Patents by Inventor Koji KUSUNOKI
Koji KUSUNOKI 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).
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Patent number: 11774816Abstract: A display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display device includes, in a pixel, a first transistor, a second transistor, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a conductive layer, a pixel electrode, a layer containing a liquid crystal material, and a common electrode. The first insulating layer is positioned over a channel formation region of the first transistor. The conductive layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the first transistor, the second transistor, the first insulating layer, and the conductive layer. The pixel electrode is positioned over the second insulating layer, the layer containing a liquid crystal material is positioned over the pixel electrode, and the common electrode is positioned over the layer containing a liquid crystal material. The common electrode overlaps with the conductive layer with the layer containing a liquid crystal material and the pixel electrode therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Koji Kusunoki, Susumu Kawashima, Daisuke Kubota, Tetsuji Ishitani, Akio Yamashita
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Publication number: 20230309364Abstract: A display device having both a touch detection function and a function of capturing an image of a shape of a fingerprint or a vein is provided. The display device includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a light-receiving element, and a light-blocking layer. The first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are arranged on the same plane. The light-blocking layer is provided above the first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element. The second light-emitting element is provided above the light-blocking layer. The first light-emitting element has a function of emitting visible light upward. The second light-emitting element has a function of emitting invisible light upward. The light-receiving element is a photoelectric conversion element having sensitivity to visible light and invisible light. In a plan view, the light-blocking layer includes a portion positioned between the first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE
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Publication number: 20230298504Abstract: To provide a display device capable of displaying a plurality of images by superimposition using a plurality of memory circuits provided in a pixel. A plurality of memory circuits are provided in a pixel, and signals corresponding to images for superimposition are retained in each of the plurality of memory circuits. In the pixel, the signals corresponding to the images for superimposition are added to each of the plurality of memory circuits. The signals are added to the signals retained in the memory circuits by capacitive coupling. A display element can display an image corresponding to a signal in which a signal written to a pixel through a wiring is added to the signals retained in the plurality of memory circuits. Reduction in the amount of arithmetic processing for displaying images by superimposition can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kei TAKAHASHI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230301157Abstract: A display device having both a touch detection function and a function of capturing an image of a shape of a fingerprint or a vein is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a light-receiving element, a light-blocking layer, a first resin layer, and a second resin layer. The first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are arranged over the first substrate, and the first resin layer is provided over the first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element. The light-blocking layer is provided over the first resin layer, and the second light-emitting element is provided over the light-blocking layer. The second resin layer is provided over the second light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting element emits visible light upward, and the second light-emitting element emits invisible light upward.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE
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Patent number: 11763766Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A pixel circuit includes a first switch, a node, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a second switch. The first switch includes a first terminal to which a first signal is supplied and a second terminal electrically connected to the node. The first capacitor includes a first terminal electrically connected to the node. The second capacitor includes a first terminal electrically connected to the node and a second terminal electrically connected to the second switch. The second switch includes a first terminal to which a second signal is supplied and a second terminal electrically connected to the second terminal of the second capacitor. In addition, the second switch has a function of changing from a non-conducting state to a conducting state when the first switch is in a non-conducting state and a function of changing from a conducting state to a non-conducting state when the first switch is in a non-conducting state.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima
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Publication number: 20230290301Abstract: A novel display device where a light-emitting element is turned on by a triangle wave is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a method for driving a display device including a first pixel, a second pixel, a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring. The first wiring is electrically connected to the first pixel and the second pixel. The second wiring and the third wiring are electrically connected to the first pixel and the second pixel, respectively. At a first time, the first pixel reaches the maximum luminance corresponding to first display data and the second pixel reaches the maximum luminance corresponding to second display data. The first pixel and the second pixel are initialized at a second time different from the first time by input of a reset signal to the first wiring to stop light emission.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunori WATANABE, Kei TAKAHASHI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Takahiro FUKUTOME
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Patent number: 11754873Abstract: Provided is a novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable, a novel data processor that is highly convenient or reliable, or a method for manufacturing a novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable. The display panel includes a pixel and a terminal electrically connected to the pixel. The pixel includes a first insulating film, a first contact portion in a first opening provided in the first insulating film, a pixel circuit electrically connected to the first contact portion, a second contact portion electrically connected to the pixel circuit, a first display element electrically connected to the first contact portion, and a second display element electrically connected to the second contact portion. The first insulating film includes a region lying between the first display element and the second display element. The terminal includes a surface at which contact with other component can be made.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Koji Kusunoki, Yoshiharu Hirakata
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Patent number: 11741209Abstract: A semiconductor device including a biometric recognition function and a touch sensor or near touch sensor function is provided. The semiconductor device includes a light-emitting device and an imaging device. The imaging device includes a gate driver circuit and m rows of pixels (m is an integer more than or equal to 2). The gate driver circuit includes a plurality of first register circuits and second register circuits whose number is less than that of the first register circuits. The first register circuits are connected with each other in series and the second register circuits are connected with each other in series. The gate driver circuit has a function of operating in the first mode and the second mode. In the first mode, the first register circuits are in the on state and the second register circuits are in the off state, and in the second mode, the second register circuits are in the on state and the first register circuits are in the off state.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Yoshimoto, Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe
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Patent number: 11735134Abstract: A display apparatus with low power consumption is provided. The display apparatus includes a circuit for boosting a signal voltage output from a gate driver. The signal voltage from the gate driver can be boosted and then supplied to a pixel, which is suitable for driving a display device with a high threshold voltage. Furthermore, by utilizing a boosting function, output of the gate driver can be reduced, and power consumption can also be reduced. By combination with a pixel having a boosting function of image data, a display apparatus with lower power consumption can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Watanabe, Koji Kusunoki
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Patent number: 11733574Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display device includes a transistor, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer in a pixel. The first insulating layer is positioned over a channel formation region of the transistor. The first conductive layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the transistor, the first insulating layer, and the first conductive layer. The pixel electrode is positioned over the second insulating layer, the third insulating layer is positioned over the pixel electrode, the common electrode is positioned over the third insulating layer, and the liquid crystal layer is positioned over the common electrode. The common electrode includes a region overlapping with the first conductive layer with the pixel electrode positioned therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Kei Takahashi, Koji Kusunoki, Masataka Nakada, Ami Sato
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Publication number: 20230251743Abstract: A touch panel or a contactless touch panel, which is capable of highly accurate position detection, is provided. The display device includes a first and a second pixel, and a sensor pixel. The sensor pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element that has sensitivity to light of a first color exhibited by the first pixel and light of a second color exhibited by the second pixel. A method for driving the display device includes a first period in which first image capturing is performed while the first pixel is turned on and the second pixel is turned off; a second period in which first reading is performed while the first pixel and the second pixel are turned off; a third period in which second image capturing is performed while the second pixel is turned on and the first pixel is turned off; and a fourth period in which second reading is performed while the first pixel and the second pixel are turned off.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd,Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Kenichi OKAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230255060Abstract: A display apparatus suitable for wide-grayscale display is provided. The display apparatus includes, in a pixel, two driving transistors and a light-emitting device that are connected in series. One of the transistors is a p-channel transistor and the other of the transistors is an n-channel transistor, and switching therebetween is performed for driving. Such a configuration can inhibit the change in a gate-source voltage in display with a high grayscale level. In addition, the use of a transistor containing a metal oxide in a channel formation region as the n-channel transistor enables an increase in display characteristics in display with a low grayscale level.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Satoshi YOSHIMOTO
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Patent number: 11719980Abstract: A high-definition liquid crystal display device is provided. A liquid crystal display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. A liquid crystal display device with a high contrast ratio and display quality is provided. A liquid crystal display device capable of being driven at a low voltage is provided. The display device includes, between a pair of substrates, a pixel electrode, a first common electrode, a second common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer. The pixel electrode and the first common electrode are positioned between the liquid crystal layer and one of the substrates. The second common electrode is positioned between the liquid crystal layer and the other substrate. The same potential is supplied to the first common electrode and the second common electrode. The first common electrode includes a portion overlapping with the second common electrode between the display regions of two adjacent subpixels that exhibit different colors.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuhei Yoshitomi, Daisuke Kubota, Koji Kusunoki
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Publication number: 20230237831Abstract: An electronic device having an authentication method with a high security level is provided. The electronic device includes a pixel portion, a sensor portion, an authentication portion, and a housing. The pixel portion includes a display element and a light-receiving element. The pixel portion has a function of turning on the display element. The pixel portion has a function of obtaining authentication information by capturing an image of a target object touching the pixel portion. The sensor portion has a function of detecting attachment or detachment to a living body or an object. The authentication portion has a function of performing authentication processing with the use of the authentication information. The housing includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The pixel portion is positioned on the first surface and the sensor portion is positioned on the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Ryo HATSUMI
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Publication number: 20230238369Abstract: A display apparatus having a noncontact input function is provided. The display apparatus has a first function of detecting, with a light-receiving device, light irradiated from a light source outside a display portion and blocked by a pointing object to recognize the position pointed by the pointing object, and a second function of detecting, with the light-receiving device, light irradiated from a light source inside or outside the display portion and reflected by the pointing object to recognize the position pointed by the pointing object. The display apparatus can operate by switching the first function and the second function in accordance with the intensity of the light irradiated from the light source outside the display portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Satoshi YOSHIMOTO
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Patent number: 11710760Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a display device including a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a first transistor, a second transistor, a first light-emitting diode, a second light-emitting diode, and a color conversion layer. The first insulating layer is over the first transistor and the second transistor. The first light-emitting diode and the second light-emitting diode are over the first insulating layer. The color conversion layer is over the second light-emitting diode. The color conversion layer is configured to convert light emitted from the second light-emitting diode into a light having a longer wavelength. The first transistor and the second transistor each include a metal oxide layer and a gate electrode. The metal oxide layer includes a channel formation region. A top surface of the gate electrode is level or substantially level with a top surface of the second insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Kusunoki, Shingo Eguchi, Takayuki Ikeda
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Publication number: 20230232645Abstract: A display device with an imaging function is provided. A high-resolution imaging device or display device is provided. The display device includes first to third switches, first and second transistors, a capacitor, first and second wirings, and a light-emitting and light-receiving element. One electrode of the first switch is electrically connected to the first wiring, and the other electrode is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor and one electrode of the capacitor. One electrode of the second switch is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor, one electrode of the light-emitting and light-receiving element, and the other electrode of the capacitor, and the other electrode of the second switch is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor and one electrode of the third switch. The other electrode of the third switch is electrically connected to the second wiring.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Kensuke YOSHIZUMI, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE
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Publication number: 20230221811Abstract: An electronic device having a noncontact input function is provided. The electronic device includes a display device and an input device and is capable of performing an input operation even without contact. The display device includes a light-emitting device and a light-receiving device in a display portion. The input device includes a light source. The light-receiving device has a function of detecting light emitted from the light source included in the input device. Infrared light that has substantially no spectral luminous efficacy is used as the light emitted from the light source included in the input device. Therefore, even irradiation of the display portion with the light at high luminance does not affect visual recognition of the display. This structure enables a noncontact input operation with respect to the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Kazunori WATANABE, Koji KUSUNOKI, Naoto KUSUMOTO, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI, Yoshiaki OIKAWA
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Patent number: 11694594Abstract: To provide a display device capable of displaying a plurality of images by superimposition using a plurality of memory circuits provided in a pixel. A plurality of memory circuits are provided in a pixel, and signals corresponding to images for superimposition are retained in each of the plurality of memory circuits. In the pixel, the signals corresponding to the images for superimposition are added to each of the plurality of memory circuits. The signals are added to the signals retained in the memory circuits by capacitive coupling. A display element can display an image corresponding to a signal in which a signal written to a pixel through a wiring is added to the signals retained in the plurality of memory circuits. Reduction in the amount of arithmetic processing for displaying images by superimposition can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kei Takahashi, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11694648Abstract: A display device capable of performing image processing is provided. A memory node is provided in each pixel included in the display device. An intended correction data is held in the memory node. The correction data is calculated by an external device and written into each pixel. The correction data is added to image data by capacitive coupling, and the resulting data is supplied to a display element. Thus, the display element can display a corrected image. The correction enables image upconversion, for example.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Kouhei Toyotaka, Naoto Kusumoto, Shunpei Yamazaki