Patents by Inventor Keiji Tago

Keiji Tago 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).

  • Patent number: 11966115
    Abstract: Used is a display device including: a first substrate having a first front surface and a first back surface located on an opposite side of the first front surface; a second substrate having a second back surface opposing the first front surface and a second front surface located on an opposite side of the second back surface; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first front surface of the first substrate and the second back surface of the second substrate; a first light guide plate adhesively fixed onto the second front surface of the second substrate via a first adhesive layer; and a light source unit arranged at a position opposing a first side surface of the first light guide plate, in which refractive index of the first light guide plate is lower than refractive index of the first adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Keita Ono, Keiji Tago
  • Publication number: 20240118570
    Abstract: The display apparatus includes: a first substrate having a first front surface and a first back surface opposite to the first front surface; a second substrate having a second back surface facing the first front surface and a second front surface opposite to the second back surface; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first front surface of the first substrate and the second back surface of the second substrate; a first light guide plate bonded and fixed onto the first back surface of the first substrate through a first bonding layer; a second light guide plate bonded and fixed onto the second front surface of the second substrate through a second bonding layer; and a coloring film overlapping the liquid crystal layer in a direction of stacking the first substrate, the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer, the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Keiji TAGO
  • Publication number: 20240094582
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate having a display area where a plurality of pixels are arranged, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and spacers holding a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate. The spacers are arranged in the display area. The display area includes a first display area including a center of the display area and a second display area around the first display area. An arrangement density of the spacers in the first display area is smaller than an arrangement density of the spacers in the second display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Keiji TAGO, Atsuko IMOTO, Kenichi AKUTSU
  • Patent number: 11911730
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate, a counter-substrate, a negative liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, a retardation film attached to a surface of the array substrate, a first polarizer attached to the retardation film and having a first absorption axis, a second polarizer attached to a surface of the counter-substrate, and having a second absorption axis which is parallel to a direction of initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules and perpendicular to the first absorption axis, a cover member located opposite to the second polarizer, and ultraviolet curing resin which bonds the second polarizer and the cover member to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Keiji Tago
  • Publication number: 20230343132
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of photodiodes provided to the substrate and arranged in a first direction; a plurality of lenses provided so as to overlap the photodiodes; and a light-blocking layer provided between the photodiodes and the lenses and having a plurality of openings. More than one of the openings is provided in each of regions overlapping the respective photodiodes, and an arrangement direction of the openings in each of the regions overlapping the respective photodiodes is at an angle to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Keiji TAGO, Kimitoshi OHGIICHI, Satoru KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11741741
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of photodiodes provided to the substrate and arranged in a first direction; a plurality of lenses provided so as to overlap the photodiodes; and a light-blocking layer provided between the photodiodes and the lenses and having a plurality of openings. More than one of the openings is provided in each of regions overlapping the respective photodiodes, and an arrangement direction of the openings in each of the regions overlapping the respective photodiodes is at an angle to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Keiji Tago, Kimitoshi Ohgiichi, Satoru Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20230178574
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a detection element formed on a substrate; a photodiode provided in the detection element; partial photodiodes included in the photodiode; an organic protective film covering the partial photodiodes; lenses provided so as to overlap the partial photodiodes; a first light-blocking layer between the organic protective films and the lenses and provided with first openings in regions overlapping the partial photodiodes; a second light-blocking layer between the first light-blocking layer and the lenses and provided with second openings in regions overlapping the partial photodiodes and the first openings; a first light-transmitting resin layer provided between the first light-blocking layer and the second light-blocking layer; and a second light-transmitting resin layer provided between the second light-blocking layer and the lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Keiji TAGO, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Kenichi AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220351538
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of photodiodes provided to the substrate and arranged in a first direction; a plurality of lenses provided so as to overlap the photodiodes; and a light-blocking layer provided between the photodiodes and the lenses and having a plurality of openings. More than one of the openings is provided in each of regions overlapping the respective photodiodes, and an arrangement direction of the openings in each of the regions overlapping the respective photodiodes is at an angle to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Keiji TAGO, Kimitoshi OHGIICHI, Satoru KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220250014
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate, a counter-substrate, a negative liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, a retardation film attached to a surface of the array substrate, a first polarizer attached to the retardation film and having a first absorption axis, a second polarizer attached to a surface of the counter-substrate, and having a second absorption axis which is parallel to a direction of initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules and perpendicular to the first absorption axis, a cover member located opposite to the second polarizer, and ultraviolet curing resin which bonds the second polarizer and the cover member to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Keiji TAGO
  • Patent number: 11408766
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of photodiodes arranged on the substrate; a protective film that covers the photodiodes; a plurality of lenses provided so as to overlap the respective photodiodes; a first light-blocking layer that is provided between the photodiodes and the lenses and is provided with first openings in regions overlapping the respective photodiodes; and a second light-blocking layer that is provided between the first light-blocking layer and the lenses and is provided with second openings in regions overlapping the respective photodiodes and the respective first openings. The first light-blocking layer is provided with slits in regions overlapping gaps between the photodiodes adjacent to each other, and the second light-blocking layer is provided so as to be continuous across the photodiodes adjacent to each other and is provided so as to overlap the slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Keiji Tago
  • Patent number: 11325078
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate, a counter-substrate, a negative liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, a retardation film attached to a surface of the array substrate, a first polarizer attached to the retardation film and having a first absorption axis, a second polarizer attached to a surface of the counter-substrate, and having a second absorption axis which is parallel to a direction of initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules and perpendicular to the first absorption axis, a cover member located opposite to the second polarizer, and ultraviolet curing resin which bonds the second polarizer and the cover member to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Keiji Tago
  • Publication number: 20220034712
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of photodiodes arranged on the substrate; a protective film that covers the photodiodes; a plurality of lenses provided so as to overlap the respective photodiodes; a first light-blocking layer that is provided between the photodiodes and the lenses and is provided with first openings in regions overlapping the respective photodiodes; and a second light-blocking layer that is provided between the first light-blocking layer and the lenses and is provided with second openings in regions overlapping the respective photodiodes and the respective first openings. The first light-blocking layer is provided with slits in regions overlapping gaps between the photodiodes adjacent to each other, and the second light-blocking layer is provided so as to be continuous across the photodiodes adjacent to each other and is provided so as to overlap the slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventor: Keiji TAGO
  • Publication number: 20190151807
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate, a counter-substrate, a negative liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, a retardation film attached to a surface of the array substrate, a first polarizer attached to the retardation film and having a first absorption axis, a second polarizer attached to a surface of the counter-substrate, and having a second absorption axis which is parallel to a direction of initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules and perpendicular to the first absorption axis, a cover member located opposite to the second polarizer, and ultraviolet curing resin which bonds the second polarizer and the cover member to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Keiji TAGO
  • Patent number: 10268088
    Abstract: A display device includes a first color pixel, a second color pixel neighboring the first color pixel in a first direction, a third color pixel neighboring the second color pixel in the first direction, a fourth color pixel neighboring the first color pixel in a second direction, a fifth color pixel neighboring the second color pixel in the second direction, and a sixth color pixel neighboring the third color pixel in the second direction, wherein each of the first color pixel, the second color pixel, the fourth color pixel and the fifth color pixel has a first long-side length, the third color pixel has a second long-side length which is greater than the first long-side length, and the sixth color pixel has a third long-side length which is less than the first long-side length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Arihiro Takeda, Keiji Tago, Kayoko Miyazaki, Ayumi Mori
  • Patent number: 10222654
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate, a counter-substrate, a negative liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, a retardation film attached to a surface of the array substrate, a first polarizer attached to the retardation film and having a first absorption axis, a second polarizer attached to a surface of the counter-substrate, and having a second absorption axis which is parallel to a direction of initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules and perpendicular to the first absorption axis, a cover member located opposite to the second polarizer, and ultraviolet curing resin which bonds the second polarizer and the cover member to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Keiji Tago
  • Patent number: 10101605
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel configured to hold a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate, a cover member positioned at a side of the second substrate of the display panel, a first optical element positioned at an outer surface side of the first substrate, and a second optical element positioned between the second substrate and the cover member, bonded to an inner surface of the cover member but not bonded to the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Kayoko Miyazaki, Keiji Tago, Hirokazu Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20180196314
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to suppress a color shift when the screen is viewed in an oblique direction. The structure to countermeasure the problem is: A liquid crystal display device comprising; a liquid crystal layer is sealed between a first substrate and a second substrate, a first insulating film including a silicon oxide film (SiO) on the first substrate, a second insulating film including a silicon nitride film (SiN) covering the first insulating film, a third insulating film including a silicon oxide film (SiO) covering the second insulating film, wherein a thickness of the second insulating film is between 190 nm and 270 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Keiji TAGO, Saori Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10012863
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel for displaying images in an active area includes a first substrate having a pair of first short ends and first long ends. A second substrate faces the first substrate so as to hold a liquid crystal layer therebetween. A first polarization plate is arranged on an outside surface of the first substrate. The first polarization plate has a pair of second short ends longer than the first short ends, a pair of second long ends, and a first absorption axis. The angle a1 made by the first absorption axis with respect to the second short ends is smaller than an angle b1 made by the first absorption axis with respect to the second long ends. A second polarization plate is arranged on an outside surface of the second substrate and has a second absorption axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kayoko Miyazaki, Tatsuaki Kuji, Keiji Tago
  • Publication number: 20180120617
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate, a counter-substrate, a negative liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, a retardation film attached to a surface of the array substrate, a first polarizer attached to the retardation film and having a first absorption axis, a second polarizer attached to a surface of the counter-substrate, and having a second absorption axis which is parallel to a direction of initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules and perpendicular to the first absorption axis, a cover member located opposite to the second polarizer, and ultraviolet curing resin which bonds the second polarizer and the cover member to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Keiji TAGO
  • Patent number: 9927663
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode, a second substrate including a first color filter opposed to the first pixel electrode, a second color filter opposed to the second pixel electrode, and a third color filter opposed to the third pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first interval along the first direction between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode being smaller than a second interval along the first direction between the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kayoko Miyazaki, Keiji Tago