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).

  • Patent number: 11550407
    Abstract: A highly convenient display system is provided. A display system that enables a screen to be operated easily with a laser pointer is provided. A display system that enables a screen to be operated by a large number of people is provided. The display system includes a light-emitting apparatus and a display device. The light-emitting apparatus includes a means for emitting visible laser light and a means for emitting invisible light. The display device includes a display unit including a means for displaying an image and a means for obtaining positional information on a portion irradiated with the visible light, and a means for receiving the invisible light. The display system has a function of performing processing in accordance with the positional information when the invisible light is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Koji Kusunoki, Daisuke Kubota, Kensuke Yoshizumi
  • Publication number: 20230005424
    Abstract: A display apparatus capable of image capturing with high sensitivity is provided. The display apparatus is configured to include first to third switches, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a light-emitting/receiving element. The first switch is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor. The second switch is positioned between one of a source and a drain of the first transistor and one electrode of the light-emitting/receiving element. The third switch is positioned between the one electrode of the light-emitting/receiving element and a gate of the second transistor. The other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is supplied with a first potential. The other electrode of the light-emitting/receiving element is supplied with a second potential. The light-emitting/receiving element has a function of emitting light of a first color and a function of receiving light of a second color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11543711
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a pixel containing a first memory circuit, a second memory circuit, and a liquid crystal element is provided. The first memory circuit includes a first capacitor. One electrode of the first capacitor is electrically connected to one electrode of the liquid crystal element. The second memory circuit includes a second capacitor. One electrode of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the one electrode of the liquid crystal element. The first memory circuit has a function of storing a charge corresponding to a first signal. The second memory circuit has a function of storing a charge corresponding to a second signal. A voltage is applied to the liquid crystal element by supplying a third signal to the other electrode of the first capacitor and supplying a fourth signal to the other electrode of the second capacitor, whereby an image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Kei Takahashi, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220406981
    Abstract: A display unit with a high definition is provided. The display unit includes a transistor, a light-emitting diode, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer. The transistor is electrically connected to the first conductive layer, and the first conductive layer and the first insulating layer are positioned over the transistor. The second conductive layer is positioned over the first conductive layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The light-emitting diode includes a first electrode over the second insulating layer, a light-emitting layer over the first electrode, and a second electrode over the light-emitting layer. The second electrode is electrically connected to the second conductive layer. The height of a surface of the first conductive layer on the second conductive layer side is substantially the same as the height of a surface of the first insulating layer on the second insulating layer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Hiroki ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20220406818
    Abstract: A highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes first to third transistors and a capacitor. In the first transistor, one of a source and a drain is supplied with a first signal, the other of the source and the drain is connected to a gate of the second transistor and one electrode of the capacitor, and a gate is supplied with a second pulse signal. In the second transistor, one of a source and a drain is supplied with a first pulse signal, and the other of the source and the drain is connected to the other electrode of the capacitor and one of a source and a drain of the third transistor. In the third transistor, the other of the source and the drain is supplied with the first potential, and a gate is supplied with a second signal that is an inverted signal of the first signal. The first pulse signal is a clock signal, and the second pulse signal has a duty ratio of 55% or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Manabu SATO, Koji KUSUNOKI, Hidenori MORI, Hironori MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220399726
    Abstract: Deterioration of a storage battery included in an electronic device is reduced. Power consumption of an electronic device is reduced. A power feeding device having excellent performance is provided. The power feeding device includes a power feeding coil, a control circuit, and a neural network and has a function of charging a storage battery with a wireless signal supplied by the power feeding coil. The control circuit has a function of estimating a remaining capacity value of the storage battery, the control circuit has a function of supplying the estimated remaining capacity value to the neural network, the neural network outputs a value corresponding to the supplied remaining capacity value to the control circuit, the control circuit determines a charge condition for the storage battery on the basis of the value output by the neural network, and the power feeding device has a function of charging the storage battery under the determined charge condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Toshiyuki ISA, Akihiro CHIDA, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Ryota TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220392419
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A pixel circuit includes a first switch, a node, a 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 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 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. The display element performs display on the basis of a potential of the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kei TAKAHASHI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11522234
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of monitoring the state of a battery or the like is provided. The states of a plurality of batteries in a battery module is easily acquired. The semiconductor device that can be attached to an electrode of a battery or the like includes a first substrate, an element layer, and first to third conductive layers. The element layer includes a first circuit and a second circuit and is provided on a side of a first surface of the first substrate. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are provided on a side of a second surface positioned opposite to the first surface of the first substrate. The first circuit is electrically connected to each of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer through an opening provided in the first substrate. The third conductive layer is provided to be stacked on a side opposite to the first substrate side of the element layer and electrically connected to the second circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Ryota Tajima, Hideaki Shishido, Kensuke Yoshizumi
  • Patent number: 11513409
    Abstract: A highly visible display device is provided. The display device includes a transistor, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer. The channel width of the transistor is greater than or equal to 30 ?m and less than or equal to 1000 ?m. The transistor includes 2 to 50 semiconductor layers, each of which includes a first region, a second region, and a channel formation region. The channel formation region has a region overlaps with the first conductive layer. The first region overlaps with the second conductive layer and does not overlap with the first conductive layer. The second region overlaps with the third conductive layer and does not overlap with the first conductive layer. The third conductive layer has a function of transmitting visible light, and the second region and the third conductive layer in a stacked state have a function of transmitting visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Koji Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 11508307
    Abstract: A display device that can correct the threshold voltage of a driving transistor without a correction of image data is provided. A display device including a pixel provided with a driving transistor, a display element, and a memory circuit and a correction data generation circuit is related. One of a source and a drain of the driving transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the display element, and a gate of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the memory circuit. In a first period, the correction data generation circuit generates correction data that is data for correcting the threshold voltage of the driving transistor. In a second period, first data is written to the memory circuit. In a third period, second data is supplied to the pixel, whereby third data in which the second data is added to the first data is generated. In a fourth period, an image corresponding to the third data is displayed by the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Koji Kusunoki, Kouhei Toyotaka, Susumu Kawashima, Kazunori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220367775
    Abstract: A display unit with high resolution is provided. A display unit with high display quality is provided. A display unit includes a transistor, a light-emitting diode, a first conductive layer over the transistor and electrically connected to the transistor, a second conductive layer over the first conductive layer and electrically connected to the light-emitting diode, a first insulating layer over the transistor, and a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer. The top surface of the first conductive layer is substantially level with the top surface of the first insulating layer, and the bottom surface of the second conductive layer is substantially level with the bottom surface of the second insulating layer. The first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are bonded to each other, and the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are bonded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Takayuki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220367595
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A novel display device is provided. The display panel includes a display region, a first terminal region, and a second terminal region, and the first terminal region is provided not to block the display region and includes a region overlapping with the display region. The first terminal region includes a first group of terminals, and the first group of terminals includes a first terminal. The second terminal region includes a second group of terminals, and the second group of terminals includes a second terminal. The display region includes one group of pixels, another group of pixels, a scan line, and a signal line. The one group of pixels includes a pixel and is arranged in a row direction. The another group of pixels includes the pixel and is arranged in a column direction intersecting the row direction. The scan line is electrically connected to the one group of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Kei TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11501695
    Abstract: The power consumption of a display device is reduced. The power consumption of a driver circuit in a display device is reduced. A pixel included in the display device includes a display element. The pixel is configured to have a function of retaining a first voltage corresponding to a first input pulse signal and a function of driving the display element with a third voltage obtained by addition of a second voltage corresponding to a second input pulse signal to the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kei Takahashi, Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11502003
    Abstract: A novel image processing method is provided. In a display device in which a video signal is individually supplied to a screen divided into two, the entire screen is subjected to up-conversion processing after being divided, and another up-conversion processing is performed for a boundary portion of the screen divided into two. The divided up-conversion processing for the entire screen and the up-conversion processing for the boundary portion are performed in parallel with the use of a plurality of arithmetic units. The divided up-conversion processing for the entire screen and the up-conversion processing for the boundary portion can be performed using different algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11488528
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kei Takahashi, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11487373
    Abstract: A display device featuring a touch detection and a fingerprint imaging functions is provided. A display device includes a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element. The light-emitting element includes a first pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a common electrode, and the light-receiving element includes a second pixel electrode, an active layer, and the common electrode. The first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are provided on the same plane. The common electrode overlaps with the first pixel electrode with the light-emitting layer therebetween, and overlaps with the second pixel electrode with the active layer therebetween. A first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and an insulating layer are provided above the common electrode. The insulating layer is provided above the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer is provided above the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Ryo Hatsumi, Taisuke Kamada, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Kensuke Yoshizumi
  • Patent number: 11487144
    Abstract: A novel input/output device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The input/output device includes a display portion and an input portion, and the display portion includes a liquid crystal element. The liquid crystal element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a layer containing a liquid crystal material, a first alignment film, and a second alignment film, and the second electrode is provided such that an electric field is applied to the layer containing a liquid crystal material between the first electrode and the second electrode. The layer containing a liquid crystal material scatters incident light with first scattering intensity when the electric field is in a first state, the layer containing a liquid crystal material scatters the incident light with second scattering intensity when the electric field is in a second state, which is higher than that in the first state, and the second scattering intensity is 10 or more times as high as the first scattering intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Koji Kusunoki, Tetsuji Ishitani
  • Publication number: 20220344443
    Abstract: The resolution of a display apparatus having a light detection function is increased. A display apparatus includes a plurality of transistors and a light-emitting and light-receiving device in a subpixel. The light-emitting and light-receiving device has a function of emitting light of a first color and a function of receiving light of a second color. One of a source and a drain of a first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring, and the other thereof is electrically connected to a gate of a second transistor. One electrode of the light-emitting and light-receiving device is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor, one of a source and a drain of a third transistor, and one of a source and a drain of a fifth transistor. One of a source and a drain of a fourth transistor is electrically connected to a second wiring, and the other thereof is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Daisuke KUBOTA, Taisuke KAMADA, Ryo HATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20220335747
    Abstract: A novel electronic device is provided. An electronic device capable of executing various types of processing by simple operation is provided. An electronic device with a high security level is provided. The electronic device includes a control portion, a detection portion, and a memory portion. The detection portion has a function of detecting touch operation and a function of obtaining fingerprint data on a touching finger. The memory portion has a function of retaining fingerprint data on a plurality of finger registered in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • Patent number: 11475832
    Abstract: A display device that can display a high-luminance image is provided. The display device includes a display element and a memory circuit which is electrically connected to a first wiring and a second wiring. First, a reference potential is supplied to the first wiring. Next, a first image signal is supplied to the memory circuit through the second wiring. Then, the second image signal is added to the first image signal by supplying the second image signal to the memory circuit through the first wiring. After that, an image obtained by superimposing an image corresponding to the first image signal and an image corresponding to the second image signal on each other is displayed with the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi, Kentaro Hayashi, Shunpei Yamazaki