Patents by Inventor Kazunori Watanabe

Kazunori Watanabe 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: 20220051639
    Abstract: A display apparatus with low-power consumption is provided. The display apparatus includes an inverter circuit and a pixel having a function of adding data, and the inverter circuit has a function of inverting data supplied from a source driver. The inverter circuit has a function of inverting data supplied from a source driver. The pixel has a function of adding data supplied from the source driver and the inverter circuit. Accordingly, the pixel can generate a voltage several times higher than the output voltage of the source driver and can supply the voltage to a display device. With such a structure, the output voltage of the source driver can be lowered, so that a display apparatus with low power consumption can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Naoto KUSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11237002
    Abstract: A server is connected to a communication terminal and configured to receive a departure point, a destination, and a route retrieval request from the departure point to the destination from the terminal and to deliver a route retrieved in response to the received route retrieval request to the terminal. When the route retrieval request is acquired from the terminal, the server acquires route information related to a target route that is a route corresponding to a predetermined distance from the departure point in a terminal-recommended route that is a route from the departure point to the destination and is retrieved by using terminal-side map information provided in the terminal. The server retrieves a route to the destination that includes at least a part of the target route by using device-side map information provided in the server and the route information, and delivers the retrieved route to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tominori Iwata, Daisuke Tanizaki, Koichi Iwatsuki, Toyoji Hiyokawa, Kenji Nagase, Motohiro Nakamura, Kazunori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220029620
    Abstract: A drive circuit for a switching element includes: a first power supply; a second power supply; a power supply switching unit that switches the first and second power supplies for applying the drive voltage based on a drive command; and an output switching unit outputting an output voltage switching signal to the second power supply that the output voltage of the second power supply becomes zero in a part of a drive period of the switching element including at least a part of an on-drive period, and the output voltage becomes a predetermined voltage other than zero in a remaining part of the drive period including at least a part of an off-drive period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazunori WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11230796
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a resin material that has the following surface concentration of impurities is consistently used in production of polycrystalline silicon. Values obtained from quantitative analysis by ICP-mass spectrometry using a 1 wt % nitric acid aqueous solution as an extraction liquid are: a phosphorous (P) concentration of 50 pptw or less; an arsenic (As) concentration of 2 pptw or less; a boron (B) concentration of 20 pptw or less; an aluminum (Al) concentration of 10 pptw or less; a total concentration of 6 elements of iron (Fe), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), sodium (Na), and zinc (Zn) of 80 pptw or less; a total concentration of 10 elements of lithium (Li), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), titanium (Ti), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), molybdenum (Mo), tin (Sn), tungsten (W), and lead (Pb) of 100 pptw or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Miyao, Shigeyoshi Netsu, Kazunori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11222583
    Abstract: A novel display is provided. A display having a small change in chromaticity of a micro light-emitting diode in proportion to current density is provided. A display capable of reducing power consumption in the driver circuit when displaying a still image is provided. The display includes a plurality of pixels each including a display element and a microcontroller. The microcontroller includes a first transistor, a triangular wave generator circuit, a comparator, a switch, and a constant current circuit. The first transistor has a function of retaining a potential corresponding to data written to the pixel by being switched off. The triangular wave generator circuit has a function of generating a triangular wave signal. The comparator has a function of generating an output signal corresponding to the potential and the triangular wave signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220005790
    Abstract: A display device with high display quality is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. In the display device, a first transistor, a second transistor, a first conductive layer, and a light-emitting diode package are included in a pixel. The light-emitting diode package includes a first light-emitting diode, a second light-emitting diode, a second conductive layer, a third conductive layer, and a fourth conductive layer. The first light-emitting diode includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The second light-emitting diode includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first electrode through the second conductive layer. One of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the third electrode through the third conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kazunori WATANABE, Koji KUSUNOKI, Taiki NONAKA, Hiroki ADACHI, Koichi TAKESHIMA
  • Patent number: 11217190
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a display device with high display quality. The display device of the present invention includes a pixel and a source driver circuit. The pixel includes first and second transistors (21, 22), a capacitor (25), and a display element (26). The source driver circuit is electrically connected to first and second wirings (31, 32). The first wiring (31) is electrically connected to one electrode of the capacitor 25 and one electrode of the display element (26) through the first transistor (21). The second wiring (32) is electrically connected to the other electrode of the capacitor (25) and the other electrode of the display element (26) through the second transistor (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kei Takahashi, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe, Shigeru Onoya
  • Patent number: 11204256
    Abstract: Movement guidance information for performing traveling guidance for a vehicle is requested to a guidance information delivering server device based on an area update table and an area identification table for managing an update state of map information in a communication terminal, and traveling guidance for the vehicle is performed based on the movement guidance information delivered from the guidance information delivering server device in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Aoyama, Daisuke Tanizaki, Kenji Nagase, Motohiro Nakamura, Kazunori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210383694
    Abstract: A novel information processing device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The information processing device includes a sensor portion, a communication portion, a display portion, and an arithmetic device; the sensor portion has a function of obtaining position information, and the communication portion has a function of obtaining map information and legal speed limit information. The arithmetic device identifies first legal speed limit information from the map information on the basis of the position information, the arithmetic device generates first image information including the first legal speed limit information, and the display portion has a function of displaying the first image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Kazunori WATANABE, Satoshi YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210376646
    Abstract: A battery management circuit with a novel structure and a power storage device including the battery management circuit are provided. The power storage device includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series and a battery management circuit. The battery management circuit includes a voltage monitor circuit having a function of acquiring a voltage value between a pair of electrodes of any one of the battery cells. The voltage monitor circuit includes a multiplexer and a buffer circuit for outputting a signal for controlling the multiplexer. The multiplexer and the buffer circuit each include an n-channel transistor. The n-channel transistor is a transistor including an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. The multiplexer has a function of retaining an output voltage of the battery cell by setting the transistor in an off state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kei TAKAHASHI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kazunori WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210366368
    Abstract: A novel display device where a light-emitting element is turned on by a triangle wave is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a method for driving a display device including a first pixel, a second pixel, a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring. The first wiring is electrically connected to the first pixel and the second pixel. The second wiring and the third wiring are electrically connected to the first pixel and the second pixel, respectively. At a first time, the first pixel reaches the maximum luminance corresponding to first display data and the second pixel reaches the maximum luminance corresponding to second display data. The first pixel and the second pixel are initialized at a second time different from the first time by input of a reset signal to the first wiring to stop light emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori WATANABE, Kei TAKAHASHI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Publication number: 20210366381
    Abstract: A display device that can display a high-luminance image is provided. The display device includes a display element and a memory circuit which is electrically connected to a first wiring and a second wiring. First, a reference potential is supplied to the first wiring. Next, a first image signal is supplied to the memory circuit through the second wiring. Then, the second image signal is added to the first image signal by supplying the second image signal to the memory circuit through the first wiring. After that, an image obtained by superimposing an image corresponding to the first image signal and an image corresponding to the second image signal on each other is displayed with the display element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kei TAKAHASHI, Kentaro HAYASHI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11183137
    Abstract: A display apparatus that operates at high speed is provided. The display apparatus includes a display portion provided with a pixel, and the display portion has a function of displaying a first-color image and a second-color image. A first period in which first image data and first data are written to the pixel, a second period in which the first-color image corresponding to the first image data is displayed on the display portion, a third period in which second image data is generated in the pixel on the basis of the first image data and the first data, and a fourth period in which the second-color image corresponding to the second image data is displayed on the display portion are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20210341777
    Abstract: A display device capable of performing image processing is provided. Each pixel is provided with a memory circuit, and desired correction data is held in the memory circuit. The correction data is calculated in an external device and written into each pixel. The correction data is added to image data owing to capacitive coupling, and the resulting data is supplied to a display element. Thus, a corrected image can be displayed with the display element. The correction enables image upconversion or can compensate for an image quality reduction due to characteristics variations of transistors included in pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210343243
    Abstract: A display device that can correct the threshold voltage of a driving transistor without a correction of image data is provided. A display device including a pixel provided with a driving transistor, a display element, and a memory circuit and a correction data generation circuit is related. One of a source and a drain of the driving transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the display element, and a gate of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the memory circuit. In a first period, the correction data generation circuit generates correction data that is data for correcting the threshold voltage of the driving transistor. In a second period, first data is written to the memory circuit. In a third period, second data is supplied to the pixel, whereby third data in which the second data is added to the first data is generated. In a fourth period, an image corresponding to the third data is displayed by the display element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei TAKAHASHI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Kazunori WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210281777
    Abstract: An imaging device including a miniaturized pixel is provided. A pixel is provided with a photoelectric conversion element, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a capacitor. One electrode of the photoelectric conversion element is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor. The other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor. The gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the capacitor. In a first period, a first potential is supplied to the other electrode of the capacitor and the first transistor is set in an on state so that imaging data corresponding to illuminance of light delivered to the photoelectric conversion element is written to the pixel. Furthermore, in a second period, a second potential is supplied to the other electrode of the capacitor so that the imaging data is read from the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11100855
    Abstract: A display device capable of improving image quality is provided. A first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit are included; a memory node is provided in each pixel circuit and a first signal can be retained in the memory node. The first signal is added to a second signal by capacitive coupling, and then can be supplied to a display element. Thus, the display device can display a corrected image. Furthermore, the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit share a signal line, whereby the aperture ratio of a pixel can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventors: Kazunori Watanabe, Kei Takahashi, Susumu Kawashima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Koji Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 11087675
    Abstract: A display device that can display a high-luminance image is provided. The display device includes a display element and a memory circuit which is electrically connected to a first wiring and a second wiring. First, a reference potential is supplied to the first wiring. Next, a first image signal is supplied to the memory circuit through the second wiring. Then, the second image signal is added to the first image signal by supplying the second image signal to the memory circuit through the first wiring. After that, an image obtained by superimposing an image corresponding to the first image signal and an image corresponding to the second image signal on each other is displayed with the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi, Kentaro Hayashi, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20210217805
    Abstract: A display device with high resolution is provided. Manufacturing cost of a display device using a micro LED as a display element is reduced. The display device includes a substrate, a plurality of transistors, and a plurality of light-emitting diodes. The plurality of light-emitting diodes are provided in a matrix over the substrate. Each of the plurality of transistors are electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of light-emitting diodes. The plurality of light-emitting diodes are positioned closer to the substrate than the plurality of transistors are. The plurality of light-emitting diodes emit light to the opposite side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Yosuke TSUKAMOTO, Kazunori WATANABE, Kouhei TOYOTAKA
  • Patent number: 11054710
    Abstract: A display device capable of performing image processing is provided. Each pixel is provided with a memory circuit, and desired correction data is held in the memory circuit. The correction data is calculated in an external device and written into each pixel. The correction data is added to image data owing to capacitive coupling, and the resulting data is supplied to a display element. Thus, a corrected image can be displayed with the display element. The correction enables image upconversion or can compensate for an image quality reduction due to characteristics variations of transistors included in pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima