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: 10540031
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function, a drive circuit, and an electronic unit, which make it possible to realize many functions related to touch detection. The display panel includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes extending in one direction; an electrode drive section integrated into a chip, and applying a drive signal to the drive electrodes; and one or more touch detection electrodes extending in a direction intersecting the direction in which the drive electrodes extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 10534465
    Abstract: A performance of a display device having an input device is improved. A display device includes: an electro-optical layer; a first driving electrode and a second driving electrode which drives the electro-optical layer; a driver chip which outputs a video signal; a switch circuit which is arranged outside the driver chip, which selects a potential to be supplied to the second driving electrode, and which includes a first switch element and a second switch element; a shift register circuit connected to the switch circuit; and a detection circuit which detects that an object is close or in contact. Each of the first switch element and the second switch element is selectively turned ON or OFF by the shift register circuit. The detection circuit is electrically connected to the first switch element and the second switch element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tadayoshi Katsuta, Koji Noguchi, Daisuke Ito, Yasuyuki Teranishi
  • Patent number: 10534213
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates opposed to each other, a liquid crystal layer between the substrates, and a first electrode portion on at least one of the substrates, a backlight device including an optical member and a second electrode portion opposed to the first electrode portion, and an adhesive member between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight device to fix the backlight device to the liquid crystal panel. The adhesive member includes a first base, adhesive layers on both surfaces of the first base, a second base on the first base via one of the adhesive layers, and an adhesive layer on the second base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakamori, Ken Hirabayashi, Koji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 10519915
    Abstract: A nozzle plate has a plurality of blades in the area that surrounds the nozzle hole on the outer plane of the bottom wall part. When the fuel is injected from the nozzle hole and the pressure in the vicinity of the nozzle hole is reduced, the plurality of blades guide a flow of air from the radially outward side of the bottom wall part to the radially inward side of the bottom wall part and generates a swirling flow of the air about the center of the bottom wall part. The swirling flow of the air about the center of the bottom wall part changes to a helical flow by receiving kinetic momentum from fine particles of the fuel injected from the nozzle hole and the helical flow of the air transports the fine particles of the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20190391699
    Abstract: A detection device includes a substrate, first electrodes, second electrodes, and a conductor. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first electrodes are provided in a display area of the substrate and detect the position of an object being in contact with or in proximity to the first surface side of the substrate or pressure of the object being in contact with the first surface side. The second electrodes are provided along at least one side of the outer periphery of the display area. The conductor is provided on the second surface side of the substrate apart from the substrate and generates an electrostatic capacitor between the conductor and the second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Koji NOGUCHI, Tadayoshi KATSUTA, Yasuyuki TERANISHI
  • Publication number: 20190391695
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes scanning signal lines including a first scanning signal line; pixel signal lines including a first pixel signal line; switch elements including a first switch being electrically coupled to the first scanning signal line and the pixel signal line; pixel electrodes including a first pixel electrode being electrically coupled to the first switch element; drive electrodes including a first drive electrode opposed to the first pixel electrode; a driver configured to drive the scanning signal lines, the pixel signal lines, and the drive electrodes; and a controller configured to control the driver in a frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 10514795
    Abstract: A performance of a display device having an input device is improved. A display device includes: an electro-optical layer; a first driving electrode and a second driving electrode which drives the electro-optical layer; a driver chip which outputs a video signal; a switch circuit which is arranged outside the driver chip, which selects a potential to be supplied to the second driving electrode, and which includes a first switch element and a second switch element; a shift register circuit connected to the switch circuit; and a detection circuit which detects that an object is close or in contact. Each of the first switch element and the second switch element is selectively turned ON or OFF by the shift register circuit. The detection circuit is electrically connected to the first switch element and the second switch element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tadayoshi Katsuta, Koji Noguchi, Daisuke Ito, Yasuyuki Teranishi
  • Patent number: 10514810
    Abstract: A display apparatus with a substrate having a long side and a short side, a plurality of driving electrodes arranged on the substrate parallel to the long side of the substrate, a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged on the substrate parallel to the short side of the substrate, a control unit electrically coupled to each of the plurality of driving electrodes and which sequentially drives the plurality of driving electrodes, and a detection unit electrically coupled to each of the touch detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Publication number: 20190369796
    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: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Koji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 10496228
    Abstract: To improve detection reliability of an input device provided with a display device. A display device includes an array substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface on an opposite side of the upper surface, a display functional layer provided on the upper surface side of the array substrate, a plurality of first wirings provide on the upper surface side of the array substrate and applied with a signal for driving the display functional layer, a conductive pattern provided on the lower surface of the array substrate so as to be separated from the array substrate, and a detection circuit unit detecting a change in a capacitance value between the plurality of first wirings and the conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Gen Koide
  • Publication number: 20190361567
    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: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Takafumi SUZUKI, Shota HOSAKA, Koji NOGUCHI, Yasuyuki TERANISHI
  • Patent number: 10488968
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus with a touch detection function includes: a display device including a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged; a pixel signal line that transmits a pixel signal to the pixel; outer display region wiring including wiring that is electrically coupled to the pixel signal line and extends along a predetermined direction outside the display region; and a touch detection electrode arranged at a position overlapping the outer display region wiring in a non-contact state, a longitudinal direction of the touch detection electrode being along a direction intersecting with the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Koji Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20190354231
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels arranged in first and second directions; a contact responding section including driving electrodes extending in the first direction; a driving scanning section; detecting lines extending in the second direction; and a detecting section, wherein the detecting section identifies the position in which the object to be detected is in contact or in proximity on a basis of a pattern of the voltage change of the detecting lines, the pattern of the voltage change occurring according to a difference in the manner of the intersecting between the detecting lines and the driving electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Koji NOGUCHI, Takeya TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190310730
    Abstract: A display device with a touch detection function including: a plurality of elements performing display operation; a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in one direction, and each outputting a detection signal based on a change in an electrostatic capacitance caused by an external proximity object; a conductive film insulated from or connected with high resistance to the touch detection electrodes, and disposed to cover the touch detection electrodes; and a touch detection circuit detecting the external proximity object by sampling the detection signal. The conductive film has a sheet resistance equal to or smaller than a predetermined resistance value, and has a time constant larger than a predetermined minimum time constant defined by sampling timings in the touch detection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji ishizaki, Koji Noguchi, Osamu Ishige
  • Patent number: 10437364
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device, includes pixel electrodes above an insulating substrate, a first sensor electrode includes a first electrode portion and a first line portion connected to the first electrode portion, and a second sensor electrode includes a second electrode portion and a second line portion connected to the second electrode portion, each of the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode being opposed to the pixel electrodes, and includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer which is disposed on the first conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Teranishi, Hayato Kurasawa, Koji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 10429981
    Abstract: A detection device includes a substrate, first electrodes, second electrodes, and a conductor. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first electrodes are provided in a display area of the substrate and detect the position of an object being in contact with or in proximity to the first surface side of the substrate or pressure of the object being in contact with the first surface side. The second electrodes are provided along at least one side of the outer periphery of the display area. The conductor is provided on the second surface side of the substrate apart from the substrate and generates an electrostatic capacitor between the conductor and the second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Tadayoshi Katsuta, Yasuyuki Teranishi
  • Publication number: 20190281774
    Abstract: An emitter includes a water intake part, a pressure-reducing flow path part, a first flow-rate adjusting part, a second flow-rate adjusting part, and a discharge part. The first flow-rate adjusting part includes a first valve seat, a first communication hole, a first diaphragm part, and a valve body. The valve body is disposed between the first diaphragm part and an opening of the first communication hole. The valve body moves toward the first communication hole as the first diaphragm part approaches the first valve seat. The shape of the valve body is such that, when the traveling distance of the valve body is less than or equal to a predetermined value, the gap decreases as the valve body moves and such that, when the traveling distance of the valve body exceeds the predetermined value, the gap increases as the valve body moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Koji NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190278403
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a switching element, and a first electrode. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The pixel electrodes are provided to the first surface side and supplied with a pixel signal for displaying an image. The switching element is provided to the first surface side and coupled to the pixel electrodes. The first electrode is provided to a layer closer to the first surface than the switching element in a manner facing the switching element in a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate and having lower light transmittance than that of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hayato KURASAWA, Koji NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10409409
    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: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 10409417
    Abstract: A display device with a touch detection function includes a control device that performs, in normal operation mode, image display control to exhibit an image display function of a display function layer based on an image signal and performs touch detection control; a touch detecting unit that detects, in the normal operation mode, a position of an object in proximity to or in contact with the touch detection electrode based on a detection signal transmitted from the touch detection electrode; and a touch-detection controller that detects, in sleep mode, the proximity of the object to or the contact thereof with the touch detection electrode. When the touch-detection controller detects the proximity of the object to or the contact thereof with the touch detection electrode in the sleep mode, the control device controls a pixel electrode to a predetermined potential, and thereafter supplies a touch drive signal to a drive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Hidetoshi Komatsu, Yasuyuki Teranishi