Patents by Inventor Koji Ishizuya

Koji Ishizuya 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: 20210202848
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of organic EL elements. Each of the organic EL elements includes a reflection electrode, a hole transport region, an electron-trapping luminescent layer, and a light extraction electrode in this order. The hole transport region has a sheet resistance of 4.0×107 ?/sq.? or more at a current of 0.1 nA/pixel, and the total thickness of the hole transport region and the electron-trapping luminescent layer is equivalent to an optical path length enabling emission from the electron-trapping luminescent layer to be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Norifumi Kajimoto, Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Itaru Takaya, Hirokazu Miyashita, Takayuki Ito, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20210118959
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprising first and second light-emitting elements in a display region, and first and second dummy elements in a dummy region is provided. Each of the light-emitting elements, and the dummy elements includes a reflector arranged, a first electrode arranged above the reflector, a light-emitting layer arranged above the first electrode, and a second electrode arranged above the light-emitting layer. A difference between a distance from the reflector to the light-emitting layer in the first light-emitting element and a distance from the reflector to the light-emitting layer in the second light-emitting element is larger than a difference between a distance from the reflector to the light-emitting layer in the first dummy element and a distance from the reflector to the light-emitting layer in the second dummy element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sano, Koji Ishizuya
  • Patent number: 10985323
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of organic EL elements. Each of the organic EL elements includes a reflection electrode, a hole transport region, an electron-trapping luminescent layer, and a light extraction electrode in this order. The hole transport region has a sheet resistance of 4.0×107 ?/sq. or more at a current of 0.1 nA/pixel, and the total thickness of the hole transport region and the electron-trapping luminescent layer is equivalent to an optical path length enabling emission from the electron-trapping luminescent layer to be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norifumi Kajimoto, Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Itaru Takaya, Hirokazu Miyashita, Takayuki Ito, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20210098536
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting device including a substrate, a first EL element, and a second EL element, the first EL element and the second EL element each including a lower electrode, an organic compound layer including a light-emitting layer, an upper electrode, and a color filter in this order from the substrate, and an insulating layer that covers an end portion of the lower electrode. A first color filter of the first EL element and a second color filter of the second EL element overlap each other when viewed in plan in an overlapping region, and an inclined portion closest to the first EL element among inclined portions of the insulating layer of the second EL element and the overlapping region overlap each other when viewed in plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Norifumi Kajimoto, Hiroaki Sano, Akira Okita, Etsuro Kishi, Masaki Kurihara, Daisuke Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20210028240
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes first and second electroluminescent elements on a substrate. The first and second electroluminescent elements each include a lower electrode, a functional layer including a light-emitting layer, an upper electrode, and a first or second color filter. The display device includes an overlapping region where the first and second color filters overlap each other in a plan view. Light transmitted through the first color filter has a higher luminosity factor than light transmitted through the second color filter. L2>L1, wherein L2 is the distance between the light-emitting region of the second electroluminescent element and the second color filter, and L1 is the distance between the light-emitting region of the first electroluminescent element and the first color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Koji Ishizuya, Tetsuo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10896934
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting device including a substrate, a first EL element, and a second EL element, the first EL element and the second EL element each including a lower electrode, an organic compound layer including a light-emitting layer, an upper electrode, and a color filter in this order from the substrate, and an insulating layer that covers an end portion of the lower electrode. A first color filter of the first EL element and a second color filter of the second EL element overlap each other when viewed in plan in an overlapping region, and an inclined portion closest to the first EL element among inclined portions of the insulating layer of the second EL element and the overlapping region overlap each other when viewed in plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Norifumi Kajimoto, Hiroaki Sano, Akira Okita, Etsuro Kishi, Masaki Kurihara, Daisuke Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 10840470
    Abstract: One embodiment of this invention has a first electrode, a first light emitting layer, and a second electrode, in which the first light emitting layer has a first host material and a first dopant material, a lowest triplet excitation energy of the first host material is higher than a lowest triplet excitation energy of the first dopant material, and, when a weight of the first light emitting layer is set to 100 wt %, a concentration of the first dopant material is 0.3 wt % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takahashi, Satoru Shiobara, Koichi Ishige, Tomona Yamaguchi, Koji Ishizuya, Takayuki Ito, Norifumi Kajimoto
  • Patent number: 10833130
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes first and second electroluminescent elements on a substrate. The first and second electroluminescent elements each include a lower electrode, a functional layer including a light-emitting layer, an upper electrode, and a first or second color filter. The display device includes an overlapping region where the first and second color filters overlap each other in a plan view. Light transmitted through the first color filter has a higher luminosity factor than light transmitted through the second color filter. L2>L1, wherein L2 is the distance between the light-emitting region of the second electroluminescent element and the second color filter, and L1 is the distance between the light-emitting region of the first electroluminescent element and the first color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Ishizuya, Tetsuo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10790465
    Abstract: A white organic electroluminescent (EL) element includes, in sequence, an anode, a first light-emitting layer that is a blue-light-emitting layer, a hole-blocking layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode. The hole-blocking layer is adjacent to the first light-emitting layer and the electron transport layer and formed of a hydrocarbon. The electron transport layer is formed of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound. The first light-emitting layer contains a first host and a first dopant that emits blue fluorescent light. Relations (a), (b), and (c) are satisfied. LUMO(H1)>LUMO(D1)??(a) 0.1<d(ETL)/d(HBL)<0.7??(b) 90 nm?d(E)=d(HBL)+d(ETL)<150 nm??(c) LUMO (H1): lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy of first host LUMO (D1): LUMO energy of first dopant d (HBL): thickness of hole-blocking layer d (ETL): thickness of electron transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomokazu Kotake, Hirokazu Miyashita, Itaru Takaya, Takayuki Ito, Koji Ishizuya, Norifumi Kajimoto
  • Publication number: 20200274103
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic compound layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. A protective layer and a planarization layer are disposed in this order on the light emission side of whichever of the first and second electrodes is closer to the light emission side. A surface of the protective layer adjacent to the planarization layer has an uneven shape. The planarization layer is in contact with the protective layer. A surface of the planarization layer away from the protective layer is flat. The refractive index of the planarization layer is equal to or lower than that of the protective layer and equal to or higher than that of a light emission medium in contact with the planarization layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Koji Ishizuya, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20200259113
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a plurality of first electrodes, a second electrode, a functional layer disposed between each first electrode and the second electrode, and an insulating layer having a slope portion on the first electrode, wherein the functional layer is continuously disposed so as to cover the first electrode, a neighboring first electrode, and the insulating layer covering the first electrode and the neighboring first electrode, the functional layer on the first electrode has a layer thickness smaller than a height from an upper surface of the first electrode to an upper surface of the insulating layer, and the functional layer on the slope portion of the insulating layer has a layer thickness of 20 nm or more in a direction perpendicular to a slope surface of the slope portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takahashi, Norifumi Kajimoto, Koji Ishizuya, Hiroaki Sano, Hiroyuki Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10734455
    Abstract: An organic device is provided. The device comprises a substrate and a plurality of light emitting elements formed on a first surface of the substrate. Each of the plurality of light emitting elements includes, from a side of the first surface, a first electrode, an organic layer formed on the first electrode and including a light emitting layer, and a second electrode formed on the organic layer. The organic device further comprises a third electrode formed between the first electrodes of adjacent light emitting elements of the plurality of light emitting elements, and an insulating layer covering a portion between the first electrode and the third electrode, an end portion of the first electrode, and an end portion of the third electrode. The insulating layer includes a recess between the first electrode and the third electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norifumi Kajimoto, Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20200044175
    Abstract: A white organic electroluminescent (EL) element includes, in sequence, an anode, a first light-emitting layer that is a blue-light-emitting layer, a hole-blocking layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode. The hole-blocking layer is adjacent to the first light-emitting layer and the electron transport layer and formed of a hydrocarbon. The electron transport layer is formed of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound. The first light-emitting layer contains a first host and a first dopant that emits blue fluorescent light. Relations (a), (b), and (c) are satisfied. LUMO(H1)>LUMO(D1)??(a) 0.1<d(ETL)/d(HBL)<0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Tomokazu Kotake, Hirokazu Miyashita, Itaru Takaya, Takayuki Ito, Koji Ishizuya, Norifumi Kajimoto
  • Publication number: 20190393272
    Abstract: An organic device is provided. The device comprises a substrate and a plurality of light emitting elements formed on a first surface of the substrate. Each of the plurality of light emitting elements includes, from a side of the first surface, a first electrode, an organic layer formed on the first electrode and including a light emitting layer, and a second electrode formed on the organic layer. The organic device further comprises a third electrode formed between the first electrodes of adjacent light emitting elements of the plurality of light emitting elements, and an insulating layer covering a portion between the first electrode and the third electrode, an end portion of the first electrode, and an end portion of the third electrode. The insulating layer includes a recess between the first electrode and the third electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Norifumi Kajimoto, Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20190305242
    Abstract: One embodiment of this invention has a first electrode, a first light emitting layer, and a second electrode, in which the first light emitting layer has a first host material and a first dopant material, a lowest triplet excitation energy of the first host material is higher than a lowest triplet excitation energy of the first dopant material, and, when a weight of the first light emitting layer is set to 100 wt %, a concentration of the first dopant material is 0.3 wt % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takahashi, Satoru Shiobara, Koichi Ishige, Tomona Yamaguchi, Koji Ishizuya, Takayuki Ito, Norifumi Kajimoto
  • Publication number: 20190305051
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting device including a substrate, a first EL element, and a second EL element, the first EL element and the second EL element each including a lower electrode, an organic compound layer including a light-emitting layer, an upper electrode, and a color filter in this order from the substrate, and an insulating layer that covers an end portion of the lower electrode. A first color filter of the first EL element and a second color filter of the second EL element overlap each other when viewed in plan in an overlapping region, and an inclined portion closest to the first EL element among inclined portions of the insulating layer of the second EL element and the overlapping region overlap each other when viewed in plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Norifumi Kajimoto, Hiroaki Sano, Akira Okita, Etsuro Kishi, Masaki Kurihara, Daisuke Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20190305050
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes first and second electroluminescent elements on a substrate. The first and second electroluminescent elements each include a lower electrode, a functional layer including a light-emitting layer, an upper electrode, and a first or second color filter. The display device includes an overlapping region where the first and second color filters overlap each other in a plan view. Light transmitted through the first color filter has a higher luminosity factor than light transmitted through the second color filter. L2>L1, wherein L2 is the distance between the light-emitting region of the second electroluminescent element and the second color filter, and L1 is the distance between the light-emitting region of the first electroluminescent element and the first color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Ishizuya, Tetsuo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190123279
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of organic EL elements. Each of the organic EL elements includes a reflection electrode, a hole transport region, an electron-trapping luminescent layer, and a light extraction electrode in this order. The hole transport region has a sheet resistance of 4.0×107 ?/sq. or more at a current of 0.1 nA/pixel, and the total thickness of the hole transport region and the electron-trapping luminescent layer is equivalent to an optical path length enabling emission from the electron-trapping luminescent layer to be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Norifumi Kajimoto, Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Itaru Takaya, Hirokazu Miyashita, Takayuki Ito, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20160299454
    Abstract: A light emitter includes an elongated substrate and a plurality of emission elements on the substrate. The emission elements include a first electrode, an organic layer, and a second electrode in this order from the substrate side. The organic layer stretches over one of the emission elements and a next one in the longitudinal direction of the substrate. The light emitter further has a plurality of projections on the substrate. Each of the projections is adjacent to each of the emission elements in the transverse direction of the substrate. The emission elements are located between one of the projections and another. The projections are higher than the second electrode with respect to the principal surface of the substrate. The projections and the second electrode are spaced from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Satoru Shiobara, Ryuji Ishii, Koji Ishizuya, Yojiro Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20150280175
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for manufacturing an organic light emitting element in which damages to members constituting the organic light emitting element are suppressed and a protective layer with few defects is formed by performing cleaning with liquid containing water. The manufacturing method according to this invention is a method for manufacturing an organic light emitting element including a process of preparing a lower electrode, a process of forming an organic compound layer on the lower electrode, a process of forming an upper electrode on the organic compound layer; and a process of forming a first protective layer on the upper electrode, in which the method includes, after the process of forming the organic compound layer, a process of cleaning at least one of the organic compound layer, the upper electrode, and the first protective layer with liquid containing water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Takayuki Ito, Itaru Takaya, Seiji Mashimo, Koji Ishizuya, Jun Kamatani, Naoki Yamada, Tetsuya Kosuge, Hirokazu Miyashita