Patents by Inventor Kaoru Abe

Kaoru Abe 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: 20240008347
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display panel including a first end portion that is bent, and a second display panel including a second end portion that is bent, wherein the first display panel and the second display panel are arranged in a plane such that the first end portion and the second end portion are adjacent to each other, each of subpixels is provided at respective one of the first end portion and the second end portion, and a connecting portion having a light diffusion function is formed between the first end portion and the second end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: KAORU ABE
  • Publication number: 20230123636
    Abstract: A display device includes a base member, a thin film transistor, an organic insulation film, a light-emitting layer, and a sealing layer. The display device has an active area and a non-active area. The non-active area includes a notched portion and a protrusion portion surrounding the notched portion and having, on a notched portion side, a side face including a reverse-tapered face. The light-emitting layer is disconnected as a result of a step at the protrusion portion. A filling material is embedded in at least a part of a space located between the reverse-tapered face and a top face of the organic insulation film. The top face overlaps the reverse-tapered face in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: TAKESHI HIRASE, KAORU ABE
  • Patent number: 11574979
    Abstract: An opening, which is provided on the inner side of a first pixel electrode, which is a first electrode formed in a display region, is larger than an opening, which is provided on the inner side of a second pixel electrode, which is the first electrode formed in a dummy display region. Further, a light-emitting layer (a first light-emitting layer) formed in the display region has the same shape and the same size as a light-emitting layer (a second light-emitting layer) formed in the dummy display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaoru Abe, Takeshi Yaneda
  • Publication number: 20230006010
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate; a thin film transistor layer provided on the base substrate; a light-emitting element layer provided on the thin film transistor layer including a plurality of first electrodes, a common edge cover, a plurality of function layers, and a common second electrode layered in this order; a sealing film provided on the light-emitting element layer; a second display region provided inside a first display region surrounded by the first display region; and an image capture unit provided in the second display region on an opposite side to the thin film transistor layer of the base substrate, wherein a light blocking portion is provided in the second display region at a boundary with the first display region. The light blocking portion is provided in the edge cover, and the edge cover, in the second display region, includes a black colored portion colored black.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: KAORU ABE, SEIICHI MITSUI
  • Patent number: 11522157
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a base substrate; a light-emitting element provided on one surface side of the base substrate; and a sealing film provided covering the light-emitting element, wherein the sealing film includes a first inorganic film and a second inorganic film sequentially provided covering the light-emitting element, and a resin layer provided in an island shape between the first inorganic film and the second inorganic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kaoru Abe
  • Patent number: 11404501
    Abstract: A display unit is provided with a plurality of pixels that are two-dimensionally arranged and each include an organic electroluminescence element emitting light of one of a plurality of colors. The pixels are arranged along one direction for each of light emission colors. The pixels each include a first insulating film, a second insulating film, and an organic layer. The first insulating film has openings for the respective pixels. The second insulating film extends along the arrangement direction for each of the light emission colors, in a region between pixels of different light emission colors, out of the plurality of pixels, on the first insulating film. The organic layer is formed in each of the openings, and includes a light-emitting layer. The first insulating film includes a recess that connects together the openings of pixels of the same light emission color, out of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kazuma Teramoto, Jiro Yamada, Kenichi Nendai, Kaoru Abe, Hideki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11398610
    Abstract: A display device includes a non-transmissive display section and a transmissive display section. The non-transmissive display section includes a base member including a first polyimide. The transmissive display section includes a base member including a second polyimide that has higher transparency than the first polyimide. The base member of the non-transmissive display section and the base member of the transmissive display section are connected in a connecting section. A bending portion is provided in the base member of the non-transmissive display section or the base member of the transmissive display section. The connecting section and the bending portion do not overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kaoru Abe
  • Patent number: 11222931
    Abstract: A display device includes a TFT layer, a light-emitting element layer provided in an upper layer than the TFT layer and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer of visible light, and a sealing layer covering the light-emitting element layer. An infrared light emission layer and an infrared light detection element are provided in a lower layer than the sealing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaoru Abe, Manabu Niboshi, Koji Yamabuchi, Shinichi Kawato
  • Publication number: 20220005896
    Abstract: A first opening of an edge cover that exposes a first electrode formed in a surface display region is larger than a second opening of an edge cover that exposes a first electrode formed in a side display region, and a light-emitting layer that overlaps the first opening has equal shape and equal size to a light-emitting layer that overlaps the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: KAORU ABE, TAKESHI YANEDA
  • Publication number: 20210395204
    Abstract: The present invention provides low hygroscopic forms of aripiprazole and processes for the preparation thereof which will not convert to a hydrate or lose their original solubility even when a medicinal preparation containing the anhydrous aripiprazole crystals is stored for an extended period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Takuji BANDO, Satoshi AOKI, Junichi KAWASAKI, Makoto ISHIGAMI, Youichi TANIGUCHI, Tsuyoshi YABUUCHI, Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Yoshihiro NISHIOKA, Noriyuki KOBAYASHI, Tsutomu FUJIMURA, Masanori TAKAHASHI, Kaoru ABE, Tomonori NAKAGAWA, Koichi SHINHAMA, Naoto UTSUMI, Michiaki TOMINAGA, Yoshihiro OOI, Shohei YAMADA, Kenji TOMIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11201309
    Abstract: A display unit is provided with a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels each include a first electrode, an insulating film, an organic layer, and a second electrode. The insulating film is provided on the first electrode, and has openings. The organic layer is provided in each of the openings of the insulating film, and includes a light-emitting layer. The second electrode is provided on the organic layer. The first electrode includes a plurality of sub-electrodes that are provided to face the respective openings of the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kaoru Abe, Jiro Yamada, Kazuma Teramoto, Kenichi Nendai, Hideki Kobayashi, Masaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10998529
    Abstract: A display device, to provide compensation for change in color level due to different viewing directions of a display surface and compensation for other optical characteristics of the display surface in a compatible manner, includes a light-emitting element layer including a light-emitting layer including a light-emitting element, a first electrode disposed below the light-emitting layer, and a second electrode disposed above the light-emitting layer, wherein an optical compensation layer is disposed above the light-emitting element layer, the optical compensation layer being configured to compensate for prevention of external light reflection on a display surface and compensate for change in color level of the display surface due to different viewing directions of the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidefumi Yoshida, Kiyoshi Minoura, Tokiyoshi Umeda, Kaoru Abe, Akira Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210020855
    Abstract: A display device includes a non-transmissive display section and a transmissive display section. The non-transmissive display section includes a base member including a first polyimide. The transmissive display section includes a base member including a second polyimide that has higher transparency than the first polyimide. The base member of the non-transmissive display section and the base member of the transmissive display section are connected in a connecting section. A bending portion is provided in the base member of the non-transmissive display section or the base member of the transmissive display section. The connecting section and the bending portion do not overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventor: KAORU ABE
  • Publication number: 20210020719
    Abstract: An opening, which is provided on the inner side of a first pixel electrode, which is a first electrode formed in a display region, is larger than an opening, which is provided on the inner side of a second pixel electrode, which is the first electrode formed in a dummy display region. Further, a light-emitting layer (a first light-emitting layer) formed in the display region has the same shape and the same size as a light-emitting layer (a second light-emitting layer) formed in the dummy display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: KAORU ABE, TAKESHI YANEDA
  • Patent number: 10897026
    Abstract: To improve a degree of design freedom of a display surface of a device while maintaining a reliability of the device, provided is a display device including an active region that contributes to a display, and a notch formed in a position surrounded by an end portion of the active region. A protruding portion is formed on a peripheral end side of the active region where the notch is formed. A light-emitting layer is disconnected as a result of a step at the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kaoru Abe
  • Publication number: 20200403178
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a base substrate; a light-emitting element provided on one surface side of the base substrate; and a sealing film provided covering the light-emitting element, wherein the sealing film includes a first inorganic film and a second inorganic film sequentially provided covering the light-emitting element, and a resin layer provided in an island shape between the first inorganic film and the second inorganic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: KAORU ABE
  • Publication number: 20200381669
    Abstract: A display device, to provide compensation for change in color level due to different viewing directions of a display surface and compensation for other optical characteristics of the display surface in a compatible manner, includes a light-emitting element layer including a light-emitting layer including a light-emitting element, a first electrode disposed below the light-emitting layer, and a second electrode disposed above the light-emitting layer, wherein an optical compensation layer is disposed above the light-emitting element layer, the optical compensation layer being configured to compensate for prevention of external light reflection on a display surface and compensate for change in color level of the display surface due to different viewing directions of the display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: HIDEFUMI YOSHIDA, KIYOSHI MINOURA, TOKIYOSHI UMEDA, KAORU ABE, AKIRA SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10847739
    Abstract: Openings, which are provided on the inner sides of anode electrodes formed in a display region, are larger than openings, which are provided on the inner sides of anode electrodes formed in a peripheral display region. A light-emitting layer formed in the display region has equal shape and equal size to a light-emitting layer formed in the peripheral display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaoru Abe, Takeshi Yaneda
  • Patent number: 10833138
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) display panel having pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns includes: a substrate; pixel electrode layers that are made of a light-reflective material and are arranged on the substrate in the matrix; an insulating layer that is provided above the substrate and the pixel electrode layers; organic functional layers that are provided above the pixel electrode layers; and a light-transmissive counter electrode layer that is provided above the organic functional layers, wherein the insulating layer has a first opening and second openings for each of the pixel electrode layers, the first opening being elongated in a column direction, the second openings each being shorter than the first opening in the column direction and being lined up adjacent to the first opening, and the organic functional layers include light-emitting layers in which organic electroluminescence occurs in the first opening and the second openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nendai, Jiro Yamada, Hideki Kobayashi, Kazuma Teramoto, Kaoru Abe
  • Patent number: 10743386
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes: a light-emission region; and a non-light-emission region other than the light-emission region. The light-emission region includes one or more effective light-emitting parts in which a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode are stacked in order, and a light guide provided on side of the one or more effective light-emitting parts on which light is extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kaoru Abe, Kazuma Teramoto, Toshiaki Imai, Jiro Yamada, Takahide Ishii, Hideki Kobayashi