in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: HISAO OCHI, TOHRU SENOO, JUMPEI TAKAHASHI, TOHRU SONODA, TAKASHI OCHI, TAKESHI HIRASE
  • Publication number: 20200286931
    Abstract: A scanning antenna (1000) in which antenna units (U) are arranged, the scanning antenna including: a first dielectric substrate (1); a TFT substrate (101) including TFTs, gate bus lines, source bus lines, and patch electrodes (15); a slot substrate (201) including a second dielectric substrate (51), and a slot electrode (55) formed on a first main surface of the second dielectric substrate; a liquid crystal layer (LC) provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate; and a reflective conductive plate (65) provided opposing a second main surface of the second dielectric substrate (51) opposite to the first main surface via a dielectric layer (54). The slot electrode includes slots arranged corresponding to each of the patch electrodes, and the second dielectric substrate (51) and the slot electrode (5) further include an adhesive layer (92) formed therebetween from a thermosetting type or photocurable type adhesive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: JUMPEI TAKAHASHI, MASANOBU MIZUSAKI, KIYOSHI MINOURA, AKIRA SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10770792
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel included in a scanning antenna includes: a TFT substrate including a first dielectric substrate, a TFT supported on the first dielectric substrate, a gate bus line, a source bus line, a patch electrode, and a first alignment film covering the patch electrode; a slot substrate including a second dielectric substrate, a slot electrode formed on a first main surface of the second dielectric substrate and including a slot arranged corresponding to the patch electrode, and a second alignment film covering the slot electrode; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate and containing a liquid crystal molecule having an isothiocyanate group. The patch electrodes and the slot electrode are each formed of a Cu layer or an Al layer, and the first alignment film and the second alignment film each include a compound having an atomic group forming a coordinate bond with Cu or Al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Mizusaki, Jumpei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10765295
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus configured to perform averaging processing on pixel values of pixels having different color filters to obtain a signal value, and generate motion detection images based on the signal value in such a way that, in WLI, a weight of a pixel value for a filter for passing light of a luminance component of a captured image in WLI is set to be larger than or equal to a weight of a pixel value for a different filter while in NBI, a weight of a pixel value for a filter for passing light of a luminance component of a captured image in NBI is set to be larger than or equal to a weight of a pixel value for a different filter. Based on the captured images at different points in time, the image processing apparatus detects motion between two of the generated motion detection images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jumpei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10756444
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel included in a scanning antenna includes: a TFT substrate including a first dielectric substrate, a TFT supported by the first dielectric substrate, a gate bus line, a source bus line, a patch electrode, and a first alignment film covering the patch electrode; a slot substrate including a second dielectric substrate, a slot electrode formed on a first main surface of the second dielectric substrate and including a slot disposed corresponding to the patch electrode, and a second alignment film covering the slot electrode; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate and containing a liquid crystal molecule including an isothiocyanate group. The first alignment film and the second alignment film are each independently formed of a polyimide-based alignment film material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Mizusaki, Jumpei Takahashi, Hiroshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 10756431
    Abstract: A scanning antenna includes a transmission and/or reception region including a plurality of antenna units and a non-transmission and/or reception region located in a region other than the transmission and/or reception region. The scanning antenna includes a TFT substrate, a slot substrate, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate. The scanning antenna includes: at least one monitoring capacitance section formed in the non-transmission and/or reception region, the section including a liquid crystal layer and a monitoring capacitance, which includes a first measurement electrode and a second measurement electrode opposing each other with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; and a voltage monitor connectable to the first measurement electrode of the monitoring capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Takahashi, Masanobu Mizusaki, Kiyoshi Minoura, Yohji Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10714706
    Abstract: An organic EL display device including: a base substrate; an organic EL element formed on the base substrate, and including a plurality of organic EL layers arranged in a matrix shape; and a sealing film formed on the organic EL element, wherein a plurality of subpixels are defined in association with the plurality of organic EL layers, and a plurality of grooves are formed in the sealing film through the interstices among the plurality of subpixels, and a foreign-matter contact portion configured to be in contact with a foreign matter existing on the organic EL element is formed in the sealing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Takahashi, Tohru Sonoda, Takashi Ochi, Takeshi Hirase, Hisao Ochi, Tohru Senoo, Akihiro Matsui
  • Publication number: 20200196833
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes a light source apparatus, an image processing circuit configured to subject a first image or a second image obtained by irradiating first or second narrow band light to predetermined image processing and output the image, and a control circuit configured to perform control to acquire signal intensity information about a signal intensity of the image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup device in response to irradiation with the first narrow band light based on a current operation state of a light source configured to generate first narrow band light and further maintain a ratio of respective brightnesses of the first image and the second image used for generating the observation image to be a predetermined ratio based on the signal intensity information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jumpei TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10673017
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes an organic EL element and a sealing film. The organic EL element is formed over a display region of a base substrate. The sealing film covers the organic EL element. The sealing film includes a first barrier layer, a buffer layer, and a second barrier layer. The first barrier layer includes a first inorganic film and is disposed on the surface of the organic EL element. The buffer layer includes an organic film and is disposed on the surface of the first barrier layer. The second barrier layer includes a second inorganic film and is disposed on the surface of the buffer layer. The first barrier layer includes micropores in the surface, the surface being in contact with the buffer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirase, Tohru Sonoda, Takashi Ochi, Hisao Ochi, Tohru Senoo, Akihiro Matsui, Jumpei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10608062
    Abstract: A bank (BK1b) and a bank (BK1a) having a height less than a height of the bank (BK1b) are intermittently provided on a bank (BK1) covering a peripheral portion of each first electrode (21) of a light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Takahashi, Takeshi Hirase, Hisao Ochi, Takashi Ochi, Tohru Senoo, Tohru Sonoda, Akihiro Matsui, Yoshinobu Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20200091459
    Abstract: The organic EL display device includes a third organic insulating film pattern portion, which includes a groove on an upper surface thereof, between a display region and at least part of an edge portion of a TFT substrate. A first inorganic layer and a second inorganic layer of a sealing film cover the third organic insulating film pattern portion and at least part of the edge portion in a plan view, and are split apart in the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tohru SENOO, Takeshi HIRASE, Hisao OCHI, Takashi OCHI, Tohru SONODA, Jumpei TAKAHASHI, Akihiro MATSUI, Yoshinobu MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10573853
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes a step of forming a first inorganic film constituting a sealing film and a step of forming an organic film constituting the sealing film. Between these steps, the method further includes a foreign matter inspection step of inspecting a substrate surface on which the first inorganic film has been formed and identifying the location of a foreign matter adhering to the substrate surface, and a partial ejection step of using an ink-jet method to eject ink to be formed a part of the organic film at the location of the foreign matter on the substrate surface identified in the foreign matter inspection step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Senoo, Takeshi Hirase, Hisao Ochi, Takashi Ochi, Tohru Sonoda, Jumpei Takahashi, Akihiro Matsui, Yoshinobu Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10572093
    Abstract: OLED elements and a seal portion covering the OLED elements are provided on an upper side of a base substrate. The seal portion includes a light-transmitting conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Takashi Ochi, Hisao Ochi, Tohru Senoo, Takeshi Hirase, Akihiro Matsui, Jumpei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200058131
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of images that are captured with a same angle of view and are different from each other in a wavelength band of illumination light; a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to determine, based on a first image and a second image different from the first image in the plurality of images, whether a first light absorber in a living body in the first image and a second light absorber in a living body in the second image overlap in a depth direction of a living body, and extract light-absorption information as a result of absorption by the first light absorber, by using the first image, the second image, and a determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jumpei TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200047431
    Abstract: A method of producing a resin-impregnated fiber bundle roll body includes unwinding a fiber bundle from a bobbin; winding the fiber bundle on a winding core rotating around a fixed axis through a movable winding head to prepare a product; and leading the fiber bundle taken off in the unwinding to the winding between the unwinding and winding, wherein the leading or winding includes a resin impregnating the fiber bundle, and the winding includes a fiber content calculation of a fiber content in a layer of the fiber bundle on the winding core of an intermediate product to control one according to the fiber content: a resin adhesion amount in the resin adhesion operation; a winding tension of the fiber bundle applied to the intermediate product; a removal amount of a surplus resin layer on an outer surface of the intermediate product; and a resin viscosity in the intermediate product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Jumpei Takahashi, Shigeru Kawashima, Daisuke Nagamatsu, Tadashi Watanabe