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: 9304639
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Hayato Kurasawa, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 9304640
    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: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Teranishi, Takafumi Suzuki, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20160092020
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, 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 SW which is connected to the gate line and the source line, and a pixel electrode which is connected to the switching element SW. The first substrate includes a common electrode which is opposed to the pixel electrode, and a detection electrode element Tx 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: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei AZUMI, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Hayato KURASAWA
  • Publication number: 20160085363
    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 posed 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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei AZUMI, Hidetoshi KOMATSU, Jin OTA, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI
  • Patent number: 9285904
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function and a method of driving the same, a drive circuit, as well as an electronic unit, which make it possible to reduce an influence of a disturbance noise. The display panel includes: a signal generation section selecting one pulse period from a plurality of pulse periods prepared beforehand, and generating a synchronization signal including a series of pulses appearing at the selected pulse period; a display section performing display based on the synchronization signal; and a touch detection section performing touch detection operation based on the synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 9285937
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a scan drive unit that supplies a touch drive signal to a touch detection element in a touch detection operation period different from a display operation period in which a pixel signal and a display drive signal are sequentially supplied to display elements to perform display scanning; and a noise detector that detects noise included in a frequency component sampled by a touch detection unit. When the noise detector detects the noise, the scan drive unit changes a frequency of the touch drive signal in the touch detection operation period and supplies the changed frequency to the touch detection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20160041686
    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: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi KIDA, Koji NOGUCHI, Yasuyuki TERANISHI, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Kohei AZUMI
  • Publication number: 20160026300
    Abstract: A sensor-integrated display panel including an operation surface for performing an input operation and an image display surface which are formed integrally with a sensor as one piece. A data transfer device supplies the sensor-integrated display panel with a drive signal for driving the sensor and outputs sensing data corresponding to a potential of a sensor signal output from the sensor. A contact electrode is provided in a frame formed around the sensor-integrated display panel to vary the potential of the sensor signal when a conductor touches or does not touch to the frame. An application executing device receives and analyzes the sensing data and generates a signal to select an operating function in accordance with an analysis result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto HAYASHI, Jouji Yamada, Hirofumi Nakagawa, Michio Yamamoto, Kohei Azumi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kozo Ikeno, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Publication number: 20150378507
    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: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Koji Ishizaki, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20150370371
    Abstract: A display device is provided and having a touch detection function includes drive electrodes, detection electrodes, a display driver which performs a touch scanning drive and a display scanning drive, and a touch driver which obtains touch information including detection information on the closely situated external object by acquiring detection signals from the detection electrodes. The display driver acquires the image signal, which is input in response to a master synchronizing signal output to the outside, and outputs the touch synchronizing signal to the touch driver after a predetermined time elapses from time when the image signal is input. The touch driver starts to operate in response to the touch synchronizing signal from the display driver, to acquire the touch information, and outputs the touch information to the outside to cause production of the image signal to start.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Kohei AZUMI, Yoshitoshi KIDA, Shinya IUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150364117
    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: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Kohei Azumi, Hirofumi Nakagawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Makoto Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20150355766
    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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kotani, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20150346883
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display device; a touch detection device; and a driver unit driving the display device so as to sequentially display M horizontal lines in each of plural unit drive periods forming one frame period and driving the touch detection device in N touch detection periods provided in each unit drive period, in which N is lower than M.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 9201541
    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: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 9195334
    Abstract: A sensor-integrated display panel including an operation surface for performing an input operation and an image display surface which are formed integrally with a sensor as one piece. A data transfer device supplies the sensor-integrated display panel with a drive signal for driving the sensor and outputs sensing data corresponding to a potential of a sensor signal output from the sensor. A contact electrode is provided in a frame formed around the sensor-integrated display panel to vary the potential of the sensor signal when a conductor touches or does not touch to the frame. An application executing device receives and analyzes the sensing data and generates a signal to select an operating function in accordance with an analysis result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Hayashi, Jouji Yamada, Hirofumi Nakagawa, Michio Yamamoto, Kohei Azumi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kozo Ikeno, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Publication number: 20150294629
    Abstract: A display unit with touch detection function includes a plurality of pixel signal lines each transmitting a pixel signal for display; a pixel signal line drive section applying the pixel signal to each of the pixel signal lines; display elements each performing display based on the pixel signal; touch detection electrodes each outputting a detection signal based on a change in capacitance occurring due to an external proximity object; and a touch detection section detecting, in a touch detection period, a touch event based on the detection signal, the touch detection period being different from a display period for the display elements to perform display operation. The pixel signal line drive section maintains a voltage of each of the pixel signal lines at a certain level during the touch detection period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Kohei Azumi, Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 9158421
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Koji Ishizaki, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20150277657
    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: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei Azumi, Hidetoshi Komatsu, Jin Ota, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Makoto Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9141222
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display device; a touch detection device; and a driver unit driving the display device so as to sequentially display M horizontal lines in each of plural unit drive periods forming one frame period and driving the touch detection device in N touch detection periods provided in each unit drive period, in which N is lower than M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Kohei Azumi
  • Publication number: 20150212646
    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: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Kohei Azumi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki