Patents by Inventor Kazunari Tomizawa

Kazunari Tomizawa 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: 20240129430
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel having a display area where an image is displayed, a plurality of cameras provided at positions overlapping with the display area in plan view to capture a user opposed to the display device as a subject, a controller selecting one of the plurality of cameras as a camera to capture the subject, based on positions of eyes of a person included in the image displayed in the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Naoshi GOTO, Tsutomu HARADA, Junji KOBASHI
  • Publication number: 20240105135
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel with pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction; and a light source. Each pixel includes: a first sub-pixel including a color filter for a first color; and a second sub-pixel arranged adjacent to the first sub-pixel in the first direction and including a color filter for a complementary color between a second color and a third color. The light source includes: a first light emitter configured to emit light in the first color; a second light emitter configured to emit light in the second color; and a third light emitter configured to emit light in the third color. One frame period includes: a first light emission period of causing the first and second light emitters to emit light simultaneously; and a second light emission period of causing the first and third light emitters to emit light simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Tsutomu HARADA
  • Publication number: 20240078965
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, and a control circuit configured to control drive of the light-emitting elements. The control circuit divides one frame period into a plurality of subframe periods having different lengths and controls light emission and non-emission of the light-emitting elements for each of the subframe periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Kazuhiko SAKO, Tsutomu HARADA
  • Publication number: 20240062707
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of light emitting devices included in a pixel, and a control circuit configured to define each of a plurality of subframe periods included in a frame period during which a frame image is displayed as one of an emission period in which the light emitting device is in an emission state and a non-emission period in which the light emitting device is in a non-emission state, and to control emission of the light emitting device, based on a gradation value of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Tsutomu HARADA, Kazunari TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240046898
    Abstract: Each pair of pixels including two pixels adjacent to each other includes two first sub pixels, two second sub pixels, and two third sub pixels. One of the two first sub pixels and one of the two second sub pixels are included in one of the pair of pixels. The other of the two second sub pixels and one of the two third sub pixels are included in the other of the pair of pixels. The other of the two third sub pixels and the other of the two first sub pixels are disposed across and included in both of the pair of pixels. The drive circuit allocates the gradation data of one pixel to the gradation data of another pixel adjacent to the one pixel and drives the first, second, and third sub pixels included in the other pixel based on the gradation data of the other pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Tsutomu HARADA, Kazunari TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240036367
    Abstract: A display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel provided with pixels; a light source provided with light emission points and configured to emit light; an acquirer configured to acquire viewpoint information of a user; and a controller configured to control image display based on the viewpoint information. The viewpoint information includes information related to the positions of viewpoints and information indicating an arrangement direction of the viewpoints. The controller performs display drive of at least some or all of pixels positioned on straight lines connecting the light emission points to the viewpoints based on a relative rotation angle between the liquid crystal display panel and the arrangement direction and a relative positional relation between the viewpoints and the light emission points. The ratio of the pitch of the pixels to the pitch of the light emission points is 1:4n or 1:6n. n is a natural number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Kazunari TOMIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11869394
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel provided with a plurality of pixels; and a light source provided with a plurality of light emission points. The ratio of a pitch of the pixels arranged in a predetermined direction to a pitch of the light emission points arranged in the predetermined direction is 1:4n or 1:6n, and n is a natural number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 11789322
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of red subpixels, a plurality of green subpixels, and a plurality of blue subpixels, wherein, in a first direction, the red subpixel and the green subpixel, the green subpixel and the blue subpixel, and the blue subpixel and the red subpixel are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and in a second direction, the red subpixel and the blue subpixel, the blue subpixel and the green subpixel, and the green subpixel and the red subpixel are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and in the subpixels, as to subpixel columns adjacent to each other, when an image signal of the same gradation is input with respect to the subpixels of same color, brightness of one subpixel column is higher than that of another subpixel column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 11776499
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels arranged in a non-rectangular display area, and a display controller configured to display images in the display area. An opening portion of each of pixels disposed at an edge portion of the display area is light-shielded at an area ratio according to a shape of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Yuta Haga, Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20230298512
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a pixel including a first sub-pixel configured to emit light having a peak in a spectrum of red, a second sub-pixel configured to emit light having a peak in a spectrum of green, and a third sub-pixel configured to emit light having a peak in a spectrum of blue. The first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are inorganic light-emitting diodes. A light emission intensity of the second sub-pixel is increased at a predetermined ratio with respect to a light emission intensity of the first sub-pixel when the first sub-pixel emits light at a light emission intensity within a low-luminance range equal to or lower than a predetermined level of luminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SAKO, Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Tsutomu HARADA
  • Publication number: 20230274711
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display panel configured to display an image and including a display region that transmits external light, a light source unit, a camera opposed to the display region of the display panel, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to in a light emission period, permit irradiation of light by the light source unit, irradiate the display region with light, display the image in the display region, and prohibit capturing by the camera. The control unit is configured to in a capturing period, prohibit the irradiation of the light by the light source unit, set the display region to be transparent, permit the capturing by the camera, and take in the external light transmitted through the display region to the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro OKUYAMA, Kazuhiko SAKO, Tsutomu HARADA, Takayuki NAKANISHI, Kazunari TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230260433
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel provided with a plurality of pixels; and a light source provided with a plurality of light emission points. The ratio of a pitch of the pixels arranged in a predetermined direction to a pitch of the light emission points arranged in the predetermined direction is 1:4n or 1:6n, and n is a natural number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Takeo KOITO
  • Patent number: 11682360
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixels for displaying a first color, a second color, a third color, and a fourth color; and a signal processor configured to convert an image signal including gradation data of the first to third colors into a first signal including gradation data of the first to third colors and a second signal including a gradation datum of the fourth color and output the first and second signals. When the gradation data of the image signal have the same value, output signals from the signal processor include an output signal in which the gradation data of the first signal and the gradation datum of the second signal have the same value and an output signal in which the gradation data of the first signal and the gradation datum of the second signal have values different from each other by 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Ayato Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11663959
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a pixel including a first sub-pixel configured to emit light having a peak in a spectrum of red, a second sub-pixel configured to emit light having a peak in a spectrum of green, and a third sub-pixel configured to emit light having a peak in a spectrum of blue. The first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are inorganic light-emitting diodes. A light emission intensity of the second sub-pixel is increased at a predetermined ratio with respect to a light emission intensity of the first sub-pixel when the first sub-pixel emits light at a light emission intensity within a low-luminance range equal to or lower than a predetermined level of luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sako, Kazunari Tomizawa, Tsutomu Harada
  • Publication number: 20230134431
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of red subpixels, a plurality of green subpixels, and a plurality of blue subpixels, wherein, in a first direction, the red subpixel and the green subpixel, the green subpixel and the blue subpixel, and the blue subpixel and the red subpixel are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and in a second direction, the red subpixel and the blue subpixel, the blue subpixel and the green subpixel, and the green subpixel and the red subpixel are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and in the subpixels, as to subpixel columns adjacent to each other, when an image signal of the same gradation is input with respect to the subpixels of same color, brightness of one subpixel column is higher than that of another subpixel column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Tsutomu HARADA
  • Publication number: 20230097496
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels arranged in a non-rectangular display area, and a display controller configured to display images in the display area. An opening portion of each of pixels disposed at an edge portion of the display area is light-shielded at an area ratio according to a shape of the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuta HAGA, Kazunari TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230039923
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a display device a first panel includes a first polarizing plate, a second polarizing plate, and a first liquid crystal panel interposed between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate, a second panel includes a third polarizing plate, a fourth polarizing plate, and a second liquid crystal panel interposed between the third polarizing plate and the fourth polarizing plat, and a polarizing plate, which is located second from a surface close to an illumination device and a surface closest to an observer, has an extinction ratio that is lower than that of each of the other polarizing plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Tsutomu HARADA, Junji KOBASHI, Shinichiro OKA, Yosuke HYODO
  • Patent number: 11573461
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of red subpixels, a plurality of green subpixels, and a plurality of blue subpixels, wherein, in a first direction, the red subpixel and the green subpixel, the green subpixel and the blue subpixel, and the blue subpixel and the red subpixel are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and in a second direction, the red subpixel and the blue subpixel, the blue subpixel and the green subpixel, and the green subpixel and the red subpixel are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and in the subpixels, as to subpixel columns adjacent to each other, when an image signal of the same gradation is input with respect to the subpixels of same color, brightness of one subpixel column is higher than that of another subpixel column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 11557261
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels arranged in a non-rectangular display area, and a display controller configured to display images in the display area. An opening portion of each of pixels disposed at an edge portion of the display area is light-shielded at an area ratio according to a shape of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Yuta Haga, Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 11545101
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a first liquid crystal panel; a second liquid crystal panel; a light source configured to emit light; and a controller configured to control the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel based on an image signal corresponding to a resolution of the second liquid crystal panel. The first liquid crystal panel includes dimming pixels, and the second liquid crystal panel includes pixels. More than one of the pixels is arranged within a region of each of the dimming pixels. The controller performs blurring processing and determination of dimming gradation values as processing related to operation of the second liquid crystal panel. Each of the dimming gradation values corresponds to a highest gradation value set after the blurring processing among gradation values set for the more than one pixel arranged within the region of each of the dimming pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Kazuhiko Sako, Junji Kobashi, Tomoyuki Ishihara