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).

  • Publication number: 20180039374
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detecting device includes: a first drive area and a second drive area each including drive electrodes and detection electrodes, the drive electrodes extending in a first direction, being arrayed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and being applied with a drive signal, the detection electrodes extending in the second direction, being arrayed in the first direction, and outputting a detection signal. Application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the second drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to the drive electrodes arranged in a first predetermined area included in the first drive area, and application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the first drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to a second predetermined area included in the second drive area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kohei AZUMI, Yoshitoshi KIDA, Hayato KURASAWA
  • Patent number: 9870092
    Abstract: A display device is configured that the common electrode wiring layer is divided in a source wiring layer direction, the metal wiring layer is disposed above the source wiring layer at a position in contact with the upper part of the common electrode wiring layer, and the metal wiring layer is not disposed at a position where the common electrode wiring layer is divided. Alternatively, the metal wiring layer is not disposed at a position between the same colors as those at the division position of the common electrode wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shigesumi Araki, Mitsutaka Okita, Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Ishizaki, Kohei Azumi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
  • Patent number: 9851824
    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: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20170364203
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the touch drive device includes a plurality of drive electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a single direction, a detection electrode which extends in a direction crossing the direction in which the drive electrodes extend, and generates capacitances at intersections of the detection electrode and the drive electrodes, and a driver (DDI) which groups the drive electrodes into a plurality of drive electrode portions each including at least one drive electrode, and performs a touch scanning drive by supplying a touch drive signal (TSVCOM) having a pulse waveform for detection of a closely situated external object to a target drive electrode portion which is a selected one of the drive electrode portions. The number of the drive electrodes included in each of the drive electrode portions and the target drive electrode portion to which the touch drive signal (TSVCOM) is supplied can be designated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei AZUMI, Hidetoshi Komatsu, Jin Ota, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Makoto Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20170351377
    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: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Yasuyuki TERANISHI, Takafumi SUZUKI, Kohei AZUMI
  • Patent number: 9823776
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus, includes a sensor-equipped display device includes a display device and a sensor configured to detect a contact or proximate position, a display driver configured to output an image display signal to the display device and to output a drive signal to the sensor, a detecting circuit configured to generate, based on the information from the sensor, raw data (Raw data) including three-dimensional information of coordinates of a position on the display device and a physical quantity at the coordinates, and an application processor configured to discriminate whether a part of the region in the display area should be further sensed or not, based on the raw data, and if the part of the region is further sensed, to output the range of the display device to be further sensed and the timing of driving the sensor to the display driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Jouji Yamada, Hirofumi Nakagawa, Michio Yamamoto, Kohei Azumi, Makoto Hayashi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kozo Ikeno
  • Patent number: 9811189
    Abstract: A display device comprises gate lines extending in a first direction, drain lines extending in a second direction, common electrodes extending in the second direction, and a drive circuit. The common electrodes are configured to be partitioned over drain lines of pixels of a specific color and to be used also as touch panel scan electrodes. The drive circuit is configured so that write periods for driving the gate lines and touch sensing periods for driving the scan electrodes are alternately repeated in each frame period, signal polarity of drain lines for colors other than the specific color is inverted every frame, signal polarity of drain lines for the specific color is inverted at a cycle shorter than one frame, and the cycle of the signal polarity inversion of the drain lines for the specific color can be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kotani, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20170315639
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes a plurality of drive electrodes that face a plurality of pixel electrodes in an orthogonal direction to the surface of the substrate, and extend in a direction parallel to the direction in which a plurality of signal lines extend. The display device with a touch detection function also includes a scan driving unit that applies a touch drive signal to a signal line that faces, in an overlapping manner in the orthogonal direction, a drive electrode to which the touch drive signal is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi KIDA, Koji NOGUCHI, Yasuyuki TERANISHI, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Kohei AZUMI
  • Patent number: 9804704
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detecting device includes: a first drive area and a second drive area each including drive electrodes and detection electrodes, the drive electrodes extending in a first direction, being arrayed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and being applied with a drive signal, the detection electrodes extending in the second direction, being arrayed in the first direction, and outputting a detection signal. Application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the second drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to the drive electrodes arranged in a first predetermined area included in the first drive area, and application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the first drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to a second predetermined area included in the second drive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei Azumi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Hayato Kurasawa
  • Publication number: 20170308207
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a sensor-equipped display device including a display device and a sensor which outputs information for detecting a contact position on the display device, a display driver which outputs a driving signal to the sensor based on one setting table, an application processor which outputs a table selection signal specifying a setting table and a sensor setting signal specifying a driving method of the sensor to the display driver, and a sensing circuit which outputs a dataset including three-dimensional information of a coordinate of a position on the display device and a physical quantity at the coordinate to the application processor, and outputs a table selection request signal generated based on the table selection signal, and a control signal which controls driving timing of the sensor to the display driver, the control signal having generated based on the sensor setting signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei AZUMI, Jouji YAMADA, Hirofumi NAKAGAWA, Michio YAMAMOTO, Makoto HAYASHI, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Kozo IKENO, Yoshitoshi KIDA
  • Patent number: 9798415
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of display elements arranged in a matrix, a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of signal lines, and a controller configured to control display by sequentially supplying an image signal and a control signal to the plurality of signal lines and the plurality of scanning lines, respectively, wherein the controller repeats a display period in which the display is controlled and a display blanking period in which the display is paused to display a frame image, and at least two types of display periods with different lengths are used when a frame image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei Azumi, Hidetoshi Komatsu, Jin Ota, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
  • Patent number: 9785277
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the touch drive device includes a plurality of drive electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a single direction, a detection electrode which extends in a direction crossing the direction in which the drive electrodes extend, and generates capacitances at intersections of the detection electrode and the drive electrodes, and a driver (DDI) which groups the drive electrodes into a plurality of drive electrode portions each including at least one drive electrode, and performs a touch scanning drive by supplying a touch drive signal (TSVCOM) having a pulse waveform for detection of a closely situated external object to a target drive electrode portion which is a selected one of the drive electrode portions. The number of the drive electrodes included in each of the drive electrode portions and the target drive electrode portion to which the touch drive signal (TSVCOM) is supplied can be designated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei Azumi, Hidetoshi Komatsu, Jin Ota, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Makoto Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20170285852
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display layer; plural first electrodes formed to be arranged above the display layer; a shield electrode formed apart from the plural first electrodes so as to surround the whole plural first electrodes along an arrangement surface; an insulating layer; and a semiconductive layer formed opposite to the first electrodes and the shield electrode so as to sandwich the insulating layer, wherein the difference between an average potential of the first electrodes and an average potential of the shield electrode is equal to or less than 0.5V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Koji Ishizaki, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20170285827
    Abstract: A first substrate includes a gate line extending in a first direction, a source line extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a switching element which is connected to the gate line and the source line, and a pixel electrode which is connected to the switching element. The first substrate includes a common electrode which is opposed to the pixel electrode, and a detection electrode element necessary for sensing a state of closeness of a conductor brought externally, that extends parallel to the common electrode and is formed of a metallic material. By this structure, power consumption of a drive electrode of an input sensor can be reduced, and improvement of a drive frequency can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei AZUMI, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Hayato KURASAWA
  • Patent number: 9773464
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a touch detection device includes a plurality of drive electrodes, a plurality of detection electrodes, a display driver which performs a touch scanning drive by supplying a touch drive signal to a target drive electrode to be driven, and a touch driver which transmits and receives a signal to and from the display driver, wherein at least one of the number of pulses of the drive synchronizing signal and a pulse width of each of the pulses of the drive synchronizing signal is determined based on the signal received from the display driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei Azumi, Hirofumi Nakagawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Makoto Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9766746
    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: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Teranishi, Takafumi Suzuki, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 9753599
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes a plurality of drive electrodes that face a plurality of pixel electrodes in an orthogonal direction to the surface of the substrate, and extend in a direction parallel to the direction in which a plurality of signal lines extend. The display device with a touch detection function also includes a scan driving unit that applies a touch drive signal to a signal line that faces, in an overlapping manner in the orthogonal direction, a drive electrode to which the touch drive signal is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 9746949
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display device includes a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a matrix form, second electrodes opposite to the first electrodes, the second electrodes including a plurality of electrode patterns extending in a first direction and aligned in a second direction to cross the first direction, and third electrodes opposite to the second electrodes, the third electrodes including a plurality of electrode patterns extending in the second direction and aligned in the first direction, a display driver applying a sensor drive signal to the second electrodes, a detection circuit transmitting a detection data including physical quantity data detected from the plurality of electrode patterns of the third electrodes at each time when the sensor drive signal is applied to the second electrodes, and an application processor processing the detection data received from the detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Michio Yamamoto, Jouji Yamada, Hirofumi Nakagawa, Kohei Azumi, Makoto Hayashi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kozo Ikeno, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 9746956
    Abstract: A touch detector capable of achieving high position resolution while improving detection sensitivity to a touch is provided. The touch detector includes: a plurality of drive electrodes arranged side by side to extend in one direction; a detection electrode extending in a direction orthogonal to a direction where the drive electrodes extend, and arranged to form a capacitance at each of intersections with the drive electrodes; and a scanning drive section sequentially selecting a predetermined plural number of target electrodes from the plurality of drive electrodes in a time-divisional manner, and applying a touch detection drive signal with a plurality of pulse waveforms for detecting an external adjacent object to the selected target electrodes to perform a scanning drive. A scanning pitch in the scanning drive is smaller than the total width of the plural number of selected target electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei Azumi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 9740395
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a sensor-integrated display device integrally including a display surface and a sensor surface, a data transfer device, an image data generation module, and a processing module. The data transfer device is configured to generate and output three-dimensional information. The image data generation module is configured to generate three-dimensional image data at a plurality of sensing points on the sensor surface based on the three-dimensional information. The processing module is configured to analyze an operation content of a conductor above the sensor surface based on the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Jouji Yamada, Hirofumi Nakagawa, Michio Yamamoto, Kohei Azumi, Makoto Hayashi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kozo Ikeno, Yoshitoshi Kida