Patents by Inventor Koji Noguchi

Koji Noguchi 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: 10817108
    Abstract: An information input device including a touch panel configured to be provided with a touch sensor that detects a position at which a sensing object is brought close to a sensing surface. In this information input device, the touch sensor has a scanning electrode and a detecting electrode that is opposed to the scanning electrode with the intermediary of a dielectric substance, and is a capacitive sensor whose electrostatic capacitance changes if the sensing object is brought close to the detecting electrode. Furthermore, a slit is formed in a surface of the detecting electrode opposed to the scanning electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Takeya Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10809851
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines intersecting with the gate lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes provided in areas defined by the gate lines and the data lines, and a sensor drive controller which includes a plurality of common electrodes facing the pixel electrodes and detects a touch by using the common electrodes. The sensor drive controller selects at least one of the common electrodes as a sensor electrode, detects a touch by using the sensor electrode, and inputs, to the other common electrodes, a guard signal for reducing generation of capacitance between the other common electrodes and the sensor electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Koji Noguchi, Takafumi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200319747
    Abstract: A sensor device is provided including sensing section including driving electrodes extending in first direction; driving section configured to apply driving voltage to driving electrodes; sensing lines extending in second direction crossing first direction such that sensing lines intersect driving electrodes; and sensing section configured to detect occurrence of electric change from voltage change in at least one of the sensing lines to identify position of occurrence, wherein driving electrodes include a first drive electrode and a second drive electrode, first voltage is applied to at least one first drive electrode, second voltage is applied to at least one second drive electrode, and sensing section identifies position in which object to be detected is in contact or in proximity on a basis of pattern of voltage change of sensing lines, occurring according to difference in manner of intersecting between sensing lines and driving electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Koji NOGUCHI, Takeya TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 10775928
    Abstract: A force detection apparatus includes: a force detector that includes an electrode and a conductor facing the electrode across a first and a second layers and outputs a force signal value before correction; and a force detection controller outputting a force signal value after correction having a linear relationship with a force. In a first range of force in which the first layer is deformed and the second layer is not deformed, the force detection controller calculates the force signal value after correction, based on a product of the force and a first constant. In a second range of force in which the first and second layers are deformed, the force detection controller calculates the force signal value after correction, based on a sum of a product of a threshold and the first constant and a product of a difference between the force and the threshold and a second constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Shota Hosaka, Koji Noguchi, Yasuyuki Teranishi
  • Publication number: 20200285329
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detector that allows the touch detection electrodes to be less visible, a touch panel, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detector. The display panel with a touch detector includes: a display layer including a plurality of display elements arranged side by side; and an electrode layer alternately segmented into first regions and second regions along a first direction, the electrode layer including a plurality of first slits arranged side by side to extend in a second direction, and a plurality of second slits each allowing an adjacent pair of the plurality of first slits in the second regions to be in communication with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Koji ISHIZAKI, Koji NOGUCHI, Masanobu IKEDA, Yasuyuki MATSUI
  • Patent number: 10768755
    Abstract: A common electrode for a display, which is originally provided in a liquid crystal display element, is also used as one (drive electrode) of a pair of electrodes for a touch sensor, and the other (detection-electrode-for-the-sensor) of the pair of electrodes is newly formed. An existing common drive signal as a drive signal for display is used in common for a drive signal for the touch sensor. A capacitance is formed between the common electrode and the detection-electrode-for-the-sensor, and touch detection is performed by utilizing a change of this capacitance caused by a finger touch of a user. Thus, a display device with a touch sensor is also applicable to a mobile device in which electric potential of the user is inconstant in many cases. The newly-provided electrode is only the detection-electrode-for-the-sensor, and it is unnecessary to newly prepare a drive signal for the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Daisuke Takama, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 10747348
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes a first substrate includes a first electrode located in a display area in which an image is displayed, a second substrate includes a second electrode which is located in the display area, and outputs a sensor signal, and a flexible substrate includes a first connection portion connected to the first substrate and a second connection portion connected to the second substrate, the flexible substrate includes a common base layer extending between the first connection portion and the second connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yasushi Nakano, Masaki Murase
  • Patent number: 10739905
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes a display panel, a detection electrode, a conductive member arranged at intervals from the display panel and the detection electrode, and controller. In a first sense period, the controller drives a common electrode of the display panel or the detection electrode and extracts input position data from the detection electrode. In a second sense period, the controller drives the conductive member and extracts first input pressure data from a first electrode, the controller drives a second electrode and extracts second input pressure data from the conductive member, or the controller drives a third electrode and extracts third input pressure data from the third electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Masaya Tamaki, Takeo Koito, Koji Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20200249837
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes first and second substrates; first and second electrodes, the first electrode having a rectangular shape; the second electrode provided to the second substrate at a position closer to a display surface than the first electrode in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate; a drive circuit configured to supply first or second drive signals to the second electrode; and a control circuit having a first detection mode for detecting an object to be detected in contact with the display surface based on a first detection signal corresponding to change in mutual capacitance between first and second electrodes when the first drive signal is supplied to the second electrode, and a second detection mode for detecting the object to be detected not in contact with the display surface based on a second detection signal corresponding to change in self-capacitance in the second electrode when the second drive signal is supplied to the second electrode, wherein first and second
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Koji NOGUCHI, Takayuki NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20200236261
    Abstract: An electronic module has a flexible wiring member, a wiring circuit board, and a conductive connection member. The flexible wiring member has a flexible base, a first wiring layer formed on at least one face of the flexible base, and a first electrode formed of the first wiring layer at the end part that is not covered by a first insulating layer. The wiring circuit board has a base provided with a wiring, a second insulating layer having opening formed on at least one face of the base, and a second electrode formed in the opening. The conductive connection member connects the first electrode and the second electrode to each other. The end of the flexible wiring member is arranged above the opening in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yuya Okada, Koji Noguchi, Mitsutoshi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20200233519
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes a first substrate comprising first and second areas, first and second terminals located in the first area, and first wiring electrically connects the first terminal with the second terminal; a second substrate comprising a detection electrode for sensing and a third terminal electrically connected to the detection electrode; and connecting member comprising a base layer, and a conductive member electrically connects first and third terminals, wherein the first area is an area in which the second substrate does not overlap the first substrate, the second area is an area in which the first substrate and the second substrate overlap each other, the connecting member does not extend outside first substrate, the conductive member is provided on an undersurface of the base layer, and the undersurface is opposed to the first surface and the third surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Koji NOGUCHI, Masaki MURASE, Yasushi NAKANO, Koji ISHIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200225802
    Abstract: A detection apparatus includes a substrate, a display area, a peripheral area, a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of terminals, a first wire, and a second wire. The display area is provided on the surface of the substrate. The peripheral area is provided outside the display area. The electrodes are provided to the display area. The terminals are provided in correspondence with the respective electrodes in the peripheral area. The first wire couples an electrode to a terminal. The second wire couples the electrode to the terminal to which the first wire is coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Koji NOGUCHI, Koji ISHIZAKI, Hayato KURASAWA
  • Patent number: 10698511
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detector that allows the touch detection electrodes to be less visible, a touch panel, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detector. The display panel with a touch detector includes: a display layer including a plurality of display elements arranged side by side; and an electrode layer alternately segmented into first regions and second regions along a first direction, the electrode layer including a plurality of first slits arranged side by side to extend in a second direction, and a plurality of second slits each allowing an adjacent pair of the plurality of first slits in the second regions to be in communication with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Koji Noguchi, Masanobu Ikeda, Yasuyuki Matsui
  • Patent number: 10692448
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Kohei Azumi, Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 10690099
    Abstract: A metal valve body having a fuel injection port includes a nozzle plate accommodation part accommodating a nozzle plate of synthetic resin and aligning a center of the nozzle plate with a central axis of the valve body. A front end surface abutting against the nozzle plate is accommodated in the nozzle plate accommodation part. A swage projection fixes the nozzle plate to the front end side on which the fuel injection port is formed. The nozzle plate is swage-fixed in the state in which a spring action part is elastically deformed on the front end side of the valve body by the swage projection, and a nozzle hole formation part is constantly pushed against the front end surface of the valve body by the elastic force of the spring action part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20200183529
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detection apparatus includes: a plurality of drive electrodes, wherein at least one of the drive electrodes includes a plurality of subdivided electrodes; a plurality of first touch detection electrodes; a second touch detection electrode; a first shift register circuit in which a plurality of first shift signal output circuits are sequentially coupled to one another; a second shift register circuit in which a plurality of second shift signal output circuits are sequentially coupled to one another; and a selection circuit that supplies a signal of the first shift register circuit to the drive electrode in a first mode, and supplies a signal of the second shift register circuit to the subdivided electrode in a second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Koji Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20200174616
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detection device includes: a plurality of drive electrodes arranged in parallel with each other; and a plurality of first touch detection electrodes arranged in parallel with each other and arranged at a portion not in contact with the drive electrodes and where the first touch detection electrode forms capacitance with a drive electrode to which a drive signal is output. The drive electrodes includes a drive electrode including a plurality of subdivided electrodes an arrangement pitch of which is finer than an arrangement pitch of the drive electrodes. The drive electrode including the subdivided electrodes is provided such that switching is enabled between a first mode in which the drive signal is collectively output to the subdivided electrodes of the drive electrode and a second mode in which the drive signal is individually output to each of the subdivided electrodes of the drive electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Koji NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200163213
    Abstract: Provided is a printed wiring board comprising: a substrate; a conductive layer including a land and a wiring and formed on a surface of the substrate, the wiring having a width smaller than the land and drawn from the land; and an insulating layer formed on the conductive layer. The insulating layer has an opening corresponding to a position of the land, and an edge of the opening runs above the land and above one of edges in a width direction of the wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yusuke Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10656740
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes a first substrate includes a first area and a second area adjacent to the first area, the first substrate includes a first terminal and a second terminal which are located in the first area, and a first wiring which electrically connects the first terminal and the second terminal, a second substrate includes a detection electrode, and a third terminal electrically connected to the detection electrode, and a connecting member which electrically connects the first terminal and the third terminal, at least a part of the first wiring being extended from the first terminal toward the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Masaki Murase, Yasushi Nakano, Koji Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20200150798
    Abstract: A display panel with a touch detection function, in which display operation is less affected by touch detection operation, a method of driving the display panel with a touch detection function, a driving circuit, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detection function are disclosed. The display panel with a touch detection function includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes; one or more touch detection electrodes; and a drive section selectively applying a DC drive signal or an AC drive signal to the drive electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi