Patents by Inventor Kohei Azumi

Kohei Azumi 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: 11966527
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function, a drive circuit, and an electronic unit, which make it possible to realize many functions related to touch detection. The display panel includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes extending in one direction; an electrode drive section integrated into a chip, and applying a drive signal to the drive electrodes; and one or more touch detection electrodes extending in a direction intersecting the direction in which the drive electrodes extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20240127620
    Abstract: An ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may include sensor pixels with interleaved ultrasonically-sensitive regions. Each of a plurality of sensor pixels in the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may include nine distinct ultrasonically-sensitive regions electrically coupled to a common readout circuit, where there is an ultrasonically-sensitive region of another sensor pixel disposed between each of the nine distinct ultrasonically-sensitive regions. The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may further include circuitry for binning together groups of sensor pixels during certain lower-resolution operations such as touch sensor operations. The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may be used in capturing fingerprint images that are then used in an authentication process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Kohei AZUMI
  • Patent number: 11960672
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes signal line; pixel electrode; drive electrode opposed to pixel electrode; scanning lines; and display periods and a detection period in frame, wherein during one of display periods, common voltage is applied to drive electrode, scanning signal is applied to some scanning lines, pixel signal is applied to pixel electrode, wherein, during detection period, AC drive or pulse signal is applied to drive electrode, AC drive or pulse signal having pulses, wherein pulses during the detection period is less than number of some of scanning signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20240086001
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a substrate; a drive electrode that extends in a first direction; and a plurality of touch detection electrodes that are metal wirings extending in a second direction different from the first direction. The metal wirings are arranged with a predetermined pitch so as to make capacitive coupling with the drive electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Koji ISHIZAKI, Hayato KURASAWA, Kohei AZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240069683
    Abstract: A noise immunity of a detected capacitance is prevented or inhibited from lowering on a driving electrode different in width from the other driving electrodes, provided in an input device. A touch panel serving as an input device has a plurality of driving electrodes extending in an X-axis direction and arranged in a Y-axis direction intersecting with the X-axis direction, and a driving electrode arranged outside one side of an arrangement of the driving electrodes and extending in the X-axis direction. Further, the touch panel TP1 has a plurality of detecting electrodes extending in the Y-axis direction and arranged in the X-axis direction. The width of the driving electrode is smaller than the widths of the driving electrodes and the detecting electrode includes an expanding portion for expanding the area of the detecting electrode on the side opposite to the plurality of driving electrodes via the driving electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuyuki TERANISHI, Takafumi SUZUKI, Kohei AZUMI
  • Patent number: 11914808
    Abstract: A display device with a touch detection device is provided and includes display elements that are surrounded by scan lines each extending in first direction and signal lines each extending in second direction crossing first direction; touch detection electrodes opposed to display elements; metal wires disposed on each of touch detection electrodes and extending along signal lines, wherein metal wires being overlapped with corresponding one of signal lines, wherein metal wires are disposed without crossing each other and spaced from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Hayato Kurasawa, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 11853521
    Abstract: A noise immunity of a detected capacitance is prevented or inhibited from lowering on a driving electrode different in width from the other driving electrodes, provided in an input device. A touch panel serving as an input device has a plurality of driving electrodes extending in an X-axis direction and arranged in a Y-axis direction intersecting with the X-axis direction, and a driving electrode arranged outside one side of an arrangement of the driving electrodes and extending in the X-axis direction. Further, the touch panel TP1 has a plurality of detecting electrodes extending in the Y-axis direction and arranged in the X-axis direction. The width of the driving electrode is smaller than the widths of the driving electrodes and the detecting electrode includes an expanding portion for expanding the area of the detecting electrode on the side opposite to the plurality of driving electrodes via the driving electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Teranishi, Takafumi Suzuki, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20230393697
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes display part having first and second electrodes; and input part having substrate and detection electrode between substrate and display part, wherein display part including display area that displays image, input part including conductive layer provided between substrate and display part and overlapping detection electrode in display area, detection electrode is glued to conductive layer which has first region outside display area, first regain overlapping substrate and not overlapping detection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hayato KURASAWA, Kohei AZUMI, Koji ISHIZAKI, Hideki KANEKO, Tsutomu HARADA
  • Patent number: 11837009
    Abstract: An ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may include sensor pixels with interleaved ultrasonically-sensitive regions. Each of a plurality of sensor pixels in the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may include nine distinct ultrasonically-sensitive regions electrically coupled to a common readout circuit, where there is an ultrasonically-sensitive region of another sensor pixel disposed between each of the nine distinct ultrasonically-sensitive regions. The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may further include circuitry for binning together groups of sensor pixels during certain lower-resolution operations such as touch sensor operations. The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may be used in capturing fingerprint images that are then used in an authentication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 11740747
    Abstract: Display device is provided and includes display part including first and second substrates, first and second polarizing plates, display area that includes pixel electrodes, a common electrode and display functional layer each of which is arranged between first and second substrates, display image formed by applying display voltage between pixel electrodes and common electrode in display period, input part including third substrate having back surface facing front surface of display part, detection electrodes formed on back surface of third substrate, and conductive layer provided between back surface of third substrate and front surface of display part, wherein conductive layer overlaps third substrate without through detection electrodes outside display area, and part of detection electrodes is uncovered by conductive layer outside display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Kohei Azumi, Koji Ishizaki, Hideki Kaneko, Tsutomu Harada
  • Publication number: 20230205339
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function, a drive circuit, and an electronic unit, which make it possible to realize many functions related to touch detection. The display panel includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes extending in one direction; an electrode drive section integrated into a chip, and applying a drive signal to the drive electrodes; and one or more touch detection electrodes extending in a direction intersecting the direction in which the drive electrodes extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi KIDA, Koji NOGUCHI, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Kohei AZUMI
  • Publication number: 20230116343
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes signal line; pixel electrode; drive electrode opposed to pixel electrode; scanning lines; and display periods and a detection period in frame, wherein during one of display periods, common voltage is applied to drive electrode, scanning signal is applied to some scanning lines, pixel signal is applied to pixel electrode, wherein, during detection period, AC drive or pulse signal is applied to drive electrode, AC drive or pulse signal having pulses, wherein pulses during the detection period is less than number of some of scanning signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 11620013
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function, a drive circuit, and an electronic unit, which make it possible to realize many functions related to touch detection. The display panel includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes extending in one direction; an electrode drive section integrated into a chip, and applying a drive signal to the drive electrodes; and one or more touch detection electrodes extending in a direction intersecting the direction in which the drive electrodes extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 11537231
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes a first substrate; a second substrate opposed to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of detection electrodes, the second substrate being located between the detection electrodes and the liquid crystal layer; a shield electrode apart from the detection electrodes in a plane view, the second substrate being located between the shield electrode and the liquid crystal layer; and a resistive layer overlapping the detection electrodes and the shield electrode, the detection electrodes and the shield electrode located between the resistive layer and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Koji Ishizaki, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 11526224
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes scanning and signal lines; switch electrically coupled to scanning and signal lines; pixel electrode electrically coupled to switch and opposed to drive electrode; first and second display periods, and detection period between first and second display periods, wherein during first and second display periods, common voltage is applied to drive electrode, scanning signal is applied to scanning line and switch, pixel signal is applied to pixel electrode through signal line and switch, during detection period, AC drive signal or pulse drive signal is applied to drive electrode, and scanning signal is not applied to scanning line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20220261107
    Abstract: A display device with a touch detection device is provided and includes display elements that are surrounded by scan lines each extending in first direction and signal lines each extending in second direction crossing first direction; touch detection electrodes opposed to display elements; metal wires disposed on each of touch detection electrodes and extending along signal lines, wherein metal wires being overlapped with corresponding one of signal lines, wherein metal wires are disposed without crossing each other and spaced from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Koji ISHIZAKI, Hayato KURASAWA, Kohei AZUMI
  • Publication number: 20220221956
    Abstract: Display device is provided and includes display part including first and second substrates, first and second polarizing plates, display area that includes pixel electrodes, a common electrode and display functional layer each of which is arranged between first and second substrates, display image formed by applying display voltage between pixel electrodes and common electrode in display period, input part including third substrate having back surface facing front surface of display part, detection electrodes formed on back surface of third substrate, and conductive layer provided between back surface of third substrate and front surface of display part, wherein conductive layer overlaps third substrate without through detection electrodes outside display area, and part of detection electrodes is uncovered by conductive layer outside display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Hayato KURASAWA, Kohei AZUMI, Koji ISHIZAKI, Hideki KANEKO, Tsutomu HARADA
  • Publication number: 20220198173
    Abstract: An ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may include sensor pixels with interleaved ultrasonically-sensitive regions. Each of a plurality of sensor pixels in the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may include nine distinct ultrasonically-sensitive regions electrically coupled to a common readout circuit, where there is an ultrasonically-sensitive region of another sensor pixel disposed between each of the nine distinct ultrasonically-sensitive regions. The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may further include circuitry for binning together groups of sensor pixels during certain lower-resolution operations such as touch sensor operations. The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may be used in capturing fingerprint images that are then used in an authentication process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Kohei AZUMI
  • Publication number: 20220164055
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function, a drive circuit, and an electronic unit, which make it possible to realize many functions related to touch detection. The display panel includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes extending in one direction; an electrode drive section integrated into a chip, and applying a drive signal to the drive electrodes; and one or more touch detection electrodes extending in a direction intersecting the direction in which the drive electrodes extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi KIDA, Koji NOGUCHI, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Kohei AZUMI
  • Patent number: 11327591
    Abstract: A display device with a touch detection device is provided and includes display elements arranged in matrix of row and column direction and surrounded by scan lines each extending in a first direction and a signal lines each extending in a second direction, the display elements including a red display element, a green display element, and a blue display element; light shielding members each extending in one direction, the light shielding members arranged between the display elements adjacent to each other; and touch detection electrodes each extending in the one direction and arranged between the light shielding members and the display elements, and the touch detection electrodes including metal wires that extend overlapping the light shielding members, Wherein the metal wires are divided into metal wire parts that are arranged in the column direction, and the metal wire parts, each being longitudinal in the one direction, are disposed without crossing each other and spaced from each other in the one directio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Hayato Kurasawa, Kohei Azumi