Patents by Inventor Kenzo Fukuyoshi

Kenzo Fukuyoshi 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: 11848505
    Abstract: A loop antenna unit including two loop antennas having a same number of turns and different winding directions, the two loop antennas being positioned in line symmetry and not superposed on each other in a plan view. Each of the two loop antennas includes a loop conductive line wound continuously in one direction with n turns, where n is an integer of 3 or more, forming loops from a start point to an end point on the outermost loop or the innermost loop, the loop conductive line being bent in a transitional region in a direction from an outer loop toward an inner loop such that the loops have bent portions positioned side by side from an outermost first loop to an (n?1)th loop in the transitional region, and a jumper wire positioned on the insulating layer to cross the transitional region in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Nakamura, Nozomi Onaka, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Publication number: 20230047411
    Abstract: A black matrix substrate assembly including a transparent substrate, a black matrix pattern, a transparent resin layer, a resin wall pattern, a light reflective layer, and a transparent protective layer. The black matrix pattern includes first and second black linear segments with a width Ax of each first segment in a first direction. The resin wall pattern includes first and second wall linear segments with a width Dx of each first segment smaller than the width Ax in the first direction and the center line of each first segment aligned with that of the corresponding first black linear segment. The light reflective layer includes first and second reflective linear segments with a width Cx of each first segment larger than the width Dx in the first direction and the center line of each first segment aligned with that of the corresponding first black linear segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOPPAN Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki KAWADA, Kenzo FUKUYOSHI
  • Patent number: 11315987
    Abstract: An electronic device includes first, second and third substrates positioned in this order when viewed in an observation direction, antenna units including first, second, third, and fourth antenna units formed such that the first and second antenna units are positioned on opposite sides of the second substrate and superposed on each other in the plan view, and that the third and fourth antenna units are positioned on the opposite sides of the second substrate and superposed on each other in the plan view, a display functional layer formed between the first and second substrates, a touch sensing functional layer formed between the first and second substrates, and including a capacitive touch sensing wiring unit and the first antenna unit, and a controller which is formed on the third substrate and controls a touch sensing function, a display function, a communication function, and a wireless charging function of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Nakamura, Nozomi Onaka, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Patent number: 11112662
    Abstract: A black matrix substrate includes a black dielectric layer formed on a transparent substrate, a first insulating layer formed on the black dielectric layer, a first conductive layer formed on the first insulating layer and including a first conductive pattern, a second insulating layer formed on the first conductive pattern, an oxide semiconductor layer formed on the second insulating layer, a second conductive layer formed on the oxide semiconductor layer and the second insulating layer, the second conductive layer including a second conductive pattern, a transparent resin layer formed on the second conductive pattern, and a light-absorbing layer formed on the transparent resin layer. The black dielectric layer includes carbon and covers the first and second conductive patterns in a plan view. The light-absorbing layer includes carbon and covers the first and second conductive patterns in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nozomi Onaka, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Publication number: 20210149259
    Abstract: A black matrix substrate includes a black dielectric layer formed on a transparent substrate, a first insulating layer formed on the black dielectric layer, a first conductive layer formed on the first insulating layer and including a first conductive pattern, a second insulating layer formed on the first conductive pattern, an oxide semiconductor layer formed on the second insulating layer, a second conductive layer formed on the oxide semiconductor layer and the second insulating layer, the second conductive layer including a second conductive pattern, a transparent resin layer formed on the second conductive pattern, and a light-absorbing layer formed on the transparent resin layer. The black dielectric layer includes carbon and covers the first and second conductive patterns in a plan view. The light-absorbing layer includes carbon and covers the first and second conductive patterns in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nozomi ONAKA, Kenzo FUKUYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20200411990
    Abstract: A loop antenna unit including two loop antennas having a same number of turns and different winding directions, the two loop antennas being positioned in line symmetry and not superposed on each other in a plan view. Each of the two loop antennas includes a loop conductive line wound continuously in one direction with n turns, where n is an integer of 3 or more, forming loops from a start point to an end point on the outermost loop or the innermost loop, the loop conductive line being bent in a transitional region in a direction from an outer loop toward an inner loop such that the loops have bent portions positioned side by side from an outermost first loop to an (n?1)th loop in the transitional region, and a jumper wire positioned on the insulating layer to cross the transitional region in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa NAKAMURA, Nozomi ONAKA, Kenzo FUKUYOSHI
  • Patent number: 10838563
    Abstract: A display device including a display function layer between first and second substrates, respectively, a black matrix having an effective display region and a frame region, a first antenna unit for touch sensing, a second antenna unit for power, first and second conductive lines perpendicularly to one another, first active elements formed in the frame region, a third antenna unit for touch sensing, a fourth antenna unit for power, second active elements for driving the display function layer, and third and fourth conductive lines formed perpendicularly to one another. In a plan view from the first substrate toward the second substrate, the first and third antenna units overlap for transmitting or receiving a touch sensing signal, with a positional accuracy within ± 3 ?m, and the second and fourth antenna units overlap for receiving a power signal, with a positional accuracy within ± 3 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Souhei Kadota, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Publication number: 20200343314
    Abstract: An electronic device includes first, second and third substrates positioned in this order when viewed in an observation direction, antenna units including first, second, third, and fourth antenna units formed such that the first and second antenna units are positioned on opposite sides of the second substrate and superposed on each other in the plan view, and that the third and fourth antenna units are positioned on the opposite sides of the second substrate and superposed on each other in the plan view, a display functional layer formed between the first and second substrates, a touch sensing functional layer formed between the first and second substrates, and including a capacitive touch sensing wiring unit and the first antenna unit, and a controller which is formed on the third substrate and controls a touch sensing function, a display function, a communication function, and a wireless charging function of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Nakamura, Nozomi Onaka, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Patent number: 10817105
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided with a display substrate, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the display substrate and the array substrate, and control circuitry. The display substrate includes a touch sensing line. The array substrate includes a common electrode having a constant potential, a first insulating layer provided under the common electrode, a pixel electrode provided under the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer provided under the pixel electrode, a conductive line electrically connected to the common electrode under the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer provided under the conductive line, and a first active element and a second active element provided under the third insulating layer and electrically connected to the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi, Yutaka Ito
  • Patent number: 10551662
    Abstract: A display device substrate includes a transparent substrate, a frame member disposed on the transparent substrate and formed in a frame region surrounding a display region, a first transparent resin layer formed on the transparent substrate having the frame member formed thereon, a black matrix formed on the first transparent resin layer such that the display region is divided into plural openings in a matrix form, and a second transparent resin layer formed on the first transparent resin layer on which the black matrix is formed. The frame member includes carbon as a major colorant and has a light shielding property, and the black matrix includes at least one organic pigment as a major colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Publication number: 20200019264
    Abstract: A display device including a display function layer between first and second substrates, respectively, a black matrix having an effective display region and a frame region, a first antenna unit for touch sensing signal, a second antenna unit for power signal, first and second conductive lines perpendicularly to one another, first active elements formed in the frame region, a third antenna unit for touch sensing signal, a fourth antenna unit for power signal, second active elements for driving the display function layer, and third and fourth conductive lines formed perpendicularly to one another. In a plan view from the first substrate toward the second substrate, the first and third antenna units overlap for transmitting or receiving a touch sensing signal, with a positional accuracy within ±3 ?m, and the second and fourth antenna units overlap for receiving a power signal, with a positional accuracy within ±3 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Souhei KADOTA, Kenzo FUKUYOSHI
  • Patent number: 10452221
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a display device substrate including a first touch sensing wiring, an array substrate including a second touch sensing wiring orthogonally intersecting the first touch sensing wiring, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the display device substrate and the array substrate, a controller that supplies a positive first image signal to the first source wiring, supplies a negative second image to the second source wiring, applies a liquid crystal display voltage between the pixel electrode and the common electrode being synchronized to supply of the first image signal and the second image signal, thereby driving the liquid crystal layer, performing an image display, and applying a voltage to the second touch sensing wiring after performing the image display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Patent number: 10437115
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a display-device substrate having a transparent electrode; an array substrate having a pixel electrode, a source line, a gate line, and a conductive line; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the display-device substrate and initially aligned vertically; and a controller that drives the liquid crystal layer by supplying an image signal to the source line and applying a liquid crystal driving voltage across the transparent electrode and the pixel electrode in synchronization with the image signal, the controller applying a voltage to the conductive line after the liquid crystal driving voltage is applied to the pixel electrode and while the liquid crystal driving voltage is not applied to the pixel electrode, thereby generating an electric field oriented in a direction intersecting the source line in a plan view between the conductive lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Patent number: 10303300
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including: a counter substrate having a first transparent substrate, a laminate structure of a black layer and a first metal layer, and a plurality of terminal portions; a liquid crystal layer; an array substrate having a second transparent substrate, an active element, a second wiring layer formed of a second metal layer, and a light shielding layer. The counter substrate has the first wiring layer, a black matrix, and a first transparent resin layer laminated in this order. The black matrix has a line width larger than a line width (M1W) of the first wiring layer, overlapping the first wiring layer so as to include a pattern of the first wiring layer. The active element is covered with a light shielding pattern via a first insulation layer. A change in electrostatic capacitance produced between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Patent number: 10126585
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a plurality of first light absorptive resin layer patterns, a plurality of metal layer patterns, a plurality of second light absorptive resin layer patterns, a transparent resin layer, and a plurality of transparent electrode patterns are laminated in this order on a surface of a first transparent substrate facing a liquid crystal layer; the plurality of the first light absorptive resin layer patterns, the plurality of the metal layer patterns, and the plurality of the second light absorptive resin layer patterns have openings formed therein, and are formed into the same shape when viewed in a laminating direction; the plurality of the metal layer patterns are arrayed in a first direction, being insulated from each other, the plurality of the transparent electrode patterns are arrayed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, being insulated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Publication number: 20180321788
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided with a display substrate, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the display substrate and the array substrate, and control circuitry. The display substrate includes a touch sensing line. The array substrate includes a common electrode having a constant potential, a first insulating layer provided under the common electrode, a pixel electrode provided under the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer provided under the pixel electrode, a conductive line electrically connected to the common electrode under the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer provided under the conductive line, and a first active element and a second active element provided under the third insulating layer and electrically connected to the pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi, Yutaka Ito
  • Patent number: 10055058
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a surface of a first transparent substrate, the surface of the substrate facing a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of light absorptive resin layer patterns, a plurality of metal layer patterns, a transparent resin layer, and a plurality of transparent electrode patterns are laminated in this order; the plurality of light absorptive resin layer patterns and the plurality of metal layer patterns have openings formed therein and formed into the same shape when viewed in a laminating direction; the plurality of metal layer patterns are arrayed in a first direction, being insulated from each other; the plurality of transparent electrode patterns are arrayed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, being insulated from each other; each metal layer pattern has at least one of an alloy layer mainly containing copper, and a copper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Patent number: 10031601
    Abstract: A black electrode substrate includes a transparent substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface having a display region in a rectangular shape in plan view and an outer region outside of the display region, a black wiring forming a black electrode pattern that defines a plurality of pixel opening portions in the display region, and a transparent resin layer formed in the display region such that the transparent resin layer has the same rectangular shape as the display region in plan view. The black wiring has a laminated structure including a first black layer, a first indium-containing layer, a copper-containing layer, a second indium-containing layer, and a second black layer. The black wiring has a terminal portion formed such that the second indium-containing layer positioned in the outer region is exposed from the laminated structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Patent number: 9971210
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a display unit including a display substrate, an array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The display substrate includes a first transparent substrate, one or more light absorbing resin layers, a touch electrode layer, a transparent resin layer, and a transparent electrode layer. The light absorbing resin layer is patterned such that resin portions and an opening portion are formed. The touch electrode layer is patterned such that touch electrode portions are each extended in a first direction perpendicular to a lamination direction. The touch electrode layer and the light absorbing resin layer have a same pattern such that the touch electrode portions and the resin portions overlap with one another when viewed in the lamination direction. The transparent electrode layer is patterned such that transparent electrode portions are each extended in a second direction perpendicular to the lamination direction and the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Patent number: 9971185
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a counter substrate facing an array substrate via a liquid crystal layer, and a backlight unit provided on a back side of the array substrate. The counter substrate includes a first light shielding layer formed on a first transparent substrate, a transparent resin layer formed on the first transparent substrate, and a second light shielding layer formed on the transparent resin layer. The first light shielding layer has openings corresponding to polygonal pixels having a polygonal shape in which at least two edges are parallel in a planar view. The first light shielding layer includes a first linear pattern having a center line that overlaps with a center line of a second linear pattern of the second light shielding layer in a planar view. The first linear pattern has a line width different from a line width of the second linear pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi