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: 20220392418
    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: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Kazuhiko Sako, Junji Kobashi, Tomoyuki Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11508292
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first power supply line, a second power supply line, a reset line, pixels, gate lines, control wiring lines, source lines, a first driver and a second driver. Each of the pixels includes a drive transistor, a light emitting element, a pixel switch, a storage capacitor and a reset switch. The reset switch is connected between the reset line and a gate electrode of the drive transistor, and switched between an ON state and an OFF state by a second control signal provided via a corresponding control wiring line among the control wiring lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Harada, Tadafumi Ozaki, Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20220358893
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel with pixel rows; a light source device having light emission regions; and a controller configured to control light emission of the light emission regions. A second period is shorter than a first period. The first period is a period from a drive timing of one or more pixel rows that are driven first to a drive timing of one or more other pixel rows that are driven last. The second period is a period from a light emission timing of one or more light emission regions that emit light first to a light emission timing of one or more other light emission regions that emit light last. The light emission timing of the one or more light emission regions that emit light first is different from the light emission timing of the one or more other light emission regions that emit light last.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Tadafumi OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220351675
    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 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SAKO, Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Tsutomu HARADA
  • Publication number: 20220334437
    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: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 11436972
    Abstract: A driving method of a light emitting device includes that the light emitting device has a plurality of pixels and performs gray-scale display in sections of the sub-frame periods in which one frame period for displaying one frame image is divided into a plurality of sub-frame periods. The driving method includes writing analog gray-scale data to the plurality of pixels to display analog gray-scales in one sub-frame period of the plurality of sub-frame periods, and writing first digital gray-scale data to the plurality of pixels to display first digital gray-scales in a sub-frame period of the same length as the one sub-frame period, and in a sub-frame period different from the one sub-frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 11402701
    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 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 11391981
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a pixel including: a first sub-pixel including a first color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of reddish green; a second sub-pixel including a second color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak failing on a spectrum of bluish green; a third sub-pixel including a third color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of red; and a fourth sub-pixel including a fourth color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of blue. The first, second, third, and fourth sub-pixels each include a reflective electrode reflecting light transmitted through the color filter. Each of the third and fourth sub-pixels is greater in size than the first and second sub-pixels. The first sub-pixel with the second sub-pixel has a size equal to or greater than that of the third sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yata, Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20220068196
    Abstract: A driving method of a light emitting device includes that the light emitting device has a plurality of pixels and performs gray-scale display in sections of the sub-frame periods in which one frame period for displaying one frame image is divided into a plurality of sub-frame periods. The driving method includes writing analog gray-scale data to the plurality of pixels to display analog gray-scales in one sub-frame period of the plurality of sub-frame periods, and writing first digital gray-scale data to the plurality of pixels to display first digital gray-scales in a sub-frame period of the same length as the one sub-frame period, and in a sub-frame period different from the one sub-frame period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kazunari TOMIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11263983
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel on which a plurality of pixels having a light emitting element is disposed and a display control unit configured to display an image on the display panel by causing each of the plurality of pixels to emit light based on a pixel signal that defines luminance of each of the plurality of pixels. The display control unit is configured to display the image by decreasing luminance of a first pixel which is a protection target pixel of the plurality of pixels and increasing luminance of a second pixel disposed around the first pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Harada, Kazunari Tomizawa, Kazunori Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210383744
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first power supply line, a second power supply line, a reset line, pixels, gate lines, control wiring lines, source lines, a first driver and a second driver. Each of the pixels includes a drive transistor, a light emitting element, a pixel switch, a storage capacitor and a reset switch. The reset switch is connected between the reset line and a gate electrode of the drive transistor, and switched between an ON state and an OFF state by a second control signal provided via a corresponding control wiring line among the control wiring lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu HARADA, Tadafumi OZAKI, Kazunari TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210383767
    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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Ayato KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210373369
    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: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 11146779
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display unit configured to display an image for right eye and an image for left eye. Resolution of the display unit is P pixels or more per inch. Pixel shift of the image for right eye and the image for left eye displayed on the display unit is 0.021×P pixels or less and one pixel or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Yoshihiko Kuroki
  • Patent number: 11127361
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel on which first pixels and second pixels are alternately arranged in the columnar direction, and a display controller configured to input a first image signal and to display an image. The first pixels and the second pixels are arranged such that first sub-pixels are adjacent to third sub-pixels in the columnar direction. The display controller is configured to execute conversion of converting the input first image signal into a second image signal, vary the luminance values of the third sub-pixels in the second image signal based on the luminance values of the third sub-pixels in the first image signal which become unable to be represented in the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo Saruhashi, Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20210264866
    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: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuta HAGA, Kazunari TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210255520
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display substrate; and a filter provided on a display surface side of the display substrate. The filter includes a first sub-pixel area provided with a first color filter, a second sub-pixel area provided with a second color filter, a third sub-pixel area provided with a third color filter, and a colorless fourth sub-pixel area. The display substrate includes a plurality of pixels provided so as to be capable of individually switching each sub-pixel between white, black, and red, and each of the pixels includes a first sub-pixel overlapping the first sub-pixel area, a second sub-pixel overlapping the second sub-pixel area, a third sub-pixel overlapping the third sub-pixel area, and a fourth sub-pixel overlapping the fourth sub-pixel area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Kazunari TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210174753
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel on which a plurality of pixels having a light emitting element is disposed and a display control unit configured to display an image on the display panel by causing each of the plurality of pixels to emit light based on a pixel signal that defines luminance of each of the plurality of pixels. The display control unit is configured to display the image by decreasing luminance of a first pixel which is a protection target pixel of the plurality of pixels and increasing luminance of a second pixel disposed around the first pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu HARADA, Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Kazunori YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200363678
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a pixel including: a first sub-pixel including a first color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of reddish green; a second sub-pixel including a second color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak failing on a spectrum of bluish green; a third sub-pixel including a third color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of red; and a fourth sub-pixel including a fourth color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of blue. The first, second, third, and fourth sub-pixels each include a reflective electrode reflecting light transmitted through the color filter. Each of the third and fourth sub-pixels is greater in size than the first and second sub-pixels. The first sub-pixel with the second sub-pixel has a size equal to or greater than that of the third sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya YATA, Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 10768469
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a pixel including: a first sub-pixel including a first color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of reddish green; a second sub-pixel including a second color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of bluish green; a third sub-pixel including a third color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of red; and a fourth sub-pixel including a fourth color filter transmitting light having a spectrum peak falling on a spectrum of blue. The first, second, third, and fourth sub-pixels each include a reflective electrode reflecting light transmitted through the color filter. Each of the third and fourth sub-pixels is greater in size than the first and second sub-pixels. The first sub-pixel with the second sub-pixel has a size equal to or greater than that of the third sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yata, Kazunari Tomizawa